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Apple has posted stories from developers whose games will debut on Apple Arcade, Apple’s game streaming service that’s arriving this Thursday.

Justin Theroux will star in a so-far-untitled series for Apple TV+ that Luther creator Neil Cross is writing and executive producing with Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes director Rupert Wyatt set to helm the series, according to Geeks Worldwide.

Former Apple exec, Danielle DePalma, has been hired as Paramount Pictures’ executive vice president of Domestic Marketing. She will report to Marc Weinstock, president of Worldwide Marketing & Distribution, and Mary Daily, co-president of Worldwide Marketing & Distribution, according to Deadline.

The Wrap reports that comedian/actor/writer John Mulaney has signed on to play writer Henry David Thoreau in Apple TV+’s Dickinson, a dark coming-of-age comedy starring Hailee Steinfeld as famed poet Emily Dickinson in her early, rebellious years.

Apple has announced that it’s attending Interspeech 2019, the world’s largest conference on the science and technology of spoken language processing. 

Variety reports that Charlie Hunnam has been cast in the upcoming Shantaram series that will air on Apple TV+, Apple’s streaming service that’s set to debut Nov. 1.

Apple won two Creative Arts Emmys for Carpool Karaoke on Saturday night, one for short form variety series. The Creative Arts Emmys are a class of Emmy Awards presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American TV programming.

In a note to clients — as noted by AppleInsider — analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that, despite predictions otherwise, sales of the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro are off to a strong start in the U.S. and China.

Apple plans to challenge the European Commission’s order to pay 13 billion euros (about $14.4 billion) in Irish back taxes in a case in the European Union’s crackdown on tax avoidance by multinational companies, reports Reuters.

Outlier Air is Creative's new, $79.99 wireless earbuds. I don’t find their audio quality quite as good as Apple’s AirPods, but they their battery life is better (30 hours compared to 24) as is their price ($79.99 compared to $159).

Apple has filed for yet granted another patent (number 10,410,434) for avatar creation and editing. It involves the company’s Animoji and Memoji features.

Apple has developed Overton, a framework intended to automate artificial intelligence (AI) system lifecycles by providing a set of novel high-level abstractions, according to VentureBeat. 

Robert Rodriguez and Diego Boneta are teaming up for El Gato Negro, an adaptation of a Mexican comic book being set up at Apple TV+ as a series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

CNN reports that Disney CEO Bob Iger has resigned from Apple’s Board of Directors as the two companies will be competing in the video streaming business.

A new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows signs of market recovery in the second half of 2019 and into 2020, pushing smartphone shipment growth back into positive territory.

On a regular basis, Apple World Today posts a list of notable new apps or app updates that have been released. They may not necessarily be new, but they're popular and deserve mention. Here are this week’s picks.

iOS

Mailbutler has debuted mobile app to accompany its desktop email productivity extension for Apple Mail and Gmail on macOS. 

The mobile app serves as an information hub for all Mailbutler activity, keeping users updated wherever they go with real-time push notifications on their phones. Users can access Tracking Details, check or create new Tasks and Notes, and open emails quickly in their mobile email client. The app is free and available at the Apple App Store.

Roland has announced its latest tool to simplify professional-quality video production: the 4XCamera Maker App. The company says aspiring videographers can use the new iOS app to shoot, edit, and publish videos without needing expensive camera equipment or a computer. 

The full editing functionality of 4XCamera Maker is available through a small in-app purchase. Roland GO:MIXER and GO:MIXER Pro users can connect their GO:MIXER to the app for full editing functionality free of charge. 

VideoGo has debuted MyNews Video Ticker, a new release to the company's professional level video branding solution app developed exclusively for iOS devices. 

It enables you to add a scrolling ticker over video you have already taken, easily adding loops, emojis and more. MyNews Video Ticker is used for product/marketing opportunities and sales prospecting, commentary and testimonials.

It’s free for the first three renders. After that, you’ll need to pay $1.99 via an in-app purchase.

Johannes Erschbamer has served up Thirstic, a smart water drink reminder that automatically adapts to the users's activity and the weather conditions. 

The app automatically updates the estimated water needs in the background and sends a reminder as soon as the user reaches her/his preferred water needs threshold. 

The daily water intake goal changes depending on the local weather conditions. Thirstic is free, but does offer in-app purchases.

macOS

DEVONtechnologies has released DEVONthink 3.0, an update of its mobile document and information manager for the Mac. 

DEVONthink supports a large variety of file formats and stores them in a database enhanced by artificial intelligence. Version 3.0 sports an overhauled user interface.

It now comes with support for Dark Mode, an extended search language, and a new menu extra for capturing notes and more. Version 3.0 also adds custom metadata and tables with typed data and form views. Office users can add imprints to PDFs and images, use the improved OCR engine, and share databases via the rewritten web interface. Smart rules and reminders make DEVONthink 3 easier to automate than ever before.

DEVONthink 3.0 requires macOS El Capitan or later. It can be downloaded at www.devontechnologies.com. After e trial period of 30 days or 150 hours of runtime, whichever is later, it requires a license key for one of the three available editions: DEVONthink 3: $99; DEVONthink Pro 3: $199; and DEVONthink Server 3, $499.

Every license includes the ability to install the software on two physical machines (seats). Additional seats and upgrades from the previous generation of DEVONthink are available for upgrade prices.

 

It’s that time again! With every new iPhone released by Apple, the case manufacturers crank out new models to fit the shape of the redesigned phones. This year, the manufacturers had their production lines ready to go early, so we have a good roundup of the latest designsfrom Nomad, Vena, CaseMate and X-Doria/DefenseBrand. Sit back with your favorite beverage and check out these great cases for your iPhone 11, 11 Pro or 11 Pro Max.

The Academy Software Foundation, a collaborative effort to advance open source software development in the motion picture and media industries, has announced that Apple has joined the Foundation as a Premier member.

The Wall Street Journal says U.S. House lawmakers are demanding emails and executive communications from four technology giants (Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Alphabet/Google) as they look for evidence of anticompetitive behavior.

The Hollywood Reporter says writer/producer/director J.J. Abrams turned down a $500 million offer from Apple for his Bad Robot production company because he didn’t want to be limited to movies and TV shows that were Apple-only.