"Hey Apple, can you top Google, Facebook at AR, AI? The company's Worldwide Developers Conference is a chance to wow us with its work in augmented reality and artificial intelligence." CNET 7:34 AM
"Apple shouldn't wait any longer to show the world that it's serious about AR: Give developers the tools they need this WWDC" The Verge 12:40 PM
"Apple still 'major player' in the voice assistant race, says Siri creator, who is now helping Samsung" CNBC 7:07 AM
"Apple Piles On the Apps,: comfortable with the last round of improvements." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 9:13 PM
"Here's how Apple's smart speaker will impact the market" Business Insider 10:11 AM
"Apple hopes to open ears to benefits of talking helper Siri" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 6:43 AM
"Apple Music executive Bozoma Saint John plans to leave the company" Axios 9:14 PM
"Apple executive Bozoma Saint John to leave company, report says" AppleInsider 9:14 PM
"Apple Music's Bozoma Saint John reportedly leaving company" 9to5Mac 9:14 PM
"The 30 Best Mac Games of 2017 so Far (Released and Upcoming)" Mac Gamer HQ 7:18 AM
"The 10 Mac games you need to play from May 2017: Big action affairs, clever indie concoctions, and plenty more worth playing right now." [Slideshow] Macworld 7:10 AM
Press Releases
"Mac Screen Mirroring To Amazon Fire TV Now Available" MacPrices 10:57 AM
"To Text Converter 1.4 converts various file formats (PDF, HTML, RTF, RTFD) to standard plain text using drag-and-drop" Tension Software 7:49 AM
"This fancy keyboard overlay shows all the commands you need in Vim" The Next Web 7:33 AM
"Available Now - Screen Mirroring from Mac to Amazon Fire TV" prMac 7:10 AM
"The iPhone's Increasing Share in Russia's Premium Smartphone Market" Market Realist 7:07 AM
"Twitter users call on Tim Cook to follow Elon Musk's example and leave President's Council" 9to5Mac 7:10 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook says he tried to talk Trump out of exiting climate deal: reports" MarketWatch 7:34 AM
"Trump loses tech over Paris Agreement decision" Computerworld 8:10 AM
"WWDC excitement sets in as banners go up in San Jose" Cult of Mac 7:15 AM
"The Excitement Is Building as Apple Installs WWDC Decorations" AppAdvice 9:05 AM
"Here's How Steve Jobs and Tim Cook (Plus 10 Other CEOs) Responded to Customer Complaint Emails" Inc. 7:33 AM
"The Rihanna Navy wants to sink the Apple Music battleship or really just destroy their VP Eddy Cue" Mashable 12:41 PM
"Today in Apple history: Yosemite brings a visual overhaul to OS X" Cult of Mac 8:11 AM
Non-Apple News
"Nintendo prices its new online service for the Switch, coming in 2018" Neowin 9:22 PM
"AT&T is basically giving away cable TV to wireless customers" BGR 9:19 PM
"Valve decides on Steam Direct fee and it's good news for indie devs" Indie Research 5:03 PM
"OneLogin Customer Data Exposed in Ridiculously Bad Security Breach" The Mac Observer 10:27 AM
"Google could face a $9bn EU fine for rigging search results in its favour: A seven-year investigation into the world's most popular internet search engine was triggered by scores of complaints from both US and European rivals" The Independent 9:19 AM
"The Key to Diversity in Tech? Diverse Investors, says New York-based Social Impact VC" Forbes 7:57 AM
"Gmail offers better malware and phishing protection for enterprises" BetaNews 7:13 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Road to Macstock – Matt Hillyer Connects With If This Then That" MacVoices 2:35 PM
"OneLogin Encryption Breach, WWDC 2017 Expectations -TMO Daily Observations 2017-06-02" The Mac Observer 1:07 PM
"KCC 2017: Varkonyi Outlines GRAPHISOFT Future—Offers Glimpse of Nemetschek Group Strategy" Architosh 12:41 PM
"WWDC 2017 in-depth preview (Apple Byte Extra Crunchy, Ep. 86)" CNET 10:27 AM
"Why we're expecting one of the most hardware-packed WWDCs in years, on The Cultcast" Cult of Mac 8:21 AM
"AppleInsider podcast talks about what to expect at WWDC, rumors, and Siri" AppleInsider 7:27 AM
"Review: Satechi Type-C Pro Hub, the hub Apple should have made" 9to5Mac 3:12 PM
"Logitech MX Master 2S and MX Anywhere 2S: Multicomputer mousing made easy/The mice are lovely; the Logitech Flow KVM software is a nice added bonus." Ars Technica 8:11 AM
"Tronsmart Encore S1 Bluetooth sport headphones review" The Gadgeteer 8:13 AM
"Tyranny review: The role-playing game for die-hard RPG fans is here" Macworld 7:11 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Friday 5: Halide – easy-to-use manual camera controls in a beautiful packageĀ [Video] 9to5Mac 6:35 PM
"'Subdivision Infinity' Review - Shoot First, No Need for Questions" Touch Arcade 9:05 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to offer feedback and report bugs for the watchOS and tvOS betas" iMore 4:56 PM
"How To Download Minecraft Pocket Edition Maps On Your iOS Or Android Device" Redmond Pie 1:26 PM
"How to use Clips soundtracks on your iMovie for iOS project" iMore 12:25 PM
"Apple Investors Should Take Cover" Seeking Alpha 7:17 AM
"Apple Inc. Up 3.9% Since Earnings Report: Can It Continue?" Zacks 7:07 AM
Industry News
"Stock market closes at records as tech leads gains: Nonfarm payrolls show 138,000 jobs added in May" MarketWatch 3:59 PM
"Stocks Rise, But May's Jobs Report Doesn't Support the Market's Euphoria" TheStreet 3:59 PM
"A Surprise, Big-Cap Breakout As Stocks Open June With Two-Day Rally" Investor's Business Daily 3:59 PM
"Numbers in May jobs report key to Fed move" USA Today 3:59 PM
"Tech leads Wall St higher; jobs data falls short" Reuters 3:59 PM
"U.S. Stocks Rise After Data Present Mixed Picture of Job Market: Dow industrials, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite again close at records" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:59 PM
"Nikkei shoots above 20,000 mark as Asian markets soar: Japan's benchmark index zoomed above 20,000 points on Friday, the first time in 18 months, leading broad equity gains across the region following another record close on Wall Street overnight." MarketWatch 7:21 AM
"European stocks pare gains after U.S. data, but Germany still scores record: European stocks trimmed earlier gains to ended with a small advance on Friday after U.S. jobs data fell short of expectations and raised questions about the strength of the world's largest economy." MarketWatch 1:59 PM
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