"Apple cancels AirPower product, citing inability to meet its high standards for hardware" ["'After much effort, we've concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards and we have cancelled the project. We apologize to those customers who were looking forward to this launch. We continue to believe that the future is wireless and are committed to push the wireless experience forward,' said Dan Riccio, Apple's senior vice president of Hardware Engineering in an emailed statement today."] TechCrunch 2:50 PM
"Apple, in rare reversal, pulls plug on wireless charging mat" Reuters 4:30 PM
"Exclusive Data: iPhone users want the Apple Card — here's why its appeal could propel Apple Pay" Business Insider 7:41 AM
"Apple cancels AirPower wireless charger" The Verge 2:51 PM
"Apple and Goldman's painful reinvention is hard to credit" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:35 AM
"With its Apple Card, Apple edges further into financial services" Computerworld 8:04 AM
"Can Apple Card Get Users More Entrenched into Apple's Ecosystem?" Market Realist 8:11 AM
"Exclusive Data: More than half of consumers don't plan to use Apple TV Channels" Business Insider 8:54 AM
"This week's Apple event was still all about the ecosystem: Apple's show time event might have looked different, but at the end of the day it's still all about keeping you in Apple's world." Macworld 7:44 AM
"Tim Cook and Other Top Apple Executives to Testify in Qualcomm Trial" Bloomberg 8:01 AM
"San Diego judge: Apple, Foxconn et al. v. Qualcomm is primarily an antitrust dispute as Apple says, not just a contract case as Qualcomm claims" Foss Patents 7:25 AM
"Apple to close Texture on May 28, following launch of Apple News+" TechCrunch 11:18 AM
"Adobe Premiere Pro vs. Apple Final Cut Pro X: What's the Difference? Most professional video editors use one or the other. Here's how these two top-rated programs compare, feature by feature." PC Magazine 4:52 PM
"How to convert a DOCX file to Pages on macOS" AddictiveTips 8:33 PM
"How to record digital audio from your iPhone to your Mac with iDAM" Cult of Mac 3:12 PM
"Evaluating Popular Web Browser in terms of Security and Privacy" ReadWrite 1:12 PM
"How to Leave No Trace on a Borrowed Computer" Gizmodo 9:00 AM
"Finding and converting legacy media 4: Using Compressor" Eclectic Light Company 7:25 AM
"How to connect a Nimbus Wireless to your Apple devices" Apple World Today 7:33 AM
"How to play Fortnite on Mac: Yes, you can play Fortnite on a Mac. Here's how to make it look awesome" Digital Trends 6:32 PM
Op/Ed
"The Best Mac for Gaming in 2019" Mac Gamer HQ 7:22 AM
Press Releases
"Vectorworks, Inc. Announces GDTF 1.0 Availability—Drives Entertainment Industry Standard" Architosh 1:11 PM
"Data Creator 1.7.1 for macOS, an advanced data generator that can create tables filled with pseudo-random custom content in just few clicks" Ecleti 9:01 AM
"Cheaper iPhone, Mac repairs: Apple slightly loosens its grip on who mends your devices" ZDNet 8:17 AM
"5-Year Market Forecast: App Store and Google Play Spending Will Grow 120% to Reach $156 Billion by 2023" SensorTower 7:37 AM
"App Store revenue could more than double by 2023" Cult of Mac 7:43 AM
"App Store Revenue Set to Double Over Next 5 Years" The Mac Observer 7:36 AM
"Global True Wireless Hearables Market Reaches 12.5 Million Units in Q4 2018: Apple was the market leader with its AirPods as premium models continued to dominate the market. However, mid-tier brands started to gain market share." Counterpoint 7:51 AM
"The 50 most beautiful Apple stores outside the United States" Business Insider 9:25 AM
"Hacker pleads guilty to accessing Apple accounts of famous athletes and rappers" The Verge 1:42 PM
"Mac users in China can no longer use Taiwan flag emoji" Cult of Mac 9:25 AM
Non-Apple News
"Hacker Rigs New Zealand Shooter's Manifesto With Malware" PC Magazine 4:52 PM
"T-Mobile And Sprint Blockbuster Wireless Merger Faces Potential Roadblock From States" HotHardware 4:27 PM
"Apple leaves Android users with few alternatives as Texture is earmarked for May 28 shutdown: Magzter is about to get a whole lot more popular." PCWorld 12:41 PM
"90 percent of tech companies are vulnerable to email spoofing" BetaNews 10:24 AM
"Hundreds of compromised Wordpress and Joomla websites are serving up malware to visitors" ZDNet 7:59 AM
"Seven out of ten Americans are comfortable with IoT tech in the home" ZDNet 7:59 AM
"First image surfaces of Google Chrome's upcoming Tab Groups feature" ZDNet 8:48 PM
"Google's DeepMind asks what it means for AI to fail" ZDNet 7:48 PM
"Google Assistant integration with Chrome might be coming to Android" Android Authority 1:16 PM
"Google security engineer discloses zero-day flaw in TP-Link smart home routers" ZDNet 8:17 AM
"Google deletes 'conversion therapy' app savaged by the LGBTQ community" Business Insider 7:58 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"An Apple Arcade Extravaganza – The TouchArcade Show #393" Touch Arcade 8:32 PM
"Briefing -The Moshi iGlaze Hardshell Case for 13-inch MacBook Air" MacVoices 4:41 PM
"9to5Mac Daily: March 29, 2019 — the AirPower episode" 9to5Mac 3:03 PM
"New iPhone Rumors, Mojave Gmail Bug Fix – TMO Daily Observations 2019-03-29" The Mac Observer 1:30 PM
"9to5Mac Happy Hour 218: Apple TV+, Card, Arcade, and News+ event" 9to5Mac 11:18 AM
