"What it means for Apple if feds have found a way to crack shooter's iPhone" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:31 AM
"New iPhone hack caught Justice Department off guard, court transcript shows" The Verge 7:25 AM
"FBI can crack iPhone security and is classifying the method to prevent Apple fighting back" BetaNews 12:37 PM
"How the FBI Plans to Unlock the iPhone" Bloomberg Video 2:31 PM
"Why Apple Won Round 1 vs. the FBI, and What Comes Next" Fortune 8:08 AM
"Judge: Order to Compel Apple Has Been 'Unenforceable' All Along" Motherboard 12:34 PM
"Even With Apple Case On Hold, America's Encryption Debate Is Not Going Away" Fast Company 12:35 PM
"Third California jury trial in Apple-Samsung patent dispute postponed indefinitely: Judge Lucy Koh is concerned that the outcome of the trial could be questioned after a Supreme Court review" IDG News Service 7:27 AM
"Apple vs. Samsung, round 2, put on hold as Supreme Court steps in" CNET 11:38 AM
"Apple got PR wrong in FBI fight, Steve Jobs' former publicist says" Chicago Tribune [Free Registration Required] 7:44 AM
"Apple's handled its PR wrong in FBI standoff, says Steve Jobs' ex-publicist" Cult of Mac 7:44 AM
"We asked every member of Congress with a computer science degree about Apple's war with the FBI" BGR 10:46 AM
"Inside Apple's Cloud Infrastructure Troubles: Apple's move to tap Google to handle parts of its iCloud traffic is a sign that the Cupertino company has failed to build its own cloud infrastructure despite years of work, say people with knowledge of the situation. The company is still years away from being able to completely leave its existing cloud vendors, which also include Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, according to people with direct knowledge of Apple's effort." The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 9:19 AM
"Report: Apple developing at least 6 cloud infrastructure projects incl. servers to prevent snooping" 9to5Mac 11:17 AM
"Apple moves to bring iCloud infrastructure in-house predicated by backdoor fears - report" AppleInsider 11:25 AM
"Apple sacrifices innovation for midtier market: Apple reveals more powerful 4-inch phone, cheaper iPad Pro" MarketWatch 10:47 AM
"The Not-So-Hidden Agenda Behind Apple's New iPhone and iPad" Tech.pinions [Insider Content] 7:40 AM
"Israeli firm helping FBI to open encrypted iPhone: report/Israel's Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, is helping the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's attempt to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California shooters, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Wednesday." Reuters 8:01 AM
"FBI enlists Israeli firm to unlock encrypted iPhone" VentureBeat 7:28 AM
"John McAfee: Apple won't like FBI's iPhone 'universal master key'" Cult of Mac 7:24 AM
"How the FBI Might Be Hacking the San Bernardino iPhone Without Apple's Help" Re/code 11:31 AM
"Israel's Cellebrite reportedly security company helping FBI, as McAfee claims he knows the method" 9to5Mac 7:28 AM
"Israeli Firm Reportedly Helping FBI Crack San Bernardino Phone" Re/code 8:51 AM
"People Want To Know Just Who Is Helping The Government Hack Into An iPhone" BuzzFeed 11:24 AM
"Apple hopes small is big again as iPhone SE debuts" Reuters 8:01 AM
"Apple bets new 4-inch iPhone to draw big-screen converts in China, India" Reuters 8:01 AM
"Apple's new iPhone SE unlikely to make a splash in Asia despite low price" TechCrunch 7:30 AM
"Wearables in flux? Pebble is laying off 25 percent of its workforce: As Apple and Samsung gain ground in the wearables market, are the smaller companies at risk?" ZDNet 1:54 PM
