Dennis Sellers

<p class="">The new <a href="http://www.macvoices.com/macvoices-20273-macvoices-holiday-gift-guide-4-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MacVoices Live!</a> has Joe Kissell, Wally Cherwinski, Mark Fuccio, and host Chuck Joiner offering more holiday gift ideas. With all the gift guides over the years, you would think that no more “firsts” could happen, but they do and on a regular basis. Find out what surprises happened this time around.</p>

<p class="">Synology says it’s introduced an entirely redesigned unified operating system powering Synology data management solutions, DiskStation Manager (DSM) 7.0, during the online 2021 AND BEYOND event.</p>

<p class="">Apple wants an Australian court to throw out a case brought by Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite, because the developer promised to settle disputes in the U.S. only, reports the <a href="https://nz.news.yahoo.com/apple-wants-fortnite-court-case-thrown-023755574--spt.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Australian Associated Press</a>.</p>

<p class="">Wearing face masks are mandatory in lots of place; however, has hindered the face recognition technology of newer iPhones, and users have been struggling to get their phones unlocked while in a public setting, according to <a href="https://www.sellcell.com/blog/report-79-of-iphone-users-want-touch-id-to-make-a-comeback-in-the-future-iphones/">SellCell</a>.</p>

<p class="">Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has moved its self-driving car unit under the leadership of top artificial intelligence executive, John Giannandrea (pictured) who will oversee the company’s continued work on an autonomous system that could eventually be used in its own car., reports <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-08/apple-shifts-leadership-of-self-driving-car-division-to-ai-chief" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bloomberg</a>.</p>

<p class="">Logitech has announced the US$199.999 <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Flogi.link%2Ffmmsf&esheet=52344554&newsitemid=20201208005939&lan=en-US&anchor=Circle+View+Doorbell&index=1&md5=cdcc16986ddd6c7232b78ad0237dc73a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Circle View Doorbell</a>, a wired video doorbell developed exclusively for Apple HomeKit.</p>

<p class="">Season two is still filming, but Apple has already renewed “For All Mankind” — the drama series from Golden Globe nominee and Emmy Award winner Ronald D. Moore and produced by Sony Pictures Television — for a third season.</p>

<p class="">Engineers at Cloudflare (an Internet privacy company), Apple, and Fastly (which makes a programmable edge cloud platform) have developed a new proposed DNS standard — co-authored by engineers from Cloudflare, Apple, and Fastly — that separates IP addresses from queries, so that no single entity can see both at the same time.</p>

<p class="">Apple says Fitness+, the first fitness experience built around Apple Watch, is launching Monday, December 14.</p>

<p class="">Apple has announced <a href="https://www.apple.com/airpods-max/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AirPods Max</a>, wireless headphones that the company says “brings the magic of AirPods to an over-ear design with high-fidelity sound.” However, at US$549, they’re about $150 more than most pundits predicted.</p>

Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has been granted a patent for “barrier detection” for a self-driving vehicle...

<p class="">A newly granted Apple patent (number 10,861,210) shows that future Apple devices may offer audio and video features based on a user’s face and voice.</p>

<p class="">Apple TV+ is in final negotiations for “Carrie & Me,” a new film adapted from “Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story,” Carol Burnett’s bestselling memoir about her daughter Carrie Hamilton, reports <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/12/apple-carol-burnett-biopic-tina-fey-wander-darklys-tara-miele-directing-1234651772/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a>.</p>

<p class="">“Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special,” which debuted on Friday, Dec. 4, topped Apple TV+ charts in 100 countries, according to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/rambling-reporter/mariah-careys-magical-christmas-special-tops-apple-tv-charts-in-100-countries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. Apple doesn’t release stats on its streaming service, but the industry publication based its report on unnamed “sources close to the streaming platform.”</p>

<p class="">Another day, another lawsuit. Medical device company AliveCor is suing Apple for patent infringement, says the Apple Watch electrocardiogram feature infringes three of its patents, reports <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/12/07/mobile-ecg-device-firm-alivecor-sues-apple-for-alleged-patent-infringement"><span style="text-decoration:underline">AppleInsider</span></a>.</p>