Dennis Sellers

<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>Here’s some irony for you: now that <a target="_blank" href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2016/11/21/apple-reportedly-discontinuing-its-airport-express-the-airport-extreme-airport-time-capsule-line?rq=AirPort" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple is apparently abandoning</a> the AirPort Express, the AirPort Extreme, and AirPort Time Capsule, the company ranks highest in overall satisfaction among wireless router manufacturers in a new study by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jdpower.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">J.P. Power.</a></p>

<p>Netflix confirmed in a tweet — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/11/30/netflix-finally-adds-offline-mode/94659494/" rel="noopener noreferrer">USA Today</a> — that subscribers can download some of their favorite programs instead of just streaming ‘em via a broadband connection.</p>

<p>Inside the App, a site designed to help you find the best apps online, has created a cool infographic that shows the main differences between the iPhone 7 and Google Pixel. </p>

<p>DatChat has introduced DatChat for iMessage. It allows iMessage users the ability to easily send or receive self-destructing and screenshot protected messages without ever leaving the iMessage app.  </p>

<p>Worldwide personal computer (PC) shipments are forecast to decline by 6.4% year over year in 2016, according to an updated forecast from the International Data Corporation (<a href="http://www.idc.com/">IDC</a>) <a href="http://www.idc.com/tracker/showproductinfo.jsp?prod_id=1">Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker</a>. That doesn’t sound good, but it’s an improvement over August's projection for a decline of 7.2% in 2016. </p>

<p>In honor of World AIDS Day, Apple is offering more ways for customers to join (RED) in its mission to create an AIDS-free generation. This is the company’s 10th year supporting the effort.</p>

<p>Apple is now offering <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-music/">Apple Music</a> Student Memberships in 25 more countries. The discounts provided to students vary based on country. In the U.S., the service is US$4.99 a month instead of the regular $9.99 per month fee.</p>

<p>If you have one of the new MacBook Pros with Touch Bar and are frustrated that all legacy ports were replaced by unified Thunderbolt 3/USB-C connectors, consider adding the $249.95 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.iogear.com/product/GUD3C01/" rel="noopener noreferrer">IOGEAR USB-C Docking Station with Power Delivery</a> to your Christmas wish list.</p>

<p>For the average Internet user, security of passwords is often a secondary consideration, right after convenience. Most of us belong to so many different websites requiring passwords that we could never name them all, even if a gun were placed to our heads. </p>

<p>Billy Sorrentino, <em>Wired</em> magazine’s creative director, has announced his departure. A <em>Wired</em> rep says Sorrentino will be joining Apple’s design team, but wouldn’t offer more detail, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://www.recode.net/2016/11/29/13783724/wired-apple-billy-sorrentino" rel="noopener noreferrer">recode</a>.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">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>The AWT News Update is on hiatus while my compadre, Steve, takes a road trip. In its place, I’ll offer a text-only (no podcast) summary of breaking stories with a tip o’ my hat to my former website, <em>Apple Daily Report</em>.</p>

<p>Cellcom, Israel's biggest mobile phone operator, is bringing its Cellcom TV Internet TV service to the fourth generation Apple TV, notes <a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cellcom-israel-apple-television-idUSKBN13N15C" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reuters</a>. The company also launched a Cellcom TV app.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Apple is investigating methods to improve video streaming on its macOS, iOS, and tvOS devices as evidenced by a patent filing with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.</p>