"How Music Drowns Apple's Innovation" The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 9:37 AM
"How serious is Apple about VR?" The Verge 11:24 AM
"Apple works hard to make developers happy — and that means new hardware" Seattle Times 2:17 PM
"Apple's New iPhones May Miss Out on Higher-Speed Data Links" ["Verizon Corp., AT&T Inc. and the rest of the U.S. wireless industry have a big boast for this year's crop of smartphones: thanks to network upgrades, devices will be able to download as much as a gigabit of data in a single second -- speeds 100 times faster than before. But that won't be the case for Apple Inc.'s newest iPhones, devices to go on sale later this year, leaving the company's most important product potentially lagging behind the data performance of rival smartphones."] Bloomberg 7:06 AM
"No need to reinvent the wheel with iOS 11: Did some of the new iPad features in iOS 11 seem...Mac-like? Dan Moren explains how that's a good thing." Macworld 6:55 AM
"The low-tech ambitions of Apple's design guru" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 6:56 AM
"Apple is laying the groundwork for a more advanced Apple TV" Business Insider 1:01 PM
"Apple-Imagination Licensing Disagreement Becomes Formal Dispute: Apple is one of the top customers of semiconductor companies (SMH). The volume of its orders makes Apple a priority customer for many semiconductor suppliers and makes them dependent on the handset maker for cash." Market Realist 6:26 PM
"Apple Customer Data in China Was Sold Illegally, Police Say" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:41 AM
"Tim Cook: Technology Should Serve Humanity, Not the Other Way Around/In an exclusive interview, the CEO of Apple talks about artificial intelligence in iPhones and why he doesn't want to talk about the future." MIT Technology Review 12:13 PM
"Watch Apple CEO Tim Cook's MIT commencement speech" Recode 11:30 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook To MIT Grads: You Must Have Hacked Trump's Twitter" BuzzFeed 2:17 PM
"Tim Cook Warns MIT Grads Not to Listen to Trolls" TheStreet 11:26 AM
"Tim Cook takes swipe at Windows during MIT commencement/Apple CEO jokes: 'In a moment of youthful indiscretion, I might even have experimented with a Windows PC.'" CNET 12:12 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook to address 2017 graduates at MIT" Associated Press 7:01 AM
"Watch Live: Apple CEO Tim Cook Delivers MIT Commencement Speech" Fortune 7:09 AM
"Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos will visit the White House for tech council meeting: Microsoft's Satya Nadella and Alphabet's Eric Schmidt will also reportedly attend the Jared Kushner-led meeting" The Verge 6:54 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook to Attend White House for Kushner-Led Tech Summit" MacRumors 7:00 AM
"'I rarely get to see my kids' — Apple is getting roasted over this ad for its new TV show about making apps" Business Insider 5:14 PM
"Apple's 'Planet of the Apps' totally gets that kids are just a speed bump on the road to success" Mashable 5:14 PM
"Apple just hired the star of Stanford's digital health efforts" CNBC 11:30 AM
"Apple is making moves to take over the digital healthcare industry" Business Insider 1:01 PM
"Apple legalizes and taxes in-app tipping for content creators" TechCrunch 1:01 PM
"Apple's new machine learning framework thinks the old Mac Pro is a heater" The Next Web 6:47 AM
"Confirmed: OnePlus 5 is an iPhone 7 Plus clone" BGR 6:59 AM
"Apple highlights A10X Fusion power, 'no lag' with Pencil in latest iPad Pro ads" 9to5Mac 1:02 PM
"New iPad Pro ads tout power and the Pencil" Cult of Mac 11:45 AM
"Today in Apple history: Brilliant ad campaign turns switcher into unlikely star" Cult of Mac 9:41 AM
Non-Apple News
"How the internet of things is changing the way we drive" The Next Web 8:58 PM
"GameStop confirms extensive credit card data breach" Engadget 5:49 PM
"'Snakes on a T-Mobile Cell Tower' is the IRL horror movie nobody wanted" Mashable 11:27 AM
"Tech neck is a real thing (and I have it) - Video" CNET 7:45 AM
"How streaming TV services are coping with ISP data caps" TechHive 6:55 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"The low-tech ambitions of Apple's design guru: 'There aren't any good soap dispensers,' said Ive, who is now on a quest to solve a problem that 'really bothers' him" Financial Times Magazine [Paid Membership Required] 5:31 PM
