"Apple Reports Second Quarter Results: Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2019 second quarter ended March 30, 2019. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $58 billion, a decline of 5 percent from the year-ago quarter, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $2.46, down 10 percent. International sales accounted for 61 percent of the quarter's revenue." Apple 3:39 PM
"Apple Reports Second Quarter Results: Services Revenue Reaches New All-Time High of $11.5 Billion" Business Wire 3:33 PM
"Apple's services revenue beats expectations: Apple reported revenue for its services segment of $11.45 billion for its second quarter of 2019 as it seeks to shift attention from iPhone unit sales." CNBC 3:45 PM
"Apple gets boost as services keep growing: Revenue from services climbs 16 percent; helps counter iPhone decline" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 4:07 PM
"Apple reports $58 billion in Q2 2019 revenue, services hit $11.5 billion" VentureBeat 3:38 PM
"Apple second-quarter 2019 financial results" Six Colors 9:00 PM
"Apple sets sights on services as iPhone revenue continues to fall: The iPhone maker saw more of the same during the second quarter of 2019." Ars Technica 9:17 PM
"iPhone Sales Kept Sinking in Apple Q2 2019" TidBITS 9:18 PM
"Apple iPhone sales drop, but services and wearables offer a boost: Services revenue, a bright spot for the company, posted an all-time high." CNET 8:58 PM
"Apple optimistic on sales as iPhone price cuts help in China: Inc on Tuesday forecast stronger-than-expected third-quarter revenue and Chief Executive Tim Cook said iPhone sales had started to stabilize in China, a sign that Apple's price cuts there are helping limit sales declines." Reuters 3:46 PM
"Apple iPhone sales drop, but aren't as bad as predicted: We still don't know how many iPhone units actually moved." CNET 3:49 PM
"Apple Q2 FY 2019 Earnings Report: iPhone Struggles But iPad And Services Expand" AnandTech 9:11 PM
"Apple's iPhone sales fall 17% from prior year" CNN 4:07 PM
"Apple is optimistic, and it isn't because of the iPhone: Earnings forecast beats expectations, but CFO says iPhone sales aren't the reason" MarketWatch 9:07 PM
"Apple's cash hoard now at $225.4 billion" CNBC 3:45 PM
Apple News
"What iPhone? Apple's betting the future on services: Tim Cook says Apple's launch of streaming, gaming and other services is 'unlike anything that's been done before.'" CNET 8:17 AM
"Apple's $300 Billion Rebound Faces Reality Check With Earnings" Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:44 AM
"Apple Stock Slides Ahead of Earnings, Tempering 2019 Tear: Some of the wind is going out of the sales of Apple stock ahead of the tech giant's latest earnings report, due out after the market closes." RealMoney 11:54 AM
"Apple will lift the curtain on its latest quarter on Tuesday. Here are all the concerns that could shake investors." Business Insider 7:53 AM
"FY 19 Second Quarter Results: Apple's conference call to discuss second fiscal quarter results is scheduled for Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET." Apple Investor Relations 7:45 AM
"Quicktime 7, Carbon, Ink, Apple's hardware RAID support predicted to be gone in macOS 10.15" AppleInsider 1:44 PM
"Researchers Explore Remote Code Injection in macOS" Dark Reading 8:21 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Migrate your Aperture libraries to Photos or Adobe Lightroom Classic: Aperture won't run in versions of the Mac operating system after macOS Mojave. Follow these steps to move your Aperture libraries to Photos or Adobe Lightroom Classic." Apple Support 8:12 AM
"Apple Says Aperture Won't Run in Future macOS Versions After Mojave" MacRumors 7:47 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"2019 iMac vs Late 2014 iMac—Ripping addendum" The Robservatory 10:10 AM
"How to use the split-screen feature on a Mac computer" Business Insider 10:05 AM
