Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple has updated its free <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wwdc/id640199958?mt=8)" rel="noopener noreferrer">WWDC app</a> for iOS and tvOS to version 6.0. It allows you to follow along with developments at the Worldwide Developer Conference. </p>

<p>Apple says <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSvOwwDexts" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Carpool Karaoke: The Series</em></a> will be available to Apple Music subscribers starting Tuesday, Aug. 8. It will welcome a different group of stars every Tuesday, with new episodes available exclusively to Apple Music subscribers in more than 100 countries. </p>

<p>Despite some predictions that the next generation of iPhone will ship later than the usual September time frame, Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty says in a note to clients -- as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.barrons.com/articles/you-wont-have-to-wait-for-that-iphone-8-1496168586" rel="noopener noreferrer">Barron’s</a> -- that there's a “limited risk of a significantly delayed launch" for the "iPhone 8" (shown in fanciful mock-ups).</p>

<p>Shares of ParkerVision are moving after a Florida court granted the reopening of a patent infringement case filed against Apple, LG and Qualcomm, notes <a target="_blank" href="https://seekingalpha.com/news/3270459-parkervision-soars-reopening-apple-qualcomm-infringement-case?uprof=53&dr=1#email_link" rel="noopener noreferrer">Seeking Alpha</a>. Shares were up 28% premarket.</p>

<p>Nintendo’s plans to ramp up Switch production may have hit a snag due to parts competition from Apple’s iPhones, according to the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/nintendo-battles-apple-for-parts-as-switch-demand-rises-1496136603" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wall Street Journal</a>.</p>

<p>LG Display is <a target="_blank" href="http://english.etnews.com/20170530200001" rel="noopener noreferrer">reportedly</a> making a $3.6 billion investment in an OLED factory to challenge Samsung for the chance to make iPhone screens. Samsung is currently the only OLED supplier to the iPhone launching this fall.</p>

<p>I really want to see a new iMac announced at next week's Apple Worldwide Developer Conference and be available immediately. However, I suspect the next gen all-in-one won’t ship until September. If so, a high-end model could sport Intel Coffee Lake processors.</p>

<p>According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (<a href="http://www.idc.com/">IDC</a>) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.idc.com/tracker/showproductinfo.jsp?prod_id=37" rel="noopener noreferrer">Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker</a>, worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to rebound slightly in 2017 with expected growth of 3% over the previous year. And things are looking good for Apple's iPhone.</p>

<p>As noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.macrumors.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacRumors</a>, Apple has updated its <a target="_blank" href="https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/15-inch" rel="noopener noreferrer">online store</a> to indicate that 15-inch MacBook Pro orders are now estimated for free delivery between June 5-8 in the U.S. This makes sense, as new laptops are predicted to be unveiled at next week's Apple Worldwide Developer Conference.</p>

<p>Apple is at least considering a head-mounted display (HMD) for augmented reality (AR) purposes, as evidenced by a newly granted patent (number 9,667,954). It involves a device and techniques for projecting a source image in a HMD having a left and a right display for projecting a left and right images viewable by the left and right eyes.</p>

<p>Apple has hired Qualcomm Engineering Vice President Esin Terzioglu as a wireless “System-on-a-Chip” lead, offering more evidence that the company may plan to expand its internal chip development into Broadband Processors working as mobile modems, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/05/29/apple-hires-8-year-qualcomm-engineering-vp-to-its-wireless-soc-team" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider.</a></p>

<p>App Store Icon Resizer is a useful developer tool for macOS 10.7 and higher. It only costs 99 cents and is available at the <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/icon-resize/id730352774?mt=12" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mac App Store</a>.</p>

<p>Sometimes a Mac app acts up and you have to kill it. Well, not actually kill it, but you may have to force it to quit so you can relaunch it. Here’s how you use Force Quit in macOS Sierra:</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 Orchard Road in Singapore opened Saturday to thousands of customers who queued to explore Apple’s first store in Southeast Asia. Customers were greeted by Angela Ahrendts, Apple’s senior vice president of Retail, and the store’s 237 employees when doors opened at 10 a.m. (local time).</p>