Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple has released iOS 10.3 and macOS Sierra 10.12.4 after weeks of public and developer beta testing.  <strong>iOS 10.3</strong> updates the file structure on an iOS device to the Apple File System (APFS). </p>

<p>President Trump will unveil a new White House office — the Office of American Innovation — today with “sweeping authority to overhaul the federal bureaucracy and fulfill key campaign promises — such as reforming care for veterans and fighting opioid addiction — by harvesting ideas from the business world and, potentially, privatizing some government functions,” reports the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-taps-kushner-to-lead-a-swat-team-to-fix-government-with-business-ideas/2017/03/26/9714a8b6-1254-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html?utm_term=.6cc7f299515c" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Washington Post</em></a>. And Apple CEO Tim Cook will be involved.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.wellsfargo.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wells Fargo Bank</a> says customers now have card-free access to all of its 13,000 ATMs, coast-to-coast. The company’s One-Time Access Code technology allows customers to authenticate at an ATM using an 8-digit token and their debit or ATM card Personal Identification Number (PIN), instead of a physical card.</p>

<p>B-Eng has announced SSD Health Check for NVMe, a hard drive utility for macOS. It delivers data and insights for NVMe Solid State Drives that are built in the newest generation of Apple's MacBook Pro. </p>

<p>Apple is now more interested in augmented reality eyesore than an auto project, according to the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ft.com/content/eac83150-10db-11e7-a88c-50ba212dce4d" rel="noopener noreferrer">Financial Times</a> (subscription required). Any retail launch is thought to be at least a year away, however.</p>

<p>Following last week’s terrorist attack in London, British Home Secretary Amber Rudd (pictured) tells the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39396578" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBC</a> that Apple can’t allow apps on its online stores that offer unbreakable encryption. </p>

<p>The annual Ranking Digital Rights <a target="_blank" href="https://rankingdigitalrights.org/index2017/assets/static/download/RDRindex2017report.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">survey</a>, funded by the Open Technology Institute, a think tank focused on online and technological issues, found that companies like Apple, Google and Facebook still score much better on privacy and free expression issues than, for instance, China’s Baidu and Russia’s Yandex.</p>

<p>T-Mobile has added AppleCare services to folks who subscribe to its JUMP! upgrade or Premium Device Protection. The wireless carrier has updated its <a target="_blank" href="https://www.t-mobile.com/optional-services/premium-handset-protection-plans.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">product pages</a> to include "AppleCare Services.” </p>

<p>Apple has filed for a patent (number 20170084133) for “indicators for wearable electronic devices” that show the company is at least considering future bands for the Apple Watch that do more than attach the wearable device to your wrist.</p>

<p>Adding individual songs to a playlist in iTunes on macOS Sierra is a pain. Thankfully, you can add several songs at once. Here’s how:</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.thedjyro.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">The DJYRO</a>, combined with an app available through the Apple App Store is a $29.99 DJ turntable and spinning smartphone holder that DJs will love. </p>

<p>India’s government is working on certain options to accommodate demands related to tax and duty concessions sought by Apple for setting up a manufacturing unit in India, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://www.asianage.com/business/companies/260317/govt-working-on-apple-demand-on-tax-and-duty-concessions.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Asian Ag</a>e.</p>

<p>A Beijing court has overturned a 2016 ruling that Apple's iPhone 6 violated a Chinese manufacturer's patent, according to the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2082127/china-win-apple-court-overturns-iphone-patent-ruling" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>South China Morning Post</em></a> (as noted by <em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.macrumors.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacRumors</a></em>). The court ruled that the features of the iPhone 6 "completely change[d] the effect of the entire product" and made both phones "easily distinguishable in the eyes of consumers."</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>iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, heal thyself. Apple has filed for a patent (number 20170086321) for “self-energizing sealing mechanisms.” It involves electronic devices with a sealing mechanism to prevent ingress of water into the interior cavity. </p>