"Apple TV Is The Latest Step In The Disintermediation Of Media: The trend toward direct connections between video content creators and their audiences is well underway, but the new Apple TV could finally push that trend into the living room. Although direct-to-viewer relationships are the norm on the web, most premium TV content in the living room still passes through a cable television gatekeeper. Does Apple finally have enough momentum to break the grip of the content middlemen for good?" TechCrunch 8:05 PM
"In Amicus Brief, Authors Guild, ABA, B&N Back Apple" ["In the brief, the Authors Guild seeks to bolster Apple's argument, adding that that the outcome of the case is 'critical to maintaining a healthy marketplace for the ideas and First Amendment-protected expression that authors and bookstores facilitate.'"] Publisher's Weekly] 7:52 AM
"Authors and booksellers call for overturn of Apple ruling: A group of authors and booksellers have filed a motion in the US asking for the Supreme Court's decision against Apple's role in a 2010 conspiracy to fix the price of e-books to be overturned." The Bookseller 7:51 AM
"Booksellers, Authors Back Apple in Ebook Price Fixing Appeal" The Mac Observer 9:50 AM
"Authors Guild, Barnes & Noble, others file brief supporting Apple in Supreme Court appeal of e-book antitrust case" AppleInsider 11:03 AM
"Opinion: Apple needs an executive shake-up" Computerworld 7:58 AM
"Apple and IBM made a brilliant new move to infiltrate large businesses" Business Insider 3:52 PM
"How Much More Can Apple, Inc.'s Gross Margin Improve? Apple's rising gross profit margin has been an undeniable boon for the company's financials, but investors know it can't increase forever." The Motley Fool 7:37 AM
"If Apple Leaves, Will We Get the Message? Since 2005, corporate earnings retained overseas have increased from $0.5 trillion to $2.1 trillion (about 300%!)." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:53 PM
"Samsung announces payment of $548 million to Apple but reserves right to seek reimbursement" Foss Patents 7:36 PM
"Craig Federighi talks open source Swift and what's coming in version 3.0: Swift is available under an Apache license, and source compatibility is coming soon." Ars Technica 2:12 PM
"Q&A: Apple's Craig Federighi talks open source Swift, Objective-C and the next 20 years of development" The Next Web 3:36 PM
"Apple Releases Swift as Open Source: Developer Contributions Will Help Make Swift Even Better and Available on More Platforms" Apple 3:35 PM
"Apple Releases Swift as Open Source" Business Wire 3:35 PM
"Welcome to Swift.org: Swift is now open source!" Swift 10:00 AM
"Apple's Swift programming language is now open source" 9to5Mac 9:52 AM
"Apple Open Sources Its Swift Programming Language" Wired 10:32 AM
"Apple Open Sources Its Swift Programming Language" iClarified 9:58 AM
"Apple's Swift Programming Language Is Now Open Source" TechCrunch 10:00 AM
"Apple makes Swift open source, so its influence will reach beyond the walled garden" Macworld 2:05 PM
"Apple's Swift programming language is now open source, and has its own website" The Next Web 10:40 AM
"Apple's Swift Developer Tools Now Officially Open Source" The Mac Observer 10:50 AM
"Apple Ports Its Swift Programming Language to Linux" iClarified 10:40 AM
"Apple Music giving former Beats subscribers month grace period to migrate libraries" 9to5Mac 6:56 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Resolving Calendar duplicates" Six Colors 8:48 AM
"El Capitan discussion includes font troubleshooting tips; more about Time Machine issues with UPS devices; Sheepshaver (classic Mac OS emulation); Adobe CS3 compatibility; Office 2008 installation and more." MacInTouch 6:49 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"SiriMote: Use Your Siri Remote with Your Mac" MacStories 7:55 AM
"Episode 7 review — Encoding app does 4K, DNxHR and audio channel mapping" IT.Enquirer 7:57 AM
"Patina: Simple Drawing Application for the Mac, based on Windows Paint" eXtensions 8:43 AM
"A primer in Profile Manager: The Server app" Macworld 7:54 AM
"Prevent Gatekeeper from auto-enabling in OS X" MacIssues 9:05 AM
"How to add accents and other marks to characters in Pages" Macworld 7:05 AM
"How To View And Save Instagram Photos And Videos On Your Mac" Mac 360 7:59 AM
