Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple has followed up on its promise last year to build a data center in Denmark with an “ambitious agreement” with the University of Aarhus (pictured) on a new biogas research and development partnership, according to <a target="_blank" href="http://cphpost.dk/news/business/apple-investing-billions-in-denmark.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">CPH Post Online</a>. Foulum is a small town outside of Viborg where Aarhus University’s agricultural research facilities are located.</p>

<p>Apple will ship four <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad-pro/">iPad Pro</a> models next spring, including 7.9-inch, 9.7-inch, and 10.1-inch, and 12.9-inch models, according to Japanese blog <a href="http://www.macotakara.jp/blog/rumor/entry-30873.html"><em>Mac Otakara</em></a> — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.macrumors.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacRumors</a>. I think the report/rumor is only partially correct.</p>

<p>According to the latest market share survey from <a target="_blank" href="http://netmarkeshare.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">NetMarketShare</a>, the market share for macOS and iOS both dipped in September. </p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://2016/9/30/how-to-change-watch-faces-in-watchos-3-on-your-apple-watch" rel="noopener noreferrer">On Friday we looked</a> at how to change watch faces in watchOS 3 on your Apple Watch. Today we’ll look at how to change watch faces in watchOS 3 using an iPhone.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/18/phone-dirtier-than-toilet_n_6706218.html">Studies conducted by BuzzFeed </a>and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-to-clean-phone-screen_us_5693af74e4b0a2b6fb70b903">many other outlets</a> say that smartphone and tablet screens are dirtier than most toilet seats. Yikes! As my three-old-nice Adalyn might say: “Dat’s nasty.”</p>

<p>As noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.macrumors.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacRumors</a>, Apple updated its <a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/">leadership page</a> this weekend to reflect a tweak to Angela Ahrendts' title, which has been simplified to "Senior Vice President, Retail" as "Online Stores" has been dropped. </p>

<p>A jury in Tyler, Texas <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-01/virnetx-wins-302-4-million-trial-against-apple-in-texas">ruled Friday</a> that Apple infringed on two of VirnetX's patents related to its FaceTime calling feature, ordering Apple to pay $302.4 million.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.medable.com/">Medable</a>, an application and analytics platform for health care, has announced Axon, a solution that enables health professionals to directly build clinical study applications without a developer in a matter of hours. It works with Apple’s ResearchKit.</p>

<p>Feral Interactive has announced that <a target="_blank" href="https://www.feralinteractive.com/en/games/dawnofwar2/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II</a> is now available on the Feral Store, Steam, and the Mac App Store.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.xdorialife.com/">X-Doria</a> has unveiled its new line of Revel and Rumble cases for the iPhone 7. The former is a slim snap-on, pocketable case built with co-molded protection. </p>

<p>28bit Technologies has rolled out 1000 OpenType Fonts 4.0 on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.macappware.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacAppware website</a> and the <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/1000-opentype-fonts-commercial/id664501556" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mac App Store</a>. This font collection includes 240 unique font family styles, with a total of 1,000 fonts in all. </p>

<p>Pixel Film Studios has released <a target="_blank" href="http://store.pixelfilmstudios.com/product/proclone/" rel="noopener noreferrer">ProClone</a> for Apple’s Final Cut Pro X. It’s a $29.95 repeating media tool plug-in that allows users to add layers of duplicated footage on top of an original source.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">ChargeTech has launched its PLUG battery pack, which sports 48,000m Ah battery capacity and 250 watts of power.</p>

<p>After announcing the launch of Maps Development Center on May 19, Apple has short-listed 30 engineering students from the city for a 6-month project work before they could be considered for placements some time in April next year, according to the<em> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/apple-offers-project-internships-to-students-for-possible-jobs-at-maps-development-center-116093000818_1.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Business Standard</a></em>.</p>

<p>Apple and Ireland are preparing appeals to argue that European Union (EU) competition investigators unfairly kept them in the dark during a probe that ended in a record 13 billion-euro ($14.6 billion) tax bill, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-30/apple-irish-said-to-claim-eu-kept-them-in-dark-during-tax-probe?bcomanews=true" rel="noopener noreferrer">reports Bloomberg</a>, quoting unnamed “people with knowledge of their case.”</p>