"Apple CEO Tim Cook: As Brexit hangs over UK, 'times are not really awful, there's some great things happening'/Exclusive: The most important talks about the app economy, the importance of coding and Augmented Reality" The Independent 5:10 PM
"Tim Cook Thinks Augmented Reality Could Be as Big As the iPhone" Fortune 5:11 PM
"Amazon And Apple: A New Battle For A $500 Billion Market" Seeking Alpha 7:42 AM
"What's Apple to Do with $246 Billion in Cash? Consumers are still excited about the thought of an Apple Car, but Apple will probably use its cash for investments in content and other 'services.'" Barron's 7:43 AM
"Tim Cook says fake news is 'killing people's minds'" Associated Press 11:30 AM
"Apple met with Chinese regulators to discuss the iPhone's mysterious battery drain problem: An Apple representative traveled to Beijing this week to discuss iPhone battery malfunctions with a consumer watchdog organization affiliated with the government. The meeting, held yesterday, shows that as Beijing ramps up scrutiny of Apple, the tech company continues to try and appease the government." Quartz 2/10
"Apple may have paid Qualcomm approx. $40 per iPhone, accounted for third of Qualcomm's revenues" Foss Patents 2/10
"How Apple can make music sound sweeter: Apple Music is a good start, but the company should also fix iTunes, improve AirPlay, and consider getting back into the speaker game." Macworld 2/10
"Apple CEO Tim Cook: Fake news 'is one of today's chief problems'" Business Insider 2/10
"Apple 'optimistic' about post-Brexit UK" BBC 2/10
"Apple CEO Tim Cook says UK will be 'just fine' after Brexit" V3 2/10
"Tim Cook says UK will be 'just fine' after Brexit, visits iPad-centric school and Tate Britain art gallery" 9to5Mac 2/10
"Apple, Inc. CEO Tim Cook Talks Up Augmented Reality's Potential (Again)" FOXBusiness 2/10
"How Apple Inc. Hopes to Grow Its Services Business to $50 Billion by 2020" The Motley Fool 2/10
"Apple Pay boss says CBA, NAB, Westpac risk missing the future of payments: The global head of Apple Pay has put three of Australia's big banks on notice that the technology giant's global payments system will steal their customers and they risk being left behind in the development of digital wallets." Australian Financial Review 2/10
"What file service should you use with network drives and Time Machine? A network-attached storage device needs to use the proper file service with Apple's Time Machine." Macworld 2/10
"macOS app: BackupLoupe examines Time Machine backups" The Robservatory 2/10
"First Thoughts: Microsoft Office for MacBook Pro w. Touch Bar" Apple Must 2/10
"Filming of Apple's Upcoming 'Planet of the Apps' Series Has Finished" MacRumors 9:06 AM
"Apple has reportedly concluded filming of its 'very inspirational' Planet of the Apps reality series" 9to5Mac 11:31 AM
"Tim Cook talks with iPhone user battling cerebral palsy in visit to Glasgow retail store" 9to5Mac 11:31 AM
"Latest Apple Watch Series 2 'Close Your Rings' promo highlights Activity tracking" 9to5Mac 3:46 PM
"Apple Encourages People to Get Moving in New 'Close Your Rings' Apple Watch Ad" MacRumors 3:46 PM
"Apple ships 6 million smartwatches in 4Q16, says Canalys" DigiTimes 2/10
"It looks like Apple Watch had a monster holiday quarter" Cult of Mac 2/10
"Apple CEO Tim Cook believes augmented reality is 'a big idea, like the smartphone'" Business Insider 2/10
"Why Apple CEO Tim Cook visited London startup ustwo Games" Business Insider 2/10
"Apple's Tim Cook visits UK's Regent Street store, Tate gallery & ustwo Games, talks 'fake news' in interview" AppleInsider 2/10
"Sportbrain Sues Apple Claiming that the Apple Watch Collects Sports Related Data in a Manner that Infringes their Patent" Patently Apple 2/10
"BeatsX Earphones Launch on Apple Store for $150" MacRumors 2/10
