"Industry profile: Tim Cook, CEO of Apple/In the first of several articles profiling key leaders in the mobile industry, we examine how Tim Cook has shaped Apple since taking over the leadership role from Steve Jobs." Mobile Industry Review 8:50 AM
"Apple Assigned 'AA-' Credit Rating: Apple logoApple has been given an 'AA-' credit rating by Morningstar. The investment research firm's 'AA-' rating suggests that the company is a very-low default risk. They also gave their stock a three star rating." Ticker Report 8:49 AM
"Apple Watch News: Sorting Through the Prediction Hysteria" The Motley Fool 8:49 AM
"Google, Apple and other tech giants settle antipoaching case for $415 million: Tech giants Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe have agreed to pay $415 million to settle a conspiracy case that charged them with refusing to poach each others' workers." CNNMoney 1/16
"Apple, Google Reach $415M Antitrust Hiring Settlement" Bloomberg TV 1/16
"Apple, Google Offer $415M in Employee Anti-poaching Settlement" The Mac Observer 1/16
"Ericsson may demand 1.5% of Apple's sales from LTE-compatible iPhones and iPads for its patents" Foss Patents 1/16
"Five barriers that might hold Apple back from moving Intel Macs to custom ARM chips" AppleInsider 1/16
"Our relationship with Apple is strong: Intel CEO" CNBC Videos 1/16
"Intel CEO confident chipmaker can keep powering Apple's Macs by innovating" AppleInsider 1/16
"Intel CEO says relationship with Apple strong amid rumors of Apple-designed Mac processors" 9to5Mac 1/16
"iOS versus Android. Apple App Store versus Google Play: Here comes the next battle in the app wars" ZDNet 1/16
"Apple's Swift programming language soars in popularity: Just months after the first ever app created by it, the Swift programming language from Apple has leapt up the rankings of the technologies to watch from 68th place to 22nd" Telegraph 1/16
"Steve Jobs biopic begins filming in his childhood garage" SlashGear 8:48 AM
"Steve Jobs Movie Finally Starts Filming At The Iconic Garage Where Apple Was Started" Redmond Pie 8:29 AM
"What Steve Jobs' Famous Garage Where He Started Apple Looks Like Today" Business Insider 1:01 PM
"Artist reveals a hidden message in Apple's iCloud agreement" The Verge 6:03 PM
"A Chinese Company Made This Super Cheap Android Phone That Looks Exactly Like The iPhone 6" Business Insider 6:10 PM
"Three men tunnel into Beijing warehouse, make off with $300,000 worth of iPhones" AppleInsider 10:27 AM
"Apple iPhone 6 Is Sent to Space for the Ultimate Drop Test" Tapscape 7:27 PM
"Lights, camera, Apple: Filming starts for new Steve Jobs biopic/The film, written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle, is on location at the former Apple CEO's childhood home in Los Altos, Calif." CNET 1/16
"Filming for Steve Jobs biopic underway at tech guru's childhood home" AppleInsider 1/16
"With HomeKit on horizon, home automation is about to get real" Cult of Mac 1/16
"Apple employees love CEO Tim Cook, rate company highly on outlook, culture & values" AppleInsider 1/16
"Chipotle 'very interested' in Apple Pay" TUAW 1/16
"Ahrendts Confirms China Openings, Staffing" ifoAppleStore 1/16
"Report: 5 New Apple Stores Expected in China Next Month" PC Magazine 1/16
"Apple opening five new China stores over five weeks: The company, which started its retail-store foray in China in 2008, plans to build up the number of locations there over the next two years." CNET 1/16
"Apple Marketing Chief On Google Glass: 'I Can't Believe They Think Anyone Normal Will Ever Wear These Things'" Business Insider 1/16
"Newly unearthed emails show Apple knew Google Glass was going to flop from Day 1" BGR 1/16
"Pink Floyd drummer blames Apple for music's downfall" Cult of Mac 1/16
"Statement from Dennis Publishing about MacUser: Dennis Publishing is sad to announce the closure of MacUser magazine after nearly 30 years." MacUser 1/16
"Next-generation drones will go where you point your iPhone and never crash, says startup" 9to5Mac 1/16
"RunPee app helps full-bladdered moviegoers avoid missing important scenes" CBS News 1/16
Non-Apple News
"You can buy a giant mech suit on Amazon Japan for $1 million" Engadget 8:17 AM
"Google in talks to purchase Apple Pay competitor Softcard, report says" AppleInsider 1/16
"ToleranUX: Satirical Linux fork mocks calls for open source diversity/Phony fork mocks feminism, diversity efforts by espousing bad open source ideas." Ars Technica 1/16
"How filthy is your phone? Biology students from the University of Surrey imprinted their phones onto petri dishes as part of an experiment to examine the bacteria each of us carry around on our smartphone every day." Telegraph 1/16
"New Samsung fingerprint scanners may be more like Apple Touch ID" Gigaom 1/16
"Coming January 17: Gene Steinberg meets Adam Engst of TidBITS and Take Control Books, and Bryan Chaffin of The Mac Observer, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 1/16
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-01-16: The Google Glass Hail Mary and Get Ready for HomeKit" The Mac Observer 1/16
"iPhone 6s with optical zoom, autonomous cars, and lots of glitter on this week's CultCast" Cult of Mac 1/16
"Podcast: CES wrap-up of gadgets, ho or no adventures and more" Insanely Great Mac 1/16
"Intel CEO says he's not worried about Apple ditching them for ARM" Cult of Mac 3:32 PM
"Apple Files Update to 'iPhone' Trademark with U.S. Trademark Office" Patently Apple 10:24 AM
"Future iPhone's Home Button to Work as Gaming Joystick?" Tapscape 8:25 AM
"Samsung and Globalfoundries reportedly win majority of A9 orders: Samsung Electronics and Globalfoundries have secured a combined 70% of orders for Apple's A9 processors with their 14nm FinFET technology, according to industry sources." DigiTimes 1/16
"Investors Sell Cisco Systems on Strength (CSCO)" Inter Cooler 10:53 AM
"Google reveals two more unpatched Windows security bugs" BetaNews 10:23 AM
"What if Windows 10 fails? The success or failure of a new Microsoft operating system version carries major consequences" IDG News Service 1/16
"Microsoft Surface, PayPal Partner for Small Business: New PayPal card readers and Microsoft's Windows 8.1 app for its Surface tablet and other devices will simplify mobile payments for business owners." InformationWeek 1/16
"Microsoft & Paypal link hands, turn round and slap Apple Pay" The Register 1/16
"Why Intel can afford to play the long game in the war for phones and smart devices" PCWorld 1/16
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