"Apple's Ive Regains Management of Design Team After 2 Years" Bloomberg 3:27 PM
"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] 7:45 PM
"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) 2:53 PM
"Sources: Apple is acquiring music recognition app Shazam" TechCrunch 2:48 PM
"Apple nears deal to buy music recognition app Shazam" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 3:31 PM
"Apple close to acquiring Shazam: Report/The deal could be worth as much as $400 million and be announced by Monday." ZDNet 4:50 PM
"Apple's widened ban on templated apps is wiping small businesses from the App Store" TechCrunch 2:51 PM
"Why Apple Should Stop Selling iPhones: Bernstein says the smartphone giant would make more money by leasing hardware." U.S. News & World Report 7:17 AM
"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 7:53 AM
"iPhone: Super-Cycle Or Super Expensive?" Seeking Alpha 7:55 AM
"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 11:05 AM
"Ex-Amazon employee gets 6 months in jail for leaking quarterly results to fraternity brother" GeekWire 6:48 PM
"Apple Releases macOS 10.13.2 High Sierra, iOS 11.2 and More with Security Fixes" Intego 12:42 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"A Beginner's Guide to Mac Context Menus" MacMost 10:41 AM
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 6:05 PM
"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 10:51 AM
"MarsEdit 4 Beefs Up WordPress Support, More" The Mac Observer 10:41 AM
"BetterUnderarchiver is a bit beefier the macOS's built-in utility" Apple World Today 7:57 AM
"Hello! MacDeveloper is a community built specifically for testing Mac OSX apps." MacDeveloper 6:33 AM
"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 7:35 AM
"Woz says Steve Jobs was like Donald Trump" CNET 2:56 PM
"Laurene Powell Jobs channels Ronald Reagan for DACA" Apple 3.0 8:44 AM
Non-Apple News
"Sprint offers customers $100 for the holidays, but not in cash — in PokéCoins" Digital Trends 2:58 PM
"Amazon's new cloud-based IDE could shake up the industry" Mashable 1:11 PM
"Lynda Carter stars in amusing PSA to save single-player games" CNET 9:38 AM
"More price hikes could be coming to Sprint" BGR 7:56 AM
"YouTuber nearly dies after cementing a microwave on his head" CNET 7:55 AM
"FCC backtracks on helping with neutrality fraud investigation: Eager to cut ISP regulation, the agency shows concern for privacy of comment forgers" The Register 6:23 PM
"FCC Commissioner Blasts Her Own Agency for Withholding Evidence of Fraud" Gizmodo 4:50 PM
"Leaked Video Shows FCC Chair Ajit Pai Roasting Himself With 'Jokes' About Being a Verizon Shill" Gizmodo 4:48 PM
"Net Neutrality Protests to Ramp Up Before FCC Vote" 24/7 Wall St. 7:59 AM
"Net neutrality supporters take protest to Verizon stores" CNET 7:55 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Getting Over 'Getting Over It' - The TouchArcade Show #333" Touch Arcade 9:21 PM
"Is Apple bringing back the iPhone with a metal back? (Apple Byte Extra Crunchy Podcast, Ep. 113)" CNET 4:47 PM
"The MacVoices 2017 Holiday Gift Guide #3" MacVoices 2:46 PM
"HomeKit Zero Day Exploit, the iPad Computer Debate -TMO Daily Observations 2017-12-08" The Mac Observer 12:40 PM
"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 7:54 AM
"AppleInsider podcast talks AirPods, 2018 iPhones, iOS 11.2, and STEM education with MakeCrate" AppleInsider 7:54 AM
"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 7:46 AM
"Review: Apple Watch v Fitbit Ionic/Smartwatches are coming into their own but still have some software foibles" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 12:42 PM
"Face ID in iPhone X vs. 'Face Unlock' Facial Recognition in OnePlus 5T" MacRumors 4:47 PM
"iPhone X Boot Speed vs iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus [Video] iClarified 2:57 PM
"Review: GearMo 75W USB-C Car Charger lets you charge your MacBook on the road" Apple World Today 11:05 AM
"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 7:53 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Agile 2 review: a game of reflexes" iDownload Blog 8:45 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to Show Battery Percentage on iPhone X" OS X Daily 2:54 PM
"How to delete all photos from your iPhone (without losing them for good)" Alphr 2:51 PM
"SoundCloud++ iOS 11 IPA Download On iPhone [No Jailbreak Required] Redmond Pie 9:38 AM
"How to adjust the flashlight brightness on your iPhone X" Apple World Today 7:57 AM
"How to adjust your iPhone's ringer with the volume buttons" iMore 7:44 AM
Tips
"Type 'let it snow' into the Apple Store app on iOS for a surprise holiday easter egg" 9to5Mac 6:24 PM
"Verify your identity to ensure smooth Apple Pay Cash transactions" AppleInsider 12:23 PM
"Try these great emoji shortcuts on iPhone and iPad" Cult of Mac 12:22 PM
"How to use the one handed keyboard on iPhone" The Loop 8:45 AM
"Dow, S&P hit record highs on strength of jobs report" FOXBusiness 3:57 PM
"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] 3:57 PM
"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 7:30 AM
"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 11:53 AM
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