"Add Addism To Your Mac's Calculator Collection" BohemianBoomer 7:59 AM
"Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Names Its Hottest Products From Cyber Monday" ["iPad Minis: Apple/On its Cyber Week page, Wal-Mart is selling the older 16GB iPad Mini 2 for $199 -- a $70 discount from its list price. ... In other words, demand might be high, but it's only because retailers are sacrificing margins to generate higher sales volume. In the long run, aggressive discounts aren't good for Apple's margins and its reputation as a premium brand. Moreover, selling outdated iPad Minis to bargain hunters doesn't solve the dilemma of iPad owners refusing to upgrade to the latest models."] The Motley Fool 7:42 AM
"Worldwide Smartphone Market Will See the First Single-Digit Growth Year on Record, According to IDC" ["IDC has raised its 4Q15 iPhone numbers by 7.6% based on continued consumer demand for the 6(+) and S6(+) lineups, as well as smooth supply chain foresight. As mentioned in previous releases, the market share forecast for iOS is expected to remain around 14-15% annually, with clear spikes around product launches."] Business Wire 7:40 AM
"Worldwide Wearables Market Soars in the Third Quarter as Chinese Vendors Challenge the Market Leaders, According to IDC" ["Apple posted a slight increase from the previous quarter, mostly the result of additional markets and channels coming on line. End-user attention has been going toward its entry-level and least expensive Sport line, to which Apple responded by introducing gold and rose gold models. In addition, Apple released watchOS 2, bringing native third-party applications to the device."] Business Wire 7:40 AM
"Fitbit, Apple Lead Wearables Market In Q3, IDC Finds: Wearables continue to increase in popularity, with more than 21 million units shipped in the third quarter of this year, IDC reports. Fitbit and Apple are continuing to dominate, while Samsung is slipping." InformationWeek 6:46 PM
"Apple Watch Sales Estimated at 3.9 Million in Third Quarter" MacRumors 2:08 PM
"IDC estimates 3.9M Apple Watches sold in Sept. quarter" AppleInsider 2:05 PM
"Apple takes mobile phone billing to Russia" CNBC 3:35 PM
"For 14th year in a row, Apple achieves perfect score in Human Rights Campaign's LGBT rankings" AppleInsider 9:52 AM
"Apple Gets a Perfect Score in Human Rights Campaign's LGBT Rankings" MacTrast 10:32 AM
"iPhone Remains Flickr's Most Popular Camera in 2015 Ahead of Canon, Nikon and Samsung" MacRumors 2:08 PM
"Apple's App Store has a copyright problem" Business Insider 8:06 AM
"'Steve Jobs' Flops at Box Office, and Silicon Valley Cheers" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:55 AM
"Silicon Valley accused of destroying Steve Jobs movie" Cult of Mac 6:55 AM
"Taiwan market: Apple begins selling iPad Pro tablets in local market" DigiTimes 7:54 AM
"Apple debuts new iPhone 6s ad 'On the Set' with director Jon Favreau" 9to5Mac 7:36 PM
"Jon Favreau with 'iPhone 6s -On the Set' Commercial" The Mac Observer 7:59 PM
"Jon Favreau gets a little squirrelly in new iPhone 6s ad" Cult of Mac 8:11 PM
"iPhone catches fire in man's pants" WSB TV Atlanta 7:39 AM
Non-Apple News
"Toshiba, Fujitsu considering PC units merger: sources" Reuters 9:11 PM
"Net neutrality could be on the line in Washington court battle: FCC faces 10 lawsuits against its new rules" IDG News Service 9:03 PM
"Yahoo Board Is Under Pressure: Directors are urged to challenge CEO Marissa Mayer as they meet to decide fate of core business" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:54 PM
"Google's Chromebooks make up half of US classroom devices" CNBC 2:11 PM
"Nintendo NX Will Be 'Unique And Different,' Says CEO" Digital Trends 3:41 PM
"Nintendo's next console will be a big departure from the Wii and Wii U" The Verge 9:05 AM
"Nielsen: Smartphones and the Internet are eating our TV time" Associated Press 8:52 AM
"A major internet backbone company is about to make a lot of websites load much faster" The Verge 8:09 AM
"New Nanoparticle Fusing Method Could Put Tiny Complex Circuits on Paper" Gizmodo 8:02 AM
"'Tis the Season for Online Predators" TechNewsWorld 7:56 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Rebound #63: Why Are You Hitting Yourself, John?" Six Colors 6:56 PM
