"Apple's New Music Strategy" ["There are still some questions that need to be answered. If I'm positioning the software behind the content as the value proposition, how does Apple benefit if the end product is available on competing platforms? One way would be to embrace the idea that a service available to 100s of millions of additional users on Android can be used as a way to not only guarantee proper levels of music industry support, but also market a vibrant iOS ecosystem. I have a choice: use Beats music streaming on my Android phone, or enjoy Beats music streaming in my iOS ecosystem (iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, Apple TV). Having iTunes on Windows helped sell iPods, with a delayed benefit to Mac sales. What if a Beats app on Android helps sell the music service itself (since critical mass is important for discoverability), with iOS devices receiving the delayed benefit?"] Above Avalon 2:03 PM
"New Data Shows Apple's Explosive Growth in China" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:44 PM
"The Apple Watch conundrum revisited: The soon-to-be-released device faces a modern audience for whom watches have become increasingly irrelevant" Computerworld 7:35 AM
"Apple Abduction: Tesla has hired more workers from Apple than from anyplace else" Bloomberg 7:47 AM
"Tesla knocks on Apple's door when it wants new employees" The Verge 7:48 AM
"Tesla is trying to steal Apple's employees" Business Insider 7:47 AM
"Apple, Tesla Tussle Over Talent: Tesla Motors looks to Apple for new employees as the cars of the future begin to resemble computers." InformationWeek 6:36 PM
"Apple is dropping iPhoto, Aperture for cleaner Photos app" Memeburn 7:48 AM
"Say Farewell to iPhoto, Hello to Apple Photos: The new Photos app and iCloud Photo Library replaces iPhoto and Aperture." PC Magazine 9:18 AM
"OS X 10.10.3 beta points toward better emoji diversity: Update includes placeholders for different skin tones and new Unicode 7.0 emoji." Ars Technica 4:44 PM
"OS X 10.10.3 Puts More Focus on Emoji, Lays Groundwork for Skin Tone Modifiers" MacRumors 10:23 AM
"Devs Get OS X 10.10.3 14D72i: Here Comes Photos!" FairerPlatform 7:31 AM
"OS X 10.10.3 Beta Adds Support for Google 2-Step Verification on Internet Accounts" MacRumors 4:45 PM
"Apple Forces Users to Upgrade to Newest Adobe Flash Player to Patch Vulnerabilities" MacRumors 4:44 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"How to reset your Mac's NVRAM, PRAM, and SMC" Macworld 4:43 PM
"Yosemite notes include a Finder copy bug (confirmed); a Mavericks-to-Yosemite migration experience; Apple Mail restore procedures; and game emulators." MacInTouch 8:00 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"First look: Photos for Mac (first beta)" MacNN 7:47 AM
"How to prepare your iPhoto library for Photos for OS X" Macworld 8:26 AM
"PhotoSweeper 2 is faster, integrates with Finder and Dock" IT.Enquirer 8:15 AM
"Control your Mac by pointing your finger with ControlAir" Engadget 8:22 AM
"How to change your Mac's Call Relay ringtone" iMore 8:18 AM
"Quickly access special characters in OS X" MacIssues 4:43 PM
"How to manually create folders and move files to iCloud Drive on your Mac" iMore 7:57 AM
"Ask: How to Reinstall OS X without the DVD" Mac|Life 2:03 PM
"How to launch OS X apps via the Terminal" MacIssues 10:34 AM
"Deploy a Firefox CCK2 package with Munki" Amsys 10:25 AM
"Write, Publish, Manage Blogs On A Mac" Mac 360 7:31 AM
"Got Boomer Ears? Add Boom To Boost Your Mac's Sound" BohemianBoomer 7:31 AM
"TweetRain: Free, But It's Everything Wrong About Twitter On A Mac" Mac 360 7:31 AM
"Cheap: Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind Mac File Security To Hide Incriminating Files" NoodleMac 7:31 AM
"Free: Get Notifications Everywhere" Mac 360 7:31 AM
"99-cents: Another Way To Get Color From Your Mac's Screen" TeraTalks 7:31 AM
Op/Ed
"Search on Apple's Safari a Big Prize for Search Engines" The Mac Observer 7:10 PM
"Will you trust iCloud with your memories?" iDownload Blog 4:43 PM
"Why Apple is ditching iPhoto" [Video Report] CBS News 11:00 AM
Press Releases
"Space Age: A Cosmic Adventure lands on the Mac App Store" iMore 6:31 PM
"'Take Control of OS X Server' Updated for Yosemite Server" TidBITS 6:31 PM
"Nemetschek Vectorworks announces new Essentials Tutorial Guide by Jonathan Pickup" Architosh 1:24 PM
"InfoLogic releases MathMagic Lite 9.0 for Mac - Free Equation Editor" prMac 7:37 AM
"With employee help, ID theft ring allegedly stole $700,000 in Apple gift cards" IDG News Service 7:49 AM
"Store Employees Indicted, Gift Card Fraud Ring" ifoAppleStore 7:55 AM
"Apple Store employees stole $700K in gift cards" Cult of Mac 8:10 AM
"Universities Are Banning All Watches From Exams Because Of The Apple Watch" BuzzFeed 11:01 AM
"Thanks to Apple Watch Some Schools Ban Smartwatches" The Mac Observer 11:01 AM
"How Steve Jobs almost leaked the original iPhone's existence to a FedEx worker" Business Insider 9:19 AM
"Did Obama Predict the iPhone's Success? An early look at Apple's first smartphone convinced Obama it would be a hit, according to David Axelrod." PC Magazine 7:53 AM
"Thanks Obama! Prez predicted iPhone mania back in 2007" The Register 7:51 PM
"People don't trust mobile wallets and apps" Computerworld 4:45 PM
"iOS spyware steals texts, photos, contacts, switches on voice recorder" ZDNet 7:38 AM
"Twitter Says iOS 8 Bug Cost It 4M Users" PC Magazine 7:52 AM
