"Samsung, Apple Intensify Battle for Smartphone Users: but this year offers a rare chance for industry leaders to win (or lose) fans" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:06 PM
"Apple's first App Accelerator starts in Bengaluru, Phil Schiller says will boost developer community: The accelerator, the first from Apple anywhere in the world, will handhold Indian developers when it comes to skills and tools" The Indian Express 6:27 AM
"Apple Just Opened A Center In India To Help Indian Developers Make Better Apps" BuzzFeed 7:18 AM
"Apple to open first R&D center in Indonesia this year: The US tech giant seeks to comply with Indonesian regulations in order to be able to retail phones in the country." CNET 6:38 AM
"Apple: WWDC isn't big enough anymore" Computerworld 6:27 AM
"Apple is opening fewer stores in Europe and focusing on China instead" Business Insider 12:36 PM
"Apple wins Australia ruling to retain Apple Pay dominance" BBC 7:05 AM
"Apple defeats Australia banks over mobile payments" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:05 AM
"Hon Hai Posts Surprise Profit Rise After Record iPhone Sales" Bloomberg 7:37 AM
"Battle With Apple Takes a Toll on Chinese Phone Giant Huawei" Bloomberg 7:36 AM
"Apple's new Watch commercial bombards you with color" Mashable 12:11 PM
"Michael Phelps and Beyoncé lend a hand in colorful Apple Watch ad" Cult of Mac 12:22 PM
"Today in Apple history: First iPad reviews hail a game-changing tablet" Cult of Mac 8:52 AM
Non-Apple News
"Republicans who voted against internet privacy got paid out" Mashable 1:31 PM
"After Internet Privacy Vote, Some ISPs Pledge Not To Sell Browsing Histories" BuzzFeed 1:31 PM
"Verizon's new bloatware app will monitor apps you install to target ads at you" The Verge 9:11 AM
"Happy World Backup Day! (What The Heck Is World Backup Day?)" PC Magazine 7:26 AM
"The Galaxy S8's facial scanner can, unsurprisingly, be tricked with a photo" The Verge 1:31 PM
"It turns out the Galaxy S8's best new security feature isn't very secure at all" BGR 10:14 AM
"Is it safe to buy Samsung's new Galaxy S8 phone? Like it or not, Samsung's new flagship smartphone has to save the company's brand after last year's exploding battery embarrassment." Recode 6:57 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"300th Episode Spectacular - The TouchArcade Show #300" Touch Arcade 9:30 PM
"Under the Hood with APFS -TMO Daily Observations 2017-03-31" The Mac Observer 12:34 PM
"AppleInsider podcast talks new iPads, Samsung, and Apple's end to 32-bit apps" AppleInsider 9:11 AM
"The weird and whacky Apple gadgets time forgot, on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 9:11 AM
"Is Apple making the best possible products? (Apple Byte Extra Crunchy, Ep. 78)" CNET 6:38 AM
"Laptop manufacturers overstate battery life, Which? tests find: You may only achieve half the stated battery life on many laptops" ["It's not all bad news, however – our tests found that with Apple MacBooks, you could meet or even exceed the claimed battery life, according to Apple."] Which? 10:15 AM
"World's thinnest iPhone case faces 21-foot drop test [Reviews] Cult of Mac 12:22 PM
"Review: PhotoFast's new 4-in-1 Lightning drive w/ USB-C, USB-A, & micro USB adds a microSD card slot" 9to5Mac 8:18 PM
"Review: Kanex MultiSync Foldable Mini Keyboard" MacTrast 8:21 PM
"A look at the Synology DS416j after four months of use" Apple World Today 6:58 AM
"Blue Microphones Ella planar magnetic headphone review: Fabulous sound" TechHive 6:39 AM
"Using my iPhone for the next six months is really, really going to suck" BGR 10:55 AM
"The $1,000 Phone: The huge problem Apple must solve before it launches the new iPhone" Business Insider 10:45 AM
"Wishlist: Here are the things that we'd love to see with HomeKit" 9to5Mac 10:45 AM
"The Galaxy S8 is more powerful than the iPhone 7, but yours won't be" BGR 9:51 AM
"Privacy And Security Has A Price Tag" NoodleMac 8:51 AM
"Is It Time to Upgrade Your iPad? Probably NotApple's seventh-generation iPad, released to little fanfare, is a bit faster and brighter than the last—but otherwise not much different" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:50 AM
"To fix the Apple TV, why not free Siri from the Siri Remote? If we could just talk to the Apple TV directly, it'd be easier to eschew the Siri Remote for a better, universal option." Macworld 6:59 AM
Non-Apple
"Samsung could have its own Apple Park with $5 billion. Instead it has the ashes of Galaxy Note 7" AppleInsider 8:06 PM
"When Atari Ruled the World/ExtemeTech EIC Jamie Lendino dives into the history and lore of 8-bit Atari computers in 'Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation.' Read an excerpt here." PC Magazine 1:56 PM
"Your life in AI's hands: The battle to understand deep learning/Why we need more insight into how cutting-edge AI models work before giving them greater control over our lives." TechRepublic 6:59 AM
"The Appeal of Consumer-Focused PC as a Service" Tech.pinions 6:58 AM
"Coming April 1: Gene Steinberg meets blogger Peter Cohen and ethical hacker Dr. Timothy Summers, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7:48 PM
"Apple's 'we're sorry we took away your ports' dongle sale ends today: You can also save big on LG's Ultrafine monitors for one more day." Engadget 10:51 AM
"Apple launches new Field Trips and App Store page for Autism Acceptance month" 9to5Mac 1:58 PM
"Apple Launches Autism Acceptance App Store Collection" 512 Pixels 10:14 AM
"New iPad 9.7-inch 2017 Case Available From Gumdrop Cases" prMac 9:51 AM
"LOC for iOS Makes Reality More Fun, Now With Augmented Reality" prMac 6:24 AM
"Slidecast - Record PowerPoint and Keynote Videos on your iPad or iPhone" prMac 6:23 AM
"Call of the week: Apple notches record high on price target hikes" Yahoo! Finance 10:51 AM
"Race To $1 Trillion: Apple Will Get There First But Buy Amazon" Forbes 7:26 AM
"These Stocks Will Win in Apple iPhone 8 Supercycle" Investopedia 7:37 AM
"Apple Walks All Over Nike, Facebook and Illumina Square Off: Challenge Update" TheStreet 8:18 PM
Industry News
"Stocks finish quarter with solid gains, despite mediocre monthly performance: Technology stocks rally 12% over the past quarter" MarketWatch 5:10 PM
"Stocks Mixed Friday With an Eye on Gains for the First Quarter: Stocks are narrowly mixed on Friday as Wall Street looks to close out the first quarter with gains." TheStreet 5:10 PM
"Stocks Weaken At Close; Dow, S&P 500 Take First Monthly Hits Since October" Investor's Business Daily 5:10 PM
"Stocks start year strong despite Trump missteps" USA Today 5:10 PM
"Dow, S&P 500 Book Biggest 1Q Gains in Four Years as Tech Leaps" FOXBusiness 5:09 PM
"S&P 500 Posts Biggest Quarterly Gain Since 2015: Technology companies have led broader indexes higher in the first quarter" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:09 PM
"Asian markets quietly cap mostly positive first quarter: Asian stocks began the last day of the quarter Friday little changed, after what has broadly been a strong start to 2017 for equities in the region amid worries over the global effect of issues such as potential U.S. protectionism." MarketWatch 7:16 AM
"European stocks score strongest quarter since 2015: European stocks ended a volatile trading session mostly higher, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index logging a third quarter of gains." MarketWatch 12:24 PM
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