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Weekend Highlights: Apple fighting appeal in Federal Circuit court by Smartflash, if loses appeal, Apple would have to pony up $533 million; MacBooks continue to be most reliable notebook with most reliable tech support; Macworld UK shows steps to fix Mac that isn't turning on; need to type accent marks on Mac? MacMost shows how; leaked blackout dates for Apple staff suggests iPhone 8 will launch after 17 Sep; so get this, iPhone 6s beats Samsung's flagship Galaxy S8 in a speed/memory management comparison test!; BBC feature on how iPads "'help improve young pupils' skills'"; SecureID creator files lawsuit against Apple citing digital payment patents violations, wants royalties; iPhone instrumental in saving Manchester woman's life during attack; DigiTimes cites Chinese paper claiming iPhone 8 will have no home button, Touch ID throughout display; 2016 15" MacBook Pro review.
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"How to fix a Mac that won't turn on" Macworld UK 5/26
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Fill your Mac's menu bar with USEFUL info!" Mac Kung Fu 5/26
"Massively speed-up your Mac's public VPN" Mac Kung Fu 5/26
"4 Useful Things You Can Do With the Touch Bar" Envato Tuts+ 5/26
"How to learn Swift 3: Need to learn Apple's Swift development language? Help is at hand with these handy online resources, including free & paid courses." Macworld UK 5/26
"Convert Managed Final Cut Pro X Libraries to External Media Libraries With A Free FCPX Migration Utility App" fcp.co 5/26
"Can Windows be used with Apple's two-factor authentication?" Macworld 5/26
"Three Ways To Type Accent Marks on Your Mac" MacMost 5/26
"How to automatically select the best email account in macOS Sierra" Apple World Today 5/26
"Apple staff blackout dates hint at 'iPhone 8' launch post-Sept. 17" AppleInsider 5/26
"Galaxy S8 fails to beat two-year-old iPhone 6s in speed and memory management comparison test: Galaxy S8 loses out to iPhone 6s in speed and memory performance test, despite the former featuring the latest hardware." International Business Times 5/26
"IPads 'help improve young pupils' skills': Young children's maths, English and communication skills improve if they use iPads in school on a regular basis." BBC 5/26
"Apple may aid investigation into deadly 2016 EgyptAir crash" AppleInsider 5/26
"France investigates whether Apple iPhone, iPad caused EgyptAir crash" Business Insider 5/26
"Apple prepares to open its first Singapore store on Orchard Road: US tech group's much-anticipated new outlet also its first in Southeast Asia" Nikkei 5/26
"Patent troll Uniloc sues Apple over AirPlay, autodialing, battery technology" AppleInsider 5/26
"Creator of SecurID sues Apple, Visa over digital payment patents: A company that couldn't strike a deal with Visa now seeks patent royalties." Ars Technica 5/26
"The Full Universal Secure Registry Lawsuit against Apple and Visa over the Apple Pay System is now Revealed" Patently Apple 5/26
"Apple co-founder taking a wait-and-see approach to iPhone 8 speculation" BNN 5/26
"Sir Jony Ive lauds importance of tech immigration" IT PRO 5/26
"Manchester attack: Mobile phone 'saved woman's life'" BBC 5/26
"Apple designer Marc Newson sells $12K hourglass as Swiss watchmaker does analog Apple Watch clone" AppleInsider 5/26
"Watch artist create this week's New Yorker cover on an iPad Pro" 9to5Mac 5/26
"Today in Apple history: Apple worth more than Microsoft for first time" Cult of Mac 5/26
Non-Apple News
"Judy Android Malware Targeted Google Play Store For A Year Potentially Infecting 36 Million Users" HotHardware 6:56 PM
"Hackers Hide Cyberattacks in Social Media Posts" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:49 PM
"Sony's latest E Ink tablet comes to the US in June: If you need a gigantic digital reader, you're set." Engadget 3:42 PM
"Swiss watchmaker H. Moser creates $27k Apple Watch lookalike" SlashGear 12:28 PM
"Trump switches from Android to an iPhone with only one app: Twitter" Neowin 6:28 AM
"Donald Trump hasn't tweeted from his Android phone in two months: Hello, Trump iPhone." Recode 5/27
"Bluetooth 5 is here, but few accessories will support it before 2018" The Verge 5/26
