Dennis Sellers

<p class=""><a href="https://apple.news/ANDN2XMokSRm1A2YCxc0WsQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Variety </a>reports that the American Film Institute’s <a href="https://www.afi.com/movieclub/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AFI Movie Club</a>, daily selections of favorite films new and old to watch during quarantine, is now available directly on the Apple TV app — thereby making it easier to stream the titles from the app or pay Apple to rent or buy the titles.</p>

<p class="">As Apple works toward making its iPhones even more water resistant, even waterproof, the company is also working on technology to make it easier to use the touch display when the smartphone is wet. A newly granted patent (number 10,642,418) is for "finger tracking in a wet environment.”</p>

<p class="">The Eve app — which works with all HomeKit-enabled apps from Eve -- has been upgrade to version 4.2 and is available at the Apple App Store. Also, the Eve Cam will start shipping later this month; go to <a href="http://www.evehome.com/eve-cam" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.evehome.com/eve-cam</a> for more info.</p>

<p class="">Cool Holdings, the parent company of Simply Mac (the largest Apple Premier Partner in the U.S.) announced that it’s begun to reopen and expand the hours of many of its Simply Mac retail stores that had been closed or had hours of operation curtailed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>

<p class="">Apple has announced it will host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference virtually, beginning June 22, in the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-developer/id640199958/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple Developer app</a> and on the <a href="https://developer.apple.com/wwdc20/">Apple Developer website</a> for free for all developers.</p>

<p class="">Huawei overtook Samsung to take the leading position in the Russian smartphone market in the second half of 2019, as consumers flocked to purchase the Chinese telecommunications firm’s affordable handsets. And Apple's iPhone continues to lose market share in the country.</p>

<p class="">Twenty-one of Australia’s 22 Apple Stores will reopen on May 7 at 10 a.m. (local time) following extended closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Apple's updated regional retail webpages. The exception is the Sydney store.</p>

<p class=""><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/05/04/apple-fights-us-government-intervention-in-iphone-copyright-case/#5263ae47681a" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Forbes</a> reports that Apple is fighting a Department of Justice intervention in its copyright suit against cybersecurity startup Corellium, according to recently unsealed court documents.</p>

<p class="">France says Apple is undermining its effort to fight COVID-19 by refusing to help make its iPhones more compatible with a planned “StopCovid” contact-tracing app, reports <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-tech-idUSKBN22H0LX" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reuters</a>. The catch is, per the Sellers Research Group (that's me) that French officials want the tech giant to ease up on its privacy-ensuring methods.</p>

<p class="">Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,642,356) for a "wearable interactive user interface” that involves an "Apple Glove.”</p>

<p class="">There’s been talk of bendable or flexible iPhones and iPads. How about bendable Mac laptops? Apple has filed for a patent (number 10,642,318) that hints a a variety of flexible products.</p>

<p class="">Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,643,391) for an “immersive virtual display” for a vehicle. And it could use the rumored “Apple Glasses.”</p>

<p class="">On a <a href="http://www.macvoices.com/macvoices-20128-apple-earnings-report-discussion-with-mark-fuccio/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">new episode of MacVoices</a>, Mark Fuccio joins host Chuck Joiner to provide some thoughts on Apple’s April 2020 financial call. Once again, Apple beat the Street’s expectations.</p>

<p class="">In a filing made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Apple detailed its latest bond sale in the U.S. marketplace. As noted by <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/05/04/apple-raises-8b-bond-sale-as-debt-market-nears-all-time-low" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a>, the joint book running managers (i.e., underwriters) for this bond sale listed in <a href="https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0000320193/f599368d-06f0-444a-b0c1-d77a67adf41c.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the SEC filing</a> Goldman Sachs & Company, Bank of America Securities, J.P. Morgan, and Morgan Stanley.</p>

<p class=""><em>The Morning Show</em> co-runner, Kerry Ehrin, has signed a new multiple-year deal with Apple that will also see her develop new projects for the company's streaming service, reports <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/05/the-morning-showshowrunner-kerry-ehrin-overall-deal-apple-1202925111/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Deadline</a>. She’ll continue to lead the Reese Witherspoon-Jennifer Aniston drama while also developing new projects for Apple TV+.</p>