"Apple's Irish expansion is being fuelled by a growing number of remote workers, employee says" Business Insider 7:18 AM
"Apple Asks US Supreme Court To Reject Samsung's Appeal: It's 'Legally Unexceptional'" Tech Times 7:17 AM
"PHOTOS: Here's all the progress Apple's made on its spaceship campus — the 'best office building in the world'" Business Insider 9:07 AM
"List of most popular iPhone models might surprise you" BGR 5:36 PM
"Apple Inc. Seeks Mistrial After $625M Jury Verdict" Texas Lawyer [Subscription Required for Full Article] 2/5
"Apple, Inc has filed for mistrial in $625M VirnetX lawsuit" AppleInsider 2/5
"Apple files for a mistrial in $625 million iMessage and FaceTime patent suit" The Verge 2/5
"Apple asks Supreme Court to reject Samsung's 'unexceptional' appeal" Cult of Android 2/5
"Apple to Supreme Court: You can Skip Samsung's Patent Appeal" The Mac Observer 2/5
"Tim Cook Talks iPhone Sales At Apple Town Hall: During a town hall-style meeting with employees at Apple's Cupertino headquarters, CEO Tim Cook talks about the company's future plans. Cook also spoke about revitalizing the iPad, Apple's future headquarters, and how the company plans to expand in the entertainments market." InformationWeek 2/5
"Here's What Tim Cook Said About Apple Watch Holiday Sales" Fortune 2/5
"Tim Cook talks iPhone growth and teases 'far off' products during company meeting" BGR 2/5
"A Mac for all seasons: Why the Mac has so much staying power/It's always iPhone this and iPad that, but as the sturdy workhorse of Apple's lineup, the Mac deserves some praise." Macworld 2/5
"Opinion: Apple should lead iOS feature adoption, encourage major players to follow" 9to5Mac 2/5
"Bats and badgers hold up Apple's Irish data centre plans: Mac vendor wants to build over a field of Athenry" The Register 2/5
"Apple Loses To VirnetX In Patent Case" Investopedia 2/5
"Rumored Apple Stores: NYC, LA, Toronto, Paris and More" MacRumors 7:54 PM
"TSMC, other Apple suppliers in Taiwan largely unaffected by deadly 6.4 earthquake" AppleInsider 8:06 AM
"This week on AI: Glimpses at Apple's plans for new iPhones, iPads, VR & more" AppleInsider 7:16 AM
"Tim Cook talks iPhone, Apple Watch, focusing on India and more at employee Town Hall" iMore 2/5
"Apple's iPhone: Still top in US but Android tightens its grip/Apple's iPhone remains the mostly widely-used smartphone in the US, where mobile market penetration now nudges 80 percent." ZDNet 2/5
"Apple sold two-thirds of all smartwatches in 2015" Cult of Android 2/5
"Apple's US Smartphone Subscribers Slide Further in December" 24/7 Wall St. 2/5
"Canalys: Apple likely to have shipped 12 million Apple Watches in 2015" MacNN 2/5
"Nearly 40% of iPhone owners are still using 4-inch devices and smaller" BGR 2/5
"Apple Watch Took Two-Thirds Of Smart Watch Market In 2015, Says Analyst" TechCrunch 2/5
"Apple Pay hits 1,000 US card issuers ahead of planned retail expansions" AppleInsider 2/5
"Apple, Amazon and Google want to stream NFL games" ZDNet 2/5
"Why US tech giants are buying British AI start-ups" CNBC 2/5
"Apple has started selling the View-Master virtual reality headset" Business Insider 2/5
"What the US Mobile Fiasco Says About Google Fi" PC Magazine 2/5
"Twitter may launch its new Facebook-like timeline next week, report says" Mashable 2/5
"Twitter's Facebook-style timeline could arrive next week" Engadget 2/5
"Twitter Steps Up Efforts to Thwart Terrorists' Tweets" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 2/5
"Twitter To Introduce Algorithmic Timeline As Soon As Next Week" BuzzFeed 2/5
"Verizon's mobile video won't count against data caps—but Netflix does" Ars Technica 2/5
"Verizon's Go90 Doesn't Count Against Your Data, but That's Not Good News" Lifehacker 2/5
"Verizon just blatantly betrayed net neutrality by excluding its video app from data caps" The Verge 2/5
"Samsung display on truck's rear lets vehicles behind see road ahead" Computerworld 2/5
"FCC documents reveal Alphabet is testing wireless charging for its self-driving cars" Electrek 2/5
"VAIO to Start Selling Smartphones in Japan" AnandTech 2/5
"PayPal blocks VPN, SmartDNS provider's payments over copyright concerns" Ars Technica 2/5
"Poor quality USB Type-C cables can fry your gadgets" ZDNet 2/5
"Who wants a quad-core 4.2GHz, 64GB, 5TB SSD RAID 10 ... laptop?" The Register 2/5
Publications/Podcasts
"(Podcast) Incomparable #286: No One in a Powdered Wig is Scrappy" Six Colors 5:50 PM
"Coming February 6: Gene Steinberg meets Stephen Baker of the NPD Group, and Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 5:29 PM
"The TouchArcade Show - 243 - A Trip to Blizzard" Touch Arcade 2/5
"The 404 Show 1648: Uber's awful logo, Error 53, how to survive the Super Bowl, 'Hail, Caesar!' review (podcast)" CNET 2/5
