Dennis Sellers

<p class="">Apple has begun looking for suppliers of “folded cameras” in order to strengthen the optical zoom feature of its iPhones, according to <a href="https://english.etnews.com/20201127200002" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Korea IT News</a>.</p>

<p class="">Apple’s M1 Mac mini has seen Apple’s share of the desktop market boom in Japan, according to a new "<a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&pto=aue&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ja&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.bcnretail.com/list/list_tag/%3Ftag_id%3D109%26tag_search%3D1&usg=ALkJrhgi6IyYuotsyXrsXjW64rYqs1PzaQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BCN</a> Ranking,” a sales database that collects and aggregates actual sales data of personal computers, digital home appliances, etc. from major home electronics mass retailers and online shops daily.</p>

<p class="">Apple is urging a Texas federal judge to kill a copyright infringement lawsuit over its emoji with diverse skin tones, contending the company suing it can't claim rights to "naturally occurring" human characteristics like skin color, according to <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1332332/apple-says-skin-tones-used-in-emojis-can-t-be-ip?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Law360</a> (a subscription is required to read the entire article).</p>

<p class="">According to <a href="http://www.macrumors.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MacRumors</a>, Apple is preparing to open a new retail store in Yeouido, South Korea. It will be the tech giant’s second retail location in the country.</p>

<p class="">As noted by <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/11/30/italy-fines-apple-10m-euro-over-water-resistance-marketing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AppleInsider</a>, Apple has been fined by the Italian Antitrust Authority for 10 million euro (about US$12 million) for misleading consumers in marketing the water-resistance of its iPhones.</p>

<p class="">A new report from <a href="https://www.digitimes.com">DigiTimes</a> says that a mini-LED M1 MacBook Pro and and mini-LED iPad Pro models are coming in the first half of 2021. The report says that the former will debut in the second quarter and the latter in the first quarter.</p>

<p class="">Government officials says that Apple and Amazon haven’t agreed to a new French initiative to get global tech companies to publicly commit to principles including paying their fair share of taxes, according to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-tech-idUSKBN28A1JL" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>.</p>

<p class="">Apple has shared <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA7GxpLH_5A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a trailer</a> for Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special that will debut Friday, December 4, on Apple TV+.</p>

<p class="">Apple’s high end iPad Pro models coming in 2021 will be 5G-enabled with mmWave support, according to industry publication <a href="https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20201126PD206.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DigiTimes</a>.</p>

<p class="">Apple supplier Hon Hai Precision Industry, better known as Foxconn Technology Group is moving some iPad and MacBook assembly to Vietnam from China at the request of Apple, reports <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-foxconn-vietnam-apple-exclusive-idUSKBN2860VN" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>, quoting an unnamed “person with knowledge of the plan.”</p>

<p class=""><a href="https://www.gadgetguard.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gadget Guard </a>is offering Apple World Today readers 50% off all products—alara radiation-prevention phone cases, screen protectors and other accessories.</p>

<p class="">Apple’s new HomePod minis are apparently hot sellers (especially the black model), but there seems to be a problem.</p>

<p class="">Apple has been granted its (by my count) billionth patent for the rumored “Apple Glasses,” an augmented reality/virtual reality/mixed reality head-mounted display (HMD). This patent involves an “AR/VR controller with event camera.”</p>

<p class="">In a note to clients — as noted by<a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/11/25/strong-holiday-demand-for-airpods-could-continue-into-2021-analyst-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> AppleInsider</a> — investment bank Wedbush see a surge in demand for AirPods heading into the holiday shopping season, and expects the Apple product to continue its momentum next year.</p>

This is all part of an ongoing legal battle. In January, a a jury in San Diego, California jury ruled...