Steve Sande

<p>I love to travel and when I do, I take along my tech gear. In this first of a series I’ll be writing over the next few weeks, I’ll describe how I pack my gear for a long trip and what’s important to take with you while traveling.</p>

<p>Although not every LG UltraFine 5K display has exhibited the problem, some of the ultra-high-resolution displays have experienced issues when placed near Wi-Fi routers. <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/02/06/shielded-lg-ultrafine-5k-displays-headed-to-apple-stores-fixes-done-on-case-by-case-basis" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider is reporting that the monitors have been given additional shielding in newer builds</a>, and that the shielded monitors should be at Apple retailers soon.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Apple today made the second betas of iOS 10.3, tvOS 10.2, Xcode 8.3 and watchOS 3.2 available to developers. </p>

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<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Slow News Friday™ returns to the world of Apple, so it's a quick podcast today. We do have some good stories for you, however:</p><ul><li>BeatsX earbuds may finally make it to stores near you as soon as next week</li><li>The second big franchise game from Nintendo is now available in several regions</li><li>Tim Cook goes to Scotland next week to receive an honorary degree</li></ul>

<p>Twelve South has done it again -- earlier this week, the Charleston-based design house that creates accessories just for Apple products announced the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.twelvesouth.com/product/magicbridge" rel="noopener noreferrer">MagicBridge</a> ($34.99). Like an earlier product called the MagicWand, the MagicBridge is designed to hold both an Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Trackpad 2 side by side. The result? Your trackpad doesn't "wander" the desktop when you're using it and the two accessories look like one big keyboard. </p>

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<p>It's hard to believe, but Apple World Today has been up and running for two years today. We want to thank our readers for their continued support of the website, and we'll continue to bring you news, reviews and more every day as long as we can.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">It's Groundhog Day, and if we get stuck in this day over and over and over...as in the classic Bill Murray comedy...at least there was some good Apple News to report:</p><ul><li>An official in the Indian state of Karnataka reports that Apple will be manufacturing iPhones soon in Bengaluru</li><li>A new update to Google's Chrome browser for iPhone has built in the capability to use 3D Touch to scan QR codes</li><li>Google's YouTube app also received an update that makes control of video streaming to other devices a lot more convenient</li><li>It appears that Taiwan will be the next country to get Apple Pay</li></ul>

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<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">After yesterday's earnings call, there's more good news for Apple:</p><ul><li>AAPL closed today at $128.75 per share</li><li>Wall Street analysts bumped up their estimates for Apple shares in the future</li><li>The iconic Fifth Avenue Store will be more than double in size after the current renovation work is completed</li></ul>

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<p>Today's podcast is designed to provide our listeners with the highlights of today's Apple first fiscal quarter 2017 earnings call in five minutes. We listened to the call so you didn't have to, then distilled the hour-long discussion down to a five-minute overview of the most salient points.</p>