"Apple in 2019: Expect more focus on enterprise identity, device ownership/Apple has done much in recent years to make it easier for IT admins to deploy, provision and manage all manner of Macs, iPhones and iPads. Here's how it did so, and what's likely to come next." Computerworld 9:02 AM
"Chinese companies rally around Huawei after CFO arrest: Businesses also urge employees to boycott U.S. rival Apple" Nikkei 8:56 AM
"Chinese companies are boycotting Apple to support Huawei" Cult of Mac 8:51 AM
"Apple boycott by Chinese firms supporting Huawei is escalating" AppleInsider 11:14 AM
"Apple admits giving governments access to thousands of iPhones and other devices" The Independent 8:55 AM
"The patent defendant's dilemma in Munich: damned if you do, damned if you don't give up your secrets: The shocking part about last Thursday's Qualcomm v. Apple patent injunction in Munich is not that Qualcomm finally won a case after several trials at which the courts in Mannheim and Munich were rather unconvinced of a valid patent being infringed." Foss Patents 8:41 AM
"Apple Official Reiterates 2018 iPad Pro 'Meets Or Exceeds' Standards Amid Issues Of Bent Units" Tech Times 12/23
"Apple denies its acknowledgement that iPad Pros are prone to bending, says they're perfect: Someone's on Santa's naughty list" TechSpot 12/23
"Apple stands by its bent iPad Pro" BetaNews 12/23
"How Microsoft won and Apple didn't lose: The end of the year offers a chance to compare the two companies which most strongly symbolize the tech industry through the years." ZDNet 12/23
"Apple reveals scale of government requests for users' data" Sydney Morning Herald 12/23
"Apple said yes to 25,829 government requests to access customers' devices" Telegraph 12/23
"Amazon Echo, Google Home: How Europe fell in love with smart speakers" ["While smart TVs and devices like Google Chromecast, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV will continue to dominate smart home purchases, IDC expects smart speakers will be the second largest category by 2022."] ZDNet 8:04 AM
"Can a Smarter Siri Threaten AMZN, GOOGL in Smart Speaker Race?" Zacks 8:55 AM
"Is the Apple Watch Causing a Run on Emergency Rooms?" The Motley Fool 10:32 AM
"Apple thanked for 'removing anti-gay app'" BBC 9:33 AM
"Apple removes alleged gay conversion therapy app from App Store" Cult of Mac 7:51 AM
"Facebook Tops the List of Least-Trusted Tech Companies: Facebook is by far the company consumers trust least with their personal data, followed by Amazon and Twitter tying for a very distant second. Uber and Google round out the top five." [Apple with 4% of vote] PC Magazine 8:10 AM
"Crime blotter: AirDrop Cyberflashing rises, iPad theft leads to high-speed chase, and Apple scams large and small" AppleInsider 8:08 AM
"The five coolest tech products that should have arrived in 2018 but didn't" [AirPower] PCWorld 7:57 AM
"HomePod glitter bomb video was partly staged – but without his knowledge, says creator" 9to5Mac 7:59 AM
Non-Apple News
"Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Revolt" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:02 PM
"Huawei announces that it's sold over 200 million smartphones in 2018" Neowin 9:01 PM
"Blizzard Reportedly Giving Some Workers A Year's Salary To Quit" HotHardware 3:49 PM
"Headphone jack fans lost out to fullscreen smartphones in 2018: 'So, dear audiophiles, it's time to move on.'" Engadget 12:01 PM
"Chinese draft law would prevent forced technology transfers: It would 'encourage' foreign companies to hand things over, though." Engadget 8:00 AM
"Samsung begins Android Pie rollout for Galaxy S9 in Europe: An early Christmas present for S9 owners" The Verge 7:51 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 238, With Special Guest Jason Snell" Daring Fireball 2:44 PM
"Contacts Are the Root of All Evil – Mac Geek Gab 741" The Mac Observer 9:35 AM
"#225: An Upgrade Christmas Carol/Then it was, as Myke and Jason began their preparations for the Christmas holiday, that they were visited by three ghosts, representing the spirit of Apple past, present, and future." Relay FM: Upgrade 9:07 AM
"Review: Jamie Allan, self-styled 'iMagician,' is really old school" ["I was expecting more stuff with phones and tablets, although Allan has some clever Siri numbers up his sleeve. And one trick that he said was new, involving coin magic with a digital gauze didn't work well for me because the dressing obscured the entree, so to speak. Allan is clearly aware of the danger of digitizing any trick, but also the advantages. It's a fine line."] Chicago Tribune [Free Registration Required] 10:29 AM
"Review: The SliQ case adds Qi charging to your AirPods for $25, but not without compromise" 9to5Mac 12/23
"Review: The First Alert OneLink smart smoke & carbon monoxide detector is a more affordable way to protect your home/The second generation First Alert OneLink Smart Smoke and Carbon Monoxide detector helps keep you protected with remote notifications, HomeKit automation support, and a calm voice rather than an ear-piercing beep." AppleInsider 12/23
