"Jimmy Iovine: Apple Music will have no limitations" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 9:07 PM
"The iPhone Unsung Sine Qua Non/Much has been said about the original iPhone's success factors: an innovative multi-touch interface, a never-seen-before combination of cell phone, iPod and Internet 'navigator'. All good, but missing one crucial element: removing the carrier's control on the iPhone's features and content." Monday Note 7:30 AM
"Apple in Trumpland: How the new administration could upend Apple's business" Ars Technica 1/15
"Can Apple emerge from the ashes?" Apple 3.0 [Subscription Required for Full Article] 1/15
"Apple's Jimmy Iovine Talks About Apple Music Growth" Digital Trends 1/15
"Apple vs. Samsung goes back to court, again, to re-assess the value of a rounded corner: It's time to debate damages. To Apple and to common sense" The Register 1/15
"Could an iPhone Battery Have Played a Role in EgyptAir Crash? French investigators think the batteries in a co-pilot's iPad mini 4 or iPhone 6s may have caused the mysterious crash of EgyptAir flight MS804, which went down on May 19th of last year. All 66 people onboard were killed." Fortune 1/15
"Vivaldi is building 'Opera as it should've been': By staying private, and not raising VC, Vivaldi wants to avoid Opera's mistakes." Ars Technica 9:52 AM
"macOS 10.12.3 beta includes new Display Brightness energy saving recommendation for extending battery life" 9to5Mac 12:55 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How to efficiently free up space and recover lost storage on your Mac" 9to5Mac 1:36 PM
"How to kill the evercookie and supercookie, the cockroaches of tracking" Macworld 7:27 AM
"How to view and edit Word documents from Google Drive with ease: If the inability to edit MS Office files in Google Drive has been holding you back, here's how you how you can easily add this much-needed feature." TechRepublic 7:44 AM
"How to save battery power by reducing screen brightness in macOS beta" iMore 2:57 PM
"Mophie Juice Pack Air Review - iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Battery Case" Mobile Reviews Eh 1:05 PM
"Hey, gym rats – these buds are for you" Boston Herald 9:05 AM
"Inateck Tempered Glass Screen Protector: Inexpensive protection for a unforgiving world" Apple World Today 3:32 PM
"12 iPhone reviews in 3 minutes for its 10th anniversary" Engadget 1/14
"M&D's wireless MW50 headphones aren't perfect, but they sound great" Engadget 1/14
"DBrand vs. SlickWraps vs. Decal Girl – iPhone 7 skin comparison" Mobile Reviews Eh 1/14
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Apple's TV app has changed how I watch television" iMore 12:27 PM
"Eat, pray, shoot: Our favorite gear and apps for travel photography" Macworld 7:27 AM
"How to block certain calls in iOS 10: Gain more control over what calls you receive with these apps." Macworld 7:26 AM
"Want podcasts on your Apple Watch? There's finally an app for that" iDownload Blog 7:34 AM
"How to Easily Create Beautiful App Store Screenshots for your iPhone App" iPhone Hacks 6:43 PM
"Hands on with Airmail 1.5, managing Apple Mail, Gmail, and Exchange on iOS" AppleInsider 1/15
"How Kiwake Alarm Clock for iPhone Boosted My Morning Routine" iPhone Hacks 1/15
How-To/Tutorial
"How to change Alexa's name: If calling your Alexa device by name causes confusion or problems in your household, here's how you can change the wake word to something different." CNET 6:43 PM
"How to Enable Read Receipts Per Contact in Messages for iOS" OS X Daily 2:14 PM
"How to set up and use multilingual typing on iPhone" iDownload Blog 12:59 PM
"How to save jailbreak tweaks on your device with redeb" iDownload Blog 12:29 PM
"A Beginner's Guide To iOS: How To Get Started With Your New iPhone Or iPad" Digital Trends 10:17 AM
"How to enable the 'dark mode' feature hiding in your iPhone browser right now" BGR 9:52 AM