"The Sams Report: Apple Games the Game/On this edition of the Sams Report, Apple has a new gaming service, Edge leaks, and there's a Surface Hub event next month." Thurrott 9:38 AM
"TV+, Card, Arcade, News+, we react to it all, on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 8:09 AM
"Qualcomm & iPhone bans, the Apple Card, Apple TV on Roku and more on the AppleInsider Podcast" AppleInsider 7:40 AM
"Apple loses engineer who oversaw iPhone, iPad processors: Gerard Williams III, who led the design of every Apple chip core from the A7 to the A12X, departed the company last month, CNET has learned." CNET 4:35 PM
"Alleged Leaked Schematic Depicts 2019 iPhone With Triple-Lens Camera in Triangular Arrangement" MacRumors 7:44 AM
"Leaked iPhone 11 schematics show what may be Apple's new triple-lens camera design" BGR 7:38 AM
"2019 iMac performance ranges from 5% to 66% increase over previous models" AppleInsider 8:53 AM
"Apple Store Pickup Now Available for New iPad Mini and iPad Air" MacRumors 10:24 AM
"AirPods 2nd Generation Teardown: New Features, Still Disposable" iFixit 8:02 AM
"Need to Repair Your New AirPods? Good Luck" PC Magazine 4:52 PM
AppleCare/Helps
"Apple Acknowledges Issues in Latest MacBook Keyboard" Zacks 11:27 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"In recognition of World Backup Day on March 31 we offering $10 off ChronoSync this weekend." Econ Technologies 2:08 PM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:22 AM
"13" MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:22 AM
"Apple is learning why shortcut security is a bad idea: With its enterprise developer certificate program, Apple chose convenience over security. You can guess what happened." Computerworld 9:18 PM
"I don't care about AirPower because I'm still typing on this sh**ty MacBook keyboard" Mashable 6:00 PM
"Apple redesigns wireless AirPower charger to be the smallest, thinnest, lightest, cheapest... OK, it doesn't exist" The Register 7:22 PM
"What went wrong with the Apple's AirPower charging mat?" Cult of Mac 6:00 PM
"Apple Confirms Embarrassing Cancellation Of AirPower" Forbes 4:30 PM
"Let's face it, AirPower looked lame as hell anyway" Mashable 4:30 PM
"Apple Cancels AirPower Charging Mat: This Is No April Fool's Joke" Forbes 4:29 PM
"Apple Cancels AirPower" ["Long story short, this is why it's always dangerous to pre-announce products that aren't finished."] Daring Fireball 4:28 PM
"Why Apple Never Even Dreamed of Buying Netflix" The Mac Observer 3:01 PM
"The Apple Watch alerted my father to a serious heart condition in the middle of the night" BGR 2:46 PM
"iMac, iMac 4k, iMac 5k, or iMac Pro - which iMac should you buy?" AppleInsider 11:29 AM
"Did Warren Buffett Just Call Apple TV+ a Mistake?" Market Realist 11:19 AM
"Thoughts on Apple's News+, Card, Arcade, and TV+ event — something for everyone" 9to5Mac 10:24 AM
"I Now Have a Cardiologist: With Apple's release of watchOS 5.2, I see the ECG feature is now more widely available throughout Europe and other regions. That's great news." Joe Cieplinski 9:37 AM
"iPhone 2019 rumors: That ugly square triple-camera might actually make its way into the next iPhone" Macworld 9:09 AM
"I deleted all the apps off my phone for a week — and it was harder than I could have imagined" Business Insider 9:09 AM
"How Apple Arcade Could Change How Apple Makes Money from Games" Market Realist 9:09 AM
"Cloud-Streamed Gaming: More Questions Than Answers" Tech.pinions [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:54 AM
"Apple's TV Plus put on a hell of a show. It just wasn't for us/Commentary: The star-studded theatrics were mostly for the stars themselves." CNET 7:51 AM
Non-Apple
"Scientists created an AI that can predict when a person will die" BGR 9:15 PM
"What if Alexa had eyes and a body? It's the only way to make the assistant truly smart, says Amazon's lead Alexa scientist" GearBrain 9:51 AM
"We're getting better at backing up our data — but we're also losing more" BetaNews 9:38 AM
"The Samsung Galaxy S10+ Snapdragon & Exynos Review: Almost Perfect, Yet So Flawed" AnandTech 8:14 AM
"The unlikely key to making facial recognition work: Human 'super-recognizers'" CNET 7:51 AM
"Major Apple Supplier Foxconn Suffers Profit Drop: The performance of the Taiwanese assembler of iPhones offers a window into the U.S. tech titan's operations" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:06 AM
Industry News
"Dow rallies more than 200 points as S&P 500 logs its best quarterly advance since 2009: Lyft shares trim gains after soaring in IPO" MarketWatch 3:44 PM
"Dow Ends Up on 'Constructive' Trade Talks; S&P 500 Logs Best Quarter Since 2009: Stocks closes up Friday after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says trade talks he held with China were 'constructive.'" TheStreet 3:44 PM
"US-China trade optimism boosts all major averages" FOXBusiness 3:44 PM
"U.S. Stocks Rise, Notching Best Quarter In Years: After a late 2018 swoon, S&P 500 closes out the quarter with its best gains since the financial crisis" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:43 PM
"Shanghai Composite leads Asia stocks higher after U.S., China resume trade talks: China stocks see best quarter gain since end 2014" MarketWatch 8:34 AM
"London markets up despite falling business investment: Another Brexit vote coming on day U.K. meant to leave the union" MarketWatch 8:33 AM
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