"The Grand Unified Theory of Apple Products" Above Avalon 12:05 PM
"In laptop reliability survey, one brand trumps all" ["Apple, as in year's past, has the most reliable notebooks by far - a 10 percent breakdown rate in the first 3 years - with Samsung and Gateway distant seconds at 16 percent, and the rest of industy - including Acer, Lenovo, Toshiba, HP, Dell and Asus, at 18-19 percent."] ZDNet 7:58 AM
"iPad Pro and its rivals are changing the tablet market/IDC: Market to double for detachable tablets from likes of Apple, Microsoft and Google" MarketWatch 8:03 AM
"Worldwide Tablet Market Forecast to Decline More Than 8% in 2015 While Switch to Detachable Tablets Continues to Accelerate, According to IDC" ["'Though early reviews for the iPad Pro have been mixed, we believe the Pro to be the only reason for Apple to gain tablet market share in the coming years as they target select enterprise and prosumer audiences."] IDC 7:45 AM
"The iPad Pro could turn around the long-running decline in iPad sales, says IDC" 9to5Mac 7:46 AM
"Apple Announces 2015 'Hour of Code' Workshops for Students" MacRumors 7:44 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"El Capitan discussion has helpful tips today about running classic Mac apps via emulation (Sheepshaver), a Time Machine issue with UPS connections, font troubleshooting and problems with Safari freezes, in addition to other notes about Keychain problems and more." MacInTouch 1:55 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Can you print via an Apple guest network? A reader wants to use his guest network to print. However, that's one of the things it can't do." Macworld 7:03 AM
"Apple stealing Android customers at record rate" RCR Wireless News 2:46 PM
"Samsung holds steady, Huawei gains on Apple in latest smartphone sales figures" Memeburn 7:30 AM
"Yahoo's most searched tech in 2015: iPhone 6 and Windows 10" VentureBeat 7:49 AM
"Apple's iOS devices benefit most from 2015 Black Friday sales, study says" AppleInsider 8:57 AM
"Cyber Monday: iPhone, iPad shoppers generated 79 percent of mobile revenue" Apple World Today 8:50 AM
"Steve Jobs vs Tim Cook" [Infographic] Apple Gazette 9:32 AM
"United Airlines to 'Mobilize' Airport Customer Service Representatives with Apple's iPhone 6 Plus: United will give more than 6,000 customer service representatives an iPhone 6 Plus" United 1:39 PM
"United Airlines Giving Customer Service Reps iPhone 6 Plus" PC Magazine 1:46 PM
"Apple pays two seconds of quarterly profit for wiping pensioner's pics" The Register 1:53 PM
"Apple recognized for its amount of solar capacity and number of solar installations" Apple World Today 7:55 AM
"Three is first carrier to sell Apple Watch in the United Kingdom" MacNN 9:39 AM
"Apple's Latest iPhone Ad Forgets Silicon Valley To Chase Cool Factor" Forbes 6:53 AM
"Penelope Cruz, Jon Favreau the latest to star in iPhone ads" CNET 7:34 AM
"Apple debuts two new TV ads for iPhone 6s and Siri featuring Penélope Cruz and Jon Favreau" MacDailyNews 8:00 AM
"Verizon creates a working iPhone in 'Minecraft'" Cult of Mac 7:51 AM
Non-Apple News
"Big Data Still Requires Humans To Make Meaningful Connections" TechCrunch 2:43 PM
"Google is now redirecting some 'Inbox by Gmail' users from Gmail by default" 9to5Google 10:39 AM
"Jay Z's Tidal Music Service Gets New CEO—Again: Former SoundCloud Chief Business Officer Jeff Toig becomes Tidal's third chief executive in eight months" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:37 AM
"Plummeting SSD prices are quickly closing in on traditional hard drives: Come next year, a 256GB SSD and 1TB HDD will cost about the same, research firm projects." PCWorld 9:30 AM
"SSD Prices Are Plummeting, Say Good-Bye to Hard Drives" Gizmodo 7:33 AM
"EFF wants Google to stop tracking schoolchildren's internet searches" Digital Trends 4:08 PM
"Google accused of tracking school kids after it promised not to: The EFF says Google collects data from students and uses it to target ads and improve its products" IDG News Service 7:32 AM
