"Apple hit with lawsuit after admitting to slowing down iPhones with depleted batteries" AppleInsider 4:25 PM
"iPhone Battery Scandal: Apple Had Way Better Options Than Slowing Down Your Phone" Wired 4:26 PM
"Apple hit with lawsuit for deliberately slowing down older iPhone models" BGR 6:55 PM
"Apple: Yes, we're slowing down older iPhones" CNNMoney 8:04 AM
"How Apple slows down old iPhones: Under pressure, Apple calls its older device performance limit a 'feature'" Computerworld 8:07 AM
"Oh Apple, you really need to rethink how you do things: Quietly inserting code into iOS that measurably slows down the performance of older iPhones is a monumentally boneheaded blunder." ZDNet 9:07 AM
"Apple's iPhones slowed to tackle ageing batteries" BBC 8:14 AM
"Apple wins big with U.S. tax bill but faces snag on foreign patents" Reuters 8:07 AM
"Time to Try Apple iBundles: Apple Inc. says it's more resilient than a typical hardware company. This is more hype than reality, but I can't ignore the potential upside if Apple is serious about web video, digital music, and its other internet-centric software." BloombergGadfly 12:53 PM
"Apple Is the Most Valuable Public Company: Ever. But How Much of a Record Is That?" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 9:19 PM
"Apple working on user experience that combines the iPhone, iPad and Mac apps: Apple working to unite iOS and MacOS - will it standardise its chip platform next?" V3 8:24 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How to set up and use call relay on your Mac" iMore 4:27 PM
"How to convert a Keynote document to a PowerPoint document" iDownload Blog 9:08 AM
"Ethernet or Wi-Fi? Which should you use for macOS cellular phone call handling and Continuity" Macworld 8:09 AM
"Here's How to Monitor Your iPhone Battery Health from your phone or Mac" The Mac Observer 10:42 AM
"How to Delete Touch Bar Data from MacBook Pro with Touch Bar" OS X Daily 4:29 PM
"How to create an external Mac startup disk for macOS High Sierra" Apple World Today 7:38 AM
"Using Reminders and Notes to Save Links" MacMost 10:34 AM
Op/Ed
"Thoughts on Gurman's Report of a Single UI Experience Across iOS and MacOS" The Shape of Everythiing 4:44 PM
"My Must-Have Mac Apps, 2017 Edition" MacStories 12:54 PM
"Apple Is Developing an EKG Heart Monitor for Its Smartwatch" Bloomberg 12:46 PM
"Apple Working on EKG Heart Monitor for Future Apple Watch Models" MacRumors 12:54 PM
"Apple working on clinical-grade heart monitoring tech for Apple Watch (report)" Business Insider 12:54 PM
"Bloomberg: Apple building an Apple Watch with a built-in EKG heart monitor" 9to5Mac 12:54 PM
"Apple Watch will reportedly get an integrated EKG heart reader" VentureBeat 2:22 PM
"Amazon is losing three content execs to Apple" MarketWatch 4:24 PM
"Three More Amazon Executives Move to Apple, Including Kids Programming Head" Variety 7:23 PM
"Apple poaches three more Amazon Studios executives for its original content efforts" 9to5Mac 7:23 PM
"Apple spaceship headquarters causes split between employees" Business Insider 4:28 PM
"Siri can't talk to me: The challenge of teaching language to voice assistants" Ars Technica 8:25 AM
"Apple Quietly Updated the App Store Review Guidelines to Require Disclosure of 'Loot Box' IAP Odds" Touch Arcade 8:14 AM
"Apple Says Apps Must Now Disclose Odds For Loot Boxes" Kotaku 10:59 AM
"App Store changes include Apple's first rules regarding loot boxes: Wednesday update to iOS rules also touches on VPN services, cryptocurrency apps." Ars Technica 1:15 PM
"Apple issues preemptive refunds to customers who bought fake Cuphead app" Cult of Mac 8:25 AM
Non-Apple News
"Alphabet: Eric Schmidt steps down as executive chairman" ZDNet 6:56 PM
"Facebook, Universal Music strike multi-year licensing deal" Reuters 11:14 AM
"Windows 10's face authentication defeated with a picture" The Verge 9:07 AM
"Can a dreaming AI fix low res digital photos in the edit?" TechCrunch 8:55 AM
"Sprint is the worst carrier money can buy, Consumer Reports says" BGR 8:55 AM
"Why Net Neutrality Will Be a Campaign Issue in 2018" Wired 7:58 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"041: iPhone battery life vs. performance roundtable" Vector 8:56 PM
"Replay the 10th Final Cut Pro X Virtual User Group" fcp.co 12:54 PM
"Happy Hour Podcast 152 | Living with Alexa, iPhone batteries and speed, and iOS apps back to the Mac" 9to5Mac 12:54 PM
"The Apple Slowing Down iPhones Conspiracy, Pokémon GO and ARKit -TMO Daily Observations 2017-12-21" The Mac Observer 12:43 PM
"167: I'm Being Machine-Learned Right Now" The Rebound 11:13 AM
"Apple is bringing iOS and Mac apps together (Apple Byte Extra Crunchy Podcast, Ep. 115)" CNET 7:57 AM
"Review: Mujjo's Double Layer Touchscreen Gloves are warm, sharp, and functional" 9to5Mac 7:38 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to quickly disable Touch ID and Face ID when you need extra security: Can you rapidly force your iPhone to require your passcode or password to unlock? Absolutely — with iOS 11." iMore 8:31 PM
