"Apple Releases iTunes 12.3.2 With Apple Music Improvements" iClarified 12/12
"Apple Releases iTunes 12.3.2 With Improved Browsing of Classical Music in Apple Music" MacRumors 12/11
"Apple releases iTunes 12.3.2 with changes to Classical listings in Apple Music" 9to5Mac 12/11
"About the security content of iTunes 12.3.2" Apple Support 12/11
"Cybercriminals will target Apple in 2016, say experts" BBC 12/11
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"About the security content of Security Update 2015-006 Yosemite" Apple Support 12/12
"What to do when Firefox won't quit, and does Apple read crash feedback? When an app has a problem, is it really worth it to inform Apple?" Macworld 12/11
"El Capitan notes include a 'really, really bad' bug with Apple's Mac App Store update, plus more about Spotlight problems; Apple Mail; Sheepshaver (for running classic Mac apps) and also Apple's walled security gardens and document- vs. application-centered design models." MacInTouch 12/11
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Hide the Menu Bar in OS X El Capitan for a True Full-Screen Experience" Gizmodo 12/12
"How to switch from PC/Windows to a Mac as painlessly as possible" ZDNet 12/12
"Tip: Best Way to Fix OS X's Autocorrect? Turn It Off" Yahoo Tech 12/11
"How to choose a format for an external drive in OS X" MacIssues 12/11
"Ask the iTunes Guy: iTunes artwork, iOS Music backgrounds, larger fonts in iTunes Store" Macworld 12/11
"Pointers: Save time with Format Painter" MacNN 12/11
"On Using The Best Easy-to-Use Mac Diagramming App You Can Buy For $10" NoodleMac 12/11
"This Calendar Does What The Mac's Calendar Does Not" TeraTalks 12/11
"This Is What Mac Mail Needs (and it's free)" BohemianBoomer 12/11
"iPhone users upset by Apple advertising in App Store" Digital Journal 6:37 AM
"Today's Butlers Are Trading Silver Trays for iPads" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12/12
"Revenge Of The Couch Potatoes: TV Viewing Heads Back To The Living Room" ["You can thank Apple in part for the back-to-the-couch trend, because big sales of its Apple TV streaming device last holiday and since then–along with sales of great new TVs from Samsung and others–has prompted more people to watch movies and shows on demand using their cable and satellite TV accounts, according to Tamara Gaffney, principal analyst for the Adobe Digital Index."] Forbes 12/11
"The majority of the apps on Apple TV are cheap games" Business Insider 12/11
"Google Is Outperforming Microsoft and Apple in Edtech Sector" Market Realist 12/11
"Apple advertising iPhone 6s to older iPhone owners through App Store popups" 9to5Mac 12/11
"Apple is serving iPhone users with older handsets a pop-up ad asking them to upgrade — and they're not happy about it" Business Insider 12/11
"Report: Apple to hold March 2016 event to launch Watch 2, iPhone 6c and iPad Pro/Apple has held events in March over the years" PCWorld Australia 5:03 PM
"Apple's Patent Pending 7000 Series Aluminum Invention used in the new iPhone 6s comes to Light" Patently Apple 8:54 AM
"Apple Patent Details Use Of Self-Healing Materials To Waterproof Future iPhones" HotHardware 5:03 PM
"Apple is working on making your next iPhone waterproof" The Economic Times 6:37 AM
"iPad Mini 4 Review: Why Upgrade Now" The Inquisitr 6:42 AM
"Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 vs. iPad Mini 4 – Small Tablets For Every Large Pocket" Neurogadget 6:43 AM
"Apple's giant, expensive iPad Pro not for everyone" The New Daily 6:37 AM
"Review: Devialet Phantom is a high-end speaker worth its weight in Kevlar" AppleInsider 10:02 AM
"The Logic Pros: Gift Guide for musicians holiday edition" 9to5Mac 8:44 PM
"Forget The iPad Pro, This Is Why The iPad Mini Wins" Forbes 12/12
"Belkin QODE Ultimate Pro Keyboard Case for iPad Air 2 review: The best keyboard to pro-ify your iPad Air 2" CNET 12/12
"Review: Apple Smart Battery Case for iPhone 6 & 6s" AppleInsider 12/12
"Review: Apple's USB 3 Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader offers only modest speed benefits, for now" 9to5Mac 12/12
"The MacNN Gift Guide: present ideas for Mac switchers" MacNN 12/12