"Which smartphone is the most likely to be stolen in the UK? It's not the one you think: The iPhone is no longer the handset most coveted by phone thieves. According to new numbers, it's the HTC M8, followed by the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, which are the smartphones most likely to be stolen in the UK, based on an estimate calculated using data on desirability to criminals." Telegraph 12:35 PM
"This chap's maintained an Apple game for 32 years – from Mac to iOS" The Register 7:40 AM
"Apple's ITunes Overtaken by Streaming Music Services in Sales" Bloomberg 11:03 AM
"Record companies made $2.4B last year from streaming, but it's not enough" Ars Technica 7:40 AM
"Apple's iTunes Suffers as Streaming Sales Surpass Digital Downloads For First Time - Research and Markets" PRNewswire 8:22 AM
"Apple Pay Coming to Mobile Websites Before Holiday Shopping Season" Re/code 4:11 PM
"Apple Special Event. September 9, 2015." [Full video of event] Apple 2:54 PM
"Google's Android Pay to launch in UK to take on Apple" CNBC 8:26 AM
"After a Strategy Overhaul, BMW Has Likely Cut Ties With Apple" The Motley Fool 8:26 AM
"Apple teams up with Vice for documentary series on local music scenes" iMore 10:48 AM
"Former Apple Exec Launches At-Home Blood Test Startup" TechCrunch 10:46 AM
"War on adblockers: Now more publishers take action against advert-killing tech" ZDNet 9:21 AM
Non-Apple News
"Here's how Google plans to beat Amazon" Business Insider 3:37 PM
"Google's new cloud boss: customers actually love us once they try us" Business Insider 3:36 PM
"Microsoft's Chatbot Told Me She's High, Uses an iPhone" PC Magazine 11:30 AM
"Wireless mice leave billions at risk of computer hack: cyber security firm" Reuters 11:06 AM
"'Fitbit for your period': the rise of fertility tracking" The Guardian 8:33 AM
"9 of the craziest things that will replace your phone's password" Business Insider 8:18 AM
"We're More Honest With Our Phones Than With Our Doctors" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:34 AM
"Why Amazon's most important cloud customer, Netflix, is speaking at Google's big cloud conference" Business Insider 11:17 AM
"Amazon.com says its women workers paid as much as men" Reuters 1:54 PM
"Mothers are leaving the tech industry, worsening the gender gap" GeekWire 8:06 AM
"Gender pay gap widest among computer programmers, study says" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:31 AM
"Samsung Galaxy S7 Smartphones Top Consumer Reports' Ratings: Great cameras and batteries paired with expandable storage and water resistance help them beat the competition" Consumer Reports 7:24 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"ACM 352: The Importance of Apple's Media Event, Apple vs. FBI Developments" The Mac Observer 7:37 PM
"Podcast 500: SE Stands for Super Exciting" Macworld 3:03 PM
"Clockwise #129: Flop Thunderdome" Six Colors 12:56 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-03-23: FBI and Cellebrite, the Next MacBook Refresh" The Mac Observer 12:54 PM
"Happy Hour Podcast 059 | Apple event unpacked: 4-inch iPhone SE, 9.7-inch iPad, and more" 9to5Mac 11:38 AM
"One More Thing podcast episode 031: Buying Apple and the FBI" MacNN 8:51 AM
"Latest iOS 9.3 update renders some older iPads unusable" AppleInsider 7:24 AM
"Scattered reports of iOS 9.3 update bricking iPad 2" 9to5Mac 7:28 AM
"Apple's iOS 9.3 glitching some older iPads" CNET 10:47 AM
"Don't – don't – install iOS 9.3 on your iPad 2: Upgrade bricks slabs" The Register 3:54 PM
"This Must Be Why Apple, Inc. Staggered the iPad Pro Launches: Did low A9X yields force Apple to delay the 9.7-inch iPad Pro?" The Motley Fool 8:08 AM
