"Apple Could Drop Google For Bing In Safari" ValueWalk 11/28
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Google Chrome crashes hard with Mac OS 10.10.2 beta, here's the fix" 9to5Mac 2:07 PM
"Yosemite discussion talks about virtualization, Safari problems (multiple), virtualization to run older applications, firmware changes during updates, system fonts, third-party lockouts, Spotlight causing slowdowns, reverting to Mavericks and more." MacInTouch 11/28
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Aperture Tips: Introduction to a series of posts" Gordon's Tech 7:29 PM
"Aperture Tips: Work around for lack of multiple windows - 'Recent Items' filter on Library" Gordon's Tech 7:29 PM
"Review: Deliveries for Mac and iOS is the perfect way to track your online orders for the holidays" 9to5Mac 2:06 PM
"iZotope Ozone 6, stripped from undue features, best mastering tool around" IT.Enquirer 7:27 AM
"Warning: iPhoto won't know if you change a password in OS X" USA Today 7:31 AM
"iWork '14 review: Still waiting for that great leap forward/No backward compatibility, but the productivity suite is free for all Mac, iOS users." Ars Technica 11/28
"Consumers Pick iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus for Media Over iPads" TechnoBuffalo 10:10 AM
"iPads won't be stuffing stockings this year: The way tablet sales are slumping, there's almost a better chance you'll get three French hens or two turtle doves than an iPad this Christmas." CNNMoney 11/28
"Alert: Online retailers thankful for another strong Turkey Day sales session" ["Apple iOS vs. Android: Apple iOS once again led the way in mobile shopping this holiday season, outpacing Android across three key metrics"] IBM 11/28
"IBM analytics show that iOS dominates online purchasing in both transactions and average sale values" 9to5Mac 11/28
"Apple dominates top tech searches for 2014: Apple's iPhones, iPads and upcoming Apple Watch were among the most popular searches of the year made via Yahoo" Telegraph 11/28
"Apple users outspend Android users on 'Black Thursday'" CNNMoney 11/28
"Shopping on a Phone Is Still Uncommon but Growing Fast" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 11/28
"Apple Has Snubbed The UK On Black Friday" Business Insider 11/28
"Apple upsets customers by not extending Black Friday deals to the UK" TUAW 11/28
"Time for a tablet: Here's how they stack up" Associated Press 11/27
"When iPads fall, Windows tablets rise" BetaNews 11/27
"Bell Employees Planted Glowing Online Reviews Of New Bell App" CBC 11/27
"Square is Figuring Out How to Make Apple Pay Available With Its Service" PadGadget 11/27
"Apple's Latest iPhone 6 Ad Showcases Voice Text in iOS 8" TechnoBuffalo 11/27
"Looks like no Black Friday deals in European Apple Stores – just (RED) donations on Cyber Monday" 9to5Mac 11/27
"Watch Apple's Black Friday iPhone Ads" Time 11/27
"Video: Apple is not done releasing funny iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus ads" BGR 11/27
"12.2-inch 'iPad Air Plus' May Launch Between April and June 2015 With A9 Processor" MacRumors 11/28
"Report: Schematics of 12.2-inch 'iPad Air Plus' rumored for April-June launch, iPad Mini 4 upgrade details" 9to5Mac 11/28
"Blueprint of Apple's 'iPad Air Plus,' details of iPad mini 4 reportedly outed in Japanese mag - Rumor" AppleInsider 11/28
"New Details On Apple's Giant-Sized iPad Might Have Just Leaked" Business Insider 11/28
"This could be our closest look yet at Apple's rumored 'iPad Pro'" VentureBeat 11/28
"Apple reportedly set to launch 'iPad Air Plus' and 'iPad mini 4' in second quarter of 2015" AppAdvice 11/28
"iPhone chip orders slowing down, say IC designers" DigiTimes 11/28
"Two-thirds of iPhone and iPad users now running iOS 8.0/8.1" ZDNet 11/28
"iOS 8 is installed on 60 percent of iPhones and iPads despite persistent problems" The Inquirer 11/28
"Clever hack lets CarPlay run on an iPhone 6" Cult of Mac 11/28