"Apple's W1-equipped BeatsX earphones now available to purchase after months-long delay" AppleInsider 2/10
"AirPods TV commercial took sales of Marian Hill's song 'Down' from 'negligible' to 'magical'" AppleInsider 2/10
"Can I trust a fertility app to stop me getting pregnant?" BBC 2/10
"How an iPhone 4 and OKCupid led to love: I'd almost given up on finding love until my future husband, intrigued by my dating profile, tracked down a video of me talking about the next iPhone. The rest is history." CNET 2/10
"Today in Apple history: Color Classic Mac ditches monochrome" Cult of Mac 2/10
Non-Apple News
"Nuclear write-down leaves Toshiba with $3.5-billion loss in third-quarter: Nikkei" Reuters 9:13 PM
"Jeff Bezos says we have it all wrong about Amazon's Alexa" Business Insider 8:07 AM
"Ford to Invest $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence Start-Up" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 2/10
"Sprint has crazy-cheap new deal, but there's a catch: Sprint is offering new customers five lines of unlimited data, talk and text for $90/month. The only problem is that prices go up after a year." CNET 2/10
"How Google Chromebooks conquered schools" Associated Press 2/10
"7 Things You Never Knew About VR" Computerworld 2/10
"Superscreen puts your smartphone in the body of a tablet" ZDNet 2/10
"Report again claims Apple will add 5-inch iPhone to lineup, sell wireless charging tech separately" 9to5Mac 11:32 AM
"Apple's iPhone 8 Could Represent a Major Break With the Past: In addition to being packed with new features, the company's latest flagship iPhone might sport an unprecedented price and feature an earlier production ramp." TheStreet 11:33 AM
"Rumor: Apple's 'iPhone 8' will use separate wireless charging accessory, ditch Lightning-to-3.5mm adapter" AppleInsider 6:07 PM
"iPhone 8 Said to Have Separate Wireless Charger, No Headphone Jack Adapter or USB-C Cable in Box" MacRumors 12:42 PM
"Matte Black variant of the iPhone 7 seems to be suffering from chipping and peeling paint" Canadian Reviewer 7:45 AM
"Apple Patent reveals a New Solution that could Further Protect Apple's Next-Gen iPhones from Overheating" Patently Apple 7:59 AM
"Apple patent shows continued work on waterproof devices" Apple World Today 7:59 AM
"iPhone 8 Said to Feature Iris Scanner to Authenticate With Your Eyes" MacRumors 2/10
"Apple is reportedly gunning to introduce iris scanner to the iPhone 8" The Next Web 2/10
"Apple reportedly going all in with wireless charging for the iPhone 8" The Next Web 2/10
"Ming-Chi Kuo: iPhone 8 wireless charging a sure thing, new touch controls may be in store" phoneArena 2/10
"Apple's W1 Bluetooth chip, explained: There's more than 'magic' that makes W1 headphones pair so well with your iPhone." CNET 2/10
"Growing number of matte black iPhone 7 users report chipped paint on edges & back of device" 9to5Mac 2/10
"Matte black iPhone 7 owners complain the smartphone paintwork chips too easily" Business Insider 2/10
"New iPhone to enter production early, say sources" DigiTimes 2/10
AppleCare/Helps
"The paint on matte black iPhone 7s is chipping off" The Daily Dot 2/10
"Head to head: Apple's BeatsX vs. AirPods" AppleInsider 9:49 PM
"Review: Kanex's GoPower Watch portable battery for Apple Watch is good, but would be great with a Lightning port" AppleInsider 2:33 PM
"Nike+ Run Club app is borking my runs, and I blame Apple Watch Nike+" Cult of Mac 8:09 AM
"Can photos from your phone look like they were 'Shot on iPhone 7'? We put images from rival handsets up against Apple's ultimate snaps" TechRadar UK 7:58 AM
"Thule Atmos X3 and X4 Review - iPhone 7 Cases" Mobile Reviews Eh 3:46 PM
"A House of Many Doors review: Eviction notice/This house is too buggy and repetitive, with too much empty space" [Steam: Mac/Windows] Ars Technica 12:12 PM
