Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple manufacturer Foxconn has begun shipping iPhone X devices out of China, but the first batch “only” totals around 47,000 units, according to <em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20171016VL201.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Digitimes</a></em>.</p>

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 20170292840) for “routing based on detected stops” that would allow the Maps app on an iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or CarPlay-based system to detect and re-route your trip based on continually updated traffic info.</p>

<p>Photos in macOS High Sierra helps you keep your growing library organized, accessible, and good looking. New intuitive editing tools help you polish your images. Click the trianglenext to a tool to fine-tune a photo and you'll be given several options.</p>

<p>Do laptops and similar devices give off harmful radiation? Maybe. Some scientific evidence suggests that close exposure to laptop EMR emissions may cause a number of health concerns, particularly to young children who have less dense tissue and bone than adults. </p>

<p>On a regular basis, <em>Apple World Today</em> posts a list of notable new apps or app updates that have been released. They may not necessarily be new, but they're popular and deserve mention. Here are today's picks.</p>

<p>Belkin’s 3.5 mm Audio + Charge RockStar adapter for the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus answers many iPhone users’ prayers. </p>

<p>Qualcomm, hacked off over Apple’s decision to stop paying it billions of dollars in licensing fees for smartphone chips, has <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-13/qualcomm-asks-china-to-halt-manufacture-sale-of-iphones?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social" rel="noopener noreferrer">filed suit</a> in China seeking to ban the sale and manufacture of iPhones in the region, according to Bloomberg. The is the latest in a long legal battle between the supplier and Apple. Qualcomm previously requested an iPhone ban in the U.S.</p>

<p>The latest smartphone OS data from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.kantarworldpanel.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kantar Worldpanel ComTech</a> reveals that for the three months ending in August 2017, iOS posted growth in the U.S., China, Germany, France, and Spain, but performance in Great Britain dropped. </p>

<p>According to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">China Labor Watch</a>, a labor rights watchdog and advocacy organization, hundreds of workers went on strike on October 11, in protest of Jabil's layoff, position rearrangements and its refusal to provide previously promised rewards. This is based on workers' account.</p>

<p>Apple co-founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak has founded <a target="_blank" href="http://www.woz-u.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Woz U,</a> “a world-class digital institute to help fill the employment gap for high-paying technology jobs across the U.S.”</p>

<p>Finder has <a target="_blank" href="https://www.finder.com/uk/twitter-android-vs-iphone" rel="noopener noreferrer">completed research </a>into online smartphone sentiment and found some very interesting results. After analyzing over 110,000 tweets mentioning “iPhone” or “Android,” the customer service site found that Apple’s smartphone was tweeted about 1.3 times more and received a 1:1 ratio of positive and negative tweets.</p>

<p>Apple and Samsung fought in California federal court Thursday over what test a jury should use to calculate damages if a judge grants Samsung’s bid for a new trial in a $400 million smartphone patent war between the tech giants, reports <a target="_blank" href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/973797/samsung-apple-spar-over-new-patent-trial-s-damages-test?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Law360</em></a>.</p>

<p>Apple plans to offer Apple Pencil compatible iPhones “as early as 2019,” according to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theinvestor.co.kr/view.php?ud=20171013000757" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Investor</em></a>, quoting unnamed “industry sources.” Currently for iPad Pros only, the stylus … er, pencil … debuted in 2016.</p>

<p>In a note to clients — as noted by <em><a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/10/12/apple-predicted-to-ditch-fingerprint-recognition-in-2018-iphone-lineup" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a></em> — KGI Securities analysts Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that Apple will completely abandon its Touch ID capacitive fingerprint recognition system in favor of the “depth-sensing technology when it introduces next year's iPhone lineup.</p>

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 20170294108) for a “self adapting alert device” that would allow an iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch to autonomously adapt one or more user alerts to the current operating environment of the gadget.</p>