Dennis Sellers

<p class="">The Apple TV+ and Disney+ streaming services have both seen success during their first six months, according to Parks Associates. Both captured significant market share in the streaming video space, rounding out the top five behind the "Big 3" Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu, according to the research firm's <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2816668-1&h=219160865&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parksassociates.com%2Fwhitepapers%2Fsnapshot-apple-disney&a=Market+Snapshot%3A+Disney%2B+and+Apple+TV%2B" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Market Snapshot: Disney+ and Apple TV+</a> report.</p>

<p class="">As evidenced by a new patent filing (number 20200169637), Apple wants Siri to be better able to act as a liaison between users and third party services.</p>

<p class=""><em>Central Park</em> — an animated comedy from <em>Bob’s Burgers</em> creator Loren Bouchard — debuts today on the Apple TV+ streaming service. It’s about a family of caretakers living in Central Park</p>

<p class="">Federal judge John Walter has tossed out a copyright suit against Apple and Servant director/executive producer M. Night Shyamalan, reports <a href="https://variety.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Variety</a>. The lawsuit claimed that the Apple TV+ series <em>Servant </em>is a facsimile of Francesca Gergorini's 2013 film, <em>The Truth About Emanuel.</em></p>

<p class="">The <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/a08627c5-61d6-4513-9e7e-acac6b1ba862" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Financial Times</a> reports that, in a letter sent to European competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager, California-based tracking app maker Tile argued that Apple was making it more difficult for users to operate its product on their smartphones compared to Apple's own rival application, FindMy, by selectively disabling features that allow for seamless user experience.</p>

<p class="">Apple has recently asked LG Display to supply LCD panels for the iPad “fast,” reports <a href="http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=46644" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Business Korea</a>. The display maker is expected to start supplying them as early as June by operating the production lines at full throttle.</p>

<p class="">SpongeBob: Patty Pursuit is this week's addition to Apple Arcade, Apple’s game streaming service. It's available for the the iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and the Mac.</p>

<p class="">In a new Apple Pay promotion, you can use Apple’s mobile payment system in the Ray-Ban app and get 30% off a pair of custom sunglasses or eyeglasses at <a href="http://ray-ban.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ray-Ban.com</a> when you use the promo code APPLEPAY.</p>

<p class="">On the <a href="http://www.macvoices.com/macvoices-20144-jeff-carlson-explains-macos-snapshots-and-how-to-use-them-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">new episode of MacVoices</a>, Jeff Carlson joins host Chuck Joiner to draw on information from his <em>Take Contol of Your Digital Storage </em>book<em> </em>to help us understand macOS snapshots.</p>

<p class="">Global shipments of wearable devices grew 29.7% year-over-year during the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20) as total device volume reached 72.6 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=52227554&newsitemid=20200528005801&lan=en-US&anchor=Worldwide+Quarterly+Wearable+Device+Tracker&index=2&md5=67499333cf3bdcadb78d90a176790cb3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker</a>. And, thanks to the Apple Watch, Air Pods, and Beats products, Apple once again dominates the wearables market.</p>

<p class="">Apple has given a straight-to-series order for an upcoming TV show about film legend (and inventor!) Hedy Lamarr, which is set to star Gal Gadot, reports <a href="https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/gal-gadot-hedy-lamarr-series-apple-1234619029/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Variety</a>.</p>

<p class="">The <a href="https://www.thefilmdetective.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Film Detective (TFD)</a>, a classic media streaming network and film archive that restores and distributes classic films for cord-cutters, is bringing the nostalgia of classic drive-in movies to the comfort of home this summer. Starting in June, TFD is rediscovering its Drive-In Classics category, with newly added titles never before shown on The Film Detective.</p>

<p class="">Apple has filed for yet another patent involving the rumored “Apple Glasses.” This one (number 20200166738) is for an “optical system for a head-mounted display.”</p>

<p class="">Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has filed for a patent (number 20200169855) for “systems and methods for locating mobile devices within a vehicle.” The idea seems to be a vehicle-specific version of “Find My” for folks like my wife and daughter who are constantly misplacing their iPhone (or iPad or Apple Watch.)</p>

<p class="">The U.S. appeals court in Washington, D.C. <a href="https://casetext.com/case/freedom-watch-inc-v-google-inc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">dismissed a lawsuit</a> accusing top tech companies such as Apple of silencing conservative voices, reports <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/27/appeals-court-rules-in-favor-of-google-apple-facebook-and-twitter-in-anti-conservative-bias-suit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TechCrunch</a>. Filed in 2018 by Freedom Watch, the lawsuit accused Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter of violating antitrust statutes and the First Amendment by censoring conservative content.</p>