"Tim Cook's Failed Apple Pitch: Apple CEO Tim Cook insisted last week that everything was great with his company despite its first quarterly revenue decline since 2003. He and Apple's chief financial officer used the word 'optimistic' 10 times during a conference call with analysts. Then the company's share price pessimistically fell for eight consecutive market days: something that hasn't happened to Apple in nearly 18 years." ["Here's what Cook didn't say: 1) Apple has been misjudging its own business, and that makes it tough to believe what executives say; and 2) The company failed to prepare investors for an inevitable slowdown in growth -- even if that slowdown proves temporary. If one duty of public company executives is to underpromise and overdeliver, Apple has flopped in that job.."] BloombergGadfly 7:29 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook: US government is dysfunctional/Jim Cramer spoke with Apple CEO Tim Cook on the recent iPhone encryption case, and the government's impact on citizens of the U.S." CNBC Video 7:16 PM
"Tim Cook sees Apple changing the world: CEO tells CNBC's Jim Cramer that one of the ways Apple can change the world is by standing up to 'dysfunctional' governments." CNET 8:17 PM
"Tim Cook gets personal in second part of CNBC interview, talks inspiration & Steve Jobs [Video] 9to5Mac 7:17 PM
"Apple is now run by a guy who is more like John Sculley than Steve Jobs" Re/code 7:57 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook Is No Steve Jobs" TheStreet 10:32 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook Ends Stock Slide With Reassuring TV Appearance" Investor's Business Daily 11:35 AM
"Video of Apple CEO Tim Cook's unusual appearance on CNBC to defend company's peformance" CNBC 8:01 AM
"Apple worries 'an overreaction' - Cook" BBC 8:00 AM
"7 important things Tim Cook just said about iPhone 7, Apple Watch 2 and more" TechRadar UK 8:00 AM
"Apple: What Will Make the Stock Tick Again/An 8-day losing streak has put Apple shares near their lowest level in nearly two years" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:33 AM
"Apple's Emerging Market Challenge" Tech.pinions [Insider Content] 7:59 AM
"China's booming middle class bodes well for Apple, says Tim Cook: In an interview to CNBC, Cook says there was an 'over reaction' to Apple's quarterly results" IDG News Service 7:31 AM
"Smartwatch report forecasts that Apple Watch will represent 40% of $350+ watch category by 2020" 9to5Mac 7:29 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook is Playing a Very Smart Game With Apple Watch" The Mac Observer 2:53 PM
"Apple Nabs Nest's Former Head of Technology" Fortune 7:15 PM
"Apple hires Google X lab cofounder, former Nest head of technology to work on health projects" AppleInsider 7:17 PM
"Apple Hires Former Nest VP and Robotics Expert Yoky Matsuoka for Health Team" MacRumors 7:17 PM
"Apple hires robotic hand pioneer Yoky Matsuoka, former UW professor and Nest exec" GeekWire 7:27 PM
"Google Chrome now more popular than Internet Explorer, says NetMarketShare" BetaNews 11:35 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Fixing an out-of-storage problem for iCloud backups" Macworld 7:35 AM
"About the security content of Xcode 7.3.1" Apple Support 7:25 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Find the Best Web Browser for Your Devices: A Review of Chrome, Safari and Edge" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:13 PM
"MacScan 3 review: Easy-to-use software stomps out malware, tracking cookies" Macworld 7:34 AM
"How-To: Hide System Preferences sections in OS X [Video] 9to5Mac 7:15 PM
"Freshly Squeezed Reviews: What color ... err, time is it?" YMP Now 2:38 PM
"Colour profiling your camera the easy and accurate way: basICColor input" IT.Enquirer 7:01 AM
Op/Ed
"A Few Words On A Quicken Replacement On My Mac, iPhone, iPad" Mac360 8:02 AM
Press Releases
"Micromat, Inc. announces the release of MacCheck™, a completely new problem-solving & diagnostic utility for Mac OS X, at no charge." Micromat 6:44 PM
