"'Company man': Apple's Peter Stern is the no-nonsense former cable TV exec leading Apple's subscription services" Digiday 7:29 AM
"Is Apple's TV+ Really a 'Netflix Killer', or Something Else Entirely? With so many unknowns on Apple's TV channels and TV+ services, opinions are mixed on how well they can compete with Netflix." TheStreet 7:55 AM
"Apple will have to stomach big losses for a long time in order to succeed with its Hollywood push" Business Insider 7:31 AM
"Apple still has a lot to prove with its new subscription services: It promised, now it has to deliver" The Verge 7:27 AM
"Apple finally showed off its plan to conquer TV — but analysts say there's too much competition and too many questions Apple won't answer" Business Insider 2:05 PM
"Apple's Service Offerings Could Drive New Profits to Apple's Bottom Line" Tech.pinions [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:08 AM
"Apple Video App Opens to Other Platforms But Not Google" Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:27 AM
"Apple TV Celebrates Great Storytellers With Insights That Apply To All Communicators" Forbes 7:10 AM
"Apple TV+ can reawaken the spirit of Sony" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:10 AM
"Apple versus the privacy spiral: The business value of trust/As Apple enters ever more businesses providing ever more potential user data, the value of its stance on privacy becomes increasingly more important." ZDNet 12:31 PM
"Qualcomm wants ITC to reconsider patent invalidity finding because jury decided otherwise after Apple 'abandoned' invalidity defense" Foss Patents 8:01 AM
"It's a draw in latest Qualcomm v Apple patent scores" TechCrunch 7:30 AM
"Apple and Qualcomm Still Seem Far From Settling—Tech Check: The ITC handed each company one victory and one loss on Tuesday. And there are several important cases between the companies that are still outstanding." RealMoney 1:10 PM
"Apple Wins One Patent Victory Against Qualcomm, Sees Adverse Ruling In Another Case" Benzinga 1:10 PM
"AT&T CEO claims HBO will glean consumer data from Apple TV viewers: AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson in an interview this week said HBO will have access to viewer data from third-party distribution channels like Apple TV, seemingly contradicting Apple's stance on total consumer privacy." AppleInsider 7:39 PM
"Apple's New Services: 5 Trends Working in Their Favor/Changes in consumer spending habits and the pressures facing game developers and print publishers should help Apple out. However, Apple also faces some challenges to adoption of its services." TheStreet 7:55 AM
"Millions Are Being Lost To Apple Pay Fraud — Will Apple Card Come To The Rescue?" Forbes 12:24 PM
"Apple Arcade puts the world's biggest game market in play: The unique elements of the iOS app market present a distinct set of opportunities and tradeoffs for Apple Arcade. The result may be a service that does more to create a consistent Apple cross-media experience than fundamentally change mobile gaming." ZDNet 10:55 AM
"Apple AR glasses concept is both futuristic and retro" Cult of Mac 7:26 AM
"Two Beautiful New Apple Stores Expected to Open Soon in Singapore" MacRumors 12:28 PM
"Scientists blended an iPhone to dust to show the amount of natural resources it takes to produce just one device" [Video] Mashable 12:28 PM
"App Store Search Ads rolls out to 46 more countries" 9to5Mac 7:33 AM
"Connecticut event planners soar with FileMaker, Inc." FileMaker 11:00 AM
Non-Apple News
"President Trump has personally blocked his critics on Twitter and a federal appeals court is deciding if that violates the First Amendment" Business Insider 3:51 PM
"FTC shuts down four major robocall operations" Engadget 2:40 PM
"Facebook bans white nationalism, white separatism on its platforms" Reuters 1:19 PM
"Europe's Article 13 Copyright Rule Is a Transatlantic Trade War: Europe's Article 13 copyright rule is a finger in the eye to a set of American tech companies with which Europe has long been struggling." PC Magazine 12:32 PM
