<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="">With Picture-in-Picture support in iOS 14, iPhone users can now watch a video or take a FaceTime call while using another app.</p>
<p class="">One month after launching, the <a href="https://appfairness.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Coalition for App Fairness (CAF),</a> a newly formed advocacy group pushing for increased regulation over app stores, has more than doubled in size with today’s announcement of 20 new partners, reports <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/21/coalition-for-app-fairness-a-group-fighting-for-app-store-reforms-adds-20-new-partners/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TechCrunch</a>.</p>
<p class="">Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube Music have now removed racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic content from their services, following a BBC investigation.</p>
<p class="">Another day, another lawsuit. As noted by <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/10/23/woman-sues-apple-for-hosting-gambling-apps-after-spending-thousands-on-in-game-currency" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a>, Apple is being sued for “promoting, enabling, and profiting” from gambling games on the App Store.</p>
<p class="">Apple has announced the cast for <em>Pachinko</em>, its “epic international drama series” from studio Media Res, reports <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/10/pachinko-apple-drama-series-sets-cast-production-start-date-1234602192/"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Deadline</span></a>. You can read the article for all the announced actors.</p>
<p class="">iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro with 5G went on sale today. Also making its debut was the all-new iPad Air, featuring the advanced A14 Bionic chip.</p>
<p class="">ZAGG has announced two wireless keyboards and a stylus for Apple’s iPad.</p>
<p class=""><a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.olb.com&esheet=52311773&newsitemid=20201022005280&lan=en-US&anchor=The+OLB+Group%2C+Inc.&index=1&md5=247b45cfc12810f64fb3925e3217741e" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The OLB Group, Inc.</a> — a provider of cloud-based omnicommerce and payment acceptance solutions for small- and mid-size merchants — has upgraded its SecurePay payment gateway system to support Apple Pay and Google Pay across all merchant platforms.</p>
<p class="">Western Digital has expanded their presence within the wireless charging category with the <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandisk.com%2Fixpandchargers%2Fsync%3Futm_medium%3Dpr2%26utm_source%3Dprrl%26utm_campaign%3Dsandisk-ixpand-chargers-fall-2020%26utm_content%3Dpdp-sd-ixpandchargersync%26utm_term%3D10-22-2020&esheet=52311827&newsitemid=20201022005328&lan=en-US&anchor=SanDisk+Ixpand+Wireless+Charger+Sync&index=1&md5=cbdc21b7b164afa7d241ca09d5a1ac56" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SanDisk Ixpand Wireless Charger Sync</a> and <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandisk.com%2Fixpandchargers%2F15w%3Futm_medium%3Dpr2%26utm_source%3Dprrl%26utm_campaign%3Dsandisk-ixpand-chargers-fall-2020%26utm_content%3Dpdp-sd-ixpandcharger15w%26utm_term%3D10-22-2020&esheet=52311827&newsitemid=20201022005328&lan=en-US&anchor=SanDisk+Ixpand+Wireless+Charger+15W&index=2&md5=2a0ee961981e0600e513e11971271359">SanDisk Ixpand Wireless Charger 15W</a>.</p>
<p class="">The Apple Uptown retail store in Minneapolis will close permanently, “the latest in a growing list of shops and restaurants that have recently abandoned the beleaguered south Minneapolis retail center,” reports the <a href="https://www.startribune.com/uptown-apple-store-in-minneapolis-closes-permanently/572830252/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Star Tribun</a>e.</p>
<p class="">Future Mac laptops may sport a virtual, resizable, illuminated trackpad as evidenced by a newly filed Apple patent (number 2020033853) for an “illuminated device enclosure with dynamic trackpad.” This is the company’s second such patent for such an invention, the other being number 10,732676, which was filed in August.</p>
<p class="">Scarlett Johansson will produce and and is set to star in <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/bride/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bride</a>, a “genre-bending” film from Apple and A24 for the Apple TV+ streaming service, reports <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/10/apple-tv-a24-bride-scarlett-johansson-1234602155/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Deadline</a>.</p>
<p class="">Apple is expanding a new physical store format — the “Express” — as it prepares for high iPhone 12 demand, Deirdre O’Brien, senior vice president of retail and people at Apple, tells <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-retail-idUSKBN2771IR" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reuters</a>.</p>
<p class="">Apple has updated iMovie, its video editing app, and GarageBand, its audio editing app, for iOS and iPadOS. The former is designed to take advantage of features in the iPhone 12 line-up.</p>
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