"Apple steps up graphics chip plans with London hiring spree" Telegraph 1:58 PM
"Apple Struggles With The Mac -- And The Media Agrees" Forbes 1:05 PM
"How Apple Inc. Makes Most of Its Money" The Motley Fool 4:16 PM
"The past, present, and future of the Mac Pro" The Robservatory 1:29 PM
"iPhone 8 may get delayed due to 3D sensing tech" TechShout 8:37 AM
"Why Hope Springs Eternal for Apple to Introduce an iPad Pro in 2017" eWeek 8:38 AM
"Amazon takes voice battle with Apple TV outside US" The Star: Malaysia 8:38 AM
"Microsoft tops Apple in tablet satisfaction (including design)" CNET 4/7
"Microsoft's Tablet Beats Apple's in Customer Satisfaction Survey" Investopedia 4/7
"Microsoft Beats Apple In Satisfaction Levels Among Tablet Users, JD Power Ratings Say" International Business Times 4/7
"Apple needs to beat HP Z workstation designs: I can almost feel the glee at HP as Apple execs admit that the iconic Mac Pro is impractical for pro users. That's because the excellent HP Z series has been on the modular/upgradeable path for years. Can Apple do better?" ZDNet 4/7
"Can Apple Double Its Service Business By 2020?" Seeking Alpha 4/7
"People Are More Satisfied With Microsoft Surface Than Apple iPad" Nasdaq 8:55 PM
"Apple partnering with 'Saturday Night Live' for upcoming advertisement" 9to5Mac 1:05 PM
"After Decades of Fake Ads, 'Saturday Night Live' Plans Real Spots for Verizon, Apple" Variety 4/7
"Apple Teaming Up With 'Saturday Night Live' for Upcoming Ad Spot" MacRumors 4/7
"Saturday Night Live inks deal to create funny ads for Apple" Cult of Mac 4/7
"Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'The U.S. will lose its leadership in technology if this doesn't change'" Business Insider 4/7
"This iPhone 8 concept won't forget the iPhone's roots: iPhone fans get a new set of renders to get excited about, even if they aren't real." CNET 4/7
"iPhone 8 concept imagines Apple celebrating 10th anniversary with retro look [Video] 9to5Mac 4/7
"What if the next iPhone was also a throwback to the first iPhone?" Mashable 4/7
"Blackbaud CTO Mary Beth Westmoreland Named One of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology" ["She was named alongside women executives from other leading software companies including Angela Ahrendts of Apple, Safra Catz of Oracle, Ana Corrales of Google, Peggy Johnson of Microsoft, Virginia Rometty of IBM and Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook."] PRNewswire 4/7
"Tidal Owner Jay Z Has Removed All of His Albums From Apple Music" MacRumors 4/7
"Jay Z Ditches Apple Music and Spotify for Exclusive Streaming on Tidal" The Mac Observer 4/7
"Jay Z's albums are disappearing from Apple Music and Spotify: But they're still available on Google Play Music, SoundCloud Go and Tidal." Engadget 4/7
"Facebook lines up to compete with Apple, Google, and Samsung with new AI digital assistant" TechRepublic 4/7
"Today in Apple history: Mac OS 7 gets its last ever update" Cult of Mac 4/7
Non-Apple News
"Booby-trapped Word documents in the wild exploit critical Microsoft 0day" Ars Technica 8:58 PM
"Computer hack sets off 156 emergency sirens across Dallas" Reuters 8:53 PM
"Hacking Attack Woke Up Dallas With Emergency Sirens, Officials Say" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:51 PM
"New ransomware locks your files behind an anime bullet hell shooter" The Verge 4/7
"First Galaxy S8 TV commercial debuts with two weeks until release" BGR 4/7
"U.S. net neutrality advocates blast Pai effort to reverse rules" Reuters 4/7
