Dennis Sellers

<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>

<p>If you're like me and are still holding on to your first generation iPad then the <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/nvjze7y" rel="noopener noreferrer">NuStand 360 by NewerTech</a> is for you. Though I was a skeptic at first, it only took a few minutes after taking the NuStand 360 out of the box to realize the benefits this stand can offer. </p>

<p>Several folks are poking fun at the Apple Pencil, an US$99 stylus Apple has made for the <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/pjldcg7" rel="noopener noreferrer">upcoming iPad Pro</a>. Is our favorite tech company onto something or will the Pencil disappear in quiet ignominy like Ping, the ill-fated, software-based, music-oriented social networking and recommender system?</p>

<p>Apple has filed for a patent (number 20150116560) for a "small form factor telephoto camera," which hints at even better camera functions in future iPhones and iPads.</p>

<p>RESCUECOM has released its <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/p2y6qf6" rel="noopener noreferrer">2015 Q2 Computer Reliability Report</a>. As usual, Samsung and Apple top the list. </p>

<p>There's some complaints that the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus aren't innovative. Not true. Just because they look pretty much the same as the iPhone 6 and 6s doesn't mean there aren't plenty of impressive under-the-hood improvements. </p>

<p>In a move that will certainly intensify the (debatable) theory that iOS devices will eventually replace Macs altogether, Apple's new iPad Pro shows the company is head to head with the full, notebook personal computer market with its latest offering, the iPad Pro.</p>

<p>The new Apple TV <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/pt44vmu" rel="noopener noreferrer">announced yesterday</a> has lots of intriguing improvements, but it lacks 4K or Ultra HD support. I think that's a mistake. </p>

<p>If you have speakers such as Moshi's Spatia that are designed to be used with Apple's AirPlay technology (which lets you wirelessly stream what’s on your iOS devices and Macs to an HDTV and speakers), here's how you connect them to a Mac.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/oavl5f7" rel="noopener noreferrer">Moshi's Spatia</a> is a wireless sound system designed to work with Apple's AirPlay technology. It sounds great — and looks almost as good as it sounds. </p>

<p>Mumford & Sons, Carrie Underwood and Ellie Goulding have been added to the line-up for the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.applemusicfestival.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">2015 Apple Music Festival</a> at London’s Roundhouse. They join Take That, One Direction (with Little Mix), the Weeknd, the Chemical Brothers, Disclosure (with NAO and Lion Babe), Pharrell Williams (with Leon Bridges), and Florence + The Machine. There will also be yet-to-be-named "special guests."</p>

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 9,128,540) by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for a "lens array for pattern projection and imaging." The patent, not the first such that Apple has filed, hints at Kinect-like features for future Macs.</p>