Dennis Sellers

<p>Texas Rangers investigating the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, have served search warrants on Apple, seeking digital photos, messages, documents and other types of data that might have been stored by gunman Devin Patrick Kelley, who was found with an iPhone after he killed himself.</p>

<p>Well, darn. There’ll be no HomePods under Christmas trees this year. Apple says the smart speaker launch will now happen in “early 2018” instead of in December, as expected. <em>Buzzfeed</em>’s John Paczkowski <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/JohnPaczkowski/status/931556183806132224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F9to5mac.com%2F2017%2F11%2F17%2Fhomepad-delay%2F" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweets</a> the full statement from the tech giant: </p>

<p>Apple is seriously eyeing Intel’s version of of 5G for a future iPhone, reports <a target="_blank" href="https://www.fastcompany.com/40497639/source-apple-is-looking-to-intel-to-power-super-fast-5g-iphone" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Fast Company</em></a>, quoting an unnamed “source with knowledge.”</p>

<p>The cord cutting continues. A <a target="_blank" href="https://www.rapidtvnews.com/2017111649690/us-pay-tv-loses-half-a-million-subscribers-in-q3.html?utm_campaign=us-pay-tv-loses-half-million-subscribers-in-q3&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter_1544#axzz4yba6hlPB" rel="noopener noreferrer">Leichtman Research Group study</a> finds that the largest pay-TV providers in the U.S., representing about 95% of the market, lost about 405,000 net video subscribers in the third quarter of 2017 — a big jump compared with a loss of about 250,000 subscribers in quarter three (3Q) of 2016.</p>

<p>Apple has filed for a patent (number 20170330539) for user interfaces for virtual instruments. It involves the user interfaces of GarageBand on macOS and iOS, and Logic Pro X on the Mac.</p>

<p>Some folks close apps on their iPhones to free up memory and stop background refreshing. Others close ‘em when apps get unresponsive. If you need to force quit apps on the iPhone X, here’s how:</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><em><a target="_blank" href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/16/apple-vp-of-diversity-and-inclusion-denise-young-smith-is-leaving/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29" rel="noopener noreferrer">TechCrunch</a></em> reports that Denise Young Smith (pictured), Apple’s vice president of diversity and inclusion will leave at the end of 2017. No reason was given for her departure; evidently, it’s a career choice change she’s made.</p>

<p>Apple has released iOS 11.1.2, which addresses an issue in which some iPhone X models became unresponsive in cold weather. The update also:</p>

<p>In its <a target="_blank" href="https://resources.ext.nokia.com/asset/201621" rel="noopener noreferrer">Threat Intelligence Report</a> for 2017, Nokia has reported the rates of malware infection for mobile devices for the first three quarters of 2017 and found that Apple’s iOS continues to be the most secure operating system. Only 3.54% of devices successfully targeted by malware were iPhones.</p>

<p>Apple’s iPhone X has been named as one of the <a target="_blank" href="http://time.com/5023212/best-inventions-of-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer">“25 Best Inventions of 2017”</a> by TIME magazine. Here’s what TIME had to say about Apple’s next gen iPhone:</p>

<p>A GBH Insights analyst says Apple will become the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/16/apple-1-trillion-company-within-the-next-year-analyst.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">first $1 trillion company</a> within the next year as the iPhone X hits its “major upgrade cycle.” Analyst Daniel Ives says Apple shares could reach from $210 to $230 in the coming year.</p>

<p>Apple emerged as the clear leader, scoring 114 out of a possible 120 points, plus an additional eight points in extra credit in the <a target="_blank" href="https://enoughproject.org/demandthesupply?utm_source=PR&utm_campaign=Rankings2017" rel="noopener noreferrer">2017 Conflict Minerals Company Rankings</a> by the Enough Project. </p>

<p>If you want to buy the best laptop that is out there, go for Apple’s MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, says <a href="https://www.rescuecom.com/">RESCUECOM</a> President David Milman, whose company repairs tens of thousands of computers annually.</p>

<p>DiRT Rally is now out for the Mac. It’s available from the <a target="_blank" href="https://store.feralinteractive.com/xx/mac-linux-games/dirtrally/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Feral Store</a> for $59.99 and will be coming to the Mac App Store soon. DiRT Rally requires macOS 10.13 or higher. </p>