Dennis Sellers

<p>It's likely that the Mac OS X Finder will go "3D" at some point in the near future. Perhaps in 2017 or 2018. Apple has considered the possibility. The company has been granted a patent (number 20080307360) for a multi-dimensional desktop.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.paloaltoaudio.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Palo Alto Audio Design's CUBIK digital audio speaker</a> is a computer speaker system that designed with the audiophile in mind. Though $199.95 seems a bit pricey for a speaker system with no subwoofer, the sound is as good for a subwoofer-less speaker system as I've heard. </p>

<p>If you've not played around with still motion videos -- videos where photos are shown only for a fraction of a second (think Apple’s Live Photos)— you might give it a try. They're lots of fun. </p>

<p>Another day, another lawsuit. Samuel Lit of Pennsylvania has filed a suit in the Northern Illinois District Court against Apple for using carousels on its website, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/07/07/apples-use-of-web-carousels-target-of-new-patent-lawsuit" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a>.</p>

<p>2016 is far from over, but <em>Mac Gamer HQ</em>’s Ric Molina has taken a look at the <a href="http://macgamerhq.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=582818daf0ee2e780e7659405&id=5cf7128440&e=a9e91537ba">best games released so far</a> this year.</p>

<p>Would you like to have a “power lunch” with Bozoma Saint John, global head of Consumer Marketing for Apple Music and iTunes (and who stole the show as a presenter at the Worldwide Developer Conference)? If you have deep pockets, you may have a shot.</p>

<p>Secomba, the developer of the cloud encryption solution <a target="_blank" href="http://www.boxcryptor.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Boxcryptor</a>, has debuted Whisply, a web-based file transfer service that allows you to send files end-to-end-encrypted out of Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive. Also, Boxcryptor for Mac OS X and Windows has been upgraded with new features, including Whisply integration.  </p>

<p>Apple’s TV commercial in which the Cookie Monster uses Siri is one of the top 10 “Breakthrough ads” from the second quarter of 2016, according to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.acemetrix.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ace Metrix,</a> a company that measures the impact of video advertising. “Likeability” and “attention” are the attributes of the ads on the list.</p>

<p>Apple files for — and is granted — lots of patents by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Many are for inventions that never see the light of day. However, you never can tell which ones will materialize in a real product, so here are today’s patent highlights:</p>

<p>You may not know it but when you "buy" digital content such as books, music and movies from Apple and Amazon, you're not actually buying them but renting them. As more people realize this, it's unlikely they'll reconsider making physical purchases instead of digital ones. But this needs to change. </p>

<p>LibertyApp has introduced Server Ranger 1.0, a website and server monitoring solution for OS X. It scales to monitor the performance and uptime of any number of servers, as well as any type of server, including web, mail, file, routers and more. </p>

<p>I’ve never had any problems with malware, adware, ransomeware or any sort of nasty-ware on any of the many Macs I’ve owned. However, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2459197-bit9-carbon-black-threat-research-report-2015.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">a study by the Bit9 + Carbon Black Threat Research Team</a> says that five times more OS X malware appeared in 2015 than in the previous five years combined, so I guess precautions are needed.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.apple.com/chde/apple-pay/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple has announced</a> that Apple Pay, is mobile payment system to customers in Switzerland, offering initial support for both Visa and Mastercard credit cards, as well as Bonus Card, Cornercard or Swiss Bankers credit and prepaid cards.</p>

<p>I like my coffee hot. Really hot. Since I sip on a cup of java for a long period of time, I thought the cool-looking Hot Cookie could replace the Thermos mug I keep on my desk. Unfortunately, it can't.</p>

<p>I "love" my Apple products, but this is taking things a little too far: attorney Mark "Chris" Servier is attempting to take Rowan County Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis to court for denying him the right to marry his <a target="_blank" href="http://www.edgemedianetwork.com/?200509" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacBook</a>.</p>