"Apple wins complete victory in class-action lawsuit that claimed iMessage was rigged to not deliver texts to Android phones" Business Insider 8:48 AM
"Case against Apple in iMessage to Android text message snafu dismissed" ZDNet 11:35 AM
"Judge rules in Apple's favor in lawsuit about disappearing Android texts" Cult of Android 8:53 AM
"Court dismisses scaled-back lawsuit over texts misdirected by Apple's iMessage" AppleInsider 9:15 AM
"Judge Dismisses Android-Switching iMessage Lawsuit Against Apple" MacRumors 9:15 AM
"Apple wins lawsuit claiming messages to Android were blocked: A judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Apple intercepted iMessages headed to people who switched to Android." Engadget 5:56 PM
"Apple allows long-term shareholders to nominate board members" Reuters 9:19 AM
"Apple now lets shareholders nominate board members (if they hold $18 billion of AAPL)" Business Insider 8:48 AM
"Apple introduces new regime, hands more control to investors: Greater power to oust directors and influence strategy" The Register 9:19 AM
"Why Apple Devices are Losing Share to Chromebooks in Schools" Market Realist 8:51 AM
"Apple Tax Charges 'Total Political Crap'" Seeking Alpha 11:34 AM
"John Bacus of Trimble says AR is Bigger than VR...and Discusses Importance of 'Trimble Connect" Architosh 2:36 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"El Capitan discussion includes an Apple System Profiler bug, performance problems and the effects of SSD upgrades, a Gmail backup utility, and helpful explanations and tips about how FileVault affects system startup." MacInTouch 12:12 PM
"Virtualization notes explain exactly how to install Snow Leopard Server under VMware Fusion to run older Mac apps that OS X doesn't support." MacInTouch 12:12 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Is it sensible to combine backup types on a single drive?" Macworld 8:31 AM
"ISIS expands its social media campaign to Tumblr" Neowin 9:32 PM
"Multiple cable companies ready to charge more in 2016" Neowin 8:02 PM
"Livestream is notifying users of a possible data breach" The Verge 5:09 PM
"Microsoft let people vote for its next game and they chose a word game" The Verge 3:07 PM
"Cord cutting is the new mortgage burning: 1 in 5 young adults have broken up with cable or satellite" GeekWire 2:02 PM
"Nintendo's Mobile Partner DeNA Says the Game Has Just Begun: Does DeNA give Nintendo the edge it needs to break into smartphone games?" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:00 PM
"Google rumored to be working on Siri & Facebook-like chatbots for new messaging app" AppleInsider 1:18 PM
"Yahoo joins Google and Facebook in warning users about state-sponsored attacks" The Verge 11:50 AM
"Pandora ends its war with two major music publishers" Engadget 8:27 AM
"YouTube says T-Mobile downgrades its video quality without consent: The website isn't even part of Binge On yet." Engadget 8:11 AM
"New Zealand judge rules Kim Dotcom eligible for extradition to U.S." CNNMoney 8:04 AM
"As consumers wind down, cybercriminals gear up" Memeburn 8:04 AM
"Did Kim Kardashian's Emojis Really Crash the Apple Store? An insider alleges that the reality star's development team was to blame, not Apple." Vanity Fair 8:57 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Happy Hour Podcast 046 | Year In Review" 9to5Mac 2:06 PM
"Podcast 488: New Year's Retina Resolutions" Macworld 2:05 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-12-23: Apple Music gets The Beatles, Apple's New Shareholder Rules" The Mac Observer 12:39 PM
"Let's Talk Jailbreak 139: iOS 9.2 jailbreak rumors" iDownload Blog 9:12 AM
"Speaking in Tech: Hadoop, Donald Trump, Apple TV - what do they have in common?" The Register 8:14 AM
"China Mobile Predicts iPhone 6c in April: A spring launch makes sense, since Cupertino will reportedly unveil the 4-inch iPhone during a March media event." PC Magazine 12:08 PM
"Another 'sign' points to the Apple iPhone 6C in April" CNNMoney 8:10 AM
"Apple Focuses on Developing Own Application Processors" Market Realist 8:51 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"Storage discussion has detailed tips about upgrading an iMac with an SSD, plus other notes about SSDs, quiet hard drives and performance." MacInTouch 12:12 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Today's Top iPhone, iPad, Watch, TV, Mac App Freebies And Price Drops" App Sliced 10:45 AM
