"The $327 billion rally: Apple struggles through the darkest hours of the iPhone era and closes back in on its trillion-dollar valuation" Business Insider 8:43 AM
"Apple results beat sets eyes back on $1 trillion" Reuters 9:10 AM
"Apple's upbeat forecast pushes market value back toward $1 trillion: The company first breached a trillion-dollar valuation in August last year" Reuters 8:51 PM
"Apple reported killer iPad sales last quarter, and the reason has a lot to do with Tim Cook's master plan to tap into the $4 trillion business market" [BI Prime] Business Insider 2:00 PM
"Apple's growth for the next quarter will be driven by everything but the iPhone, Goldman Sachs says" Business Insider 11:32 AM
"Apple Is Optimistic, and It Isn't Because of the iPhone" Barron's [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1:10 PM
"Why Apple believes iPhone sales are finally turning around: There's plenty to be optimistic about." Macworld 7:17 AM
"Five ways Apple is responding to falling iPhone sales: Big changes are happening inside Apple as the company positions itself to counter falling iPhone sales." ZDNet 7:23 AM
"Apple's big services push is starting to pay off" The Next Web 8:45 AM
"Apple's super obvious secret: Services is software" Roughly Drafted 8:15 AM
"There's a hidden gem in Apple's earnings — and it isn't its services" Business Insider 9:14 AM
"Apple's earning report by the numbers" Cult of Mac 7:18 AM
"Apple results: The numbers that matter" Computerworld 7:07 AM
"Tim Cook says the improved tone in trade talks is boosting Apple's China business" CNBC 8:47 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook: We're 'excited' about trends in China" CNBC Videos 10:54 AM
"NetMarketShare: macOS market share up, iOS share down in April" Apple World Today 8:10 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"How to reset a Mac computer to its factory default settings" Business Insider 11:57 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How to use albums and libraries in Photos for Mac" iMore 12:10 PM
"How to delete unneeded Time Machine backups on Apple's Time Capsule: If you wind up with backups from computer you no longer need, you can delete them." Macworld 7:19 AM
"How to Convert a Pages File to PDF on Mac" OS X Daily 1:59 PM
"How to get Picture in Picture for websites on macOS" AddictiveTips 3:25 PM
"Where to find the default desktop wallpapers on Mac" iDownload Blog 8:22 AM
"macOS Mojave: How to Disable Mojave Screenshot Shadows" The Mac Observer 8:30 AM
"Creating a Dark Moody Effect With Mac Photos" MacMost 9:08 AM
Op/Ed
"macOS 10.15 Set to Clear House" 512 Pixels 9:44 AM
"The 5 Mac games you need to play from April 2019" Macworld 8:21 AM
"Canalys: Apple iPhone shipments fall 23% as global smartphone market remains in freefall" Canalys 11:32 AM
"Strategy Analytics: Global Smartphone Shipments Dip 4 Percent in Q1 2019" ["Woody Oh, Director at Strategy Analytics, added, 'Apple iPhone shipped 43.1 million units to capture 13 percent global smartphone marketshare in Q1 2019, dipping from 15 percent a year ago. Apple lost ground in China during the quarter and is struggling to make headway in price-sensitive India. However, decent price cuts in China and India during recent weeks indicate the iPhone will bounce back slightly in those two countries in the next quarter.'"] Business Wire 8:11 AM
"Huawei's phone sales are ballooning while Apple and Samsung's slump" The Verge 7:16 AM
"Huawei Sold Almost Twice as Many Smartphones as Apple in Q1" Thurrott 8:16 AM
"iPhone hard hit as global smartphone shipments continue nosedive" TechCrunch 10:54 AM
"Apple Music falls from first to fifth in brand intimacy rankings: Apple Music has tumbled from the top spot to No. 5 in a brand intimacy study conducted by MBLM, getting beat out by the likes of Spotify and Pandora." AppleInsider 5:53 PM
"Parental control apps clap back at Apple statement on MDM technology: Parental control and screen time monitoring apps are fighting back against Apple's decision to strike the titles from the App Store over alleged security risks, saying in separate blog posts that the tech giant's reasoning is flawed and its statement on the matter misleading." AppleInsider 6:44 PM
