• In a surprising turn of events, Jony Ive has taken back the reigns of Apple’s design team.
• The new iMac is out, and the reviews are coming in.  We’ll tell you what’s new about this beastly machine with a MONSTER price tag
• By the numbers: how much dough Apple earns every single second will help you realize what plebeians we all are
• And we wrap with how Apple got it right 2017, and what they need to do better in 2018!

• Jony Ive is reportedly returning to hands-on design duties at Apple, two years after being promoted to the role of Chief Design Officer.
• According to an Apple spokesperson, “With the completion of Apple Park, Apple’s design leaders and teams are again reporting directly to Jony Ive, who remains focused purely on design.”
• Why Ive would be returning to his old role isn’t immediately clear — nor what this means for Dye and Howarth. Ironically, at the time that Ive was given his new job in 2015, some pundits suggested it meant Jony was on his way out of Apple, and this was a way of carrying out the transition. Now that he is “demoted” to his old position, no doubt many people will take it as signaling much the same thing.

• Just a heads up: Got my first AT&T bill with my Apple Watch LTE added on. Taxes on the $10 data plan add-on come to $7.69 meaning the cellular plan for the watch is actually $17.69/month or $212.28 for a year of service. That's insane and totally not worth it. Just wanted to make people aware of the fact that AT&T conveniently neglects to mention how expensive the plan will actually be.

• Jailbreaking was once a necessity to millions of iPhone owners, is just about dead, at least according to Cydia store creator Jay Freeman
• Many of the features that made jailbreaking so popular — like video recording, useful settings toggles, custom ringtones, and enhanced multitasking — are now baked into iOS. So jailbreaking is no longer required for many iPhone and iPad users.
• It was the only way to obtain native apps during the handset’s first year on the market. But even after the launch of the App Store, users turned to jailbreaking to get their hands on software Apple wouldn’t allow.
• Two of Cydia’s largest repositories have been shutdown as jailbreaking dies out. ModMy and ZodTTD are no longer available, leaving BigBoss as the only major source still available to those who want apps and tweaks you can’t find in the App Store.

• Apple wants to help you make the most of your iPhone and iPad with a brand new YouTube channel. It offers a collection of how-to videos that teach you how to take screenshots, send attachments in Mail, print on the go, and more.
• The channel, which launched on Monday evening, currently hosts ten how-to videos. They’ll teach you how to do things like change your wallpaper, mute or leave a group conversation in iMessage, delete call logs and photos, and more.
• Each video is under two minutes in length. It provides step-by-step instructions for each how-to, with useful bullet points that make the directions easier to follow. English captions are also available if required.

• Swipe up and over to the right for app switching, or swipe up and to the right
• Swipe up the down for reachability.
• You can then access control center from the top of the lowered screen
• Close apps by swiping them up (instead of using the lame minus icon)
• Volume up. Volume Down.  Power button hold to restart/shutdown

• HomePod’s been delayed, we’ll talk about that, but Bloomberg put out an interesting piece on the history of the HomePod, and it gives previously undisclosed details of the device you may find very interesting.
• We gotta talk about net neutrality
• How Tesla just out Apple’d, Apple
• Is there still a point to Apple TV?  
• Tactics to get the best prices on all the Black Friday stuff you want
• Oh yeah, and 🦃 Gobble gobble yaaa’aaall! 🦃

• FCC is about to kill Net Neutrality, and they’re calling it the Restoring internet freedom order
• They’re currently taking our feedback into account, but the official vote for the order will be on Dec. 14th
• Details of the new plan will were released today.  The plan completely removes restrictions on throttling or prioritizing content, and explicitly allows paid prioritization of content
• Go to Battleforthenet.com.  It will help you take action. If will connect you to your congress person via phone and even provide you a script of what to say.

• Apple’s new Siri-powered smart speaker won’t be one of the hottest gifts of the 2017 holiday season after all.
• The HomePod was set to launch in December 2017, but the company released a statement today saying it needs more time to make the smart speaker ready for customers.
• “We can’t wait for people to experience HomePod, Apple’s breakthrough wireless speaker for the home, but we need a little more time before it’s ready for our customers. We’ll start shipping in the US, UK, and Australia in early 2018
• When it does launch, HomePod will cost $349, making it a lot more pricey than rival smart speakers from Amazon and Google

• HomePod has been in development since 2012, and it’s not like the Echo.
• The engineers and designers wanted to build a really great speaker that  "sounded better than the ones sold by the likes of Bose, JBL and Harman Kardon”
• Prototypes ranged from a flat panel with a mesh screen to one measuring some three feet tall with dozens of speakers
• In 2014, the project went from prototyping into an official endeavor
• In that same year, Amazon released their Echo, and it reportedly blind-sided Apple’s engineers. They joked with each other that there must be mole working amongst them.

• Two weeks with the X.  We’ll tell you what we like and what still sucks.
• Some very exciting new rumors about the next international of iPhone X
• Two big features coming you to in iOS 11.2 which is now in its 3rd beta
• What we tell you what we like and don’t about our favorite gadgets in a all-new under review 🤜🏼💥🤛🏼

• One of the most reliable Apple analysts in the game is predicting big things for the iPhone X design in 2018.
• According to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will release an iPhone X Plus next year with the biggest smartphone screen the company has ever made.
• Kuo says Apple will release three iPhones in 2018 with a notch design. There will supposedly be a 5.8-inch (updated X) and a 6.5-inch model, both with OLED displays.
• The third iPhone will supposedly have a 6.1-inch LCD display but come with the same bezel-free design as the iPhone X.
• The 6.5-inch iPhone X Plus will have a display with 480 to 500 pixels per inch, possibly making it more pixel dense than the iPhone X. The 6.1-inch LCD version will only have a display with 320 to 330 PPI.