"Apple rushes to abandon plastic phone" ONE News 11/28
"Nintendo Patents Game Boy Emulation For Use In Mobile Devices, In-Flight Entertainment" TechCrunch 11/28
"Nintendo patent hints at official Game Boy emulator for mobile phones" 9to5Mac 11/28
"Apple wants to make it easier to switch among wireless carriers" Apple Daily Report 11/28
AppleCare/Helps
"Mac notebooks: All about batteries/Learn more about the battery in your Mac notebook including how to optimize the battery life, troubleshoot, and get service." Apple Support 11/29
Price Trackers/Deals
"Jet Dudes For iPhone/iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 11/29
"Cradle of Rome 2 HD For iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $2.99)" Apple Sliced 11/29
"ClearWeather -Color Forecast For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 11/29
"Circadia (Puzzle) For iPhone/iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 11/28
"Remoter VNC -Remote Desktop For iPhone/iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 11/28
"MetalWars3 For iPhone/iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 11/28
"You Should Play: TwoDots brings a much-needed twist to the match-three genre" Macworld 11/28
"Appidemic: Skater for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" TechnologyTell 11/28
"'Vigil RPG' Review - An Entertaining Distillation Of Retro JRPGs" Touch Arcade 11/28
"'Framed' Review - Let's Try This One Again, Shall We?" Touch Arcade 11/28
"'Earn to Die 2' Review - Web Game Crossover Hit gets an iOS Update" Touch Arcade 11/28
"Darkness Reborn Review: It's a little mindless but Darkness Reborn is mostly just good fun." 148Apps 11/28
"Master of Tea Kung Fu Review: Master of Tea Kung Fu is a creative and complex caffeinated brawler." 148Apps 11/28
"Proun+ Review: Twitchy racing aplenty in Proun+, an enjoyably tricky title." 148Apps 11/28
"Monster Strike Review: Collect monsters and battle by flinging them across the battlefield in this strangely compelling strategy game." 148Apps 11/28
How-To/Tutorial
"How to manage your iCloud security and Apple Pay settings from the Web" AppleInsider 11/29
"Easy Listening" ["Making your podcast easy to listen to is worth some effort."] Marco Arment 11/29
"How to use Apple Pay to return that sweater your wife hated" VentureBeat 11/28
"Install PSP Emulator PPSSPP On iPhone Without Jailbreak [Video] Redmond Pie 11/28
"How to fix a broken Home button in the iPhone 5c" iMore 11/28
"Ask: How to Fix iTunes Lists on iPad" Mac|Life 11/28
"How To Easily Delete All Screenshots On iPhone To Quickly Free Up Space" Redmond Pie 11/28
"How to sync your baby with your iPhone: A new Bluetooth-enabled dummy constantly records your baby's temperature and alerts you if they start to get ill, and will even sound an alarm if they wander away from you" Telegraph 11/28
"How to make the most of bringing the iPad to work" ZDNet 11/28
"How to find the lowest prices on Apple's Macs and iPads this Black Friday" AppleInsider 11/28
Tips
"Tip of the Day: Siri Offers Guide for What to Ask" iPhone Life Magazine 7:33 PM
"Getting app download and update errors with Family Sharing? Try this!" iMore 7:39 AM
"Only want to share your photos once this holiday season? Here's how" Gigaom 11/29
"11 top tips to get the most from iPhone 6 and iOS 8.1" BetaNews 11/28
"Apple-IBM products in November? Not quite" PCWorld 11/26
"Why iPhone 6 Tablet/Laptop Cannibalization Is Overhyped – The 'Book Mystique" MacPrices 11/26
"How the iPhone 6 Plus is changing people's reading habits" Quartz 11/26
"Apple MacBook Air vs. MacBook Pro: Which Should You Buy?" LAPTOP Magazine 11/26
Non-Apple
"Now HTML 5 is finished, W3C boss Jeff Jaffe discusses what comes next/Summary: Now HTML 5 has finally been standardized, Jeff Jaffe, the W3C's CEO, wants to get people talking about what to do next. His suggestion is to build an application foundation to underpin the Open Web Platform: an operating system for the web." ZDNet 7:33 PM
