In the news

This is an abbreviated edition of In the news because I at at ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago right now.  It has been an amazing conference so far, and I have enjoyed meeting so many iPhone J.D. readers from across the country, and even a few from other countries.  But even though most of my focus right now is on legal technology, I have to admit that the best three words I heard yesterday were:  Chewie, we’re home.  And now, some of the news of note from the past week:

• Thomson Reuters reference attorney Mike Carlson notes that you can now save directly from Westlaw to Dropbox.
• Attorney Jeremy Horwitz of 9to5Mac reviews the Mophie Juice Packs for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
• Nick Guy of The Wirecutter reviews a bunch of battery cases for the iPhone 6 and concludes that Anker’s Ultra Slim Extended Battery Case is the best.
• You can take notes on an iPad either by typing on a keyboard (the on-screen virtual keyboard or better yet an external keyboard) or by taking handwritten notes using a stylus and an app like GoodNotes.  I often find that it is more productive to take notes by hand, and it turns out that there is science that supports that, as noted by Joseph Stromberg in this article for Vox.
• Ben Lovejoy of 9to5Mac speculates that the way that Apple is showing off the Apple Watch at its Apple Stores is a preview of the future of the Apple Store.  He may well be correct.
• Lovejoy also reports that you will not be able to buy an Apple Watch in an Apple Store until June.  Only online orders for now.
• It is interesting to see companies starting to add Apple Watch abilities to their iPhone apps.  For example, the 1Password app recently added the ability to designate certain items to be available on your Apple Watch, such as a locker combination or a credit card number, as noted in this blog post on the Agile Bits Blog.
• Steven Levy of Medium discusses notifications on the iPhone and Apple Watch in his latest Backchannel column.
• Steven Aquino discusses accessibility features on the Apple Watch for folks who have impaired vision or hearing.
• Microsoft expert Paul Thurrott describes the large number of apps that Microsoft is currently shipping for iOS.
• Apple announced that WWDC, its developer conference, will take place this year in San Francisco on June 8-12.  Apple always has a keynote with lots of announcements at the start of WWDC, so if you want to start counting down the days until Apple next announces something new, now you know what date to count from.  (That’s 55 days from today.)
• My favorite restaurant in New Orleans — and perhaps the entire world — is Commander’s Palace in the Garden District.  Thus, I was tickled to see this picture of head chef Tory McPhail with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, both of whom attended French Quarter Fest a few days ago.
• And finally, while the Apple Watch looks to be pretty cool, Netflix thinks that we are ready for the next step in wearable technology — the Netflix Watch — as shown in this amusing parody video: