"Apple Introduces iPhone SE — The Most Powerful Phone with a Four-inch Display: Featuring A9 Chip, Advanced 12-Megapixel iSight Camera & Apple Pay" Apple 1:17 PM
"Apple Introduces iPhone SE — The Most Powerful Phone with a Four-inch Display" Business Wire 1:05 PM
"Apple Advances Health Apps with CareKit: New Software Framework Helps Developers Empower People to Take a More Active Role in their Health" Apple 1:17 PM
"Apple Advances Health Apps with CareKit" Business Wire 1:05 PM
"ResearchKit: You're already carrying a powerful medical research tool." Apple 1:16 PM
"Apple Announces Advancements to ResearchKit: Studies Incorporate Genetic Data for Postpartum Depression, Asthma & Cardiovascular Disease" Apple 1:17 PM
"Apple Announces Advancements to ResearchKit" Business Wire 1:05 PM
Apple Event
"Apple Event: CEO Tim Cook Addresses iPhone Security; Small iPhone Gets Upgrade/Apple also announced a new, smaller version of its iPad Pro" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1:00 PM
"Apple defends crypto fight against government during launch event" Ars Technica 12:27 PM
"Tim Cook addresses FBI & encryption controversy at Apple's press event: 'we owe it to our customers'" 9to5Mac 12:16 PM
"Tim Cook: Apple won't shrink in fight for data privacy/Apple CEO remains defiant in face of government pressure" IDG News Service 1:07 PM
"At iPhone Launch, Apple Says It Will Not Shrink From FBI Fight" BuzzFeed 1:23 PM
"Apple SVP Lisa Jackson details Apple's environmental effort including recycling program during event" 9to5Mac 12:27 PM
"Apple goes greener with big renewable energy push" CNET 1:23 PM
"Apple just revealed two nuances about iPhone and iPad sales" Re/code 3:29 PM
"New iPhones, for the Small of Hands: On Monday, Apple did something it has never done before." The Atlantic 2:58 PM
"Apple unveils smaller iPhone SE, starting at $399" Reuters 1:01 PM
"Apple May Be Edging Out Google in Health Care Because of the iPhone" Re/code 3:44 PM
Apple News
"Smaller iPhone expected Monday as Apple counters drop in phone sales" Reuters 7:12 AM
"Apple's small iPhone strategy aims to reclaim stuck customers: Will expand portfolio with new 4-in. iPhone to boost sales during traditionally slow stretch" Computerworld 7:14 AM
"Apple: How a Tweaked iPhone Can Serve Up Growth/Updated devices could help the tech company's services business, one of its few growth stories this year" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:49 AM
"Apple expected to announce a smaller iPhone and iPad" CNNMoney 7:22 AM
"Apple starts busy week with new iPhone launch" Associated Press 7:17 AM
"How Apple Could Deliver a Chinese New Year's Surprise" Fortune 7:11 AM
"U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple's Help to Unlock iPhone" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:22 PM
"U.S. Seeks to Cancel Apple Court Hearing Over Terrorist IPhone" Bloomberg 6:25 PM
"FBI says it might be able to break into seized iPhone, wants hearing vacated: 'If the method is viable, it should eliminate the need for the assistance of Apple.'" Ars Technica 6:32 PM
"U.S. attorneys ask to vacate Apple court hearing, saying FBI has found a 'possible method' to unlock shooter's iPhone" VentureBeat 6:32 PM
"FBI to try cracking terrorist's iPhone on its own: After a contentious legal battle to get Apple to help open the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone. Now the FBI may have found a way to hack into the iPhone without Apple's help." CNET 6:32 PM
"FBI Seeks Delay of iPhone Hearing to Test New Unlocking Method" Re/code 6:32 PM
"FBI 'may be able to unlock San Bernardino iPhone'" BBC 7:06 PM
"U.S. top court agrees to hear Samsung-Apple patent fight" Reuters 9:24 AM
