"Apple Watch wins the wrist war before it starts" Cult of Mac 7:47 AM
"How The Watch Industry Will Save Itself: On the eve of the Apple Watch announcement no one was really sure what to expect. A concerned watch industry insider had called me a few days earlier and asked what I thought. His bosses were concerned, but not overly so, and he wanted some details. No one had any idea what the thing would look like but his bosses wanted some intel. I had none to give." TechCrunch 2:22 PM
"What If IBM's Rommetty and Apple's Cook Were to Swing for the Fences? If IBM and Apple should decide to really work their partnership, the end result could be far better than anything anyone else possibly could create. The solution would combine the power of the oldest, most trusted, and most storied enterprise company with the image of the most attractive and most successful consumer electronics firm from the prior decade. In short, the result could be amazing!" TechNewsWorld 9:38 AM
"Opponent of Apple, Google settlement with workers wants larger cut in new deal" PCWorld 8:00 AM
"5 things Steve Jobs said Apple would never do - and Apple is doing" CNNMoney 9:39 AM
"Apple software quality keeps taking a hammering" MoneyWatch 12:04 PM
"Australian Treasurer grapples with Apple Store debt" ZDNet 7:43 AM
"Blogging on the Go With Desk: I make my living as a writer. I also travel a lot. Anything that makes it easier for me to write on the go is something I can get behind. Desk for Mac was released late last year and does just that. It's also proved popular with other writers—Apple even included it in their prestigious Best Apps of 2014 roundup." Tuts+ 8:10 AM
"Tutorial: Creating hyperlases with Final Cut Pro X" fcp.co 7:47 AM
"Setting Custom Alert Sounds On Your Mac" MacMost 10:49 AM
"A Short Report About Upgrading to a Mac Server" The Tech Night Owl 7:41 AM
"Easy Mac Hacks: Get the RSS Screensaver Back in Yosemite" Mac|Life 2:28 PM
"Break Your Brain On This Mac App" Mac 360 7:32 AM
"Translucent Is Real Time Mac System Information Every Mac User Needs" BohemianBoomer 7:32 AM
"Can This Mac Money Management App Replace Quicken At 1/3rd The Price?" Mac 360 7:32 AM
"A New Way To Look At Photo Management On Your Mac" TeraTalks 7:32 AM
"Get Automatic Folder And File Sync On Your Mac" NoodleMac 7:32 AM
Op/Ed
"iTunes Features that Have Been Retired" Kirkville 8:10 AM
"The OS X/iOS communications experience has improved, but ...." AppleDailyReport 7:58 AM
"iPhone users: How your government spies on you" Computerworld 7:31 AM
"Snowden docs give new insight into how GCHQ tracked iPhone users" iDownload Blog 7:47 AM
"Photographers Turn to the iPad for Independence: A new magazine app on the iPad offers photographers new ways to tell their stories" Time 7:46 AM
"iOS developers share their earnings, and the lessons they've learned along the way" 9to5Mac 7:50 AM
"Citing U.S. and European trade sanctions, Apple severs developer agreements in Crimea" AppleInsider 8:03 AM
"Apple reportedly blocks app developers in Crimea following government sanctions" 9to5Mac 10:22 AM
"Dating apps found 'leaking' location data" BBC 8:00 AM
"Social Network Tsu Is Hacking The App Store's Pay-Per-Download Rules" TechCrunch 4:27 PM
"Apple's MLK Day honors stir controversy" ["Unlike many other big tech firms, Apple does not give its employees a paid vacation day on Monday's federal holiday, which is also known as the MLK Day of Service."] CNNMoney 11:31 AM
"Apple commemorates Martin Luther King on its homepage, encouraging employees to volunteer through gift matching" 9to5Mac 7:40 AM
"Samsung Galaxy S6 To Reportedly Sport All-New Design With Glass Front, Back" HotHardware 8:03 PM
"Young people 'ready to ditch passwords for biometric security': Password overload is causing 'Generation Z' to turn to biometrics for online security" Telegraph 6:56 PM
"Apple Pay competitor Softcard may be bought by Google" TechnologyTell 6:56 PM
"Yes Please: Microsoft 'Theater Mode' Patent Would Silence Your Phone at the Movies" MacTrast 2:34 PM
"Samsung Invents a Smartphone and e-Pen Dock that could double as a Graphics Digitizing Tablet" Patently Apple 2:26 PM
"Goodbye Privacy: White House Sides with UK, Wants Backdoor to Encrypted Data" The Mac Observer 10:23 AM
"Gamer found dead in Internet cafe after 3-day marathon" New York Post 9:51 AM
"Amazon is going to start making movies for theaters and Prime" Gigaom 8:25 AM
"Hacker Lexicon: What Is a Breach Notification?" Wired 8:06 AM
"Xiaomi Unveils Smart Home Suite With Security Features" Bloomberg 8:26 AM
