"Phil Schiller on App Store Upgrade Pricing, Amazon Echo-Like Devices, Swift, and More" ["The Senior Vice President Worldwide Marketing at Apple was in Bengaluru recently to inaugurate the company's app accelerator facility in Bengaluru where he a spoke to group of Indian app makers that included CEOs of popular apps like Zomato and Practo, as well as developer of the indie app Avaz."] Gadgets 360 8:00 AM
"Phil Schiller says voice-only assistants are sometimes convenient, open minded about App Store upgrade pricing in new interview" 9to5Mac 8:14 AM
"Apple VP Phil Schiller Implies Voice-Activated Smart Speakers Could Benefit From a Screen" MacRumors 8:09 AM
"The Fabulous Apple Cash Machine" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:11 AM
"Why Apple Shouldn't Worry About This Sales Miss: Apple has missed its sales target by a wide margin in India but this shouldn't send the alarm bells ringing." The Motley Fool 9:14 PM
"Spotify again accuses Apple of abusing its size & acting as a 'gatekeeper'" 9to5Mac 10:50 AM
"Warren Buffett on iPhone sales: Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett brushes off softer iPhone sales, saying Berkshire owns Apple stock for the long haul." CNBC Videos 5/5
"Apple's latest China ad features a very different China than its previous ones: China is changing. Apple is changing. And with that, Apple's depiction of China is changing." Quartz 5/5
"Coalition of technology companies call for investigation into 'troubling' Apple and Google app store practices: Dominant technology giants accused of abusing their market position in mobile app stores to squeeze out rivals" V3 5/5
"Apple, Qualcomm: A Messy Marriage/Qualcomm may be seeking to ban importation of the iPhone in the latest escalation of the dispute." Barron's 5/5
"European tech lobbies for action against Apple and Google" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 5/5
"Fitbit's Pain Is Apple's Gain: New industry data show that Apple overtook Fitbit as the top wearables vendor during the first quarter." Barron's 8:13 AM
"Apple Maps Vehicles Begin Surveying Connecticut, Imagery Could Aid Apple's Autonomous Driving Efforts" MacRumors 9:14 PM
"Delivery.com removes Apple Pay as payment option for laundry services" AppleInsider 8:13 AM
"Delivery.com removes Apple Pay as payment choice for laundry orders, citing problems outside its control" 9to5Mac 10:50 AM
"Why does Apple want to compete with Square and Venmo? Do you send money to your friends from your phone? If not, would you do it if Apple facilitated the transaction?" Recode 5/5
"Apple becomes top wearables vendor as fitness bands run out of steam" Telecoms 5/5
"Apple Watch overtakes Fitbit to be crowned world's largest wearables vendor" Cult of Mac 5/5
"Apple Watch overtakes Fitbit as best-selling wearable around" TechnoBuffalo 5/5
"The Apple Watch outsold every other wearable last quarter" Engadget 5/5
"Apple Dethrones Fitbit as the Top Wearables Maker" The Mac Observer 5/5
"Chinese phones overtake Apple, Samsung at home: Tough going for global brands as Apple slips to fourth position on list of top 10 best-selling phones in China, with Samsung trailing two spots behind." CNET 5/5
"Apple's iPhone Tops Shoppers' Lists, But Samsung Is Recovering from the Note 7 Recall" TheStreet 5/5
"It looks like Amazon's Video app is finally coming to Apple TV this summer: Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook bury the hatchet." Recode 5/5
"Amazon Prime Video Finally Headed to Apple TV" The Mac Observer 5/5
"iPhone shipments in China fell 15% in Q1 2017 as local brands bite, but Samsung hit harder" 9to5Mac 5/5
"Apple Music in the Running for Prince Documentary, Unaired Concert Video" The Mac Observer 5/5
"Smartphone Demand Drops to 9-Year Low" 24/7 Wall St. 5/5
"Apple plans new store in 'red dot' Singapore" Reuters 5/5
"Thailand removes Apple, Google logos from royal funeral statue: The artist was forced to remove the logos from the statue of a mythical beast, which he carved in thinking they demonstrated his respect for the late monarch." CNET 5/5
