"Apple could make iPhones in US in future: sources" ["Key Apple assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn Technology Group, has been studying the possibility of moving iPhone production to the U.S., sources told the Nikkei Asian Review. 'Apple asked both Foxconn and Pegatron, the two iPhone assemblers, in June to look into making iPhones in the U.S.,' a source said. 'Foxconn complied, while Pegatron declined to formulate such a plan due to cost concerns.'"] Nikkei 10:11 AM
"Report: Apple asked Foxconn and Pegatron to investigate manufacturing iPhones in the United States, as Donald Trump import policy overhangs" 9to5Mac 10:11 AM
"Apple is exploring making iPhones in the US — 'the cost will more than double'" Business Insider 10:29 AM
"Foxconn Plays Trump Card, May Move iPhone Production To U.S.: Report" Investor's Business Daily 3:23 PM
"Apple Keeps Constant Log Of iPhone Calls In iCloud, Warns Cop Contractor" ["That's the warning today from a Russian provider of iPhone hacking tools, Elcomsoft, which claimed the feature was automatic and there was no way to turn it off bar shutting down iCloud Drive altogether."] Forbes 7:26 AM
"iPhones Secretly Send Call History To Apple, Security Firm Says" The Intercept 8:30 AM
"Google Is Closing The Gap On Apple In The Classroom" Forbes 7:27 AM
"Heads up: Apple is smart to pursue augmented reality/Whether it's for a smartphone application like Camera, or even part of Project Titan, there are plenty of reasons for Apple to pursue AR." Macworld 7:58 AM
"Can Apple Smart Glasses Be a Hit in the Face of Shrinking iPhone?" Market Realist 6:46 PM
"Q. What does the termination of the position of Product Manager of Automation Technologies mean for the future of user automation in macOS? A. Ask Apple. Seriously, if you have any questions or concerns about the future of user automation, ask Apple. If user automation technologies are important to you, then now is the time for all good men and women to reach out, speak up and ask questions. The macOS user automation technologies include: UNIX CLI (shell, python, ruby, perl), System Services, Apple Events (JavaScript, AppleScript, AppleScriptObj-C, Scripting Bridge), Automator, Apple Configurator (AppleScript, Automator), and Application scripting support in Photos, iWork, Finder, Mail, and other Apple applications." Mac OS X Automation 6:40 AM
"Does Apple really want to kill Automator, AppleScript? Shock termination of veteran Apple developer guru sends shockwaves across the Mac community" Computerworld 7:20 AM
"Mac Automation Product Manager Sal Soghoian Leaves Company After Position Eliminated" MacRumors 8:24 AM
"Hacker's Mac pwning expedition: 'Help, I've got too many shells!'" The Register 6:47 AM
"Autodesk Shows Its Future—Democratizes Data & Tools, Obliterates Reliance on Windows" Architosh 1:14 PM
"Free Hour of Code Workshops December 5 through 11 at Every Apple Store" Apple 9:35 AM
"Apple's 'Hour of Code' classes will run for a whole week this year" Cult of Mac 10:12 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"System Integrity Protection Inexplicably Disabled by Default on Some New MacBook Pro Models" MacRumors 1:25 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How to install an app in macOS Sierra that's not signed by a developer: Sierra makes a small change in launching less-validated software, but it's still there." Macworld 7:58 AM
"The Best macOS Email Clients" Apple Gazette 6:47 PM
"Athentech Perfect Eyes and Perfect Skin review: Click your way to perfect portraits/Add a professional touch to your photographs." Macworld 8:31 AM
"Final Cut Pro X and the Touch Bar or 'Where are my F keys?'" fcp.co 8:03 AM
"15 Cool Things You Can Do With the Apple Touch Bar" PC Magazine 9:00 AM
"Thank you, Sal Soghoian, for everything you've done for scripting and automation at Apple!" iMore 8:23 AM