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-02-05: Streaming the Super Bowl, Time Machine's Failure" The Mac Observer 2/5
"Apple's rumored March event: catch our hardware expectations on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 2/5
"iPad Air 3 will reportedly feature Smart Connector for accessories, no 3D Touch" ZDNet 6:02 PM
"iPhone 7 release date, price and specs rumours - NO camera bump and distance wireless charging: The smart money says 2016 will bring big changes with the iPhone 7. Here's everything you've got to look forward to" Expert Reviews 8:13 AM
"iPhone Users Furious Over Apple Error 53 That Leaves Phones Bricked If Repaired By Third Party" Tech Times 7:17 AM
"Apple to Take Broken iPhones as Trade-In for New Phones" eWeek 5:02 PM
"Apple To Accept Cracked iPhones For Credit: Apple is relaxing its trade-in policies for users who want to swap their busted iPhones for upgraded devices." InformationWeek 12:00 PM
"Apple confirms iPhone-killing 'Error 53,' says it's about security: The iPhone's most mysterious and dangerous bug is tied to Touch ID tampering and unauthorized repairs, at least according to Apple." Macworld 2/5
"'Error 53' fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6" The Guardian 2/5
"iPhones 'disabled' if Apple detects third-party repairs" BBC 2/5
"Outcry over iPhone 'Error 53' and bad USB Type-C cables: Be careful when replacing parts. Poorly made cables can fry a laptop, and iPhones will stop working if the Touch ID button is repaired outside of Apple. It's a lesson some are learning the hard way." CNET 2/5
"Apple acknowledges that third-party home button repairs to iPhone 6 can brick the device" 9to5Mac 2/5
"Mysterious 'Error 53' is bricking iPhones, rendering them useless" Mashable 2/5
"iPhone 5se May Come in Silver, Space Gray, and Bright Pink" MacRumors 2/5
"Broken iPhone? Apple will now offer you trade-in credit" ZDNet 2/5
"Apple might soon let you trade in your beaten-up iPhone" The Inquirer 2/5
"Apple begins offering trade-in credit for damaged iPhones" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 2/5
"Apple now accepting your banged-up iPhone" Associated Press 2/5
"Apple now accepts damaged iPhones for trade-in" CNET 2/5
"Do You Have A Broken iPhone? Apple Will Let You Trade It In For Credit" Forbes 2/5
"Broken iPhone screen? Apple has new upgrade and protection plans for them" BGR 2/5
"Review: Skech Bounce Case for iPhone 6 Plus and 6s Plus" Run Around Tech 9:42 PM
"The best Smart Connector keyboard for iPad Pro: Apple Smart Keyboard vs. Logitech Create" AppleInsider 6:52 PM
"Apple iPad Pro versus Microsoft Surface Pro 4: Let us help you decide/Should I buy the Apple iPad Pro or the Microsoft Surface Pro 4? We help you make the decision." The Indian Express 7:18 AM
"TIBO Plus 3 active speaker system w/Bluetooth review" The Gadgeteer 11:23 AM
"Gaming with Windows 10 on Mac Pros" Bare Feats 2/5
"iPad Pro Vs. 12-inch MacBook Mini-Review: iOS Or OS X For The Road?" Forbes 2/5
"Review: Gumdrop Cases DropTech Case for iPad Pro" iLounge 2/5
"Add iOS storage without the Apple storage tax/I don't often begrudge Apple its 40 percent gross margins - but their extortionate storage pricing is too much. They charge up to $2/GB when SSDs are $0.25/GB. But now there's a workaround for iOS: the PhotoFlash CR8800." ZDNet 2/5
"iPhone 7: Concept, Reality or Dream" TechnologyTell 2/5
"First Click: What's the perfect iPhone size?" The Verge 2/5
Non-Apple
"Infographic: LinkedIn Reaches 20 Million Users in the UK Alone" Social Barrel 9:07 PM
"Reviewed: Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition/Streamlining, self-publishing, annual stories—if you left, it's time to unretire for 5E." Ars Technica 6:19 PM
"'Appocalypse,' Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love AI" TechCrunch 6:04 PM
"A Fine mess: how not to assert your copyright in the YouTube age/Misunderstanding the law amplified the Fine Bros brouhaha" The Verge 1:58 PM
"Thinking About Physical Media in This Digital Age" Thurrott 10:22 AM
"The Shadow in the Cloud: The emergence of the connected you" ReadWrite 2/5
"Unhackable brain scans may some day replace passwords" BGR 2/5
"Don't Sleep On New Data Privacy Regulations" TechCrunch 2/5
"Google's New Interactive E-Books Would Be Impossible to Print" Wired 2/5
"Why the death of the Firefox phone matters" CNET 2/5
"Why Your Car Needs 'Nanny Tech' Riding Shotgun" PC Magazine 2/5
"I, Cringely Amazon bookstores: It's the drones, stupid" I, Cringely 2/5
"What is LTE-U and Should You Care?" Tech.pinions 2/5
"Unpacked: The Silent Smartphone" Tech.pinions [Insider Content] 2/5
"'Too Embarrassed to Ask': Can Wearable Tech Save Your Life?" Re/code 2/5
Humor/Cartoons
"The Amazon Store experience!" The Joy of Tech [cartoon] 2/5
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