Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Actor Adam Scott will star in the Ben Stiller produced/directed thriller, <em>Severance</em>, planned for TV+, per <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/adam-scott-star-thriller-ben-stiller-apple-tv-1253365">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. It’s a workplace thriller set at Lumen Industries, a company looking to take work-life balance to a new level.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has added another five games to its Apple Arcade, game streaming service that costs $4.99 per month. The new games are (along with Apple’s description): </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is teaming up with Uber Eats — American online food ordering and delivery platform — for a new Apple Pay promo: use Apple’s mobile payment service in the Uber Eats app — available at the Apple App Store — and get $5 off your order of $10 ore more through Nov. 8.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple shipped 46.6 million iPhones in the third quarter of 2019, which was a slight decline year-over-year but still better than most expectations, according to IDC. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">My iPhone Pro 11 Max has about 4-5 hours more battery life than my previous iPhone (the XS Max) —  about 14 hours compared to 11 — and that’s plenty of juice to get me through a day (maybe two) without recharging. However, if you need your 2019 Apple smartphone to last longer than this, one solution is mophie’s <a href="https://www.zagg.com/en_us/get-notified" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> juice pack access</a> battery case, which is made to protect and wirelessly charge the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has filed for a patent (number 20190339094) for a “voice and touch user interface” for an automobile.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for still another patent (number 20290339847) for an avatar creation user interface. It’s one of a half-dozen such patent filings.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Qualcomm says it expects 200 million 5G smartphones to be sold in 2020, including flagship devices launching next fall, a reference Wall Street took as a hint that Apple would offer the faster technology next year, according to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-qualcomm-5g/qualcomms-5g-phone-forecast-for-2020-could-include-iphones-analysts-idUSKBN1XH03Gx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reuters</a>.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has made one of the largest-ever corporate issues of environmentally-friendly debt in Europe.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Although Parrott Analytics claims <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2019/11/6/apple-tv-series-launch-sees-tepid-demand">“tepid demand,” </a>“sources close to Apple” <a href="https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/for-all-mankind-morning-show-apple-tv-plus-renew-1203397350/">tell Variety</a> that Apple TV+ reports that the streaming service has drawn millions of users who are spending on average more than an hour on the Apple TV Plus platform. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has released iOS 13.2.2 and iPadOS 13.2.2. Go to Settings > General > Software Update on your iPhone and/or iPad to install them.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">According to the latest research from <a href="https://www.strategyanalytics.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Strategy Analytics</a>, global smartwatch shipments grew an impressive 42% annually to reach 14 million units in the third quarter of 2019. Apple Watch maintained first position with 48% global smartwatch marketshare, while Samsung held second place, and Fitbit clung on to third.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for a patent (number 20290340193) for a “lyric search service” that shows the company wants to improve the ability of Apple Music to find a song based on its lyrics. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A new Apple patent filing (number 20290341677) for “antenna assemblies for watch bands” hints that future bands for the Apple Watch could pack a built-in antenna.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has announced a new benefit to help smooth the transition back to work for new parents, reports<a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90426396/apple-announces-policy-intended-to-ease-transition-back-to-work-for-new-parents" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Fast Company</a>. </p>