"Watch Samsung fold the crap out of the Galaxy Fold" TechCrunch 10:50 AM
"Elizabeth Warren comes out in support of a national right-to-repair law: The proposal focuses on farm equipment, but could have significant implications for Apple" The Verge 11:30 AM
"Elizabeth Warren Calls for a National Right-to-Repair Law" Motherboard 10:49 AM
"The latest dark web cyber-criminal trend: selling children's personal data/Fraudsters are looking for a clean credit history, and are using stolen identities to create them." ZDNet 8:32 AM
"Why Hackers Are Stoked That Beto O'Rourke Was One Of Them: This week, CYBER speaks to Oxblood Ruffin, a long-time member of the legendary hacking group Cult of The Dead Cow." Motherboard 8:02 AM
"Twitter birth-year hoax locks users out of accounts" BBC 7:46 AM
"Inbox is about to die, and Google still hasn't brought its best feature to Gmail" Android Police 2:16 PM
"Apple Card won't drive Google, Samsung to offer their own credit cards" CNET 7:45 AM
"A coder created a 'Killed by Google' graveyard for the search firm's now dead products" Business Insider 8:07 AM
"Google is taking a cautious step back into the world of robotics: After the failures of its ambitious 'Replicant' project, the tech giant is reportedly refreshing its efforts" The Verge 7:33 AM
"'Godfathers of AI' honored with Turing Award, the Nobel Prize of computing: Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yann LeCun laid the foundations for modern AI" The Verge 7:30 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Apple Books+, Publishers vs Apple News – TMO Daily Observations 2019-03-27" The Mac Observer 1:34 PM
"#287: The Opposite of What They're Doing/Subscription gaming services, what would make Apple's TV+ offering more compelling, third-party keyboards, and whether or not we will be getting the Apple Card." Relay FM: Clockwise 1:10 PM
"Stacktrace Podcast 029: 'A very special Apple special event' with special guest Mark Gurman" 9to5Mac 12:27 PM
"The Rebound 231: Steven Bielberg/Finally, some real honest-to-goodness Apple news...about Apple News? Plus, a whole lot of stuff that isn't shipping yet, which gives us plenty of time to dissect the methodology of Apple's announcements, whether it's wise to not show, uh, shows, and the credit card that nobody really expected, despite knowing that it was coming. And, of course, the update you've all been waiting for on Dan's Mac mini." The Rebound 10:48 AM
"Appl Still Hasn't Fixd Its MacBook Kyboad Problm: Apple's third-generation butterfly keyboard was supposed to fix all the previous defects but buyers are still having problems" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:45 AM
"Apple apologizes for 'small number' of MacBook customers experiencing issues with new keyboard" 9to5Mac 10:55 AM
"Apple Apologizes Over 'Small Number' of Users Who Continue to Have Issues With Third-Generation MacBook Keyboards" MacRumors 10:57 AM
"Apple just issued its first apology to MacBook owners who are still experiencing keyboard issues" Business Insider 11:25 AM
"Apple provides first developer betas of iOS 12.3, tvOS 12.3 & new beta for third generation Apple TV" AppleInsider 12:23 PM
"iOS 12.3 and tvOS 12.3 Betas Introduce Apple's New TV App" MacRumors 12:36 PM
"Everything new in iOS 12.3 & tvOS 12.3: New TV app!" AppleInsider 2:52 PM
"Apple Releases watchOS 5.2 With ECG Functionality in Europe and Hong Kong, AirPods 2 Support" MacRumors 5:49 PM
"Apple issues watchOS 5.2, ECG app arrives in Hong Kong and Europe: On the heels of Tuesday's release of iOS 12.2, Apple on Wednesday issued the accompanying watchOS 5.2 update for Apple Watch with ECG app support for Hong Kong and select European regions." AppleInsider 5:53 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:02 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:02 AM
"13" MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:02 AM
"Why Apple founder Steve Jobs may be turning in his grave" New Zealand Herald 9:00 PM
