"Tim Cook just obliterated Apple's critics: After delivering record breaking earnings, some people are wondering how Apple can keep growing." Business Insider 9:09 AM
"Apple Is Closer Than Ever to Becoming A $1 Trillion Company" Wired 1:56 PM
"Can Tim Cook grow Apple to a trillion?" Yahoo Finance 1:00 PM
"700-billion-dollar baby: Apple breaks yet another record, this time on its market capitalisation" The Economist 10:00 AM
"Apple: not so big after all/Cupertino group is not the world's 'biggest' company in history. Microsoft in 1999 was bigger" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:48 AM
"Apple Is Basically a Small Country Now" The Atlantic 9:20 AM
"A $710 Billion Apple – The Numbers" WSJ Blogs 8:52 AM
"Apple will buy $850m in renewable energy from California solar facility" The Inquirer 8:48 AM
"Apple Doubles Down on the Environment with $848M Solar Farm" The Mac Observer 9:25 AM
"Apple's $848M, 25-year solar agreement is the largest of its kind, will provide 130MW of clean energy" AppleInsider 11:37 AM
"Tim Cook on Apple Watch: Fighting the 'New Cancer'" Tom's Guide 8:55 AM
"Apple-IBM Partnership: Apple is Very Much Calling The Shots" Know Your Mobile 9:43 AM
"White House Cybersecurity Event to Draw Top Tech, Wall Street Execs" ["Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook will deliver remarks about his company's push toward a more secure payment system, a theme the White House is expected to try to reinforce for other companies throughout the event."] WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:06 AM
"Apple releases 2015 Supplier Responsibility Report, targets the end of 'bonded servitude' practices" AppleInsider 7:28 PM
"Apple Confirms Aperture to Be Removed From Mac App Store After Launch of Photos for OS X" MacRumors 2:00 PM
"Apple confirms that it won't sell Aperture once new OS X Photos app launches" The Verge 2:00 PM
"Apple confirms Aperture for Mac won't be available after Photos is released" iMore 7:28 PM
"Google brings smooth Safari-like zoom to Chrome Canary for Mac" 9to5Google 11:31 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Importing Images to iPhoto: Q. I recently scanned a bunch of old pictures and have them in a folder. How do I get them into iPhoto?" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:51 AM
"Archive your email, contacts, and calendars before it's too late" Macworld 8:54 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Photos for Mac: Quick answers to simplified questions" Six Colors 9:18 PM
"Photos For Mac OS X First Impressions And Walkthrough" TechCrunch 2:48 PM
"Even more Photos for OS X questions, answered" Macworld 8:54 AM
"How Photos for Mac handles iPhoto imports" iDownload Blog 1:59 PM
"Creaticity: Place photos inside text using Photoshop" Macworld 11:37 AM
"Apple's Activation Lock drives iPhone thefts down 40% in San Francisco, 25% in New York" AppleInsider 8:54 AM
"Activation Lock has reduced iPhone theft by 25% in NY, 40% in SF, 50% in London" 9to5Mac 8:54 AM
"Cell Phone Kill Switches Prompt 'Dramatic' Drop in Thefts" PC Magazine 10:43 AM
"Love it or hate it, that kill switch is reducing phone theft" Gigaom 10:40 AM
"iPhone Kill Switch Works, iCrime Down Double Digits" Tapscape 10:40 AM
"Samsung leading smart band market; Apple expected to catch up soon: Canalys" ZDNet 1:01 PM
"Most mobile email users prefer iOS over Android" BetaNews 9:11 AM
"Historic Genius Bar Logos Are Being Removed" ifoAppleStore 9:18 AM
"Apple Expanding Green Energy To More Stores" ifoAppleStore 9:27 AM
"As Apple Payments Strategy Takes Shape, Google and Square Respond" The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 9:34 AM
"iPhone and Galaxy smartphones more reliable than current wearable fitness devices at measuring activity, finds study" 9to5Mac 8:54 AM
"Smartphone Apps Just as Accurate as Wearable Devices for Tracking Physical Activity, According to Penn Researchers: JAMA Paper Among the First to Compare Smartphone App vs. Wearable Device Accuracy" Penn Medicine 9:17 AM
"iPhone better than wearables at tracking your fitness levels" Cult of Mac 9:17 AM
"iPhone 6/6 Plus come to Ting as Sprint MVNOs no longer required to wait for new devices" 9to5Mac 8:55 AM
Non-Apple News
"A company is making an insanely slim smartphone, and it isn't Apple or Samsung" BGR 5:50 PM
"This New Technology Will Make Fonts Look Great on Small Screens" Wired 2:48 PM
"Experts warn 2015 could be 'Year of the Healthcare Hack'" Reuters 2:14 PM
"720,000 Android Wear smartwatches shipped in second half of 2014" Gigaom 12:59 PM
"Samsung investigates why its TVs put ads in others' apps" BBC 10:43 AM
"More evidence that Samsung's next Galaxy phone may look a lot like the iPhone 6" Business Insider 9:09 AM
