"Apple's Phil Schiller on how the tech giant has changed - and how it hasn't" Telegraph 3:59 PM
"Increased customs duty a statutory industry-wise hike: Apple/The government's decision to hike the customs duty from 10 per cent to 15 per cent for mobile handsets is a statutory industry-wise hike, Apple India said on Saturday." IANS 8:18 AM
"India hits Samsung, Apple with higher smartphone duty: Hike to 15% from 10% in line with country's Make in India push" Nikkei 8:17 AM
"Apple's repatriation tax set at 15.5% in final GOP bill" Apple 3.0 7:45 AM
"Apps aren't dead, they've just evolved" The Next Web 9:45 AM
"Apple Tries Again To Sell Professionals An All-In-One Mac" Seeking Alpha 12/15
"Apple Now Sells A Computer That Costs More Than A Brand New Car" Huffington Post UK 12/15
"Apple is making it harder for small businesses to offer iOS apps: Earlier this year, Apple announced new policies aimed at, among other things, banning apps that contribute to spam and clutter in the App Store. Specifically, one policy gave Apple the right to reject apps built using a 'commercialized template or app generation service.'" Econsultancy 12/15
"How Apple lost its sheen" ["The confluence of function and form was once Apple's key selling point. The iPad, iPhone, or Mac didn't just look good, they worked well, too. It was that mix of qualities that made them easy to recommend, and easy to buy. ... But it does seem like Apple slipped slightly from its perch this year. Rather than being the best, it's a company with some good products, some bad ones, and a reputation for being mostly good, but not perfect."] The Week 12/15
"India raises import tax on cellphones, move to hurt Apple" Reuters 12/15
"Apple and Cisco just improved security in the iOS enterprise: Apple and Cisco have struck yet another blow for enterprise IT. They know that iOS is the most secure mobile solution, but that's not everything because mobile threats are incredibly complex these days." Computerworld 12/15
"Apple of Cork's eye - inside the tech giant's Irish operations" RTÉ 12/15
"Inside Apple's core: the vital cog that is Cork" Irish Independent 12/15
"Apple's Acquisition Of Shazam Is A Valuable Addition" Seeking Alpha 12/15
"EU court rejects U.S. intervention in Apple's Irish $15 billion tax case" Reuters 12/15
"EU court rejects US request to join Apple tax appeal case" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 12/15
"Logic Pros: What's new in iOS & Mac music production this week" 9to5Mac 3:08 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How to install Unity Engine on macOS for VR application creation: Want to practice VR app creation on macOS? You can with Unity Engine personal edition!" iMore 2:57 PM
"Through a Dark Glass with Tim" ["High Sierra was a big question mark, after the stellar performance of almost every version of OS X before that, but APFS lured. Then came the crash-prone Xcode 9.2, and it was time to take a closer look. That Xcode regularly crashes is neither new nor an encumbrance, as all we want is the underlying LLVM compiler - which, for years, had been horrendous. But lo and behold - this one actually works! And works better!"] Rixstep 2:46 PM
"How To Get Apple Verification Code On A Device" AddictiveTips 7:57 AM
"How to delete multiple pictures at once in iCloud Photo Library from your browser" iDownload Blog 12/15
"macOS: This Tool Can Help You Speed Up Mac Login Times" The Mac Observer 12/15
"How to Change or Disable Annotation Name in Preview for Mac" OS X Daily 12/15
"The best smartphone features of 2017 plus our five favourite models – where's the iPhone X?" South China Morning Post 8:20 AM
"How French luxury speaker maker Devialet plans to become the 'Apple of sound'" Business Insider 8:07 AM
"Will we ever have unbreakable smartphone glass? We asked an expert" Digital Trends 7:57 AM