"PC World worker stole €27k worth of Apple products from his workplace in 'stupid' attempt to make money" Irish Independent 5/5
"PC World worker charged with stealing $30k of Apple gear" Cult of Mac 5/5
"Today in Apple history: iTunes hits 1 million downloads in first week" Cult of Mac 5/5
"Olli by Tinrocket Updated (v.1.1.2) with new Access to Photos Library" eXtensions 7:51 AM
"SCRAP Review: A fun, cute, and predictable iPhone game" iMore 5/5
"Find peculiar people in the placid, pleasurable Hidden Folks" Macworld 5/5
How-To/Tutorial
"Get more out of alarms in the iOS Clock app: Alarms for different days! Different times! Become the master of time with these tricks." Macworld 9:02 PM
"How to plug your guitar into your iPhone and rock out" Cult of Mac 11:13 AM
"How to sync reminders and calendars between iOS and Android" iMore 8:25 AM
"How to send voice messages from Apple Watch" 9to5Mac 5/5
"How to clean and disinfect your iPhone" iMore 5/5
"How to improve Mac, iPhone & iPad battery life in 26 tips" Computerworld 5/5
"Ask the iTunes Guy: iPhone auto-plays music in cars, varying volume levels, and audiobook sorting" Macworld 5/5
"How to fix photos not uploading to or downloading from iCloud Photo Library" iDownload Blog 5/5
Tips
"PSA: Video Converter Handbrake Was Compromised by Malware" The Mac Observer 9:14 PM
"A hidden iOS 10 setting that may mean you may never run out of storage space on your iPhone or iPad again" ZDNet 8:31 AM
"Apple exec mocks Google Home and Amazon Echo/Commentary: In an interview, Apple's worldwide marketing chief, Phil Schiller, has nothing good to say about other companies' home AI devices." CNET 9:02 PM
"Can Apple Surprise Us with iPhone 8 to Mark the Tenth Anniversary?" iPhone Hacks 12:44 PM
"Cassandra: Apple Worries Settling Down; Thai Unease with Television Systems Including AppleTV; Ethics in Photography" eXtensions 10:43 AM
"Even Apple can't make the Internet of Things tolerable" The Verge 8:58 AM
"5 Apple Scandals You'll Never Forget" [Slideshow] iDrop News 8:53 AM
"Odds aren't: Apple doesn't need a monster acquisition" Macworld 8:14 AM
"Galaxy S8 Vs iPhone 8 Mockup Video Visualizes Certain Apps Running On The Handsets" Redmond Pie 8:13 AM
"Apple TV may finally get Amazon Video this summer" BGR 5/5
"A Fantasy Conversation: Bezos and Cook Chat About Amazon Echo" The Mac Observer 5/5
"What your favorite apps might look like on iPhone 8" Cult of Mac 5/5
"iOS 11 Feature Wishlist: Notification System Overhaul" iPhone Hacks 5/5
"On Self-Driving Cars, Apple Has Some Catching Up to Do" PC Magazine 5/5
"Apple would be crazy to buy Netflix: O'Leary" CNBC Videos 5/5
"Could Apple buy Netflix or Tesla? Citigroup thinks so" 9to5Mac 5/5
"Apple to Deprecate TidBITS News and Other 32-bit iOS Apps: We're approaching another of those inflection points where Apple leaves some apps — and their users — behind." TidBITS 5/5
"This iPhone 8 concept video might just blow your mind" BGR 5/5
"The Supercalifragilistic Scale of Apple's iPhone 8 Opportunity is Expialidocious" Apple Must 5/5
"Odds on Apple takeover targets: Netflix and Disney top one investment bank's list" VentureBeat 5/5
"Why Apple's laptops could use a little less innovation at the moment: Apple should take a cue from Microsoft's new Surface Laptop and focus on speed, not gimmicks." Macworld 5/5
"Where will the Google Pixel 2 be made? Foxconn?" MICGadget 5:33 PM
"Are gadgets going to get more fidgety? Commentary: Will fidget spinners inspire a rebirth of buttons and moving parts?" CNET 7:53 AM
"Women are the unsung women in technology – here's why" Mashable 5/5
"Let's be honest, here's why you suck at IoT" ReadWrite 5/5
"We need to talk about that Microsoft Surface Laptop: It feels so strange to say this, but Microsoft is killing it with its Surface hardware." Mashable 5/5
"This might be the first image of Amazon's Echo with a touchscreen" The Verge 5/5
"This Computer Language Is Feeding Hacker Values into Young Minds: At 10, Scratch is a popular tool to teach kids programming. But its real glory is how it imparts lessons in sharing, logic, and hackerism." Backchannel 5/5
