Dennis Sellers

<p>Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) — a key supplier of mobile processors for, among other things, the iPhone — says it will purchase 200 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of green power in 2016 compared to the previous year’s purchase of 100 million kWh, further supporting Taiwan’s renewable energy development and environmentally friendly low-carbon measures.</p>

<p><a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.usatech.com&esheet=51363572&newsitemid=20160616005258&lan=en-US&anchor=USA+Technologies%2C+Inc&index=1&md5=69f44645f7cdadacf45551f7a121503c">USA Technologies, Inc</a>. (USAT), a payment technology provider of cashless and mobile transactions in self-serve retail, has announced the results of a study testing whether targeted point-of-sale advertising of Apple Pay acceptance would increase usage of mobile payments by consumers. </p>

<p>More good news for the Apple Watch: Worldwide shipments of wearable devices are expected to reach 101.9 million units by the end of 2016, representing 29.0% growth over 2015. 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>, the market for wearable devices will experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.3%, culminating in 213.6 million units shipped in 2020</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>Apple has opened its first retail store in the Macau Special Administrative Region of China will open on June 25, expanding the company's retail presence in Greater China to 41 stores, as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/06/16/apple-to-open-first-macau-apple-store-on-june-25" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a>.</p>

<p>Like me, you probably have a plethora of Apple gadgets around your house. It would be nice to have electrical outlets with a USB charging port. Now you can thanks to the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.snappower.com/snappower-chargers/" rel="noopener noreferrer">SnapPower Charger</a>.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/p9remjc" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dockem's Koala Mount</a>— designed to securely holds your iPad or other compatible tablet device in place on any wall or hard, vertical surface -- fits any size tablet you might have. That is definitely a plus in its favor. You can mount it on any flat vertical surface.</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>Apple will further lock down what apps can be run on Macs when it releases macOS Sierra this fall, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/3084432/apple-mac/apple-tries-to-stymie-malware-with-changes-to-macos-sierras-gatekeeper.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Computerworld</a>. The move is “likely a response” to revelations last year that Gatekeeper -could be easily bypassed by attackers to plant malware on machines.</p>

<p>The latest smartphone OS data from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.kantarworldpanel.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kantar Worldpanel ComTech</a> for the three months ending April 2016 shows Android continuing to make year-on-year gains across a number of regions, though that trend is slowing. </p>

<p>Adios, Flash. In a blog post — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://thenextweb.com/apple/2016/06/15/apple-finally-ditching-flash-safari-macos-sierra/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Next Web</a> — Apple developer Ricky Mondello said that when macOS Sierra ships later this year, Safari will default to HTML5 content implementations on websites when available. </p>

<p>The T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS Research has announced that Bozoma Saint John, global head of Consumer Marketing for Apple Music and iTunes will be honored at the Women of Influence Los Angeles Awards Gala sponsored by Apple Music on Tuesday, June 21, at the Ebell Theater.</p>

<p>This brings to mind the ol’ saw that 99% of all statistics are made up: a survey by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fluentco.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fluent</a>, a database marketing company, <a target="_blank" href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2016/6/8/survey-a-more-powerful-siri-will-be-a-key-factor-in-future-iphone-sales?rq=Fluent" rel="noopener noreferrer">released earlier this month </a>said that updates to Siri and the unlocking of the personal digital assistant's software development kit could be a key factor in future iPhone adoption. Today new research from Fluent says that Siri is <em>unlikely</em> to increase iPhone sales.</p>

<p>During a security presentation at this week’s Worldwide Developers’ Conference, Apple said that Jan. 1, 2017, is the deadline for all iOS apps in the App Store to implement a security feature called App Transport Security (ATS), reports <a target="_blank" href="http://techcrunch.com/2016/06/14/apple-will-require-https-connections-for-ios-apps-by-the-end-of-2016/" rel="noopener noreferrer">TechCrunch</a>.</p>

<p>Another day, another lawsuit. Uniloc, a “patent troll,” is suing Apple for patent infringements involving the Messages and the iMesssage back-end service, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/06/14/apples-messages-target-of-new-uniloc-patent-suit" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a>. </p>