Dennis Sellers

<p>Shipments of wearable devices such as the Apple Watch reached 22.5 million in the second quarter of 2016 (2Q16) according to the International Data Corporation (<a href="http://www.idc.com/">IDC</a>) <a href="http://www.idc.com/tracker/showproductinfo.jsp?prod_id=962">Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker</a>. Despite a decline in shipments for one of the largest vendors, the overall market for wearable devices grew 26.1% year over year as new use cases are slowly starting to emerge.</p>

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 9,439,305) for a “glass enclosure” that hints at future iPhones encased in glass bodies. In the patent filing, Apple says that one design challenge associated with portable electronic devices is in techniques for mounting structures within the portable computing devices. </p>

<p>Do you want/need an iPhone-enabled alarm clock, speaker, radio, USB charger, and disco ball all in one? Then you need the <a target="_blank" href="http://wittidesign.com/en/beddi/" rel="noopener noreferrer">BEDDI</a> from WITTIDesign. It packs a serious amount of features for a $99 device.</p>

<p>Executives from Audi, BMW, Fiat Chrysler, Ford, General Motors and Mercedes-Benz expect an “Apple Car” will launch by 2021 as a precursor to a fully autonomous successor model to be introduced around 2026 as regulatory conditions are altered to allow features such as fully automated parking, according to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/how-apple-icar-could-crack-automotive-industry" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AutoCar UK</em></a>.</p>

<p>According to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20160904PD201.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">DigiTimes</a> Intel has begun delivering its next-generation notebookuse Kaby Lake processors and will start shipping comparable desktop-use CPUs by year-end 2016. </p>

<p>It’s easy to use Siri, Apple’s “personal digital assistant,” on your iPhone or iPad to get directions. Here’s how:</p>

<p>As noted by <a target="_blank" href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/09/05/apple-music-discounted-membership/" rel="noopener noreferrer">9to5Mac</a>, Apple stores and select retailers have rolled out a new 12-month Apple Music gift card, priced at $99. </p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Today is Labor Day here in the U.S. of A. Apple World Today will be running on a very limited schedule as Steve and I celebrate the holiday with our families. Whether you’re off work today or not, we wish you a fantastic Monday.</p><p> </p>

<p>Recommerce site <a href="http://twitter.us13.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9c4c6aac84d783a16fce61e5d&id=c2559086b4&e=a525e39c4a">Decluttr.com</a> says it’s experienced a surge in iPhone 6 trade-ins as consumers anticipate the launch of Apple’s “iPhone 7” next week. The company is reporting a 73% boost in the past month alone, and is predicting an influx of the iPhone 6 and 6s models will be traded-in following Apple’s press conference scheduled for Sept. 7.</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>Ireland's cabinet has agreed to join Apple in appealing against a €13 billion (about $14.5 billion) back tax demand that the European Commission has levied against the Cupertino, California-based company “despite misgivings among independents who back the fragile coalition,” <a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-apple-taxavoidance-ireland-idUSKCN1180WR" rel="noopener noreferrer">reports Reuters.</a></p>

<p>Remember Apple’s Twitter account? Probably not. It’s been pretty inactive since its creation in September 2011. However, now @Apple is showing signs of life, probably in anticipation of the next week’s “See you on the 7th media event.” </p>

<p>Apple has issued security updates for OS X Yosemite, OS X El Capitan and Safari to address a vulnerability called “Pegasus” that potentially allows nefarious agents to take over a target device with a single click. You can download the updates via the Mac App Store — and you certainly should.</p>

<p>You don’t have to use the virtual keypad on your iPhone or iPad to send text messages. Siri can do it for you. Here’s how:</p>

<p>Many of us have multiple gadgets and devices, so it’s sometimes hard to keep ‘em all powered up. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nemo-ventures.com/lampchamp/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The LampChamp</a> from Nemo Ventures helps alleviate the problem as you can use it to turn a lamp into a USB charging station for, say, an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.</p>