Steve Sande

<p>Moshi has revealed three new premium cases for the just-announced iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. As you'd expect from the company, all three are beautiful and feature-packed!</p>

<p>Apple will be live streaming today's press event starting at 10:00 AM Pacific, and you can watch along on your Apple TV. Apple has updated the events channel, adding a graphic for today's event as well as a countdown timer.</p>

<p>There are very few photos that are taken for reviews here at Apple World Today that don't get at least some editing done, and Macphun's <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/noiseless/id969978718?mt=12" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noiseless</a> ($14.99), <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tonality/id892581529?mt=12" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tonality</a> ($17.99), <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/intensify/id716854513?mt=12" rel="noopener noreferrer">Intensify</a> ($14.99) and <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snapheal-remove-unwanted-objects/id480623975?mt=12" rel="noopener noreferrer">Snapheal</a> ($14.99) are some of the apps we use to make the photos the best they can be. Today, Macphun announced that these four applications have been updated to become Photos for Mac editing extensions once OS X El Capitan is released. </p>

<p>When the 12-inch Retina MacBook arrived in March of this year, the excitement about such a slender and lightweight Retina display laptop was tempered with some concern over the availability of low-cost third-party accessories for the device. As AWT readers know, that's no longer a concern. Inateck's new <a target="_blank" href="http://www.inateck.com/inateck-hb4102c-usb-3-0-hub/" rel="noopener noreferrer">HP4102C USB Type C to 4-port USB 3.0 hub</a> (US$39.99 MSRP, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B012N7VISK/appwortod-20/" rel="noopener noreferrer">available for $18.99 via Amazon affiliate link</a>) is a compact and useful addition to the computer bag of any Retina MacBook owner.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">In case you were left on the surface of Mars by the rest of your crew and haven't been aware of what's going on, there is an Apple event scheduled for tomorrow at 10 AM PDT/1 PM EDT. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.apple.com/apple-events/september-2015/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The livestream can be viewed here</a> by anyone with a Mac, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch or Apple TV, and also by those who just happen to be running Windows 10 (your Microsoft Edge browser will work!). </p><p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Dave Caolo and myself will also be live, broadcasting our comments and analysis to Apple World Today patrons. It's gonna be fun!</p>

<p>After a nice, relaxing Labor Day weekend, we're back at work for a busy week that includes tomorrow's Apple Event. Just a reminder to our Patreon patrons that you'll be invited to watch a livestream with Dave Caolo and myself tomorrow during the event, so stay tuned for more info. Dennis Sellers would be joining us... but he's going to be a grandfather for the first time!</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; text-align:justify"><em>Longtime friend of TUAW and Apple World Today Krystian Kozerawski (</em><a href="http://twitter.com/mackozer"><em>@mackozer</em></a><em>) of the popular Polish Apple site </em><a href="http://myapple.pl"><em>MyApple.pl</em></a><em> recently visited the headquarters of popular Mac development firm MacPaw in Kiev, Ukraine to try to understand why so many top developers are located in the Eastern European country. Krystian shared his findings with Apple World Today in this special guest post.</em></p><p> </p>

<p>Aha! You probably thought you'd never see a Caturday post again. Well, the cats out there in the Apple world thought otherwise, and in the case, two of them convinced their Dutch human living in Germany -- Klaas Koopmans -- to take many pictures of them so that they could star on Caturday. They prevailed!</p>

<p>Apple's 12-inch Retina display MacBook shook up the computing world when it came out earlier this year. It not features only just one port -- a USB-C port that's used both for charging and connectivity -- but it is incredibly small for a laptop. Fortunately, accessory manufacturer Moshi has come to the rescue of MacBook owners with two new products to keep your Retina MacBook company: the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.moshi.com/usb-c-to-usb-adapter#silver" rel="noopener noreferrer">USB-C to USB adapter</a> (US$24.95) and the<a target="_blank" href="http://www.moshi.com/bags-vertical-messenger-bag-aerio-lite#brown" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Aerio Lite vertical messenger bag</a> (US$99.95). </p>

<p>If you thought that the introduction of the Apple Watch was going to stop other manufacturers from coming out with activity trackers and watches, you're wrong. Just this week we heard about Google making Android Wear watches compatible with iOS, and now a company best known for its activity trackers and iOS app -- Runtastic -- has announced the new <a target="_blank" href="http://www.runtastic.com/moment" rel="noopener noreferrer">Runtastic Moment</a>.</p>

<p>Our thanks continue to go out to all of you great readers who have chosen to support Apple World Today through <a target="_blank" href="https://www.patreon.com/AppleWorldToday" rel="noopener noreferrer">Patreon</a>. With your support, we've practically doubled the total pledges that we had before making our initial plea. There's still a long way to go, so if you haven't yet made a pledge of a monthly donation to keep Apple World Today running, please consider doing so.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">College life can be hectic. Classes, your social life, fitting into someplace new are all challenges that students face. There are poor decisions to be made, too. During the winter semester of my sophomore year I decided to take an 8:00 AM swimming class. Walking to a pool at 7:30 AM on a December morning is a good time to reassess your life choices.</p><p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Fortunately, <a href="http://www.apple.com/ios/siri/">Siri</a> is here to make things easier. From dictation to location-awareness to grabbing a late-night pizza, Apple's digital assistant has got you covered. Here's how Siri can make your school day easier.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Today's AWT News Update is brought to you by... well, nobody. But please let us know if you'd like to be a podcast sponsor and your product will be blasted out to about 4K listeners a month.</p><ul style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px"><li>About fifty publishing partners are expected to be part of Apple's News app at launch</li><li>A certain rumor site is saying that the iPad Pro will be announced at Wednesday's Apple event</li><li>Case manufacturers are beginning to send out info on iPhone 6s/6s Plus cases, which means the devices might be just a bit larger than their predecessors</li><li>New Apple Watch Sport Band colors are expected to be announced soon</li><li>CBS Sports will stream Super Bowl 50 (excuse me, Super Bowl L) on Apple TV</li></ul>

<p>A few weeks ago AWT announced the arrival of the latest version of Parallels Desktop, a well-known virtual machine application that makes it simple to run other operating systems as “guests” on Mac OS X. After a few weeks of working with Parallels Desktop 11 (US$79.99, $49.99 upgrade, Pro/Business $99.99 per year), it’s time to see how well the app works.</p>

<p>High school students have a lot to keep track of throught the day, from academics to extracurriculars to the all-important social life. In this post we're going to look at hitting the books, staying on top of things and preparing for what's next. Here is our list of iPhone and iPad apps for high school students.</p>