Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Critics claim that Apple may be using privacy as a guise for anti-competitive behavior. the top Democrat in charge of an antitrust investigation into Silicon Valle tech giants cites iOS 13 changes as a factor his committee will be exploring as part of an antitrust probe, reports The Washington Post.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I once hoped that the iPad Pro could be my portable work/play device, with the iMac serving as my daily workhorse. Even with some cool enhancements in iPadOS, that hasn't happened. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,488,686) for “systems with synchronized windows” for privacy purposes.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Well, this is going to bug Apple: Rentokil Initial, a U.K.-headquartered global pest control business, has been crowned the best company to work for in Britain, according to recruiter Indeed, knocking the U.S. tech giant  off the top spot, according to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/25/rentokil-knocks-apple-off-top-spot-in-survey-of-best-british-employers.html">CNBC</a>.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">North Pole Engineering has announced heartbeatz, a heart rate bridge for the Apple Watch. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Global sales of smartphones to end users continued to decline in the third quarter of 2019, contracting by 0.4% compared with the third quarter of 2018, according to <a href="https://www.gartner.com">Gartner, Inc.. </a>Demand remained weak as consumers became more concerned about getting value for money, the research group adds.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">When (if?) Apple releases its rumored “Apple Glasses” — a head-mounted, augmented reality/virtual reality head-mounted display (HMD) — it wants you to think it’s cool. Lterally.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple’s attorney have been working overtime this week, it seems. Following are updates on three Apple lawsuits and/or legal matters.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has shared <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARMYtj3SXOo">the first look</a> at <em>Truth Be Told</em> — which will debut on Apple TV+ Dec. 6 — The limited drama series follows podcaster Poppy Parnell (Octavia Spencer) as she is compelled to reopen the murder case that made her a national sensation and comes face-to-face with Warren Cave (Aaron Paul), the man she may have mistakenly helped to put behind bars. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Satechi has launched the $79.99 <a href="http://email.maxborgesagency.com/c/eJwNjt2KwyAUhJ-muav4e9QLL8ou-x5HPWlCbQxq2c3brzDwzcAwTA5ecpHWZQ-TXghpBHAuPRPMaqG-LGgwHNTDf980f-NfrO1JHZ90pIul-l62YJzUYFdAkRBml6TH7EkrEto6n5cStjHOflOPm_yZ6jgobTs7aMx0tpo_afRp596JadwjplfZJ8uHRq1ju7_oihVbXlrIdBx7Z51KodbnKzzPQr-1lcxGzXgtI6DxwkJ0BqzjOlpvdI4AHPmahRR6VqziK3mICS0oAZC0tVI6pwlAR4j_449WCw"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Compact Backlit Bluetooth Keyboard</span></a>. For use in a variety of low-light environments, the Compact Backlit Bluetooth Keyboard features customizable illuminated keys. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple<a href="https://www.apple.com/product-red/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> has announced t</a>hat if you use Apple Pay at an Apple store before Dec. 2, $1 per purchase will be used to help fight AIDS.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Use the Apple Card? Then you can now receive 3% Daily Cash when making purchases using Apple Pay at Nike stores, on Nike.com, in the Nike app, and across SNKRS, Nike Training Club, and Nike Running Club, reports <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/25/nike-is-latest-retailer-to-offer-3-cash-back-to-apple-card-users/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TechCrunch</a>. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is reportedly telling its supply chain partners to expect over 100 million orders for the iPhone 12  in 2020, Digitimes reports. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Reuters reports that Finland’s Salcomp, a supplier for Apple, will invest 20 billion rupees ($278.67 million) in India to make mobile chargers and other smartphone components starting in March 2020, according to Ravi Shankar Prasad, the country’s technology minister.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has announced its annual four-day shopping event. You can get an Apple Store Gift Card of up to $200 on select products Friday, Nov. 29, through Monday, Dec. 2 (Black Friday through Cyber Monday).</p>