"Apple opens larger, relocated store in Raleigh's Crabtree Valley Mall" AppleInsider 6:22 AM
"Apple AI director talks advances in machine learning & mapping for self-driving car platform" AppleInsider 6:22 AM
"Apple's AI director on advances in machine learning for its self-driving car project: Training cars to recognize the world around them" The Verge 11:55 AM
"'They all stink,' Apple marketing chief knocks Android's alternatives to Face ID" The Drum 6:30 AM
"Apple Patches a Very Bad iOS HomeKit Bug" Wired 8:59 AM
"Apple releases new machine learning tool to take on Microsoft Cognitive Services" MSPoweruser 1:05 PM
"Did Apple's new 'spaceship' HQ cost $7.3 billion?" New Zealand Herald 12/9
"Apple Executive Reveals More of Its Self-Driving Technology" Wired 12/9
"Apple's AI director offers more information about company's work on self-driving systems" 9to5Mac 12/9
"Apple Looking To Acquire Shazam For $400 Million, Deal Could Be Announced On Monday" Redmond Pie 12/9
"Apple is apparently buying music-identifying app Shazam for around $400 million: A deal may be announced next week." Digital Spy 12/9
"Apple's Shazam steal is all about Siri" VentureBeat 12/9
"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 12/9
"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
"Hands On: Keyboard Maestro 8.0.4 speeds up working on your Mac" AppleInsider 10:36 AM
"15 Terminal commands that every Mac user should know: Customize your computer and master the Terminal with these tips, tricks, and Terminal phrases." iMore 12/9
"CorelCAD 2018 Arrives for Mac and Windows—iOS Version Coming Soon" Architosh 12:20 PM
"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 12/9
"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
"NASA and Amiga history meet in an eBay listing: The holidays are coming, so if you want to gift anything to the Ars Orbital HQ..." Ars Technica 6:12 PM
"FCC Chairman Ajit Pai 'jokes' about being a Verizon shill: He even enlisted a Verizon executive for his skit." Engadget 12/9
"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 12/9
"YouTube makes a few of its Red Originals free for the holidays" Engadget 12/9
"Google Maps will soon tell you when it's time to get off your train or bus" TechCrunch 12/9
"High school mentors prove coding can be fun" The Herald 12/9
"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 12/9
"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
"Apple Supplier Suggests That Face ID Could Come To 2018's iPhones" UberGizmo 9:23 PM
"Apple May Soon Get Another OLED Display Supplier: A recent regulatory filing from a major display manufacturer suggests that Apple could soon get another supplier of OLED mobile displays." The Motley Fool 4:10 PM
"Apple iPhone X First Impressions" Thurrott 4:23 PM
"Apple's Best MacBook Is Over 2 Years Old" LAPTOP Magazine 9:01 AM
"Review: LandingZone Docking Station provides a security and port solution for the MacBook Pro" AppleInsider 12/9
"Review: Microsoft Surface Precision Mouse — Thinking Different about Mac functionality" 9to5Mac 12/9
"Google Home Mini's Latest Firmware Update Brings Back Some Disabled Touch Controls" MacRumors 12/9
"Gift Guide: Family fun games and accessories for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV" 9to5Mac 12/9
"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
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Portrait: Useful but Limited app for Output of Face Images with Novel and Adjustable Filters" eXtensions 7:30 AM
"Internet companies face more regulation in Asia on content: expert" CNBC 9:23 PM
"Didn't like iPhone X notch design? Jony Ive set to make Apple iPhone great again in 2018" International Business Times 6:30 AM
"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 12/9
"Why 2018 Could Be an Especially Lucrative Year for Apple and Its iPhone" Fortune 12/9
"Apple in talks to acquire Shazam—and it's not for reasons you'd think" TechnoBuffalo 12/9
"Apple and Amazon are under fire for Siri and Alexa's responses to sexual harassment" Quartz 12/9
"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 12/9
"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
"Bring some Lo-Fly Dirt to your iOS production set up" createdigitalmusic 7:12 PM
"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 12/9
"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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