"Did Apple's new 'spaceship' HQ cost $7.3 billion?" New Zealand Herald 9:28 PM
"Apple Executive Reveals More of Its Self-Driving Technology" Wired 4:10 PM
"Apple's AI director offers more information about company's work on self-driving systems" 9to5Mac 6:46 PM
"Apple Looking To Acquire Shazam For $400 Million, Deal Could Be Announced On Monday" Redmond Pie 9:16 AM
"Apple is apparently buying music-identifying app Shazam for around $400 million: A deal may be announced next week." Digital Spy 6:47 PM
"Apple's Shazam steal is all about Siri" VentureBeat 4:09 PM
"Apple's App of the Year Makes Sense If You've Been Paying Attention to the News/The big trend of 2017: unwinding with leaving your phone." Slate 8:39 AM
"Apple's Ive Regains Management of Design Team After 2 Years" Bloomberg 12/8
"Jony Ive Returns to Apple to Oversee Its Design Teams: He had stepped away to focus on the company's massive ring-shaped headquarters" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/8
"Phil Schiller: 'Face ID data isn't shared with third party developers'/In this exclusive interview with Bright.nl, Apple executive Phil Schiller talks about Face ID, augmented reality and smart homes." Bright (Netherlands) 12/8
"Sources: Apple is acquiring music recognition app Shazam" TechCrunch 12/8
"Apple nears deal to buy music recognition app Shazam" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 12/8
"Apple close to acquiring Shazam: Report/The deal could be worth as much as $400 million and be announced by Monday." ZDNet 12/8
"Apple's widened ban on templated apps is wiping small businesses from the App Store" TechCrunch 12/8
"Why Apple Should Stop Selling iPhones: Bernstein says the smartphone giant would make more money by leasing hardware." U.S. News & World Report 12/8
"The once and future OS for Apple" ["I know: it sounds crazy. But it's also, to my mind, inevitable. Maintaining two major connected but independent platforms has got to be a challenge for the company. And, frankly, when you get down to it, iOS devices have more commonalities with Macs than differences. And those commonalities seem like a pretty good place to start."] Macworld 12/8
"iPhone: Super-Cycle Or Super Expensive?" Seeking Alpha 12/8
"macOS quality as measured by update release rate: There's a lot of chatter out there that High Sierra is potentially the worst macOS release ever, in terms of bugs and broken or missing functionality. From the recent Month 13 is out of bounds log spewage problem to the root no password required issue (whoops!) to a variety of other glitches, High Sierra has presented many users, myself included, with a near-constant stream of issues." The Robservatory 12/8
"Ex-Amazon employee gets 6 months in jail for leaking quarterly results to fraternity brother" GeekWire 12/8
"Apple Releases macOS 10.13.2 High Sierra, iOS 11.2 and More with Security Fixes" Intego 12/8
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"15 Terminal commands that every Mac user should know: Customize your computer and master the Terminal with these tips, tricks, and Terminal phrases." iMore 11:16 AM
"A Beginner's Guide to Mac Context Menus" MacMost 12/8
Press Releases
"Easily Track Employee Leave With Virtual TimeClock 18: New Virtual TimeClock software release makes it easy to calculate and limit employee leave awards, simplifies common tasks and adds enhanced security." Redcort Software 12/8
"The typing productivity solution 'PhraseExpress' is around even longer on Windows with more than 1,000,000 downloads. We added Mac and iOS versions earlier this year." Phrase Express 12/8
"MarsEdit 4 Beefs Up WordPress Support, More" The Mac Observer 12/8
"BetterUnderarchiver is a bit beefier the macOS's built-in utility" Apple World Today 12/8
"Hello! MacDeveloper is a community built specifically for testing Mac OSX apps." MacDeveloper 12/8
"Apple gets into the holiday spirit w/ Beer Bash concert featuring Gwen Stefani" 9to5Mac 2:58 PM
"Woz Slams The iPhone X, Confirms Google Is Taking Advantage Of Consumers" ["'I think what I would want is Touch ID on the back. I'd want that more than anything. Face ID slows down my Apple Pay, and it fails enough times I have to keep typing the password' 'I have friends who actually turned off Face ID and turned passwords on to make their phone simple to use'. ... Despite his criticism of the iPhone X, Woz claims that Apple's treatment of its customers is different than the other tech giants: 'Of the unicorns, Apple is the one that makes its money off of good products'"] Channelnews Australia 12/8
"Woz says Steve Jobs was like Donald Trump" CNET 12/8
"Laurene Powell Jobs channels Ronald Reagan for DACA" Apple 3.0 12/8
Non-Apple News
"FCC Chairman Ajit Pai 'jokes' about being a Verizon shill: He even enlisted a Verizon executive for his skit." Engadget 4:08 PM
"Scott Belsky Returns To Adobe To Lead Product And Design: One of the Valley's most fervent believers in creativity returns for round 2 at Adobe." Fast Company Design 12:31 PM
"YouTube makes a few of its Red Originals free for the holidays" Engadget 10:50 AM
"Google Maps will soon tell you when it's time to get off your train or bus" TechCrunch 7:54 AM
"High school mentors prove coding can be fun" The Herald 7:53 AM
"Sprint offers customers $100 for the holidays, but not in cash — in PokéCoins" Digital Trends 12/8