"Nick Mattingly Demonstrates the Multi-Camera Capabilities of Switcher Studio" MacVoices 2:04 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-12-03: Apple's Ebook Price Fixing Fight, Swift goes Open Source" The Mac Observer 1:38 PM
"Review: Infuse 4 is the ultimate media center software for your Apple TV" iDownload Blog 10:00 AM
"Taking Apple Music for a train ride, a non-techie's revisit" MacNN 8:48 AM
"Pedometer++ embraces Apple Watch in a big way" iDownload Blog 7:02 PM
"Pedometer++ 2.3 steps up Apple Watch support" Six Colors 10:30 AM
"The ESPN app hits a homerun with WatchESPN integration" AppAdvice 9:58 AM
"Capitan Grocery Shopping List review: Shared grocery shopping lists for the whole family" Macworld 8:48 AM
"Hooah! - Blasting A Path Forward On iOS" Apple'n'Apps 8:54 PM
"App Of The Day: Super Skip World - Don't Skip This One On iOS" Apple'n'Apps 8:36 PM
"25 Days of Christmas - Holiday Advent Calendar 2015 for iOS" Tapscape 7:51 AM
"'Starlit Adventures' Review - Time For Adventure" Touch Arcade 10:30 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to Sign Documents on iPhone & iPad from eMail Quickly" OS X Daily 2:11 PM
"Get iPhone 6s 3D Touch Keyboard Trackpad On Older Devices, Here's How" Redmond Pie 8:52 AM
"How to play Crossy Road on Apple TV with your iPhone" Cult of Mac 8:47 AM
"How to Send a Mac to Apple for Repair" TidBITS 8:07 AM
"You can modify your iPhone's logo so it glows like the one on your MacBook" Tech Insider 7:37 AM
Tips
"Pro Tip: Access your Apple Music playlists anywhere" Cult of Mac 7:05 PM
"Customizing the appearance of Subtitles on the Apple TV" iLounge 3:49 PM
"Pointers: using the iOS Health app and related apps for well-being" MacNN 7:53 AM
"Tips to keep your online holiday shopping scam-free: One way that scammers lure shoppers into handing over credit-card information is by advertising super-low prices. If a promotion seems too good to be true, it probably is." Chicago Tribune 7:05 AM
"Macintosh or Windows? This video may be everything wrong with Apple in 1996. I'd write more about this, but I fell asleep." 512 Pixels 9:20 PM
"Will Apple Finally Part Ways With Samsung? According to an HSBC report, Apple is finally moving on from its biggest competitor in a way that would benefit Taiwan Semiconductor." The Motley Fool 8:37 PM
"1 Way Apple Inc. Will Be Able to Make Its iPhone 7 Thinner: This new technology from Apple's top display supplier gives us some clues as to how Apple will make its next-generation iPhones thinner." The Motley Fool 8:00 PM
"How Large Will Apple Inc. Make Its A10 Chip? The Apple A10 chip certainly be bigger than the prior generation A9, but by how much?" The Motley Fool 9:54 AM
"Apple Vs Amazon Battle Takes Surprising New Turn" Forbes 9:51 AM
"TheStreet blows it with one of worst, most misinformed Apple Watch Reports ever" MacDailyNews 8:02 AM
"Deeper Dive on Siri Usage and the Big Picture for Voice" Tech.pinions 7:50 AM
"3.5mm jacks and the future of iPhone" iMore 6:55 PM
"Could Apple, Inc. Killing the Headphone Jack Hurt Square?" The Motley Fool 6:51 PM
"An iPhone without a headphone jack? Sounds good to me: Why replacing the 3.5-inch headphone jack with Lightning isn't as crazy as it might seem." Macworld 7:05 AM
"Short-term memory: Annual iPhone order slippage news" Macworld 7:04 AM
"Apple: The Company That Breeds Lies" Mac 360 6:56 AM
Non-Apple
"John McAfee: The Internet Underground is going Mainstream" Digital Trends 7:44 PM
"A Millennial's Guide To Cord-Cutting: How to ditch your $100 monthly cable bill forever and still watch everything you want" Business Insider 10:31 AM
"Stack Pack, Wireless Charging Ecosystem for iPhone" Run Around Tech 7:06 PM
"Yahoo Messenger wants you back: Yahoo is revamping its venerable chat service, released back in 1998, to try to compete with the likes of Snapchat and Facebook-owned WhatsApp." CNET 8:48 AM
"AU 2015: Autodesk Sees Future in 'SeeControl' Acquisition, Offers New IoT Cloud Service" Architosh 8:43 AM
"Reply To Hangouts Messages On The Apple Watch" Digital Trends 7:54 AM
"Rayman returns to iOS in new game featuring 'Incrediball' adventures" AppAdvice 7:54 AM
"How Cities Can Get Their Bite of the Innovation Apple: New York Tops Global Report from Accenture" Business Wire 7:40 AM
"Earth Networks WeatherBug Mobile App Now Integrates With Honeywell Lyric Smart Thermostat" Business Wire 7:40 AM
"Ford Offers Apple Siri Eyes-Free to Millions of Vehicles Globally Through SYNC Software Update" MacPrices 1:42 PM