"Cryptography for dummies: To the alarm of some lawmakers, scrambling data becomes easy as encryption turns into the default option on digital devices" The Economist 11/29
"So you want to buy a connected light bulb? Start here" Gigaom 11/29
"Cassandra: Ownership of Images on Social Networking Sites -A Murky World with Little User Benefit" eXtensions 11/29
"Tate museum reimagines works of art as Minecraft maps" Engadget 11/29
"This Man Was Supposed To Become Steve Jobs 2.0 — Here's What Happened Instead" Business Insider 11/29
"A World Without Net Neutrality Already Exists" TechCrunch 11/28
"The Trolls Among Us: If you want to comment on this article, you shouldn't be allowed to be anonymous." Slate 11/28
"What Companies Give Up Staying Private" The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 11/28
"Changing industry standards: friend or foe?" DesignSolutions 11/28
"What if Your Windshield Was Made of Gorilla Glass? The Beginning of the Glass Age" TG Daily 11/28
"Form your ultimate NFL fantasy team in Run Games' Football Heroes: Pro Edition for iOS" AppAdvice 11/29
"Dwelp is a new dot-connecting puzzle game unlike any other" AppAdvice 11/29
"The Witcher Adventure Game brings the new fantasy board game to iPhone and iPad" iMore 11/29
"The Witcher Adventure Game for iPad out now on the App Store" AppAdvice 11/29
"Coming November 29: Gene Steinberg meets blogger Dann Berg and The Mac Observer's Jeff Gamet, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 11/28
"Here's a Massive List of Thanksgiving Game Sales to Stuff Your iPhone and iPad With" Touch Arcade 11/28
"'AppelLocker' Lets You Unlock Applications With Your Face" Modmyi 11/28
"Critically acclaimed console game 'Oddworld Stranger's Wrath' arrives remastered for iOS devices" 9to5Mac 11/28
"Made In India: Dell plans manufacturing expansion" Manufacturing Global 7:49 AM
"AMD want their APUs in 2020 to feature 25x the energy efficiency" TweakTown 7:50 AM
"This is your electronic brain. This is your electronic brain with design thinking./Summary: The designer of IBM's Watson computer says we're a long way off from computers being able to mimic human thought processes. But there are ways to extend workplace capabilities." ZDNet 2:53 PM
"Cisco Systems Leases Almost 100,000 Sq. Ft. of Office Space in Maple Lawn" Baltimore Business Journal 7:51 AM
"How the PS4 and Xbox Have Raised PC System Requirements" Digital Trends 7:50 AM
"Can fuel cells find a home in the data center?" Gigaom 10:05 AM
"Asus System Named the Most Efficient Supercomputer" eWeek 11:30 AM
"2014: The year everyone's security took a hit/Summary: The past year has shown that each and every person is less secure than they thought on January 1, 2014, and for popping that bubble, we should be thankful." ZDNet 7:33 PM
"Xbox's Japan chief resigns after bleak Xbox One sales" Engadget 11/29
"Blackout Saturday: Oracle website DIES after mammoth US shopping binge/Mysterious 'technical difficulty' causes service to go titsup" The Register 11/29
"Data Storage Trends in 2014: Pricing, Capacity, More Smarts" eWeek 11/29
"Dow Edges Up to Another Record: Retailers' Shares, Led by Wal-Mart, Help Buoy Blue-Chip Index" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11/28
"Asia Markets: Australian shares slump after OPEC decision/Stocks in Australia finished sharply lower Friday, after the world's biggest oil-producing nations rejected calls to cut output, sending crude prices into a tailspin and weakening Asian energy stocks" MarketWatch 11/28
"Europe Markets: European oil stocks hit after OPEC holds production target/European stocks fell Friday, with oil stocks sinking in a sea of red following a decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries not to cut its 30-million-barrel-a-day production target for oil." MarketWatch 11/28
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 11/28
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