"Seattle Judge allows Microsoft's gag order lawsuit against government to proceed" MSPoweruser 5:08 PM
"Microsoft's Lawsuit Against US Government Will Continue" The Marshalltown 9:30 AM
"Windows Phones Really Have an App Quality Problem: Long-time Windows phone users are certainly aware that one of the most criticized aspects of Microsoft's smartphone platform was the lack of apps, mostly because some very popular apps, such as Google's, were (and still are) missing." Softpedia 9:30 AM
"Microsoft Azure Beefs Up Data Protection Capability, Adding A New Killer Recovery Feature On Board" University Herald 9:30 AM
"Microsoft just beefed up Windows and Office 365 enterprise security features" TechSpot 9:30 AM
"Intel's 8th-gen Core processors won't be revolutionary" Engadget 2:32 PM
"Intel Corporation Lowers Long-Term Data Center Growth Forecast" The Motley Fool 3:46 PM
"Data Center, New Initiatives Top Agenda at Intel's Investor Day" PC Magazine 7:25 AM
"H&R Block Gets IBM's Watson for Your Taxes" Investopedia 7:40 AM
"Oracle refuses to accept pro-Google 'fair use' verdict in API battle" Ars Technica 12:42 PM
"Microsoft hasn't moved the Windows 10 needle in months" Computerworld 2/10
"Dell EMC not hurrying distribution review" ComputerWeekly 2/10
"KKR goes up against Michael Dell for stakes in German market research business GfK" ALT Assets 2/10
"Intel's new Xeon chip has 24 cores and sells for $8,898" InfoWorld 2/10
"Intel Coffee Lake Processors Arrive 2H'17" PC Magazine 2/10
"Intel working on next-gen Optane SSDs and memory" Tech Central 2/10
"Intel pledges 8th Gen Coffee Lake launch by year's end" bit-tech 2/10
"Intel Cannonlake touted to offer >15pc performance improvement" Hexus 2/10
"Plan for $10 Billion Chip Plant Shows China's Growing Pull" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 2/10
"Intel 3D XPoint Optane DC P4800X NVMe SSD Leaks - its 375 GB" Guru3D 2/10
"Intel Says 8thGen Core Is Coming On 14nm, Talks About Datacenter and Optane" CDR Info 2/10
"Next Gen Intel Cannon Lake 15% faster and again a 14nm processor" Guru3D 2/10
"Intel uses White House Oval Office for splash on Arizona factory" The Star: Malaysia 2/10
"Specs for first Intel 3D XPoint SSD: so-so transfer speed, awesome random I/O/Sequential transfer rates aren't class-leading, but latency and longevity impress" Ars Technica 2/10
"Apple Short Interest Hits 47 Million Shares" 24/7 Wall St. 2/10
Industry News
"Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq book records, log 3rd straight weekly gain: Mead Johnson, Nvidia, Activision among top performers" MarketWatch 2/10
"Wall Street Scores New Records Amid Trump's Tax Reform Promises: All three major U.S. indexes closed at record highs for the second consecutive day as investors hope for a U.S. tax reform plan in the coming weeks." TheStreet 2/10
"Stocks Close At Record Highs; Video Games Lead On Activision's Surge" Investor's Business Daily 2/10
"Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq close out strong week at record highs" Associated Press 2/10
"U.S. Stocks Rise to New Records: President Donald Trump said his goal of lowering taxes for businesses was moving 'ahead of schedule'" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2/10
"Nikkei soars, other Asian markets gain on Trump's tax-reform remarks: Stocks and the dollar rebounded Friday, with Asian markets coming back to life after a listless Thursday as President Donald Trump said he would soon announce tax-reform measures." MarketWatch 2/10
"European stocks end at 2-week high, boosted by Chinese data, earnings: European stocks advanced for a fourth straight day on Friday, boosted by optimism over strong export data from China and a round of upbeat corporate results." MarketWatch 2/10
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