Steve Sande

<p>Welcome to Cyber Monday! Today's podcast give you a quick hint on one place you can find some great deals, and then recounts some of the Apple news for the day:</p><ul><li>Apple released four new TV ads today, all of which focus on iPhone X, Face ID and Animoji</li><li>Four cities around the world will honor the 10th anniversary of Urban Sketchers with sketch walks provided by Apple retail stores in those locales</li><li>A new Apple store will open in Brooklyn, NY this Saturday. Remember, you can usually get free and special commemorative t-shirts at store openings!</li><li>A Japanese Mac blog says that Apple may be opening more stores in Kyoto and Tokyo in the next three years</li></ul>

<p>Mac users! We have just the Cyber Monday deal for you today -- our <strong><a target="_blank" href="https://deals.appleworld.today/sales/master-pwyw-cyber-monday-mac-bundle-ft-path-finder-7-photolemur?utm_source=appleworld.today&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=master-pwyw-cyber-monday-mac-bundle-ft-path-finder-7-photolemur_112717&utm_term=scsf-261164&utm_content=a0x1a000003aPrP&scsonar=1" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pay What You Want Mac Bundle featuring Path Finder 7 and Photolemur 2.2 Spectre</a></strong> is live, with 10 Mac apps that you're going to want to pick up. Even better, you name the price!</p>

<p>Today's Black Friday edition of the AWT News Update is short and sweet, with a few fun news items for you to digest along with yesterday's turkey:</p><ul><li>Apple began selling the iPhone X in 14 new markets today, bringing the total number of countries where the new phone is available up to 71</li><li>There's still time to take advantage of Apple's Black Friday shopping event, where you'll get gift cards up to $150 in value with your purchase of Apple gear</li><li>Apple opened its first re-designed retail store in Australia today, a new store replacing the 9-year-old Chadstone location in Melbourne</li></ul>

<p>You've always wanted a robotic vacuum cleaner that you can control or schedule from your iPhone, right? But the price tag on some of these devices can be prohibitively high, so you've probably put off the purchase. ECOVACS has partnered with Apple World Today on a bunch of Black Friday specials on its line of iOS-controlled robot vacuum cleaners that will have you pulling out your wallet to make the purchase. </p>

<p>It's finally here - Black Friday, and you're hopefully sitting in front of your Mac or lounging in bed with an iPad instead of standing in a crowd in front of a big box store. We've got a TON of deals for you that are already incredibly good, but if you use the coupon code <strong>BFRIDAY20</strong> you'll be able to take another 20% off the price tag at checkout. Remember, when you buy from the Apple World Today Deals Shop, you're also supporting the site.</p>

<p>The subscription-based cross-platform writing app <a target="_blank" href="https://ulyssesapp.com/blog/2017/11/iphone-x/#more-9286" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ulysses received a big update today</a>. Version 12.1 brings a redesign that works with the bezel-free display of the iPhone X, supports Face ID authentication, and more...</p>

<p>As much as we love our MacBook Pros, they're missing a lot. Want to plug in a regular USB cable or flash drive? Nope, can't do it without an adapter. How about reading SD or micro-SD cards? Not going to happen without another adapter. We've got the solution for you! These <strong><a target="_blank" href="https://deals.appleworld.today/sales/homespot-usb-c-hub-for-macbook-pro?utm_source=appleworld.today&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=homespot-usb-c-hub-for-macbook-pro_112317&utm_term=scsf-261171&utm_content=a0x1a000003aPrW&scsonar=1" rel="noopener noreferrer">HomeSpot USB-C Hubs for MacBook Pro</a></strong> add all of the missing ports to your laptop, and you can get one for as low as $54.99. Add coupon code <strong>BFRIDAY20</strong> when checking out, and you take another 20% off of that price, bringing the total to only $43.99!</p>

<p>It's Thanksgiving Day in the USA, which means that the Apple World Today staff will be enjoying time with family and friends. We're sure you'll be doing the same, which is why we'll be on a vacation schedule for the next two days except for many pre-scheduled posts that are coming your way today and tomorrow. </p>

<p>A short podcast today, the day before a national holiday in the USA. We talk about where to watch huge balloons careening around the streets of Manhattan online, iPhones made in India, and a Jony Ive talk that you can't attend:</p><ul><li>Want to watch a mammoth balloon of Olaf from Frozen online instead of standing in the streets of NYC? We tell you who will probably have the parade available on your Mac, iOS devices or Apple TV</li><li>A new iPhone SE could be out in the next three to four months, and this one will be manufactured in India</li><li>Jony Ive will be speaking at Washington, DC's Hirshorn Museum, but tickets to the talk will be harder to come by than an iPhone X</li></ul>

<p>We've got a few really good Black Friday deals for you, and they're live today so you can get an early start on your holiday shopping. </p>

<p>One of our most popular deals is back for the week of Black Friday, and if you would like to learn how to program apps for iOS 11 using Apple's Swift programming language, you're going to love it. <strong><a target="_blank" href="https://deals.appleworld.today/sales/the-complete-ios-11-swift-developer-course-build-20-apps?utm_source=appleworld.today&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-complete-ios-11-swift-developer-course-build-20-apps_112217&utm_term=scsf-261167&utm_content=a0x1a000003aPrS&scsonar=1" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rob Percival's "The Complete iOS 11 & Swift Developer Course" is available for a limited time in the Apple World Today Deals Shop for just $10.</a> </strong></p>

<p>We've got all sorts of fun stories for you today...and even a few ideas for Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals:</p><ul><li>Sonnet is selling the "eGFX Breakaway Box - Developer Edition" (AKA Apple External Graphics Development Kit) for $100, and you don't need to be a developer to get one</li><li>Quartz finds out that Android devices gather location data even with location services turned off, when apps aren't being used, and even without a SIM installed</li><li>Google's Fuchsia OS is being designed so that Swift apps can run on the OS</li><li>Gamevice announces that its controller for iPhone and iPad is now fully compatible with the DJI Spark drone</li></ul>

<p>Most Tuesday nights, you can join the AWT crew broadcasting <strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/c/appleworldtoday" rel="noopener noreferrer">AWT TV</a></strong> on YouTube Live talking over the latest Apple news, demoing apps and accessories, and otherwise having a good time. Tonight's show begins at 6:30 PM PT / 9:30 PM ET and we'll find plenty to talk about -- even in a slow news season like we're in right now. </p>

<p>Since construction began on Apple Park back in 2015, we've been following several drone pilots who have been capturing the progress of construction on the new Apple headquarters. Now that the campus is nearly complete, pilot/videographer <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrNk0Ymg6JeagiMSNAiBglg" rel="noopener noreferrer">Matthew Roberts</a> of Maverick Solutions took one more flight to capture the latest changes.</p>

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