"Lawsuit seeks more than $5M from Apple for slowing older iPhones with iOS 9 upgrade" AppleInsider 7:20 PM
"Apple hit with class action lawsuit over iOS 9's performance on older iPhones" 9to5Mac 9:16 PM
"Pha-La-La: A Real Phabulous Holiday" ["We next examined which manufacturers were winning the holiday shopping battle. Apple again took the top spot, with 49.1% of all new devices down 2.2 percentage points from 51.3% last year. Samsung clocked in at 19.8%, up 2.1% from to 17.7% in 2014, driven by the new Galaxy Grand Prime, Core Prime, and S6."] Flurry 8:04 AM
"Here's How Apple Devices Dominated Christmas Week" Fortune 8:05 AM
"Apple, Phablets Drive Holiday Device Sales: Apple products and phablets were among the most popular electronic gifts to give this holiday season, according to a new report from Flurry Insights." InformationWeek 8:57 PM
"Apple dominates holiday shopping season; iOS accounted for 49% of new device activations" BGR 8:05 AM
"Apple Wins Christmas But Android Fights Back With Phablet Love" Forbes 8:05 AM
"Apple Dominates New Mobile Device Activations" 24/7 Wall St. 8:05 AM
"Apple And IBM To Start The New Year Together" Benzinga 8:05 AM
"What's next for Apple in 2016: a focus on HomeKit, Apple Pay & Maps ecosystems" AppleInsider 8:11 AM
"Adobe Rolls Out Another Critical Flash Security Update" The Mac Observer 11:21 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"El Capitan discussion continues on the confusing topic of SSD and Trim, along with Apple Mail issues and Cubase compatibility." MacInTouch 8:59 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Why is iCloud storage occupying space on my hard drive? A reader is confused as to why they're seeing cloud storage subtracting from local drive space." Macworld 7:55 AM
"Check out Snapdrop, a web-based clone of Apple's AirDrop" iDownload Blog 10:53 AM
"Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine/Bold. Brutal. Brilliant. CNN unravels the larger-than-life myth behind Steve Jobs. Sun. Jan. 3, at 9p ET." CNN 10:37 AM
"The 'iPhone 7' and refreshed MacBook Pro should highlight Apple's 2016" AppAdvice 10:59 AM
"There's A 50-Percent Chance You Unwrapped An Apple Product At Christmas" Digital Trends 8:06 AM
"The IP-Box Cracks Your iPhone's Passcode In Under 17 Hours" Digital Trends 9:15 PM
"Twitter hires Apple's director of inclusion and diversity" Reuters 8:56 PM
"Twitter hires away Apple's Director of Worldwide Inclusion & Diversity" Cult of Mac 8:10 AM
"Apple's year: Apple Watch launches, Apple Pay in UK and security concerns" V3 8:16 AM
"Just how many users does Apple's Game Center actually have?" 9to5Mac 10:54 AM
"Apple's 'Start Something New' campaign will help you get your creativity on" Cult of Mac 1:34 PM
"Reminder: iTunes Connect Returns From Its Holiday Shutdown Today" RazorianFly 8:10 AM
"Man says iPhone 6+ caught fire while charging" WSB TV Atlanta 8:57 PM
Non-Apple News
"The Talk Show: Ep. 140, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie" Daring Fireball 9:16 PM
"Musician David Lowery sues Spotify for 'unlawfully' distributing music" Ars Technica 9:15 PM
"Spotify sued for $150 million over allegations of cheating artists" Mashable 9:15 PM
"FBI Seeks to Reframe Encryption Debate: Comey pressures tech CEOs to change their business models so private communications can be reviewed during terror probes" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:57 PM
"Key tech breakthrough may pave the way for magnesium-based smartphones" BGR 7:18 PM
"Google probes AVG Chrome widget after 9m users exposed by bugs" The Register 7:16 PM
"Samsung Pay Will Launch Online Payments In the U.S." TechCrunch 8:10 AM
"Adobe Issues Emergency Patch For New Exploit" Digital Trends 8:06 AM
"Nothing says Christmas like another Flash exploit" The Verge 8:06 AM
"The next wave of cybercrime will come through your smart TV" IDG News Service 7:54 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-12-29: John's Apple Wish List for 2016" The Mac Observer 1:28 PM
"How the iPad Pro stacks up as a photographer's tool" Macworld 7:55 AM
"USB-C charging: Universal or bust! We plug in every device we have to chase the dream/Four devices and five chargers tell us just how close we are." PCWorld 7:54 AM
"Living With: Apple iPhone 6s Smart Battery Case" MacNN 10:54 AM
"Love Is In The Air... I Review My 11" MacBook Air" Low End Mac 11:38 AM
"Why I love the OtterBox Defender case for the iPhone 6s Plus" JimLynch 2:57 PM
"Microsoft: We need a phone as good as the Surface line/'We need more breakthrough hardware work, we need more breakthrough experiences.'" Engadget 7:39 AM
"Microsoft outlines its cloud and server integration roadmap for 2016" ZDNet 10:37 AM
"Microsoft Likely Has Your Windows 10 Recovery Key, and That's Bad: Report" NDTV Gadgets 8:29 AM
"Microsoft keen to work with Indian startups to solve last-mile issues: Nadella" ZDNet 6:44 AM
"What's ahead for Windows 10: Needed upgrades, forced updates, and developer love/Changes to Microsoft Edge and the way that consumers are upgraded are coming soon" PCWorld 8:31 AM
"Are Windows 10 installs picking up momentum as the year ends?" SuperSite for Windows 12:14 PM
"Microsoft's Xiaoice AI becomes the first live TV weather host: The chat-bot already interacts with 250,000+ fans on messaging service Line." Engadget 10:37 AM
"Microsoft Acknowledges Skype Bug Placing Messages Out Of Order" Thurrott 6:50 AM
"Microsoft confirms Skype bug that makes new messages show up above old ones" VentureBeat 7:03 AM
"Rakhi Voria's cool job in Microsoft Financing" Seattle Times 8:30 AM
"Intel Successfully Acquires Chip Maker Altera" UberGizmo 8:09 AM
"Intel swallows one of its rivals for $16.7 billion: Its acquisition of Altera is now complete." Engadget 7:39 AM
"Intel Completes Acquisition of Altera" ITProPortal 8:29 AM
"Intel points to more chipmaker deals" Seeking Alpha 6:26 AM
"Intel releases a collection of new Skylake and Broadwell CPUs" TechSpot 8:09 AM
"Dow ends up 193 as S&P 500 turns positive for 2015" USA Today 4:43 PM
"Technology, Health Care Lead Wall Street's Rally" FOXBusiness 4:42 PM
"U.S. Stocks Rise as Investors Eye Beaten-Down Shares" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:41 PM
"Asian stocks close higher, led by Australia/Shares in Australia rose to fresh one-month high and led most Asian markets higher Tuesday." MarketWatch 8:17 AM
"European stocks trim steep December slide/European stock markets rose for the first time in three sessions in light holiday trade on Tuesday, trimming sharp losses for the month." MarketWatch 8:16 AM
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