"The Steve Jobs You Didn't Know: Kind, Patient, And Human: The untold story of Tim Cook's friendship with Steve Jobs—and why Jobs wouldn't let Cook try to save his life." Fast Company 7:13 AM
"Tim Cook: Steve Jobs wasn't a 'greedy, selfish egomaniac'" CNNMoney 7:23 AM
"The Apple Watch will be the first smartwatch that matters, claims CEO" The Verge 7:53 AM
"CEO Tim Cook talks Apple Watch, Apple corporate culture in new interview" AppleInsider 9:50 AM
"Tim Cook offering up Apple TV data in bid to lure partners" New York Post 7:24 AM
"Apple Luring TV Content Partners With Promises of Data Sharing" MacRumors 7:13 AM
"Unbundling Pay-TV Brings New Questions: 'Cord-Cutting' choices grow, but questions for consumers, companies swirl/The media industry is racing toward an Internet-TV future at a breathtaking pace. But the swift changes, highlighted by efforts from Apple Inc., Dish Network Corp. and others, are giving consumers an array of confusing options and forcing entertainment giants to confront some sober realities." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:29 AM
"Apple TV 'skinny' package likely to accelerate cord cutting" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:15 AM
"I, Cringely Net Neutrality, Apple, and the future of TV" ["Having so much cash means that Apple can afford to wreak a lot of havoc in television with very little risk to its core business. They can take OTT further because making money with such a relatively small business isn't that important. They can easily do radical things like (this is just an idea, not a prediction) buying-up the services of every member of the Writers Guild of America, inserting Apple deeply and inextricably into the Hollywood creative process. Apple can do pretty much whatever it pleases and there's not much any other company can really do about it, which is why we'll over the next couple years see dramatic changes throughout cable TV."] I, Cringely 3:16 PM
"Apple in talks to buy Boeing satellites" TechnologyTell 8:00 AM
"Apple Squashes Memory Corruption and URL Disguising Bugs in Safari" The Mac Observer 3:03 PM
"Apple Releases Safari 8.0.4, Safari 7.1.4, and Safari 6.2.4" iClarified 9:50 AM
"Apple Updates Safari 8.0.4 – Includes Stability and Security Fixes" MacTrast 8:13 AM
"Safari 8.0.4: Workaday Passle of Security Patches" FairerPlatform 7:12 AM
"Apple releases Safari 7.1.5, and 6.2.5 betas to developers with new features and bug fixes" AppleInsider 8:30 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Mac Help: Malware protection for older Macs" iMore 3:16 PM
"Yosemite - tips for capturing audio; Safari 8.0.4 update vs. favicons; 10.10.3 beta email problems" MacInTouch 1:00 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Logic Pro 10.1 review: Apple's music production software was already an impressive package for the £149 asking price, but now it's received a substantial upgrade that brings a wealth of electronic music options and some very useful editing controls. The best part? It's free for existing users, and the normal price has been retained for those new to the suite." Macworld UK 8:00 AM
"OS X: Using Spotlight's Privacy Features" The Mac Observer 8:05 AM
"Mac Data Recovery Guru can help bring deleted files back to life" AppleDailyReport 7:48 AM
"How to use aliases to create shortcuts on Mac" iDownload Blog 7:46 AM
"Just What Mac Writers Need: Yet Another iCloud Notes App That Records Audio" NoodleMac 7:15 AM
"How To Clean A Mac's Disk With A Broom" Mac 360 7:15 AM
"Mac Disk Drive Sleeps Too Much? Give It A Little Disksomnia" BohemianBoomer 7:14 AM
"Meet The Mac App That Edits Metadata" Mac 360 7:14 AM
