"Apple Car Challenges: Sobering Thoughts/Horace Dediu sobered me up. Last year, my initial skepticism of Apple's rumored car project gave way to more hopeful thoughts. But Dediu's numbers show how insignificant electric cars still are." Monday Note 4:30 PM
"Apple axes free iTunes Radio service, directs listeners to Beats 1 instead: iTunes Match subscribers will lose their ad-free iTunes Radio, too." Ars Technica 11:28 AM
"Growth in wearables sparks 'battle of the wrists'" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 1:36 PM
"Apple: TSMC Partnership A Path To Even Greater Smartphone Dominance" Seeking Alpha 5:17 PM
"Growth funds are dumping Apple stock on anticipated iPhone sales decline" VentureBeat 1/16
"Apple to charge for iTunes Radio as it merges with Apple Music" Digital Journal 1/16
"Say Goodbye To Free iTunes Radio: Apple To Fold Service Into Apple Music On Jan. 28" Tech Times 1/16
"Apple Will Kill Free Itunes Radio On January 29, Pushes Listeners To Pay For Apple Music" Digital Trends 1/16
"Apple drops free iTunes Radio, bundles it into Apple Music" Macworld 1/16
"Apple promises fix for iPhone 6s, 6s Plus not displaying accurate battery data" AppleInsider 1/16
"Apple Confirms Issue With Battery Percentage Not Updating on the iPhone 6s" iClarified 1/16
"Developers of 'original night mode' app f.lux respond to iOS 9.3" Digital Journal 1/16
"F.lux To Apple: Let Us Back In! Developers Plead For iOS App" Tech Times 1/16
"Apple runs two betas simultaneously of iOS and OS X: Unusual move previews two versions of each OS" Computerworld 1/15
"Gatekeeper flaw remains exploitable four months after its discovery: Other iterations of the flaw discovered in September in OS X's code-signing application checker remain in play." Macworld 1/15
"Researcher finds fault in Apple's Gatekeeper patch: Synack's Patrick Wardle says Gatekeeper can still be tricked into letting malware run" IDG News Service 1/15
"Apple's Gatekeeper vulnerability still needs to be fixed" Engadget 1/15
"Apple Keeps Leaving Macs Open To Malware -- But Whitehat Hackers Have Your Back" Forbes 1/15
"How malware developers could bypass Mac's Gatekeeper without really trying" Ars Technica 1/15
"PSA: Apple hasn't fixed the Gatekeeper vulnerability, only blocked specific apps using it" 9to5Mac 1/15
"Apple reminds developers to start using the renewed security certificate" iMore 1/15
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Macphun Creative Kit 2016 review: Critical photo editing functions delivered in one diverse app" Macworld 1/15
"GoPro's Achilles Heel: Video Editing Software Isn't Apple-Easy" Bloomberg 1/15
"How open-source software could save your life: As software becomes a vital part of our lives, does the open-source ethos give us a better chance of making it safer?" TechRepublic 1/15
"Microsoft Is Bringing Its Word Flow Keyboard To iOS" Thurrott 1/15
"Coming January 16: Gene Steinberg meets commentator John Martellaro, of The Mac Observer, and columnist Rob Pegoraro, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 1/15
"Apple Launches In-store iPad Art Workshops" The Mac Observer 1/15
"2017 Hyundai Elantra latest vehicle with support for Apple's CarPlay" 9to5Mac 1/15
"iPhone Case Screen Cleaner: i-Wipe" Apple Gazette 1/15
"Magnefix C6 book case for the iPad mini is thin, light, easy to use" Apple World Today 1/15
"MicSwap Turns Your iPhone Into Rock And Roll" TechCrunch 1/15
"Offline Malay to English Language Dictionary, Translator 3.0 for iOS" prMac 1/15
"Play Dwarf Fortress on iOS device with the new DF Remote app" prMac 1/15
"g-Balls released for iOS - The Game that uses the Gravity Force" prMac 1/15
"Haypi Monster: The Lost Tower 2.0.0 Hit the App Store" prMac 1/15
"Heart Rate Plus 1.0 introduced for iOS - Free Heart Rate Monitor" prMac 1/15
"ChangeTip announces the addition of proximity payments in their app" prMac 1/15
"20:16 MoonWalker Shoes on Indiegogo Use Magnets to Feel Light on Your Feet" The Mac Observer 1/15
"Stocks Nosedive as Global Oil Prices Plunge: U.S. equity markets saw sharp declines Friday, but closed just off session lows, as oil prices resumed a recent rout and nervousness about China flared again." FOXBusiness 1/15
"Dow Tumbles 391 Points Amid World-Wide Rout: Oil slides below $30 a barrel and China's Shanghai index falls 3.6%" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1/15
"China stocks sell off, enter a bear market: China's main stock benchmark entered a bear-market Friday, following a deep afternoon selloff that dragged markets in the rest of the region lower." MarketWatch 1/15
"European stocks take another beating as oil slides: European stocks fell Friday, with energy company shares taking another beating as oil prices dropped below $30 a barrel, putting the market on track for a third straight weekly decline." MarketWatch 1/15
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