"Apple Gets More Bang for Its R&D Buck: Compared with its resources, Apple has remained relatively quiet. It spent just 3.5 percent ($8.1 billion) of its $233 billion in revenue in fiscal 2015 on research and development, a lower percentage than every other large U.S. technology company, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Bloomberg's Adam Satariano has more on 'Bloomberg West.'" Bloomberg TV 6:54 PM
"Half a year later, the Apple Watch feels like a stalled platform" Quartz 7:30 AM
"Apple Watch Sales To Reach $12M By End of Year, Say Analysts" Forbes 7:15 AM
"Analyst: Apple Watch Sales to Hit $12M During Holidays" The Mac Observer 10:54 AM
"Why Apple Wants to Get Into the Unprofitable World of Payments Between Friends" Bloomberg 8:05 AM
"Is Peer-to-Peer Apple Pay's Next Frontier?" Fortune 6:55 PM
"London pensioner successfully sues Apple for wiping honeymoon photos from his phone: A pensioner who sued Apple for wiping his treasured honeymoon snaps from his phone has been awarded £2,000 after winning the court case." London Evening Standard 7:16 AM
"Pensioner defeats Apple over lost video of tortoise biting his hand" The Inquirer 7:16 AM
"Man successfully sues Apple for wiping photos from his iPhone" CNET 2:30 PM
"Patent monetization firm Papst Licensing sets sights on Apple over data transfer tech" AppleInsider 7:35 AM
"Apple Sued by Patent Troll using a Widely Cited Patent Covering Camera Technology used in Apple's iDevices" Patently Apple 6:10 PM
"Q&A with Apple exec about News app: This fall's upgrade to Apple's iPhone and iPad operating system comes with a new app called News." CNNMoney 7:27 AM
"Tablet Shipments Seen Falling 8% in 2015: Market looks to be transitioning to detachable tablets, according to data tracker IDC" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:21 AM
"Popular Design App 'Sketch' Leaves Mac App Store Due to Poor Customer Experience" MacRumors 11:05 AM
"Sketch Pulled from Mac App Store, Developer Cites Shortcoming in MAS Experience" The Mac Observer 9:09 PM
"Windows 10 vs. OS X: Which gives sys admins more control? Microsoft is adopting Apple's approach to PC management" InfoWorld 12:13 PM
"Windows 10 shows slow steady gains as XP, Mac OS X drop" The Inquirer 7:17 AM
"Adobe Flash Is Now Called Animate. But It's Still a Mess." Wired 3:35 PM
"Adobe is telling people to stop using Flash" The Verge 12:13 PM
"Adobe sounds the death knell for Flash" Business Insider 1:20 PM
"Adobe Is Finally Killing the Flash Name" Gizmodo 1:50 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"El Capitan discussions include the Sheepshaver emulator; Time Machine bugs; Office 2011 installation; Safari freezes; Apple Mail glitches and more." MacInTouch 4:05 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"On1 Photo 10 review: From suite to sweet: photo editing app does it all" Macworld 8:19 AM
"Hands-on: Adobe's new Fuse CC lets beginners take baby steps into 3D modeling" Macworld 7:19 AM
"Understanding 'Optimize Mac Storage' in Photos for Mac" Six Colors 11:41 AM
"Barely anyone used Apple Pay on Black Friday" Quartz 8:52 PM
"What unhappy Apple Watch owners think: limited, poor battery, lacks value" ZDNet 7:28 AM
"Top 12 Reasons People Gave Up on the Apple Watch" Fortune 8:22 AM
"What People Do Not Like About Apple Watch" 24/7 Wall St. 8:22 AM
"Apple Watch, health insurance and the future of work" Computerworld 7:08 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook is going to receive the same award that Taylor Swift was once given" Business Insider 7:26 AM
"Eddy Cue says iOS 9 News app helps journalism, not being censored in China" AppleInsider 7:26 AM
"Apple exec Eddy Cue: We appreciate 'great journalism' not blogs" Business Insider 7:27 AM
"Apple's 2015 Black Friday Sales: Strongest Performance Ever?" G for Games 7:32 AM
"One iPad Was Sold Every Second Throughout The Day On Thanksgiving at Target" Modmyi 7:31 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook to Receive Ripple of Hope Award from The Robert F. Kennedy Center" The Mac Observer 3:36 PM
"Apple turns store logos red and promotes (RED) products for World AIDS Day" 9to5Mac 11:19 AM
"Apple Honors World AIDS Day for the Fifth Year With Red Store Logos" MacRumors 11:19 AM