"Apple Believes This German Cycling Path Logo Infringes on Its Own Logo" MacRumors 12:16 PM
"Apple opposes logo for new German bike path, claiming too many similarities" AppleInsider 1:13 PM
"Airbnb's Samara hires Apple industrial designer to join housing initiative" deezen 7:19 AM
"Another Apple industrial designer is leaving the company" Cult of Mac 7:19 AM
"Apple Executive Responsible for 5G Efforts Departs" The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 9:45 AM
"Gallery: Apple decorates Mount Vernon Square" 9to5Mac 10:55 AM
"Apple will debut Washington, D.C.'s restored Carnegie Library on May 11th" 9to5Mac 7:12 AM
"Apple's Carnegie Library store in Washington D.C. opening May 11" AppleInsider 7:13 AM
"FCC Commissioner Demands Answers from AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon on Phone Location Data: The demands are the latest move to pressure telecom companies, who said they would stop the sale of location data to third parties after Motherboard's coverage." Motherboard 2:48 PM
"Google's awesome new privacy feature will auto-delete your location history" BGR 3:46 PM
"Google will soon let you auto-delete your location tracking data" The Verge 12:12 PM
"Google can now automatically delete your location, app, and search activity data" VentureBeat 12:11 PM
"Piracy Boxes and Malware — Real Danger and a Raw Deal for Consumers" Inside Sources 8:17 AM
"Phone and laptop searches at US border 'quadruple'" BBC 8:09 AM
"Facebook's total focus on privacy could crowd out more important issues" The Verge 7:16 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"App Camp for Girls, Samsung Follies, Writing about Apple, with Kelly Guimont -ACM 510" The Mac Observer 9:11 PM
"The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 250, With Special Guest MG Siegler" Daring Fireball 2:37 PM
"Stacktrace Podcast 034: 'The heaviest iPhone you can make'" 9to5Mac 2:37 PM
"Apple Earnings Aftermath – TMO Daily Observations 2019-05-01" The Mac Observer 1:26 PM
"#292: The Drums are the Worst Part/How we distract ourselves with tech while traveling, our thoughts on the new Luminary podcast service, the places we find ourselves missing Apple Pay, and what we'd do with our one WWDC wish if it were granted." Relay FM: Clockwise 1:12 PM
"9to5Mac Daily: May 1, 2019 — AAPL earnings" 9to5Mac 8:57 AM
"Now We Know Why The 2019 iMac Was Late" The Mac Observer 5:32 PM
"Editorial: Intel CPU constraints are sign on the road to ARM chips in the Mac" AppleInsider 2:27 PM
"Key Apple designers and engineers keep leaving — is it time to worry?" VentureBeat 11:59 AM
"Could Apple Really Bring Back Touch ID on the iPhone 11?" Gizmodo 11:02 AM
"Apple iPhone sales down by double digits, Mac sales knifed by Intel CPU 'constraints'" The Register 8:29 AM
"HA HA, !!, ?, #&*@%: If you're using iPhone's 'reactions,' you're irritating all your friends." Slate 8:26 AM
"Apple's iPhone slowdown was an industry slowdown — analysts" Apple Must 8:10 AM
"Apple TV+ Can Coexist with Netflix, Cook Says" Thurrott 8:16 AM
"Ways Apple can spur sales of the Apple TV set-top box" Apple World Today 8:09 AM
"It's time for Apple to re-focus on the iPhone camera: The iPhone takes very high quality photos and videos, but that's not enough anymore." Macworld 7:17 AM
"Comment: Five reasons AAPL has climbed sharply in pre-market trading, pushing close to $1T again" 9to5Mac 7:12 AM
Non-Apple
"Opinion: Apple deal doesn't solve Qualcomm's problems" MarketWatch 9:05 PM
"It's Time to Use Your Imagination With Bluetooth Trackers. We DidThe tiny tags are typically used to find valuables like house keys, but they are far more versatile than that." New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3:26 PM
"Apple Investor Notice: The Schall Law Firm Announces the Filing of a Class Action Lawsuit Against Apple Inc. and Encourages Investors with Losses in Excess of $100,000 to Contact the Firm" Accesswire 1:59 PM
"The University of Kentucky has big plans for Apple and iPads" Apple Must 12:49 PM