"Imagine a Mac: The big news is that Sal Saghoian is leaving Apple after many, many years as the heart of nerdy automation. That's not the big story though. The big story is that Apple eliminated his position." Macdrifter 8:10 AM
"Apple Is Researching How iPhones Can Be Used To Monitor Parkinson's Patients" Fast Company 6:57 AM
"Apple's Newer iPhones and iPads Fail Almost Twice as Much as Android Devices: Q3 2016 State of Mobile Device Performance & Health Report Points to Crashing Apps and Overheating as Big Annoyances for iOS Users, With Pokemon GO App Highly Prone to Crashes" Blanco Technology Group 11:04 AM
"Report claims that iOS devices fail more often than Android devices" Apple World Today 11:05 AM
"Apple is failing to dent Android's dominance over iPhone" Business Insider 8:40 AM
"Samsung and Apple's grip on smartphone market slips to less than one in three sales" Telegraph 11:10 AM
"Apple iPhone beware: Huawei, Oppo, BBK are closing gap in smartphone sales" ZDNet 9:35 AM
"Jony Ive says his team looks forward, not back, but felt obligated to create design book" 9to5Mac 7:24 AM
"Jony Ive: At times it looked like the iPhone wouldn't work" Apple 3.0 8:26 AM
"Carmakers Plot A Future Without Google And Apple" Forbes 7:25 AM
"FBI Forensics Lab Has Successfully Unlocked 87 Percent Of Devices Connected To Ongoing Cases" HotHardware 4:16 PM
"'Bulbs' is the explosive new MacBook Pro ad all about ideas!" iMore 2:09 PM
"New MacBook Pro ad places Apple's laptop among some of history's greatest inventions" BGR 9:09 PM
"iOS Bug Lets Attackers Bypass iPhone and iPad Passcodes Using Siri" BleepingComputer 8:43 AM
"Today in Apple history: Apple's 'unreleased' Mac OS ships to devs" Cult of Mac 8:26 AM
Non-Apple News
"Jay W. Forrester Dies at 98; a Pioneer in Computer Models" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:21 PM
"Cadillac president: Self-driving cars 'spell the demise of the traditional car industry'" VentureBeat 7:51 PM
"Eero and Alexa let you shut down the Internet with your voice" Mashable 9:07 AM
"Britain has passed the 'most extreme surveillance law ever passed in a democracy'" ZDNet 8:40 AM
"Wi-Fi is more important than sex" BetaNews 8:19 AM
"A.I. beating humans? Not in my lifetime, says Google's cloud chief" IDG News Service 7:25 AM
"This App Prevents Thrill-Seeking Selfie Takers From Dying (Hopefully)" PC Magazine 11:18 AM
"The rise in selfie deaths and how to stop them" BBC 7:24 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-11-17: Goodbye AppleScript, Apple Axes Sal Soghoian" The Mac Observer 11:24 AM
"Happy Hour Podcast 094 | Jony Ive's new Apple design book and MacBook Pro Touch Bar impressions" 9to5Mac 11:10 AM
"Apple Wants OLED in IPhones, But Most Suppliers Aren't Ready Yet" Bloomberg 7:23 AM
"Supply constraints said to plague Apple's plans to switch to OLED with next year's iPhone" 9to5Mac 7:23 AM
"Apple's new high-end OLED 2017 iPhone expected to feature 5.1"-5.2" display" AppleInsider 8:22 AM
"KGI: Apple planning one 5.2-inch OLED iPhone 8 with major redesign + 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch LCD models" 9to5Mac 8:22 AM
"Apple's Hidden MacBook Pro Discounts" ["There are consumers who are upset at the lack of backward compatible ports, and the high cost that Apple has placed on its premium laptop. Thankfully there is an answer to both of these issues, and it is lurking in the digital depths of the online Apple Store."] Forbes 7:59 AM
"iPhone's dual-lens camera may get stabilization upgrade next year" Cult of Mac 1:27 PM
"French retailer claims Nov. 30 shipping ship date for Apple AirPods" AppleInsider 7:58 AM
"Major French retail chain claims AirPods will be available on November 30" 9to5Mac 8:30 AM
"Apple 9.7-inch iPad Pro wins Tablet of the Year at #TrustedReviewsAwards 2016" TrustedReviews 5:02 PM
"iOS bug exposes photos and messages on locked iPhones" Cult of Mac 11:44 AM
"The new MacBook Pro's speaker grilles are mostly cosmetic: Don't worry, the speakers still sound great" The Verge 11:25 AM
