Dennis Sellers

<p class="">As noted by <a href="https://www.macrumors.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MacRumors</a>, Apple is honoring the <a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-of-persons-with-disabilities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Day of Persons with Disabilities</a> with a re-launch of its <a href="https://www.apple.com/accessibility/">Accessibility site</a> and a new collection of tutorial videos highlighting the accessibility features of its software.</p>

<p class="">Content studio and podcast network, <a href="https://www.qcodemedia.com/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">QCODE</a>, has hired former Apple Podcasts executive, Steve Wilson, as the company’s chief strategy officer where he will oversee partnerships, marketing, distribution and work with the QCODE team on content strategy.</p>

<p class="">SpotHero, a North American digital parking leader company, is bring parking to the display screen of your car with Apple CarPlay. Drivers can now use SpotHero with CarPlay to find, book and pay for off-street parking in over 300 cities across North America without touching a phone.</p>

<p class="">Apple has released the third developer betas of iOS 14.3, iPadOS 14.3, tvOS 14.3, and watchOS 7.2.</p>

<p class="">The third edition of the <a href="http://www.macvoices.com/macvoices-20269-macvoices-holiday-gift-guide-3-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MacVoices Live!</a> Holiday Gift Guide features Shelly Brisbin, Jean MacDonald, Mike T. Rose, and host Chuck Joiner.</p>

<p class="">“The Good Wife” star Julianna Margulies has joined the cast of Apple’s “The Morning Show” for the second season of the Emmy-winning series, reports <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/julianna-margulies-joins-the-morning-show-season-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wrap</a>.</p>

<p class="">The global wearables market grew 35.1% year over year during the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20) with total shipments reaching 125 million units according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.idc.com%2Ftracker%2Fshowproductinfo.jsp%3Fprod_id%3D962&esheet=52341058&newsitemid=20201202005304&lan=en-US&anchor=Worldwide+Quarterly+Wearable+Device+Tracker&index=2&md5=16429eaba6782b777787aac30557deee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker</a>. Apple led the market.</p>

<p class="">In a note to clients — as reported by <a href="http://www.macrumors.com"><span style="text-decoration:underline">MacRumors</span></a> — analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple will release two redesigned MacBook Pros in 2021 and a new MacBook Air in 2022, all with mini-LED displays and Apple Silicon/M1 chips.</p>

<p class="">Apple has named its App Store Best of 2020 winners, recognizing 15 apps and games “that proved to be essential for making life easier, healthier, and more connected this year. “</p>

<p class="">A Texas federal judge has pushed a looming trial in which Maxell has accused Apple of infringing multiple patents with smartphone and tablet technologies used in its iOS devices from this month to March, reports <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1333665/maxell-apple-texas-patent-trial-delayed-to-march?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 article).</p>

Another day, another lawsuit.  Euroconsumer — a consumer group “working to promote consumer information, defense of their rights and personalized...

<p class="">You can now order the <a href="https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MHXF3AM/A/magsafe-duo-charger" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MagSafe Duo Charger</a> at the online Apple Store with shipments starting this week. It costs US$129.</p>

<p class="">In iPadOS 14, Safari offers a Privacy Report so users can see which cross-site trackers have been blocked, secure password monitoring to help users detect saved passwords that may have been involved in a data breach, and built-in translation for entire webpages.</p>

<p class="">Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,854,008) for “synchronized, interactive augmented reality displays for multifunction devices.” It involves the rumored “Apple Glasses,” an augmented reality/virtual reality/mixed reality head-mounted display (HMD).</p>

<p class="">The new episode of <a href="http://www.macvoices.com/macvoices-20268-macvoices-live-new-m1-mac-experiences-macos-transitions-developer-fees-2/"><span style="text-decoration:underline">MacVoices Live!</span></a> panel of David Ginsburg, Britany Smith, Andrew Orr, Kelly Guimont, Frank Petrie, and host Chuck Joiner continue their discussion of past and present macOS/chip transitions, then shift to Apple’s decision to reduce their commission on app store developers from 30% to 15% for developers earning less than US$1 million per year. The issue is more complex than you might think.</p>