"iPhone search at center of Tampa area drug probe" ["The Tampa iPhone belonged to Julio Alvarez, described by officials as the leader of a highly organized syndicate of marijuana grow houses in three Florida counties. The device is now at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which is tasked with gaining access to the contents, according to court documents and Assistant State Attorney Darrell Dirks."] Tampa Tribune 6:27 PM
"Senate Bill Draft Would Prohibit Unbreakable Encryption" Associated Press 10:28 AM
"Senators work on what might be the most anti-encryption bill yet" Engadget 8:10 PM
"Security Researchers Trash Burr-Feinstein Encryption Bill As Both Technically Illiterate And Dangerous" HotHardware 4:22 PM
"Apple won't demand to learn how FBI cracked terror suspect's phone" Ars Technica UK 8:46 AM
"Gangs, Drugs, And Guns Keep The Pressure On Apple" Digital Trends 1:13 PM
"3 Charts About Apple's Sales Growth in China" The Motley Fool 1:12 PM
"This Infamous Ex-CFO Compared Apple to Enron" Fortune 8:37 AM
"As Apple plots India push, Samsung takes turf with revamped phones" Business Standard 2:51 PM
"Judge orders Apple to help FBI unlock iPhone in Massachusetts case" Reuters 4/8
"U.S. Presses Bid to Force Apple to Unlock iPhone in New York" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4/8
"Apple's fight with US over privacy enters a new round" Washington Post 4/8
"Former NSA Chief Urges U.S.-Silicon Valley Deal on Encryption: Keith Alexander says a privacy-security balance can be found." Bloomberg 4/8
"Apple won't demand to learn how FBI cracked terror suspect's phone: Gadget maker said it did not know whether FBI employed a software or hardware hack." Ars Technica 4/8
"FBI won't tell Apple how it cracked the iPhone 5C" ITProPortal 4/8
"FBI director says iPhone hack does not work on newer models" Mobile World Live 4/8
"Apple Complied With First iPhone Unlock Court Order in 2008, Says Report" MacRumors 4/8
"IPhone Backdoors Would Pose a Threat, French Privacy Chief Warns" Bloomberg 4/8
"Apple says Mississippi 'religious freedom' bill 'empowers discrimination'" AppleInsider 4/8
"How Silicon Valley — not just Apple — became obsessed with making beautiful objects" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 4/8
"TextExpander 6 review: A snippets subscription service that's priced too high/TextExpander moves from paid apps to a subscription ecosystem with identical apps and an immature Web interface." Macworld 4/8
"Top 4 Alternatives to TextExpander" iPhone Hacks 4/8
"Apple Notes: The lack of default font options causes problems/Apple's products aren't perfect. Kirk McElhearn points out what needs to be fixed." Macworld 4/8
"Mom shoots up kids' iPhone and sledgehammers it, blames social media/Technically Incorrect: A YouTube video shows a Southern mom appearing to be so annoyed with her kids' use of social media that she takes it out on their iPhone." CNET 6:20 PM
"Three-fifths of Apple Watch owners plan to upgrade to next model sight unseen" AppleInsider 4/8
"Apple's latest device might be its smallest success yet: APPLE's new four-inch smartphone appears to be selling very well, with iPhone fans forced to wait for weeks to get their hands on one." Express UK 4/8
"The Cookie Monster's Outtakes For His Apple Ad Are A Joy To Watch" Huffington Post UK 4/8
Non-Apple News
"Japan to Test New Fingerprint Payment System" PC Magazine 9:08 PM
"Facebook to Highlight Messenger at F8 Conference: Offerings to use 'chatbot' technology to help users order goods, services through app" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:52 PM
"Mark Zuckerberg has a 'yellow' version of Facebook on his phone with all kinds of special features" Business Insider 4:20 PM
"Google Fiber is ending a free-internet offer in its first city" Re/code 4:20 PM
"Most people are willing to sell their personal data, study says" Cantech Letter 3:13 PM
"Adobe Launches Creative Cloud Platform for Web Developers" eWeek 4/8
"Competition heating up in Chinese mobile payments space" BankNXT 4/8
Publications/Podcasts
"Coming April 9: Gene Steinberg meets Josh Centers, of TidBITS and Macworld columnist Kirk McElhearn, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 4/8
