Dennis Sellers

<p class="">Apple suppliers Foxconn and Wistron have suspended all production at their plans in India due to a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavrius outbreak, according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-25/iphone-makers-suspend-india-production-due-to-lockdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg</a>. The is will “hit” the output of Apple’s iPhones and other devices, the article adds.</p>

<p class="">According to the latest market share survey from <a href="https://netmarketshare.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NetMarketShare,</a> the market share for both Apple’s iOS was up slightly last month, while macOS dipped.</p>

<p class="">Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,599243) for “systems and devices for providing related content between devices." It involves future display tables for the company's retail stores.</p>

<p class=""><a href="http://www.jamf.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jamf</a>, which specializes in Apple enterprise management, says it’s prepared with both compatibility and key feature support for Apple’s <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2020/3/24/apple-updates-macos-ios-ipados-tvos-watchos-homepod-software" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">spring operating system releases</a> across its product portfolio.</p>

<p class="">Apple has told staff that some of its retail stores may reopen in April on a staggered basis and has extended remote work abilities for many employees through at least April 5, according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-24/apple-expects-to-start-re-opening-stores-in-first-half-of-april" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg</a>.</p>

<p class="">In <a href="https://webkit.org/blog/10218/full-third-party-cookie-blocking-and-more/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a new blog post</a>, Apple's WebKit team says there are several enhancements to Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) in iOS and iPadOS 13.4 and Safari 13.1 on macOS to address their "latest discoveries in the industry around tracking.”</p>

<p class="">Apple has updated macOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and its HomePod firmware.</p>

<p class="">The long-rumored “Apple Glasses” are in development but won’t launch until 2022, according to <a href="https://www.digitimes.com/newregister/join.asp?view=snapshots&" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DigiTimes</a> (a subscription is required to read the entire article), quoting unnamed "industry sources.”</p>

<p class="">According to <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/24/apple-card-gets-updated-privacy-policy-on-new-data-sharing-and-more-transaction-detail/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TechCrunch</a>, Apple is updating its privacy policy for Apple Card to enable sharing more anonymized data with Goldman Sachs, its financial partner.</p>

<p class=""><a href="https://www.zagg.com/en_us/zagg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ZAGG</a> has announced the Slim Book Go and Rugged Book Go for the newly launched Apple 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro. The keyboard solutions feature a protective, lightweight design that boasts backlit, and laptop-style keys.</p>

<p class="">As Americans brace for spending weeks (or months) inside as the coronavirus pandemic spreads, they’re subscribing to additional streaming services, with Disney+ proving to be far and away the most popular choice — and Apple TV+ less so, reports <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielshapiro/2020/03/23/exclusive-disney-sees-huge-subscription-spike-as-homebound-audiences-clamor-for-content/#66b32f0617c4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Forbes</a>.</p>

<p class="">Volunteers from Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Apple and other tech companies worked every night for a week to make a website called covidnearyou, reports <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/23/coronavirus-tracking-site-built-by-amazon-apple-google-volunteers.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CNBC</a>. The site asks healthy and sick people to share their symptoms.</p>

<p class="">The coronavirus outbreak is expected to lead to a huge reduction in the production of smartphones, potentially falling by as much as 30% in the first half of 2020, according to <a href="http://www.abiresearch.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ABI Research</a>.</p>

<p class="">First it was the new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR, then the 16-inch MacBook Pro. Apple may have even more plans for its “power users" as evidenced by a patent filing (number 10,602,636) for a “sled, tray, and shelf for a computer data center.</p>

<p class="">Future Apple Watches could have an auxiliary battery pack in a watchband, per a newly granted Apple patent (number 10,599,181).</p>