"PDF Max 5 Pro -Read, Annotate, Sign, Fill Out Forms & Edit PDFs For iPhone/iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $4.99)" App Sliced 10:45 AM
"Glow Puzzle For iPhone/iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" App Sliced 10:45 AM
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:07 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:07 AM
"Apple's Growing Encryption Problem Has No Easy Solution: This Is Why" Mac 360 8:06 AM
"Apple, Statistics, And Politics: Beware The Source Of What You Read" BohemianBoomer 8:05 AM
Non-Apple
"Nicholas Was' Animated Video from Neil Gaiman Poem" The Mac Observer 8:36 PM
"Dell XPS 15 Rivals MacBook Pro With Desktop Replacement-Like Performance, Killer Good Looks" Forbes 3:18 PM
"Review: Mint 17.3 may be the best Linux desktop distro yet" Ars Technica 2:00 PM
"Amazon 7-inch Fire Tablet Review" HotHardware 11:48 AM
"Microsoft's Surface Pro: All it's cracked up to be?" Computerworld 9:53 AM
"Microsoft Surface Pro 4: It Took Four Tries But, Oh Baby, They Got It Right" ITBusinessEdge 9:26 AM
"How ISPs Are Failing Americans: Broadband is just too expensive for many Americans, and it doesn't look like ISPs are lowering prices any time soon." PC Magazine 9:22 AM
"Hewlett Packard Enterprise Overhauled Its Strategic Alliances Approach, And That's A Good Thing" Forbes 12:40 PM
"Microsoft preps for Windows 10 upgrade push: As uptake of its new operating system slows, the company appears to be laying the groundwork for an aggressive effort to convince consumers to move on from Windows 7 and 8.1." Computerworld 8:15 AM
"Microsoft Gained Presence in the International Education Market" Market Realist 9:52 AM
"Microsoft ups price of Surface Hub videoconference tech before release: The $2,000 increase pushes the cost of the two versions to about $9,000 and $22,000. Microsoft has also moved back shipment from January 1 to sometime in the first quarter." CNET 11:33 AM
"Microsoft's ginormous Surface Hub gets another delay—and a $2,000 price increase" PCWorld 9:52 AM
"Microsoft Reveals Azure Stack System Requirements" eWeek 4:52 PM
"IBM Takes on AT&T's Managed Application, Managed Hosted Services Unit" Talkin' Cloud 9:25 AM
"IBM Alert Notification Service enhances network performance levels for Bluemix users" Computer Technology Review 9:25 AM
"IBM will manage AT&T's hosted and cloud services as part of partnership" Networks Asia 9:25 AM
"IBM introduces cloud alert service to tackle app related issues" Computer Business Review 9:26 AM
"Linley Group: Recent Intel hires could bring about major culture change" Seeking Alpha 8:15 PM
"Intel Corp. May Be Poised to Take Further Share in PCs During 2016" The Motley Fool 9:11 AM
"AMD Should Follow Intel's Data Center Strategy To Succeed With Zen" Seeking Alpha 12:42 PM
"AMD delays Radeon graphics card with dual Fiji GPUs until 2016 to wait for VR rollout" PCWorld 11:57 AM
"Oracle to Expand Cloud Business in Texas, Buys StackEngine" Zacks 9:52 AM
"Oracle promises 'next-gen' Texas cloud campus" The Register 11:33 AM
"Oracle's Cloud Revenues Gained Traction, Rose 31% in Fiscal 2Q16" Market Realist 9:52 AM
"Oracle Cloud Chief on Making Docker A Better Corporate Citizen" Fortune 8:32 AM
"No Growth for Oracle's On-Premise Software Segment in Fiscal 2Q16" Market Realist 8:33 AM
"Oracle Stock Price Target Cut at Morgan Stanley" TheStreet 3:14 PM
"Cisco cops to enterprise IOS XE vulnerability" The Register 8:14 AM
"Are We Underestimating Cisco Systems?" Investopedia 2:06 PM
"NSA suspected in Juniper firewall backdoor mystery, but questions remain" ZDNet 9:21 AM
"Chip promises faster computing with light, not electrical wires: A three-university project builds a prototype chip that communicates directly with fast fiber-optic links. Commercially viable versions are on the way." CNET 2:07 PM
"U.S. Stocks Rise as Commodities Climb: Market will close early Thursday, will be shut Friday for Christmas" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:14 PM
"Asian markets move higher as oil recovers: Australia leads gains; Nikkei closed for holiday" MarketWatch 8:59 AM
"European stocks leap as investors go holiday-bargain hunting: European stocks bounced up Wednesday, with investors picking up battered shares of commodity producers before trading begins to wind down for the Christmas break." MarketWatch 8:59 AM
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