"Amazon's new cloud-based IDE could shake up the industry" Mashable 12/8
"Lynda Carter stars in amusing PSA to save single-player games" CNET 12/8
"More price hikes could be coming to Sprint" BGR 12/8
"YouTuber nearly dies after cementing a microwave on his head" CNET 12/8
"FCC backtracks on helping with neutrality fraud investigation: Eager to cut ISP regulation, the agency shows concern for privacy of comment forgers" The Register 12/8
"FCC Commissioner Blasts Her Own Agency for Withholding Evidence of Fraud" Gizmodo 12/8
"Leaked Video Shows FCC Chair Ajit Pai Roasting Himself With 'Jokes' About Being a Verizon Shill" Gizmodo 12/8
"Net Neutrality Protests to Ramp Up Before FCC Vote" 24/7 Wall St. 12/8
"Net neutrality supporters take protest to Verizon stores" CNET 12/8
Publications/Podcasts
"iMore show 584: There's No Place Like HomeKit for the Holidays/The iMore show brings you everything you need to know about the week in iPhone, iPad, Watch, TV, Mac, and Apple!" iMore 5:13 PM
"Getting Over 'Getting Over It' - The TouchArcade Show #333" Touch Arcade 12/8
"Is Apple bringing back the iPhone with a metal back? (Apple Byte Extra Crunchy Podcast, Ep. 113)" CNET 12/8
"The MacVoices 2017 Holiday Gift Guide #3" MacVoices 12/8
"HomeKit Zero Day Exploit, the iPad Computer Debate -TMO Daily Observations 2017-12-08" The Mac Observer 12/8
"Siri: The journey to consolidation/Cesar Delgado joins Mick Hollison to discuss how Apple is using its big data stack and expertise to solve non-data problems." [Video] O'Reilly 12/8
"AppleInsider podcast talks AirPods, 2018 iPhones, iOS 11.2, and STEM education with MakeCrate" AppleInsider 12/8
"Why does net neutrality matter? Jessica Rosenworcel, a member of the Federal Communications Commission, defends the endangered regulatory policy on the latest Too Embarrassed to Ask." Recode 12/8
"Review: LandingZone Docking Station provides a security and port solution for the MacBook Pro" AppleInsider 4:41 PM
"Review: Microsoft Surface Precision Mouse — Thinking Different about Mac functionality" 9to5Mac 12:53 PM
"Google Home Mini's Latest Firmware Update Brings Back Some Disabled Touch Controls" MacRumors 8:06 AM
"Gift Guide: Family fun games and accessories for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV" 9to5Mac 8:00 AM
"Review: Apple Watch v Fitbit Ionic/Smartwatches are coming into their own but still have some software foibles" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 12/8
"Face ID in iPhone X vs. 'Face Unlock' Facial Recognition in OnePlus 5T" MacRumors 12/8
"iPhone X Boot Speed vs iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus [Video] iClarified 12/8
"Review: GearMo 75W USB-C Car Charger lets you charge your MacBook on the road" Apple World Today 12/8
"WyzeCam review: $20 home security camera is a real steal/This unassuming cube packs the most popular features of cameras ten times its price." TechHive 12/8
"On Jony Ive's return to day-to-day management of HI and ID at Apple: Jony Ive. Apple's Chief Design Officer, is returning to day-to-day management of the Human Interface and Industrial Design teams." iMore 9:28 PM
"Why 2018 Could Be an Especially Lucrative Year for Apple and Its iPhone" Fortune 8:40 AM
"Apple in talks to acquire Shazam—and it's not for reasons you'd think" TechnoBuffalo 8:40 AM
"Apple and Amazon are under fire for Siri and Alexa's responses to sexual harassment" Quartz 7:53 AM
"Negative News Emerges for Apple iPhone X Sales: iPhone X demand might not be as strong as some Apple component suppliers had hoped, says 'DIGITIMES.'" The Motley Fool 7:50 PM
"When You Run The Numbers It Makes Sense For Apple To Buy PayPal" Forbes 12/8
"TechCrunch: Apple Is Acquiring Shazam" MacStories 12/8
"Apple's iPad Marketing Beats a Dead Horse and Confuses Customers" The Mac Observer 12/8
"Jony Ive Returns to Day-to-Day Management of Design Team" Daring Fireball 12/8
"Meet iPhone Xc – The Inexpensive Alternative to iPhone X" iDrop News 12/8
"Apple Will Probably Stick With Its 2-Tier OLED/LCD Display Strategy For Next-Generation iPhones" Seeking Alpha 12/8
"Here's how Apple can improve iPhone battery life" CNBC 12/8
"Feature Request: HomeKit support for hotel rooms using standardized names and Scenes" 9to5Mac 12/8
"Coming December 9: Gene Steinberg meets commentator Kirk McElhearn, and Mac peripheral maker Larry O'Connor of Other World Computing, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7:55 AM
"Dow, S&P hit record highs on strength of jobs report" FOXBusiness 12/8
"Strong Jobs Report Lifts U.S. Stocks to Weekly Gains: The Dow and S&P 500 rose this week, but the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite posted a decline for the second straight week" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/8
"EU, Japan reach free-trade agreement after 4 years of talks: The European Union and Japan said Friday they have finalized a free trade agreement that will cover about 30% of the world's economy, with the deal concluding negotiations that began in 2013." MarketWatch 12/8
"European banks rally, leading stocks to 1-month closing high: European stocks rose Friday, scoring their highest close in a month, after the U.K. and the European Union came to terms on a Brexit divorce deal, opening the way to a key phase of talks." MarketWatch 12/8
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