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- HSBC Drops Apple Target to $160 on China and iPhone Concerns - Apple Drops Price of iPhone XR in China by $100 (Kind of) - Foxconn 4Q Revenue Drops 8.3-Percent - Millennials Buying on AAPL Weakness - Apple Maps India Gets Turn-by-Turn Nav and Ride Hailing Support - Sculley Sees Seismic Shifts in Healthcare from Apple - Ski Areas Getting False Emergency Calls from New Apple Watches - Use offer co...

- Apple Sets Annual Shareholders Meeting for 1 March - August Announces HomeKit-Enabled Smart Lock - Macworld: HomeKit a Surprise Winner at CES - Former Facebook Worker (and Critic) Reportedly Hired by Apple - Project Titan's Hitzinger Leaves Apple for Volkswagen - Apple Music Lyrics Expand to Seven More Countries - Talk of Bigger Apple Store for Toronto's Eaton Centre - Apple to Give Korean Polic...

- iPhone XR Strongest Model in Weakened iPhone Market - Report: Apple Cuts iPhone Orders by 10 Percent - Tim Cook Talks Stuff and Things with CNBC - Samsung Restates Guidance Down for Last Quarter - Sony Hops on AirPlay 2 TV Train - Apple Keeps Running List of AirPlay 2 TVs - GE C-Reach Makes "Made-for-Goole" Line HomeKit Compatible - Brilliant Hub Adding HomeKit Compatibility - David Bowie Is is...

- Vizio Announces AirPlay/HomeKit Compatibility for Select TVs - LG TVs Join the AirPlay/HomeKit Party - Apple Shows Off HomeKit Kit Ahead of CES - U by Moen Smart Shower Getting Siri Support (Supposedly) - Numi 2.0: Go Like a Pro with Siri, HomeKit, and Alexa - Ben Bajarin: HomeKit/Siri/Airplay 2 Support May Be Story of CES - Report: Samsung to Follow Apple in Surprise Negative Warning - Android-...

- Samsung Smart TVs to Get iTunes Video App and Support for AirPlay 2 - New Phishing Scam: It's Not Apple Calling - German Ban on Sale of Some iPhones Goes Into Effect - FTC Suit Against Qualcomm Begins - Apple Says Occasional iPad Pro Bends Due to Way New iPad Pro is Made - Report: Huawei Workers Punished for Twitter Gaffe - Apple Sends CES a Sign - Use offer code macosken for $75 off your first...

- App Store Sees Record Holiday Week - Lots of Lowered Price Targets - Goldman Analyst Raises Specter of Nokia in Apple Note - Apple "GiveBack" Taking Android Trade-Ins in China - RBC Charts Subscription Worries in App Store - China Gets Exclusive New Year Pair of Beats Solo3 - Apple Launches Back-to-School Beats Promotion in Southern Hemisphere - Sign up to get a FREE company account and add up t...

- Cook Adjusts Holiday-Quarter Revenue Guidance Down to $84B - Tech Stocks Tumble in Apple's Wake - Baidu CEO to Staff: "Winter is Coming" - MacRumors: Hits by iOS 13 Picking Up - Sign up to get a FREE company account and add up to 5 team members at Opsgenie.com - Power Mac OS Ken through Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken! - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

- WSJ: How Apple Lost $9B (That It Didn't Actually Lose) - Motley Fool: Here's How That $9B Wasn't "Lost" - Citi Research Cuts iPhone Unit Expectations - Netflix Kills iTunes Billing for New Subscribers - Apple May Still Have Plans for North Carolina Campus - Sign up to get a FREE company account and add up to 5 team members at Opsgenie.com - Power Mac OS Ken through Patreon at Patreon.com/macoske...

- Munster: Apple to See Stronger 2019 Than Other FAANGs - Chinese Firms Praise Huawei and Punish Apple - Qualcomm Suggests Detaining Apple Lawyers in China - Report: Foxconn Mulls High-End iPhone Production to India - Former Apple Marketing Exec Returns Bendy iPad Pro - Sign up to get a FREE company account and add up to 5 team members at Opsgenie.com - Use offer code macosken for $75 off your fir...

- CIRP: New iPhones Drawing More Switchers Than Years Past - Apple Expands iPhone Trade-In Promo Reach - Indian Official Signals Manufacturing Meeting with Apple Next Month - Dan Riccio Email Downplays Curvature of Some iPad Pros - Boxing Day Troll Sues Apple Over Wallet - Apple Music Opening Offices and Event Space in Music City - Sign up to get a FREE company account and add up to 5 team members...

- Qualcomm Wins Injunction Against Sales of Some iPhones in Germany - Apple, Qorvo, and Intel Respond to German Injunction - Apple Issues Update Version of iOS 12.1.2 - Needham Drops Apple Target from $260 to $200l; Likes the Lack of Unit Sales Data - Munster: Siri on HomePod Got Smarter in 2018 - Apple Elevates Head of ML and AI to SVP - Sign up to get a FREE company account and add up to 5 team...

- Jefferies Drops Apple Target to $225 in "Largely Positive" Note - MacRumors: iOS 12.1.2 Release Was About the Qualcomm China Injunction - Jedi Master Apple Says, "You're Not Worried About the Bend" - Instagram Update Gets Hosed on iPhone XR and XS Max - Apple to Allow Gifting of In App Purchases on App Store - Amazon: Third-Party Alexa Speakers will Support Apple Music in the Future - Sign up to...