"Magistrate to Hear Apple, Justice Department Battle Over iPhone Encryption: Tech giant, DOJ to face off over whether Apple should help the FBI unlock San Bernardino shooter's phone" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:21 AM
"Supreme Court takes up Apple v. Samsung, first design patent case in a century: Are design patents for 'carpets and wall-papers and oil-cloths' or smartphones?" Ars Technica 11:50 AM
"Supreme Court to weigh in on Samsung v. Apple patent fight: Years in the making, the Supreme Court has agreed to listen to Samsung's appeal of Apple's design patent awards." ZDNet 11:51 AM
"Justices Will Hear Samsung-Apple Patent Dispute" Associated Press 9:23 AM
"Supreme Court grants Samsung's petition to review Apple's smartphone design patents case" Foss Patents 9:51 AM
"Samsung vs. Apple patent case headed to Supreme Court, but only a $399M portion of it" GeekWire 11:53 AM
"Apple 'privacy czars' grapple with internal conflicts over user data" Reuters 7:09 AM
"Apple May Be Willing to Risk Contempt Charge: Parents are known at times to deliver an ultimatum to a recalcitrant child by saying, 'Do this, or else!' The question is what that the frequently undelivered punishment may actually be." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 4:47 PM
"How FBI vs. Apple could cripple corporate and government security: The implications go way beyond whether law enforcement can unlock an alleged criminal's phone." Macworld 7:11 AM
"Bloomberg: The Apple/FBI showdown had been brewing for years before the San Bernardino shootings" 9to5Mac 7:30 AM
"Apple vs. FBI: How iOS 8 changed everything" Macworld 2:56 PM
"Conflict between Apple and the FBI started 18 months ago with the release of iOS 8, says Bloomberg" TechCrunch 11:48 AM
"FBI was 'stunned' by Apple's hardened encryption of iOS" Cult of Mac 10:21 AM
"US Supreme Court agrees to hear Samsung review petition against damages awarded to Apple" SamMobile 9:37 AM
"Supreme Court to Hear Samsung-Apple Patent Dispute" Re/code 9:50 AM
"Apple's patent fight with Samsung is heading to the Supreme Court" Business Insider 9:38 AM
"Supreme Court will hear Samsung appeal over Apple design patent case" 9to5Mac 9:38 AM
"Judge in Apple Case Seen as Unfazed by Stress, Even a Plane Crash" ["The incident offers clues as to how Judge Pym may handle another pressure-filled situation. Now a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California in Riverside, Judge Pym on Tuesday will preside over the courtroom where Apple and the United States government plan to argue over whether the company must help law enforcement break into an iPhone used by a killer in last year's mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif."] New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 2:15 PM
"Apple plans Fifth Avenue-like stores in India" IndiaTimes 9:35 AM
"Airline, FAA & Apple investigate as iPhone 6 catches fire on Alaska Airlines flight to Hawaii" 9to5Mac 9:53 AM
"Amazing hologram 'lightning' beamed from iPhone (Video)" RTNews 10:17 AM
Apple Event Live Blogs
"Apple Event - Keynote March 2016" [Live stream] Apple 7:20 AM
"Join us today for our Apple event liveblog" Apple World Today 11:50 AM
"Apple iPhone 5SE, iPad live updates" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:45 AM
"Liveblog: Apple loops us in with the iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad Pro" Cult of Mac 10:21 AM
"Live Blog: Apple's 'Let Us Loop You In' Event" MacTrast 9:51 AM
"Our Apple Spring 2016 Event Coverage Starts At 10am PT, Check In Your Local Time Here" Redmond Pie 9:35 AM
"Live from Apple's smaller iPhone and iPad event in Cupertino" TechCrunch 7:21 AM
"Live blog: Apple iPhone event" Computerworld 7:12 AM
Non-Apple News
"T-Mobile is 'pivoting away' from unlimited data" BGR 3:15 PM
