"Apple's Big Cash Winners: Shareholders/Repatriated overseas money is expected to boost buybacks and dividends, while tax changes help bottom line" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:10 AM
"World's Most Admired Companies" [Apple #1, Amazon #2, Alphabet #3] Fortune 8:07 AM
"Apple tops Fortune's list of the world's most admired companies" Axios 8:15 AM
"Apple knows best (or so it would have you believe)" Macworld 8:05 AM
"Apple Brings on Team From Consultant Silicon Valley Data Science: Apple Inc. hired a team from consulting firm Silicon Valley Data Science, adding experts to help the iPhone maker ramp up efforts to use data to improve its products." Bloomberg 1:57 PM
"Apple and Amazon Have Their Reality TV Moment" Bloomberg 8:38 AM
"South Korean group files complaint against Apple CEO over iPhone slowdown" Reuters 8:21 AM
"Italy's anti-trust opens probe into Apple, Samsung phone complaints" Reuters 8:26 AM
"Apple faces more scrutiny over iPhone slowdowns in South Korea, Italy" SiliconBeat 2:07 PM
"iPhone battery row: Apple target of new probe that also focuses on Samsung/Apple faces yet another investigation by European regulators over iPhone battery slowdowns." ZDNet 9:36 AM
"Apple still wants to teach the world to code (with Swift)" Computerworld 8:01 AM
"Text bomb, text bomb, you're my text bomb! Naughty HTML freezes Messages, Safari, etc: Apple font code on iOS, macOS knackered by texted link" The Register 8:37 AM
"Malicious Chrome extension is next to impossible to manually remove: Extensions remain the Achilles heel for an otherwise highly secure browser." Ars Technica 2:07 PM
"Apple Releases macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Beta 6 to Developers [Download] iClarified 2:07 PM
"MacOS 10.13.3 Beta 6 and iOS 11.2.5 Beta 7 Released for Testing" OS X Daily 2:00 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How to Use Mission Control on a Mac" LAPTOP Magazine 2:42 PM
"How to Close Frozen Programs on a Mac" LAPTOP Magazine 2:42 PM
"Safari 11: How to Customize the Way Websites Are Displayed" Intego 2:02 PM
"How to Use Optimized Storage in macOS" LAPTOP Magazine 2:10 PM
"How to Enable Parental Controls on a Mac" LAPTOP Magazine 2:03 PM
"Leading European technical colleges adopt Apple's Everyone Can Code initiative: Apple today announced 70 colleges and universities in Europe have adopted Everyone Can Code, a comprehensive program designed by Apple to help everyone learn to build mobile apps." Apple 8:06 AM
"Leading European Technical Colleges Adopt Apple's Everyone Can Code Initiative" Business Wire 8:06 AM
"iPhone slowdown controversy might boost 'Right to Repair' bills" Cult of Mac 8:27 AM
"Apple starts search for retail employees to staff its upcoming Washington D.C. Carnegie Library store" AppleInsider 8:21 AM
"Apple begins hiring staff for upcoming retail location in Washington, D.C's historic Carnegie Library" 9to5Mac 8:10 AM
"Tim Cook: 'I don't want my nephew on a social network'/Apple chief talks about tax affairs and overuse of tech at launch of school coding initiative" The Guardian 9:31 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook: I don't want my nephew on a social network" Business Insider 2:41 PM
"Apple CEO becomes latest tech bigwig to warn of social media's dangers" The Next Web 9:29 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook: I Don't Believe in Overuse of Technology" MacRumors 9:30 PM
"Kristen Wiig Will Star in Comedy Series for Apple, Reese Witherspoon to Executive Produce" The Mac Observer 4:04 PM
"Disney Hires Apple Veteran to Launch Its Netflix Killer (Exclusive)" Variety 9:34 PM
"Apple's former iTunes director will head up Disney's upcoming streaming service" The Verge 9:57 PM
"Apple relents, accepts net neutrality testing app into iOS App Store" Ars Technica 9:51 AM
"Missed FBI-Apple Battle? Say Hello to This Years Old War Between Microsoft and Justice Department" WCCFTech 9:57 PM
Non-Apple News
"Twitter says 50,000 Russia-linked accounts tweeted during 2016 US presidential election" ZDNet 9:53 PM
"A government shutdown probably won't have a big effect on internet security" Mashable 9:42 PM
"Google's CEO has no problem releasing employees from nondisclosure agreements so women can speak out" Recode 9:33 PM