"Google AlphaGo AI took on 5 champion Go players at once and still won" TechRepublic 5/26
"Tidal loses third CEO in two years: Jay Z's music service has lost another CEO, Jefferey Toig." CNET 5/26
"A researcher just proved that vape pens are a digital security threat" Mashable 5/26
"Russian 'Fancy Bear' Hackers Tainted Their Huge Leaks With Fake Data" Forbes 5/26
"Net neutrality: 'Dead people' signing FCC consultation" BBC 5/26
"The impossible dream: perfecting smartphone battery life" TechRadar UK 5/26
Publications/Podcasts
"Secure Document Syncing, Splitting Audio & More – Mac Geek Gab 659" The Mac Observer 11:55 AM
"Is Google waiting for Apple to Popularize Mobile AR?" Tech.pinions 5/26
"Andy Rubin's mysterious new Android phone will do something your iPhone can't" BGR 5/26
"Apple reveals belief in reincarnation/Commentary: Are they strange at Apple? Depends on your perspective on the company's latest ad." CNET 5/26
"Home is where the HomeKit wants to be: HomeKit has improved since its introduction three years ago, but it's struggling to find a place in most homes. What can Apple do to make HomeKit a part of your home?" Macworld 5/26
"Apple's iOS Setting app needs a major UI overhaul: As iOS evolves, it gets more complicated. That means we need a better way to customize and adjust iOS settings." Macworld 5/26
"Microsoft, Google, Facebook and others write to House of Representatives asking for reform of NSA surveillance" BetaNews 6:32 AM
"User concept shows what a Fluent Design-inspired Windows Resource Monitor could look like" Neowin 6:24 AM
"Cancelled Windows Phone Rocked Quite the Funky Physical Keyboard" Gizmodo UK 2:55 PM
"Microsoft expects to start storing data in DNA within the next few years: Report" Tech 2 6:32 AM
"Citrix allows you to run Win32 apps on UWP-only Windows 10 S using virtualization" Neowin 9:12 AM
"Intel partners with Microsoft for increased Thunderbolt 3 support on Windows" Windows report 6:31 AM
"Full Intel X299 HEDT Skylake X, Kaby Lake X and Coffee Lake S Mainstream Platform Details Unveiled – Core i9-7920X Skylake X Flagship, Core i7 7740X Kaby Lake X Flagship, Coffee Lake To Get 6 Core and 4 Core CPUs" WCCFTech 3:41 PM
"IBM, VMware to launch centre of excellence: American tech major IBM on Friday said it is launching its first centre of excellence, in association with VMware, to serve enterprises' needs on the cloud." The Economic Times 6:31 AM
"Microsoft Plans To Store Data In DNA" IndiaTimes 5/27
"Windows 10 is used on more than 50 million business PCs" OnMSFT 5/27
"Microsoft details accessibility improvements in EdgeHTML 15 with Windows 10 Creators Update" Neowin 5/27
"Cancelled Windows Phone 7 handset from Nokia appears in photos, has physical keyboard" Neowin 5/27
"HP reports record Q2 sales, claims the #1 spot in the PC market from Lenovo" Neowin 5/27
"Nvidia BattleBox To be Offered With Both Intel and Ryzen Processors" Guru3D 5/27
"Hybrid cloud is the way to go, claims IBM executive: When adopting cloud technology, the public is looking for private and public services under a single infrastructure. an IBM executive claims hybrid is the solution" The Indian Express 5/27
"Gigabyte's Skylake-X And Kaby Lake-X Aorus Gaming Motherboards Leak Ahead Of Computex" HotHardware 5/27
"Wall Street moves past latest Dow 'panic attack'" USA Today 5/26
"Wall St. drifts before long weekend, but consumer stocks up" Reuters 5/26
"U.S. Stocks Rise, Buoyed by Consumer-Discretionary Sector: Oil falls, weighing on commodity-sensitive companies, after OPEC extends output cuts by less than some investors had hoped" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/26
"Nikkei slips below 20,000, Aussie stocks also fall on weak oil prices: Australian and Japanese stocks again lagged behind other Asian equities on Friday, with oil's sharp overnight pullback putting pressure on those equities." MarketWatch 5/26
"European stocks close lower as oil, auto shares pull back: European stocks finished lower Friday, leaving the regional benchmark with a tiny weekly loss, with oil and gas shares pushed down on disappointment stemming from OPEC's agreement to extend production cuts." MarketWatch 5/26
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