"Exclusive: Apple's health tech takes early lead among top hospitals" ["Fourteen of 23 top hospitals contacted by Reuters said they have rolled out a pilot program of Apple's HealthKit service - which acts as a repository for patient-generated health information like blood pressure, weight or heart rate - or are in talks to do so."] Reuters 7:32 AM
"Factbox: Hospitals launching pilots of Apple health tech" Reuters 8:00 AM
"More hospitals are trying Apple HealthKit than Google Fit" The Verge 8:02 AM
"HealthKit pilot programs rolling out in over half of the top 23 hospitals" 9to5Mac 7:54 AM
"Apple in talks for streaming TV content: report" AFP 7:52 AM
"Apple's Streaming Music Service Is On The Way" Forbes 7:29 AM
"Is Apple Actually Getting Into the Web TV Game?" Entrepreneur 4:02 PM
"Apple Is Working On Its Own Web-Based TV Service" Redmond Pie 7:54 AM
"Apple prepares to put the Beats into iTunes" iTWire 7:26 AM
"Hell freezes over? Apple comes to Android: Fresh rumors claim Apple's Beats service will be made available as an Android app, echoing making iTunes available for Windows." Computerworld 8:58 AM
"Where Apple Gets the Tantalum for Your iPhone" Newsweek 7:57 AM
"Tesla has hired more workers from Apple than from anyplace else" Bloomberg 9:15 PM
"Apple, Tesla Fighting Over Top Employees" MacRumors 9:15 PM
"Apple releases OS X 10.10.3 pre-release seed to testers with all-new Photos app" 9to5Mac 1:38 PM
"Apple Seeds OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 to Developers With an All-new Photos App" Modmyi 1:38 PM
"Photos: Your entire photo collection. Framed in a whole new way. Coming This Spring" Apple 1:42 PM
"Apple delays Photos for Mac release until spring" Cult of Mac 1:02 PM
"Apple previews new Photos app to OS X developers" Computerworld 3:42 PM
"New Apple Photos app contains 'UXKit' framework" Six Colors 2:29 PM
"8 awesome features in Apple's new Photos for Mac" Cult of Mac 2:35 PM
"Adobe again updates Flash to fix new critical flaw" Electronista 5:25 PM
"Adobe Blocks (Another!) 0-Day Vulnerability in Flash Player 16.0.0.296" Intego 2:38 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Yosemite discussion continues on migration procedures and issues, plus notes about Finder bugs (copying files in column mode), Safari preference problems, etc." MacInTouch 2:40 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Hands On: Apple's New 'Photos for Mac' Is a Vast Improvement Over iPhoto" Wired 2:29 PM
"Photos for the Mac Is Clean, Fast, Connected — and Unfinished" Yahoo Tech 2:29 PM
"Everything you need to know about Apple's new Photos app for Mac: Apple's new photo-syncing setup is a huge improvement — but the devil is in the details" The Verge 2:28 PM
"What you need to know about Photos for OS X" iMore 5:41 PM
"Bye Bye, iPhoto: Apple Reboots With Photos for Mac/New OSX App Makes a Case to Pony Up for iCloud Storage" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:26 PM
"Mac Photos Beta Will Disappoint Aperture Users" The Mac Observer 9:04 PM
"Switching to Mac: Translating Windows terminology to OS X" iMore 10:12 AM
"The Mac Pro and Final Cut Pro X one year on. What has changed?" fcp.co 8:50 AM
"How to encrypt your Mac with FileVault 2, and why you absolutely should" Macworld 7:36 AM
"iOS Tops Android in U.S. for First Time Since 2012: Apple's iOS overtook Android during the fourth quarter of 2014, taking back the lead it lost two years earlier." PC Magazine 11:09 AM
"Apple makes money, but Android makes markets" TechRepublic 7:33 AM
"Apple, Dell and Lenovo laptops offered to 2,000 government staff under CYOD scheme" V3 8:05 AM
"A Second Class Action has been filed against Apple for Falsely Advertising iDevice Storage Capacities" Patently Apple 1:40 PM
"China's smartphone makers look to take on Apple and Samsung overseas" South China Morning Post 4:14 PM
"Obama after sneak peek at original iPhone: 'If it were legal, I would buy a boatload of Apple stock. This thing is going to be really big'" 9to5Mac 7:48 AM