"NFL partners with Amazon for exclusive new 'All or Nothing' behind-the-scenes series" GeekWire 1:24 PM
"Paris terrorists used burner phones, not encryption, to evade detection: 'Everywhere they went, the attackers left behind their throwaway phones.'" Ars Technica 10:18 AM
"Company claims its brain-zapping headphones will make you a better athlete" Ars Technica 10:16 AM
"Why Your Home Wi-Fi Is Lousy: Startups, and Google, race to solve the 'home-spectrum crunch'" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:25 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"MGG 597: Why 8068 Is (Now) The Worst 4-Digit PIN" The Mac Observer 6:36 PM
"Is Apple's big iPhone, iPad news small potatoes? (The 3:59, Ep. 12)" CNET 3:14 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-03-21: 'Loop us in' Media Event Wrap Up" The Mac Observer 3:01 PM
"The Design Challenge Behind Square's New Reader: It's not minuscule and doesn't plug into a phone. And it does some all-new things. But it still had to feel like a Square reader." Fast Company 9:25 AM
"When your old iMac dies, do you get a new Macbook Pro or new iMac? It's a tough decision but it's fun to decide." The MT Show 6:58 AM
"There are now 1 million iPad apps" The Verge 1:24 PM
"Apple iPhone SE starts at $399 unlocked in bid to expand 4-inch smartphone market: 'So why are people buying 4-inch iPhones. First, some people simply love smaller phones,' said an Apple exec." ZDNet 2:59 PM
"Apple Announces New 4-Inch iPhone SE" MacStories 3:39 PM
"iPhone SE Canadian pricing and availability: starts at $579 CAD" iMore 3:50 PM
"Apple Watch Gets New Bands, New $299 Price" Wired 1:01 PM
"Apple Discounts Apple Watch Sport, Introduces 26 New Watch Bands" MacStories 3:39 PM
"iOS 9.3 Update Available to Download [IPSW Direct Links] OS X Daily 2:21 PM
"Faster USB 3 charging & file transfers are exclusive to Apple's 12.9' iPad Pro" AppleInsider 6:25 PM
Apple HW/SW
"iOS zero-day can decrypt iMessages, access iThing photos" The Register 7:09 AM
"Apple fixing iMessage flaw that lets hackers steal photos" Engadget 7:12 AM
"Researchers exploit weakness in Apple iMessage encryption: John Hopkins researchers were able to exploit a vulnerability in iOS 9.3 and decrypt media sent across the iMessage platform." ZDNet 7:24 AM
"iOS 9.3 to Fix Flaw Exposing Encrypted iMessage Photos and Video" The Mac Observer 10:23 AM
"iOS 9.3 Encrypts iCloud Backups with Passcode" iPhone Hacks 6:57 AM
"Everything you need to know about the iMessage security flaw patched by iOS 9.3" Macworld 12:14 PM
"Photos of Lightning Apple EarPods headphones emerge on Chinese media [Updated] 9to5Mac 7:28 AM
"Is this our first glimpse of Apple's Lightning EarPods?" Cult of Mac 7:26 AM
"More evidence that the iPhone 7 is going to make a lot of people angry this year" BGR 9:51 AM
"Counterfeit Macbook charger teardown: convincing outside but dangerous inside" Ken Shirriff's Blog 8:01 AM
"MacBook Charger Teardown Highlights Counterfeit Dangers" MacRumors 8:00 AM
"LGD, JDI, and Foxconn to Compete Against Each Other to Win a Right to Supply OLEDs to Apple" ETNews 7:18 AM
"OLED iPhone sparks battle between Samsung, LG, and others" The Verge 7:18 AM
"Sketchy report again positions Samsung as lead supplier for OLED iPhone screens rumored for 2017/18" 9to5Mac 9:51 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:13 AM
"Apple Didn't Debut a New Phone Today" Gizmodo 2:58 PM
"Apple shifts focuses from small products to big issues" Six Colors 2:58 PM
"Why Apple Went Small With The New iPhone SE, iPad Pro" Forbes 2:56 PM
"Steve Jobs' reality distortion field has finally run out of juice" Business Insider 2:25 PM
"'Show me movies with Kevin Hart,' says CEO of world's richest tech company" The Verge 1:24 PM
"Apple's 6 most important announcements from today's big event" BGR 1:24 PM
