"What Tim Cook said when he visited the New York Stock Exchange" ["In comments to CNBC, Cook declined to talk specifically on Apple's outlook, but he said it has been a 'great holiday.' He added that the company's new wireless earbuds, AirPods, are 'a runaway success.' When asked if more would come into stock, he said Apple's 'making them just as fast as we can.'"] CNBC 11:37 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook tours New York Stock Exchange while on vacation" AppleInsider 11:48 AM
"Tim Cook Has Transformed Apple's Debt" Benzinga 3:11 PM
"Apple device activations double Samsung's during holiday season: The iPhone accounted for 44 percent of all new devices activated across the US during the week before Christmas, while Samsung clocked up just 21 percent of activations." ZDNet 7:37 AM
"Apple Device Activations Surge Ahead of Competition During Holidays" 24/7 Wall St. 7:25 AM
"Apple Activations More Than Double Those of Samsung Over Christmas Holiday" WirelessWeek 10:35 AM
"Photoshop is hard to learn. So Adobe wants artificial intelligence to be your guide" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:32 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How to store Final Cut Pro X libraries on a NAS by using a disk image workaround [Video] 9to5Mac 10:27 AM
"Should you keep using an old Time Capsule to rotate for off-site storage? Seems like it would be a good idea to use an older device as a secondary backup. But..." Macworld 7:47 AM
"How to use NetSpot to map out your Wi-Fi network: This helpful Mac app can be used to fix weak spots in your wireless coverage." Macworld 7:47 AM
"Disk Drill 3 brings file recovery tools to Mac hard drives" AppleInsider 3:11 PM
"How to Hide Purchases in Mac App Store - Tutorial" WCCFTech 10:36 AM
"Use Split View With Two Safari Windows" MacMost 10:17 AM
"How to check if your Mac supports Auto Unlock" iDownload Blog 11:37 AM
"Siri and Alexa's future: Health and emotional support? Ahead of CES 2017, experts weigh the potential of giving voice assistants more health awareness." CNET 7:28 AM
"Consumers want to work out with — not for — their wearables" ReadWrite 7:31 AM
"Apple has published its first AI research paper" Business Insider 7:48 AM
"All the ways Apple disappointed us in 2016" Cult of Mac 11:03 AM
"2017: More Apple Security Flaws, Cyberattacks, Hacktivisim" TechNewsWorld 8:33 AM
"From iPhone encryption to fake news, a look back at tech in 2016" [Video Report] CBS News 7:49 AM
"San Francisco restaurant now using iPads as plates in effort to reach younger audience" 9to5Mac 7:47 AM
"A restaurant in San Fransisco is plating food on iPads" BGR 10:35 AM
"Dropping an iPhone Into Molten Aluminum Is Undeniably Beautiful" Gizmodo 1:17 PM
"Today in Apple history: Jobs hit by stock 'backdating' scandal" Cult of Mac 8:16 AM
Non-Apple News
"This luxury Android phone packs a 7,000mAh battery and dual-curved display" The Verge 9:22 PM
"Twitter's Periscope adds support for 360-degree live video broadcasts" 9to5Mac 5:48 PM
"Twitter's Periscope adds 360-degree live videos: Periscope is still plugging along." Recode 5:01 PM
"Police Turn to Amazon Echo in Homicide Showing How Smarthome Devices Can Spy on Us" The Mac Observer 5:36 PM
"Amazon Patent Tips Bow-and-Arrow-Proof Drones" PC Magazine 3:58 PM
"Amazon refuses to let police access US murder suspect's Echo recordings: Company has declined to provide audio recorded by smart speaker system at house where man died, according to a report" The Guardian 10:31 AM
"'We watched our kids cry on Christmas': Parents are furious after disaster with the holiday's hottest toy" Business Insider 10:27 AM
"Google Pixel Problems Have A Haunting Familiarity" Forbes 10:29 AM
"Why Google Might Sell Its Fiber Business" The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 9:22 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Josh Centers Takes Control of the Latest Developments in Apple TV" MacVoices 4:41 PM
"Bryan Gets Paranoid About the IoT -ACM 391" The Mac Observer 3:18 PM
"Clockwise #169: All the Great Dongles" 512 Pixels 1:43 PM
"Happy Hour Podcast 100 | Everything Apple could unveil, release or discontinue in 2017" 9to5Mac 1:43 PM
"Amazon Echo, Police, and Privacy -TMO Daily Observations 2016-12-28" The Mac Observer 1:08 PM
"Mini-shootout: $900 smartphone vs. $3,000 DSLR, round three/The smartphone-vs-DSLR shootout has become something of a tradition here at the Ars Orbiting HQ. We did one in 2014 and another in 2015, relying on my own (small) skills as a photographer to stage and shoot a bunch of different images using both the latest model iPhone and my Canon 5D Mark III DSLR." Ars Technica 8:16 AM
"Apple MacBook Pro 2016 review: Ideal for power users" The Indian Express 7:48 AM
"I really hate how much I love Apple's AirPods" BGR 12:10 PM
"How these iPhone apps disrupted the mobile game in 2016: It was the year the of Pokémon Go, Instagram, and Apple Music." Macworld 7:47 AM
"In memoriam: The discontinued Apple products of 2016" [Slideshow] Macworld 7:47 AM
Non-Apple
"Doom is indie-style gaming at its best/Small studios, be on your toes: AAAs can do hella good 'indie' design, if they choose." Indie Research 10:29 AM
"The Internet Law That Explains Why 2016 Was So Terrible" Slate 8:54 AM
"Artificial intelligence - 10 questions every CEO should be asking" ITProPortal 8:19 AM
"2017"s Not So Hot New Smartphones" Mac360 8:06 AM
"Amazon Echo murder case amplifies the question of what 'always on' really means" VentureBeat 7:36 AM
"Five Resolutions to Simplify Your Tech Life" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:32 AM
"How Microsoft will drive enterprise IT in 2017: Microsoft's enterprise reach is stretching beyond Windows into the wider world of cross-platform computing and the cloud" InfoWorld 8:07 AM
"What to expect from Microsoft in 2017" TechRadar UK 8:08 AM
"Microsoft Readies OneDrive Admin Center Release for Early 2017" eWeek 6:54 PM
"Stocks slump in broad decline; Dow 20,000 remains out of reach: MarketWatch" MarketWatch 3:59 PM
"Stocks Close Lower As Small Caps Lead Decline; Amazon Pares Gain" Investor's Business Daily 3:59 PM
"Dow drops more than 100 as another run at 20,000 fails" Associated Press 3:59 PM
"Stocks Slide in Broad Selloff on Wall Street" Reuters 3:59 PM
"Dow Slides After Nearing 20000 Milestone: Trading volumes and market swings have been muted in 2016's final week" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:59 PM
"Commodities fuel Australia stock rally; Nikkei flat after weak data: In Japan, Hitachi Koki surges while Toshiba tumbles" MarketWatch 8:35 AM
"European stocks inch higher in light trade as miners gain: Airbus, Rolls-Royce drop after A380 delivery delays" MarketWatch 8:35 AM
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