"Apple Store Logos Light Up Red in Support of World AIDS Day 2015 [Photos] iClarified 11:49 AM
"Apple Shares New 'Ridiculously Powerful' and 'Hey Siri' iPhone 6s Ads" MacRumors 7:35 PM
"Apple debuts new iPhone 6s ads highlighting 'Hey Siri' and power advances" 9to5Mac 7:35 PM
"Microsoft shows Apple some love in new holiday ad" The Next Web 11:09 AM
"Apple expands Personal Pickup option to 6 more EU countries" AppleInsider 7:26 AM
"Best Steve Jobs Infographics" Apple Gazette 11:19 AM
Non-Apple News
"Microsoft Corporation Launches a Dumbphone That Costs More Than a Smartphone: Why did Microsoft launch its priciest feature phone ever?" The Motley Fool 6:34 PM
"Google's self-driving car November report reveals 1 very minor accident, not much else" Electrek 4:40 PM
"Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan pledge to donate 99% of their Facebook shares" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 4:44 PM
"Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to give away 99% of shares" BBC 4:18 PM
"Envy is the Cause of Miserable Facebook Users" Digital Trends 3:24 PM
"This weird bug is dropping a skull emoji into Gmail accounts" The Verge 12:13 PM
"Thunderbird 'a tax' on Firefox development, and Mozilla wants to drop it" Ars Technica 11:21 AM
"Christmas Lights May Be Slowing Your Wi-Fi Down" Digital Trends 11:12 AM
"AT&T Hit's Unlimited Data Plans with $5 Increase" The Mac Observer 10:52 AM
"Samsung replaces mobile chief as smartphone lead dwindles" Associated Press 8:22 AM
"Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes - Is It On The Light Or Dark Side?" Apple'n'Apps 8:28 PM
"Go! Go! CommanderVideo - A Quick Bit Of A Trip" Apple'n'Apps 8:28 PM
"'Football Manager Mobile 2016' Review - Your Phone Couldn't Ask for a Better Sports Manager Game" Touch Arcade 11:21 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to delete your SoundCloud account" iDownload Blog 3:15 PM
"How to fix the dreaded 'Unable to Move Message' error in iOS Mail" Apple World Today 1:14 PM
"How To Free Up Or Clear RAM In iOS On iPhone, iPad, iPod touch [Tip] Redmond Pie 12:12 PM
"How to Clean Up Your Messy iPhone Photo Library" Time 7:36 AM
"How to make your iPhone run better in 10 seconds" Cult of Mac 7:24 AM
"How to pair your Apple Pencil with your iPad Pro" Apple World Today 7:12 AM
Tips
"Using a Passcode for Purchases on the Apple TV" iLounge 3:58 PM
"4 smarter ways to search on your iPhone or iPad: If you're hunting for a specific mail message or looking for a name in a lengthy web page, skip Spotlight and try a specialized iOS search tool instead." Macworld 7:19 AM
"Smart Assistants Making Progress...But Slowly" Tech.pinions 8:01 AM
"Is Evernote getting out of the retail business?" IDG News Service 7:20 AM
"12 apps we're dying to have on our new Apple TV: Rumor has it that an Amazon Video app is coming soon to the Apple TV. Well, that's a start." Macworld 7:20 AM
"Some People Hate The Apple Watch, Here's Why That Might Not Matter" Forbes 7:14 AM
"Why Apple Must Re-invent The Car" Mac 360 7:08 AM
Non-Apple
"Is It Worth It To Study Computer Science?" Gizmodo 7:43 PM
"How to shield your kid from smartphone cyberbullies" Cult of Mac 12:50 PM
"Is Comcast's new Stream TV service as bad as it seems for net neutrality? No, it's even worse" BGR 8:05 AM
"2016 U.S. CarPlay Vehicles: Chevrolet, Honda, Volkswagen and More" MacRumors 8:41 PM
"YouTube enters Apple's top-grossing app charts on the back of its subscription offering" TechHive 7:12 PM
"Halfbrick's 'Star Skater' Features Downhill Skateboard Racing and Looks Awesome" Touch Arcade 6:54 PM
"11 perfect accessory gift ideas for iPhone owners" AppAdvice 6:09 PM
"The only 28 apps you need to have on your iPhone home screen" Business Insider 1:25 PM
"3 multi-tasking docks for your iPhone and Apple Watch" BGR 1:24 PM
"Starbucks customers in Canada can now reload their accounts with Apple Pay" iMore 1:19 PM
"New report finds more American businesses are installing solar than ever before" ["Other top companies recognized for both their amount of solar capacity and number of solar installations include Kohl's, Apple, Macy's, Walgreens, Target, IKEA, Prologis, FedEx, Intel, General Motors, Verizon, Johnson & Johnson, Bed Bath & Beyond, Safeway, Hartz Mountain, Staples, L'Oreal, Kaiser Permanente and Toyota."] SEIA 1:19 PM