"Apple Orders Ronald D. Moore Space Drama Series: Ronald D. Moore is heading back to space. Apple has given a straight-to-series order to a space drama from the Battlestar Galactica developer. The untitled project hails from Sony Pictures Television and Moore's studio-based Tall Ship Productions." Deadline Hollywood 12/15
"Amazon opts for truce, prepares sales of Apple TV, Chromecast" Associated Press 12/15
"Apple Adds Another Show to Its Growing Streaming Stable" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12/15
"Chinese woman offered refund after facial recognition allows colleague to unlock iPhone X" South China Morning Post 12/15
"Apple's Face ID tech can't tell two Chinese women apart: Firm offers refund for 'impossible' glitch" The Inquirer 12/15
"Apple refunds woman after colleague unlocks iPhone X using Face ID" TechShout 12/15
"Apple Watch Saves Man's Life By Alerting Him To A Heart Attack" UberGizmo 12/15
"AI could help build your next iPhone in the Foxconn factory: Machine learning expert Andrew Ng is helping bring image recognition and more to boost quality control." TechRepublic 12/15
"Apple's Biggest Chinese Rivals May Be Coming to the US" Investopedia 12/15
"China's Vivo will put a fingerprint scanner under its next smartphone display" Business Insider 12/15
"Apple's first ever retail store in Korea, close to Samsung's HQ, said to open on Dec 30" 9to5Mac 12/15
"iPhone X arrives Nigeria, as Apple launches new smartphone in Lagos" Nigerian Guardian 12/15
"Imagining A Perfect Frankenstein Phone With Existing Flagship Parts" Forbes 12/15
"iTunes for Microsoft Store Delayed to 2018" Thurrott 12/15
"AOL Instant Messenger is no more, but the memories will last forever" Ars Technica 12/15
"AOL Instant Messenger Officially Shuts Down" The Mac Observer 12/15
"Florida UPS Driver Arrested for Stealing iPhone X He Delivered Earlier" iDrop News 12/15
Non-Apple News
"Why the time is ripe for citizen developers: Recent survey finds enterprises encourage or look the other way as non-IT applications flourish." ZDNet 10:16 AM
"YouTube advertising crackdown puts some creators out of work" Washington Post 10:16 AM
"Cell phones and cancer fears: California issues guidance despite lack of data" Ars Technica 9:45 AM
"Tech That Will (Probably) Die in 2018: These apps, companies, and devices have flown too close to the sun. The tech grim reaper is coming for them, and he is without mercy." PC Magazine 8:16 AM
"Facebook adds Snooze button to silence irritating friends, pages and groups" BetaNews 8:06 AM
"Koch Brothers Are Cities' New Obstacle to Building Broadband" Wired 7:52 AM
"Sen. Brian Schatz: Net neutrality isn't dead/The fight to preserve net neutrality protections repealed earlier this week by a Republican-led FCC has only just begun, says the Democrat from Hawaii." CNET 7:46 AM
"Facebook Releases Snooze Button To Mute Your Obnoxious Friends And Family" HotHardware 12/15
"Don't keep cell phones next to your body, California Health Department warns" TechCrunch 12/15
"Alphabet's X division is setting up cable-less internet in rural India" The Next Web 12/15
"AI helps write Harry Potter fanfiction and other news" [Video Report] BBC 12/15
"Amazon backs down in Google streaming spat" BBC 12/15
"Right and Left React to the F.C.C.'s Vote on Net Neutrality Rules" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12/15
"The FCC's 'Harlem Shake' video may violate copyright law: The agency apparently didn't get permission to use the song." Engadget 12/15
"Analyst: Net Neutrality ruling empowers providers" Boston Herald 12/15
"U.S. regulators ditch net neutrality rules as legal battles loom" Reuters 12/15
"After FCC Abandons Net Neutrality, States Take Up the Fight" Wired 12/15
"Net neutrality repeal gives Democrats fresh way to reach millennials" Reuters 12/15
Publications/Podcasts
"Apple's path to ambient computing and truly personal assistants/Previously, on Vector: There is no home assistant market. Industry analyst Ben Bajarin: Allow me to retort. So he did. And then he hung around to chat about differential privacy vs. making assistants more personal." iMore 9:06 PM