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-04-08: The White House's (Potentially) Shifting Position on Digital Priv" The Mac Observer 4/8
"AppleInsider podcast reviews iPhone SE, 9.7' iPad Pro, new betas, FBI & more" AppleInsider 4/8
"The Committed Podcast Discusses the New iPad Pro, Software Subscriptions, and More" Kirkville 4/8
"iPhone 7 Plus release date rumours, new features, patents | iPhone 7 Plus chassis leaks and 'confirms' several rumours | iPhone 7 Plus might use fan-out technology" Macworld UK 4/8
"iPhone 7 Smartphones To Be Thinner And Lighter Than 6s Line, But With Heftier Batteries" Tech Times 4/8
"Patent Shows how the MacBook Pro Could Become More Like the iPad" The Mac Observer 4/8
"Apple filed a patent for a MacBook keyboard without keys" Mashable 4/8
"Patent report: next gen Apple laptop, expanded Force Touch on Macs" Apple World Today 4/8
"Next Apple Magic Mouse Could Rock Force Touch, Based On This Patent" Tech Times 4/8
"Apple iPad Pro, iPhone SE announced in India: All you need to know before buying" The Indian Express 4/8
"Apple iPad Pro 9.7 and iPhone SE go on sale in India" VR-Zone 4/8
"Apple Finally Will Let You Hide Unwanted Apps" DeviceMAG 4/8
"Good news: you'll soon be able to remove your default iPhone apps" ShortList 4/8
AppleCare/Helps
"Google Removes My Business iOS App From App Store After Serious Bug" Search Engine Roundtable 4/8
"Review: iPad Pro 9.7' – it's the best iPad ever but not for everyone/It's too expensive for casual users but professionals will need to buy extras" Gadgette 4/8
"Apple iPhone SE Review: Retro or retread?" Pocketnow 4/8
"5 reasons why the smaller Apple iPad Pro has a unique identity: It has evolved from the bigger iPad Pro, but the 9.7-inch version is doing some things differently. A look at the top features, and why they may be relevant" Live Mint 4/8
"Can an iPhone SE survive a 100 FT drop frozen in ice?" ShortList 4/8
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Hands On: Microsoft Hub Keyboard 1.0 (iPhone)" MacNN 5:12 PM
"Making more sense of the fitness data your Apple Watch collects with Activity++" iDownload Blog 4/8
"Smart Note: Usable Output from Handwritten Input using Apple Pencil on the 9.7' iPad Pro" eXtensions 4/8
"Universe2Go: The stars await with this personal planetarium" Apple World Today 4/8
"Take a look inside Circle -- the app that lets you send money like a text message" Business Insider 4/8
How-To/Tutorial
"How to enable Night Shift and Low Power Mode at the same time on iOS 9.3.1" 9to5Mac 4:20 PM
"How to share calendar events on iPhone and iPad" iMore 2:46 PM
"How to set up and start using your Fitbit with Mac" iMore 8:41 AM
"How to use an iOS device as a waystation for photo uploads: A reader would like to transfer images to an iPad while on the road, then sync with iCloud Photo Library and free up storage in iOS." Macworld 4/8
"How to delete all photos from iPhone: Free up space on your iPhone by deleting unwanted photos/Have too many photos on your iPhone or simply running out of space on your phone and need some storage space? Here's a guide to quickly deleting photos from your iOS device." Macworld UK 4/8
Tips
"iOS: Block People from Calling or Texting You" The Mac Observer 4/8
"How to use Weather on iPhone and iPad: The ultimate guide" iMore 4/8
"Spotting the signs of a fake Apple Lightning cable" iDownload Blog 4/8
"What to do when your iPhone or iPad can't connect to Wi-Fi" iDownload Blog 4/8
"If Your iPhone Doesn't Have a Fingerprint Sensor, the FBI Can Hack it" Gizmodo UK 4/8
"Fives Things Apple Should Steal From Android Marshmallow" Know Your Mobile 4/8
"The trouble with 3D Touch: Until 3D Touch is more ubiquitous, developers have no reason to make it anything more than an Easter egg." Macworld 4/8
"Top 10 All-Time Favorite Apple Commercials: Apple recently marked its 40th birthday, and the company settled into middle age with a couple of new TV ads. Through the last four decades, Apple has produced not only iconic products, but also memorable commercials. We take a look at our 10 favorite Apple ads of all time." InformationWeek 4/8
"At 40 Apple needs to revive its start-up spirit: Considering that Apple does not seem to be creating blue-sky products, is the famed pipeline of new ideas running out of steam?" Live Mint 4/8
"Apple Watch's Future Will Include Smart Watch Bands" Seeking Alpha 4/8
