Dennis Sellers

<p>finder.com, a personal finance comparison website with over three million users worldwide, has shared research with <em>Apple World Today</em> with some interesting stats about iPhones to celebrate the upcoming release of the “iPhone 8.” </p>

<p>Do you run with your iPhone? If so, at some point, the Apple smartphone may serve as as strobe light to alert others of your presence, especially if you’re exercising in conditions with little lighting.</p>

<p>Avira has introduced the new Free Security Suite for Mac. It’s “the world’s first free security package for Mac users that combines security and privacy features into a single suite at no cost,” according to Alexander Vukcevic, director of Avira Protection Services.</p>

<p>Logitech has announced <a target="_blank" href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.logitech.com%2Fnews%2FCircle2&esheet=51679779&newsitemid=20170907005419&lan=en-US&anchor=Circle+2&index=1&md5=671757a672934241eaa0c8fba3ee744f" rel="noopener noreferrer">Circle 2</a><strong> </strong>Wired home security cameras and mounts now work with Apple’s HomeKit. HomeKit is a framework that allows control of compatible home automation devices through iOS and Siri.</p>

<p>Taiwan-based Apple supplier Foxconn is pressing for a deal that would give it 25% of Toshiba's chip manufacturing business with Apple controlling 20% of the equity, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-07/foxconn-details-plans-to-buy-toshiba-unit-with-apple-softbank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Bloomberg</em>.</a></p>

<p>Apple’s <a target="_blank" href="http://developer.apple.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Developer Center</a> down for a while on Wednesday, and many feared it was due to a hacker attack. Many accounts had profile information changed to a Russian address.</p>

<p>Following <a target="_blank" href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2017/9/6/analyst-samsung-is-the-sole-supplier-of-oled-screens-for-the-upcoming-iphone-8" rel="noopener noreferrer">reports </a>that Samsung could be the sole supplier of OLED displays for the upcoming “iPhone 8,” <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-07/apple-lg-said-to-discuss-oled-deal-for-supplies-starting-2019" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Bloomberg</em> reports</a> that Apple will have to wait until at least 2019 to have another source for the displays.</p>

<p>Apple has made a deal for songs from Warner Music Group (WMG), the company’s first agreement with a major label since introducing its on-demand music service two years ago, reports <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-06/apple-is-said-to-reach-music-deal-with-warner-sony-pact-next" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Bloomberg</em>,</a> quoting unnamed “people familiar with the matter.”</p>

<p>CNBC recently aired a documentary on Walt Disney,<em> </em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/41081037/WALT_THE_MAN_BEHIND_THE_MYTH_WILL_PREMIERE_ON_FEBRUARY_3RD_ON_CNBC" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Walt: The Man Behind The Myth, </em></a>and it gave me an idea on how Apple can spend a big hunk of its $256.8 billion cash hoard: realize Walt Disney’s original vision for the Epcot Center.</p>

<p>Need to open or export Microsoft Office docs in macOS Sierra, but don’t want to spring for Office? You can use Pages, Numbers, and Keynote to open and save docs created with Microsoft Office.</p>

<p>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 today's picks.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="https://cambridgeanalytica.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cambridge Analytica</a> - a data analytics firm with a database of demographic, consumer, lifestyle and psychographic data on over 220 million Americans — has identified some of the personal preferences of consumers and how they correlate to preferences in iPhones vs. Android users. This data is based on favored hobbies, clothing brands and car brands.</p>

<p>Phil Schiller, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Marketing, and his wife, Kim Gassett-Schiller, have donated $10 million to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bowdoin.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bowdoin College</a> in Maine —a school their sons Erik and Mark attended, the latter graduating this year, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/09/06/apples-phil-schiller-wife-donate-10m-to-maines-bowdoin-college" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a>.</p>

<p>Apple will help Ireland select an investment manager for the 15 billion euros ($17.9 billion) of back tax payments that will go into escrow in the country as the tech giant appeals the tax, reports <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-06/apple-will-help-choose-investment-manager-for-irish-tax-billions?utm_content=tech&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-tech" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Bloomberg</em></a>.</p>

<p>Kim Rozenfeld (pictured), former Sony TV head of current programming, has moved to <a href="http://deadline.com/tag/apple/">Apple</a>, rejoining his former Sony TV bosses Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht, who were named in June to oversee worldwide video programming, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://deadline.com/2017/09/apple-kim-rozenfeld-max-aronson-ali-woodruff-rita-cooper-lee-hired-tv-video-programming-unit-1202162111/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Deadline Hollywood</em></a>. </p>