"How and where to replace your old, depreciated iPhone battery" The Verge 10:08 AM
"Wikipedia for iOS adds new black mode for iPhone X's OLED display" 9to5Mac 7:42 PM
"iPad For Dummies Released, by Bob LeVitus, Ed Baig, and Bryan Chaffin" The Mac Observer 4:25 PM
"Live Memories for iOS instantly transforms your Live Photos into video keepsakes" 9to5Mac 2:22 PM
"YouTube for iOS begins rollout of dynamic player that adapts to vertical, square video" 9to5Google 1:06 PM
"AppleInsider's official iOS app updated to support iPhone X edge-to-edge display" AppleInsider 10:59 AM
"'Civ VI' arrives on iPad today with quite the discount" Mashable 10:59 AM
"Microsoft brings back PhotoSynth in its Pix app for iOS: Microsoft is updating its PhotoSyth photo-stitching technology and making it part of its Pix camera app for iOS devices." ZDNet 10:08 AM
"'Sky: Light Awaits' for iPhone, iPad & Apple TV delayed until March 2018" AppleInsider 9:46 AM
"LG Announces Upgraded Set of Monitors With Full Thunderbolt 3 Compatibility" MacRumors 8:25 AM
"Windows 10 face recognition login can be bypassed using a photo: You'll need to set up Windows Hello again on your device to dodge the exploit" The Inquirer 7:23 AM
"Windows 10's face authentication defeated with a picture" The Verge 7:33 AM
"Windows Hello Face Recognition Tricked by Photo" SecurityWeek 7:49 AM
"Printed photos can fool Windows 10's Hello face authentication: You may want to download that Fall Creators Update soon." Engadget 9:43 AM
"German researchers beat Windows 10 face recognition using a photo: Even up-to-date versions of the OS are vulnerable" V3 8:18 AM
"Satya Nadella on AI, Sexual Harassment, and Microsoft's Soul: The successor to Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer stresses empathy and has a strategy for populism. Plus, the best piece of advice he ever got from the company's first leaders." Bloomberg 7:48 AM
"Microsoft releases new preview build for Windows Insiders: Microsoft's latest preview for Windows Insiders showcases features which can help users be more productive on their Windows 10 PC" Live Mint 7:49 AM
"Microsoft Started Blocking Windows 7/8.1 Updates For PCs Running New Processors" The Hacker News 7:43 AM
"Microsoft brings back PhotoSynth in its Pix app for iOS" ZDNet 12:45 PM
"Dell Inspiron 13 7000 2-in-1, Inspiron 15 7000, and Inspiron 13 5000 Launched in India: Price, Specifications" Gadgets 360 7:37 AM
"Intel's Krzanich Sees Big Data Future And Vows Bold Ventures In AI, Autonomous Driving" HotHardware 4:46 PM
"Dell expands Inspiron notebook line-up in India" Web India 7:37 AM
"Intel to take more risks and change to be 'the new normal'" Hexus 7:43 AM
"Google Pixelbook variant with Intel Core i7, 16GB of RAM finally goes on sale: Looking for a really high-end laptop?" Android Guys 7:47 AM
"Acer introduces new Swift 3 notebooks powered by AMD Ryzen Mobile" My Smart Price 7:41 AM
"International Business Machines (IBM) Stock Rating Lowered by Zacks Investment Research" Zacks 7:46 AM
"All the AIs NVMe, says IBM: Claims POWER9s + InfiniBand brainier than COTS/Says X86 doesn't mark the spot... but won't flash its latency numbers" The Register 8:19 AM
"Oracle beats Workday to ERP contract in marathon process" Enterprise Times 7:50 AM
"Global Blade Server Market 2017 — IBM, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Cisco, HP" Your Niskayuna 24 7:38 AM
"Industry body ratifies 5G standard six months ahead of schedule: Vendors can now start working on 5G equipment" V3 8:18 AM
"Seagate's New Multi-Actuator Could Double Hard Drive Speeds" ExtremeTech 9:42 AM
"Could Apple Pay Cash Stimulate Apple Pay Uptake?" Market Realist 2:22 PM
"Why Apple Remains Morgan Stanley's Top Pick For 2018" Benzinga 1:08 PM
"Apple consumes 30% of the world's flash memory" Apple 3.0 8:25 AM
"Apple Is Alive in China: 5 Quick Things to Know About Stocks Right Now/Apple looks like it's finally turning things around in China. GNC is getting rocked. And everyone is still focused on tax cut winners." TheStreet 10:07 AM
"Stocks Close Higher as Wall Street Dissects New Tax Laws: Major indexes held gains Thursday following passage of a $1.5 trillion U.S. tax bill that will slash corporate taxes." TheStreet 7:07 PM
"US economy grew at a solid 3.2% rate in the third quarter" USA Today 12:40 PM
"Energy and financials power Wall Street's rise" FOXBusiness 7:07 PM
"Euro slips after Catalan vote results tip separatist victory" Reuters 7:08 PM
"Stocks Close Higher; Is It Time For Industrials, Commodities To Lead?" Investor's Business Daily 7:08 PM
"Bank and Energy Shares Pull U.S. Stocks Higher: Pledges from companies to share tax overhaul's benefits with employees ease investor concerns" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:08 PM
"Asian markets drop slightly as dust settles after U.S. tax bill" MarketWatch 7:55 AM
"European stocks set for a winning 2017, but euro's rise was a challenge" MarketWatch 7:55 AM
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