"Bud Beer, Kisses, Apple Macs Caught Up in Aluminum Tariff Plan" Bloomberg 7:50 AM
"Proposed U.S. aluminum tariff could drive up Apple device prices" AppleInsider 7:52 AM
"Canalys has really, really good news for Apple in the enterprise" Computerworld 7:23 AM
"Apple Is Now the Top Dog in Wearables: The Mac maker outsold all other smartwatches combined last year." The Motley Fool 7:57 AM
"Apple Watch: What does the future hold? With a Series 4 Apple Watch probably on the horizon, Dan Moren steps back to ask what Apple's roadmap for the smartwatch looks like." Macworld 7:51 AM
"House of pane: Apple was warned of glass danger" ["Apple declined to comment. But in January, Dan Whisenhunt, an Apple vice president of real estate and development, told the Rotary Club of Cupertino that birds flying into the glass had not proved much of a problem. 'Now, the humans on the inside, that's a different story,' Whisenhunt said. 'We've had people bump into the glass. That's a problem we are working on right now.'"] San Francisco Chronicle 5:55 PM
"Cupertino official warned Apple of potential Apple Park glass impacts 9 months ago" AppleInsider 6:43 PM
"iPhone Slow: What happened with Apple's performance management and where we go from here/Here's Apple's explanation on what's happening with iPhone batteries and performance." iMore 8:03 AM
"Read Apple's utterly unconvincing testimony regarding scandalous iPhone throttling practice" iDownload Blog 11:27 AM
"Apple defends iPhone slowdown in Canadian parliament" Cult of Mac 8:03 AM
"German hip-hop artists make world's first AR music Video with iPhone X" Apple Must 1:18 PM
"California cops are using a decoy bus to catch whoever keeps shooting at Apple and Google employee shuttles" Business Insider 7:51 AM
"NRA-endorsed shooting game gets pulled off iOS App Store" Mashable 10:40 AM
"'Angry Birds' maker Rovio is shuttering its London studio and axing 7 staff" Business Insider 7:56 AM
"This iPhone X optical illusion is super freaky" Mashable 8:03 AM
"Tim Cook Shares 'Shot on iPhone' Photos From Holi Festival" iClarified 3:19 PM
Non-Apple News
"5G Cell Service Is Coming. Who Decides Where It Goes?" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:21 PM
"YouTube is replacing the green screen with an AI tool" Engadget 8:13 PM
"Net neutrality killer Ajit Pai would rather not accept that NRA gun award" Mashable 7:33 PM
"Ex-Google CEO is relatively certain robots aren't going to kill us for another decade or two" The Next Web 6:42 PM
"FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn reiterates need to fight for open internet" TechCrunch 1:30 PM
"FCC's Clyburn urges net neutrality supporters to keep fighting" Axios 1:30 PM
"Video game companies unaware of Trump's summit on video game violence" The Verge 1:19 PM
"Snap reportedly has two new versions of its Spectacles in the works, with the first arriving this fall" Business Insider 10:07 AM
"Amazon is complicit with counterfeiting" ElevationLab 7:43 AM
"'Geek Girls' deep-dives into the secret world of female nerds" CNET 7:40 AM
"5G super speeds are coming. Here's what they'll be like" CNET 7:40 AM
"The Supreme Court Case That Could Give Tech Giants More Power" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:40 AM
"Dropbox to let Google reach inside it and rummage about" The Register 7:39 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"New Dog Trip Report - The TouchArcade Show #344" Touch Arcade 8:13 PM
"iMore show 596: Bunny Slopes and Mosh Pits" iMore 3:20 PM
"039: March Apple Watch Activity Challenge, Instagram video calling, best Apple deals Daily" 9to5Mac 3:12 PM
"Apple Product Lifespan, Better Bluetooth Audio -TMO Daily Observations 2018-03-02" The Mac Observer 1:18 PM
"AirPods Pro! And the cool HealthKit gadgets you haven't heard of, on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 8:12 AM
"AppleInsider Podcast talks about Consumer Reports, Verizon's idea of security, and Apple's handling of iCloud data in China" AppleInsider 8:09 AM
"Here's why we think Apple's iPhone 'zero waste' claim is garbage" [Video] Mashable 5:57 PM
"The Path Siri is Taking Towards Human Intelligence. Or Not" The Mac Observer 5:51 PM
"Change Infinite Loop's Name to Apple Playground" Bitsplitting 3:19 PM
"This is how long your average Apple product will last/Commentary: Analyst Horace Dediu tries to work out the average lifespan of Apple devices. His short answer: about 4.3 years." CNET 3:12 PM
"Here's one way the iPhone X beats Samsung's Galaxy S9 badly" Mashable 1:29 PM
"The Evolution of the Wearables Market" Tech.pinions 10:57 AM
"Apple fans are bragging about the iPhone X beating Galaxy S9 benchmarks that appear flawed" BGR 10:18 AM
"Things Apple changed, were mocked for, then were copied industry wide" The Loop 8:58 AM
"Smartwatches or Wearables: Apple Watch Has it Covered" The Tech Night Owl 8:12 AM
"Apple's Cure for Soaring Costs? Tech-Savvy Healthcare Clinics" The Motley Fool 7:58 AM
"5 Reasons To Buy Samsung's Galaxy S9 Over The Apple iPhone X" Forbes 7:56 AM
Non-Apple
"In Wi-Fi routers, you get what you pay for in reach, strength" Seattle Times 8:41 PM
"Testing LG V30S ThinQ's hit-or-miss camera tricks: LG's interim 'creators' phone isn't a huge leap forward, but it's not without its charms." Engadget 3:19 PM
"It's 2018 and Android phones still can't compare to the iPhone's Taptic Engine: Just like on your favorite gaming controller, good haptic feedback can make all the difference in the world on your phone." Android Central 7:35 AM
"Dow falls for 4th day on trade fears; major indexes post big weekly drops: McDonald's drop takes a 50-point bite out of Dow" MarketWatch 4:28 PM
"Dow Tumbles Amid Fears of Global Trade War; S&P 500 and Nasdaq Finish Higher: The Dow closed lower on Friday as investors reacted to Donald Trump's plans to impose strict import tariffs on steel and aluminum." TheStreet 4:27 PM
"Stocks claw back as trade concerns ease" FOXBusiness 4:27 PM
"U.S. Stocks Trade Lower: Mounting investor anxiety over trade protectionism hits stocks world-wide" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1:36 PM
"Asian stocks drop sharply in wake of Trump's tariff plan: Asian stocks fell sharply Friday, weighed down by greater fears of an escalation of trade protectionism after U.S. President Donald Trump announced steel and aluminum tariffs." MarketWatch 7:21 AM
"DAX sinks 2.3% as Trump tariffs spark trade-war worries: European stocks slid Friday, with shares of steelmakers among those hit hard. The losses came after President Donald Trump said he's imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the U.S., sparking worries that a global trade war could break out." MarketWatch 11:46 AM
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