"Ford Offers Apple Siri® Eyes-Free to Millions of Vehicles Globally Through SYNC® Software Update" Business Wire 7:40 AM
"Ford Brings Siri Eyes Free Support to 5 Million Vehicles Dating Back to 2011" MacRumors 7:05 AM
"Ford retrospectively adds Siri Eyes Free to 5M older cars, still says CarPlay is on the way" 9to5Mac 7:05 AM
"Nuance releases new Dragon Anywhere app on iOS w/ continuous cloud-based dictation" 9to5Mac 7:04 AM
"Ant Attack! Attack of the Fire Ants - Rev 4.00 Apple iOS Universal Game" prMac 10:51 AM
"The Animals Sing about the Birth of Jesus in Joyful The Animals' Carols" prMac 7:56 AM
"SqueakBack: Interactive In-App Feedback" prMac 7:04 AM
"Trial 57 - A Brand New Game Now on the App Store" prMac 7:04 AM
"Photo Cleaner 1.0 Reclaims Space By Deleting Videos from Live Photos" prMac 7:04 AM
"BendyBooth: Bend your face and your voice to create funny videos" prMac 7:04 AM
"Ballmer to Microsoft: Universal apps won't work, Android on Windows Phone will" ZDNet 7:31 AM
"Ballmer calls Microsoft's cloud numbers 'bulls---'; wants Android apps on Windows 10 Mobile" Neowin 7:45 AM
"Windows Phones Need Android Apps, Says Steve Ballmer" Digital Trends 6:58 PM
"Microsoft Office 365 goes down for users in many countries across Europe: Customers of Microsoft's online productivity suite are unable to log in to Outlook email and other services due to Azure outage" Telegraph 7:52 AM
"It's not just you: Azure Active Directory is down for Europe/A configuration error in Microsoft's Azure Active Directory service is preventing customers from accessing a wide range of Microsoft services hosted in Europe, including Office 365 and Visual Studio Team Services." IDG News Service 12:11 PM
"Exchange email down across Europe as Office 365 stutters: Azure services also affected" The Inquirer 7:34 AM
"Azure Active Directory hit with outage, users unable to login to various Microsoft services" Neowin 7:43 AM
"Microsoft Office 365 online outage now remedied" RTE News 9:02 AM
"Will Surface soon be bigger than smartphones for Microsoft?" ZDNet 7:32 AM
"Why legal experts are up in arms over the trade-secrets bill Microsoft loves: It could strike a blow against free speech and algorithmic transparency, they warn" IDG News Service 7:23 AM
"Microsoft declares $0.36 dividend" Seeking Alpha 7:23 AM
"A chief scientist at Microsoft says we're less than five years away from computers understanding us perfectly" Business Insider 9:19 PM
"Microsoft, law enforcement disrupt Dorkbot botnet" IDG News Service 7:20 PM
"Dell Looks To Shed Units Ahead Of EMC Deal" Texas Tech Pulse 8:58 AM
"Huge Dell assets on the market to pave way for EMC buyout, reports say" Austin Business Journal 8:58 AM
"Dell Could Be Shopping Some Assets To Help Relieve EMC Deal Debt Load" TechCrunch 11:01 AM
"Dell and HP server growth risks EMEA becoming a two-horse race: The server market is buoyant, but there's no competition" The Inquirer 8:58 AM
"HPE, Dell Stay Atop Growing Global Server Market" eWeek 7:27 AM
"HP to ditch low-end tablet market" CIO Drive 8:59 AM
"Low-end tablets the first casualties of HP split" SlashGear 8:59 AM
"HP Inc. Is Bringing Its Giant Virtual Reality Display Into The Operating Room" Forbes 6:55 PM
"Intel and Digital Schoolhouse team up to get kids coding" IT PRO 9:00 AM
"The Fortunate Stagnating Case Of Intel" Seeking Alpha 12:41 PM
"Intel's Krzanich: It's the Virtuous Circle, Stupid" Light Reading 9:00 AM
"10 More Reasons Why AMD Will Be $10 In 2017" Seeking Alpha 9:00 AM
"Wall Street Sinks After ECB Decision as U.S. Rate Hike Looms" FOXBusiness 3:37 PM
"U.S. Stocks Drop More Than 250 Points as ECB Stimulus Disappoints: European shares decline 3.1% as ECB policy changes were less forceful than expected" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:37 PM
"European stocks bounce higher on ECB stimulus hopes/European stocks pushed higher Thursday, with investors widely anticipating the European Central Bank will unveil more measures aimed at bolstering the eurozone economy." MarketWatch 8:17 AM
"Asian stocks pressured by oil, Fed rate-hike expectations/Most Asian shares fell after oil prices slid overnight and expectations firmed that the Federal Reserve will raise rates after its December meeting in two weeks." MarketWatch 8:17 AM
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