"The Big HomePod FAQ Show -TMO Daily Observations 2017-06-09" The Mac Observer 12:51 PM
"AppleInsider podcast talks WWDC, joined by Apple scholarship winner Kenny Batista" AppleInsider 7:42 AM
"Is Apple's HomePod better than Amazon's Echo or Google's Home?" Recode 7:00 AM
"2017 iMac 5K: What's New and What's Missing?" Bare Feats 11:41 AM
"Here's how Apple's HomePod speaker compares to the Amazon Echo and Google Home" Business Insider 9:36 AM
"iPad Pro 10.5-Inch First Look: Get your first look at the 10.5-inch iPad Pro, announced at WWDC 2017, in action as an illustrator recreates iconic 'Teen Vogue' images." Teen Vogue 7:08 AM
"MacBook Pro 13" Touch Bar 2017 Teardown" iFixit 7:50 AM
"First look: CalDigit Thunderbolt Station 3 with 85W charging power for 15-inch MacBook Pro" AppleInsider 5:17 PM
"Review: V-Moda Remix Bluetooth Speaker" iLounge 1:04 PM
"Logitech Brio 4K Pro review: A superb webcam ready for a ultra high-resolution world" PCWorld 6:47 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Amazon launches 'My Mix,' a personalized shop filled with your favorite things" TechCrunch 5:17 PM
"iOS 11 Developer Beta 1: Video Walkthrough of Siri's New Voice" The Mac Observer 12:52 PM
"Inside the betas: iOS 11 HomeKit adds timers, multi-person occupancy support Article" iLounge 11:30 AM
"Inside iOS 11: With 'antennagate' a distant memory, Apple switches back to signal bars" AppleInsider 1:02 PM
"See Apple's iOS 11 one-handed keyboard and key flick features in action" AppleInsider 11:13 AM
"Hands on: Does watchOS 4 give Apple Watch what it needs?" Cult of Mac 8:02 PM
"Puzzle Droids proves Candy Crush is better with a sweet Star Wars coating" Macworld 1:02 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"Easiest Way to Download Facebook Videos to Your iPhone" iDrop News 5:15 PM
"iOS 11: The smart person's guide/iOS 11 is coming this fall, though developers can get their hands on it now. Here's what you need to know about Apple's next mobile operating system." TechRepublic 2:17 PM
"iOS 11 Tip: How to record your iPhone screen natively to capture gameplay" Cult of Mac 1:04 PM
"How to use Reader View in Safari on iPhone and iPad" iMore 11:24 AM
"How to Manage Privacy Settings on Popular iOS Apps" Intego 9:51 AM
"How to use Key Flicks on iPad's QuickType keyboard in iOS 11" iMore 9:41 AM
"10 basic iOS tricks every iPhone owner should know: Brush up on the iOS basics, from snapping screenshots to typing letters with accent marks." Macworld 7:13 AM
"How To: Enable Device Screen Recording on an iOS 11 Device" MacTrast 7:01 AM
Tips
"AirPods Next/Previous track controls also work on iOS 10" iDownload Blog 10:24 AM
"5 things to do before giving an old iPhone or iPad to your kid" PCWorld 8:07 AM
"Coming June 10: Gene Steinberg meets Josh Centers, from TidBITS, and John Martellaro, from The Mac Observer, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 8:29 PM
"Samsung redefines widescreen monitor with curved model four feet wide, yours for $1500" 9to5Mac 9:36 AM
"newPCgadgets Introduces An iPad Stand For Business With Engraved Logo" prMac 10:29 AM
"SeizAlarm Version 3.0 Can Now Detect Seizures With The Apple Watch" prMac 7:30 AM
"Comics fans will want to download the Valiant Comics mobile app" Apple World Today 7:30 AM
"Intel fires warning shots at Microsoft, claims x86 emulation is a patent minefield: Intel doesn't name names, but Windows 10 on ARM is surely the target of its ire." Ars Technica 1:52 PM
"Intel's not very happy about Qualcomm-powered Windows 10 PCs" Engadget 5:49 PM
"Dow closes at fresh high, tech selloff shoves Nasdaq from record" FOXBusiness 4:23 PM
"Tech Shares Fall After Big Rally: A series of downbeat research notes about the tech giants and climbing valuations spark selloff" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:22 PM
"Op-Ed: Why this monster tech stock could be the Intel of the A.I. age" CNBC 1:21 PM
"Nikkei returns to 20,000 as Asian markets warily eye U.K. election: Asian stocks started Friday trading mixed, in a wait-and-see mode as exit polls suggested the U.K.'s governing Conservative party failed to keep its parliamentary majority in Thursday's general election there." MarketWatch 7:18 AM
"European stocks rise, take lead from U.K. after surprise election result: Major European stock benchmarks rose Friday, as U.K. stocks gained on a slide in the pound after the U.K.'s general election left the British government with a hung parliament." MarketWatch 11:27 AM
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