"The father of virtual reality sounds off on the changing culture of Silicon Valley, the impending #MeToo backlash, and why he left Google for Microsoft" Business Insider 8:14 AM
"Week in Geek Podcast: Net neutrality showdown pits Washington state vs. Washington D.C." GeekWire 8:14 AM
"Podcast: Net Neutrality, Disney-Fox, Apple-Shazam, Microsoft AI" Tech.pinions 7:36 AM
"iMac Pro, Apple and Shazam, holiday wish lists, 2018 predictions: Macworld Podcast episode 586" Macworld 12/15
"iMore show 585: Maximum Silliness Level/The iMore show brings you everything you need to know about the week in iPhone, iPad, Watch, TV, Mac, and Apple!" iMore 12/15
"037: MarsEdit, with Daniel Jalkut and John Gruber" Vector 12/15
"Jason Snell Takes Control of the Latest Versions of Photos" MacVoices 12/15
"FCC Kills Net Neutrality, Samsung's HomePod Competitor -TMO Daily Observations 2017-12-15" The Mac Observer 12/15
"AppleInsider podcast talks GymKit, iMac Pro, and Jony Ive's return to product design" AppleInsider 12/15
"Jony Ive shakeup plus the beauty, the beast, the iMac Pro, on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 12/15
"Apple's iTunes will not make promised year end debut on Microsoft Store" AppleInsider 12/15
"Apple's digital assistant Siri could soon be whispering sweet nothings to you" Digital Trends 12/15
AppleCare/Helps
"How to restore your iMac Pro: If your iMac Pro becomes unresponsive, you might need to restore it using Apple Configurator 2 and another Mac." iMore 12/15
"How to restore a bricked iMac Pro" iDownload Blog 12/15
"Hands-on with the stylish lofree Four Seasons Mechanical Keyboard" Apple World Today 12/15
"Sony's XBR-X900E-Series TV is a great companion for the Apple TV 4K" Apple World Today 12/15
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Get Microsoft Edge for iPhone and iPad" OS X Daily 3:08 PM
"Nail the guitar sound of any song with Tonebridge" Cult of Mac 12/15
"Gorogoa review: A magical and inventive puzzle game for the Nintendo Switch, PC and iOS/As beautiful as it is enjoyable, Gorogoa is a puzzle game that should be regarded as an indie classic." Mirror Online UK 12/15
How-To/Tutorial
"How to check if your identity was stolen to help kill net neutrality" BGR 12/15
"How to shop at the Apple Certified Refurbished store online and save money: Want a new Apple device but don't want to shell out for a full-priced version? Consider a refurbished model instead." Macworld 12/15
"Wall Street analyst says iPhone X sales are below expectations" phoneArena 8:54 PM
"Profane in the membrane: Apple's naughty list" Macworld 7:52 AM
"Only The Dumbest on Wall Street Try to Compare Bitcoin to Apple: Bitcoin is by all measures still a revolutionary advancement in finance and one that's not going away. But if you think bitcoin will grow bigger than the likes of Apple and Alphabet, you're wrong." TheStreet 7:51 AM
"From The 'Let's Figure Out A Way To Make This Ostensibly About Apple' Department" Daring Fireball 12/15
"New iMac Pro Launches a New Wave of Macs" The Mac Observer 12/15
"Why Apple opposes the FCC's repeal of net neutrality" AppleInsider 12/15
"What Apple said about net neutrality before the FCC killed it" Apple 3.0 12/15
"What happens when you drop your AirPods 21 stories down an elevator shaft? Asking for a friend..." iMore 12/15
"The iPhone Is Still Bigger than Donald Trump" Wired 12/15
"The Most Expensive Mac — Cheaper Than Expected?" The Tech Night Owl 12/15
Non-Apple
"The technology industry needs to think more seriously about device addiction" TechCrunch 7:45 PM
"The paradox of cloud data: it saves money, but can be costly, too" ZDNet 3:38 PM
"Why is Facebook admitting that social networks can be bad for our health?" Recode 11:38 AM
"Everyone's missing the other part of the net neutrality debate — Big Tech is poised to become even more powerful" Business Insider 8:55 AM
