"Why Apple Walked Away From TV (For Now)" ["But there's a conflict about money in any negotiation. Apple's beef with the TV Industrial Complex is a bit more nuanced. It's also a significant one: If Apple gets its way, TV will undergo a significant change, just like the music business did when Apple launched its iTunes store in 2003. Industry executives say Apple has spent much of 2015 pushing for a 'skinny' bundle of TV channels — limited to perhaps a dozen core networks — delivered over the Web, which would retail for no more than $30."] Re/code 2:04 PM
"Apple Said to Suspend Effort to Develop Live TV Service" ["While Apple isn't giving up entirely on releasing a live-TV service, its plan to sell a package of 14 or so channels for $30 to $40 a month has run into resistance from media companies that want more money for their programming, said the person, who asked not to be named discussing a prospective product."] Bloomberg 8:52 AM
"Apple reportedly puts its plans for TV service on hold" The Next Web 8:51 AM
"Apple's TV Revolution Suffers Serious Setback" Forbes 9:31 AM
"Apple's TV Plans Fell Apart Over Content Owners' Resistance to Skinny Bundles" MacRumors 2:14 PM
"Apple's streaming TV talks fell apart on push for 'skinny' channel bundle priced under $30/month - report" AppleInsider 2:14 PM
"Apple Live TV: A Timeline of Leaks" Fortune 8:07 AM
"Apple Says These Are The Best Apple TV Apps Of 2015: In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Apple media boss Eddy Cue talks about Apple TV games and programming, and a much-improved Apple TV remote app." BuzzFeed 8:49 AM
"Apple TV: 2,500+ Apps And Growing Like Crazy" ReadWrite 12:59 PM
"Macs replacing PCs across enterprise at 'unprecedented rate', survey claims" Computerworld 8:10 AM
"Apple hardware gains popularity in the enterprise" BetaNews 8:52 AM
"Tim Cook Says the World Needs Robert F. Kennedy-Style Optimism" Bloomberg 11:25 AM
"Apple CEO: More computer science and coding education needed" Associated Press 2:56 PM
"Apple finally publishes El Capitan Darwin source" The Register 8:48 AM
"Apple Officially Releases Open-Source Code for OS X El Capitan" MacTrast 9:32 AM
"Symantec: iOS and OS X users face a surge of fresh security threats" The Inquirer 8:19 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"El Capitan discussion includes troubleshooting tips (for a bunch of different problems); experiences with Apple's latest OS X update (including an nVidia display issue); an issue with joystick support (for X-Plane) and tips about graphic sizing/display issues." MacInTouch 4:21 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Apple Music Annoyance: 'iCloud Status: Waiting' and Missing Matched Tracks" Kirkville 9:34 AM
"Apple Music Annoyance: When Music Just Stops" Kirkville 9:34 AM
"What is the iTunes Grouping Tag?" Kirkville 9:34 AM
"If you're serious about photography, you'll want to use Capture One Pro 9" IT.Enquirer 7:57 AM
"Cropping Photos in the Photos App" MacMost 9:36 AM
"The Last Mac Calculator Review Of The Year" BohemianBoomer 7:56 AM
"Which Mac Apps Do You Use The Most?" Mac 360 7:57 AM
Op/Ed
"Here's what open source critics are missing in their Apple-bashing: Apple recently made a highly-criticized claim about its role in the open source community. But, their real misunderstanding is how to talk to open source developers." TechRepublic 9:14 AM
Press Releases
"Boxy Brings Inbox by Gmail to the Mac Desktop" Lifehacker 2:51 PM
"Aurora HDR adds OS X Photos plug-in support, extreme noise reduction, free Pro bonuses" 9to5Mac 9:20 AM
"Cassandra: Updates to Apple OS (OSX, iOS and Watch OS); Plus 3rd Party Applications, with Several new Extensions for Photos" eXtensions 8:46 AM
"iPhone 6s sales chugging along in US - but Android bounces back in Europe" ZDNet 9:36 AM
"iPhone gives ground to Android in US and Europe: Apple's smartphone market share in the U.S. drops to 34 percent while phones with the Android OS jump to a 63 percent share, new report finds." CNET 2:02 PM
"The Next Frontier For Wearables: Bendable Batteries, Healthy Tattoos And More" TechCrunch 10:09 AM
"Best Buy makes a splash with the lowest Apple Watch prices ever, deals start at just $249" 9to5Mac 8:12 AM
"Apple Watch drops to just $249 at Best Buy" The Verge 9:17 AM
"Best Buy discounts Apple Watch: Simple sale or sign of weaker demand?" ZDNet 10:05 AM
"iMagic? Apple's UAE shipments decline but its market share goes up: PC digging its own grave, with a little help from tablets, smartphones" Emirates 24/7 10:33 AM
"Apple's New TV Ad for Apple TV: We Don't Need TV, Because We Have TV!" Re/code 8:22 AM
"Apple names its iPhone Apps of the Year, shares bestsellers across all categories & more" 9to5Mac 8:50 AM
"Apple's 25 Best iPhone Apps of the Year: Periscope, the Twitter-owned livestreaming app, was named App of the Year." Time 1:11 PM
Non-Apple News
"21 Percent of Americans Are 'Almost Constantly' Online" PC Magazine 4:20 PM
"Verizon to Start Testing 'Toll-Free' Data in Coming Days" Re/code 3:11 PM
"Marissa Mayer Has a Year to Fulfill Yahoo's Potential" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3:23 PM