"Why Your Psychiatrist Will Hate This Mac App" TeraTalks 7:14 AM
Op/Ed
"NetNewsWire Status: Everything I Know" inessential 1:10 PM
"How about a Mac version of the iOS Health app?" Apple Daily Report 7:45 AM
"Last week's Apple ResearchKit introduction with SVP Jeff Williams -using Keynote's 'cube' builds to bring text on and off a slide effectively" Les Posen's Presentation Magic 7:12 AM
Press Releases
"Fantastical 2 for Mac gets teased with a March 25 launch date" iMore 9:13 PM
"OTOY unveils huge update to OctaneRender 3—World's leading GPU Renderer" Architosh 8:26 PM
"FileMaker Developer Conference 2015 invites professional developers and business users to 'Experience the Possibilities' with the FileMaker Platform" PRNewswire 8:19 AM
"Tumult releases Hype 3 and Hype Professional with new HTML5 physics, responsive design tools" 9to5Mac 12:47 PM
"Tumult Inc. Launches Hype Professional Design App" prMac 12:47 PM
"TimeTag 2.0 for Mac now available: Track time easily" prMac 9:50 AM
"Anchorium 1.0 introduced for OS X - Free SEO App" prMac 7:30 AM
"Apple and banks dismiss Apple Pay fraud worries" CNNMoney 9:14 AM
"Apple is reportedly working on its own version of Google Glass" Business Insider 7:46 AM
"Nintendo's Big Mobile Move May Upset a Lot of You" ["Nintendo may be 'going mobile' in the sense that it will be producing games starring its characters for these platforms, but company president Satoru Iwata was quick to note that it is not capitulating to the advice that it simply dump classic games onto iPhones, hacking a touch interface into the 8-bit Super Mario Bros., for example."] Wired 7:28 AM
"Nintendo shares skyrocket with iOS and Android games on the horizon" Cult of Android 7:57 AM
"Exclusive: Inside Nintendo's Bold Plan to Stay Vibrant for the Next 125 Years/The company's CEO tells TIME Nintendo's historic engine is far from stalled" Time 12:52 PM
"What Is DeNA? A Look at Nintendo's New Partner" WSJ Blogs 8:15 AM
"U.S.-China 'bromance' sparked by stolen iPhone moves China's netizens" Reuters 7:13 AM
"Not a launch country, Switzerland Apple Store has Apple Watch signage ahead of BaselWorld" 9to5Mac 1:01 PM
"Guiding the Blind Through London's Subway With Estimote Beacons" Wired 7:28 AM
"Millions of iOS and Android users vulnerable to Freak cyber attacks" V3 7:56 AM
"Apple Removes Featured Watch App 'The Whole Pantry' From App Store Amid Fraud Claims" MacRumors 7:57 AM
"What browsing Apple.com was like in 1997" Cult of Mac 7:57 AM
Non-Apple News
"'Smart' Jewelry: is here to keep you more discreetly, and poshly, connected" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1:26 PM
"T-Mobile will pay off devices for switchers and keep promo plans for good" Engadget 1:26 PM
"Dieter Rams says the future of design is taking care of the world" The Verge 9:50 AM
"Rhapsody's 30 million songs can now be streamed inside Twitter" PCWorld 9:22 AM
"Mesmerizing 3-D Printer Forms Objects Out of Ooze—And Fast" Wired 9:22 AM
"Speedy 3D Printer Takes Cues from 'Terminator': Carbon3D's CLIP technology brings to mind Robert Patrick emerging from a puddle of liquid metal as the T-1000." PC Magazine 9:22 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"ACM 298: Apple Streaming TV and Privacy, New Steve Jobs Bio" The Mac Observer 9:17 PM
"Ted Landau Picks His Apple Watch, Identifies the MacBook Audience and Looks at USB-C" MacVoices 2:59 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-03-18: Apple's Data Sharing Plans, Kelly's Finder Tips" The Mac Observer 1:08 PM
"Happy Hour Podcast 006 | New Apple Watch details, a controversial Steve Jobs flick, and the future of USB-C with Apple" 9to5Mac 12:47 PM
