iPhone X sales push Apple shares to record high

Maybe it isn't smart enough yet.

Apple delays launch of its HomePod smart speaker until next year

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/17/apple...next-year.html

From the Apple Insider website:

Apple's billion-dollar video investment seen leading to Netflix competitor
Not content with just Apple Music subscriptions, Apple could be gearing up for an "all-in-one Apple video and music offering," offering original content for a monthly fee within the next two to three years.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/...lix-competitor

Apple says illegal student labor discovered at iPhone X plant in China

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-a...-idUSKBN1DM1LA

Apple is doing quite well, thank you, but market analysts can still find reasons to be pessimistic.

Why Wall Street is getting worried about Apple's stock price

http://www.fortune.com/2017/11/27/wa...t-apple-stock/

Apple has a new YouTube channel full of iPhone tips and tricks
Business Insider, Nov 28 2017

Apple launched a new YouTube channel today with short videos on iPhone tips and tricks. After years of quietly resisting social media, Apple is now embracing it, especially for customer support. Apple quietly launched an official Apple Support YouTube channel on Monday. So far, the new online presence for Apple has 10 videos highlighting little tips and tricks for the iPhone.

The videos: http://www.businessinsider.com/apple...tricks-2017-11

Apple's High Sierra operating system has a security flaw that will allow anyone to unlock a locked Mac without a password. Apple today released a software update to fix the flaw. It will automatically be installed on affected computers.

MacOS High Sierra bug: Blank password let anyone take control of a Mac

http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...-security-flaw

But wait -- there's more! Here is another Apple operating system with a flaw: iPhone users who are using Apple's iOS 11.1.2 are unable to type the words "it" and "is." The system changes them to "I.T." and "I.S." Get ready for Apple iOS 11.1.3. Meanwhile. Apple closed today at $169.48, a drop of $3.59 (2.07%).

New Apple iOS 11 release has a nasty surprise

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonke.../#c6b86f052e84

Oh boy, let's all buy several for Christmas gifts.

Apple still has one more major product to launch this year
The iMac Pro will start at $4,999 and is the most powerful computer Apple has ever created.

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/04/imac-...-december.html

Apple will have to sell almost 31,000,000 of those $4,999 computers to cover this payment:

Apple agrees to pay Ireland $15.4 billion in back taxes to appease the European Union

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/05/eu-ap...ack-taxes.html

Forbes contributor Gordon Kelly gets right to the point. he says Apple's new operating system is "a mess."

Apple iOS 11.2 has serious problems

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonke.../#512c2eed59d9