"HP Inc. Reinvents Large-Format Printing with the Industry's Most Compact and Affordable Integrated MFP" Architosh 12:42 PM
"World's First USB-C Adapter For MacBook Supports Four DC Output Voltages" MacPrices 11:40 AM
"MyApple Magazine Issue No. 2 is now available for free" Apple World Today 11:10 AM
"Chrome for iOS adds 3D Touch shortcuts, better hardware keyboard support" 9to5Mac 11:08 AM
"EXO U Education Platform now available for iPhone and iPad on the Apple App Store" PRNewswire 8:18 AM
"BA introduces new Apple watch scanners: The use of the British Airways Apple watch app has quadrupled in just four months and in response the airline is introducing new scanners to make them easier and faster to use." Advance 8:08 AM
"The BookBook for iPhone 6s case is not just for the literary types" iDownload Blog 7:33 AM
"Google Hangouts now lets you reply on the Apple Watch; Twitch brings Whispers to iOS" 9to5Mac 7:32 AM
"OnePlus launches a new case for... iPhone?!" Cult of Android 7:31 AM
"2015: 'Must-have' MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro accessories" ZDNet 7:29 AM
"You can now message your Twitch buddies privately on iOS" The Next Web 7:24 AM
"Birthday Stickers App Turns Photos Into Personalised Birthday Cards" prMac 7:18 AM
"PaigeeWorld releases a new version of the popular social network app" prMac 7:18 AM
"Multiplayer App El Bandito Turns Gamers into Wild West Gunslingers" prMac 7:18 AM
"Look no further than Level Tool Advanced for the precision app you need" prMac 7:18 AM
"Apple Music finally coming to Sonos" The Inquirer 7:17 AM
"IN1 is a handy combination iPhone case and Swiss Army Knife" Apple World Today 7:12 AM
"This May Be Another Canceled Microsoft Tablet We'll Never Get To Hold" Digital Trends 6:48 AM
"Microsoft brings HoloLens development stateside, lays off 60 on Israeli team" GeekWire 12:51 PM
"Microsoft laid off half the people working on one of its most important projects" Business Insider India 6:49 AM
"Microsoft's new CRM boss takes the wraps off Dynamics CRM 2016" Computerworld 6:49 AM
"Windows 10 shows slow steady gains as XP, Mac OS X drop: Windows 7 is up and Windows 8.1 finally limps past XP" The Inquirer 6:50 AM
"Microsoft's new premium Office 365 subscription for businesses is here: Office 365 E5 offers new features including organisational analytics and Skype for Business Cloud PBX" TechCentral.ie 6:50 AM
"Microsoft Launches Annual 12 Days of Deals Promotion" Thurrott 7:52 AM
"Now Microsoft puts Cortana to work on key Power BI data" ZDNet 8:51 AM
"GE, MetLife Back Wind Farm That Will Run Microsoft Data Center" Bloomberg 12:09 PM
"Microsoft and HP reveal more details about cloud partnership: The deal will include new hardware and software that bring the two companies together" IDG News Service 11:14 AM
"Meg Whitman on what it took to split HP into two companies" ZDNet 12:40 PM
"HPE Synergy offers single hybrid infrastructure: Making it easy to strike a continuous balance between on-premise and cloud computing" The Inquirer 5:59 AM
"HPE Enters Composable Infrastructure Space with Synergy" eWeek 6:04 AM
"HPE Helion Managed Cloud Broker wants to unify your cloud workloads" The Inquirer 8:50 AM
"HPE shares jump 6% on Microsoft Azure news" USA Today 1:57 PM
"Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares rally on expanded Microsoft cloud deal" MarketWatch 12:59 PM
"Intel pushing new entry-level PC processors in 2Q16-3Q16" DigiTimes 6:20 AM
"Split Tape on Wall Street: The Two Faces of December" USA Today 4:00 PM
"'Merry' Start to December as Health Care, Financials Lead" FOXBusiness 4:00 PM
"Stocks Climb Ahead of Jobs Data, Expected ECB Stimulus: Investors are looking ahead to ECB meeting, Friday's jobs report" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:00 PM
"European stocks trim gains as ECB meeting looms/European stocks held to thin gains Tuesday, with investors appearing reluctant to make major moves ahead of the European Central Bank's policy announcement." MarketWatch 6:30 AM
"Asian shares rise on hopes for stimulus; yuan holds steady/Shares in Hong Kong led a rally across most of Asia Tuesday, on expectations for more stimulus from Chinese authorities, specifically in the property sector." MarketWatch 6:31 AM
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