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Friday Highlights: Strategist makes case that not buying Netflix is "Apple's biggest mistake under Tim Cook"; Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has trimmed stake in AAPL, causing stock drop, though move allegedly not Buffett's idea; Apple buys up AI marketing start-up, DataTiger, possibly looking beyond iPhone; Dan Moren sees three hurdles Apple needs to overcome with news service; Apple files Conflict Minerals Report with the SEC, shows company removed five suppliers; Samsung to open retail stores, and leak indicates AirPods challenger coming from S. Korean company.
"Apple's biggest mistake under Tim Cook has been not buying Netflix, strategist says: A strategist told CNBC Friday that Apple needed to acquire a leading production studio to boost its services business with original content." CNBC 8:41 AM
"Apple buys voice app startup Pullstring: Apple has agreed to buy Pullstring, a San Francisco-based startup that enables the design and publishing of voice apps, Axios has learned from multiple sources." Axios 3:47 PM
"Apple just reportedly bought a startup that specializes in helping companies build voice apps" Business Insider 5:24 PM
"Apple's stock is falling after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway trimmed its stake" ["Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway cut its shareholding in Apple, its largest stock investment, at the end of 2018, a bearish signal amid worries about the tech giant's slowing iPhone sales."] Business Insider 8:17 AM
"Berkshire trimmed its Apple stake, but it reportedly wasn't Buffett's idea" CNBC 8:40 AM
"Apple reportedly bought an AI marketing start-up as it looks for opportunities beyond the iPhone" CNBC 8:40 AM
"Three hurdles Apple's rumored news service will have to overcome: What will Apple's news service need to overcome to be successful?" Macworld 7:54 AM
"Apple upgrades older iPhones to bypass sales ban in Germany" ZDNet 9:49 AM
"Apple rejects five suppliers for potentially financing wars" Cult of Mac 2:38 PM
"Apple, Google pressured to drop Saudi app that lets men track and control women" Mashable 5:24 PM
"Samsung poised to challenge Apple at retail in US with first full-scale stores" AppleInsider 8:07 AM
"Apple sued over Reportedly Defective iPad causing Fire leading to Owner's Demise" Patently Apple 8:18 AM
"Apple sued over faulty iPad battery behind 2017 lethal apartment fire in New Jersey" AppleInsider 9:49 AM
"Apple Likely To Unveil TV Streaming Service At Star-Studded March 25 Event" Forbes 10:38 AM
"Healthcare tech firm Epic Systems says it won't consider any Apple buyout offer" AppleInsider 2:36 PM
"8 tech execs who were ousted from companies they helped to build" ["Apple cofounder Steve Jobs famously left (or was ousted, depending on who you believe) in 1985, after clashing with CEO John Sculley. 12 years later, Apple bought Jobs' startup NeXT Computer, bringing him back into the fold."] Business Insider 8:16 AM
"White House declares 'national emergency' using a (bad) screen-grab from Apple's Notes app" 9to5Mac 8:19 AM
"Dina Alfasi turns lengthy commutes into works of art" Cult of Mac 2:38 PM
Non-Apple News
"Google Is Forcing Some Nest Customers to Reset Their Potentially Compromised Passwords" Gizmodo 6:39 PM
"Facebook Privacy Violations Could Result In An FTC Fine In The Billions Instead Of Millions" HotHardware 3:59 PM
"The EU's new copyright laws threaten to destroy the internet: The EU's new copyright laws will force all websites to check all posts to see if anything ever published might be a copyright violation. That will include photos, videos, words, tweets, memes, source code: you name it." ZDNet 3:22 PM
"Huawei eyeing smartphone market crown in 2019" DigiTimes 7:51 AM
"Samsung Leaks Upcoming AirPods Competitor 'Galaxy Buds'" MacRumors 8:46 AM
"Watch out Apple: Samsung opening three retail stores on February 20" ZDNet 2:51 PM
"Samsung is preparing to launch a sports smartwatch and AirPods-like earbuds" TechCrunch 8:28 AM
