Steve Sande

<p>First introduced with iOS 5, Notification Center made its way to the Mac with OS X Mountain Lion in July 2012. Three years later, I've got a love-hate relationship with it. Now I wonder: Do you use Notification Center, and how?</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Reuters reported today that smartphone thefts -- particularly those of iPhones -- have dropped dramatically since Apple first implemented its "kill switch" Activation Lock in September of 2013.</p><p>In San Francisco, iPhone theft dropped 40 percent, while New York saw a 25 percent decline. Perhaps the most impressive decline was in London, where smartphone theft was cut in half. </p>

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<p>Apple iPhone 6 Plus owners outpace all other iPhone owners in data consumption, doubling the amount used by the iPhone 6 and exceeding the iPhone 3GS by a factor of ten. As reported by [Citrix][0], the data consumption pattern of iPhone 6 Plus owners mirrors that of tablet users. </p>

<p>If you enjoy watching the activity at your bird feeder, but need help identifying which birds are sampling your food then you should check out [Audubon Birds Pro][0] by [Green Mountain Digital][1]. The mobile field guide contains detailed information on up to 821 common and rare bird species in North America. </p>

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<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">We have a lot of veteran Apple users in our readership, but there are lots of new people coming into the fold every single day. <strong><span>60-Second Tips</span></strong> are exactly what they sound like — very short how-to videos that focus on one simple thing you can learn to make your daily life more enjoyable.</p><p>Today’s tip is the answer to a question I’m sure a lot of you are having — will Apple World Today have a mobile app? The answer is no; instead, the site has been designed with a responsive theme that changes depending on the device it is being viewed on. If it’s an iPhone or iPad, it scales images and moves text around to fit the device. Likewise, on a desktop or laptop, you’ll see the full-width site.</p>

<p><span style="font-size:17px">The financial news for Apple just keeps getting better every day. Today shares of Apple closed at a record price of $122.02 (up 1.09 percent), giving the Cupertino company a market capitalization of more than $710 billion (numbers from Apple's iPhone Stocks app).</span></p>

<p><span>Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology conference this afternoon, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced plans for a huge $850 million, 1,300 acre solar farm to be constructed in Monterey County, California south of the company's corporate headquarters in Cupertino.</span></p>

<p>Apple CEO <a href="http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/15pibuasfvoihbeafv02/event/index.html">Tim Cook will speak at today's Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference</a>, and Apple will live stream audio of his comments. Cook is scheduled to appear at 3:30 PM Eastern. Expect lots of numbers and a confident Tim Cook. </p>

<p><span>Last year at the Apple WorldWide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple introduced its own programming language for iOS and OS X -- Swift. The language is designed not only to make it easier for developers to program for Apple's platforms, but also work hand-in-hand with Objective-C, the existing programming language of choice for many devs. Yesterday, </span><a target="_blank" href="https://developer.apple.com/swift/blog/?id=22" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple released version 1.2 of Swift as part of the Xcode 6.3 beta</a><span>. </span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:17px">iPhone 6 and 6 Plus owners flying JetBlue in the near future will be able to pay for in-flight amenities with Apple Pay. Whether it's buying snacks, watching onboard entertainment, or even upgrading to first class, JetBlue will accept Apple's payment system -- the first airline to do so.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:17px">Pilots love iPads; just take a look at any commercial airliner and you're apt to see the pilots carrying iPads equipped with Electronic Flight Bag applications. One Wyoming couple has to be extremely thankful that they had their iPads with them Friday night when their airplane, a single-engine Piper</span><span style="font-size:17px"> Comanche, suffered a full electrical system failure on a flight from their home to Wisconsin.</span></p>

<p>Apple's Dictionary app for the Mac isn't sexy. Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, doesn't show it off during press events. That privilege is reserved for Dictionary's bigger siblings, like Mail and Safari. But don't be fooled, Dictionary is super cool and helpful. In this post I'll highlight useful things Dictionary can do.</p>

We have a lot of veteran Apple users in our readership, but there are lots of new people coming into...