"AWS, Microsoft or Google: Which cloud computing giant is growing the fastest? The cloud giants continue to surge ahead, but as customers get more sophisticated these tech companies will have to change their strategies." ZDNet 7:23 AM
"3 Big Takeaways From Microsoft's Earnings Call" Motley Fool 7:17 AM
"Windows 7 Users Are Refusing to Upgrade to Windows 10: Here's Why" LAPTOP Magazine 8:15 AM
"Mysterious hacker has been selling Windows 0-days to APT groups for three years" ZDNet 7:23 AM
"Dell laptops and computers vulnerable to remote hijacks" ZDNet 4:03 PM
"Orange and Dell Technologies partner for 5G innovation" ZDNet 1:12 PM
"IBM: Hybrid Cloud Is The Future" Seeking Alpha 10:16 AM
"IBM's AI can detect glaucoma from eye scans" VentureBeat 10:15 AM
"IBM hopes AI can speed up glaucoma treatment" Engadget 2:37 PM
"IBM's cutting-edge A.I. put a losing soccer team on a winning run" Digital Trends 2:23 PM
"IBM, NYU research shows deep learning can be trained to better spot glaucoma effects" ZDNet 10:55 AM
"Intel's data center business was supposed to spark new growth. But the chip giant hit unexpected bumps on a road that turned out to be rockier than expected." Business Insider 11:23 AM
"Intel to Support Hardware Ray Tracing Acceleration on Data Center Xe GPUs" AnandTech 8:47 AM
"Intel Xe Graphics Architecture Includes Support For Hardware-Accelerated Ray Tracing" HotHardware 4:00 PM
"Intel's Strategy in Exiting the 5G Smartphone Modem Market" Market Realist 1:12 PM
"Intel Expands Its Total Addressable Market in AI and 5G" Market Realist 10:56 AM
"AMD Beats Q1 Profit Forecast, Sees New Chips, Stronger Demand Driving 2019 Sales: AMD shares look set to open at the highest level in nearly a month Wednesday after the semiconductor maker narrowly topped Street earnings forecasts and said new chips would hit the market in the months ahead." TheStreet 7:17 AM
"AMD Stock Is Rising After Earnings Because the Dream Is Still Alive" Barron's [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:44 AM
"AMD Chief Lisa Su on New Chips, Cloud Gaming, and M&A" Barron's [Free/Paid Registration Required] 2:58 PM
"AMD plans to release mid-range 7nm Navi GPU, Zen 2 Rome CPU in 3rd quarter" Ars Technica 11:36 AM
"FYI: AMD's server-grade Arm system-on-chip is still kicking around in SoftIron hybrid arrays" The Register 8:29 AM
"How the Oracle v. Google Could Help Restore Google's Image" Inside Sources 8:16 AM
"Oracle CEO Mark Hurd says that consolidation is coming to cloud software" [BI Prime] Business Insider 4:04 PM
"If you're using Oracle's WebLogic Server, check for security fixes: Bug exploited in the wild to install ransomware" The Register 8:29 AM
"There are times managers shouldn't panic when their employees quit, says Oracle's CEO" [BI Prime] Business Insider 12:16 PM
"Cisco issues critical security warning for Nexus data-center switches: Cisco released 40 security advisories around Nexus switches, Firepower firewalls and more" Network World 6:43 PM
"Investors Bite Into Shriveled Apple" Forbes 8:42 AM
"Analysts positive on Apple's results, seeing signs of iPhone demand recovery" AppleInsider 8:21 AM
"Best and worst Apple analysts, Q2 2019 edition" Apple 3.0 8:15 AM
"Qualcomm to Receive $4.5 Billion from Apple" Thurrott 7:58 PM
"Qualcomm expects up to $4.7 billion in Q3 revenue from its Apple settlement" ZDNet 4:03 PM
Industry News
"Stocks close lower after Fed chief Powell plays down chances of easier monetary policy: S&P 500 snaps three-day streak of closing at record highs" MarketWatch 4:03 PM
"Stocks Close Down as Fed Holds Rates Steady: Dow closes down about 162 points after central bank leaves fed-funds rate in a 2.25%-2.5% range." TheStreet 4:03 PM
"Stocks Reverse Lower After Federal Reserve Seems To Dismiss A Rate Cut" Investor's Business Daily 4:03 PM
"Stocks end lower for 1st time in 3 days after Fed rate decision" FOXBusiness 4:02 PM
"Stocks Decline as Fed Stays Patient on Rates: Powell says he's comfortable leaving rates flat for now; stocks sell off late in the day" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:02 PM
"Australian stocks rise, with most Asian markets closed for holiday: New Zealand stocks fall after jobless rate declines" MarketWatch 8:50 AM
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