"Crazy iPhone rig shows how Chinese workers manipulate App Store rankings" Cult of Mac 7:45 AM
"Swatch Plans Smartwatch to Compete With Apple Watch's Debut" Bloomberg 4:11 PM
"Swatch planning cross-platform smartwatch & mobile payments to compete with Apple Watch, says CEO" 9to5Mac 9:33 AM
"Swatch will launch its new smartwatch in time to battle the Apple Watch" The Next Web 8:05 AM
"Victim helpless over stolen iPad: A man who tracked his stolen iPad is disappointed police could not obtain a search warrant to recover it." The Dominion Post 10:12 AM
"Aussie app developers relatively trustworthy" iTWire 7:27 AM
"Typo ordered to pay BlackBerry $860k for selling its knockoff iPhone keyboard case" 9to5Mac 8:30 AM
"Steve Jobs Movie Gets an October Release Date" TG Daily 7:59 AM
Non-Apple News
"Typekit founder Jeffrey Veen leaves Adobe for design gig at True Ventures" VentureBeat 7:35 PM
"Twitter blames glitch in Apple's iOS 8 for loss of 4M new users [u] AppleInsider 7:30 PM
"RadioShack Files for Bankruptcy: Electronics Retailer to Sell as Many as 2,400 Stores to Standard General" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:53 PM
"GoPro Rides Big Wave of Camera Sales, But Shares Wipe Out" Time 6:39 PM
"Pandora plunges more than 20% on revenue miss" CNBC 5:51 PM
"It will soon be a lot easier to unlock a phone from America's top carriers — here's what you need to know" iMore 2:29 PM
"Sprint scores almost a million new connections in Q3, but the growth comes at a cost" iMore 8:50 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Sprint Takes $1.9 Billion Charge To Write Down Brand Name" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1:40 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-02-05: Net Neutrality, New iPhone Malware" The Mac Observer 12:36 PM
"#25: The Microsoft of Ourselves/To celebrate the show's silver anniversary, the boys talk about Stephen's shownote museum, Myke's Mac Pro and Federico's iPad Air 2." Connected Podcast 9:58 AM
"Your Mac Life Archives #1041 for February 4th, 2015!" Your Mac Life 7:27 AM
"'Ruskie' malware pwns iOS 7: Attackers, perhaps of Russian origin are infecting the iPhones linked to government, defence and media sectors with dangerous spy malware capable of breaching non-jailbroken devices, researchers say." The Register 7:30 AM
"New iOS malware can steal personal information from non-jailbroken devices" BetaNews 8:05 AM
"New iOS 'XAgent' malware spreads by ad hoc provisioning, infected PC" MacNN 10:33 AM
"XAgent iPhone Malware Attack Steals Data without Jailbreaking" The Mac Observer 11:05 AM
"Mac sales expected to rise through 2015" TechnologyTell 3:42 PM
"Conflicting Report Suggests Apple's Feb Event Won't Happen" RazorianFly 7:52 AM
"Apple to Offer a Little Roadside Assistance? Check This Patent." Re/code 10:19 AM
"JP Morgan Offers Multiple Apple 'Tidbits,' Includes Potential Watch Event" Benzinga 8:57 AM
Apple Patent Applications
"Apple Invents an Advanced Stylus Touch Controller Architecture" Patently Apple 7:52 AM
"Apple really could be about to launch its own stylus" Cult of Mac 7:59 AM
"Apple's 'indoor traffic' concept would estimate wait times at the airport, grocery store, DMV, more" AppleInsider 8:30 AM
"Apple granted patent regarding indoor traffic information" Apple Daily Report 8:29 AM
"Apple Introduces an Alternative Touch ID Method using Full-Display Fingerprint Sensors" Patently Apple 9:59 AM
"Apple Invents a Suspension System for Low Rise Micro Speakers" Patently Apple 7:52 AM
"Apple wants an iOS device to be able to 'push' its GUI to an accessory" Apple Daily Report 8:29 AM
"Apple granted patent for an 'undo system' for Mac OS X" Apple Daily Report 8:39 AM
"Security discussion includes iPhone infection by targeted malware, plus more about Adobe Flash security failures and workarounds, and more." MacInTouch 2:40 PM
"iOS Help: My keyboard shortcuts aren't syncing after updating to iOS 8" iMore 9:37 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Today's Top iPhone /iPad /Mac App Freebies And Price Drops" Apple Sliced 11:05 AM
