"Rumored Apple Stores: NYC, LA, Toronto, Paris and More" MacRumors 2/6
"TSMC, other Apple suppliers in Taiwan largely unaffected by deadly 6.4 earthquake" AppleInsider 2/6
"This week on AI: Glimpses at Apple's plans for new iPhones, iPads, VR & more" AppleInsider 2/6
"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
"MGG 591: If You Had a JBOD Would You Hold It Against Us?" The Mac Observer 3:24 PM
"(Podcast) Incomparable #286: No One in a Powdered Wig is Scrappy" Six Colors 2/6
"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 2/6
"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 rumours: everything we know so far about Apple's next tablet" Australian Macworld 9:05 PM
"The iPad Air 3 Rumors Heat Up: Apple may finally be ready to unveil the successor to its iPad Air 2." The Motley Fool 12:05 PM
"Apple iPhone 7: What to expect" The Asian Age 6:55 AM
"iPad Air 3 will reportedly feature Smart Connector for accessories, no 3D Touch" ZDNet 2/6
"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 2/6
"iPhone Users Furious Over Apple Error 53 That Leaves Phones Bricked If Repaired By Third Party" Tech Times 2/6
"Apple to Take Broken iPhones as Trade-In for New Phones" eWeek 2/6
"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 2/6
"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: Parrot's Bebop Drone is lightweight, aimed at casual hobbyists" AppleInsider 8:49 PM
"The best TV streaming boxes and sticks - reviewed: From Apple TV to Amazon's efforts, we pick the best boxes and sticks for streaming" Stuff Magazine 2:32 PM
"What I Don't Like About Apple iPad Pro [third in a series] BetaNews 6:57 AM
"Review: Skech Bounce Case for iPhone 6 Plus and 6s Plus" Run Around Tech 2/6
"The best Smart Connector keyboard for iPad Pro: Apple Smart Keyboard vs. Logitech Create" AppleInsider 2/6
"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 2/6
"TIBO Plus 3 active speaker system w/Bluetooth review" The Gadgeteer 2/6
"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
"Why haven't we found aliens? Here's the bad news, and the good news" GeekWire 3:00 PM
"Kids who played shoot-em-up games in the '90s were probably (mostly) OK: Study looking at negative impacts of video games finds small effects." Ars Technica 1:20 PM
"Tech successes of the likes of Apple, Alphabet and Microsoft show capitalism works - but it needs to behave: IT has changed all our lives, helped by the market. But even its greatest exponents now sound alarmed" The Independent 7:05 AM
"Infographic: LinkedIn Reaches 20 Million Users in the UK Alone" Social Barrel 2/6
"Reviewed: Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition/Streamlining, self-publishing, annual stories—if you left, it's time to unretire for 5E." Ars Technica 2/6
"'Appocalypse,' Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love AI" TechCrunch 2/6
"A Fine mess: how not to assert your copyright in the YouTube age/Misunderstanding the law amplified the Fine Bros brouhaha" The Verge 2/6
"Thinking About Physical Media in This Digital Age" Thurrott 2/6
"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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