Dennis Sellers

<p>Fourteen former and current Foxconn employees have been sentenced to prison for jailbreaking and selling more than 9,000 iPhones bought from the US and selling them for higher prices in China, according to Tencent Tech, the technology news section of Tencent, a major Chinese web portal. </p>

<p>If Apple Music doesn't satisfy all your music listening needs, AppGeneration's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mytuner.mobi" rel="noopener noreferrer">myTuner Radio ap</a>p  for Mac OS X is a nice complement to the music service. </p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">The International Data Corporation thinks that the rumored "iPad Pro" will be a "detachable" device, a hybrid tablet/laptop along the lines of Microsoft's Surface devices. As I've said before, I'm dubious, but IDC's theory is an increasingly popular one.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Global shipments of PCs — as in "personal computer" as opposed to Windows computers — will fall by -8.7% in 2015 and not stabilize until 2017, according to the latest data from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.idc.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">International Data Corp</a>. However, the Sellers Research Group (that's me) says the Mac will defy this trend</p>

<p>Apple has updated Logic Pro X — its software for writing, recording, editing and mixing your own music — to version 10.2. It now integrates Alchemy, a sample-manipulation synthesizer. </p>

<p>According to new data from the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.idc.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">International Data Corporation</a>, smartphone shipments are expected to grow 10.4% in 2015 to 1.44 billion units. This is lower than IDC's previous smartphone forecast of 11.3% year-over-year growth in 2015. </p>

<p>Wells Fargo analyst Maynard Um <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/nokb7az" rel="noopener noreferrer">has upgraded his Apple share outlook</a> to "outperform" with a target range of US$125 to $135. </p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Apple has been granted a patent (number 9,119,141) by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for ubiquitous access to a femtocell-connected network. A femtocell is a small, low-power cellular base station typically reserved for use in a home or small business. </p>

<p>Recently, I began receiving annoying texts from a "mystery shopping" company asking me to do some work for them. I smelled something fishy, so when they kept texting me, I decided it was time to block their number on my iPhone. You may have a number you'd like to block, as well. If so here's how.</p>

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 9,118,642) by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office that hints at an Apple NAS device/home server I've long wanted. The patent is for "asset streaming." NAS — or network-attached storage — is a computer data storage server connected to your computer network that provides access to a wide variety of data.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/p36nk5v" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tagtrum’s beaTunes</a> is a useful iTunes tool for Mac OS X and Windows users. And it's gotten even better with the latest version (4.5).</p>

<p>In <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/nkr8jqm" rel="noopener noreferrer">an opinion piece</a> for <em>TechRadar</em>, Matthew Bolton says "Macs don't represent a great deal for someone who wants high-end gaming, but they shouldn't be dismissed because of that. The range of games is already strong, and is only going to grow further - and you can run Windows for the rest." </p>

<p>There was talk that Apple would announce a new education initiative this week. However, the company is instead emphasizing its participation in the US ConnectED program. <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/pnr9log" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared</a> in a pre-recorded segment on Good Morning America today and discussed this with co-anchor Robin Roberts.</p>

<p>Once upon a time it was easy to save a document with a new name in Mac OS X as the "Save As" appeared automatically under the File option in appropriate apps (such as Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and TextEdit). For some reason Apple hid it starting with Mac OS X Lion.</p>

<p>If the iTunes Mini-Player option in iTunes doesn't quite serve your iTunes management, <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cockatoo-for-itunes/id788713417?mt=12" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cockatoo</a> from Intuitive Code might be for you. It lets you easily control the iTunes music player. </p>