"Macworld Podcast episode 447: Hands on with Apple Watch and MacBook" Macworld 12:47 PM
"Let's Talk Jailbreak 99: You have 5,813 messages" iDownload Blog 8:09 AM
"Apple iOS 8 distribution hits 77% as Google's Android remains bifurcated" AppleInsider 9:13 PM
"MacBooks slimming down with Sammy's new 3D NAND diet pills: The 3D NAND revolution starts here. According to reports, Apple has signed a deal with Samsung to use its 3D V-NAND SSDs in future MacBooks, expected some time in 2016." The Register 7:52 AM
"Piper Jaffray: Apple has augmented reality R&D team, could inject AR devices with much needed style" AppleInsider 7:35 AM
"Apple is tinkering with augmented reality, says analyst: The iPhone maker purportedly has a team looking into augmented reality technology that would move beyond such prototype devices as Google Glass." CNET 12:48 PM
"Apple to tap into augmented reality space: Munster" CNBC 3:15 PM
"New 12-inch MacBook expected to make up 15-20% of overall MacBook shipments in 2015" DigiTimes 7:33 AM
"New MacBook will drive Apple's notebook growth in 2015" Cult of Mac 7:57 AM
"Apple has just gained FCC approval for the Apple Watch" GeekSays 10:23 AM
"iOS 8 adoption gradually climbs to 77% ahead of Apple Watch launch next month" 9to5Mac 9:49 AM
"Shipments of iPhone 6 devices to reach 53 million units in 1Q15, says paper" DigiTimes 7:33 AM
"Taiwan white-box server makers land orders from Apple" DigiTimes 7:33 AM
"Black Box device can brute-force iOS 8.1 PINs, bypassing repeated attempts lockout & data-wipe" 9to5Mac 7:40 AM
"Unscrupulous website adverts again redirecting some users to App Store from Safari" 9to5Mac 3:17 PM
"Apple granted portable fuel cell power system patent" ZDNet 7:44 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Today's Top iPhone /iPad /Mac App Freebies And Price Drops" Apple Sliced 10:07 AM
"Modern Combat 5: Blackout For iPhone/iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $3.99)" Apple Sliced 10:07 AM
"Incinerator For Mac (Securely Erase Files) Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 10:07 AM
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:16 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:16 AM
"13-inch Broadwell MacBook showdown: Should you go Pro or get an Air? Review: The 2015 Broadwell refreshes are similar, but not identical." Ars Technica 7:07 PM
"Watch: The Ultimate Apple vs. Android Fanboy Smartphone Challenge" Yahoo Tech 10:27 AM
"Apple's new MacBook: How does its Retina display compare to other Macs?" iMore 10:47 AM
"i-Blason iPhone 6 Plus UnityPower Rechargeable External Battery Case" PC Magazine 3:17 PM
"Mophie Juice Pack (for iPhone 6 Plus)" PC Magazine 3:17 PM
"Tylt Energi Sliding Power Case for iPhone 6 Plus" PC Magazine 3:17 PM
"Microsoft outsmarts Apple Watch or something: So, how much did Microsoft pay USA Today for this disinformation ad masquerading as 'news?" MacDailyNews 12:44 PM
"Microsoft's Smartwatches Always Beat Apple's: It's made watches before, and the latest—the Microsoft Band—will be cheaper, out sooner, and in the end, probably a much better buy than Apple's overpriced 'fashion accessory.'" PC Magazine 7:58 AM
"iPhone 6s rumour roundup: yep, it's nearly that time again" Gearburn 7:50 AM
"Tim Cook on Apple Watch Expectations, Steve Jobs' Legacy at Apple, Living 'Outside the Box'" iClarified 10:45 AM
"Tim Cook: Apple isn't becoming the new Microsoft" Engadget 10:09 AM
"Tim Cook talks Apple future in sweeping Fast Company interview" iDownload Blog 9:50 AM
"Steve Jobs' office at Apple is exactly how he left it" Business Insider 7:47 AM