"How to use Google Drive for collaboration: Sharing Google Docs, Sheets and Slides files from G Drive is an easy and effective way to collaborate with others. Here's how to do it." Computerworld 7:45 AM
"10 Useful Mac Keyboard Shortcuts Most People Don't Know" MacMost 9:57 AM
"How to find video subtitles on Mac and iOS the easy way" Cult of Mac 1:09 PM
Op/Ed
"What Was Your Best Hackintosh Experience?" Lifehacker 1:18 PM
"Cassandra -Tuesday Review: Forget the Figures and Look to a Future After WWDC" eXtensions 8:14 AM
"Apple Is Telling Lawmakers People Will Hurt Themselves if They Try to Fix iPhones: An Apple lobbyist brought an iPhone to meetings with California lawmakers and said consumers could hurt themselves by puncturing a lithium-ion battery." Motherboard 9:00 PM
"Apple reportedly warning of consumer injury associated with Right to Repair bill: The company is putting forward an argument against the California legislation, based on consumer safety, Motherboard reports." CNET 8:58 PM
"In streaming wars, Apple says it can coexist with Netflix" Reuters 8:58 PM
"Apple's new services 'aren't hobbies,' a testy Tim Cook told analysts" Business Insider 9:10 PM
"Apple TV+ to launch as for-pay subscription service, Cook suggests" AppleInsider 9:04 PM
"Smartphone Shipments Experience Deeper Decline in Q1 2019 with a Clear Shakeup Among the Market Leaders, According to IDC" ["Apple had a challenging first quarter as shipments dropped to 36.4 million units representing a staggering 30.2% decline from last year. The iPhone struggled to win over conusmers in most major markets as competitors continue to eat away at Apple's market share."] IDC 9:04 PM
"Apple is under scrutiny for squashing competitors on the App Store — again: Apple built its own screen-time management app. Then things got weird on the App Store." Vox 10:38 AM
"Apple Claims Parental Control Apps Removed Due to Use of MDM" SecurityWeek 8:17 AM
"Apple, Inc. Ranks No. 16 In List Of 'America's Best Employers' For 2019" MacPrices 9:57 AM
"Oprah Talks Apple Plans, '60 Minutes' Exit, 'Leaving Neverland' Backlash and Mayor Pete 'Buttabeep, Buttaboop'" The Hollywood Reporter 12:17 PM
"Canalys Newsroom- Canalys: Huawei gains record 34% of China's declining smartphone market" Canalys 12:52 PM
"Apple-owned business PowerbyProxi meets criteria for NZ growth grants, Callaghan Innovation decides" Stuff: New Zealand 8:16 AM
"Robotics startup which graced the stage at WWDC has closed" Cult of Mac 7:54 AM
Non-Apple News
"U.S. attorney general recuses self from T-Mobile, Sprint merger probe" Reuters 2:36 PM
"LG reports lagging profits and continued mobile losses in Q1 2019" Android Police 10:56 AM
"Facebook's Zuckerberg preaches 'The future is private' - Video" CNET 1:08 PM
"Facebook gives first look at its promised overhaul" Reuters 12:55 PM
"The Dead Will Outnumber the Living on Facebook Within 50 years" Digital Trends 12:10 PM
"Facebook F8 2019 Liveblog: All the News as It Happens" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:55 AM
"Bad news for anyone who wanted that ridiculous Energizer phone: It's dead, Jim." The Next Web 10:49 AM
"Samsung losing more ground in India while Vivo gobbles it up" Android Authority 10:13 AM
"Huawei denies report about hidden 'backdoors' in its software" Reuters 10:08 AM
"OnePlus 7 Pro packaging leaks confirms new Bullets Wireless 2, Warp Charge 30 car charger" 9to5Google 11:54 AM
"OnePlus 7 Pro's design was just confirmed, just as first camera review comes out" BGR 10:05 AM
"New Razr V4 flip phone: Could this be Motorola's first foldable Razr? Lenovo's foldable Motorola Razr V4 shows up in an apparent leak." ZDNet 8:00 AM
"Google set to lose more than $70 billion off its market cap after 'nasty combination' of slowing ad traffic and drop in sales per click" Business Insider 8:00 AM
"Foxconn chairman travels to White House to discuss Wisconsin: source" Reuters 7:43 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Machine Learning and Creativity – TMO Daily Observations 2019-04-30" The Mac Observer 1:35 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook: We Feel Good About Resolution With Qualcomm" MacRumors 9:03 PM