"PieMessage open-source project brings iMessage to Android using your Mac as a server" 9to5Mac 8:41 AM
"Introducing Follow-Up: New Feature for Apple Mail on MailButler" prMac 7:58 AM
"Conveniently create and optimize email newsletters for mobile devices without any HTML knowhow" equinux 7:46 AM
"TS Calc 1.5 for Mac to solve mathematical models" Tension Software 7:01 AM
"The iPhone was the product of the century. But what now for Apple?" Telegraph 7:26 PM
"The 50 Most Influential Gadgets of All Time" [#38 iBook; #25 iPad; #9 iPod; #3 Macintosh; #1 iPhone] Time 10:17 AM
"Apple dominates Time's list of top 50 influential gadgets" CNET 10:19 AM
"Apple no longer has exclusive rights to the 'iPhone' name in China" Quartz 1:08 PM
"China strips Apple of exclusive iPhone trademark" Cult of Mac 1:08 PM
"'iPhone' Trademark Fight Illustrates Apple's Headwinds in China" The Mac Observer 6:43 PM
"Decoding 'Manus x Machina': BoF talks to key players at Condé Nast, Apple and the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to unpack the meaning of its latest exhibit on the evening of the Met Gala." Business of Fashion 7:16 PM
"Tech big shots like Tim Cook, Travis Kalanick, and Elon Musk gathered last night at New York's hottest fashion show" Business Insider 7:21 PM
"Apple and Google are waging a war for mobile search domination" The Next Web 8:03 AM
"Exclusive: Redesigned Aspen Grove Apple Store reopens in Littleton, CO" Apple World Today 1:17 PM
"Apple's Plan for Refurbished iPhones in India Faces Opposition" Bloomberg 8:08 AM
"Report: Apple can't sell used iPhones in India, says government/Apple is competing with multiple established competitors with dirt-cheap phones." Ars Technica 10:04 AM
"India rejects Apple's plans to sell used iPhones in the country after opposition by Samsung & others" 9to5Mac 8:41 AM
"Fitbit CEO: Apple Watch is 'the wrong way to approach' wearables" Cult of Mac 7:11 AM
"Fitbit: Apple Takes 'Wrong' Approach to Wearables" PC Magazine 9:28 PM
"US Court orders Touch ID iPhone unlock" BBC 7:08 AM
"Law Affords More Protection to PINs Than Prints" TechNewsWorld 3:24 PM
"Invisible Fingerprint Sensors Will Help Save Smartphone Design" Wired 7:08 AM
"Man dressed as Jesus arrested after refusing to leave Apple Store" BGR 8:08 AM
Non-Apple News
"Women in Tech Band Together to Track Diversity, After Hours" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:29 PM
"Google wants to inject a computer into your eye" The Verge 3:42 PM
"New Adblock Plus service lets you pay websites after removing ads" Mashable 3:24 PM
"Should you pay sales tax on Internet purchases? South Dakota law could be the test" IDG News Service 2:24 PM
"Is the Tech Bubble Popping? Ping Pong Offers an Answer: Falling table-tennis sales give a peek into the economics of Silicon Valley, where the right to play on the job is sacrosanct" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:04 AM
"YouTube is getting a Material Design look and feel" The Verge 8:00 AM
"Adblock Plus Now Wants You to Pay to Browse the Internet" Wired 7:31 AM
"Yelp fights back against fake reviews" CBS News 7:30 AM
"Samsung and Nvidia resolve patent clash" BBC 7:09 AM
"Apple CEO Becomes TV Spin Doctor: Tim Cook uses televised interview to claim Apple's best days are still to come, and calm investor fears." InformationWeek 9:29 PM
"Apple's best hope in India is to sell refurbished iPhones, and it's not looking good" Mashable 8:17 PM
"Apple's Dip: What Comes Next (Bangkok Post, Life) -Extended Version" eXtensions 7:45 PM
"Apple stops tocking: It wants to escape an unsustainable pace/In 'tick' cycles, Apple releases a new look for a product; in alternating 'tocks,' dramatic improvements in internals. It's time for it to stop watching the clock." Macworld 2:31 PM
"Life's too short for slow computers/Here's the problem with the Apple Watch: it's slow." The Verge 2:24 PM
