Dennis Sellers

<p>You can do fun things with your Mac, such as typing accents, emojis and symbols. macOS Sierra includes features that make it easy to find and type special characters and currency symbols.</p>

<p>The cameras that comes with the iPhone 7 and, especially, the iPhone 7 Plus are fantastic. And you can spice up your photos even more with Note-Ify Apps' <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/retricam/id975528927?mt=8" rel="noopener noreferrer">RetriCAM</a>, which also works with the iPad and iPod touch. And it’s free.</p>

<p>Users of personal computers, ultramobiles (which includes iPads, tablets and Chromebooks) and mobile phones are buying new devices at higher average selling prices (ASPs), resulting in growth in end-user spending in 2017. The <a target="_blank" href="http://www.gartner.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gartner research group </a>estimates that end-user spending will increase by 2% in 2017, to nearly $600 billion in current U.S. dollars. </p>

<p>Nearly 96 million Americans (or 31% of the population) have had their Internet network, e-mail, or computer hacked or compromised. That's according to the results of the <a target="_blank" href="http://ooma.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ooma.com</a> Internet Security Survey—a survey of 1,000 Americans conducted by the VoIP provider.</p>

<p>Angela Ahrendts, Apple’s Senior Vice President, Retail, has been named one of the <a target="_blank" href="http://top50tech.org/2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer">2017 Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology by the National Diversity Council</a>. This definitive list honors the most extraordinary female leaders, influencers and achievers impacting the technology industry.  </p>

<p>Apple has made a deal with NBC that will see <em>Saturday Night Live</em> creating humorous commercial content that will air during commercial breaks on the show, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/saturday-night-live-lorne-michaels-advertising-verizon-apple-1202026162/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Variety</em></a>. </p>

<p>Think of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/clips/id1212699939?mt=8">Clips</a>, Apple's new, free app that allows iPhone and iPad users to create “expressive videos,” as “iMovie Lite.” It lets you combine video clips, photos and music into videos to share through the Messages app, or on Instagram, Facebook and other social networks.</p>

<p>I just witnessed an amazing month for Mac gaming. And I just had to share it with you. Because the final days of March brought so many exciting news and games to the Mac platform it's hard <strong>not</strong> to get excited.</p>

<p>Apple places number 10 among the “Happiest Technology Companies 2017” by <a target="_blank" href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.careerbliss.com%2F&esheet=51537895&newsitemid=20170406006284&lan=en-US&anchor=CareerBliss&index=1&md5=2be483c5f326a624cf3c9270f523d7ec" rel="noopener noreferrer">CareerBliss</a>, an online career community. The list is derived from employees who voluntarily submit reviews to CareerBliss, evaluating their company’s leadership, culture, compensations and overall work environment. </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>Several tech companies — including Twitter, Yelp, Instagram and Foursquare Labs — have agreed to pay a consolidated $5.3 million to resolve a putative class action pending in California federal court accusing them of violating user privacy through their apps that took advantage of an iOS feature that uploaded details from users' contact lists, reports <a target="_blank" href="https://www.law360.com/articles/909742" rel="noopener noreferrer">Law360</a>.</p>

<p>What is your cell phone worth? We all know how much we paid for our phones, but what is it worth today? Like cars, cell phones depreciate as soon as you buy them.</p>

<p>You can use your voice to enter text with macOS Sierra with its Dictation feature (which is different from Siri). Choose the Apple menu () > System Preferences, click Keyboard, then click Dictation. Turn on Dictation and choose from these Dictation options:</p>

<p>My Comcast/Xfinity bill recent jumped by $35 — all the hike related to cable TV. Needless to say, this didn't make me happy, so I’m looking into cutting the cord.   <em>Cut the Cord, Ditch the Dish and Take Back Control of Your TV </em>is turning out to be a valuable guide in doing this. </p>

<p>Apple has applied for a patent (number 20170095043) for a “woven display” tether that would keep you from dropping your iPhone or iPad. The tether could also display useful info and be used for an Apple Watch band.</p>