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"Why Tim Cook's old high school is no longer giving students Apple MacBooks" ["In fact, Apple MacBooks were given to every student from third through 12th grade in Robertsdale and surrounding Baldwin County. Teachers, too. Younger students used Apple iPads. That added up to more than 20,000 Apple devices. It was part of a three-year, $24 million plan that school officials called the 'Digital Renaissance.' But school officials decided to stop using Apple devices last month. Instead, students will be given Lenovo Chromebooks. The reason was simple: Cost. Each Chromebooks costs about $200, 75 percent less than a MacBook, according to school board documents."]
 Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 7:05 PM
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"Detachable Tablets Set To Grow From 8% of the Tablet Market in 2015 to 30% in 2020, According to IDC" ["'This momentous shift in form factor will bring along the first significant impact of Windows-based devices that the tablet market has seen,' said Ryan Reith, Program Director with IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Device Trackers. 'Windows 10 seems to be making headway in both the PC and tablet markets, mainly driven by devices with larger screen sizes. Despite the free licensing on products under 9 inches the growth for Windows-based tablets will be primarily on devices with displays between 9 and 13 inches. Until we see a day where touch is introduced for Mac OS X and inroads are paved to bring Android and Chrome more closely aligned, we believe Windows remains the logical choice for detachable products.'"] IDC 7:03 PM
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"Microsoft is beating Apple in a key battle for the future of computing" Business Insider 7:03 PM
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"UK spy chief calls for tech sector co-operation to combat 'abuse of encryption'" TechCrunch 7:13 AM
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"Apple offers a peek at part of its stunning new campus theater" Digital Trends 7:39 AM
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"Apple's $400M E-Book Payout: How Much You'll Get and When" Fortune 9:40 AM
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"Multiple iOS apps found to be harvesting Snapchat user credentials" 9to5Mac 11:20 AM
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"Pay for gas on ExxonMobil app with Apple Pay" TechCrunch 7:12 AM
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"ExxonMobil launches Apple Pay at the pump at 6,000 stations, only through in-app purchase" AppleInsider 8:12 AM
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"Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak will be immortalized in a $350,000 wax figure" VentureBeat 4:01 PM
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"Woz takes up 'Innovator in Residence' post at High Point University" Cult of Mac 7:40 AM
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"Steve Jobs movie finally gets some love" Cult of Mac 8:45 AM
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"F.C.C. Fine-Tunes Plan to Subsidize Internet Access" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:16 PM
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"Thursday Night Football Streaming Rights Are Up For Grabs, And Facebook Wants In" Digital Trends 9:14 PM
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"Amazon is using scare tactics to deter employee theft" The Verge 5:29 PM
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"Chromecast made up 35% of the digital media streaming market last year" 9to5Google 11:19 AM
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"Blu-Ray Gets a Second Shot at Relevancy in the Data Center, of All Places" Wired 7:21 AM
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"Seagate Unveils Fastest Ever Solid-State Disk" Forbes 7:21 AM
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"Internet fame often comes with hate and harassment" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:10 AM
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"TMO Daily Observations 2016-03-08: Verizon's Supercookie Fine, Woz on iPhone Encryption" The Mac Observer 12:20 PM
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"Let's Talk iOS 125: super productive power user" iDownload Blog 7:37 AM
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