"OnePlus 5T has this major advantage over the iPhone X and Google Pixel 2" Express UK 8:21 AM
"Huawei Mate 10 Pro Review – Competitive Flagship Smartphone" vrzone 8:18 AM
"Will augmented reality make lying obsolete? Honestly, the biggest culture-changing application for augmented reality will be always-on lie detection." Computerworld 8:06 AM
"Why hashtags are bad for your health/Commentary: You can now follow hashtags on Instagram like they were people. But don't do it, I implore you. (You'll thank me later.)" CNET 12/15
"Want to really understand how bitcoin works? Here's a gentle primer: Ars goes deep on the breakthrough online payment network." Ars Technica 12/15
"The Best iPhone X Qi Truly Wireless Charging Power Banks" Redmond Pie 8:51 PM
"Sleep Cycle Adds iPhone X Mode" Macdrifter 8:06 AM
"Coming December 16: Gene Steinberg meets tech columnist Rob Pegoraro and The Mac Observer's Jeff Gamet, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7:58 AM
"Update to popular RAW camera app Halide includes 4x faster capture, 3D Touch support, more" 9to5Mac 12/15
"IBM Predicts Ransomware Attacks Against IoT in 2018" iHLS 8:29 AM
"Microsoft takes path less traveled to build a quantum computer" Bloomberg 6:04 PM
"For 8 days Windows bundled a password manager with a critical plugin flaw: Plugin for Win 10 version of Keeper had bug allowing sites to steal passwords." Ars Technica 8:52 AM
"Windows 10 included password manager with huge security hole" Engadget 8:54 PM
"Microsoft launches 'AI for Earth' project" Digital Journal 8:52 AM
"Hello, concept-tech! Microsoft just filed a patent for a foldable dual-screen notebook" IANS 8:52 AM
"Microsoft files patent for foldable dual-screen notebook" IANS 8:52 AM
"Microsoft powers Seahawks sports science; Trail Blazers' new esports team; and more sports tech news" GeekWire 9:30 AM
"Microsoft Surface Laptop Review: When the Heart Rules the Mind" Thurrott 3:08 PM
"Microsoft Surface Phone's App Ecosystem Commences Development? Company Developing Dedicated Phone Apps Reveal Linked Phone Number References" WCCFTech 6:02 PM
"iTunes Not Coming To The Microsoft Store Yet: Sorry, Windows 10 S Users" Tech Times 8:22 AM
"Larry Ellison's Net Worth Drops $2 Billion As Oracle Sees Disappointing Quarter" Forbes 8:56 AM
"India witnessed infusion of AI across industries" BGR India 8:25 AM
"Microsoft boosts AI across some its most popular products" ITProPortal 12/15
"'Microsoft India to nurture unicorn firms, start-up community in 2018'" The Economic Times 12/15
"Microsoft patent points to folding dual-screen notebook" Engadget 12/15
"Patent pictures show Microsoft is still trying to build a dual screen device" Ars Technica 12/15
"Can Microsoft's Whiteboard App for Windows 10 Devices Help Your Team Collaborate?" Small Biz Trends 12/15
"Blockchain-powered medical AI Skychain promises to beat IBM's Watson Health" The Next Web 12/15
"IBM reveals first users of its new quantum computer" ITProPortal 12/15
"Dell EMC, VMware renew I Wish sponsorship for 2018" Tech Central 12/15
"Intel Mentions 900P 960GB and 1.5TB" Guru3D 12/15
"Wall Street hits record highs as GOP tax bill nears goal line" FOXBusiness 12/15
"U.S. Stocks Climb as Hopes Grow for Passage of Tax Overhaul: Dow industrials rise 0.6% to another new high; S&P 500 gains 0.9%" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/15
"Asian stocks track Wall Street declines, but Korea's Kospi rebounds: Stock markets in Asia continued to weaken on Friday after declines in the U.S. and European sessions, but South Korea's stock benchmark rebounded after Thursday's sharp end-of-session losses." MarketWatch 12/15
"European stocks suffer third day of losses as H&M closes 13% lower: Stocks across Europe ended mostly lower on Friday, as retail and bank shares slumped into negative territory, and yanked the regional benchmark lower for a third straight session." MarketWatch 12/15
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