Panel:

• Bart Busschots (host) - @bbusschots
• Adam Christianson from The Mac Cast - @maccast
• Gazmaz from the My Mac Podcast - @gazmaz
• Victor Cajiao from the 3 Nerd Things Podcast - @victorcajiao
• Dr. Robert Carter from the Tech Doctor Podcast - @robert_carter

The show starts with some not-so-quick followups to stories from previous months, then moves on to look at just one notable number - Apple's 104% share of smartphone profits. For the first time in the show's history, there is no legal news to talk about. The four main stories are the possible effect of Donald Trump's election on Apple, Apple's firing of Automation chief Sal Soghoian, the end of Apple's router team, and three repair programs launched by Apple this November. The show finishes with a quick rundown of some other shorter Apple-related stories that made the news in November.

You'll find detailed show notes below the fold, and if you enjoy this free show, please consider clicking on the donate button at the top of the left side bar - the show is free for you to listen to, but not for Bart to Produce!

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Followup

• To ease people's transition to the new MBP, Apple have dropped the price of their USB-C dongles - tidbits.com/...
• As expected, Ireland have formally appealed the Apple tax ruling form the EU Commission - www.reuters.com/...
• Apple's promised App store cleanup gets underway - social.techcrunch.com/...

Notable Numbers

• BMO Capital Markets analyst Tim Long estimates Apple's share of smartphone profits at 104% in Q3 2016 - www.investors.com/...

Main Stories

1. Donald Trump Elected US President
   • Tim Cook sends email to all Apple employees urging everyone to move forward together - www.loopinsight.com/...
   • China threatens to block iPhone sales if Trump imposes tariffs - arstechnica.com/...
   • Trump tells Tim Cook he wants Apple to 'build a big plant' in USA - www.macobserver.com/... & arstechnica.com/...
   • A good piece from the NYT outlining how Apple already employs many Americans, and pays them a fair wage - www.nytimes.com/...
2. Apple abolish the role of Product Manager of Automation Technologies, and let the father of AppleScript, Sal Soghoian, go - www.macobserver.com/...
   • FAQ on Sal's home page - macosxautomation.com/...
   • Replying to a customer email, Craig Federighi says Apple will continue to 'support' automation technologies - 9to5mac.com/...
3. Apple disbands their router team - www.bloomberg.com/...
   • Ironically, Apple's Airport Routers to the 2016 JD Power Customer Satisfaction report for Wireless Routers - www.jdpower.com/...
4. Apple announce a number of repair programs:
   • A free battery replacement program for iPhone 6s to deal with unexpected shutdowns - tidbits.com/... - check if you are eligible - www.apple.com/...
   • Apple launch a paid repair program for iPhone 6Plus phones with so-called touch disease - www.macobserver.com/...
   • Apple are preparing a refund program for 27" iMacs with hinge problems - www.apple.com/...

Quick Stories

• iOS 10.2 beta brings back star ratings in the Music app - www.macobserver.com/...
• AppleTV apps can now be purchased on iOS, macOS and Windows - www.imore.com/...
• Microsoft are bringing Visual Studio to the Mac - a preview version has been released - www.imore.com/...
• ApplePay comes to Spain - www.macobserver.com/...
  • Related - a list of all banks that support ApplePay - www.imore.com/...
• Reminder that Apple have an extended return policy over the holiday season - www.imore.com/...