"Beneath the Apple razzmatazz is an air of desperation" Stuff: New Zealand 9:01 PM
"Apple please, I am consumed with subscription fatigue: How much a month would you pay? How much can you pay before sinking into an abyss?" CNET 9:01 PM
"Apple 'sorry' for latest MacBook keyboard woes" TechCrunch 7:28 PM
"Why Apple's iPhone Privacy Ad is One of its Best Ever" The Mac Observer 4:41 PM
"Apple Arcade wants to slay the free-to-play monster iOS helped create: Apple wants to make iOS games better. But is it too late?" The Verge 3:48 PM
"To rescue privacy, Apple should sell a Siri chip to others" Apple Must 2:30 PM
"Apple Used Its Oprah Moment to Pull One Over on Us" ["The celebrities were in full attendance at Monday's Apple event, and it was very clear, hours later, that they'd been there to distract from the fact that Apple had nothing to say."] Gizmodo 11:32 AM
"There's one big reason why you shouldn't buy Apple's new $1,300 iMac" Business Insider 10:54 AM
"Apple's apology for small amount of 2018 MacBook Pro keyboard failures still isn't enough" AppleInsider 12:23 PM
"Apple Hasn't Fixed Its MacBook Keyboard Problems" Thurrott 11:29 AM
"Apple Apologises For Issues With Latest Butterfly Keyboard" The Mac Observer 11:25 AM
"Apple Card: The industry reacts" Computerworld 10:51 AM
"Prominent Apple blogger calls the MacBook's butterfly keyboards the 'worst products in Apple history'" Business Insider 1:35 PM
"'Appl Still Hasn't Fixd Its MacBook Kyboad Problm'" ["I consider these keyboards the worst products in Apple history. MacBooks should have the best keyboards in the industry; instead they're the worst. They're doing lasting harm to the reputation of the MacBook brand."] Daring Fireball 10:49 AM
"A Philosophical Take on Post Show-Time Apple" Tech.pinions [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:08 AM
"Apple Card, where's the reward? Why no one over 35 wants Apple to be their bank: As entirely Apple integrated my life has become, I think I will pass on the Cupertino Card." ZDNet 8:32 AM
"The Apple Card is Apple's biggest announcement of 2019 so far" Business Insider 8:07 AM
"Apple's 'show time' keynote leaves Wall Street cold" Cult of Mac 8:05 AM
"Will Google's Pixel 4 actually have a better design than the iPhone 11 this year?" BGR 8:03 AM
"Apple Solidifies Its Transition to a Services Company" Intego 8:03 AM
"Apple Unveils the iFawn: Some thoughts on Apple's truly bizarre 'It's Showtime' event" 500ish Words 8:01 AM
"Why most publishers will elect to join Apple News+" Business Insider 10:50 AM
"The danger of 'I already pay for Apple News+': At the mercy of a new algorithm" TechCrunch 10:45 AM
"Apple News+ is a great value for avid readers" Apple World Today 8:55 AM
"Apple Still Doesn't Get the News-Subscription Business" Bloomberg 7:55 AM
"It's far too early and lazy to compare Apple TV+ to mature services like Netflix and Hulu" BGR 9:39 AM
"Not buying Netflix was Apple and Tim Cook's biggest strategic mistake: Dan Ives" Fox Business Videos 7:54 AM
"Game devs weigh in on Apple Arcade" Cult of Mac 7:32 AM
"Can Apple's product expertise make Apple TV+ a success? The skills that make great hardware aren't really the same skills that make great TV." Macworld 7:30 AM
"If you get Apple Card, you may never be able to leave the iPhone/Commentary: Apple hopes to capture something that money can't buy with its new credit card designed for the digital age." CNET 7:16 AM
"Why Apple Card Can't Compete With Bitcoin" Forbes 7:10 AM
"As Apple Trumpets New Enticements, Fresh Caution About Phone-Life Balance" Forbes 7:09 AM
Non-Apple
"What Design Can Do About Privacy" Subtraction 12:29 PM
"KaiOS may succeed where Android Go Edition has failed" Android Police 10:49 AM
"What is pixel binning? Everything you should know about this photographic technique" Android Authority 8:59 AM
"Gmail's 'Canned Responses' Feature Is Finally Good" Lifehacker 8:31 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for March 27, 2019" GoComics 7:05 AM