- WSJ Paints Dismal Picture for Apple in India - Apple Hitting iOS Users with Unsolicited Ads for Apple Services - Apple Pay Gives and Gets Trouble in Switzerland - Apple Planned Austin Campus Gets County Approval - Paul McCartney and Emma Stone Anti-Bullying Video Hits Apple Music - Apple Music Twitter Account Posts from Android Device - Sign up to get a FREE company account and add up to 5 team...

- Apple Quick Releases iOS 12.1.2 - Update or Not, Qualcomm Says Apple Still Violating Chinese Court Order - T-Mobile Turns on eSIM in the States - Ratings Disappear and Reappear for App Store and Apple Podcasts - Apple Takes Shazam App Ad-Free - Apple Offers 10% Bonus to Funds Added to Apple ID - 3D Printed Head Fools Androids; Can't Fool iPhone X - Notable Designer Andrew Kim Leaves Tesla for Ap...

- Ming-Chi Kuo Drops March-Quarter iPhone Sales Guess by 20% - Apple Sued Over Screen Size and Pixel Count in iPhone X Lines - Amazon Alexa App Now Supports Apple Music - Apple Disconnects Apple Music Connect - Steam Dropping Support for Yosemite and Earlier Versions of Mac OS - Cydia: 2008 - 2018 - Auctioned Jobs Artifacts Blow Past Expectations - Apple Takes Three of Adweek's Best 25 Ads of 2018...

- Apple Plans New Campus for Austin; Nationwide Expansion - Macquarie Drops Apple Target on Service Worries - Qualcomm Says iPhone Sales in China Violate Injunction - Qualcomm Seeks Injunction Against iPhone XS/XR Sales in China - Apple Plans Software Patch to "Fix" Qualcomm Complaint - Apple Predicts World's End if Chinese iPhone Ban Upheld - Apple Lures Sony Pictures Casting Exec - Bad Robot to...

Ken's day ended poorly, which means Mac OS Ken really didn't start. It'll be back tomorrow. In the meantime, why not check out Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast, or - if tech's what you dig the most - there's a brand new Checklist by SecureMac: No. 118 - Australia Ruins Everything!

- Apple Supplier TSMC Reports Strong November Numbers - Super Micro: Independent Audit Can't Find Bloomberg's "Big Hack" - Apple Pay Launches in Germany - Egypt Demands Changes to iPhone Distribution Deals: Take 1 - Egypt Demands Changes to iPhone Distribution Deals: Take 2 - JAMF CEO: 2019 to Be Historic Year for Switchers to Mac - Office for Mac Goes Dark (Mode) - For $75 off your first order, v...

- Chinese Court Bans Sale of Some iPhones (Maybe) - Wall Street Says "Whatevs" to China Ruling - Apple Says Every Model of iPhone Still On Sale in China - Citi Drops Apple Target from $240 to $200 - Foxconn and Pegatron Report Robust November Numbers - Apple Stores Damaged in French Riots - Tech Giants Decry Australian Anti-Encryption Law - Epic Ends Sales of Infinity Blade Titles in App Store - F...

- Report: Pegatron Moving iPhone Production from China to Indonesia - Qualcomm President Says His Company "Probably Near the End" of Fight with Apple - Report: Apple Acquires A&R Firm Platoon - CEO of Mango Health Joins Apple - Apple-Owned Beddit Releases Sleep Monitor 3.5 - Apple Testing USB Security Key Support in Safari - YouTubeTV Fixes Low-Rez Streaming Issues on Apple TV - CBS Philly: AirDro...

- Australia Passes Pro-Encryption Law to Weaken Encryption - Rosenblatt Bear Drops Apple Target from $200 to $165 - Apple Releases watchOS 5.1.2 - ECG for watchOS Won't Work Internationally - Apple Store App Updates with Siri Shortcut Support - Siri Shortcuts Stalled Midweek - Apple Opens Carrier Billing in Seven More Countries - Apple Video May Do Violence After All - A Disappointing Day at the A...

- Apple Updates macOS, iOS, and tvOS - Apple Updates Shortcuts App to v2.1.2 - Apple Releases Standalone 18W USB-C Wall Wart for iPhone and iPad - HomePod to Hit Hong Kong and China in Early 2019 - Apple Releases HomePod 12.1.1 - Apple Wins FCC Approval for New Beddit Sleep Monitor - More Jobs and Apple Memorabilia Up for Auction - Squid Trolls Apple on Twitter - Sign up to get a FREE company acco...

- Bloomberg Takes a Look at Apple's iPhone Promos - HSBC Lowers Apple Target from $205 to $200 - Report: Foxconn Considers iPhone Plant in Vietnam - More Make the Move to iOS 12 - Jon Callas Leaves Apple for ACLU - Kevin Durant Drama "Swagger" Gets Series Order from Apple - Winner of Film Prize Shot on iPhone - Sign up to get a FREE company account and add up to 5 team members at Opsgenie.com - Ge...

- Ming-Chi Kuo Predicts Next Two Models of AirPods - Owners Complain of Blurry FaceTime Camera on New MacBook Air - New Cases and Bands for iPhone and Apple Watch - Apple Offers Online Discounts for Veterans and Active Military - Scammy Apps: A Tale of Two from Ars Technica - Scammy Apps: 9 to 5 Mac Tells of Another - Cook Targets Hate Speech at ADL Award Reception - Some Grammy Noms to Be Announc...

- Report: Apple Pay Working in One San Francisco Target Store - Apple Music to Hit Amazon Echo on 17 December - Apple Pulls 700 Apps from App Store in China - Apple Approves Modified DND App for India - Trial Date of 15 April Set for Apple and Qualcomm - Deputy AG Rosenstein Bangs Drum for Encryption Backdoors - Sensor Tower: Black Friday Sets Single-Day Record in U.S. App Store - Apple Highlights...