Dennis Sellers

<p class="">The <a href="https://www.atis.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS)</a> has announced the addition of 11 Founding Members to its Next G Alliance, an initiative designed to advance North American mobile technology leadership in 6G and beyond over the next decade, while building on the long-term evolution of 5G. They’re Apple, Charter, Cisco, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Intel.</p>

<p class="">An Illinois federal judge on Thursday refused to let Apple dodge a class action alleging that it violates state law through its facial recognition software, finding that the proposed class' allegations that the company illegally collects and stores face scans can proceed, according to <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1328278/apple-can-t-duck-facial-recognition-privacy-class-action?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&read_more=1&attachments=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Law360 </a>(a subscription is required to read the entire article).</p>

<p class=""><a href="https://www.dxomark.com/apple-iphone-12-pro-camera-review-great-smartphone-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DxOMark has tested</a> the iPhone 12 Pro and found it to have a top-of-the-line camera system and is great for filming videos.</p>

<p class="">In a note to clients — as noted by <a href="http://www.macrumors.com"><span style="text-decoration:underline">MacRumors</span></a> — analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says a mini-LED iPad and AirPods three are coming in the first half of 2021.</p>

<p class="">Apple has updated its iWork apps (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote), iMovie, and GarageBand for macOS Big Sur. They’re available at the Mac App Store.</p>

<p class="">Apple’s iPad continues to dominate the global tablet market with sales of approximately 15.2 million in the third quarter of 2020 for 34.4% market share, according to the <a href="http://www.canalys.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canalys</a> research group. That’s up from 10.3 million in sales for quarter three of 2019 — resulting in annual growth of 47%.</p>

<p class="">Launched in September, Apple’s iOS 14 is one of the biggest software updates in years, and is described as a <a href="https://poqcommerce.com/app-commerce/2020/06/apple-wwdc-game-changer-for-retail/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">game changer</a> for retail. With a little creative thinking, most of the new features can be harnessed to improve sales and customer service for your business.</p>

<p class=""><a href="http://www.jamf.com"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Jamf</span></a>, which specializes in Apple Enterprise Management, has announced that’s it’s prepared to support and extend key functionality in Apple’s macOS Big Sur update, which became available yesterday.</p>

<p class="">Actor Casey Wilson will star with Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd in <em>The Shrink Next Door</em>, an eight-episode series coming to Apple TV+, according to <a href="https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/shrink-next-door-apple-series-casey-wilson-1234830397/">Variety</a>. It’s based on the #1 new podcast of 2019 by Wondery and Bloomberg Media.</p>

<p class="">OWC says its current line of <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2980103-1&h=3653660379&u=https%3A%2F%2Feshop.macsales.com%2Fshop%2FThunderbolt&a=Thunderbolt+(USB-C)+external+storage+and+docks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thunderbolt (USB-C) external storage and docks</a> are compatible with Apple's new M1 Macs shipping next week. They’re available at <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2980103-1&h=1012901378&u=https%3A%2F%2Feshop.macsales.com%2Fshop%2FThunderbolt&a=MacSales.com"><span style="text-decoration:underline">MacSales.com</span></a>.</p>

<p class="">Apple has filed for a patent (number 20200355919) for an “adjustment mechanism for a head-mounted display.” It almost certainly involves the rumored “Apple Glasses,” an augmented reality/virtual reality/mixed reality head-mounted display (HMD).</p>

<p class="">Apple has released <a href="https://wwww.apple.com/macos/big-sur-preview/">macOS Big Sur</a>, the latest version of the Mac operating system. You can download it at the Mac App Store or by going to System Preferences > Software Update.</p>

<p class="">Apple has updates Final Cut Pro X and Logic Pro X. The updates — available at the Mac App Store — are targeted to the new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini running the M1 chip.</p>

<p class="">The second of a three-part <a href="http://www.macvoices.com/macvoices-20256-macvoices-live-apples-one-more-thing-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MacVoices Live!</a> sees the panel of David Ginsburg, Frank Petrie, Kelly Guimont, Guy Serle, Mike T. Rose, Brittany Smith, and host Chuck Joiner again discuss Apple’s “One More Thing” event.</p>

<p class="">macOS Big Sur may be technically available for installing today, but I hope you’re having better than me at obtaining. It’s been glitch after glitch for hours now.</p>