Dennis Sellers

<p class="">Apple’s Fitness+, the first fitness experience built around Apple Watch, launches today. Apple says new content will be added each week. With Activity Sharing, users can allow friends and family to see Fitness+ workouts completed, and workouts can also be shared to their favorite social media channels.</p>

<p class="">Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,861,142) involving “gaze detection” for the rumored “Apple Glasses,” an augmented reality/virtual reality/mixed head-mounted display (HMD).</p>

<p class="">Apple has announced a “iPhone 11 Display Module Replacement Program for Touch Issues.”</p>

<p class="">Apple CEO Tim Cook delivered a “quick speech” in the course of the <a href="https://www.climateambitionsummit2020.org/">2020 Climate Ambition Summit</a>, stressing that leaders of countries and firms world wide have a “burden to act” to deal with local weather change throughout this “moment of historic urgency,” reports <a href="https://newslivenation.in/apple-ceo-tim-cook-urges-action-on-climate-change-at-united-nations-summit/"><span style="text-decoration:underline">NewsLiveNation</span></a>. The summit is co-hosted by the United Nations, United Kingdom, and France.</p>

<p class="">In a note to clients — as noted by <a href="http://www.macrumors.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MacRumors</a> — analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that though the iPhone 12 lineup launched later than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic, production of so-called iPhone 13 models with a new A15 chip won’t face the same issues.</p>

<p class="">After 2.5 years on the job, Ferrari CEO Louis Camilleri has retired immediately, citing personal reasons. Chairman John Elkann, the scion of Italy’s Agnelli family, will lead the company on an interim basis while a permanent successor is found, reports <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN28L0TQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>.</p>

<p class="">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 this week’s picks.</p>

<p class=""><a href="http://www.synology.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Synology</a> has introduced its next-generation 8-bay NAS, the US$949.99 DS1821+, which is designed for high-capacity and high-performance data management and storage.</p>

<p class=""><em>PCMag</em> lead mobile analyst, Sascha Segan, reports on new research from Wave7 indicating that <a href="http://email.msgsnd.com/c/eJwdTkuKxCAUPE2yU3xPfSYLF81A38P46QjGhCiEvv04AwVFUR8qWGNEcnO2KFAAAoDRJIADR1qJNJnlR4B8A01KHO3TauD-PObdekEoVHJShHVBE2XUoDQacJqINjkXu_d-tUm-JnwPPM_DL3-4z9_A0DU-bZCrrnxbZ-66SmT52s8aGSA7cs0sN1bP4bEtf9ie-3zbEGvNjbdYSrzbePVffM67BN7P4L5zt1qaTSJFIqUWJ5PGbYkJPawavEI9IsasRhkpdCJyQY_jhCn6FTdFFLT6Bfu3U20"><span style="text-decoration:underline">the iPhone mini isn't making a big splash when it comes to sales</span></a>.</p>

<p class=""><a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/alba-a-wildlife-adventure/id1528014682" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alba: A Wildlife Adventure</a> is the latest addition to <a href="https://www.apple.com/apple-arcade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple Arcade</a>, Apple’s US$4.99/month or $49.99/year game streaming service that has over 130 games,. It's available for the the iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Mac. It’s also available as part of the <a href="https://www.apple.com/apple-one/?cid=svc-us-kwgo-brand&adc=AO_NA_EBT_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple One bundle</a>.</p>

<p class="">Apple has shared <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=361Rql5FfCY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a trailer</a> for the second season of its Apple TV+ series, “Dickinson,” which has already been renewed for season three.</p>

<p class="">The animated, family friendly (and acclaimed) film "Wolfwalkers" is now available on Apple TV+.</p>

<p class="">Apple has released a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OLoYssoZF8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trailer </a>for the second annual <a href="http://apple.co/AppleMusicAwards2020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple Music Awards</a> that “recognize the best and boldest musicians of 2020 and their enormous impact on global culture.”</p>

<p class="">With iOS 14, Siri, Apple’s “personal digital assistant,” expands its knowledge, helps find answers from across the internet, and can now send audio messages. Keyboard dictation runs on device when dictating messages, notes, email, and more.</p>

<p class="">Most Apple employees probably won’t return to work at Apple's Cupertino, California campuses before June 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CEO Tim Cook said yesterday at a town hall meeting, according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-11/apple-s-cook-says-most-staff-won-t-return-to-office-until-june" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bloomberg</a>.</p>