"This Is How Xiaomi Keeps The Cost Of Its Smartphones So Low" TechCrunch 7:41 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-01-19: Xiaomi isn't Apple, Protecting Our Private Data" The Mac Observer 2:06 PM
"There are many ways to transfer files between your Mac and iOS devices. We explore five of them in this episode." The MT Show 7:32 AM
"'Combo Quest' Review - C-C-C-Combo Breaker!" Touch Arcade 11:41 AM
"Drop Wizard – Dropping Into New Age Arcade Fun" Apple'n'Apps 8:06 PM
"Adventure Time Game Wizard Review: The control issues are annoying but Adventure Time Game Wizard offers plenty of charm, along with a way to make your own levels." 148Apps 2:28 PM
"Tesla Wars II: Tesla Wars strikes back in this similar but superior sequel." 148Apps 10:21 AM
"Shadowmatic Review: It's all about the silhouettes." 148Apps 8:10 AM
"Starband Troopers Review: Starband Troopers gives RPGs a fresh new rhythm." 148Apps 9:04 AM
"Gunslugs 2 Review: Gunslugs 2 is a chaotic run and gun shooter with all the subtlety of a brick coming through a window." 148Apps 11:32 AM
"Mental Hospital III Review: Play this one in the dark. I dare ya." 148Apps 2:26 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"Exchange text messages between two iPhones with no cellular data plan Article" iLounge 3:48 PM
"How to Set Speakerphone Mode to Automatically Activate on iPhone Calls" OS X Daily 2:25 PM
"How to setup and use action extensions on iPhone and iPad" iMore 11:41 AM
"iClarified - iPhone - How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 6 Plus, 6, 5s, 5c, 5, 4s Using PP (Mac) [iOS 8.1.2] iClarified 7:47 AM
"Unlock your Mac using Touch ID on your iOS device: Touch ID on an iOS device is a convenient method for unlocking apps and the device itself, and now you can use it to unlock your Mac." CNET 9:06 PM
"UNU ships an iPhone 6 case that can double your battery life" TUAW 2:26 PM
"iPhone Bowling Game Uses iPhone As Wii Style Remote" BGR 2:22 PM
"This Is What Google's New Calendar App for iOS Looks like" The Next Web 11:37 AM
"Screenshots show Google's upcoming Calendar iPhone app w/ Gmail, Photos, & Maps integration" 9to5Mac 11:33 AM
"'Paper Monsters Recut' Makes the Jump from Wii U and Steam to iOS Next Month" Touch Arcade 10:21 AM
"Zynga cofounder's Greedy Goblins 'strategic runner' debuts on the iPhone" VentureBeat 10:21 AM
"Apple TV Adds More Sports Coverage with Tennis Channel" The Mac Observer 11:00 AM
"'Tennis Channel Everywhere' Added to Apple TV Lineu" MacTrast 9:52 AM
"Xbox One SmartGlass app updated with iPhone 6/6 Plus support" 9to5Mac 9:24 AM
"6 Recent App Updates You Shouldn't Miss" Apple Gazette 9:04 AM
"AMD Will Refresh Kaveri APUs This Year, Launch Carrizo for Desktop" Softpedia 10:47 AM
"Oracle names Leon Panetta to board of directors" Associated Press 2:22 PM
"Oracle appoints Leon Panetta as director" AAP 3:48 PM
"Is DivvyCloud Cloud Management Platform the best choice for you?" ZDNet 11:05 AM
"EU Considers Taxing Google, Other U.S. Internet Firms: Bloc Seeks Single Digital Market in Europe; Auto Sector Is a Concern, Oettinger Says" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:26 PM
"China stocks plummet after margin trade crackdown: China's benchmark index suffered its worst day of trading in recent memory on Monday after regulators penalized three brokerages for breaking rules that limit risky margin trading." CNNMoney 6:18 AM
"Europe Holds On to ECB Hope, Shrugs Off China Slump: European stocks and bonds rose on Monday as investors shrugged off the steepest fall in Chinese shares for over six years and bet the European Central Bank will unveil a bond-buying economic stimulus package later this week." Reuters 9:16 AM
"China shares dive as regulators clamp down on margin trading: TOKYO (AP) — Chinese shares plunged about 8 percent Monday after the country's securities regulator imposed margin trading curbs on several major brokerages, a sign authorities are worried about the market's big gains. Other markets in Asia and Europe were mostly higher." Associated Press 12:13 PM
"Asia Markets: China stocks plunge amid regulator crackdown on margins/Chinese stocks dived the most in over six years Monday, with a wide sell-off sweeping across the financial sector as investors turned jittery over the latest move by securities regulators to clean up the margin-trading business." MarketWatch 6:15 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks hit seven-year high with ECB in mind/Europe's broad equity-market benchmark closed higher Monday, hitting a seven-year high as investors weigh up the prospects for quantitative easing from the European Central Bank." MarketWatch 12:12 PM
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