"With acquisitions off the table and iPhone sales stalled, analysts now say Apple is preparing a massive stock buyback program" Business Insider 7:17 AM
"If Apple does a massive share buyback, it must be doomed" Apple 3.0 8:51 AM
"Apple's big clean-out: Tougher line on apps only one reason for App Store shrinking/While the App Store shrank five percent last year, apps on Google Play grew 30 percent." ZDNet 7:35 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook to Be Deposed in Qualcomm v. Apple Lawsuit on June 27" MacRumors 4:22 PM
"Apple's Tim Cook to be deposed June 27 as part of Qualcomm countersuit" AppleInsider 4:19 PM
"Why Apple Stock Can Withstand A Chinese Trade War" Nasdaq 7:34 AM
"TD Ameritrade Partners with Apple for Business Chat" Investopedia 4:51 PM
"Apple Business Chat has the enterprise talking about iMessage Apps" AppleInsider 8:50 AM
"New MacOS backdoor connected to OceanLotus threat group: OceanLotus has been linked to attacks against human rights organizations, researchers, and more." ZDNet 7:38 AM
"Apple Safari Technology Preview 53 Offers Bug Fixes and Feature Improvements" MacTrast 7:09 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"macOS: How to Reset Mac SMC and NVRAM, and Why You Would Need To" The Mac Observer 3:05 PM
"macOS Update Stops Some External Monitors From Working" LAPTOP Magazine 12:17 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"What to do when the Mac App Store shows a different Apple ID for software updates: If you have apps downloaded from different accounts, you're stuck." Macworld 7:17 AM
"Beautifully Done: How To Prevent Your Mac From Overusing a Mobile Hotspot with TripMode 2" Beautiful Pixels 10:46 AM
"Window management for macOS in 2018" The Sweet Setup 10:45 AM
"ChemDraw 17.1 Update released. Micro-review of Mac version round-trip editing" Chemistry and computers 6:34 AM
"macOS and iOS: New Website Warnings (and What They Mean)" The Mac Observer 7:36 AM
"Watch: Tim Cook says DACA shouldn't have been revoked and that he's 'personally offended' by the situation/It 'goes to the core of who we are as Americans.'" Recode 11:15 AM
"Apple opens new store in Tokyo's Shinjuku District Saturday" Apple 6:53 AM
"Apple reveals new Shinjuku store ahead of grand opening" AppleInsider 6:53 AM
"Spotify quibbles with Apple Music over The Weeknd streaming numbers" Cult of Mac 7:05 AM
"Australian woman charged with murder after police use evidence from Apple Watch" Telegraph 7:10 AM
"Apple Watch data said to provide clues in murder trial" CNET 6:53 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook earned $12.3 million in 2017" Apple Must 8:45 AM
"Tim Cook pays tribute to MLK 50 years after his death" Cult of Mac 7:05 AM
Non-Apple News
"Verizon begins LTE trials on 3.5GHz band with Nokia, Ericsson" ZDNet 9:13 PM
"Sonos Gets Ready for an IPO (Exclusive)" Variety 8:48 PM
"Exclusive: Kremlin ties to pages deleted by Facebook should have been obvious months ago" CNNMoney 7:47 PM
"Facebook scandal affected more users than thought: up to 87M" Associated Press 4:28 PM
"Sandberg: 'A few' advertisers have paused spending on Facebook" Axios 2:40 PM
"Yes, Facebook is reading the messages you send through Messenger" Digital Trends 9:07 AM
"Google employees urge the company to get out of the business of war" BGR 7:46 PM
"New site lets you test Google's mysterious new OS that might replace Android" BGR 10:49 AM
"Google Is Increasing Security at All Offices Worldwide" PC Magazine 7:24 AM
"Foxconn will make the world's first blockchain smartphone" CNET 6:53 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"9to5Mac Happy Hour 167: Watch app graveyard, Apple poaches Google's AI chief, iOS 11.4 changes" 9to5Mac 2:11 PM
"Can hearing aids be as hip as the Apple Watch? (The 3:59, Ep. 381): Smarter hearing aids are incorporating AI and fitness tracking, Facebook's Cambridge Analytica problem got worse, and more from Amazon Key." CNET 12:09 PM
"Connected, Episode 187: On the Edge" MacStories 9:06 AM
"Apple's 2019 Mac Pro will be shaped by workflows" TechCrunch 11:15 AM
"Apple: Mac Pro Not Coming Before 2019" 512 Pixels 11:43 AM
"Apple will ship its redesigned Mac Pro in 2019: The company is shaping the design based on input from creative pros." Engadget 12:17 PM
"The Mac Pro Is Coming in 2019, Shaped by Apple's New Pro Workflow Team" MacStories 12:17 PM
"Mac Pro 2019: Is Apple planning the next transition?" Computerworld 2:04 PM
"PlayNitride to setup a $17 million Micro-LED production facility, reportedly in talks with Apple towards Micro-LED collaboration" MicroLED-Info 9:05 AM
"Apple Reportedly in Talks With PlayNitride Over MicroLED Displays" MacRumors 9:06 AM
"New in iOS 11.3: updating apps obtained from foreign App Stores without switching Apple IDs" iDownload Blog 9:06 AM
"Apple working on AR displays for the driver and passengers of a self-driving car" AppleInsider 2:40 PM
"Apple files for yet another patent for an augmented reality headset" Apple World Today 8:50 AM