"FCC said to have a plan for rollback of net neutrality rules: The plan would involve reversal of a 2015 reclassification of broadband providers" IDG News Service 4/7
"Apple rival Samsung forecasts high profits despite Note 7 fires & political scandals" AppleInsider 4/7
"Samsung's profit soars: The operating profit growth is likely to have come mainly from its components business" IDG News Service 4/7
"Google sued for $10 beeelion after refusal to advertise 'divine cure for cancer'" ["Abid, who goes by the first name 'Shaq' on LinkedIn, claims to have developed 'a divine cure for cancer' consisting of 'only honey herb and spice.' Google, he insists, will not allow him to advertise the product through AdWords."] The Register 4/7
Publications/Podcasts
"Podcast: Apple Mac Pro, IPad As PC, Surface J.D. Power" Tech.pinions 8:31 AM
"The 404 Show 1697: Project Scorpio, Mac Pro, WTF Pepsi? (podcast)" CNET 4/7
"Social Media Privacy Settlement, Apple's Clips App -TMO Daily Observations 2017-04-07" The Mac Observer 4/7
"MashTalk: Is Apple's Mac Pro apology enough to stop users from defecting to Windows?" Mashable 4/7
"Happy Hour Podcast 114 | Apple's Mac Pro mistake, upcoming pro iMacs, and Clips first impressions" 9to5Mac 4/7
"New iMacs for pro users are coming this year (Apple Byte Extra Crunchy, Ep. 79)" CNET 4/7
"Apple reveals their future Mac plans, this week on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 4/7
"AppleInsider podcast talks Mac Pro, the future of PowerVR, Clips & more" AppleInsider 4/7
"Hands-on with Apple Clips: How to use the iOS video-editing app and why you'd want to" Macworld 4/7
"Meganoid (2017) Review: A retro-styled platformer with some glaring flaws" iMore 4/7
How-To/Tutorial
"Download EveryCord (iRec) IPA On iOS 10 Without Jailbreak" Redmond Pie 7:26 PM
"How to Download YouTube Videos on iPhone and Save Them to Camera Roll" iPhone Hacks 4:11 PM
"How to Cancel Apple Music: So you want to break up with Apple Music. Perhaps it's too expensive, or you don't listen enough to justify the cost. Whatever the reason, here's how to say goodbye." PC Magazine 8:21 AM
"How to use Clips, a hands-on video walkthrough [Video] 9to5Mac 4/7
"How To Record Your Browser On Your iPhone" AddictiveTips 4/7
"How to make your videos more amazing with Clips" Cult of Mac 4/7
"How to connect incompatible accessories to HomeKit using Homebridge" iMore 4/7
"Getting started with Apple's Clips app [Video] 9to5Mac 4/7
"How to use Apple's new Clips app" Computerworld 4/7
Tips
"Become Tech Savvy: How to pick the best wireless carrier" 9to5Mac 1:05 PM
"Facebook Messenger not loading on your Apple Watch? Try this..." iDownload Blog 12:55 PM
"Tip: Lock Clips Recording With This Simple Trick" The Mac Observer 4/7
"iPhone 8 release date delayed already?" Express UK 4:16 PM
"Apple Behind Some of The UK's Biggest Tech Successes" Apple Must 4:12 PM
"Apple could make the iPad a true laptop replacement if it just had these 2 simple features" Business Insider 8:24 AM
"Why Hope Springs Eternal for Apple to Introduce an iPad Pro in 2017" eWeek 4/7
"Tim Cook: Without more women, US will lose tech lead/Commentary: In an interview, Apple's CEO insists that innovation will die without more women entering STEM fields." CNET 4/7
"Damaging Your Phone, Accidentally on Purpose" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4/7
"This iPhone 8 concept video is absolutely jaw-dropping" BGR 4/7
"About This Microsoft Surface Beats iPad Survey (Includes Useful Tip)" Apple Must 4/7
"The blessing and curse of being an Apple supplier" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 4/7
"Why the Apple Watch 3 Isn't Likely to Wind Up on Many People's Wrists" TheStreet 4/7