"Tim Cook says settling Qualcomm dispute was 'important for both companies'" AppleInsider 9:03 PM
"Apple says products like the Apple Watch and Airpods are doing so well, its wearables business is as big as a Fortune 200 company" Business Insider 9:17 PM
"Apple working to increase AirPods supply" 9to5Mac 9:03 PM
"Processor shortage cuts into Mac sales" Cult of Mac 9:03 PM
"iPad sales were the hero of Apple's latest earnings report" Cult of Mac 9:03 PM
"The new iPhone may come with a faster charger that Apple usually charges extra for" Business Insider 10:10 AM
"2019 iPhone XR Will Feature 2x Optical Zoom Claims Supply Chain" WCCFTech 8:22 AM
"Chipmaker AMS signals steady Apple orders, Android share grows" Reuters 7:51 AM
"Foxconn keen to develop micro LED technology, says report" DigiTimes 7:48 AM
"Foxconn reportedly developing micro-LED technology for future Apple iPhones" 9to5Mac 7:53 AM
"Future AirPods could coach a user's workout with motion & pose sensors" AppleInsider 10:05 AM
"Apple Wins Patent for an Alternative Touch ID Methodology allowing users to Simply touch the Display for Authentication" Patently Apple 8:07 AM
"Full-screen Touch ID could come to the iPhone with acoustic fingerprint imaging" AppleInsider 10:39 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"Call Sound Issues with iPhone? 23 Tips to Troubleshoot & Fix iPhone Call Quality Problems" OS X Daily 1:18 PM
"Apple's silver linings are not enough to offset the storms: It wasn't hard for Apple to not disappoint Wall Street with expectations as low as they were, but it's clear that Apple is putting a brave face on what was another rough quarter." ZDNet 9:17 PM
"New Apple customers an indication Apple is headed in good direction." Cult of Mac 9:04 PM
"How Apple Boosted Its Sagging iPhone Sales in China" The Mac Observer 8:54 PM
"Collin Gillis, the haiku guy, still plays the skunk at Apple's party" Apple 3.0 10:55 AM
"iPhone Apps - Constructive or Destructive Tools?" Forbes 10:21 AM
"What think we know about Apple's 5G modem development plans" Computerworld 10:15 AM
"Concept imagines foldable Mac/iPad device with mouse, touch, and Apple Pencil support" 9to5Mac 10:09 AM
"Apple, Enough With the Slow-Ass Chargers" Gizmodo 10:06 AM
"See all three of Apple's overhauled iPhone 11 designs side by side in this leaked video" BGR 8:17 AM
"Apple and Parental Control Apps" Tech.pinions [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:16 AM
"Here's how Twitter reacted to Facebook's privacy pivot at F8" Business Insider 9:17 PM
"Hey Alexa: How can we escape surveillance capitalism?" Engadget 2:40 PM
"Oculus Quest review: A new milestone for VR" Mashable 12:46 PM
"Oculus Quest review: 2019's best new gaming system is wireless, affordable VR" Ars Technica 12:46 PM
"Oculus Quest Review: VR Has Never Felt This Free" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12:39 PM
"The LG G8 Review: Solid, But Not Great" AnandTech 12:39 PM
"Meet the Kiwi campaigner trying to stop the rise of killer robots" Stuff: New Zealand 12:34 PM
"The West Finally Has Its Huawei Smoking Gun: It may not be enough to sway those who are already convinced of the Chinese company's innocence." Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:45 AM
"Why everything is a subscription: Hardware companies need to sell more than a gadget" The Verge 8:31 AM
"Microsoft, Slack, Zoom, and the SaaS Opportunity" Stratechery 8:07 AM
"Thinking About Google's Smartphone Problems (Premium)" Thurrott 8:07 AM
"F8 is here — and so are some really big questions about Facebook's future: Historian Yuval Noah Harari some big worries about social networks, and Mark Zuckerberg seems stumped" The Verge 7:53 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Comic: Touchscreen Macs and Mousy iPads" iMore 8:30 AM
"Intel's Revenue Guidance Suffers Setback due to Demand Weakness" Market Realist 9:07 PM