"Apple Invention covers a Hybrid Touch Sensitive Keyboard" Patently Apple 8:51 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Peter Cohen Discusses His Social Media Journey" MacVoices 2:16 PM
"Latest Apple Pay promo offers 15-30% discounts from Adidas, Boxed, Goat, Headout, Saks Fifth Avenue, more" 9to5Mac 6:54 AM
"10" iPad Pro Prices (2017 models)" MacPrices 7:02 AM
"9.7-inch iPad (2018) review: Apple's tablet is 'pro' enough for many of us/With Apple Pencil support, you may be fine leaving the iPad Pro behind." Macworld 6:54 AM
"Microsoft is Spending $5 Billion in IoT: Tetra Pak Might Indicate Direction" Computer Business Review 6:25 AM
"Microsoft's Recently Announced Reorganization" mr 2:14 PM
"Microsoft Bails on Its Landmark Supreme Court Case After Passage of the CLOUD Act" Gizmodo 4:43 PM
"10 Amazing Moments in Microsoft's History, From Its Founding to Desktop Dominance to Today: Here's how the software company, founded on April 4, 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, paved the way for personal computing and dominated the market." CT Post 6:25 AM
"Microsoft Selects 12 Startups For Its Microsoft ScaleUp Accelerator Programme: Microsoft ScaleUp Is Part Of the 'Microsoft For Startups' Initiative" Inc 42 6:26 AM
"Microsoft vows to let partner companies keep their patents: The company wants to reassure its customers it won't steal their ideas." Engadget 7:10 AM
"Microsoft defends support for controversial Cloud Act" Finextra 6:26 AM
"Windows 10 testers get access to experimental Sets features: The feature give Windows 10's Sets a more browser-like experience." Engadget 6:07 AM
"Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Sets, Bluetooth, and Calculator improvements" VentureBeat 6:03 AM
"Microsoft's XiaoIce AI learns how to interrupt tactfully: Avoid totes awks moments" The Inquirer 6:09 AM
"Intel stop Spectre and Meltdown updates for older CPUs" Rock, Paper, Shotgun 6:04 AM
"Intel: some processors will never receive Meltdown and Spectre patches" BetaNews 6:24 AM
"Intel Remote Keyboard app discontinued in the face of critical vulnerability" ZDNet 6:05 AM
"Intel Adds Budget Coffee Lake Celeron and Pentium Gold processors" Guru3D 6:25 AM
"Stifel downgrades Intel to Hold" Seeking Alpha 7:35 AM
"AMD Ryzen 2000 Series Pricing is Cheaper Than Previously Claimed" Game Debate 6:23 AM
"AMD Ryzen 5 2400G processor with powerful integrated graphics gets a big price cut" TechRadar UK 6:23 AM
"US security company owned by Dell to purchase Israeli cyber firm for $20M" y net news 6:16 AM
"Light, gorgeous, built for business - new Dell 7000 series from DCC" IT Web 6:17 AM
"Dell Introduces Next-Gen Consumer PCs, Displays: The new laptop and AIO portfolio are powered by Windows 10 and packed with Intel's latest 8th Gen Core processors for powerful performance." News 18 6:16 AM
"Dell and Alienware launch new gaming laptops powered by Intel Core i9 processor: The most powerful laptops ever from Alienware's stable, Alienware 15 and 17 will allow gamers to overclock the computers by upto 5.0GHZ." MoneyControl 6:17 AM
"Dell Alienware 15, Alienware 17 Powered By Intel Core i9 Officially Launched" Let's Game 6:16 AM
"VR Is PC Gaming's Next Crysis Moment: Alienware Boss" Gadgets 360 6:15 AM
"Pat Gelsinger, VMware's CEO: Digitize or Die" Forbes 6:15 AM
"HPE shines in IDC Converged Systems tracker, Cisco does not" The Register 2:14 PM
"HP announces a range of powerful new ZBook mobile workstations" Neowin 8:15 AM
"Hewlett Packard Enterprise declares $0.1125 dividend" Seeking Alpha 7:57 AM
"IBM says breached records dropped by nearly 25 percent to 2.9 billion last year" ZDNet 6:05 AM
"IBM CEO Panel Shares How The Disrupted Will Become The Disruptors" Forbes 4:18 PM
"Bitcoin Daily: IBM Develops 'Permissioned' Blockchain Networks, Hackers Put Mining Scripts In Ads" PYMNTS 6:24 AM
"IBM is doing something with quantum computing that's never been done before" BGR 12:11 PM
"Oracle's CEO Criticizes Amazon in Contract Row" Bloomberg 4:19 PM
"What Oracle's Lawsuit Win against Google Means for Software Industry" Market Realist 5:01 PM
"Stocks post first 3-day gain in a month as trade fears take a back seat: Chip makers fall, pressured by Micron" MarketWatch 4:14 PM
"Dow Secures 3-Day Winning Streak For First Time Since Late February: Stocks rise Thursday as worries about a full-blown trade war between the U.S. and China ease with the focus now turning to negotiations." TheStreet 4:14 PM
"Stocks jump as trade war fears ease; Amazon, Facebook rally" Associated Press 4:13 PM
"Stocks open higher following Wednesday's wild ride" FOXBusiness 9:00 AM
"Stocks Extend Recovery as Trade Concerns Ease: Investors optimistic the U.S. and China will ultimately reach a compromise on trade" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:13 PM
"Asian markets gain on hopes of averting trade war: Stocks take U-turn as investors confident of compromise between U.S., China" MarketWatch 8:59 AM
"Trade-relief rally extends to Europe, where stocks tap 3-week highs: Auto makers, Ubisoft, Telecom Italia among the big movers" MarketWatch 8:59 AM
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