A new display plant built in the US for Apple could come with 30,000 jobs, and one Wall Street analyst thinks it hints at a future Apple TV.

Source: There’s speculation that Apple could build a TV — because of Trump

RMAD tools spur the trend of citizen developers in the enterprise, as professionals are impatient with IT taking too long to deliver mobile business apps.

With FileMaker, an application development platform that does not require any coding, Benedict built Apple iOS apps that employees of his home carpeting and flooring company use to track inventory, check prices, log customer information, integrate calendar and email, and more.

“It takes about a day or two to build one single-purpose app,” said Benedict, owner of Ruggs Benedict in Avon, Colo. “You can build these apps to do just what you want, but then you can tie them all together. We use them to run the entire business.”

Source: Citizen developers pull the rug out from under IT with RMAD tools

Will Apple launch the ‘iPhone X’ in 2017? This curious name is suggested in the latest reports from the supply chains working on the smartphone hardware for Cupertino. Apple could be ready to drop the ‘8’ from the brand and go with something straight out of a 1950s Science Fiction caper.

Source: New Apple Rumor Reveals Mysterious iPhone

“New Year’s Day was the “busiest single day ever,” according to the Mac maker, generating $240 million in sales”

Source: Apple’s App Store had a monster 2016

Source: Estimote uses their new mesh network of BLE beacons to decorate a yuletide tree | TechCrunch

Everyone knows the holiday season means three things: family, friends and interconnected low-energy Bluetooth devices connected using a simple mesh network. Estimote, a beacon company, has given us the last thing by creating a small mesh network of wireless beacons that they proceed to hang on a Christmas tree.

The new beacons run Bluetooth Low Energy and connect to each other automatically. They last for years on one battery and can be programmed to expand a BLE network throughout an entire area, each beacon handing off to the next as necessary.