"Apple Culture After Ten Years of iPhone: Today's Apple is often seen as the iPhone company, a huge Supply Chain machine that produces and sells hundreds of millions of smartphones...and generates mounds of cash in the process. Today we look at the changes the iPhone brought to the old Apple culture — and consider that some things never change." Monday Note 9:06 AM
"Steve Jobs proves even the smartest executives need help making decisions" CNBC 8:34 AM
"Ikea and Apple are launching an app that lets you virtually try out furniture in your home – and then buy it" Business Insider Nordic 8:55 AM
"IKEA Details Plans for Furniture Placement App Powered by Apple's ARKit" MacRumors 11:45 AM
"Ikea to be Apple launch partner for AR, showing virtual furniture in your own home" 9to5Mac 11:45 AM
"Apple authentication is a confusing maze of Two-Step Authentication vs. Two-Factor Authentication vs. traditional authentication vs. App-Specific Passwords, and how all that affects email and app operation, plus how iCloud and its various software and services and Apple ID and verification codes all interconnect with these, and implications of Apple's latest changes for various scenarios, such as foreign travel, phone access, devices vs. accounts, etc." MacInTouch 5:08 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"macOS High Sierra tech preview: A quick look at the stuff you can't see" Ars Technica 9:07 AM
"How to erase a Mac with a dead video card" Macworld 8:53 AM
"CrumplePop VideoDenoise Review: Plugin cleans up noisy videos with ease" Macworld 8:53 AM
"How to manage your digital music library: It doesn't matter how big your music collection is if you can't find the tunes you want. This in-depth guide will help." TechHive 8:28 AM
"How to Add Google Hangouts to Messages on Mac" OS X Daily 4:53 PM
"Apple Music quietly added a $99 annual subscription plan" TechCrunch 4:57 PM
"Apple Music gets new $99 annual subscription tier" Cult of Mac 5:25 PM
"Apple Music for $99 a year, without the gift card: The 12-month option is hidden deep within the Music app, but works out to less per month than subscriptions from rivals Spotify and Pandora." CNET 8:58 PM
"Apple working with start-up Health Gorilla on iPhone EHR plan" CNBC 4:16 PM
"Apple Working With Health Gorilla to Offer Comprehensive Medical Records on iPhone" MacRumors 5:26 PM
"President Trump wants a 'sweeping transformation' of government tech, he says at a White House meeting with execs: The leaders of Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft, who met with Trump on Monday, have a few asks of their own." Recode 9:00 PM
"Jared Kushner's Tech All-Stars Gather in Washington" ["Kushner said his office aims to 'unleash the creativity of the private sector' on outdated government IT in an address at the White House Monday afternoon before the summit began."] TheStreet 12:45 PM
"Trump to meet with tech CEOs on government overhaul: President Donald Trump will meet with the chief executives of technology companies including Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc on Monday as the White House looks to the private sector for help in cutting government waste and improving services." Reuters 8:24 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook will push for strong encryption at the White House" Business Insider 9:49 AM
"Here are the 18 tech CEOs going to the White House today" [Tim Cook among leaders] CNNMoney 7:53 AM
"Silicon Valley's elite comes to Trump's Washington" Axios 9:00 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook meeting with President Trump to talk trimming government waste" AppleInsider 8:52 AM
"The App That Will Save You Hundreds Of Dollars" Forbes 8:27 AM
"PayPal CEO claims Apple Pay's person-to-person payment service will struggle to compete" 9to5Mac 8:52 AM
"Apple Pay 'Lose your wallet' Discounts Coming to San Francisco Stores this Weekend" The Mac Observer 8:51 AM
"Today in Apple history: New Power Mac is faster, more expandable than ever" Cult of Mac 9:12 AM
Non-Apple News
"Supreme Court: Social Media Essential for Free Speech" PC Magazine 9:17 PM
"Cellphone, internet outages reported across the U.S." CBS News 8:37 PM
"Colorado group wants to ban sale of smartphones for kids younger than 13" Fox31 Denver 12:55 PM
"Amazon surpassed Sonos to become leader in Wi-Fi speaker sales ahead of Apple's HomePod" 9to5Mac 12:44 PM
"GOP-hired data company leaked information on 198 million citizens" Engadget 11:20 AM
"Silicon Valley could be next target for Trump-style nationalism" Axios 9:00 AM
"EU Proposes Enforcing Data Encryption and Banning Backdoors" MacRumors 8:53 AM
"Amazon is reportedly planning to cut jobs at Whole Foods" Business Insider 8:31 AM
"Google will use warning labels and AI to fight extremist videos" CNNMoney 8:30 AM
"5 Apple Products Likely to Be Killed Soon" [Slideshow] iDrop News 5:29 PM
"iPad Pro vs. Surface Pro: Which Is Best for You?" LAPTOP Magazine 5:25 PM
"Why Reach Navigation Should Replace the Navbar in iOS Design" Daring Fireball 4:58 PM
"Dear Apple, Please Don't Give Up on iBooks in iOS 11" The Mac Observer 4:39 PM
"PayPal's CEO Is Clueless About Apple Customers" The Mac Observer 4:39 PM
"Tesla Needs to Brace for Serious Competition from Apple" iDrop News 2:21 PM
"Why Apple's new HomePod won't be an Echo killer" Business Insider 12:45 PM
"Apple Inc. Isn't Giving Up on the iPad" The Motley Fool 12:44 PM
"Weird Apple Inventions We Want to See" [Slideshow] Mashable 12:44 PM
"Technology and Human Augmentation" Tech.pinions 9:06 AM
"2 Things I Want to See in Apple Inc.'s 2018 iPad Pro Lineup" The Motley Fool 11:20 AM
"3 Things to Expect in Apple Inc.'s 2018 iPhone: This Fool goes over three things he expects Apple to include in next year's iPhone models that won't make it into this year's models." The Motley Fool 9:00 AM
"Why Apple Watch Sales Could Soar With This FDA Plan in Action" Investor Place 9:00 AM
"Microsoft Surface Pro Echoes Apple's Annoying Advantage" Forbes 8:59 AM
"Apple's Stock Is Nearing a Rare Correction -- This Is Why You Shouldn't Lose Hope In the Tech Giant" TheStreet 8:35 AM
Industry News
"Dow, S&P 500 end at records as tech shares rebound: Despite day's gains, analyst worry about valuation" MarketWatch 5:28 PM
"Dow and S&P 500 Clinch New Records as Tech Rebounds" TheStreet 5:28 PM
"Stocks Up Big; Why Apple And Microsoft Can Beat The S&P 500 In 2017" Investor's Business Daily 5:28 PM
"Stock market: Tech decline gives life to bull market's forgotten stocks" USA Today 5:28 PM
"Wall St hits record highs on strong technology, health stocks" Reuters 5:28 PM
"U.S. Stocks Climb as Tech Sector Bounces Back: Dow, S&P 500 hit fresh records; Nasdaq Composite climbs 1.4%" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:28 PM
"Asian stock markets start off the week strong: Global stocks were broadly higher Monday, with investors in Asia gearing up for an eventful week." MarketWatch 7:54 AM
"European stocks climb, with French market boosted in wake of parliamentary elections: Stocks across Europe leapt Monday, with French shares rising by the most in more than a month after French President Emmanuel Macron's upstart party scored a majority in parliamentary elections on Sunday." MarketWatch 12:00 PM
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