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Launch Center Pro 3.0 Lets You Automate Tasks On iPhone With NFC Tags" Redmond Pie 8:29 PM
"iOS 12.1.3 Beta 2 Vs iOS 12.1.2 16C104 Speed Test" Redmond Pie 7:50 PM
"iA Writer 5.2: Better Typography and External Library Locations" MacStories 8:56 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How To Unlock Any iPhone (Including The Latest XS, XS Max, XR) On iOS 12 Using This R-SIM And ICCID Trick" Redmond Pie 6:46 PM
"How to add App Store and iTunes gift cards on iPhone and iPad" 9to5Mac 12:01 PM
"How To Use Google Lens On iOS iPhone Or iPad" Redmond Pie 9:32 AM
"How to get your missing songs and playlists back on Apple Music" iDownload Blog 8:07 AM
Tips
"Tips: How to load content and get your iPhone ready for travel for the holidays" AppleInsider 8:43 AM
"10 Apple Watch tips and tricks every owner should know about" iDownload Blog 8:07 AM
"Huawei Mate 20 Pro review: The best phone of 2018" Neowin 12/23
"Douglas Adams was right: 'Genuine people personalities' are coming to our gadgets/Who needs Sirius Cybernetics when we have Google and Amazon?" Ars Technica 12/22
"Microsoft's emergency Internet Explorer patch renders some Lenovo laptops unbootable" BetaNews 8:51 AM
"Microsoft plans new 4K webcams to bring facial recognition to all Windows 10 devices, says report" ZDNet 8:05 AM
"IBM, Amazon and Microsoft to lead the global Alaas market" Innovation Enterprise 2:39 PM
"IBM Research shows how health insights may come from fingernail wearable" Tech Xplore 2:38 PM
"IBM's Debt and Deal Make the Stock a Big Loser Again" Barron's 2:38 PM
"IBM Wants Stock-Drop Ruling Revisited by Full Second Circuit" Bloomberg Law 2:38 PM
"United States : IBM Expands Strategic Partnership with Samsung to Include 7nm Chip Manufacturing" MarketWatch 2:38 PM
"Investors Cool to Dell's Imminent Return to the Public Market" Barron's 3:53 PM
"Intel's New IoT Platform to Aid Companies Trim Freight Loss" Zacks 8:57 AM
"AMD vs Intel: Team Red lead the way in chip innovation in 2018" The Inquirer 2:05 PM
"AMD Will Be Launching The Ryzen 3000 Series CPUs, APUs And A Radeon GPU At CES" WCCFTech 2:05 PM
"Rumored NVIDIA GeForce GTX Turing GPU May Feature 896 CUDA Cores" HotHardware 3:49 PM
"Oracle's NetSuite Cloud Platform Continues to Win More Clients" Market Realist 8:55 AM
"Customers are the gems in Oracle's second-quarter earnings beat" Diginomica 3:52 PM
"VMware tracking stock sinks as Dell readies to go public" Wall Street Journal 3:52 PM
"Hardware Is At Microsoft's Core Says Surface Chief Panay, New Form-Factors Incoming" HotHardware 12/23
"Microsoft's first webcams in years might include Xbox One support: The rumored two models would also support Windows Hello." Engadget 12/23
"Microsoft Launcher 5.1 is now rolling out to all users with Sticky Notes, To-Do, and more" Neowin 12/23
"Bill Gates delivers another epic Secret Santa gift to lucky Reddit user, with help from Hank Green" GeekWire 12/23
"Intel 9th Gen KF iGPU-less Processor Listed" eTeknix 12/23
"Microsoft executive says Surface hardware with all-new form factor is in the works" BGR 12/22
"Intel Spinning Up Additional Production Capacity" eTeknix 12/22
"Dell launches Inspiron 5480 and Inspiron 5580 in India: Both models are currently available exclusively from Dell India's website." digit 12/22
"Dell India Introduces 2 New 'Inspiron' Laptops: A three-sided narrow border is available on the 14-inch and a 2-sided narrow border on the 15-inch variant" Newsgram 12/22
"IBM researchers create fingernail sensor prototype to alert clinicians of health concerns" TechGenYZ 12/22
"IBM fingernail sensor tracks health through your grip: Its AI could detect the development of a disease." Engadget 12/22
"IBM (IBM) Lifted to 'Buy' at Zacks Investment Research" Zacks 12/22
"How IBM Is Using A.I. For Marketing For Customer Acquisition" TechExpert 12/22
"Apple: The Standard In A Technological Revolution Has Become Too Cheap" Seeking Alpha 9:55 AM
Industry News
"Dow skids to end down 2.9%; S&P 500 on cusp of bear market: Worst trading session on the eve of Christmas in history" MarketWatch 2:44 PM
"Dow Drops Below 22K, S&P Enters Bear Market on Worst Christmas Eve Session Ever: The Dow Jones Industrial Average sinks Monday after the blue-chip index fell 6.9% last week, its worst week since 2008." TheStreet 3:58 PM
"S&P 500 Enters Bear Market; Dow Dives 650 Points As Stocks Plunge" Investor's Business Daily 2:43 PM
"Dow plunges 650 points in worst Christmas Eve trading session ever" FOXBusiness 2:43 PM
"Dow Falls 650 Points Despite Mnuchin's Bid to Reassure Investors: Monday's more than 2% drop was the Dow's worst performance ahead of Christmas, trumping a 1918 record" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:43 PM
"Asian markets mixed as investors await Wall Street's next move: Tech Stocks fall amid general gains in Hong Kong; Nikkei closed" MarketWatch 8:46 AM
"European stocks spooked by U.S. shutdown, political turmoil" MarketWatch 8:46 AM
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