Dennis Sellers

<p>Just in time for iOS 9, which packs new HomeKit profiles, <a target="_blank" href="http://iDevicesinc.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">iDevices</a> has announced a new, advanced set of HomeKit-enabled products, which will be available at Lowe’s starting Sept. 28.  The product line includes the iDevices Switch, iDevices Outdoor Switch and iDevices Thermostat.</p>

<p>It's heeeeeere: iOS 9, that is. (Though the minute I tried to download it  I got this message: "An error occurred downloading iOS 9." Are the Apple servers already overloaded?</p>

<p>Apple has delayed watchOS 2 — original slated to be released today — due to an unspecified bug. (However, iOS 9 is still due for a roll-out today.).</p>

<p>Apple's 20MW solar power station in Sichuan Province, western China, will begin operations at full capacity "soon," according to <em>BrightWire.com</em>, a global investmentnewswire, quoting info from the plant's builder, Zhonghuan Semiconductor. It's Apple's first solar power project in China.</p>

<p>In May, Apple confirmed the existence of its Applebot web crawler (which isn't to be confused with either Ultron or Spider-man). So is Apple planning to take on Google somewhere down the road with "Apple Search"? Perhap</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.crittercism.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Crittercism</a>, a mobile app intelligence platform provider, has created a predictive model for iOS 9 adoption and expects a 50% adoption rate by day 25, which is three days faster than iOS 8 reached the same level of adoption. iOS 9 is due for a Sept. 16 release.</p>

<p>Angela Ahrendts, Apple’s senior vice president of retail and online stores, places 16th on <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/qfyrdm9" rel="noopener noreferrer">FORTUNE's "Most Powerful Women" list.</a></p>

<p>Apple has been reassigned a patent from Topsy Labs, a company Apple bought in 2013 for more than US$200 million. The patent (number 9,135,294) is for "systems and methods using reputation for influence scores in search queries."</p>

<p>Burberry has announced a new streaming channel for Apple Music, marking the companies' first official product collaboration since Apple hired former CEO Angela Ahrendts to head its retail arm, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/nwkxvjk" rel="noopener noreferrer">The New York Times</a>.</p>

<p>This will never happen, but I'm going to toss out the idea anyway: Apple should open small retail stores — Apple mini stores, if you will — in towns that are too small for the traditional, bigger Apple retail stores and Mac Specialists.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sonnettech.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sonnet's Fusion PCIe Flash Drive</a> is a tough, pocket-size solid-state drive (SSD) storage device targeted as an "ultra-fast alternative" to portable SATA-based hard disk drives and SSD storage products. That's true; however, it comes at a steep price: US$499 for a 256GB version and $799 for a 512GB model.</p>

<p>I have a friend whose iPhone is always running away and hiding. At least that's what my friend says. The more jaded among might claim that she's the one who misplaces it, drops in a glass of water, and, well, you get the idea.</p>

<p>Apple says it's on pace to beat last year's iPhone first-weekend record. Apple shares rose in premarket trading following the announcement. </p>

<p>Forget the Apple Car. I want an Apple Jetpack. According to <a target="_blank" href="http://cnet.co/1iZYu6R" rel="noopener noreferrer">CNET</a>, Google X, the search giant's secret lab, once considered making a jetpack, but abandoned it due to a lack of practicality such as a too much noise and too little power.</p>

<p>Terence Fung, chief strategy officer at the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.storm8.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Storm8 mobile gaming network</a>, is predicting big things for iOS 9 and <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/pt44vmu" rel="noopener noreferrer">the new Apple TV</a>.</p>