"9.7-inch LTE iPad Pros include an embedded Apple SIM, but you can still swap out carrier SIM cards" 9to5Mac 12:55 PM
"Ultra Thin MacBooks to Be Released in July?" Apple Gazette 9:20 AM
"Report says New 13-and 15-inch Mac Laptops in June" The Mac Observer 10:39 AM
"15 million 4-inch iPhone SE to ship in 2016" DigiTimes 7:58 AM
"Digitimes Research: 4 million 9.7-inch iPad Pros to ship in 1H16" DigiTimes 7:49 AM
"Apple's smaller iPad Pro expected to make promising sales start" Cult of Mac 7:43 AM
"Digitimes estimates Apple will sell 4M 9.7-inch iPad Pros in first half of the year" 9to5Mac 7:49 AM
"3 new iOS 9.3 features business users will love: iOS 9.3 offers several features that might appeal to business-oriented Apple users." TechRepublic 7:58 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"About the security content of iOS 9.3" Apple Support 6:35 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:22 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:22 AM
"Hands on: Apple targets the mainstream with new iPhone SE" AppleInsider 9:48 PM
"iPhone SE Review: Smaller Gets Smarter With Better Battery Life to Boot/Apple's powerful new 4-inch iPhone has the size and battery performance that many have been waiting for" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:44 PM
"A day with the 9.7-inch iPad Pro and its accessories: Performance, Smart Cover oddities, and coming to a truce with the Smart Keyboard." Ars Technica 7:25 AM
"Key Differences Between The 9.7 Inch and 12.9 inch iPad Pro" Bare Feats 8:34 AM
"Scrub a dub dub, where's the Podcast app's playback control hub? Scrub a dub dub, where's Podcast app's playback control hub?" Macworld 7:27 AM
"Get Organized with Plans for iPhoneTapscape" Tapscape 7:39 AM
"'7 Mages' Review - A Magnificent Ode To The Classics" Touch Arcade 3:02 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to Rate Songs in the iOS 9.3 Music App" Kirkville 6:32 PM
"How To Duplicate A Photo In iOS" AddictiveTips 3:02 PM
"How to lock Notes in iOS 9.3 and OS X El Capitan 10.11.4" Apple World Today 3:00 PM
"How To Turn On Night Shift In The Low Power Mode [iOS] AddictiveTips 12:56 PM
"[How To] Jailbreak the Apple TV 4" Modmyi 3:53 PM
"How-To: Jailbreak the Apple TV 4 using Pangu 1.0 for free" 9to5Mac 12:40 PM
"How to jailbreak the new Apple TV using Pangu" iDownload Blog 11:38 AM
"How to Find the UDID of Your Apple TV 4" iClarified 11:25 AM
"How to update your iPhone or iPad to iOS 9.3" Cult of Mac 10:48 AM
"How-To: Set up and use Night Shift mode on iPhone and iPad [Video] 9to5Mac 8:09 AM
"How to disable cellular data for specific iPhone apps" iDownload Blog 7:45 AM
"Lost Kodi App After tvOS 9.2 Update? Here's How To Get It Back" Redmond Pie 7:40 AM
Tips
"How to enable Wi-Fi Calling in iOS 9.3 for Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile iPhones" AppleInsider 12:37 PM
"Taking Someone Off Your iPhone's Blocked List: Q. How do you unblock a number that had been previously blocked on the iPhone 6?" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 9:19 AM
"14 privacy and security settings every iOS user should use" Computerworld 9:12 AM
"iOS Device Summary: March 2016 Updates" James Dempsey 7:48 PM
"iPhone SE poised to be Apple's sleeper hit of the season" BGR 6:58 PM
"Can This Fashionable Underdog Challenge the Apple Watch? Fossil launches new Michael Kors watches to challenge the Apple Watch." The Motley Fool 3:44 PM
"How Apple could make the iPhone 7 a comparative steal even at $650" BGR 3:44 PM
"iPad Pro: too little too late for business" USA Today 3:32 PM
"Opinion: iPhone 7 should be imaginative, not status quo, or risk spectacular fail" 9to5Mac 3:03 PM
"Explainer alert! Here's what the iPad Pro's embedded Apple SIM means for you" TechCrunch 3:02 PM
