Apple Business Chat is now available to Sprint customers
<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Sprint customers can now use Apple Business Chat to message an agent, learn about Sprint plans and more. </p>
<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Sprint customers can now use Apple Business Chat to message an agent, learn about Sprint plans and more. </p>
<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for a patent (number 10,182,337) for “intermittent out of service recovery on an accessory device.” The goal is to reduce the amount of power used by items such as the iPhone and improve battery life.</p>
<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">If you dislike the pop-up windows from apps constantly asking you to leave a review in iOS 12, you put an end to it. </p>
<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">According to <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/15/verizon-apple-music-unlimited/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>9to5Mac</em></a>, Verizon is adding Apple Music to two of its “unlimited” cell phone plans, effectively offering the $9.99 subscription for no additional cost.</p>
<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In November it was announced that Apple is enlisting Oscar-winning indie studio A24 to produce a slate of films for its growing entertainment division in a “multiyear agreement” that involves multiple films. According to <a href="https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/sofia-coppola-bill-murray-apple-and-a24s-first-co-production-1203108630/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Variety</em></a><em>,</em>, the first film will be <em>On the Rocks</em>, which will re-team director Sofia Coppola and Bill Murray, who worked together on 2003’s <em>Lost in Translation</em>.</p>
<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has rolled out three Smart Battery Cases for the iPhone Xr, Xs, Xs Max. All are available in black or white and cost $129.</p>
<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Nomad. has released <a href="https://hellonomad.com/collections/natural-products" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">new leather accessories</a> featuring natural color leather. One is a a leather strap for the smaller 38/40mm Apple Watch; the other is a new leather AirPods case. </p>
<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The folks behind <a href="http://www.duckduckgo.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DuckDuckGo</a> have announced that map and address-related searches on the Internet search engine that doesn’t track you for mobile and desktop are now powered by <a href="https://developer.apple.com/maps/mapkitjs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Apple's MapKit JS framework</span></a> for both the desktop and mobile versions.</p>
<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a judgment worth $440 million that was won by intellectual property licensing firm VirnetX (considered by many, including me, to be a patent troll), against Apple in a patent infringement case, reports <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-virnetx-patent/apple-loses-bid-to-undo-440-million-judgment-in-virnetx-patent-case-idUSKCN1P91UF" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Reuters</em></a>.</p>
<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">According to <a href="https://www.axios.com/apple-exec-on-intels-ceo-candidate-list-1547565241-0e48d7d0-8ce2-440e-9f13-a9c5788e0b31.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twsocialshare&utm_campaign=organic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Axios</em></a> Apple exec Johny Srouji is now on Intel’s shortlist for potential CEOs. The company’s search has been ongoing for about six months.</p>
<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Nike has announced the <a href="https://www.nike.com/t/adapt-bb-basketball-shoe-8Bwk1L/AO2582-001" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nike Adapt BB</a>, the first shoe in its platform “that creates a truly custom fit by combining an advanced power-lacing system, an app and continually updated firmware.”</p>
<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for another patent (number 10,180,721) that hints at “smart clothing.” This one, dubbed “fabric-based divides with force sensing,” involves a “smart glove.”</p>
<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">There are <a href="https://appleworld.today/blog/2019/1/14/apple-daily-report-apples-airpower-may-still-be-alive-and-more-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">rumors </a> that Apple’s long-awaited AirPower is actually coming soon. Perhaps it’s true; Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,182,282) for an “earbud case with charging system.”</p>
<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gubagoo.com&esheet=51925464&newsitemid=20190115005130&lan=en-US&anchor=Gubagoo&index=1&md5=ce9198aa4d281aaa34af5d1266d594cd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gubagoo</a>, a provider of “conversational commerce solutions” for automotive dealerships and original equipment manufacturers, has announced that its customers are now able to use <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gubagoo.com%2Fapple-business-chat&esheet=51925464&newsitemid=20190115005130&lan=en-US&anchor=Apple+Business+Chat&index=2&md5=90c2717d871ec3075d33105ac5ae04de" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple Business Chat</a>, a new way for users to communicate directly with businesses using the native Messages app on iPhone and iPad.</p>
<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">TD Ameritrade, which provides investing services and education to clients, has announced what it says is an industry first: the ability for individual investors to instantly fund a brokerage account with Apple Pay through Apple Business Chat in the Messages app on iPhone and iPad. Sunayna Tuteja, head of strategic partnerships and emerging technologies at TD Ameritrade says that, historically, to fund brokerage accounts, investors have had to endure a multi-day waiting period while funds were verified or manage a complicated wire transfer. </p>
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