Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple ’s December smartphone shipments in China jumped due to the popularity of the iPhone 11, according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-09/iphone-dials-up-double-digit-growth-in-china-official-data-show?srnd=technology-vp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg</a>. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple CEO Tim Cook will receive an award in Dublin on Jan. 20 for 40 years of Apple’s investment in Ireland, reports <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-09/apple-s-tim-cook-to-meet-irish-prime-minister-in-dublin" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg</a>. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">At this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, <a href="http://www.scosche.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SCOSCHE </a>announced a new range of telescoping phone mounts for home, office and vehicle use.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Zagg plans to launch Mophie-branded wireless charger this year that will accomplish what Apple's canceled AirPower product (pictured) wasn’t able to achieve, according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-07/zagg-develops-wireless-charger-to-rival-apple-s-doomed-airpower" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg</a>.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is starting off the new year with <a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/01/share-your-best-iphone-night-mode-photos/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a new Night Mode photo challenge</a>. Users are invited to share their impressive Night mode images captured with iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple says it's marked the close of a historic 2019 for its Services offerings, a year that introduced Apple Arcade, Apple TV+, Apple News+ and Apple Card, and celebrated the continued success of the App Store, Apple Music, iCloud and more.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for another patent (number 10,530,915) regarding the rumored “Apple Glasses.” It involves using an iPhone as the wireless “engine" of the augmented reality head-mounted display.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Satechi has launched the <a href="http://email.maxborgesagency.com/c/eJwNjktuxCAQBU9j72w1mAazYJHJOPdofjYSY1tANJnbB6kWr6S3KG80B-bimAwHDsBAMQUMcWYzhw3huW6bwOf39ngMAl70Z6-yh0p7ON1ndtdrPMwSwa_cacctSWReS4ZAHmXQOiwIYzZHa3cdlq-B_3QqteCONJ-hdbvL5X9dq322kq7pnUrIodbJHVT2dO7TTX4sxofzTHWuIedQaq-h-87hfZXs53Z5-ozNEGqmpF1RqhWEVRqFt1ICQfSMM9EvSy-NypMDh8LaKMEpyRQqKSNXpP8BV6BTwA">Trio Wireless Charging Pad</a>, which can simultaneously charge an Apple Watch, AirPods Pro, AirPods 2 wireless case, and an iPhone 8 or later. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a personal vision solutions company, introduced EyeQue Try-On Glasses, offering users of its smartphone vision tests the ability to order low-cost eyeglasses based on their EyeGlass Numbers (EGNs) – the custom lens power required to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">At this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, <a href="https://www.jbl.com/quantum.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">JBL announced their Quantum</a> gaming headphone line that’s Mac compatible. Pricing ranges from $39.99 to $299.99.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed several patents for “smart' watchbands for the Apple Watch, but <a href="http://www.auradevices.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AURA Devices</a> has beaten the tech giant to the punch with the AURA STRAP for the smartwatch.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Plugable has launched three new Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C products at this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas: the TBT3-UDZ Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C Docking Station with 100W Power Delivery; the 2.5Gbps USB Ethernet Adapter; and the USB-C DisplayPort 1.4 MST to Dual HDMI 2.0 Adapter. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">NETGEAR announced lots of new products, services and enhancements across smart home, mobile networking, home networking, small business and more, including expansions to its portfolio of award-winning WiFi 6 offerings in the Orbi and Nighthawk product lines at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,524,671) for an "electronic device that computes health data” that involves using the cameras on the iPhone to provide more health and wellness data.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,528,152) for “mixed input lighting using multiple light sources with switchable operational state.” It involves Mac and iPad keyboards with colored backlighting on individual keys for user feedback.</p>