"iPhone SE, New iPad Storage Pricing Is A Rip-Off: Apple continues its practice of overcharging for storage with its newly unveiled iPhone SE and the new smaller iPad. The company's devices should come with more onboard storage, and upgrading shouldn't be so expensive." InformationWeek 1:58 PM
"Apple, the environment, and our health" The Loop 12:56 PM
"Why the iPhone SE is the smartphone for me" iMore 12:41 PM
"Apple's iOS 9 Links Recall the Bad Old Days of Internet Explorer" Wired 12:35 PM
"This could be Apple's next game-changing move with the iPhone" BGR 11:38 AM
"Is Apple Inc. Completely Neglecting the MacBook? The iDevice maker is taking its sweet time to update its portable Mac product lines." The Motley Fool 10:48 AM
"iPhone SE diary: Why I'm seriously considering my first ever iDevice downgrade" 9to5Mac 10:47 AM
"For Apple, Potential Flaw May Be a Wake-Up Call" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:20 AM
"Apple Has Too Many Devices: Silly Meme #236" Lou Miranda 9:12 AM
"Apple vs. FBI Was a Nasty Piece of Work" Fortune 8:52 AM
"Some Thoughts On What's Behind Apple's Non-News: Make of it what you will." Fortune 8:09 AM
"The iPhone Apocalypse Is Coming (again)" Mac360 8:07 AM
"Apple's Nemesis Arrived, Right On Schedule" BohemianBoomer 8:07 AM
"Mossberg: The iPhone 7 Had Better Be Spectacular" Re/code 8:06 AM
"Walt Mossberg: 'The iPhone 7 Had Better Be Spectacular'" Daring Fireball 6:47 PM
"Apple Event: Moments Of Bravado, Muted Tones/Apple execs at the company's Monday press event launched iterative updates to existing products while crowing about non-consumer-facing achievements." InformationWeek 8:02 AM
"iPhone Case Makers Are Loving This Whole iPhone SE Thing" Wired 7:54 AM
"What was all that about a scary iMessage flaw? Your three-minute guide: How a powerful hacker could just about intercept and decrypt your texts" The Register 7:40 AM
"Would you wear iWear from Apple? I would" Apple World Today 7:39 AM
"Inside Apple's New iPhone SE: Is The iPhone 6 Obsolete?" Forbes 7:34 AM
"Will Apple ever release a Mac hybrid? Apple may need to bring some iPad Pro features like a touchscreen to MacBooks as users evolve" IDG News Service 7:33 AM
"Why the 9.7 Inch iPad Pro Isn't a Great Idea" AppleBlend 3:52 PM
"Why I'm sticking with the 12.9-inch iPad Pro" iMore 7:29 AM
"How Apple could make 16GB devices feel a lot roomier: iOS could use the limited space a little more intelligently." Macworld 7:27 AM
"What we'd like to see in Apple's next MacBook update: Our wish list for the MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro." Macworld 7:27 AM
"Cassandra: Two Apple Watches Paired with a Single iPhone (at last)" eXtensions 7:22 AM
Non-Apple
"Windows 10 Mobile Isn't Coming To Many Existing Handsets... And It Has Angered Loyal Fans" Low End Mac 10:47 AM
"You Need a VPN, or You're Screwed: The Virtual Private Network is about to go mainstream. Just be sure you get one that's legit." PC Magazine 8:02 AM
"Way to Go, FCC. Now Manufacturers Are Locking Down Routers" Wired 7:54 AM
"How VR will Disrupt the Entertainment and PC Markets in the Near Future" Tech.pinions 7:39 AM
"Intel Slowing its Pace for CPU Releases: The company plans to extend 14- and 10-nanometer chip lifecycles." PC Magazine 11:30 AM
"Intel retires 'tick-tock' development model, extending the life of each process: The new pattern is 'Process, Architecture, Optimization.'" Ars Technica 11:31 AM
"Intel is ditching its tick-tock chip development strategy" The Next Web 7:47 AM
"Intel is officially slowing down the pace of CPU releases" Engadget 7:51 AM
"Intel's tick runs out of tock" The Inquirer 12:40 PM