"Tim Cook: The main problem that ruins technology companies is 'almost a disease'" Business Insider 7:47 AM
"Why the new MacBook's single port is all you really need" Macworld 7:39 AM
"The MacBook doesn't need more ports, just a good dock" Macworld 7:35 AM
"The Apple Watch: do entrepreneurs love it or loath it?" Forbes 7:23 AM
"Microsoft CEO: We are 'committed' to China" [Video Report] CNNMoney 7:55 AM
"Microsoft CEO: Governments need to catch up to Big Data" [Video Report] CNNMoney 7:55 AM
"Microsoft must face Xbox 360 class action claims" ["The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Seattle said a lower court judge misapplied the law in finding that Xbox owners in the United States could not sue for damages as a group. It did not decide whether a class action should be certified."] Reuters 12:56 PM
"Microsoft wants to kill passwords with biometric authentication in Windows 10" IDG News Service 7:19 AM
"Windows 10 coming this summer with 'Hello' biometric authentication support" V3 7:56 AM
"Microsoft's new Windows Hello will allow users to log into Windows 10 devices using face or finger" ANI 7:32 AM
"Windows 10 says Hello to biometrics-based authentication" The Inquirer 7:51 AM
"Windows 10 devices to allow sign in with face, iris" AFP 9:49 AM
"Microsoft to Offer Some Chinese Users Free Upgrades: Users of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 software, even if unlicensed, could get upgrades" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:14 AM
"Windows 10 Coming This Summer: Microsoft also announced new strategic partnerships and Windows 10 customizations in the Chinese market." PC Magazine 8:49 AM
"Windows 10 is coming this summer" CNNMoney 7:23 AM
"Microsoft will launch Windows 10 'in summer'" Telegraph 7:54 AM
"Microsoft's Windows 10 deal with Xiaomi raises eyebrows" IDG News Service 7:22 AM
"Microsoft shows off South Korean PC-on-a-stick" The Register 7:18 AM
"IBM throws Twitter's firehose into the Bluemix" The Register 7:18 AM
"IBM launches cloud data analytics services with Twitter" Telecompaper 8:39 AM
"IBM Delivers First Cloud Data Services with Twitter Built-In for Business Professionals and Developers" The Financial 8:39 AM
"IBM's OpenPower project makes strides with first commercial server" Computerworld 3:38 PM
"Samsung, IBM, Blackberry to create new-generation, high-security Secu tablet" Customs Today 8:37 AM
"HP Introduces New Open, Hyperscale Servers for Service Providers" ChannelWorld 8:43 AM
"HP Reassures Channel Partners That Everything's Okay" Talkin' Cloud 8:45 AM
"HP ditches quarterly MDF and accrued funds for new model" CRN 8:45 AM
"Dell Boomi Launches API Management Cloud Service" eWeek 5:27 PM
"Oracle touts cloud growth but revenues stall at $9.3bn" V3 7:56 AM
"Oracle in dollar bother – but Larry's in a fighting mood over cloudy future" The Register 8:35 AM
"Market Snapshot: U.S. Stocks Rally As Fed Telegraphs Cautious Rate-hike Plan" MarketWatch 4:16 PM
"Stocks, bonds rally after Federal Reserve indicates no hurry to raise interest rates" Associated Press 4:15 PM
"US stocks fall as traders guess timing of next rate increase" Associated Press 4:15 PM
"U.S. Stocks, Bonds Gain as Fed Signals Caution: Investors see less chance of a rate increase in June as central bank pares forecasts" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:13 PM
"Asia Markets: Chinese shares climb to near seven-year high" MarketWatch 4:14 PM
"Europe Markets: Oil shares help push Europe benchmark higher ahead of Fed remarks" MarketWatch 4:14 PM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 4:15 PM
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