"10 years ago, Steve Jobs presented Apple's first iPhone" CTV News 7:52 AM
"Ten years of the iPhone in ten groundbreaking models" CTV News 7:53 AM
"The iPhone at 10: It changed everything" Mashable 3:48 PM
"Apple's iPhone turns 10: Here's how the device impacted business, work" ZDNet 8:27 PM
"The secret history of the iPhone, codename 'Purple'" the New Daily 7:54 AM
"Apple's iPhone marks 10th anniversary" AAP 7:54 AM
"Apple cuts CEO's salary after missing sales, profit goals" FOXNews 7:54 AM
"Research Firm Predicts Apple Will Out Ship Microsoft Windows Devices In 2017" HotHardware 4:02 PM
"Gartner predicts Apple will overtake Microsoft in smart device shipments in 2017" MSPoweruser 3:47 PM
"10 ways the iPhone changed everything: The world is a different place a decade after Apple introduced its popular smartphone: in both good and bad ways." CNET 1/7
"Apple's iPhone celebrates its 10th year – graph" The National 1/7
"The enterprise iPhone: Improvements in Apple iOS over the last 10 years" ZDNet 1/7
"Apple forced to pull LinkedIn from Russian App Store due to court ruling" 9to5Mac 1/7
"Cook's pay cut on weak iPhone sales: DISAPPOINTING:Apple's revenue fell 8% while its operating profit dipped 16% in the fiscal year ended Sept. 24, as the company struggled to find the next big thing" Associated Press 1/7
"Apple will open its first South Korean retail store" SlashGear 1/7
"Data dump yields little on how FBI hacked iPhone" Associated Press 1/7
"Is Apple getting Siri-ous in the face of Amazon's Alexa Echo?" AppleInsider 1/7
"Canada finds Apple's carrier deals don't hurt competition: There isn't enough to show that carriers were pushed into unfair iPhone agreements." Engadget 1/7
"Microsoft adds support for macOS Sierra in System Center Configuration Manager" Neowin 1/7
"Do Apple Macs need antivirus? Do Macs get viruses? Mac security explained - How to secure an Apple Mac: Do Apple Macs need security software, or is the Mac OS safe to use without antivirus? Do Macs even get viruses? We explore the issues surrounding Macs and security software. Here's why Macs don't need security software - but you should still secure your Mac." PC Advisor 1/7
"Malware uses denial-of-service attack in attempt to crash Macs: Victims are asked to call a phony Apple support number in order to restore their machine." ZDNet 1/6
"A vicious new malware is targeting Mac computers" Fortune 1/6
"Blasphemy! I played Witcher 3 on a MacBook Air thanks to Nvidia's GeForce Now: Strange and wonderful times." PCWorld 1/6
"NVIDIA's GeForce Now let me play 'The Witcher 3' on a MacBook Air" Engadget 1/6
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"6 apps to install on a new MacBook: This six-pack of apps belongs on your Mac." CNET 1/7
"How to make sure Time Machine backs up external drives: By default, Time Machine does not back up external drives, but you can change this." Macworld 1/6
"16 OS X tweaks for business power users" TechRepublic 1/6
"7 Great Ways to Use Siri on Your Mac" Apple Must 1/6
"How to Connect Your 2016 MacBook Pro to a mini DisplayPort Monitor" The Mac Observer 1/6
"Managing Your Passwords With a Web Browser: Q. Google Chrome keeps offering to save my passwords. Is it safe?" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 1/6
"Apple MacBook Pro May Have Saved Man's Life in Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting" iClarified 1/7
"Man says a MacBook Pro saved his life during Fort Lauderdale airport shooting by blocking a bullet" 9to5Mac 1/7
"Two-year probe of Apple's alleged anti-competitive behavior shut down by Canadian government" AppleInsider 1/6