"Consumer Reports survey finds Apple most reliable laptop brand" AppleInsider 6:51 PM
"Latest iPhone 6c rumor repeats metal casing claims, claims launching in Jan, on sale in Feb" 9to5Mac 7:04 AM
"iPhone 7: Apple 'testing five rival prototype' new iPhones" The Week UK 7:35 AM
"How Much Does the Apple Inc. A9X Chip Cost to Make? This Fool tries to determine how much the iDevice maker's most advanced processor costs the company to build." The Motley Fool 3:18 PM
"HSBC: TSMC Will Be The Only Apple A10 Manufacturer" G for Games 7:48 AM
"iOS 9 distribution hits 70% in November as adoption rate slows" AppleInsider 7:04 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"Bug causes the new Apple TV to turn itself on" Houston Chronicle 8:01 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Today's Top iPhone, iPad, Watch, TV, Mac App Freebies And Price Drops" App Sliced 10:35 AM
"Monument Valley For iPhone/iPad Is Free For The First Time (Normally $3.99)" App Sliced 10:35 AM
"Stubies For iPhone/iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" App Sliced 10:35 AM
"Former Apple Inc. Exec: Why Apple May Sell an Apple Car/Could Apple successfully bring to market an electric vehicle? One former Apple executive hopes so." The Motley Fool 8:53 AM
"Mossberg: An Encryption 'Backdoor' Is a Bad Idea" Re/code 8:09 AM
"Smartphone Addiction Is a Plague: From the Crackberry to iPhone, hand-held devices have taken over our minds and destroyed all etiquette. Why?" PC Magazine 7:54 AM
"Apple Pay was a massive flop on Black Friday" Cult of Mac 7:51 AM
"The Most Interesting Gadget Fight this Holiday Season" Tech.pinions [Insider Content] 7:47 AM
"Can the Macbook Pro Replace Your iPad?" Tech.pinions 7:47 AM
"How Apple does big phones better than Android: A month with the Nexus 6P showed that perhaps its gorgeous screen is a little too big for its operating system." Macworld 7:03 AM
"iPhone 6s - Ridiculously Powerful (Video)" The Mac Observer 7:41 PM
"Home just in time for the holidays: A new Wunderlist for iPhone and iPad" Wunderlist 7:05 PM
"Three Cool Mac and iPad Holiday Toys for Your Inner Geek" The Mac Observer 4:07 PM
"COPD Foundation Introduces StopCOPD App Powered by Apple's ResearchKit" MacPrices 1:41 PM
"This Laptop Cooling Bar loves Macbooks, but will treat all laptops equally" Coolest Gadgets 1:40 PM
"Twitter is trying to solve the Apple TV login problem: Digits now works on tvOS" The Verge 6:22 PM
"Twitter wants to solve one of Apple TV's most frustrating problems: tedious logins" VentureBeat 12:22 PM
"Starbucks, LinkedIn and Wunderlist iOS apps add 3D Touch features, more" 9to5Mac 12:05 PM
"LifeProof takes iPhone 6S Plus On bigger adventures than ever before: - waterproof FRE cases now available to pre-order for iPhone 6S Plus" LifeProof 11:53 AM
"2015: 'Must-have' iPhone accessories" ZDNet 9:39 AM
"40 more banks join Apple Pay in latest US expansion" 9to5Mac 9:32 AM
"The world's first portable Spotify speaker with Touch & Motion control -Sugr Cube" Sugr 8:46 AM
"Western Digital Expands HGST Helium Drive Lineup with 10TB Ultrastar He10" AnandTech 7:51 AM
"Gorgeous puzzle game Monument Valley is now free on iOS" The Verge 7:38 AM
"Planet Lettra 2.0 - A quirky educational app for iPad and iPhone" prMac 12:05 PM
"Announcing the New LinkedIn Mobile App" prMac 6:59 AM
"Torah Bundle Integrates Jewish Studies and Hebrew Word Processing" prMac 6:59 AM
"Earbud headphones that won't fall out of your ears (seriously)" CNNMoney 6:59 AM
"Dow off 159, negative for 2015 as U.S. oil slides below $40" USA Today 4:04 PM
"Stocks Deteriorate After Yellen Remarks, Drop in Energy" FOXBusiness 4:04 PM
"U.S. Stocks Decline, Along With Oil Prices: Energy sector logs biggest losses in S&P 500 as crude prices fall below $40 a barrel" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:04 PM
"China shares post best day in a month on stimulus hopes" MarketWatch 8:51 AM
"European stocks turn lower as doubt creeps in over ECB hopes: Euro drops below $1.06" MarketWatch 8:51 AM
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