• According to a Bloomberg, Apple is working on a new rear-mounted “3D sensor” for its 2019 iPhone, which will help further the company’s augmented reality ambitions.
• The new system will work using lasers and measuring the amount of time it takes for them to bounce back to create a depth map. This is reportedly different to the TrueDepth sensor system used on the front of the iPhone X, which uses a pattern of 30,000 laser dots to measure depth information for features like Face ID.

• Apple Pay cash, which will work on the iPad.
• Apple has added support for faster 7.5W wireless charging in its latest iOS 11.2 beta. iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X all support the increased charging speed. You’ll need a compatible wireless charging mat to take advantage of it, however.

• Apple supposedly plans to slap an octa-core processor in next year’s iPad Pro, making them the most powerful tablets Apple’s ever made.
• For the iPhone X and iPhone 8, Apple created the A11 Bionic chip that comes with two high-performance cores and four high-efficiency cores.
• This is the same chip that is currently faster than the chips in 2012 iMacs and my 2013 MacBook Pro.
• My machine is 33% in multicore tests, but image if they add another 2 high performance cores to the iPad.

• Automatic Setup signs you into iCloud, Keychain, iTunes, the App Store, iMessage and FaceTime using your Apple ID, according to Apple. It also takes care of device settings like language, region, network, keyboard preferences, Siri and Home and health data.
• The setup is reminiscent of setting up a new Apple Watch, but even easier.

• Displaymate:  iPhone X's display resolution provides "significantly higher image sharpness" than can be analyzed by a person with normal 20/20 vision at a 12-inch viewing distance. DisplayMate said this means that it's now "absolutely pointless" to increase the display resolution and pixels per inch of the iPhone any further, since there would be "no visual benefit" for users
• "highest absolute color accuracy of any display we have ever tested," with a display that is "visually indistinguishable from perfect.”

• Stress tests by SquareTrade Labs used a range of scientific robots to drop, bend, tumble, and dunk their new iPhone X to see how it managed to hold up to “everyday” damage.
• They’re calling the X the most breakable, highest priced, most expensive to repair iPhone ever.

• Apple’s new peer-to-peer payments system called Apple Pay Cash is finally rolling out to public beta testers today with the release of the public beta for iOS 11.2 beta 2 and watchOS 4.2 beta 2, giving iPhone and iPad users the ability to send money to each other electronically.
• It lets you send money to each other using iMessage.
• You can send up to $3,000 and the transaction is free if you use a debit card registered in your Apple Wallet.
• Have a credit or debit card registered in your Apple Wallet
• Be in the United States
• Have two-factor authentication activated on your Apple ID
• Use an iPhone 6 or newer
• Both you and the receiver must be running iOS 11.2
• If you meet the above requirements, a new app will show up in the iMessage Dock
• Once you hit $500 in Apple Pay Cash transactions, you must verify your identity. To do so, you need to take a picture of your driver’s license or official state ID card, and provide some personal information (Social Security number and so on).

• Thanks to Face ID, the iPhone X knows when its owner is looking at it, and can hide the content of your notifications until you do so. Now, if somebody else picks up your iPhone X and takes a peek at your incoming alerts, it will only see a list of the apps that have notifications for you.

• How to get the best deal on your iPhone X, save yourself some serious buckets
• Why Woz says the iPhone X will be the first iPhone he won’t buy day one
• Would you let your delivery man enter your house when you’re not home? We discuss Amazon key!
• Plus we’ll tell what we like and don’t about the gadgets we’re reviewing in an all-new Under Review

• Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says the iPhone X is the first iPhone he doesn’t plan to buy on “day one.”
• “I’d rather wait and watch that one,” Wozniak said during an interview at the Money 20/20 conference. “I’m happy with my iPhone 8 — which is the same as the iPhone 7, which is the same as the iPhone 6, to me. " will, so I’ll be close enough to see it.”

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• Apple has promised that iPhone X will be available to walk-in customers on launch day.
• You will also be able to purchase iPhone X from Apple Stores beginning Friday, November 3 at 8 a.m. local time. “Stores will have iPhone X available for walk-in customers, who are encouraged to arrive early,” Apple says.

• Would you be cool with your delivery person opening your front door when you’re away to drop off your package?
• Amazon Key, uses a smart lock and connected camera. When a delivery is made the courier scans the package's barcode which sends an access request to Amazon's cloud. When it grants permission, the camera starts recording, the courier swipes a prompt on their app and then your door unlocks. They leave the package by the door and relock it on their way out. You'll get a notification that the delivery has been made, along with a video of the drop-off to reassure you everything was done above board.
• Amazon has designed the service with deliveries in mind, but Key has a bunch of other uses, too. For example, you can use it to give permanent access to people you trust or temporary access to visitors such as dog-walkers, cleaners or guests (this could be especially helpful for Airbnbhosts).

• Did you know iOS 11 had a one-handed keyboard built right in?
• Anytime the keyboard is on screen, you can just long-press the little globe icon to bring up the keyboard selection popover. This is the same globe icon you use to select the emoji keyboard, to cycle between any keyboards you have active on your iPhone
• The keyboard-switching globe icon only appears if you have more than one keyboard active on your iPhone.
• Long-pressing the globe icon brings up the familiar popover, only in iOS 11 it now has an extra row of keyboard glyphs at the bottom.
• Just select the one-handed keyboard you want, and poof, a keyboard you can type on with just one hand

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