"Make great movies fast on your iPad with iMovie Trailers: How to create engaging short movies on iPad" Computerworld 9:47 AM
"How to stream audio from iPhone or iPad without AirPlay" iMore 7:32 AM
Tips
"Changing the default search engine in iOS Safari" Apple World Today 2:32 PM
"See the actual strength of the iPhone's cellular connection" The Robservatory 1:57 PM
"Tip: quickly share your Activity rings, workouts or achievements as standalone screenshots" iDownload Blog 11:04 AM
"Microsoft's Nadella Warns Against 'Hubris' Amid AI Growth" Bloomberg 9:20 AM
"Microsoft CEO says AI should help, not replace, workers" Engadget 1:35 PM
"Trump doesn't make Microsoft's CEO nervous" CNNMoney 9:06 PM
"Windows 10 security: 'So good, it can block zero-days without being patched'/Systems running the Windows 10 Anniversary Update were shielded from two exploits even before Microsoft had issued patches for them, its researchers have found." ZDNet 8:01 AM
"With change to cumulative Windows updates, Microsoft admits IE's fading role in the enterprise" Computerworld 7:46 AM
"Microsoft waves an 'early goodbye' to Windows 7, pushes Windows 10 upgrades" BetaNews 7:45 AM
"Microsoft Acquired An AI Startup That Can Make Cortana Better" Beacon Transcript 9:57 AM
"Microsoft Buys AI Startup Maluuba" Investopedia 9:20 AM
"Microsoft patent reveals foldable phone that turns into a tablet" The Verge 7:39 AM
"Microsoft's next Surface trick may be a foldable phone" The Next Web 10:07 AM
"IBM Breaks Innovation Record In 2016" Benzinga 3:30 PM
"Dell has to start thinking bigger with India leap-frogging in the digital era: Amit Midha" The Economic Times 9:55 AM
"Intel launches new IoT retail platform, plans $100 million retail tech investment" ZDNet 9:57 AM
"Intel's Virtual Reality Growth a Reality" Investopedia 10:42 AM
"Intel wants sensors to help you with your shopping" Engadget 4:15 PM
"Can AMD's New Vega GPU Compete with NVIDIA's Pascal?" Market Realist 7:39 AM
"AMD Ryzen specs, release date, price point anticipated at GDC 2017; Quad-core CPU sampling started" Yibada 9:57 AM
"AMD: Will Trump's China Trade Policy Push The Company Back Into Losses?" Seeking Alpha 12:26 PM
"Oracle opens start-up accelerator in Israel for cloud innovation" Reuters 7:48 AM
"Oracle's Cloud Forecast Is Cloudy" Seeking Alpha 12:55 PM
"Cisco calls on Arista to stop selling products in US after agency reverses patent finding" Network World 9:54 AM
"Lenovo Thought It Knew How to Fix Tarnished Brands—Then It Bought Motorola: Success with IBM deal led Chinese firm to underestimate difficulty of reviving the smartphone company; 'we didn't know each other'" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:23 PM
"Move Over, Coders—Physicists Will Soon Rule Silicon Valley" Wired 7:46 AM
"The Past and Future of Cloud Computing" GuruFocus 12:26 PM
"Apple: Morgan Stanley lowers iPhone estimates, raises ASP" Apple 3.0 [Subscription Required for Full Article] 8:22 PM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks soar as growth trumps Trump fears" CNNMoney 9:58 AM
"Stocks may need a flawless earnings season to keep Trump rally going: Trump inauguration pressures stocks as earnings roll out" MarketWatch 4:14 PM
"Global shares mostly lower amid worries over Brexit, Italy" Associated Press 8:26 AM
"Stocks Lower as British Pound Suffers Brexit Jitters: Stocks fell while the British pound dropped to three-month lows Monday amid escalating concerns over the U.K.'s access to the European Union's single market." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:13 PM
"Nikkei tumbles as exporters drop; Chinese stocks sell off" MarketWatch 8:25 AM
"European stocks decline as banks, auto makers struggle: Essilor, Luxottica reach merger deal" MarketWatch 8:25 AM
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