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The holidays are usually a fun and happy time. You sing carols around the Festivus pole or holiday tree. You countdown the hours until midnight during New year's Eve with that shiny new Apple Watch. And you reflect back on the year that was with a sense of reverence. Um, yeah, that is how it is meant to be unless you factor in the party pooper of all years 2016. Not even the company Steve Jobs built was immune to the harshest of years as you will see in the stories below. Moreover, and I cannot underscore this enough, I had to quit capturing links for this edition because it was frankly making me depressed. Dogpiling, kicking you when you are down or even opportunistic doesn t begin to summarize the wide array of sadness that comes from Apple watching these days. Here s hoping that 2017 brings us an Amazon Echo competitor, foldable iPhones plus self driving iCars!

Welcome back everyone to the news that was, and wasn't in some cases, for that little 'ol company that has most of the money on the planet. More on that in a moment.

Welcome to Sczweck on Tech, a new podcast featuring the latest and greatest in assistive technology. In this episode, Dale Sczweck discusses the accessibility of smart watches including the Pebble and the Samsung Galaxy Gear. His findings, especially for low vision users, may surprise you. Dale Sczweck is an assistive technology trainer from Illinois. Reach out to Dale, on Twitter at @betteroffdale.