Steve Sande

<p><span>As the Apple Watch's release date looms, developers are discussing their plans for the device. </span><a href="http://www.wareable.com/apple-watch/best-apple-watch-apps-832?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+loopinsight%2FKqJb+(The+Loop)&utm_content=FeedBurner">Wearable.com asked several developers about their plans</a><span>, and came away with some interesting glimpses of what's to come. There are 21 third-party Watch apps referenced in Wearable's article, including many screenshots. </span></p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Thefts of IOS devices are nothing new. The devices command a premium resale price and can be relatively easy to steal from unsuspecting commuters on public transit systems.</p><p>Indeed, it has become such a problem that Apple included "Activation Lock" starting in iOS 7, a feature that remotely disables iPhones so that they cannot be reactivated after they are reported stolen. This, together with "Find My iPhone" -- a web service that allows lost or stolen iOS devices to be tracked remotely -- forms the core of Apple's defence against would-be iPhone thieves.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">This week's sponsor of Apple World Today is <a target="_blank" href="http://www.elgato.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Elgato</a>, makers of the new <a target="_blank" href="https://www.elgato.com/en/thunderbolt/thunderbolt-2-dock" rel="noopener noreferrer">Elgato Thunderbolt™ 2 Dock</a> (US$229.95). </p><p>The Elgato Thunderbolt 2 Dock is perfect for connecting everything to your MacBook at once. Using the included 50 cm Thunderbolt cable to connect your MacBook to one of two Thunderbolt ports on the Dock, you then have access to a built-in HDMI port capable of driving a display with up to 4K resolution and three SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports. Add access to other Thunderbolt displays and devices through the remaining Thunderbolt 2 port.</p>

<p>From Apple's ad: "Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue." - Martin Scorsese</p><p>iPad is the ultimate tool for independent filmmakers. Learn how the students of Los Angeles County High School for the Arts relied on iPad to create films in a matter of days.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://mactech.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacTech Magazine</a><span> has been around for 30 years, bringing information to Apple techs, consultants, and support personnel since the mid-1980s. Associated with the magazine are a number of MacTech events, including the flagship MacTech Conference. For 2015, editor-in-chief and publisher of MacTech Magazine Neil Ticktin has announced that the company will host one-day </span><a target="_blank" href="http://pro.mactech.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacTech Pro Events</a><span> to be held in nine cities across the United States.</span></p>

<p><span>Nobody sent in a Caturday picture for today, so I went to my personal archive and found a photo from last month with one of my cats peering from the side of my iMac. This is Merry, who is 10 months old now and looking more like a full-grown cat every day. She had snuggled up near my iMac and was being quite sweet, so I just had to take a picture of her.</span></p>

<p><span>One of the first emails we received from a reader on February 9 when Apple World Today launched as from a man who wondered if we could report some of the issues that a number of people were having with MacBook Pros sold between February 2011 and December 2013. He pointed us to Apple's support pages, where a huge discussion of the problem had been raging on for years. Well, that gentleman will be happy to know that starting today, </span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro-videoissues/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple is offering a free fix</a><span>.</span></p>

<p><span>Live on MacVoices -- it's host Chuck Joiner and the three founders of Apple World Today. Join Chuck, Kelly, Dave and Steve for nearly 49 minutes of talk about the site and what we hope to accomplish. </span></p>

<p><span>Remember Apple's public beta program for OS X Yosemite? By all accounts, it was quite successful, providing many Mac users who aren't developers with the opportunity to try out the latest desktop operating system and also increasing the size of the pool of testers. 9to5Mac is reporting that Apple's considering a similar public test of the upcoming iOS 8.3 beta (due in another month or so) and iOS 9, which will presumably arrive later this year.</span></p>

<p><span>I love it when one of the tech press -- </span><a target="_blank" href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/02/19/rumor-spiral" rel="noopener noreferrer">Daring Fireball's John Gruber in this case</a><span> -- slaps down the mainstream media for their idiocy. In this case, the "topic" the media was tossing around was that the upcoming Apple Watch was going to be shipping without some of the health-tracking features that had allegedly been promised at the reveal last fall. Nothing could be further from the truth.</span></p>

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<p><span>The </span><em>Chronicle of Higher Education</em><span> conducted an interview at an interesting time in 1998. It was shortly after his return to Apple, but before the iMac's introduction. In the previously unpublished interview, Jobs discusses the higher education market and Apple's future.</span></p>

<p>Steve Sande, Kelly Hodgkins and I are building AWT into what it will be. There have been decisions to make and ideas to test. In this series, we'll provide an honest, behind-the-scenes look at the construction of what we know will be a vibrant community.</p>

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