"New Passot Arcade Game Now Available in the iOS App Store" prMac 1:05 PM
"This tweak lets you share photos, screenshots, and text from anywhere" iDownload Blog 12:51 PM
"Coming April 8: Gene Steinberg meets John Martellaro of The Mac Observer and columnist Rob Pegoraro, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 4/7
"Nonprofit HITN Learning Launches New Award-winning Educational Apps For Preschools At Head Start Conference" PRNewswire 4/7
"Catalyst Announces Glow-in-the-Dark AirPod Cases" Digital Trends 4/7
"Facebook's new M assistant merges Apple's data detectors & rumored Siri Messages enhancements" AppleInsider 4/7
"This ebook is a valuable guide to help you cut the cable/satellite TV cord" Apple World Today 4/7
"Cell phone depreciation takes the smallest bite out of Apple" Apple World Today 4/7
"Waterfield backpacks are an expensively acquired taste" The Verge 4/7
"Get Your Hot Hands Ready for Ellen DeGeneres' New iOS Game" AppAdvice 4/7
"Copart Updates Mobile App for Enhanced Online Bidding Experience" PRNewswire 4/7
"Microsoft hikes Windows 10 savings claims by 28%: Enterprise savings and benefits climb to $515 per-employee compared to sticking with Windows 7, company says" Computerworld 4/7
"First details emerge about Microsoft's Surface Pro 5" The Verge 4/7
"We're Finally Learning Something About Surface Pro 5" LAPTOP Magazine 4/7
"Microsoft bans emulators from the Windows Store" Computing 4/7
"Microsoft releases first Windows 10 'Redstone 3' PC test build" ZDNet 4/7
"Skype Translator Now Works With Japanese for Video and Voice Calls" eWeek 4/7
"Microsoft rejects AMD's Ryzen in favour of 'evolved' AMD Jaguar CPU for Project Scorpio" Computing 4/7
"Microsoft eschews AMD Ryzen and sticks with supercharged Jaguar for Project Scorpio Xbox" V3 4/7
"AMD releases tweaked Windows 10 Ryzen power plan settings" bit-tech 4/7
"AMD releases custom 'Balanced' power plan for Ryzen users" Hexus 4/7
"AMD issues its third Ryzen Community Update" TweakTown 4/7
"We May Finally Get an AMD-Powered Chromebook" PC Magazine 4/7
"AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Detail: Said to be Way Better than Intel's Core i7-7700K" Droid Report 4/7
"Intel CEO's pay rises to $19.1 million over security costs" Bloomberg News 4/7
"Intel collaborating with Preferred Networks in Japan on deep learning" DigiTimes 4/7
"Intel demonstrates Sawtooth Lake open source blockchain project for seafood traceability" EconoTimes 4/7
"TSMC withdraws bid for Toshiba memory-chip unit" DigiTimes 4/7
Industry News
"Stock market closes fractionally lower after jobs report, Syria strike: Dow industrials, S&P 500, Nasdaq all edge lower on week" MarketWatch 4/7
"Syrian Crisis and Jobs Disappointment Combine for a Down Day on Wall Street" TheStreet 4/7
"Stocks End Flat, Airlines Fall 2% For The Week; Domino's Delivers Sell Signal" Investor's Business Daily 4/7
"Stocks shake off U.S. strike on Syria, jobs miss to end turbulent week a tad lower" USA Today 4/7
"Wall Street Dips on Weak Payrolls, Syria Concern" Reuters 4/7
"U.S. Stocks Steady After Airstrike; Defense Shares Rally: The U.S. strike on Syria also sends oil prices higher" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4/7
"Asian markets reverse early gains after U.S. airstrike: Haven assets such as oil, yen rise; investors eye Russia's response" MarketWatch 4/7
"European stocks fall as U.S. airstrikes on Syria unsettle investors: Oil shares outperform; German industrial production jumps" MarketWatch 4/7
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