"Apple's New iPad Looks Like One of Its Best Ever" Time 1:24 PM
"The iPad Pro just got smaller, and you're probably going to love it" The Next Web 1:09 PM
"Apple's new iPad Pro probably isn't as good as the original iPad sitting in my drawer" BGR 1:08 PM
"Here's everything you need to know about the new iPhone that Apple is expected to announce today" Business Insider 9:52 AM
"Who will buy the iPhone SE? Over 35% of iPhone users are still using a 4-inch device" 9to5Mac 9:51 AM
"Thoughts on Today's Upcoming Apple Event" Kirkville 9:25 AM
"Apple Preview: Small iPhone, small iPad Pro, and more" Business Insider 7:47 AM
"Three Big Questions for Apple's Event" Tech.pinions 7:39 AM
"How Will Tim Cook Spin the Four-Inch iPhone?" Kirkville 7:39 AM
"iPhone SE specs, price and release date: What you need to know ahead of Apple's 5pm iPhone launch today" Telegraph 7:33 AM
"iPhone SE could rejuvenate Apple and encourage growth in new markets" BetaNews 7:32 AM
"Meet Apple's secret and surprisingly powerful privacy team" BGR 7:26 AM
"Apple iPhone Event: What to Expect" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:25 AM
"Apple's iPhone SE: Can it prod customers to buy two iPhones?" ZDNet 7:24 AM
"Here comes the iPhone apocalypse and the end of Apple as we know it: In the course of a decade, Apple went from the Mac company to the iDevices company. The next 10 years will be even more challenging as the company faces tough competition from Asia which will erode its iPhone market share." ZDNet 7:24 AM
Apple Op/Ed
"DOJ asks that hearing w/ Apple be vacated, says it found 'possible method' to unlock iPhone" 9to5Mac 8:42 PM
"DOJ asks court to delay iPhone encryption hearing, says it may have found unlock method [u] AppleInsider 7:06 PM
"This might be the iPhone 7 of our dreams" BGR 11:49 AM
"Leak suggests iPhone 7 might actually address the iPhone's biggest problem" BGR 11:48 AM
"Refuting an Unfair View of Intel Corp.'s Potential Apple Inc. iPhone Win" The Motley Fool 10:46 AM
"As tech gets more complex, the best tech stays simple: Voice control and simplified interfaces are two key ways to keep technology from becoming so complicated it loses its convenience factor." Macworld 7:30 AM
Non-Apple
"What it's like living with a $20 Android phone" BGR 8:17 PM
"ESPN's Darren Rovell thinks he knows how Twitter can make an extra $4.5 billion a year" Business Insider 9:35 AM
"Tykes and tablets: Is too much screen time damaging your child's brain?" The Next Web 7:39 AM
"The Windows Phone upgrade model is so broken, even Android makes it look bad" ZDNet 7:25 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Nine other iPhone colors I'd prefer over rose gold" The Verge 6:52 PM
"What if Apple called this keynote event just to hang out with everyone?" Mashable 7:11 AM
"Recommendation Widget grows a conscience." The Joy of Tech [cartoon] 6:58 AM
"Dow up for 7th day as deal activity kicks off week" USA Today 4:44 PM
"Wall St. Ends Flat as Recent Rally Spurs Caution" Reuters 4:43 PM
"U.S. Stocks Drift Higher as Volatility Declines: Traders don't expect any wild directional changes for equities in holiday-shortened trading week" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:43 PM
"China stocks end at 2-month high after loosening of margin trading: Stocks in China jumped Monday after authorities signaled they may want to make it easier for investors to borrow to buy shares, a practice that took off last year and ultimately led to a bubble in the market." MarketWatch 7:50 AM
"European stocks extend last week's drop driven by miners, energy: European stocks closed lower Monday, swaying between small gains and losses and tracking moves in the U.S. dollar and oil prices." MarketWatch 12:33 PM
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