"Samsung's $399 Galaxy Tab S5e Takes on iPad: The new Android tablet is super-thin, light, and shares phone calls and messages with Samsung phones. It's the leading competitor to Apple's base-model iPad." PC Magazine 7:31 AM
"Samsung Wearables App Leaks New Galaxy Watch Active" PC Magazine 7:31 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"MacVoices #19082: MIke Potter Puts Us On The Road To Macstock 2019" MacVoices 3:59 PM
"Gadget Lab Podcast: The Allure of OG Usernames" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 2:36 PM
"Webcams and Post-Its, Scary AI – TMO Daily Observations 2019-02-14" The Mac Observer 2:32 PM
"Amazon buys Eero, March 25 for 'Apple News Magazines,' and more on the AppleInsider Podcast" AppleInsider 8:07 AM
"An Apple March event is all but confirmed! Catch our expectations, on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 8:04 AM
"IBM Research Wants to Have Next-Gen AI Chips Ready When Watson Needs Them: The company's researchers expect to improve AI compute performance by 1,000 times over the next 10 years." Data Center Knowledge 8:54 AM
"IBM is all-in on hybrid cloud: Big Blue announced a range of changes to its cloud services during its Think conference in San Francisco this week, all aimed at helping customers go truly hybrid" Computerworld UK 8:53 AM
"IBM gives Watson $50m healthcare boost" IT Web 8:54 AM
"IBM Takes Watson AI to AWS, Google, Azure" InformationWeek 4:36 PM
"How IBM is trying to eliminate food wastage in India" Hindu Business Line 8:54 AM
"Samsung SDS, IBM collaborate to strengthen Open Source Hyperledger Fabric" MoneyControl 8:54 AM
"Microsoft dismantles its update naming scheme again, leaves unanswered questions" Computerworld 7:51 AM
"Microsoft just made Windows 10 updates a little easier to understand" ZDNet 7:29 AM
"Will Dell Technologies Continue to Surge Higher?" Zacks 8:55 AM
"Intel Ready to Start D1X Oregon Fab Expansion" eTeknix 9:09 AM
"AMD Stock Will Benefit Even More with the Rise of Cloud Computing" InvestorPlace 4:02 PM
"AMD talk to KitGuru about AMD LINK" KitGuru 9:09 AM
"Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway does a rapid U-turn on Oracle" CNN Business 8:51 AM
"Oracle Shares Slide After Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Dumps Stake: Oracle shares fall Friday after Securities and Exchange Commission filings showed that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway's investment fund dumped its entire stake in the software group only months after revealing its $2 billion investment." TheStreet 8:21 AM
"Billionaire Buffet's Berkshire liquidates $2.1bn stake in Oracle – just months after buying the shares" The Register 10:00 AM
"Oracle Seeks Win In Protest Over $10B JEDI Cloud Deal" Law360 [Paid Membership Required] 8:52 AM
"MTN chooses Oracle for digital transformation" IT-Online 8:52 AM
"Nasdaq exits bear market, tallies longest weekly streak in 3 years on U.S.-China trade-talk euphoria: Trump signs declaration for national emergency to secure funding for wall" MarketWatch 4:34 PM
"Dow Gains 444 Points to end Day and Week Higher Ahead of Trade Talks Next Week: Stocks rise on word that trade talks between the U.S. and China will continue next week in Washington." TheStreet 4:34 PM
"Dow Jones Leads Big Stock Rally, But Apple Falls On Buffett News: The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied Friday to extend its weekly win streak for an eighth week, thanks to big gains from Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan." Investor's Business Daily 4:34 PM
"Dow notches 8th straight week of gains on trade optimism" FOXBusiness 4:34 PM
"Nasdaq Exits Bear Market as Stocks Rally: The tech-heavy index closed more than 20% above its Christmas Eve low, entering a new bull-market run" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:33 PM
"Asian markets fall as global uncertainty grows: U.S. retail sales tumble, while little headway apparent in U.S.-China trade talks" MarketWatch 8:47 AM
"European stocks headed for best weekly gain since late 2018: Allianz, Scout24, Telecom Italia among the big movers" MarketWatch 8:47 AM
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