Apple Patent Applications
"Apple invention integrates Siri into iMessage, aids in peer-to-peer financial transactions" AppleInsider 7:23 AM
"Apple patent would integrate Siri into Messages to assist with tasks via bot-style commands" iDownload Blog 8:23 AM
"Apple patent involves integrating Siri into the Messages app" Apple World Today 8:27 AM
"Apple patent shows Siri inside iMessage to help with scheduling, payments and more" TechCrunch 9:08 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"Multi-Touch Repair Program for iPhone 6 Plus: Apple has determined that some iPhone 6 Plus devices may exhibit display flickering or Multi-Touch issues after being dropped multiple times on a hard surface and then incurring further stress on the device. If your iPhone 6 Plus is exhibiting the symptoms noted above, is in working order, and the screen is not cracked or broken, Apple will repair your device for a service price of $149." Apple Support 6:43 PM
"Apple launches Multi-Touch Repair Program for iPhone 6 Plus display flickering issue" 9to5Mac 6:45 PM
"Apple Launches 'Touch Disease' Repair Program for iPhone 6 Plus" MacRumors 6:45 PM
"Apple activates iPhone 6 Plus repair program to address 'touch disease'" AppleInsider 6:46 PM
"Apple to repair 'touch disease' on iPhone 6 Plus for $149" ZDNet 6:47 PM
"Apple admits to iPhone 'touch disease,' blames users and offers $149 fix" SiliconBeat 9:12 PM
"PSA: Apple's Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 MacBook Pro adapter doesn't support your Mini DisplayPort displays" 9to5Mac 1:27 PM
"The Wireless Earbud Revolution is Coming: With the impending release of Apple's AirPods (not to be confused with the inexpensive wired EarPods) we are entering the era of wireless earbuds." Forbes 8:22 PM
"Apple Responds to Touch Disease: Too Little, Too Late?" iFixit 8:22 PM
"Touch Screens, Touch Bars, and the Single Point of Focus" TidBITS 7:51 PM
"The real reason Apple produces outside the US has little to do with labor costs" Quartz 7:51 PM
"Send in the Clones: If Apple doesn't want to innovate the desktop Mac, it should let others" 9to5Mac 7:50 PM
"Siri's next stop could be iMessage, and it would be awesome" BGR 6:47 PM
"The AirPlay loophole is chipping away at iTunes' monopoly on Apple TV/Commentary: A recent change to Vudu's iOS app lets you play videos on your Apple TV: despite the fact that there's no official app on the box itself." CNET 5:02 PM
"My 2c on the iPad vs Mac debate" Om Malik 4:46 PM
"Skating to the Apple Car Puck" Above Avalon 3:08 PM
"The exciting iPhone 8 is expected to do what the boring iPhone 7 can't" BGR 11:45 AM
"Apple iCloud stores call histories: Want to keep your call records private? Disconnect from iCloud" The Register 4:46 PM
"Apple's syncing of call log history is nothing" The Loop 2:10 PM
"iPhone Logs Real-Time Call Data To iCloud Even With Backups Turned Off, Apple Responds" Redmond Pie 2:00 PM
"This supposedly 'secret' iPhone flaw is actually a feature" Mashable 1:26 PM
"Apple saves iPhone call history to iCloud, but barely mentions it: As a convenience feature, Apple will sync your call history to iCloud, but the company doesn't make it easy or obvious to shut it off." Macworld 1:25 PM
"Oh No: Apple Keeps A Constant Log of Our Calls on iCloud" AppAdvice 10:11 AM
"What to Expect in the Next iPad Pros" AppleBlend 9:05 AM
"Apple iPhone 7 Off to a Decent, Not Great Start: The company has to compete with its past successes which in its case is not easy." The Motley Fool 9:00 AM
"Apple And The Death Of Upgradability" Mac360 8:27 AM
"Apple's Great App Store Purge (it's about time)" PixoBebo 8:27 AM
"5+ Year Old Macs – No Longer Low End" Low End Mac 8:04 AM
"The Apple TV, Apple's 50% fee cut, and the walled garden" The Loop 8:00 AM
"Cassandra: Thursday review -MacBook Pro Critics; and the Loss of Sal Soghoian" eXtensions 7:57 AM
"Google Play Newsstand Redesigned" MacStories 9:48 AM