"How To Install Linux On A Chromebook With Crouton" AddictiveTips 5/5
"Is a Google-made Chrome ad-blocker the answer to intrusive advertising?" BetaNews 5/5
"Amazon, Not Apple, Can See You Naked" NoodleMac 5/5
Humor/Cartoons
"May 6, 2017 | Sherman's Lagoon" Jim Toomey 7:51 AM
"Companies Look to Make a Quantum Leap With New Technology: Volkswagen is among a growing number of firms experimenting with quantum computing to push their businesses forward" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:21 AM
"Intel is buying Car-vision Company for $15.3B" DailyTech 8:14 AM
"Why Intel is taking self-driving cars out for a spin" VentureBeat 5:37 PM
"The hijacking flaw that lurked in Intel chips is worse than anyone thought: Patch for severe authentication bypass bug won't be available until next week." Ars Technica 11:13 AM
"Microsoft HoloLens can improve surgery" BetaNews 8:13 AM
"Microsoft's Alex Kipman says phones are dead and we don't realize it" Mashable 11:13 AM
"Verizon's Cloud: IBM To Run Managed Hosting Business" Droid Report 10:53 AM
"IBM tips to telecoms to drive business in digital world" TelecomLead 10:53 AM
"Buffett: 'I was wrong' about investment in IBM" MarketWatch 5:37 PM
"Buffett Says Thesis Was Flawed on IBM, He Blew It Missing Google" Bloomberg 5:37 PM
"As Hollywood taps Into A.I., what would you build with IBM Watson? Submit your idea by May 18" Stockhouse 10:53 AM
"Red Hat And IBM Will Vote Against Java's Next Release" Slashdot 5:33 PM
"This is why a public high school agreed to open its doors right on Oracle's campus" Business Insider 10:49 AM
"The Internet of Things: Could it really change the way we live?" Telegraph 7:53 AM
"Windows 10 Reaches Milestone Of 300 Million Daily Users" Digital Trends 5/5
"Microsoft ropes in best buds Adobe for Microsoft Teams integration, will get revealed at Build 2017" MSPoweruser 5/5
"Microsoft Surface Pro 5 release date, price, features, specs: Microsoft might reveal Surface Pro 5 at 23 May Shanghai event" IT PRO 5/5
"Microsoft to hold May 23rd event regarding Surface line; is the Surface Pro 5 to be unveiled?" phoneArena 5/5
"Surface Phone incoming? Microsoft reveals second May event to launch 'what's next'" TrustedReviews 5/5
"Microsoft HoloLens becomes an AR assistant for spinal surgery: A new mixed reality platform could improve accuracy and expedite procedures." Engadget 5/5
"3 Small, Strong Competitors Are Why Buffett Should Dump IBM" Forbes 5/5
"Just Like Warren Buffett, You Should Also Put IBM's Stock in the Garbage Can and Light It on Fire" TheStreet 5/5
"Apple Is Under Attack on All Fronts" Bloomberg 5/5
"There Is a Growing Problem for Apple That CEO Tim Cook Doesn't Want You to Know About" RealMoney [Subscription Required for Full Article] 5/5
"Apple 10-Q shows $1.34 billion gains in currency hedges" Apple 3.0 [Subscription Required for Full Article] 5/5
"Apple: Why Hong Kong Matters" Apple 3.0 [Subscription Required for Full Article] 5/5
Industry News
"S&P 500, Nasdaq close at records after jobs data: Dow has best finish since March as benchmarks rise for the week" MarketWatch 5/5
"S&P 500, Nasdaq Close at New Records on Crude Rebound, Positive Jobs Report" TheStreet 5/5
"Stocks Rally Into Close; Markets Batten Down For France Election Outcome" Investor's Business Daily 5/5
"Wall St Edges Up on Strong Jobs Data, IBM Caps Gains" Reuters 5/5
"S&P 500 Posts Third Straight Week of Gains: Strong corporate results, monthly jobs data lift the stocks" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/5
"Chinese stocks drop on falling commodity prices: Commodities took center stage in Asia Friday, with a slump in Chinese metals prices and weakness in crude oil sending equity markets across the region lower." MarketWatch 5/5
"European stocks end week at 21-month high ahead of French election: European stocks climbed out of the red and finished at a 21-month high Friday, as buying appetite for assets perceived as risky returned ahead of the French presidential election." MarketWatch 5/5
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