"Apple became the greatest. But is its crown slipping? The company is already warning its investors about this week's results. Can it pull off one more comeback?" The Guardian 9:14 AM
"Apple Can't Just Phone It In: March quarter forecast and service comparisons remain a risk, while stock is well above trough valuations" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:17 AM
"Apple got tablets right, and created a whole new market with the iPad" AppleInsider 9:31 AM
"I'm a happy iPhone XR owner and this is how Apple should sell it: Cupertino seems unsure how to sell its best-value phone. One look at Samsung's foldable phone should give it a clue." ZDNet 8:23 AM
"You Should Look at Apple Because It Has Cash but Everyone Hates It" Barron's [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:58 AM
"Apple's March Quarter iPhone Hopes Surely Have Room to Fall Farther: A review of historical iPhone estimates suggest sales numbers have farther to fall for Apple's current quarter." TheStreet 1/26
"Apple investors brace for more bad news in latest results" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 1/26
"Apple's March Quarter Guidance Is More Likely To Disappoint Than Bring Relief" Forbes 1/26
"Apple is hiring for five times more health-tech jobs than it was two years ago" Quartz 1/26
"Johny Srouji Reportedly Staying at Apple, Not in the Running for Intel CEO" MacRumors 1/26
"macOS Mojave 10.14.4 enables automatic Dark Mode on websites with black themes" iDownload Blog 6:25 PM
"Apple: Trust us, we've patented parts of Swift, and thus chunks of other programming languages, for your own good" The Register 7:53 AM
"Safari Autofill coming to Touch ID in macOS Mojave 10.14.4" iMore 1/25
"Apple to simplify Safari AutoFill with Touch ID support in macOS 10.4.4: According to a new Settings menu option in Apple's macOS 10.14.4 beta release, the upcoming Mac operating system will allow users to complete Safari AutoFill operations with Touch ID on systems that support the authentication hardware." AppleInsider 1/25
"Touch ID On MacBooks Can Soon Be Used For Safari Autofill" UberGizmo 1/25
"Microsoft Office is now available in the Mac App Store: It's also the first time the App Store has sold a software bundle in this form." Ars Technica 1/25
"Avoiding Blurry Custom Icons In macOS Mojave" MacMost 1/26
"The IT admin guide to Office 365 at the Mac App Store: Office 365 apps are now available for purchase and download from the Mac App Store. What does this new mean to IT administrators?" Computerworld 1/25
"How to Uninstall VirtualBox on Mac" OS X Daily 1/25
"How to disable the Guest User login screen on Mac" iDownload Blog 1/25
"I was a PC diehard for most of my life, but I now own Apple products across the board. Here's why I made the change and stuck with it" Business Insider 1/25
"Why Choosing Between Windows and macOS Still Matters" Gizmodo 1/25
"Mojave's Legacy Software isn't wrong, it's just a bit slow" Eclectic Light Company 1/25
"Creative photo and productivity tools for macOS" Moon-App 7:12 AM
"XaBatch Nighttime: There are some who claim only last year (ahem) that they have the first and only 'XA' utility for macOS. Sorry to disappoint, but Rixstep have had an ARMY of XA-related utilities for almost fifteen years." Rixstep 1/26
"3D News: Adobe Acquires 3D Software Company Allegorithmic" Architosh 1/25
"Apple Hosts Stanley Cup, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, All-Stars Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews" MacRumors 7:53 AM
"Foxconn axes 50,000 seasonal jobs as Apple slowdown bites" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 6:25 PM
"Court rules man must be given access to husband's iCloud photos" AppleInsider 1:18 PM
"Apple suppliers step up expansion outside China" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:55 AM
"Apple's 'Shot On iPhone' 2019 Contest Winners To Be Compensated With Licensing Fee" Redmond Pie 1/26
"Crowds gather in Japan to witness the final closure of Apple Sendai Ichibancho" 9to5Mac 1/25
"Apple decides it will cough up for 'Shot on iPhone' photos" Cult of Mac 1/25
"Apple announces it will pay licensing fee to 'Shot on iPhone' contest winners after complaints" Digital Photography Review 1/25
"Apple to Compensate 'Shot on iPhone' Winners Following Complaints" Digital Trends 1/25
"Apple is running a global photography contest to find photos for billboards and ads — and now, it will pay the winners" Business Insider 1/25
"In the US, iPhone XR Outsold Pricier XS, XS Max Combined" PC Magazine 1/25
"Los Angeles Metro Transit System Plans to Support Apple Pay This Fall" MacRumors 1/25
"Smartphone makers seek export incentives to grow India production" Reuters 1/25
"Apple, other smartphone makers push for export credits & tariff cuts in India" AppleInsider 1/25
"Chinese New Year – The Bucket – Apple" YouTube 1/25
"Chinese New Year – Jia Zhangke on Slo-mo – Apple" YouTube 1/25