"Intel Signals Twilight Of Moore's Law And The End Of Their Tick-Tock Process Cadence" HotHardware 4:45 PM
"Andrew Stephen Grove: The immigrant who built Intel with fierce competitive drive." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:03 AM
"The Lion of Silicon Valley: Escaping from Communist Hungary and building an American business career that changed the world." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:03 AM
"Intel's Andy Grove: A Silicon Valley Pioneer" InformationWeek 11:30 AM
"It's Time to Log Off From Intel" TheStreet 8:03 AM
"How an Intel–AMD Licensing Deal Would Negatively Impact NVIDIA" Market Realist 11:17 AM
"Microsoft tightens Office 2016 security with anti-macro measures: 98% of threats aimed at Office use macros" TechRadar UK 8:17 AM
"Office 365 Video Turns Its Lens on Viewers" eWeek 4:45 PM
"Microsoft's multipronged strategy for bringing speech to IoT devices" ZDNet 11:29 AM
"Ginni the Eagle: IBM's corporate 'transformation'" BetaNews 7:56 AM
"AI makes it 'inevitable' that some job functions will be displaced, says IBM" V3 8:52 AM
"IBM promises Watson won't wipe us all out just yet" The Inquirer 12:56 PM
"IBM's Watson analyzed all the 'Harry Potter' books and movies" The Daily Dot 4:31 PM
"How Optevia Will Help IBM Access Fastest-Growing Cloud Space" Market Realist 12:38 PM
"HP Inc won't shake you down for ink in 3D printer era, says CTO" The Register 7:54 AM
"HP's (HPQ) Management on Technology Briefing Graphic Solutions Business Call (Transcript)" Seeking Alpha 6:31 PM
"Oracle and Hewlett Packard Head Back to Court: Oracle is suing Hewlett Packard Enterprise over its partnership with Terix Computer Co." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:04 AM
"Oracle fires big red Solaris support sueball at HPE" The Register 7:54 AM
"How Ericsson-Cisco Partnership Could Improve Networking Solutions" Market Realist 8:05 AM
"Google To Challenge Amazon, Microsoft In Cloud Computing War" Forbes 7:34 AM
"Google's Computing Service Lures High-Profile Clients: The division is trying to catch up with Amazon and Microsoft in the public cloud market" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:02 AM
"Google's Cloud Pitch to Compete With Amazon: Our Cloud Works Well for Google!" Re/code 7:44 AM
"Google Showcases Its Cloud Efforts, Determined to Catch Up to Rivals" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 11:25 AM
"Google to increase number of global cloud regions to challenge Amazon and Microsoft" V3 7:44 AM
"Red Hat Crosses $2 Billion Mark, Sees Strong 2017" InformationWeek 11:30 AM
"Quantum networkers, watch out: Twisting light slows it down" IDG News Service 3:02 PM
"Micron Announces Sampling Of GDDR5X Memory For Faster Next Generation Graphics Cards" HotHardware 5:42 PM
"Stocks sink as oil falls; Nasdaq loses 1.1%" USA Today 4:12 PM
"Wall Street Rally Fizzles Out as Oil, Materials Fall" Dow Jones Newswires 4:12 PM
"U.S. Stocks Rally Sputters: U.S. stocks fell for a second session in a row on Wednesday, further crimping a rally that had carried major indexes to their highest levels since December." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:12 PM
"Amazon and Biotech Are Ruining the Year for the Nasdaq: Tech-oriented index is down 3.7% in 2016, while Dow industrials and S&P 500 have gained" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:31 AM
"Asian markets quiet, unshaken by Brussels attacks: Trading slow ahead of Easter holiday weekend" MarketWatch 8:27 AM
"European markets rise, as travel stocks recover after Brussels attacks: Manhunt under way for suspected terrorist" MarketWatch 8:27 AM
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