"Google CEO Sundar Pichai says memo writer James Damore wasn't fired for politics" Business Insider 9:33 PM
"FCC drops idiotic plans to downgrade entire nation's internet speeds" The Register 9:31 PM
"Net Neutrality is over: Here are three things to know and do" BetaNews 3:20 PM
"iPhone X has the notch but this is Samsung's solution for full-screen displays: Why have a notch when you can cut holes in a full-screen smartphone display?" ZDNet 9:37 AM
"Ransomware: Why the crooks are ditching bitcoin and where they are going next" ZDNet 8:25 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"010: HomePod FCC approval, Apple hiring data scientists, iOS 11 adoption Daily" 9to5Mac 9:43 PM
"iMore show 590: Switched on Cardboard" iMore 9:30 PM
"Instagram's New Tracking Feature, Dolby Vision and Apple TV 4K -TMO Daily Observations 2018-01-19" The Mac Observer 1:53 PM
"How Apple's going to spend it's massive fortune, this week on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 8:25 AM
"The AnandTech Podcast, Episode 43: CES 2018 Headlines and Highlights" AnandTech 8:21 AM
"AppleInsider Podcast interviews Scott Harkins of Honeywell, talks about Tim Cook's response to iPhone batteries, foreign cash" AppleInsider 8:21 AM
"Those $29 iPhone Battery Replacements Are Taking Months — And People Are Mad" BuzzFeed 9:43 PM
"Apple's Approach to Education Only Goes So Far" The Mac Observer 9:32 PM
"You'd be stupid to turn off Apple's iPhone performance limiter" Yahoo! Finance 9:30 PM
"Apple's $350 Billion U.S. Economic Contribution Was Already In The Cards" Forbes 9:29 PM
"Voice Control is Coming to the Alexa App Soon" MacStories 2:42 PM
"Will This Be Apple's Biggest Mistake Since the Newton? The Cupertino giant rarely makes a misstep, but when it does, it's usually dramatic." The Motley Fool 2:09 PM
"How Can You Not Love Clever Gadgets?" The Mac Observer 12:04 PM
"Apple's TV strategy needs a lot more than just original content to succeed" BGR 11:11 AM
"No one on Fortune's 'Most Admired Companies' list is perfect" Mashable 11:09 AM
"Why Apple's upcoming iPhone battery update is a bad idea" Mashable 10:31 AM
"Comment: With a rumored new iPhone lineup, it's time for new names" 9to5Mac 9:50 AM
"Apple Inc.'s iPhone X is a Hit in China" The Motley Fool 8:58 AM
"What happens to the traffic you send to the App Store? – iA" iA Writer 8:21 AM
"Earnings report: IBM shares fall despite first growth in 23 quarters/IBM saw its stock go down more than 4.5% after it reported better-than-expected earnings for the fourth quarter and full year of 2017 on Thursday." USA Today 12:05 PM
"Apple's Cash Repatriation Is a Big Win for Trump" Zacks 2:41 PM
"Why the EU Is Claiming $15.3 Billion in Unpaid Taxes from Apple" Market Realist 8:38 AM
"The US Intervenes in the Apple Tax Case" Market Realist 8:27 AM
"Can Apple's Stock Rise Another 22%?" 24/7 Wall St. 8:25 AM
Industry News
"S&P 500, Nasdaq add to string of 2018 records as investors shake off shutdown fears: Major indexes post third straight weekly advance" MarketWatch 4:06 PM
"Stocks Tiptoe Mostly Higher Amid Worries Over a Government Shutdown: Stocks are mostly higher on Friday, as investors grow increasingly concerned the federal government will be forced into a shutdown at midnight." TheStreet 4:05 PM
"Nasdaq Ends Week On High Note; Big Lots Breaks Out While IBM Weighs On Dow" Investor's Business Daily 4:05 PM
"Wall Street ends higher despite government shutdown threat" Reuters 4:05 PM
"S&P 500 Rises as Investors Focus on Earnings, Not Looming Shutdown: Financial stocks advance after several regional banks reported fourth-quarter results" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:05 PM
"Asian markets jump higher as investors brush off possible U.S. shutdown: As most Asia-Pacific stock markets ended the week higher, Australia has underperformed with a noted drop in energy stocks." MarketWatch 7:42 AM
"European stocks score 2 1/2-year closing high: European stocks rose on Friday, with gains for industrial and tech shares helping the region's benchmark bag a third straight weekly win, as investors appeared to set aside concerns about a possible shutdown of the U.S. government." MarketWatch 12:00 PM
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