"Apple Confirms South Korea Store Plans, Challenging Samsung at Home: IPhone maker said to be planning its first retail outlet blocks from Samsung's headquarters in Seoul" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1/6
"Apple plans first retail store in South Korea, posts hiring notices" Reuters 1/6
"Apple is setting up shop in Samsung territory: Apple is moving into arch rival Samsung's backyard." CNNMoney 1/6
"Apple confirms plans for first retail store in South Korea" ZDNet 1/6
"Downtown Brooklyn Apple store rumored, Fifth Ave cube renovations begin this month" AppleInsider 1/6
"While Apple goes thin, Windows PCs go fat at CES 2017" Cult of Mac 1/6
"Apple History: Acorn, a virtual click-wheel-based OS which lost out to iOS, shown in its 2006-era glory [Video] 9to5Mac 1/6
"Today in Apple history: Apple is back in the black" Cult of Mac 1/6
Non-Apple News
"Alphabet's Waymo Cuts Cost of Key Self-Driving Sensor by 90%" Bloomberg 9:18 PM
"SoundCloud is losing a lot of money — is an acquisition coming soon? The company could run out of cash before the end of the year" The Verge 5:31 PM
"Uber Extends an Olive Branch to Local Governments: Its Data" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3:45 PM
"Nikkei: Nintendo Switch will sell for less than $250 in Japan/The paper expects Nintendo to sell its next console for just 25,000 yen." Engadget 3:19 PM
"This is the new Hulu experience with live TV: Could Hulu be the company to get internet TV right?" The Verge 1/7
"The Most High-Profile Security Breaches of 2016" Among Tech 1/7
"Introducing HDMI 2.1, more pixels, more refresh rates, more awesome" Neowin 1/7
"CyberPower showed some sweet gaming PCs at CES" PCWorld 1/6
"Can Wikileaks Actually Build its Proposed Twitter Database?" Digital Trends 1/6
"US: Putin ordered cyber-meddling to favor Trump/A declassified report from US intelligence agencies cites hacking, leaks and propaganda" IDG News Service 1/6
"TV Gimmicks Are Dead. 2017 Is the Year of Real Next-Gen Television" PC Magazine 1/6
"VR is the reason why laptops are bulking up" Mashable 1/6
"Google Hangouts API gets hung out to dry: Draw with your face? Conference call ping pong? Not any more. Google today quietly revealed that it will shut down the Hangouts API, preventing new apps from being built and shutting off existing apps on April 25th. There was no blog post about this, just an updated FAQ and email notification to developers active on the API, which were forwarded to us by one of these devs." TechCrunch 1/6
"Amazon's store of the future has no cashiers, but humans are watching from behind the scenes: Machines in the front, hominids in the back." Recode 1/6
"The next generation of HDMI will support 8K video with HDR" The Verge 1/6
"CES 2017: The Sirius A is a pocket PC with more ports than your laptop" The Next Web 1/6
"Sony wants you to stop touching (or talking to) your car's infotainment system" The Next Web 1/6
Publications/Podcasts
"Happy Hour Podcast 101 | CES 2017, Zac's Apple Watch journey, and iOS 10.3 rumors" 9to5Mac 1/6
"Podcast 540: Happy new year? It's 2017 and we're happy to be alive, but troubling news abounds." Macworld 1/6
"CES 2017 Wireless Earpods and Drone Blocking -TMO Daily Observations 2017-01-06" The Mac Observer 1/6
"The worst gadgets of CES 2017, this week on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 1/6
"AppleInsider podcast at CES talks Apple HomeKit, tech trends, and the struggle to ship" AppleInsider 1/6
"The Committed Podcast on Apple Music, Smart Playlists, AirPods, and More" Kirkville 1/6
"Apple MacBook Pro 15-Inch With Touch Bar (Late 2016) Review: Is It Worth The Price?" Forbes 8:57 AM
