Dennis Sellers

<p>Ireland’s High Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal against Apple’s plans to build an 850 million euro (approximately $1 billion) data center in Ireland, clearing the way for the project to proceed, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-ireland/irish-court-rejects-appeal-against-1-billion-apple-data-center-idUSKBN1D14FB?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Reuters</em></a>.</p>

<p>As noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/10/31/woolworths-australia-adds-rewards-card-to-apple-wallet-app" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a>, Australian grocer Woolworths this month became the first retailer in the country to link its rewards card with Apple Wallet, allowing customers to load and redeem points and discounts via the digital wallet system. </p>

<p>Apple has updated its Apple ID policy, so account holders can now use third-party email addresses as login credentials to switch to an Apple-provided email address. New customers have been sign up for an Apple ID for some time, using third-party email addresses like those from Google and Yahoo. </p>

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 9,807,661) for “cellular service recovery using cell-specific service history.” The goal is to improve cell service on the iPhone and Apple Watch.</p>

<p>WaterField Designs' <a target="_blank" href="https://www.sfbags.com/products/gear-pouch" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gear Pouch</a>, designed for the busy professional, is great for stashing everything from tech or personal items to travel documents.</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>Apple has <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/31/16584086/apple-watch-series-3-edge-strips-issue-repair" rel="noopener noreferrer">sent an internal memo</a> — as noted by <em>MacRumors</em> — that some GPS models of the Apple Watch Series 3— as are showing “edge stripes” on the display. Genius Bar workers and Apple Authorized Service Providers will offer a free fix under the standard one-year warranty. </p>

<p>Apple has upgraded tvOS for the Apple TV to version 11.1. It’s a maintenance update that includes, among other things, a fix for the KRACK WPA2 vulnerability in devices with Wi-Fi.</p>

<p>Apple has updated iTunes for macOS to version 12.7.1. It’s available at the Mac App Store.</p>

<p>Apple has launched macOS 10.13.1. It’s available at the Mac App Store. The update includes support for the latest emoji characters. It also:</p>

<p>Apple has released watchOS 4.1 for the Apple Watch. It brings full iCloud Music Library access to the Music app with support for streaming both Apple Music and Radio and much more. </p>

<p>In a note to clients — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/10/31/2018-iphone-x-update-expected-to-focus-on-reducing-costs-wont-feature-truedepth-3d-rear-camera" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a> — KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the TrueDepth camera system (required for Face ID on the iPhone X) won’t make to Apple’s 2018 iPhones with rear-facing cameras. </p>

<p>Parks Associates announced <a target="_blank" href="http://www.parksassociates.com/360view/360-view--mobility-and-the-app-economy" rel="noopener noreferrer">new research</a> today in smartphone ownership showing that Apple and Samsung have widened their brand share lead over LG and Motorola among the installed base of smartphones in the U.S. The international firm shows that LG has fallen to just 9% of consumer-reported brand share, behind Apple (47%) and Samsung (29%).</p>

<p>Quarter Til 2 has introduced LucidTime 1.0, a customizable desktop clock system for macOS. </p>

<p>Future iOS and watchOS devices could sport advanced environmental sensors, as evidenced by a newly granted Apple patent (number 9,804,003). These could include a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a humidity sensor, a gas sensor, or other sensors or combinations of sensors for sensing attributes of the environment surrounding the device. </p>