"Prospective Yahoo buyers would have eyes on its customer data: Verizon has already said it would explore a possible acquisition" Computerworld 2:31 PM
"Tim Cook is over discussing the 'hump' on the new iPhone Smart Battery Case" Mashable 4:28 PM
"Apple 'Mixed' Reality Could Replace iPhone, Analyst Says: Widely followed Apple analyst Gene Munster says the gadget giant has hired more virtual- and augmented-reality personnel than even Oculus parent Facebook" The Wrap 2:24 PM
"Apple Says iOS 9.2 Fixes Unresponsive iPad Pro Issues" MacRumors 8:50 AM
"iOS 9.2 update should fix iPad Pro blackouts, Apple says" AppleInsider 8:51 AM
"Apple issues iOS 9.2 with feature updates and security fixes" V3 9:29 AM
"iOS 9 adoption ticks up to 70% of iPhones and iPads" iMore 11:24 AM
"With Mailbox dead, these are the best iOS email apps with push Gmail support" AppleInsider 10:29 AM
"Djay Pro is the first app to really shine on the iPad Pro" The Verge 9:17 AM
"Convoto review: The only unit converter iOS app you'll ever need" Macworld 8:51 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to Downgrade iOS 9.2 to iOS 9.1" OS X Daily 3:25 PM
"iOS 9.2 Runs Faster on Some iPhone Models with Speed Boost & Less UI Lag" OS X Daily 3:10 PM
"How to import your DSLR or other camera's photos to your iPhone or iPad" iMore 1:08 PM
"Choosing an iPad Pro Keyboard" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:44 AM
"iPhone 6s and 6s Plus: Set Your iPhone's Video-Recording Quality" The Mac Observer 8:17 AM
Tips
"Hidden iPhone feature tracks your every move" CBS News 2:25 PM
"21 Google Maps Tricks You Need to Try" PC Magazine 9:44 AM
"The best way to watch media on the new Apple TV: iTunes Home Sharing vs. Plex/Why you should use Plex instead of the Apple TV's built-in software." Macworld 8:50 AM
"A Eulogy For Dead Standalone Apps" TechCrunch 2:14 PM
"Google Street View glances at seven locations from early Apple history" Apple World Today 11:25 AM
"The Wearable Market Duopoly" Tech.pinions [Insider Content] 9:40 AM
"Why Glass is Critical to the Future of Tech" ["Not long after Apple's failed sapphire adventure, the role of glass, more specifically, Corning's Gorilla Glass, became even more of a focus for me."] Tech.pinions 9:40 AM
"Why Gadget Warranties Are (Almost) Never Worth It: Crunch the numbers, and you'll see there are very few reasons to buy AppleCare or other plans" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:19 AM
"But wait, there's more: Another great design element of Apple's iPad Pro Keyboard" Lou Miranda 9:17 AM
"Beijing Taps IBM For Smog Relief Even As China Mulls Strict Limits On Western Tech" International Business Times 2:12 PM
"How IBM Is Using Big Data To Battle Air Pollution In Cities" The Huffington Post 2:12 PM
"IBM dispels the doubts and bags quantum computing funding deal" The Register 9:31 AM
"IBM Sells Grocery Store Chain On SoftLayer Cloud" InformationWeek 2:19 PM
"IBM has visions of a cloudy future ... so buys Clearleap" The Register 8:02 AM
"IBM ends 'Hack A Hair Dryer' ad campaign" CNNMoney 1:00 PM
"IBM Suggests Women Are Mostly Interested In Hacking Hairdryers, Gets Blowback" ThinkProgress 2:12 PM
"IBM Security Analytics Platform Now Open To Developers" InformationWeek 2:19 PM
"This is why Microsoft cuddled up to Cyanogen, the startup trying to take Android 'away from' Google" Business Insider 10:10 AM
"Cortana now out for Android and iOS, with bonus features for Cyanogen: Cyanogen users will get a few more of the features that Windows users already get." Ars Technica 7:01 PM
"Microsoft passes 130 security fixes for 2015 with final Patch Tuesday update" V3 9:29 AM
"Microsoft fixes critical IE and Windows vulnerabilities in December's Patch whack" The Inquirer 8:19 AM
"Wireless-charging technology just got another hurdle thrown at it: Legal infighting at a key wireless-charging company threatens to hamstring the broader consumer adoption of the technology." CNET 8:16 AM
"Google's quantum computer can blitz a normal PC - but it's not ready for production just yet" ZDNet 8:07 AM
"Google, NASA's quantum computer is 100 million times faster than yours" Mashable 1:19 PM
"Why tech companies support affirmative action" CNNMoney 1:00 PM
"Wireless War Erupts Over 'Internet of Things': Silver Spring Networks is latest to unveil plan to connect variety of industrial and consumer machines" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:50 PM
"Companies scramble to fix lack of encryption on mobile apps: Their mobile apps were transmitting payment card information without encryption" IDG News Service 7:13 PM
"Dow ends down, near lower end of huge, 300-point swing" USA Today 4:22 PM
"Wall Street Caps Volatile Session in Red as Oil Falls" FOXBusiness 4:22 PM
"Dow Slides as Commodities Rout Spills Into Stock Market for Third Day: Investor cheer potential merger between DuPont and Dow Chemical" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:22 PM
"Asian shares continue to fall despite upbeat data: Chinese consumer prices rise" MarketWatch 9:30 AM
"Commodity shares lead European stocks lower for second straight day: German exports drop" MarketWatch 9:30 AM
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