"Hands-on: Wireless CarPlay arrives in Alpine's iLX-107 aftermarket receiver [Video] 9to5Mac 7:41 AM
"Hands-on: Apple CarPlay goes wireless over Wi-Fi with Alpine's iLX-107 receiver" AppleInsider 1/7
"Hands-on: Alpine's splash-proof Apple CarPlay unit targets Jeep Wrangler owners" AppleInsider 1/7
"Review: LG UltraFine 5K Display with Thunderbolt 3 for Apple's 2016 MacBook Pro" AppleInsider 1/7
"Apple's AirPods and the best cord-free competition compared" 9to5Mac 1/6
"iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit: Is there really one toolkit to rule them all? Welcome to the first installment in our Cool Tools series. In this article, we use the iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit to upgrade a Mac mini and add an SSD. Is this toolkit for you? Read on and find out." ZDNet 1/6
"Hands-on: Fibaro's HomeKit-enabled flood, door/window, and motion sensors" AppleInsider 1/6
"Quick take video review: LG's UltraFine 5K Display" AppleInsider 1/6
"This is What You're Missing about Vocal Computing" Tech.pinions 1/6
"Cassandra: Friday Review -Apple Damned if it Does, Damned if it Doesn't Again" eXtensions 1/6
"Hey Apple, it's time to give up thinness for a bigger battery: If Apple insists on making its devices thinner and lighter, there simply won't be enough room for batteries that last all day in real-world situations." Macworld 1/6
Non-Apple
"The future is a decentralized internet" TechCrunch 6:08 PM
"Google's search algorithm – when it 'goes wrong'" My Broadband 8:44 AM
"30-plus years later, Viva Amiga honors the PC still capturing our imagination: Debuting at MAGfest this weekend, new film gathers devs and fans across Amiga decades." Ars Technica 8:08 AM
"I Am Lusting Over Sony's New Paper-Thin E Ink Watch" Gizmodo 1/6
"I played Battlefield on Razer's three-screen laptop: And I don't know how to feel about it" The Verge 1/6
"Watch out, GeForce Now: LiquidSky lets you stream PC games for free" PCWorld 1/6
"Welcome to Bizarro World, where WikiLeaks is anti-leaks" Mashable 1/6
"A Few Big Themes from CES" Tech.pinions [Insider Content] 1/6
"Hands On: The Slightly Unnecessary But Gorgeous Kodak Ektra Phone" PC Magazine 1/6
"Alexa, when will you work well outside the home?" The Verge 1/6
"This Apple Watch charging stand looks like a dinky Macintosh 128K" PC & Tech Authority 6:10 PM
"Samsung makes good on promise to bring Gear S2, S3, Fit 2 smartwatch compatibility to iOS" AppleInsider 7:33 AM
"Apple shows off Portrait mode for the iPhone 7 Plus in a new ad" Neowin 7:41 AM
"Samsung's Gear S3, Gear S2, & Gear Fit2 wearables are now compatible with iOS" 9to5Mac 1/7
"iPhone owners might want to think about a Samsung Gear smartwatch" Mashable 1/7
"Kanex Introduces GoPlay SideKick Wireless Game Controller for iOS" iClarified 1/7
"Sennheiser's wireless headphones give Bose some competition" Engadget 1/6
"Coming January 7: Gene Steinberg meets Josh Centers of TidBITS, and Joe Wilcox of BetaNews, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 1/6
"Matias announces backlit version of its Wireless Aluminum Keyboard in Silver and Space Gray" 9to5Mac 1/6
"Vinci's AI-driven headphones want to untether you from your phone" The Next Web 1/6
"The Nurugu Micro microscope uses the iPhone camera to magnify 400x" iMore 1/6
"UPMC Susquehanna's New Surgical Center Supported by Apple Technology" PRWeb 1/6
"Dell debuts world's first 32-inch, 8K monitor (who wants an 8K iMac?)" Apple World Today 1/6
"Google Calendar wants to help you lose all that holiday weight" The Next Web 1/6
"eBook Search 3.0 Offers Over 8 Million Free eBooks and All New Design" prMac 1/6