"Apple iPad Pro review - now with iOS 9.2/The iPad Pro is powerful, flexible and has an amazing screen: if it does what you need it's a brilliant choice, but it won't suit everyone" Expert Reviews 12/12
"Apple updated watchOS too, to 2.1" iTWire 6:42 AM
"5 can't-miss apps: Photomath, 'Steady Square,' Camera Noir and more" Mashable 12/12
"Here's how the top iPhone apps are using 3D Touch" The Verge 12/12
"Apple iOS 9.2 review - all the new features: Slicker, easier to use and with a ton of new features, iOS 9 is an excellent upgrade to an already powerful operating system" Expert Reviews 12/12
"How to Use Your iPad Pro as a Secondary Display" LAPTOP Magazine 12/11
"Slash Keyboard review: /find things to share right on your keyboard" iDownload Blog 12/11
"Apple Music's Taylor Swift concert exclusive is one big bet: Apple is so sure you like T-Swift that it's basing its music marketing strategy around her." Engadget 5:03 PM
"Apple Pay and other mobile payments: Why we still don't use them" VentureBeat 5:13 PM
"Apple, Inc.'s Worst Product of 2015: The worst product that the Mac maker still sells in 2012 wasn't released this year: it was last updated over three years ago." The Motley Fool 11:42 AM
"7 quotes from Apple's design boss that don't quite align with Apple's latest products" Tech Insider 10:03 AM
"Apple spams users to promote iPhone 6s" BetaNews 12/12
"The Numbers of Apple's New TV App Store So Far" MacStories 12/11
"Cassandra: Friday Review -A Priori Apple is Failing Again" eXtensions 12/11
"Think Different Is Not Always Better" Mac 360 12/11
Non-Apple
"Don't blame Marissa Mayer: Nobody was going to save Yahoo/The internet company's boss has not lived up to expectations, but reviving the dotcom boom's poster child was a task too big for anyone" Telegraph 6:44 PM
"School Districts Are Standing In The Way Of Public School Edtech" TechCrunch 1:12 PM
"Will Spotify's dramatic decision signal the end of free streaming?" The Daily Dot 12:28 PM
"A History of Atari's 8-bit Personal Computers" Low End Mac 6:33 AM
"Yahoo's Engineers Move to Coding Without a Net" Michael J. Tsai 12/12
"What's really going on at Dropbox (an insider's perspective)" VentureBeat 12/12
"BBC iPlayer app comes to Apple TV: The BBC's iPlayer app has been released for the fourth-generation of Apple TV, as the set top box aims to ward off competition from Amazon, Google and Sky" Telegraph 8:44 PM
"BBC iPlayer Apple TV app lands in time for Christmas" Digital Spy 8:44 PM
"Official BBC iPlayer app launches on Apple TV for UK users" 9to5Mac 8:00 PM
"BBC iPlayer Goes Live on New Apple TV in the UK" MacRumors 8:01 PM
"New global LTE network launches exclusively for Apple iPad SIM" MacNN 12/12
"Wallpaper Weekends: Christmas Wrapping for the iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch" MacTrast 12/12
"MIT App Gives Dumb Objects Smart Logic" PC Magazine 12/12
"Walmart is Now Selling the Apple Watch Sport" iClarified 12/11
"Google for iOS updated with 3D Touch, iPad multitasking and more" AppAdvice 12/11
"Prismatic is shutting down its news app for iOS, Android, and Web on December 20" VentureBeat 12/11
"Coming December 12: Gene Steinberg meets Bob 'Dr. Mac' LeVitus, and The Mac Observer's Bryan Chaffin, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 12/11
"Duet Display Can Now Turn An iPad Pro Into A Second Display" TechCrunch 12/11
"It's Laundry Day, but what do the symbols mean on the label?" AppAdvice 12/11
"You can now get an Apple Watch Sport from Walmart" iMore 12/11
"RingCentral Arms Mobile Workforce With Apple Watch App" Business Wire 12/11
"Become the largest, luckiest toad on the planet in Toadled" AppAdvice 12/11
"Tesla now using leftover upholstery leather from its cars to make stylish iPhone cases" 9to5Mac 12/11
"CarPlay plans for the 2016 Mercedes lineup leak" iMore 12/11
"Beepi Releases App to Buy And Sell Cars Completely From an iPhone" MacPrices 12/11
"The 12 best iPhone utility apps of all time" Mashable 12/11
"Fishdom: Deep Dive for iOS - a combination of match-3 gameplay with new unique twists, 3D fish that each have their own personality, and breathtaking decorations." Playrix 12/11