"The 5 Best Waterproof iPhone 7 Cases" Digital Trends 9:00 AM
"Firefox's new iPhone browser hides you from advertisers' eyes" CNET 8:40 AM
"Google Allo Messaging App Gets 'Fantastic' Update" AppAdvice 8:26 AM
"Announcing Hail Yes Black for iOS" prMac 11:25 AM
"LetterSnap OCR for iPhone - A Thousand Words is Worth a Picture" prMac 8:30 AM
"Full Fat releases Blocky Racer for iOS and tvOS" prMac 7:57 AM
"Surgery training app Touch Surgery cuts deal with Johnson & Johnson" TechCrunch 7:57 AM
"Pinball BOOM for iOS: a unique twist on the classic arcade pinball game - guide their Pinball character through obstacles to collect gems & complete missions." Gaming Chef 7:20 AM
"TOMS Straps for Apple Watch Include Solar Power Donation" The Mac Observer 7:19 AM
"This New iPad App Makes Futuristic 3-D Scans of Your Home" Wired 6:57 AM
"Affinity Designers Crosses Over to Windows Platform" Digital Trends 8:30 AM
"Affinity Designer Available for Windows" eXtensions 6:43 AM
"Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's mission: Democratising AI/On his first visit to New Zealand, the global CEO of Microsoft issues a fundamental call for today's technologists" IDG News Service 6:31 AM
"Women's share of Microsoft jobs drops again" Seattle Times 2:56 PM
"Female portion of Microsoft's workforce shrinks again: The software giant plans to make meeting diversity goals a factor in whether executives receive their full annual bonus." CNET 7:51 PM
"Microsoft partners with old rival Linux Foundation" BBC 1:26 PM
"Microsoft joins the Linux foundation and blows everyone's mind" BGR 6:31 AM
"Microsoft announces the first public preview of SQL Server on Linux" Neowin 12:07 PM
"Microsoft higher on Goldman upgrade" Seeking Alpha 7:17 AM
"Why Microsoft Office Will Dominate The Next Decade As Well" Seeking Alpha 11:00 AM
"Intel Uses Chips Acquired in Deal With Startup to Drive Deep Learning: Chip maker to rely on technology developed by Nervana Systems, which it purchased earlier this year" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:46 PM
"Intel determined to power AI revolution, not be left behind" CNET 7:51 PM
"Intel preferentially offers two customers Skylake Xeon CPUs: Self inflicted wounds of monumental proportions to follow" SemiAccurate 6:40 AM
"Cisco beats the drum for security as it reports Q1: Revenue creeps up as Cisco cites 'challenging' global environment" CRN UK 6:54 AM
"The Key Headwind For Cisco Is Order Flow" Benzinga 1:27 PM
"The UK's far-reaching surveillance bill is now all but law: The Investigatory Powers Act will become the government's new guide to lawful mass surveillance." Engadget 8:49 AM
"The PC Industry Gets Personal Again, So What's The Impact?" Forbes 12:15 PM
"Munster: Trump offers a rare chance to 'buy the fear' in Apple" Apple 3.0 8:26 AM
"Apple: Top Hedge Funds' Activity For Q3" Seeking Alpha 10:29 AM
Industry News
"Stock market ends near record territory after strong data, Yellen testimony: Wal-Mart tumbles, Best Buy higher after results" MarketWatch 4:33 PM
"Wall Street Edges Higher as December Rate Hike Becomes More Certain: Wall Street moves higher on Thursday as investors grow more certain of a rate hike when Federal Reserve members meet in December." TheStreet 4:33 PM
"Stocks Finish Up, Best Buy Soars; Is Apple Poised To Break Out Again?" Investor's Business Daily 4:33 PM
"Stocks close higher as S&P 500, Nasdaq near record highs" Associated Press 4:33 PM
"U.S. Dollar and Stocks Climb as Prospects of a Rate Hike Improve" Reuters 4:32 PM
"U.S. Stocks Rise on Economic Optimism: Treasury yields climb after data and Yellen's comments support idea of an interest-rate increase" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:31 PM
"Asian markets slip as oil prices fall" MarketWatch 7:06 AM
"European stocks struggle for direction, with ECB minutes on deck" MarketWatch 7:06 AM
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