"Chinese New Year – Jia Zhangke on Depth Control – Apple" YouTube 1/25
Non-Apple News
"From Wi-Fi to Bluetooth to 5G, All Your Wireless Is About to Change: An unprecedented number of devices are coming online soon, and our current wireless systems weren't built to handle the volume" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:57 PM
"The digital drug: Internet addiction spawns U.S. treatment programs" Reuters 6:37 PM
"Excluding Huawei could hurt 5G network development: China envoy to EU" Reuters 6:19 PM
"Consumers are doing everything they can to avoid ads. Here's how P&G, one of the world's largest advertisers, is finding a way around that" Business Insider [Free/Paid] 1:24 PM
"WordPress sites under attack via zero-day in abandoned plugin" ZDNet 1:24 PM
"Changes in Qualcomm's market power over the years and their relevance to antitrust remedies" Foss Patents 10:59 AM
"Private Messages Are the New (Old) Social Network" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:52 AM
"Russian YouTube-Ripping Site Wins In US Court" Slashdot 1/26
"Google is adding support for Face ID-like hardware to Android Q" Android Police 1/26
"Google's two-pronged plan to dominate consumer-to-business messaging" The Next Web 1/26
"U.S. video game sales climb 18% in past year; Washington state third with 242 active studios" GeekWire 1/26
"YouTube Limiting Recommendations of Conspiracy Theory Videos" Digital Trends 1/26
"Mark Zuckerberg's WSJ op-ed was a message to would-be regulators: Hands off our ad business" Recode 1/26
"Foldable phones are real. These are the companies making them" CNET 1/26
"Smart toys that talk to kids are often full of security flaws" Mashable 1/26
"The Secret World of Amazon's Power Reviewers: A clandestine society receives an unending stream of products. They create Amazon's reality. Is there such a thing as too much free stuff?" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1/26
"Gene Steinberg meets tech commentator and podcaster Kirk McElhearn, and, from TidBITS, Managing Editor Josh Centers, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7:03 AM
"The January 2019 Issue of Photoshop User Is Now Available!" Layers Magazine 1/25
"Feast your eyes on how Apple's iOS 13 should look" BetaNews 7:59 AM
"iPhone XS Max, Mate 20 Pro represent two fates for the luxury flagship" Android Authority 1/26
"How iOS helped me to rethink network security" 9to5Mac 1/26
"The iPhone SE is the best minimalist phone right now" The Verge 1/26
"After 10 years, Android apps are still worse than their iOS counterparts: Even with 80% or so of the smartphone market, Android is still behind iOS when it comes to the apps we use. Why?" Android Central 1/26
"The FTC has defeated Qualcomm with respect to industry as well as expert testimony: checkmate" Foss Patents 1/25
"As Streaming Services Proliferate, Apple Knows Only a Few Will Survive" The Mac Observer 1/25
"David Einhorn Was Right about Apple" Market Realist 1/25
"10 Year Challenge: How Popular iOS Apps Have Changed" Medium: flawless 1/25
"Reinventing the Hearing Aid" ["The flip side of this is that Apple's AirPods add some of these added features minus the health tracking, fall detection, and hearing aid. I would not be surprised if health tracking will be included in the next version of their popular earphones. While using them as hearing aids may be on the roadmap, I don't think this new version will add that feature."] Tech.pinions [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1/25
"Apple in 2019: Will a recession ruin its run?" Roughly Drafted 1/25
"End times? A musical AI just released five albums on iTunes" Apple Must 1/25
"iPad mini 5 (2019) Preview: Steve Jobs never wanted an iPad mini. He joked about having to file down your fingers just to use one. Then, Eddy Cue read an article about the advantages of a smaller Android Tab and how they could apply to iPad. Curious, he picked one up and tried to out." iMore 1/25
"Strategy Analytics: China down 11%, Apple iPhone down 22%" Apple Must 1/25
"iPhone SE fans UNITE! Bring back the small phone lifestyle!" iMore 1/25
"Music on watchOS 5 is a rare misfire for Apple's designers" AppleInsider 1/25
Non-Apple
"The Davos crowd had highminded talk about AI, stay tuned for the action" ZDNet 8:21 PM
"Facebook's provocations of the week" Monday Note 2:03 PM
"How Star Trek and Sci-Fi Influenced Jeff Bezos" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1/26
"Sony is making the same mistake that hobbled Microsoft and almost killed the Xbox" Business Insider 1/26
"Palm's $350 credit-card sized smartphone is supposed to liberate you, but it's got some big problems" Business Insider 1/26
"Everything You Need to Know About the Future of Neural Networks" ReadWrite 1/26
"How fake news is changing the internet: The tools we all use for knowledge, communication and business are being re-engineered to stop disinformation. Is our loss of control worth it?" Computerworld 1/26
