"U.S. appeals court revives antitrust lawsuit against Apple: iPhone app purchasers may sue Apple Inc over allegations that the company monopolized the market for iPhone apps by not allowing users to purchase them outside the App Store, leading to higher prices, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling revives a long-simmering legal challenge originally filed in 2012 taking aim at Apple's practice of only allowing iPhones to run apps purchased from its own App Store. A group of iPhone users sued saying the Cupertino, California, company's practice was anticompetitive." Reuters 3:33 PM
"Apple Must Face Suit Claiming App Store Is Monopoly" PC Magazine 6:48 PM
"Apple Sets Its Sights on Hollywood With Plans for Original Content: Apple Inc. is planning to build a significant new business in original television shows and movies, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that could make it a bigger player in Hollywood and offset slowing sales of iPhones and iPads." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:55 AM
"Apple wants to make its own movies and TV shows — to help it compete with Spotify: Buy Apple Music for $10 a month, and get some free TV shows, too?" Recode 10:23 AM
"Report: Apple to produce scripted TV, moving into already-crowded market/The problem is that audiences already have plenty of stuff to watch." Ars Technica 11:55 AM
"Apple set to take on Hollywood with 'Westworld' caliber TV shows" The Next Web 10:32 AM
"How Apple's culture of secrecy wears down its top developers" Business Insider 2:44 PM
"The First Trillion Dollars is Always the Hardest" ["The revenues from iOS product sales will reach $980 billion by middle of this year. In addition to hardware Apple also books iOS services revenues (including content) which have totaled more than $100 billion to date. This means that iOS will have generated over $1 trillion in revenues for Apple sometime this year."] asymco 7:00 AM
"Apple Set to Earn $1 Trillion in Revenue From iOS Ecosystem By Middle of 2017" MacRumors 7:04 AM
"Apple's iOS revenues should exceed $1 trillion in 2017" Business Insider 7:13 AM
"How Apple Lost its Luster in 2016" NBC News 6:49 AM
"Lock down your Mac with system and networking monitoring tools: A way to improve the integrity of your Mac is to know exactly what's happening on it." Macworld 7:09 AM
"Switch Your AirPods Connection Easily with Tooth Fairy" MacStories 11:31 AM
"How to update apps you didn't download from the Mac App store" iMore 12:39 PM
"How to Kill a Process by Name Instead of PID via Command Line" OS X Daily 2:47 PM
"macOS Tip: Option-Click Wi-Fi Icon For Details" The Mac Observer 6:54 PM
"Apple, GM, Uber, Lyft, Hyperloop & others join U.S. Department of Transportation Automation Committee that will oversee self-driving vehicles" Electrek 10:25 AM
"Apple SVP Lisa Jackson named as member of new US DOT automated vehicle committee" AppleInsider 10:32 AM
"Apple Crushed Wireless Headphones Sales in December" Investopedia 7:12 AM
"Gartner Says 2016 Marked Fifth Consecutive Year of Worldwide PC Shipment Decline" [Apple in 5th place with 7.5% global shipments] Business Wire 7:13 AM
"Siri creator Dag Kittlaus went in for a simple exam and found a pancreatic tumor" Recode 7:09 AM
"Original iPhone design team reunites for 10th anniversary" Cult of Mac 10:32 AM
"Suspected San Bernardino iPhone penetrators Cellebrite fall victim to server hack" AppleInsider 3:39 PM
"Today in Apple history: iPod drives profits to new heights" Cult of Mac 8:46 AM
Non-Apple News
"Data from wearables can predict disease" The Verge 1:08 PM
"This Is What Trump's CIA Pick Thinks About Encrypted Messaging Apps: Rep. Mike Pompeo says strong encryption in personal communications shouldn't be used as the basis for surveillance. But..." BuzzFeed 12:39 PM
"Robot kill switches & legal status: MEPs endorse AI proposal" RT 11:13 AM
"Amazon's Alexa ecosystem is exploding, for better and worse" Engadget 10:25 AM
