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In the News blog post for January 2, 2026
https://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2026/01/in-the-news810.html

00:00 Happy New Year! 🥳
00:58 Auspicious Apples
15:00 New Apples and Rotting Apples
24:18 The Gift That Keeps On Giving
27:59 A Drop In The Bucket
35:02 Live Boarding
38:03 Quit Quitting
42:35 Crash Zoom Boom
43:15 Brett’s Apple TV Tip: Double-Touch the Clickpad on your Remote for Time Remaining
48:13 Jeff’s iTip: Password and Passcode Planning for the Unthinkable

Jason Snell | Six Colors: 2026 Predictions: Executive shuffles, interesting iPhones, weird Mac moves

Mark Spoonauer | Tom’s Guide: 5 new Apple products for 2026 that will change everything — iPhone Fold, cheap MacBook, Apple glasses and more

M.G. Siegler | Spyglass: 10 Big Predictions for 2026

Chance Miller | 9to5Mac: All the new products Apple released in 2025

David Snow | Cult of Mac: All the products Apple killed in 2025 — with more to come in 2026

Hartley Charlton | MacRumors: What You Can (and Can't) Use an Apple Gift Card For

Chance Miller | 9to5Mac: An Apple Gift Card is a great excuse to try Apple’s best services

Glenn Fleishman | Six Colors: AirDrop codes allow temporary persistent contact

Ryan Christoffel | 9to5Mac: Apple Wallet’s iOS 26 boarding passes now offered by three major airlines

Juli Clover | MacRumors: Apple Teases 'Something Big' Coming Soon to Apple Fitness+

Juli Clover | MacRumors: Apple Shares New 'Quit Quitting' Apple Watch Ads

Brett’s Apple TV Tip: Double-touch the clickpad on your Apple TV remote to see what time the show will end
https://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/12/10/apple-tv-time-remaining-video-scrubber-howto/

Jeff’s iTip: Password and Passcode Planning for the Unthinkable
Rajat Saini | The Mac Observer: This Is How One Family Accessed iPhone Passwords After Owner’s Death
https://www.macobserver.com/news/family-accessed-iphone-passwords-after-death/

1Password: digital estate planning:
https://1password.com/blog/get-st

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