"Is Apple Watch a failure? Listen to the debate (Video)" The Business Journals 2:07 PM
"Why you shouldn't believe every single iPhone 'leak' and rumor" Mashable 2:06 PM
"Why the iPhone 7 doesn't have to be a disappointment: Analysts are already speculating that the iPhone 7 won't be upgrade-worthy. But we disagree—here's why." Macworld 7:35 AM
Non-Apple
"Want to Know What Facebook Really Thinks of Journalists? Here's What Happened When It Hired Some." Gizmodo 7:42 PM
"There's a new thing called 'fog computing' and no, we're not joking" Business Insider 2:47 PM
"Dish Network's new game-changer has nothing to do with TV" BGR 8:09 AM
"Is single sign-on the answer to your cloud computing security worries?" ZDNet 8:00 AM
"Intel's new smartphone strategy is to quit" The Verge 7:58 AM
"6 Must-Read Quotes from Microsoft's Earnings Call: Management provides color on Office 365, Windows 10, cybersecurity, and how it hopes to beat Amazon in the cloud." The Motley Fool 7:42 AM
"Microsoft's CEO explains why his company sued the U.S. government: The company's commitment to privacy drove it to fight gag orders, he says" PCWorld 7:42 AM
"Microsoft to change location of some security updates as of May Patch Tuesday" ZDNet 2:06 PM
"Microsoft to release SQL Server 2016 on 1 June" V3 7:42 AM
"HP unveils latest Pavilion PC lineup" BetaNews 7:28 AM
"HP aims to weave gaming magic into new thread-designed Pavilion laptops" TechRadar UK 7:28 AM
"HP Unveils Premium Chromebook: 3K Display, Intel Core M, 16 GB of RAM and USB-C" AnandTech 7:21 AM
"Michael Dell: Dell Technologies to be 'major cloud infrastructure' vendor/CEO Michael Dell reveals name for company post EMC-merger, while EMC CEO Joe Tucci highlights role of channel" Channelnomics 7:30 AM
"Dell plus EMC has a name: Dell Technologies" InfoWorld 7:31 AM
"Dell rebrands Dell to Dell Technologies, Dell EMC, and Dell" Ars Technica 10:24 AM
"Intel's Atom architecture lives on despite mobile chip cancellations: The next-generation Atom architecture code-named Goldmont will be in upcoming Pentium and Celeron chips code-named Apollo Lake" PCWorld 7:24 AM
"Intel Begins to Lay Off Staff in Israel - Reports" Nasdaq 7:40 AM
"AMD Increases Efforts in the Server Space to Compete with Intel" Market Realist 2:37 PM
"AMD Taps Licensing Business to Boost Cash Flow" Market Realist 3:32 PM
"AMD Stock: Analyzing 5 Key Customers" Investopedia 7:38 AM
"See the IBM Watson Met Gala 'cognitive dress' in action" Fast Company 7:40 AM
"IBM's Watson Helped Design Karolina Kurkova's Light-Up Dress for the Met Gala" Wired 2:21 PM
"Minister defends rehiring IBM to maintain error-riddled social welfare software" CBC News 7:41 AM
"Oracle purchases specialist SaaS firm Opower for $532m" V3 10:23 AM
"Oracle To Snag Cloud Service Provider Opower For $532 Million" Tech Times 7:39 AM
"Oracle-style database coupling doesn't work in the cloud" InfoWorld 7:39 AM
"Cisco Places Big Bet on Spark: For future success, UC vendors can either broaden their solutions or change existing models and assumptions. Cisco is doing both." No Jitter 7:29 AM
"Cisco Changes Everything With New Branding Campaign" Forbes 7:29 AM
"Acer announces fanless Intel Core i7 device, the Switch Alpha 12" Pocket-lint 7:21 AM
"Novel technique eases production of glass microlasers" EE Times Asia 6:46 AM
"OpenStack Makes Strides Despite Persistent Identity Problem" eWeek 7:19 AM
"Qualcomm deep learning SDK adds AI smarts to Snapdragon chips: Clever chips and smart silicone" The Inquirer 8:51 AM
"High Anxiety: Markets Get Roiled/Developments reflect worries that have shadowed a surprising 2016 recovery in the prices of stocks and many commodities" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:44 PM
"China stocks rise after President Xi Jinping's verbal support for market: Aussie stocks soar on unexpected rate cut" MarketWatch 7:11 AM
"European stocks slammed as euro jumps, banks sag: Euro at highest mark since August" MarketWatch 7:11 AM
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