"Ransomware: A college in Los Angeles just paid $28,000 to hackers" Digital Trends 7:01 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Happy Hour Podcast 102 | Tesla poaches Swift creator, iPhone turns 10, & Wireless CarPlay hits CES" 9to5Mac 6:11 PM
"Rebound 119: The Old Codgers Show" Six Colors 2:47 PM
"Apple's TV Series Hunt, Pennies in Macs -TMO Daily Observations 2017-01-12" The Mac Observer 12:53 PM
"Interview with a hacker: Kapustkiy from New World Hackers/New World Hackers claimed responsibility for the Dyn botnet attack. One of the group's database experts explains how he attacks networks, what happens to stolen data, and the mindset of a hacker." TechRepublic 11:12 AM
"Consumer Reports Now Recommends MacBook Pros: New Apple software fixes a battery issue found in CR tests. The software, now in beta, will be part of a broad update soon." Consumer Reports 6:09 PM
"Microsoft employees sue over PTSD after company required them to watch child porn and murder" Neowin 7:01 AM
"Former child porn moderators claim Microsoft failed to treat their PTSD: Ex-employees were also responsible for reviewing murders, bestiality, and other gruesome content" The Verge 7:04 AM
"Microsoft Is Being Sued by Online Moderators, Who Say Watching Violent Images Gave Them PTSD" Time 7:07 AM
"Microsoft sued by former employees, who've failed to receive PTSD treatment post profane content moderation" The Tech Portal 7:35 AM
"Microsoft Forced Its Employees To Watch Child Porn, And Now They're Suing For Trauma" IndiaTimes 7:46 AM
"Microsoft says that its investigating the release of Windows 10 Mobile build 14998" Neowin 11:53 AM
"Microsoft Revamps Windows 10's Privacy Settings in Creators Update" eWeek 6:57 AM
"Madrona appoints Microsoft's former developer division chief as managing partner" TechCrunch 7:35 AM
"Intermedia Lands Three Microsoft Execs, Revamps Sales Structure As It Aims To Become A $400M Player" CRN 7:35 AM
"Why HP Inc's New Product Lineup Is Spot-On" The Motley Fool 6:11 PM
"HP to Gain on PC Stabilization, Apple Bounces Back" Barron's 2:48 PM
"Dell Canvas vs Microsoft Surface Studio Specs and Features: Dell Releases Touchscreen Monitor Similar to Microsoft Offering; Cost is Almost Half as Surface Studio" Mobile and Apps 7:09 AM
"Intel's Latest NUC Costs $232 Including Windows 10" PC Magazine 7:15 AM
"Intel Releases Study Showing High Awareness Of Driverless Cars" VR-Zone 7:15 AM
"Here's How AMD Delievers 2X Usable Graphic Memory Using High Bandwidth Cache" MobiPicker 7:10 AM
"IBM Watson Health, FDA Partner to Further Cancer Research" Zacks 6:12 PM
"IBM bets on the blockchain to keep your medical data safe" ZDNet 11:53 AM
"IBM: Hm, medical record security... security... Got it – we need blockchains/Big Blue pretty sure it can sell more Watson boxes if this works" The Register 7:20 AM
"IBM's Watson Supercomputer Will Use Blockchain Tech To Secure Patient Data" iTech Post 7:21 AM
"Apple A Buy At Current Levels Or A Buy At Higher Prices" Forbes 6:55 AM
Industry News
"Nasdaq snaps 7-day win streak as stocks cool before earning season/Analyst: 'Trump presidency is unlikely to be a one-way bet'" MarketWatch 4:09 PM
"A Nasdaq Record Abruptly Ended on Thursday: Financials and tech didn't help." TheStreet 4:08 PM
"Stocks Pare Losses Ahead Of Big Banks' Earnings; Insurer May Break Out At Any Moment" Investor's Business Daily 4:08 PM
"Nasdaq win streak ends at 7 days as stocks dip: Stocks dipped Thursday but finished off early, sharp lows, giving back gains from the day before." Associated Press 4:08 PM
"Financial Shares Drag Down U.S. Stocks: Several major U.S. banks are slated to report earnings Friday" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:07 PM
"Asian markets off to the races, hoping Trump will reveal stimulus details" MarketWatch 7:57 AM
"European stocks trim gains after Trump comments send drug stocks lower" MarketWatch 7:58 AM
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