"Wacom nearly ready to release pens which support both their and Microsoft's Surface Pen technology" MSPoweruser 7:59 AM
"Microsoft's Windows 10 design refresh revealed in leaked screenshots" The Verge 3:16 PM
"Intel Core i7-7700K Overclocked To 7 GHz on All Cores Using LN2 – Core i3-7350K Reaches 5 GHz on Liquid Cooling" WCCF Tech 11:23 AM
"Review: Dell's latest XPS 13 DE delivers Linux in its best-looking display yet/Review: The HiDPI model can even get too bright indoors, but it's a beauty to use." Ars Technica 8:10 AM
"Dell Insists Its Canvas 27 Isn't a Microsoft Surface Studio Clone" Mmaring Report 8:33 AM
"Dell Unveils XPS 27 AIO PC That Features 10-Speaker With XPS 15 & Rose Gold XPS 13 At CES 2017" Mstar News 8:34 AM
"Dell XPS 27 release date, specs, price news: AIO PC with 10 built-in speakers designed for audiophiles" The Christian Times 8:34 AM
"Closer look at the HP Z2 Mini Workstation PC" Liliputing 8:35 AM
"AMD confirms all RYZEN processors can be overclocked" The Guru of 3D 12:26 PM
"In Theory: Can AMD Ryzen break the Intel CPU monopoly?" Eurogamer 9:50 AM
"AMD Claims Zen Architecture Powering Ryzen Processors Will Have A 4 Year Product Roadmap" HotHardware 4:07 PM
"Op-ed: The desktop CPU isn't dead, it just needs a swift kick in the butt/Progress is slowing down, but there are still options." Ars Technica 7:32 AM
"HTC reports 2016 revenue down by over a third" ZDNet 9:28 PM
"2016 sees Internet Explorer usage collapse, Chrome surge: A couple of newcomers enter the scene, and Opera changes ownership." Ars Technica 1/7
"Microsoft's connected car platform will put Cortana on the road: The company hopes to bring Azure's cloud services to a range of automakers." Engadget 1/7
"Windows 10 for PCs Insider Preview build 15002 leaks after cancelation" Neowin 1/7
"Microsoft to introduce 802.11ad Wi-Fi support with Windows 10 Creators Update" Neowin 1/7
"More automakers choose Microsoft as their connected car partner" Neowin 1/7
"Microsoft shows off a new user experience in its OneNote UWP app" Neowin 1/7
"CES 2017: HP demos its second-generation Sprout Pro for us" Neowin 1/7
"CES 2017: Hands-on with Dell's new Canvas, XPS 27, XPS 13 2-in-1, and more" Neowin 1/7
"NVIDIA's helping Mercedes build artificially intelligent cars, too: Audi isn't the only vehicle company working with NVIDIA." Engadget 1/7
"You'll actually want to buy the best laptops from CES this year" BGR 1/7
"Apple shareholder's meeting scheduled for Feb 28, nine proposals to be voted on" AppleInsider 1/6
"Apple's App Store blowout" Apple 3.0 [Subscription Required for Full Article] 1/6
Industry News
"S&P 500, Nasdaq end at records after solid jobs report: DJIA fails to breach 20,000 level" MarketWatch 1/6
"Dow Rises but Can't Reach 20,000 Milestone; S&P 500, Nasdaq Close at New Highs: Dow 20,000 came agonizingly close on Friday, but building momentum flagged in the final moments of the trading session." TheStreet 1/6
"Stocks mixed after a modest jobs data; J.C. Penney posts lower sales" USA Today 1/6
"After Coming Within One Point, Dow Misses 20K" FOXBusiness 1/6
"Dow Flirts With 20000 but Falls Short: Dollar climbs and U.S. government bond prices fall as wage growth strengthens" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1/6
"Asian markets wrap up week with gains: Stronger yen and President-elect Trump's comments against Toyota weigh on Japanese automakers" MarketWatch 1/6
"European stocks slip in countdown to U.S. jobs report: Sanofi shares fall after the French drug maker loses a patent case" MarketWatch 1/6
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