"Why the Future of 2-in-1 Notebooks is Customized Leather/Product Analysis: Our analyst, Rob Enderle, has seen the laptop future and it is customized leather. HP's Spectre Folio is very light, the leather has padding, and when carried it feels extremely secure in your hands." eWeek 1/25
"HP Spectre Folio review: more laptops should be wrapped in leather" The Verge 1/25
"Google Pixel 3 XL review, 3 months on: Almost perfect/Google's phone is still a winner, but little things still keep it from approaching perfection." Android Central 1/25
"A landmark ruling gives new power to sue tech giants for violating privacy: The Illinois Supreme Court ruled consumers can sue firms for biometric privacy violations even without proving harm, swatting down an argument used by Facebook and others." Fast Company 7:04 AM
"Microsoft and MIT can detect AI 'blind spots' in self-driving cars" Engadget 7:54 AM
"Microsoft cripples Windows Media Player on Windows 7 — a seemingly dirty tactic to increase Windows 10 upgrades" BetaNews 10:50 AM
"Microsoft Intentionally Cripples Windows 7 Media Player To Spur Windows 10 Upgrades" HotHardware 3:44 PM
"Microsoft Will Go 'As Big at E3 as We've Ever Been' This Year" Digital Trends 9:32 AM
"Has International Business Machines Finally Bottomed Out?" The Motley Fool 2:27 PM
"IBM Stock: Cloud Missed Revenues, And That's The Next Big Blue Thing" Seeking Alpha 6:22 PM
"Intel's Betting on a Data Center Rebound Later in 2019" The Motley Fool 2:20 PM
"Oracle Accused Of Underpaying Women And Employees Of Color: Learning Lessons For Companies" Forbes 7:41 AM
"Hackers are going after Cisco RV320/RV325 routers using a new exploit: Attacks on Cisco routers started hours after the publication of proof-of-concept code on GitHub." ZDNet 7:41 AM
"Cisco RV320/RV325 WAN Router Vulnerability Threatens Internet Providers And The Enterprise" HotHardware 3:44 PM
"The digital drug: Internet addiction spawns U.S. treatment programs" Reuters 7:54 AM
"One of the internet's creators says there's a potential of severe dangers from the 'avalanche of devices' on the network" Business Insider 8:23 AM
"How Dell and Asus are changing high-end notebook gaming" The Star: Malaysia 1/26
"Dell, Acer add new Chromebooks, Windows laptops to education offerings" ZDNet 1/26
"How CES 2019 put a spotlight on Microsoft and edge computing" Windows Central 1/26
"Microsoft's $500 mil pledge viewed with enthusiasm, caution" Associated Press 1/26
"Windows 10 update - Big changes are coming from Microsoft and here's everything new" Express UK 1/26
"Microsoft Surface Pro 6 vs. Dell XPS 13" Digital Trends 1/26
"Microsoft's head of healthcare thought it was a 'career-ending move' when Satya Nadella offered him the job. Here's why he says he's now completely sucked in" Business Insider 1/26
"Austin ingenuity helps IBM lead U.S. in 2018 tech patents" Austin American-Statesman [Free Registration Required] 1/26
"IBM To Petition High Court In ERISA Company Stock Case" Law360 [Paid Membership Required] 1/26
"IBM Share Price Off 20% in Past Year" 24/7 Wall St. 1/26
"Analysts Warn That 'Crypto Hangover' Could Persist for AMD" Cointelegraph 1/26
"How much will Apple's Services revenue growth slow in Q2?" Apple 3.0 1:24 PM
"Morgan Stanley: Buy Apple now before earnings next week because the bad news is already in the stock" CNBC 1/25
"Expectations for Apple earnings set so low stock not expected to drop, analyst argues best time to buy" 9to5Mac 1/25
"AAPL recovers $75 billion, returning to company value last seen before iPhone revenue miss disclosure" 9to5Mac 1/25
"It's Like That Epic Apple Warning Never Happened: Taking Stock" Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1/25
"Apple: Why Morgan Stanley Finds It Attractive" Market Realist 1/25
"Buy Apple stock ahead of earnings results, says Morgan Stanley" AppleInsider 1/25
Industry News
"Another tech bubble could be about to burst" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:55 AM
"Stocks rally to close higher on earnings as deal reached to end government shutdown: Dow extends winning streak to fifth week" MarketWatch 1/25
"Dow Closes Higher to End Week With Modest Gains: Stocks rose Friday, getting a boost from a number of strong corporate earnings reports even as investors continue to worry about a lack of progress in U.S.-China trade talks." TheStreet 1/25
"Dow Jones Rises 3,100 Points From Dec. 26 Low; 6 Top Stocks Break Out" Investor's Business Daily 1/25
"Stocks up on strong earnings, Trump announcement to reopen government" FOXBusiness 1/25
"U.S. Stocks End the Week With Gains: Indexes pared gains as President Trump spoke about a deal to temporarily reopen the government" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1/25
"Asian markets rise, riding Tech Stocks' wave: Hang Seng, Kosp each up more than 1%" MarketWatch 1/25
"European stocks up despite fresh trade war fears" MarketWatch 1/25
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