"Intel's 10th-gen Comet Lake Core U-series chips detailed in mega-leak: Expect some extra performance and fiddlier branding" The Inquirer 6:20 AM
"Intel desktop client roadmap to Q4 2020 leaks - no 10nm" Hexus 6:27 AM
"Intel Core processor with 10.000 naming Shows up" Guru3D 6:27 AM
"Intel's upcoming Comet Lake CPUs to use 10000-series branding: New specs have leaked" TechSpot 6:27 AM
"Hands on: MSI's GS65 Stealth Thin, our first look at a 9th-gen Core i7-8750H and GTX 1660 TI/Our first impressions and quick benchmarks of the first 9th gen Core i7 and GTX 1660 Ti laptop we've seen in action." PCWorld Australia 6:27 AM
"Nvidia's latest GeForce drivers are borking some CPUs" The Inquirer 8:41 AM
"AMD Q1 FY 2019 Earnings Report: Revenue Down But Margins Up" AnandTech 9:08 PM
"AMD reports Q1 revenue of $1.27 billion and predicts growth for Q2" VentureBeat 9:10 PM
"AMD takes the covers off its 50th anniversary Ryzen 7 2700X and Radeon VII: But you'll only get aesthetic changes and some coupons" The Inquirer 6:20 AM
"AMD Ryzen 5 2600 gets a huge 24% price cut on the six-core processor" TechRadar UK 6:26 AM
"Personal details of 80 million US households exposed on unsecured Microsoft cloud serve" BetaNews 12:00 PM
"Microsoft Is the Third Company to Reach $1 Trillion Market Cap" Market Realist 12:45 PM
"Ex Microsoft President Steven Sinofsky hosts an hour and 14 minute long 'unauthorized biography' of Clippy" OnMSFT 12:00 PM
"Microsoft, Dell and VMware become partners in the cloud" BetaNews 6:36 AM
"Microsoft's bork-prone Windows 10 October Update is still struggling for an audience: Give a log a bad name" The Inquirer 6:20 AM
"Microsoft is helping veterans game again with Xbox Adaptive Controllers: Twenty-two rehab centers will get access to Microsoft's controllers" The Verge 9:14 AM
"Microsoft Edge Canary channel updated with page translation feature: Now you can have pages not in your native language automatically translated by Edge." Windows Central 12:00 PM
"IBM is standing at the crossroads" ejinsight 6:34 AM
"Dell reaffirms it's still a PC vendor with new fast-charging Latitude portfolio" ZDNet 1:03 PM
"Dell Technologies says it's prepping customers for 5G and AI with new portfolio" ZDNet 1:03 PM
"Dell launches commercial laptops with fast sign-in and connection features" VentureBeat 12:12 PM
"Dell's New Latitude Laptops Try to Foil Prying Eyes" PC Magazine 3:03 PM
"Dell's Latitude laptops are finally getting more stylish" Engadget 12:13 PM
"Recent Oracle WebLogic zero-day used to infect servers with ransomware: Attackers use zero-day to deploy new Sodinokibi ransomware strain on unpatched Oracle WebLogic servers." ZDNet 3:03 PM
"China Exodus as Tech Returns to Taiwan" EE Times Asia 6:12 AM
"Apple 2nd Quarter Earnings: What to Expect" Nasdaq 8:18 AM
"AAPL earnings: 'the worst is probably behind us,' say analysts" 9to5Mac 7:53 AM
"Hey, Apple, Here's What This Shareholder Wants to Hear From You: Market Recon" RealMoney 8:00 AM
"Greycroft founder Alan Patricof: I wouldn't bet against Apple" CNBC Videos 1:47 PM
"Qualcomm Analyst Weighs Pros And Cons Of Apple Deal" Benzinga 2:40 PM
Industry News
"S&P 500 ekes out third straight record close; Nasdaq retreats after Google revenue miss: Investors look forward to Fed policy meeting conclusion" MarketWatch 4:09 PM
"S&P Closes at Record High as Alphabet Weighs Down Nasdaq: Stocks ended mixed as the S&P 500 set a record close and the Nasdaq slumped on a revenue miss from Alphabet." TheStreet 4:09 PM
"Nasdaq Slides As Alphabet Stock Sells Off On Earnings; The Next Big Earnings Report" Investor's Business Daily 4:09 PM
"S&P 500 notches 3rd straight record high as quarterly earnings pour in" FOXBusiness 4:09 PM
"U.S. Stocks Close Out a Strong April, but Alphabet Weighs on Indexes: Fed kicks off its two-day meeting Tuesday" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:08 PM
"Asian markets mixed as U.S.-China trade talks resume" MarketWatch 6:51 AM
"London airline stocks win after Trump's jawboning on oil" MarketWatch 6:51 AM
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