Dennis Sellers

<p class="">One of the complaints about Apple’s Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro (see my <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2020/4/27/apples-magic-keyboard-gets-the-ipad-pro-much-closer-to-a-laptop-alternative?rq=Magic%20Keyboard" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">review here</a>) — besides the price — is that there’s no place to stash an Apple Pencil. Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,664,012) hints that this could change in future iterations of the keyboard.</p>

<p class="">In a note to clients — as noted by <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacRumors</a> — Jeff Pu, an analyst at Chinese research firm GF Securities says Apple plans to release several higher-end devices with mini-LED displays in 2021, including a new 12.9-inch iPad Pro in the first quarter, a new 16-inch MacBook Pro in the second quarter, and a new 27-inch iMac in the second half of the year.</p>

<p class="">Shenzhen-based Huawei unseated Apple as China’s top tablet brand in the first quarter of 2020 with a 40.2% market share, according to the <a href="https://www.scmp.com/tech/gear/article/3086058/huawei-bucks-downward-trend-unseat-apple-and-take-lead-chinas-tablet" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">South China Morning Post</a>. The iPad’s market share dropped from 42.5% to 35.1% year-over-year.</p>

<p class="">Apple leaker and Twitter user "Fudge" <a href="https://twitter.com/choco_bit/status/1265002871487168512?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweets </a>that the upcoming iPhone 12 will use a Lightning port instead of USB-C, while the 2021 “iPhone 13” will replace Lightning with wireless charging and/or a Smart Connector depending on the model</p>

<p class=""><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-tech-latvia/latvia-to-launch-google-apple-friendly-coronavirus-contact-tracing-app-idUSKBN23118I?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reuters</a> reports that Latvia plans to become one of the first countries to launch a smartphone app using a new toolkit created by Apple and Alphabet’s Google to help trace coronavirus infections. The country’s Apturi Covid (Stop Covid) app is based on tech launched by the two companies last week.</p>

<p class=""><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-25/apple-to-start-reopening-stores-in-japan-this-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg</a>'s Mark Gurman says Apple Japan retail stores in Fukuoka (pictured) and Nagoya Sakae will reopen on May 27. Reopening dates for the country's eight other Apple stores haven’t yet been posted.</p>

<p class="">On the latest episode of <a href="http://www.macvoices.com/macvoices-20141-rosemary-orchard-takes-over-whenworks-and-talks-omnifocus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacVoices</a>, Rosemary Orchard returns and joins host Chuck Joiner to talk about her most recent project: taking over WhenWorks, the service that helps you schedule your appointments with others at times of mutual convenience without revealing your entire calendar.</p>

<p class="">Four decades ago, Denzyl Feigelson began an odyssey through the music biz in his native South Africa. Now, as CEO of Platoon, Apple’s artist service company, he’s paving the way for Apple’s expansion on the continent where he grew up, according to <a href="https://apple.news/AOcO8N3APS1GRHdYznDyGUQ"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Billboard</span></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="">TBWA/Media Arts Labs’ “Bounce” ad for Apple AirPods took top honors (a Gold Cube award) at the <a href="https://www.oneclub.org/awards/adcawards/-award/35329/bounce" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ADC Annual Awards</a> by the Art Director’s Club. It’s the oldest continuously running industry award show in the world.</p>

<p class="">Towers of Everland is this week's addition to <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/guide/apple-arcade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple Arcade</a>, Apple’s game streaming service. It's available for the the iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, but, alas, not for the Mac.</p>

<p class="">The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences released the 47th annual Daytime Emmy Award <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1154725/daytime-emmy-awards-2020-nominations-the-complete-list">nominations</a> during Thursday's episode of <em>The Talk</em>. Apple TV+, Apple’s streaming service, received 17 nominations.</p>

<p class="">Apple is in the early stages of developing a series about Gawker, for its Apple TV+ streaming service, according to <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/05/gawker-is-undead-once-more-as-a-planned-apple-tv-series" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vanity Fair.</a></p>

<p class="">Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,657,819) for "external communications for vehicles" designed to make self-driving/autonomous cars safer.</p>

<p class="">Apple’s workplace comedy series, <em>Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet</em>, returns today with the debut of <em>Mythic Quest: Quarantine</em>, a special new episode written, filmed and edited in quarantine.</p>