"Apple 'plotted' to hurt Qualcomm years before it sued the company: The iPhone maker detailed some of its plans in documents shown during Qualcomm's opening arguments in court." CNET 1:18 PM
"Apple's $400 Billion Buyback Program: One of the more certain items found with Apple's upcoming 2Q19 earnings is that the board will approve increases to the company's share buyback authorization and the quarterly cash dividend." Above Avalon 1:47 PM
"Apple's doing something it hasn't done in more than a decade" CNBC 8:49 AM
"Goldman Sachs: Apple's iPhone sales this year will disappoint, causing stock decline" CNBC 8:50 AM
"Your iCloud is actually AmazonCloud" Quartz 8:50 AM
"Apple spends $30m a month on AWS" IT PRO (UK) 9:02 AM
"Apple boss wants more state intervention in tech business: Tim Cook, CEO of the world's largest tech company Apple, has once more called for greater regulation of the sector." Telecoms 9:01 AM
"Apple edges closer to cursory code review for all Mac apps: In a message to developers, the company said it will soon require all macOS apps to pass at least a cursory review before they can be downloaded and run by users." Computerworld 8:32 AM
"Screen Time for Mac concept imagines menu bar, more" 9to5Mac 2:57 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"MindNode 6 mind mapping app adds new Focus mode to Mac and iOS" AppleInsider 1:57 PM
"Juice Consolidates the Mac's Bluetooth Functionality into a Single, Handy Utility" MacStories 10:17 AM
"How to organize your Apple Notes with folders on Mac" iDownload Blog 8:57 AM
"How to Turn Off Apple News Notifications on Mac" OS X Daily 2:31 PM
"How to Schedule Email in Gmail on macOS" Apple Gazette 10:23 AM
"How to hide an email address with Bcc in Mail on iOS and Mac" iDownload Blog 8:57 AM
"With Notarization, Apple Moves to Greatly Reduce Malware on Macs" The Mac Observer 6:22 PM
"The Mac is becoming an iPad accessory" Computerworld 1:16 PM
"There's more to notarization than that" ["Notarization doesn't prevent such hijacking, but makes it significantly more difficult. As I will argue below, Apple's Notary Service can easily check that the developer certificate matches other details including the app's signature and location of the build system."] Eclectic Light Company 9:09 AM
"The Mac is becoming more like iOS—and I think I like it" Macworld 8:41 AM
"Hacker Can Monitor Cars And Kill Their Engines After Breaking Into GPS Tracking Apps: 'I can absolutely make a big traffic problem all over the world,' the hacker said." Motherboard 2:31 PM
"Samsung Preps $116 Billion Splurge on Chips to Take On Intel" Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1:20 PM
"Mark Zuckerberg has a podcast no one asked for" CNET 1:19 PM
"The Brave Browser Will Pay You to Surf the Web" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1:18 PM
"WHO recommends one-hour maximum screen time per day for under-5s" Reuters 9:26 AM
"LG Electronics to suspend mobile phones production in South Korea this year: Yonhap" Reuters 9:21 AM
"Report: LG will suspend mobile phone production in South Korea" Android Authority 9:21 AM
"In meeting with Twitter chief, Trump complains about lost followers" Ars Technica 2:33 PM
"President Trump sits down with Twitter boss for crunch talks: Why am I losing followers?" The Register 8:32 AM
"Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey reportedly explained to Trump that his follower count might fall as the company deletes spam accounts and bots" Business Insider 8:30 AM
"Verizon is following its rivals' lead with its first free content offer: Verizon announced a partnership with Google to provide its customers with access to Google's video streaming TV service, YouTube TV." Business Insider 8:30 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"MacVoices #19124: NAB -Frame.io Facilitates Interaction in Online Video Editing" MacVoices 7:49 PM
"Stacktrace Podcast 033: 'Face ID by proxy'" 9to5Mac 1:21 PM
"Butterfly Keyboard Woes, SSD Upgrades – TMO Daily Observations 2019-04-24" The Mac Observer 1:15 PM
"Why adding mouse support to iPad is a touch of genius [Opinion] Cult of Mac 1:18 PM
"Apple Pay in the US: why is support rolling out so slowly?" 9to5Mac 10:23 AM
"Comment: Apple's in-store MacBook keyboard replacement program is a smart PR move" 9to5Mac 8:44 AM
"Cassandra -Midweek Review: Answered Prayers with iOS 13 and Photo-workflow Rumors; Innovation at What Cost; and Other Asides" eXtensions 8:07 AM
Non-Apple
"Disney+ release may prompt a wave of Netflix cancellations, new survey reveals" BGR 9:25 PM
"Developers, it's Time to Delete the Facebook SDK" The Mac Observer 1:15 PM
