Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple is rising the prices for apps and in-app purchases at its app stores in some countries following changes to exchange rates and taxation policy. <a target="_blank" href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/01/17/app-store-app-prices-to-rise-in-the-uk-by-25-following-brexit-exchange-rate-fluctuations/" rel="noopener noreferrer">9to5Mac</a> reports that customers in India, Turkey and the United Kingdom will see price increases.</p>

<p>Yesterday <a target="_blank" href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2017/1/16/analyst-apple-will-product-a-macbook-pro-with-32gb-of-memory-in-the-third-quarter" rel="noopener noreferrer">KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted</a> that Apple will offer a high-end MacBook Pro model this year with up to 32GB of —potentially desktop-class —RAM, while bumping 12-inch MacBook to 16GB of RAM. Now analysts from the supply chain are predicting that sales of Mac laptops will exceed 15 million in 2017.</p>

<p>Stellar Data Recovery's <a target="_blank" href="https://www.stellarinfo.com/mac-software/speed-up-mac.php" rel="noopener noreferrer">SpeedUp Mac</a> is a recommended performance optimization tool for macOS 10.11 and higher.</p>

<p>When you open a folder in the Finder (the default application for browsing your Mac’s files), the folder’s contents usually replace the current contents of the window. However, you can open a folder in a new tab or window, if you wish. To set folders to open in tabs or windows:</p>

<p>In a note to clients — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/01/16/apple-to-offer-32gb-of-desktop-ram-in-top-end-2017-macbook-pro-16gb-for-12-macbook" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a> — KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that Apple will offer a high-end MacBook Pro model this year with up to 32GB of —potentially desktop-class —RAM, while bumping 12-inch MacBook to 16GB of RAM.</p>

<p>Element Case has debuted Katana, an iPhone case that’s the latest addition to the company’s Machine Series of cases that are precision-machined and hand-finished.</p>

<p>Fellowes Brands has introduced the <a href="http://www.fellowes.com/us/en/Products/Pages/product-listing.aspx?cat=OFFICE-WELL-BEING&subcat=SIT_STAND_SOLUTIONS&tercat=SIT_STANDS">Lotus Sit-Stand Workstation</a>, featuring Smooth Lift Technology designed to keep your workstation stable and make it easy to change positions from sitting to standing effortless. </p>

<p>The benchmark specialists at AnTuTu have compiled a chart — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cultofmac.com/462661/iphone-7-tops-2016-smartphone-performance-chart/?utm_campaign=iphone-7-tops-2016-smartphone-performance-chart&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cult of Mac</a> — that highlights 2016’s top performing smartphones. The iPhone 7 Plus and the iPhone 7 take the number one and two spots.</p>

<p>Apple has honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a <a href="http://www.apple.com/">full-page tribute</a> on its website. It has a photo of the civil rights leader and the following quote:</p>

<p>Another day, another lawsuit. Apple is being sued for, as usual, patent infringement by a company called Seatoun Media. In a lawsuit filed in the lawsuit-friendly Texas Eastern District Court, the company claims Apple’s iMessage service/app violates a 15-year-old patent for recording and playing back voice messages over a network, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/01/16/lawsuit-accuses-apples-imessages-of-violating-2002-point-of-sale-patent" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a>.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.squoop.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sqoop</a>, a “news discovery network,” has released a list of the “most inventive companies of 2016 based on patent activity.” Apple places 11th on the list. </p>

<p>Apple is secretive about Project Titan, its alleged car project. However, considering the recent hiring spree of automotive experts, patent publications related to connected car technology, and the $10 billion spent on research and development, Apple is expected to offer connected, autonomous and shared mobility solution, opines <a target="_blank" href="http://ww2.frost.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Frost & Sullivan's</a>, a research group.</p>

<p>Rocket Internet Venture and the largest online retailer for Latin America, Linio, observing that the price for the same tech items varied significantly from country to country, even in neighboring states, conducted the 2017 Tech Price Index in order to better understand this worldwide phenomenon. </p>

<p>Apple’s “iPhone 8” will feature “the highest level of dust and water resistance,” reports the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theinvestor.co.kr/view.php?ud=20170112000659" rel="noopener noreferrer">Korea Herald</a>, quoting unnamed “multiple sources.” The upcoming smartphone will purportedly sport an IP68 rating, the highest level of weather protection that can handle submersion for 30 minutes in 1.5 meters of water. </p>

<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reopened the never-ending Apple lawsuit accusing Samsung of copying the iPhone's design, according to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.law360.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Law360</a>. This comes just over a month after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Samsung may not have to pay all its profits from the smartphones found to infringe Apple’s design patents.</p>