"Angry Birds Seasons HD For iPad And Angry Birds Seasons For iPhone Are Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99/$0.99)" Apple Sliced 11:05 AM
"PicFrame For iPhone/iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 11:05 AM
"My PlayHome School Review: My PlayHome School is an open-ended dollhouse-themed app that allow users to move characters and props around different areas." 148Apps 8:08 AM
"Odd Bot Out Review: Odd Bot Out is messy fun with physics." 148Apps 10:13 AM
"Iron Snout Review: Iron Snout is fun for five minutes, but a bit too simple for longer doses." 148Apps 11:07 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"Enabling SMS Continuity in iOS 8" iLounge 3:42 PM
"How to Remove a Card from Apple Pay" TekRevue 1:41 PM
"How to find out how much data your FaceTime calls use" iDownload Blog 1:40 PM
"How to quickly delete or mark e-mail as unread in iOS 8" MacIssues 10:34 AM
"How to reset, restore and reboot a faulty iPhone" Macworld UK 7:57 AM
"How To Enable HD Voice on your iPhone 6" Digital Trends 7:56 AM
Tips
"9 typing tips every iPhone and iPad user should know" Macworld 7:36 AM
"Midnight Star on IOS: Halo-Creator's 'Shooter Reimagined for Touch'" The Mac Observer 8:43 PM
"Lightroom for iPhone and iPad now lets you make the same edits to multiple photos" iMore 7:21 PM
"The $1 Lightning cable that's still half as good as the real thing" Engadget 4:12 PM
"Under Armour Acquires MyFitnessPal" PC Magazine 2:28 PM
"'Transformers: Battle Tactics' Hits iOS, Android" PC Magazine 1:02 PM
"Free WeLine App Simplifies File Transfers Between Phones, Tablets, and Computers" MacPrices 12:58 PM
"WordBoard's New iOS 8 Keyboard Lets You Save Email Templates, Hashtags And More" TechCrunch 12:37 PM
"Swiftkey starts predicting emoji for iPhones and iPads" Engadget 11:07 AM
"Bebop Sensors Launches Wearable Smart Fabric Technology -- First Thin Smart Fabric Sensors to Measure All Aspects of Physicality: Force, Location, Size, Twist, Bend, Stretch & Motion -- Patented Monolithic Fabric Sensors Let You Answer Calls from a Shirt" Thomas PR 11:05 AM
"Olympus Air Is A Wireless DSLR-Like Camera Lens For Smartphones [Video] Redmond Pie 9:05 AM
"This App Will Totally Meld Your Face: Emoji My Face 2.0 elegantly blends your photo with hundreds of beautifully designed emoji icons." PRNewswire 8:54 AM
"olloclip helps you get closer with new lenses" Canadian Reviewer 8:50 AM
"Paper by FiftyThree makes all tools free in iPad app" iDownload Blog 8:50 AM
"Paper by FiftyThree's essential tools now free for all iPad users" 9to5Mac 8:05 AM
"Reuters brings on-demand video news to the iPhone" The Next Web 8:05 AM
"Katy Perry is getting her own game from the makers of Kim Kardashian's mobile hit" The Verge 8:02 AM
"Katy Perry's iPhone game is sure to rake in millions" Cult of Mac 7:58 AM
"Microsoft Acquires iOS Calendar 'Sunrise'" RazorianFly 7:52 AM
"Word Search Multiplayer Multilingual Game 7.0 released for iOS" prMac 7:34 AM
"World Clock iOS 8 Today widget - Check the time, anytime" prMac 7:34 AM
"New Productivity App - Recitator Reads Your Texts Aloud" prMac 7:34 AM
"Stats Show That Windows Phone Lost Users in January 2015" Softpedia 8:20 AM
"Microsoft believed to have shipped over two million Surfaces last quarter" Neowin 11:01 AM
"Microsoft is still committed to supporting Windows RT" Neowin 7:24 AM
"Microsoft's CEO expects pen to be extinct in a decade/Technically Incorrect: Asked which technology won't exist in 2125, Satya Nadella crushes romantics and nostalgics." CNET 7:40 PM
"Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella makes a big impression in just a year" The Verge 9:16 AM
"Microsoft's Nadella: Congratulations on 12 months of not being Steve Ballmer" The Register 8:23 AM
"Satya Nadella, Year One: Has Microsoft's new CEO cut the mustard? Ten highlights from Ballmer's successor's first 12 months" The Register 8:23 AM