Non-Apple
"The LG G5 Is the Most Revolutionary Smartphone in Years" The Motley Fool 7:37 PM
"Why big data needs a unified theory of everything" VentureBeat 4:19 PM
"Inventor Dean Kamen's Big Ideas: Dean Kamen on his passion for gadgets, his hexagonal home and his robotics competition for high-school students" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4/8
"Technology is Enabling New Levels of Sexploitation" The Mac Observer 4/8
"Repealing Moore's Law: Computing speed confronts physical barriers" Business Standard 3:13 PM
"HP boss Dion Weisler: Apple's strategy is Apple's strategy but we want to create categories" Telegraph 3:15 PM
"IBM Looks to Make Watson More Humanlike: Big Blue's cognitive computing platform will be better at analyzing everything from the emotion and tone of text to the personality of the writer." eWeek 3:17 PM
"Microsoft is still playing hardball when it comes to software payments, some partners complain" Business Insider India 3:18 PM
"Microsoft Says It's 'Ready' To Play Games With PS4" Forbes 10:38 AM
"Microsoft's Focus is Xbox One, Nice E3 2016 Planned" SegmentNext 8:55 AM
"Windows 10 Anniversary Edition is due for release in July" BetaNews 2:49 PM
"The CEO of Google's AI lab plans to buy a Tesla off one of his first investors" Business Insider 8:54 AM
"Windows 10 Anniversary update will see Edge automatically pause non-essential Flash content" TechSpot 4/8
"Top 10 reasons not to upgrade to Windows 10: Security, privacy and advertising woes" V3 4/8
"12 great Windows 10 features for power users" InfoWorld 4/8
"Microsoft Office gets its own Patch Tuesday" ZDNet 4/8
"Embedded Power BI Microsoft cloud apps could all turn into platforms" TechRadar UK 4/8
"Verizon said to submit Yahoo bid next week; Google 'considering' offer, but Microsoft isn't" Neowin 4/8
"8 uses for your old Windows XP PC: It's been two years since support for XP has ended" TechRadar UK 4/8
"10 features that helped Windows XP achieve legendary status" TechRadar UK 4/8
"Windows XP still the third most popular OS two years after end-of-life" TechRadar UK 4/8
"IBM teams up with DocuSign to boost cloud services" BetaNews 4/8
"Datawatch, IBM Partner on Self-Service Data Preparation Capabilities" Informatiom Management 4/8
"IBM wins 5-year BBC contract to drive mobile and cloud transformation" Computer Business Review 4/8
"IBM And SAP To Build On Cloud, Big Data Partnership With Cognitive Capabilities" TechWeekEurope 4/8
"University of Michigan, IBM team up on computer project" PhysOrg 4/8
"Apple Inches Back Toward All-Time High" 24/7 Wall St. 4/8
Industry News
"Wall Street pares gains as Gap Inc., retailers tumble; crude oil soars 6%: U.S. stocks pared healthy gains Friday as consumer-discretionary stocks, mainly retail and apparel companies like Gap Inc. ,sank, shifting investors' focus to shaky coming quarterly results." MarketWatch 4/8
"Stocks Pare Gains in Final Hour as Retail Overshadows Energy" TheStreet 4/8
"Chinese shoppers are buying fewer Prada bags: The Italian luxury brand Prada reported a 26.6% fall in net income in 2015 on Friday, blaming weak sales in China for the slump." CNNMoney 4/8
"Stocks blow big, early lead, finish only slightly highe" USA Today 4/8
"40% of Students Aren't Paying Back the Government: There's new concern over student loans as more than 40% of people who borrow from the government are not making their payments. That's nine million of the 22 million people with students loans who may never be able to pay their loans." FOXBusiness 4/8
"Stocks End Down On-Week, Despite Late Lift From Oil: Stocks around the globe declined this week as growth worries resurfaced" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4/8
"Asian shares drop as investors pare risk in wake of yen's run: Shares in Asia fell Friday as investors pulled back from risk amid worries about the Japanese yen's strong run." MarketWatch 4/8
"European stocks boosted by oil, but log 4th straight losing week: European stocks ended the week on a strong footing on Friday, as investors ventured into riskier assets such as equities as oil prices rose and the Japanese yen retreated, while upbeat trade data lifted Germany's DAX 30 index." MarketWatch 4/8
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