"Here's how iOS 8 cost Twitter four million users" Business Insider 7:35 AM
"Twitter blames iOS 8 bug for loss of four million users" The Inquirer 7:35 AM
"Twitter: We Lost 4M Users Thanks to Apple" The Mac Observer 9:01 AM
"New iOS spy app listens in to conversations: A new front has opened up in the Operation Pawn Storm cyber-espionage operation: an iOS app that spies on users, up to and including secretly turning on the phone's microphone to listen in to meetings and conversations." CSO 10:23 AM
"Zero Day Weekly: Anthem hack controversy, iOS espionage app, Obama's cyber unit" ZDNet 7:38 AM
"How a Swedish soup experiment points to a better use of iBeacons" VentureBeat 8:10 AM
"Microsoft will be a leading iOS, Android developer" Computerworld 8:49 AM
"Apple hiring medical-tech engineers for biometric research" MacNN 4:44 PM
"What is Apple's HealthKit? As it emerges more than half of major US hospitals are trialing Apple's HealthKit, Rhiannon Williams refreshes your memory on what the framework does" Telegraph 7:58 AM
"Corning fires up new super scratch-resistant glass: The glassmaker reveals Project Phire, a new Gorilla Glass-like material that's both extremely sturdy and hard to scratch." CNET 8:22 PM
"Corning takes shot at sapphire with 'Project Phire' ultra scratch-resistant glass" AppleInsider 6:18 PM
"Corning Unveils 'Project Phire' Super Scratch-Resistant Glass" MacRumors 6:19 PM
"Corning claims upcoming 'Project Phire' glass is nearly as scratch-resistant as sapphire" 9to5Mac 7:50 PM
"Apple begins training retail employees about the Apple Watch" 9to5Mac 6:19 PM
"Apple Store employees have reportedly begun training to sell you Apple Watch" iDownload Blog 6:29 PM
"Apple reportedly to diversify LCD driver IC suppliers" DigiTimes 7:36 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Today's Top iPhone /iPad /Mac App Freebies And Price Drops" Apple Sliced 9:44 AM
"Will It Rain? For iPhone/iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" Apple Sliced 9:44 AM
"Video Downloader Pro For iPhone/iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $3.99)" Apple Sliced 9:44 AM
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:32 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:32 AM
"SwiftKey iOS Update Adds Emoji, Flow Typing for iPad" PC Magazine 6:36 PM
"Coming February 7: Gene Steinberg meets Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' and columnist Rob Pegoraro, of USA Today & Yahoo Tech, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6:04 PM
"IBM to launch Joburg inner-city research lab" fin24tech 7:52 AM
"IBM bulks out Watson for developers with speech, visual, and concept features" ZDNet 7:52 AM
"IBM's Watson gets an upgrade to understand speech and recognise objects" SiliconRepublic 7:51 AM
"HP's Mr 3PAR, David Scott, is retiring: Sources close to the situation tells El Reg David Scott, head of HP's storage business and former boss of 3PAR, is retiring in March." The Register 6:20 PM
"Channel warned of HP scammers" Channel Web 10:40 AM
"HP Stream 13: One of the cheapest Windows laptops" The Straits Times [Free Registration Required] 7:34 AM
"Dell's 6mm-thick Venue 8 7000 Android tablet goes on sale" The Inquirer 7:55 AM
"Report: Intel's first 10nm chips are on the way (eventually)" Liliputing 7:50 AM
"Intel maps the evolution of wireless technology" ITProPortal 7:49 AM
"Advanced Micro Soars 16%, Should You Buy the Stock? - Analyst Blog" Zacks 10:26 AM
"AMD adding 'finishing touches' to the Radeon 300 series" Hexus 7:57 AM
"AMD Confirms That at Least Two Radeon R9 300 Graphics Cards Are Coming" Softpedia 7:56 AM
"Oracle tosses its Linux into Docker's repository" The Register 7:58 AM
"Cisco's Dominguez Lands at Sprinklr as N.Y. Startups Hire Top Software Execs" WSJ Blogs 7:30 AM
"Research and Markets: Global Cloud Analytics Market 2015-2019 with HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle & SAP Dominating" infoTECH 10:35 AM
"Now presenting: Your public cloud winners" InfoWorld 8:37 AM
"Is Pivotal's Cloud Foundry open enough?" InfoWorld 8:36 AM
"Market Snapshot: U.S. Stocks Slip Friday, But Still Score Solid Weekly Gains" MarketWatch 6:33 PM
"US stocks rise slightly on healthy jobs data, adding to strong gains posted this week" Associated Press 1:23 PM
"Stocks open slightly higher following strong US jobs report: U.S. stocks are inching higher in early trading after a stronger-than-expected January jobs report." Associated Press 10:11 AM
"U.S. Stocks End Lower: Major Indexes Still Post Weekly Gains" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:32 PM
"Stocks: 5 things to know before the open/The Dow has surged about 4% this week after four consecutive days of gains." CNNMoney 7:10 AM
"Asia Markets: Japanese stocks bounce back ahead of U.S. job report/Japanese stocks clawed back some ground Friday, as investors looked ahead to a key U.S. jobs report due later in the day." MarketWatch 7:06 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks log 5-day winning run with boost from U.S. jobs data/Europe's benchmark stock index extended gains into a fifth straight day on Friday, after erasing losses in volatile afternoon action on the back of stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs numbers." MarketWatch 12:06 PM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:31 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:32 PM
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