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"People tweeted Apple boss Tim Cook on Christmas Day to ask him for a free iPhone" Metro UK 7:05 PM
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"New iPhone activations may have to wait" [Video Report] ABCNews 1:29 PM
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"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 12/24
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"Can a Smarter Siri Threaten AMZN, GOOGL in Smart Speaker Race?" Zacks 12/24
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"Is the Apple Watch Causing a Run on Emergency Rooms?" The Motley Fool 12/24
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"Apple thanked for 'removing anti-gay app'" BBC 12/24
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"Apple removes alleged gay conversion therapy app from App Store" Cult of Mac 12/24
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"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 12/24
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"Crime blotter: AirDrop Cyberflashing rises, iPad theft leads to high-speed chase, and Apple scams large and small" AppleInsider 12/24
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"The five coolest tech products that should have arrived in 2018 but didn't" [AirPower] PCWorld 12/24
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"HomePod glitter bomb video was partly staged – but without his knowledge, says creator" 9to5Mac 12/24
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"Are you ready to break up with your phone? Google told me that around 70% of the Android users it spoke to wanted to 'find a better balance' in their tech use." BBC 6:53 PM
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"T-Mobile Wins Team Telecom Support for Sprint Merger" Forbes 1:37 PM
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"Huawei ships over 200 million handsets in 2018" DigiTimes 7:51 AM
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"A hot new Android phone you can't buy just set a Guinness Book record" BGR 7:46 AM
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"Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Revolt" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12/24
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"Huawei announces that it's sold over 200 million smartphones in 2018" Neowin 12/24
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"Blizzard Reportedly Giving Some Workers A Year's Salary To Quit" HotHardware 12/24
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"Headphone jack fans lost out to fullscreen smartphones in 2018: 'So, dear audiophiles, it's time to move on.'" Engadget 12/24
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"Chinese draft law would prevent forced technology transfers: It would 'encourage' foreign companies to hand things over, though." Engadget 12/24
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"Samsung begins Android Pie rollout for Galaxy S9 in Europe: An early Christmas present for S9 owners" The Verge 12/24
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"The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 238, With Special Guest Jason Snell" Daring Fireball 12/24
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"#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 12/24
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