"Revisiting the Google Pixel 3 XL" Thurrott 11:02 AM
"Putting Down Your Phone May Help You Live Longer: By raising levels of the stress-related hormone cortisol, our phone time may also be threatening our long-term health." New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:22 AM
"Hands-on: OPPO's Reno pizza-slice selfie camera is slow, but delicious" The Next Web 9:22 AM
"Hands On with the OPPO Reno 10x Zoom: 6.6-inch OLED with No Notch and Popup Selfie Camera" AnandTech 9:21 AM
"Samsung Galaxy Fold: A Pragmatic Take" Tech.pinions [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:08 AM
"Samsung Galaxy Fold reportedly failed due to 7mm screen bezel gap" VentureBeat 8:53 AM
"Galaxy Fold: What went wrong? At this stage, it looks like the answer to the question 'what went wrong with the Galaxy Fold?' is that Samsung dropped the ball in spectacular fashion and was left scrabbling for a response when things went bad." ZDNet 8:40 AM
"iFixit's Galaxy Fold teardown reveals its biggest design flaw" The Verge 8:46 AM
"The best iPhone emoji keyboard apps" iDownload Blog 3:21 PM
"Class Action Update for DPLO, WTW, EB and AAPL: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Reminds Investors of Class Actions on Behalf of Shareholders" GlobeNewswire 10:23 AM
"'Rumble Stars Soccer' from Frogmind Has Finally Launched Globally On the App Store and Google Play for Free" Touch Arcade 10:16 AM
"Google Fit arrives on iOS: Focused activity on two smart goals" ZDNet 11:02 AM
"Google Fit is now a standalone iOS app with Apple Watch support" VentureBeat 10:17 AM
"Microsoft is winning the techlash: The tech industry is feeling the pain of an unprecedented backlash over its business practices and broad impact on society, but original tech giant Microsoft has managed to stay mostly above the fray." Axios 8:54 AM
"Microsoft tops $1 trillion as it predicts more cloud growth" Reuters 9:23 PM
"Microsoft 3Q19 revenue up 14% on the back of strong cloud and, uh, Windows? The PC market declined, but the Windows market did not." Ars Technica 7:46 PM
"Earnings Release FY19 Q3: Microsoft Cloud Strength Drives Third Quarter Results" Microsoft 3:21 PM
"Microsoft's commercial cloud revenue hits $38.4 billion run rate in Q3" ZDNet 3:35 PM
"Surface, Windows, and Xbox help drive Microsoft to strong Q3 earnings" The Verge 3:22 PM
"Microsoft bests Wall Street expectations, posting $30.6B in revenue, powered by cloud division" GeekWire 3:22 PM
"Samsung Preps $116 Billion Splurge on Chips to Take On Intel" Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1:20 PM
"AMD Ryzen 5 3400G and Ryzen 3 3200G APU Specifications Detailed – 12nm Zen+ Based 3200G Delidded and Destroyed By Leaker, Features Soldered IHS" WCCFTech 1:28 PM
"AMD Ryzen 3000 Series Zen+ APUs May Include Overclocker-Friendly Soldered IHS" HotHardware 3:50 PM
"AMD's 50th anniversary may be honored with special Ryzen and Radeon VII parts" TechRadar UK 1:28 PM
"AMD Navi: Everything you need to know" Digital Trends 1:28 PM
"All the shiny AMD 50th anniversary GPUs, CPUs, and motherboards announced so far" PCGamesN 1:28 PM
"Topspin and Terabytes: IBM Ups Its Cloud Game at the Masters" InformationWeek 1:27 PM
"Japan's Fukui Bank migrates to IBM Cloud to enable operational transformation" Gigabit 1:26 PM
"IBM, FIT to Train Future Designers on AI" WWD [Subscription Required] 1:26 PM
"HP loses court battle with third-party print supplies firm: Vendor claimed Dutch manufacturer had infringed patent by selling cartridges compatible with its printers, but lost in court for a third time" Channelweb UK 1:23 PM
"HP Expands Efforts to Reduce Oceanābound Plastics" Waste360 1:24 PM
"Dell Technologies World 2019 Preview: 5 Big Things To Expect" CRN 1:25 PM
"Dell Confirms 2 Surprising Upgrades For New XPS 15 Laptops" Forbes 1:25 PM
"Cisco: DNSpionage attack adds new tools, morphs tactics/Cisco's Talos security group says DNSpionage tools have been upgraded to be more stealthy" Network World 1:22 PM
"Software group SAP takes hit from restructuring but raises outlook" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:18 AM
"SAP/cloud services: mist opportunity" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:18 AM
"US stocks close down after record-setting gains" FOXBusiness 3:59 PM
"U.S. Stocks Tick Lower a Day After Hitting Records: S&P 500 had registered first record close of 2019 Tuesday" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:59 PM
"Asian markets slip amid concerns over China stimulus pace: Aussie stocks rally after benign inflation data" MarketWatch 9:03 AM
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