Dennis Sellers

<p class="">The Ninth Circuit of California has amended a ruling in favor of Apple retail store workers who say they should be paid for time spent waiting for end-of-shift bag searches, giving Apple a chance to argue to the district court that the time was too trivial to merit pay, reports <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1324206/apple-sways-9th-circ-to-revive-bag-case-defense?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&read_more=1&attachments=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Law360</a> (a subscription is required to read the entire article).</p>

<p class=""><a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/south-of-the-circle/id1477077753"><span style="text-decoration:underline">South of the Circle</span></a> is this week's addition to <a href="https://www.apple.com/apple-arcade/">Apple Arcade</a>, Apple’s US$4.99/month or $49.99/year game streaming service that has over 120 games,. It's available for the the iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Mac.</p>

<p class="">Apple shipped 41.6 million iPhones in the third quarter of 2020, down 10.6% year-over-year, which placed the company in fourth among smartphone manufacturers for the first time with 11.8% share, according to <a href="http://www.idc.com"><span style="text-decoration:underline">IDC</span></a>.</p>

<p class="">Tomorrow is Halloween. Here are some macOS and iOS apps to help celebrate the scary day.</p><p class=""></p>

<p class="">A newly granted Apple patent (number 10,814,167) for a “wearable computer with fitness machine connectivity for improved activity monitoring” shows that future Apple Watches could interact directly with fitness machines.</p>

<p class=""><a href="http://claris.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Claris International Inc.</a> — a wholly owned Apple subsidiary and specialist in low-code development of intelligent apps — has expanded its workflow orchestration and intelligent automation platform Claris Connect with new connectors—third-party app integrations—and enhanced capabilities to continue powering remote work.</p>

<p class=""><a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2965949-1&h=3564465144&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.johnhancock.com%2Findex.html&a=John+Hancock" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">John Hancock</a> has announced the expansion of its Apple Watch program to include the recently announced Apple Watch Series 6 and Apple Watch SE for life insurance customers participating in the <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2965949-1&h=4262459477&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.johnhancockinsurance.com%2Fvitality-program.html&a=John+Hancock+Vitality+Program" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">John Hancock Vitality Program</a>, which rewards customers for the everyday things they do to live longer, healthier lives.</p>

<p class="">OWC has announced the <a href="https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-envoy-pro-elektron" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">OWC Envoy Pro Elektron</a> USB-C Bus-Powered SSD, which the company says is rugged and dust and waterproof.</p>

<p class="">iOS 14 introduces a feature called App Clip. App Clips are associated with a particular product or business, and, per Apple, load within seconds to complete a specific task, such as renting a scooter, purchasing a coffee, or filling a parking meter.</p>

<p class="">On the <a href="http://www.macvoices.com/macvoices-20246-macvoices-live-with-mike-t-rose-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">new episode of MacVoices </a>featured guest Mike T. Rose joins the panel of David Ginsburg, Frank Petrie, Mark Fuccio, Warren Sklar, Brittany Smith, Joe Russell, and host Chuck Joiner for the first of a two-part discussion about 5G.</p>

<p class="">The iPhone revenue of US$26.44 billion in the fiscal 2020 fourth quarter that ended September 26 was Apple's lowest in a September quarter since 2014. The main reason is that the iPhone 12 launch came weeks later than Apple’s annual smartphone update usually occurs.</p>

<p class="">The Mac’s US$9.03 billion revenue in Apple’s fiscal 2020 fourth quarter that ended September 26 broke the computer line-up’s previous record of $7.4 billion set in the first fiscal quarter of 2019.</p>

<p class="">Services revenue of US$14.5 billion in the fiscal 2020 fourth quarter that ended September 26 topped Apple's previous record of $13.3 billion from the second fiscal quarter of this year. CEO Tim Cook says demand was higher than expected.</p>

<p class="">Apple’s Wearables, Home, and Accessories revenue was US$7.88 billion for the fiscal fourth quarter than ended September 26. CEO Tim Cook says this was an all-time record.</p>

<p class="">The iPad revenue of US$6.79 billion in Apple’s fiscal fourth quarter that ended September 26 was the company’s best since the first fiscal quarter of 2016.</p>