"Microsoft reportedly buys Sunrise calendar app for $100m" The Inquirer 7:21 AM
"Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones will likely support 512MB RAM devices" WinBeta 9:18 PM
"Windows 10: Five other 'free' tech products with a price-tag" The Inquirer 7:21 AM
"Microsoft HoloLens Could Make Conference Calls Really Fun: Everyone should have the chance to create their ideal virtual world for collaboration. With HoloLens, we could someday connect with colleagues in a fantasy French cafe, or on a World of Warcraft battlefield." InformationWeek 7:44 AM
"Microsoft awards HP researchers $125,000 bug bounty" ZDNet 7:46 AM
"CNET News Video: Intel CFO: 'We're seeing a reinvention of the PC'" CNET 8:16 AM
"How Intel will embrace the 'delightful chaos' of Internet of Things: Intel's chief financial officer, Stacy Smith, visits CNET to talk about how his company plans to power tomorrow's devices." CNET 8:16 AM
"Come 2017, Intel Will Have 10nm Cannonlake Chips Up for Sale" Softpedia 8:16 AM
"Intel discontinues first generation Xeon E7 CPUs" CPU World 8:17 AM
"HP Awarded $125,000 Bug Bounty by Microsoft" eWeek 5:26 PM
"Could Hewlett-Packard Be A Serious 3-D Printing Competitor?" Seeking Alpha 10:19 AM
"IBM Lands Cloud Deals With Marriott, Others" eWeek 7:24 PM
"In Pictures: Twelve different companies IBM has been/With big layoffs rumored to be close on the horizon, IBM is going to need to use another regeneration." IDG News Service 4:43 PM
"IBM chasing ex-staffers for $20 payments: Big Blue jobs shifting under PYRAMID SALES SCHEME" The Register 8:19 AM
"IBM bags 9-year IT outsourcing deal from Birla Sun Life Insurance" Firstpost 8:20 AM
"IBM Delivers Analytics for Energy Companies" eWeek 7:17 AM
"Lessons from the IBM layoffs: How to give employees bad news" The Business Journals 8:04 AM
"Apple shares hit new all-time closing high" MacDailyNews 3:42 PM
"Laurene Jobs's Fortune Jumps $1 Billion in a Day as Disney Soars" Bloomberg 4:11 PM
"Time To Sell Apple Inc.? Watching Hedge Fund Managers For A Clue" Insider Monkey 8:57 AM
"Apple Stock Higher Today as it Focuses on a Web TV Service" TheStreet 8:00 AM
"Access Apple's Dividend Growth With This ETF" ETFtrends 8:01 AM
Industry News
"Stocks: 4 things to know before the open" CNNMoney 7:55 AM
"Stock Futures Hold Gains as Jobless Claims Lower Than Forecast" TheStreet 7:54 AM
"U.S. Equity Futures Point to Higher Open on Wall Street" Reuters 7:55 AM
"U.S. Stocks Rally Along With Oil Prices: Dow, S&P 500 Into Positive Territory for Year" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:52 PM
"GoPro Results Surge on Strong Holiday Demand: Results Easily Top Estimates for Maker of Wearable Video Cameras" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:39 PM
"Twitter beats Q4 revenue expectations with $479M, nets just 4M new monthly users" VentureBeat 5:40 PM
"Twitter ad revenue soars 97% year over year in Q4" VentureBeat 5:40 PM
"Yelp Sees Slower User Growth; Shares Down" Re/code 7:25 PM
"Activision Blizzard Lowers Full-Year Forecast on Forex Concerns: Videogame Publisher Reports Strong 4th Quarter, Warns About Impact of Weakening Euro" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:16 PM
"Asia Markets: Japan stocks retreat as Greek concerns mount/ Japan stocks retreated on Thursday, as concerns mounted over Greece's debt talks with its creditors after the European Central Bank said it would no longer accept Greek sovereign bonds as collateral." MarketWatch 7:56 AM
"Europe Markets: Nerves over Greece hit European stocks; banks slide/Greece stocks led a selloff in Europe on Thursday after the European Central Bank restricted liquidity to Greek banks, seen as putting pressure on the country's new government to reach a debt deal." MarketWatch 7:56 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12:37 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:24 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12:37 PM
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