"Happy Mail: Inbox helper for Gmail - Free/Swipe right to trash, left to archive. Happy Mail lets you process every email in your inbox from newest to oldest - with the goal of reaching inbox zero." Bloop Software 12:34 PM
"Contacts app Cardhop comes to iOS" TechCrunch 9:43 AM
"Cardhop for iOS debuts, bringing Fantastical-like interactive contacts experience to iPhone and iPad" 9to5Mac 9:42 AM
"Apple Pay is coming to Portugal, apparently" Apple Must 12:44 PM
"Apple Pay is Coming Soon to Austria, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Greece, and Romania" MacRumors 8:33 AM
"Taking Stock: iOS Trading Apps to Beat them All in 2019" Apple Gazette 8:03 AM
"Apple Reveals Many Games and Projects from Developers for Apple Arcade and Here Are the Games Revealed So Far" Touch Arcade 7:51 AM
"'Gwent: The Witcher Card Game' Is Launching on iOS and Android Later This Year" Touch Arcade 7:51 AM
"IBM Dodges Triple Damages After Confusing Jury Notes" Law360 [Paid Membership Required] 8:18 AM
"Autonomy founder Lynch was scapegoat for HP's incompetence, court told" Reuters 9:43 AM
"Software tycoon Mike Lynch shoots back at 'floundering' HP during its $5 billion fraud trial" Business Insider 11:29 AM
"Autonomy was Hewlett-Packard's 'unwanted step child', court told" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 12:26 PM
"HP crashed Autonomy because US tech titan's top brass 'lost their nerve', says lawyer for ex-CEO Mike Lynch" The Register 1:41 PM
"Intel Prepping New 9th Gen CPU Stepping" eTeknix 8:25 AM
"Intel and Cray are building a supercomputer named Aurora" TechQuila 8:25 AM
"Google to leverage custom AMD GPU and Intel CPU for Stadia" MoneyControl 8:25 AM
"AMD attacks the 'Intel Tax' and its datacentre 'designed-in bottlenecks'" PCGamesN 8:25 AM
"Nvidia patches code execution vulnerability in GeForce Experience" ZDNet 7:01 AM
"Dell VMware Integration 'Mandate': Be 'First And Best'" CRN 8:17 AM
"Dell extends sponsorship of WGC match play tournament at Austin Country Club" Austin American-Statesman [Free Registration Required] 8:17 AM
"Oracle's Mark Hurd: The Cloud Represents A Fundamental Business Model Shift" Forbes 8:14 AM
"Oracle cuts jobs as it tries to catch AWS in cloud race" ZDNet 8:14 AM
"Cisco Launches Decibel to Make Some Early-Stage Startup Noise" Light Reading 8:13 AM
"Cisco reckons there are intelligent ways to protect your network from attack – and it has free demos to prove it" The Register 7:16 AM
"Cisco forms VC firm looking to weaponize fledgling technology companies: Decibel, an investment firm focused on early stage funding for enterprise-product startups, will back technologies related to Cisco's core interests." Network World 5:48 PM
"50 women are suing Salesforce over accusations it sold its software to an online sex marketplace that pleaded guilty to human trafficking" Business Insider 12:26 PM
"The minimalist, titanium Apple Card is perfectly positioned as a status symbol geared toward millennials" Business Insider 11:30 AM
Industry News
"Stocks close lower as worries about slowing global growth mount: Health care, energy sectors weigh" MarketWatch 3:57 PM
"Stocks Close Down as Wall Street Worries About a U.S. Recession Remain: Stocks fall Wednesday as investors weigh a narrowing of the U.S. trade deficit against worries about a recession in the U.S. and possible delays in U.S.-China trade talks." TheStreet 3:57 PM
"Boeing, Apple Lead Stock Market As Dow Jones Passes This Key Test" Investor's Business Daily 3:57 PM
"US stocks fall on continued global growth fears: U.S. stocks turned decisively lower on Wednesday following a day in which equties rebounded from a beginning of the week selloff." FOXBusiness 3:57 PM
"Ten-Year Yield Drops Below 2.4%, Hitting Fresh Lows: Stocks close lower as bond yields keep dropping amid renewed fears about the global economy" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:57 PM
"Asia-Pacific markets mixed as fears of global slowdown persist: Nikkei down, but stocks in Hong Kong, Shanghai advance" MarketWatch 8:27 AM
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