Weekly Highlights: Apple Pay Growth, Apple Watch Sales Potential And More

A new year and a new slate of Apple Inc. AAPL headlines. The Cupertino, California-based tech giant is ready to bring Apple Pay to more locations -- including those outside of the United States. Apple could also dominate the wearable tech space even if only a small fraction of iPhone users purchase an Apple Watch. On a less positive note, Apple's Touch ID was bypassed by hackers who used a very simple technique. The company is also being sued over storage issues relating to iOS 8. And in news that has nothing to do with Apple, Yahoo! Inc. YHOO is rumored to be exploring the possibility of buying a pay-TV company. Disclosure: At the time of this writing, Louis Bedigian had no position in the equities mentioned in this slideshow.