<p class="">Though Apple’s Mac is widely considered to have less problems than its counterparts, it still comes with some common issues including security issues, according to David A Milman, CEO of <a href="http://www.rescue.com/"><span style="text-decoration:underline">RESCUECOM</span></a>, a computer support company.</p>
<p class="">Rubén Caballero, a former hardware engineering executive at Apple who left the company in April 2019, has taken on a new role at Microsoft, reports <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-06/microsoft-hires-ex-apple-exec-in-charge-of-wireless-for-hardware" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg</a>.</p>
<p class=""><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/americans-buying-historic-amount-computers-webcams-121043910.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Yahoo Finance</a> says that Americans are buying “historic”’ amount of computers during the COVID-19 lockdown. Apple’s release of the 2020 MacBook Air and iPad Pros seems to have been ironically good timing. And now might be the perfect time to release a new iMac.</p>
<p class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/jon_prosser/status/1241840738712895494" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">YouTuber and leaker Jon Prosser</a>.says Apple will announce a new 13-inch MacBook Pro in May. He adds that it could actually be a 14-inch model just as the 15-inch MacBook Pro “graduated” to 16 inches.</p>
<p class="">CEO Tim Cook has <a href="https://twitter.com/tim_cook/status/1246916489589837824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1246916489589837824&ref_url=https://www.macrumors.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweeted</a> that Apple has now sourced over 20 million masks through the company's supply chain.</p>
<p class="">Apple really wants you to implement a multi-HomePod speaker set-up and has ideas for making such an audio system offer superb sound. The company has filed for a patent (number)20200107121) for a self-equalizing loudspeaker system.</p>
<p class="">Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,607,419) for an “avatar creation user interface” for its Animoji and Memoji features.</p>
<p class="">Sky News <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/state-owned-chinese-investor-to-seize-control-of-chip-designer-imagination-11968494" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reports</a> that a state-controlled Chinese investor is trying to seize control of Imagination Technologies Group, the British chip designer that (sometimes) works with Apple.</p>
<p class="">Apple is apparently looking to buy NextVR, a live event streaming AR/VR company being sold for around $100 million, <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2020/04/04/apple-nextr-ar-headset/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according to</a> <em>9to5Mac.</em></p>
<p class="">Some streaming services are offering extended trials through Apple TV (the app, not the set-top box or streaming service) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, you can get extended one-month trials of Showtime and other services, as well as completely free access to EPIX via the Channels feature of the app, according to <a href="https://9to5mac.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">9to5Mac</a>.</p>
<p class="">Global <a href="https://www.counterpointresearch.com/global-online-music-streaming-revenues-cross-us11-billion-h1-2019/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">online music streaming</a> subscriptions grew 32% year-on-year reaching 358 million subscriptions in calendar year 2019, according to the latest findings from Counterpoint Research.</p>
<p class="">Apple has been granted a patent for an “audio system with configurable zones” that hints at future features for paired HomePods in, among other things, a home theater set-up.</p>
<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="">Apple has acquired Voysis, an artificial intelligence start-up, to improve the natural language skills of Siri, its personal digit assistant.</p>
<p class="">Several Democratic senators asked Apple CEO Tim Cook about the privacy of the company’s new COVID-19 screening app and website, according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-03/apple-ceo-cook-questioned-by-senators-on-covid-19-screening-app">Bloomberg.</a></p>
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