Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple will announce its second fiscal quarter results on Tuesday, May 2, at 2 p.m. (Pacific). As usual, Apple will offer an audio webcast of the call.</p>

<p>Industrial designer Christopher Stringer is leaving Apple after 21 years with the company, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theinformation.com/veteran-apple-designer-leaving" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Information</a>. The article doesn't say whether he's retiring or taking another job.</p>

<p>Say it ain’t so:  Cannon Lake, Intel's next generation of Core processors, could arrive later than initially believed, after comments by a company executive suggest delays in development and mass production of the new processor, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/3186477/computers/intels-cannonlake-pc-chip-shipments-may-slip-into-next-year.html" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>PC World</em></a>. This <em>could</em> delay the anticipated 32GB MacBook Pro with Touch Bar until 2018.</p>

<p>A former Apple salesman has filed suit against the company in Pennsylvania federal court alleging he was fired for reporting racial profiling against black customers, and that his cancer treatment and Seventh Day Adventist faith may also have played a role in his being terminated, reports <a target="_blank" href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/908541/apple-store-racially-profiles-says-ex-worker-in-bias-suit?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology" rel="noopener noreferrer">Law 360</a>.</p>

<p>A California federal judge has ordered Unwired Planet to turn over to Apple documents from its U.K. patent suit against Samsung, Huawei Technologies and Google, finding that the information is relevant to an upcoming trial over wireless technologies, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/908740/apple-wins-unwired-planet-s-uk-ip-row-docs-before-trial?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology" rel="noopener noreferrer">Law360</a>.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.feralinteractive.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Feral Interactive</a> says F1 2016 will be released for the Mac on Thursday, April 6, and will be powered by Apple’s new graphics API (application programming interface), Metal.</p>

<p>According to the latest market share survey from <a target="_blank" href="http://netmarkeshare.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">NetMarketShare</a>, the market share for both macOS and iOS was up in March.</p>

<p>According to the <em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.ft.com/content/14a192f8-170f-387d-898a-7b6a1cb486fe" rel="noopener noreferrer">Financial Times</a> (</em>which requires a subscription), Apple plans to stop using Imagination Technologies intellectual property within two years, ending its royalty payments. </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>Five percent of all U.S. households with a Wi-Fi connection use an Apple TV, according to new data from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.comscore.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">comScore</a>. However, it’s got a ways to go to catch up with Roku (18%), Amazon FireTV (12%), and Google’s Chromecast (8%).</p>

<p>Future Apple Watch bands may have tightness sensors. Apple has been granted a patent (number 20170086742) for “band tightness sensing.”</p>

<p>PearlMountain Technology's Publisher Lite is a handy desktop publishing and page layout app for both business and home use — and it's free. With it you can design and create a variety of flyers, brochures, business cards, newsletters, advertisements, reports, calendars, posters, booklets, and more.</p>

<p>Apple wants to sell consumers a premium TV bundle, which combines HBO, Showtime and Starz, all to be available on the Apple TV and iOS devices, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.recode.net/2017/4/2/15155816/apple-hbo-showtime-starz" rel="noopener noreferrer">re/code</a>. The company already offered each channels individually. </p>

<p>Rumors that Apple plans to buy some “big name” companies are true. CEO Tim Cook has confirmed to <em>Apple World Today</em> that Apple plans to go on a shopping spree starting this month.</p>

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