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- TechCrunch: COVID-19 Helps Apple Hit $3T Market Value - CNET: Apple Market Value Greater Than Most National GDPs - Apple Insider is Less Impressed with the Financial News Than Future Plans - Apple Shares Start 2022 with New Intraday and Closing Highs - Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple Sold 90 Million Pairs of AirPods Last Quarter - Wedbush: Apple Sold 40 Million iPhone 13s Last Quarter - Wedbush: Services the "Linchpin" to Apple's Valuation - Apple Turns Landing Page Over to Fitness+ and Apple Watch Promotion - Apple Insider: Dutch Authorities Demand App Store Payment Changes by Mid-January - 9 to 5 Mac: App Store Payment Changes Focused on Dating Apps (???) - WSJ: Chip Shortage to Last Thanks to Worker Shortage - Report: Apple Doles Out Restricted Stock to Keep Certain Employees Around - Apple Sends Special T-Shirts to Apple Silicon Transition Teams - Upstart - Fair & fast personal loans. Learn more and check your rate at Upstart.com/macosken. - Headspace - Meditation made simple. Get a FREE one month trial at Headspace.com/macosken - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

- Sporadic COVID Closures End the Year for Apple Retail - Apple Shares Just Miss $3T Market Cap at Year's End - J.P. Morgan: iPhone 13 Line Nears Supply/Demand Balance - Apple Puts Indian Foxconn Plant on Probation Over Employee Living Conditions - Journalists Record Deplorable Living Conditions at Indian Foxconn Plant - Apple Releases Special Edition "Year of the Tiger" AirPods Pro in Select Regions - Apple Releases Special Edition "Year of the Tiger" Beats Studio Buds In China - Apple Including "Year of the Tiger" AirTag with Purchases in Japan - Foundation and Piracy: Apple TV+ Series Among Most Pirated Shows of 2021 - USA Today: "For All Mankind" Tops for TV in 2021 - Rolling Stone: "For All Mankind" Tops for TV in 2021 - BlackBerry Consumer Services Go Dark on 4 January 2022 - Upstart - Fair & fast personal loans. Learn more and check your rate at Upstart.com/macosken. - Headspace - Meditation made simple. Get a FREE one month trial at Headspace.com/macosken - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

The time MacCast's Adam Christianson and Ken spent with the Silicon Valley Macintosh User Group ended with questions about the road ahead. That wrapped our discussion, and wraps this week of special shows. - Upstart - Fair & fast personal loans. Learn more and check your rate at Upstart.com/macosken. - Get 40% off your new home security system by visiting SimpliSafe.com/macosken - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

AR, VR, Apple Car, AirTag - all of that and "Ted Lasso," too when MacCast's Adam Christianson and Ken recap some of the biggest Apple news stories for 2021. - Upstart - Fair & fast personal loans. Learn more and check your rate at Upstart.com/macosken. - Get 40% off your new home security system by visiting SimpliSafe.com/macosken - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

Data held on our phones and holding new phones - MacCast's Adam Christianson and Ken hit NSO Group, Apple's expanded protection for children plans, and the launch of iPhone 13 as our recap of the biggest Apple news stories of 2021 continues. - Upstart - Fair & fast personal loans. Learn more and check your rate at Upstart.com/macosken. - Get 40% off your new home security system by visiting SimpliSafe.com/macosken - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

It is a hardware heavy day when MacCast's Adam Christianson talks about Apple's expanding M1 ecosystem. Our recap of the biggest Apple news stories of 2021 continues. - Upstart - Fair & fast personal loans. Learn more and check your rate at Upstart.com/macosken. - Get 40% off your new home security system by visiting SimpliSafe.com/macosken - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

This week, MacCast's Adam Christianson and I recap some of the biggest Apple news stories for 2021. Today, it's a look at expectations headed into the year, and Apple's second year of COVID-19. - Get 40% off your new home security system by visiting SimpliSafe.com/macosken - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

- Strategy Analytics: iPhone Tops in 5G Shipments and Revenue in Q3 - Apple Spurs Significant Wearables Growth in META Region - TSA to Pilot Accepting IDs in Apple Wallet in Early 2022 - Report: App Store Makes More Millionaires than Google Play - Report: Advertising VP Nick Law Leaving Apple - Upstart - Fair & fast personal loans. Learn more and check your rate at Upstart.com/macosken. - Get 40% off your new home security system by visiting SimpliSafe.com/macosken - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

- JP Morgan: Interest in iPhone 13 Still Skewed to the Pros - Strategy Analytics: Apple Smart Speaker Shipments Double in 3Q21 - Commercial Times Posts Alleged Apple Silicon Release Map - iOS/iPadOS 15.3 Betas Out to Public Testers - Apple Brings Updated 3D Maps to Philadelphia, PA - Typhoon Rai Leaves at Least 375 Dead in the Philippines - Apple Pledges Recovery Support in Typhoon Rai's Wake - Food Poisoning at Foxconn iPhone Plant in India Leads to Protests, Arrests - Report: Apple Producing iPhone 13 in India in Early 2022 - Upstart - Fair & fast personal loans. Learn more and check your rate at Upstart.com/macosken. - Get 40% off your new home security system by visiting SimpliSafe.com/macosken - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

- Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple's Mixed Reality Headset Coming in 2022 - Apple Seeds First macOS Monterey 12.2 Beta to Developers - Apple Seeds First Betas of iOS/iPadOS/tvOS 15.3 and watchOS 8.3 to Developers - Apple Updates Design Resources for Developers - Apple Says iPhone in India Too Small to be Abusive - USPS Now Accepts Apple Pay Online and In-App, But Not at Post Office - Apple Lets Viewers Spend Eight-Minutes Behind-the-Scenes of "Finch" - Showing My Mug at SVMUG Tonight! - Upstart - Fair & fast personal loans. Learn more and check your rate at Upstart.com/macosken. - Get 40% off your new home security system by visiting SimpliSafe.com/macosken - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!