"Synology Announces Network Video Recorder NVR216: Up to Nine channels of HD Monitoring with Expandable Storage, and Mobile Apps for Access Anywhere" PRNewswire 12/11
"Bloomberg Delivers First Financial Enterprise App For iPad Pro" PRNewswire 12/11
"App Of The Day: Galactic Pixel Wars - The Farce Awakens" Apple'n'Apps 12/11
"The Hit List GTD app hits it big with iPad support, 3D Touch and more" AppAdvice 12/11
"Gmail support added to Yahoo Mail app, plus split screen for Apple iPad" ZDNet 12/11
"Geocaching - The World's Largest Treasure Hunt, Now Available on iOS" prMac 12/11
"Brides' Alchemy: Sparkle With Joy on Your Wedding Day" prMac 12/11
"Christmas Traditions Quiz 1.0 - New Fast Paced Christmas App" prMac 12/11
"Insiders might soon get their hands on Windows 10 Mobile's Redstone build" Neowin 6:29 AM
"Microsoft could build a life-sized Cortana for HoloLens" VentureBeat 6:35 AM
"Microsoft Leaves Possibility of Releasing Other Games on the Wii U Open" VGChartz 6:29 AM
"Microsoft Lumia 850 leaked press photos shows off front-facing camera flash, color options" BGR India 6:30 AM
"Leaked image shows 4 color variations of the Lumia 850" Neowin 12:27 PM
"Microsoft has now launched its first low-priced Windows 10 phone" Sacred Heart Spectrum 6:29 AM
"Microsoft Band 2 Update Urges Users to Get Moving" eWeek 4:41 PM
"HP Inc. - A Near Million Dollar Insider Purchase And A 4 Percent Dividend Yield" Seeking Alpha 6:23 AM
"Egypt is a great market for computer investment: DELL Egypt chief" Daily News Egypt 6:25 AM
"Locked Skylake CPUs can be overclocked after BIOS update" Hexus 6:27 AM
"IBM acquires multi-screen TV technology provider Clearleap" Observer Union 6:27 AM
"Oracle: 3 Important Points in 1 Simple Slideshow/Some things about Oracle can be learned only from its balance sheet." The Motley Fool 6:29 AM
"LTE-U, WiFi Backers Wrangle With FCC Over Sharing Spectrum" eWeek 4:41 PM
"Microsoft apologizes again - this time for 'less-than-perfect experience' on new Surfaces" Neowin 12/12
"Microsoft finally responds to OneDrive outcry, gives back storage" Digital Journal 12/12
"Microsoft Backtracks On OneDrive Downgrades, Lets Users Keep 15 GB Free Storage – But With A Catch" Tech Times 12/12
"Microsoft apologizes for riling OneDrive users, restores some free storage space on request" Computerworld 12/12
"Windows Live Mail 2012 requires an update to keep using it" Neowin 12/12
"Microsoft, NASA Send HoloLens Into Space: Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko, two astronauts working on the International Space Station, explain how they use Microsoft's HoloLens in space." InformationWeek 12/12
"Dell-EMC Deal All Systems Go As 'Go Shop' Provision Expires" TechCrunch 12/12
"Hewlett Packard Enterprise unveils new IoT and networking solutions" FirstPost 12/12
"Hewlett Packard Enterprise continues to lead worldwide enterprise hardware market" PC Tech 12/12
"Intel Rewards ITU Young Innovators Winner" This Day Live 12/12
"Silicon Valley bigwigs fund AI to protect humanity: OpenAI, a research group launched with $1 billion from Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Peter Thiel, aims to make sure artificial intelligence doesn't harm society." CNET 12/12
"Elon Musk and other Silicon Valley investors to open AI research center" The Daily Dot 12/12
"Dow opens about 200 lower as oil's slide continues" USA Today 12/11
"Oil's Plunge Sends Markets Reeling on Oversupply Worries" FOXBusiness 12/11
"S&P 500 Loses Nearly 4% for the Week as Commodities Tumble: U.S. crude falls below $36 a barrel, hitting nearly seven-year low" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/11
"Missing chairman takes a toll on China, Hong Kong stocks: Asian stocks stumbled Friday as reports that the chairman of China's biggest non-state-owned conglomerate has disappeared shook markets in Hong Kong and China, beating any positive sentiment seen from U.S. stocks' gains on Thursday." MarketWatch 12/11
"European stocks slump to two-month low amid oil carnage: European stocks sank Friday, with a further rout in oil prices knocking sentiment over and driving the benchmark index to its largest weekly loss since August." MarketWatch 12/11
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