"As new law comes into effect, your cell carrier will now unlock phones for free" ZDNet 9:02 AM
"Kill switches 'cut thefts' in London, New York and San Francisco" BBC 9:06 AM
"Smartphone thefts plummet after kill-switch introduction" Macworld 8:55 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Happy Hour Podcast 001 | New iOS 9 details, Apple Watch launch, and Apple's new Beats-based streaming service" 9to5Mac 5:24 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-02-11: Apple's Environmental Push and Car Plans" The Mac Observer 12:49 PM
"Let's Talk Jailbreak 94: I rest my case" iDownload Blog 9:20 AM
"Tim Cook on Apple Watch: 'Sitting is the new cancer'/Apple's forthcoming smartwatch, the Apple Watch, will give wearers hourly reminders to be more active, according to CEO Tim Cook" Telegraph 9:13 AM
"Apple Watch: Style not speed to market is key says Tim Cook" Techworld 9:11 AM
"Apple Watch App Made By Dexcom Will Display Blood Glucose Levels" Forbes 8:36 AM
"Apple's next iPhone camera might not be much different after all" Business Insider 9:09 AM
"Jailbreakers beware: iOS 8.1.2 is no longer being signed" iDownload Blog 9:18 AM
"iPhone 6 Plus owners consume twice the data of their iPhone 6-owning counterparts" Apple World Today 10:43 AM
"Apple's iPhone 6 Plus drives double the data consumption of any other iPhone" AppleInsider 5:18 PM
"Foxconn January revenues down sequentially, but iPhone 6 device shipments remain strong" DigiTimes 9:03 AM
"Apple Seeks to Trademark a Key 'Apple Watch' User Interface" Patently Apple 9:23 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Today's Top iPhone /iPad /Mac App Freebies And Price Drops" Apple Sliced 9:28 AM
"Phone Doctor Plus (Check 27 System Functions) For iPhone Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:28 AM
"Louvre HD For iPhone/iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 9:28 AM
"Radiation Island is like Lost mixed with Minecraft and The Walking Dead" iDownload Blog 9:20 AM
"Red Bull Racers for iPad is entertaining, surprisingly addictive" iPad Insight 11:59 AM
"'Midnight Star' Review - If Only Time Travel Worked for Timers" Touch Arcade 3:57 PM
"Storyo Review: Storyo needs a little work but it's still quite useful for creating slideshows from the media you create." 148Apps 1:59 PM
"Yum-Yum Recipes Review: Yum-Yum Recipes offers plenty of tasty recipes for free, and even more for a price." 148Apps 9:24 AM
"Top Eleven 2015 – Be a Soccer Manager Review: Top Eleven 2015 - Be a Soccer Manager is a fairly simplistic interpretation of soccer management." 148Apps 1:01 PM
"Sons of Anarchy: The Prospect Review/Sons of Anarchy is dead. Long live Sons of Anarchy: The Prospect." 148Apps 9:24 AM
"The Hardest Flight Review: It's not as hard as the name suggests, but The Hardest Flight will certainly bring out your twitchy side." 148Apps 10:42 AM
"Nobody Said It Was Easy Review: Nobody said it was this clever either." 148Apps 11:37 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"Unlocking your iPhone gets a little bit easier today" iDownload Blog 3:35 PM
"Here's how to unlock your phone under the new rules" Gigaom 8:50 AM
"iOS 8: Accessing Handoff with Your Device Unlocked" The Mac Observer 8:30 AM
Tips
"Pointers: Traveling with Apple gear" MacNN 9:16 AM
"Pro Tip: Have your iPhone read you the morning news with 'Speech' feature in iOS 8" TechRepublic 8:56 AM
"Cisco posts revenue gains, vows to beat VMware's network software: Sales of Cisco's key products for software-defined networking are growing fast, the company says" IDG News Service 8:43 PM
"CEOs have been fired for less; Is the clock ticking for Cisco's John Chambers?" Yahoo Finance 12:59 PM
"U.S. Dollar Likely A Headwind For Cisco Systems Ahead Of Earnings" Benzinga 12:59 PM
"ARM Swings to Profit in Fourth Quarter on Strong Royalty Revenue: British Microchip Designer Proposes 2014 Dividend Increase of 23%" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:51 AM
"Silicon wafer shipments reach record level in 2014, says SEMI" DigiTimes 9:03 AM
"In Pictures: 10 obscure technologies that could change the world/Technology breakthroughs that many people don't even know exist." IDG News Service 5:20 PM
"Carl Icahn says Apple shares should be worth nearly double" Cult of Mac 5:24 PM
"Apple most-valued company ever, but that's not enough for Carl Icahn: The activist investor, who believes Apple shares should be valued at $216, called for Apple to boost its buybacks, using its huge stockpile of cash." CNET 3:58 PM
"Carl Icahn: Apple worth $216 a share" USA Today 2:50 PM
"Icahn values Apple at more than $1 trillion" Reuters 2:50 PM
"Icahn: Apple is already worth $1.3 trillion" MarketWatch 2:51 PM
"Carl Icahn Presses Apple to Buy Back More Shares... Again" WSJ Blogs 2:51 PM
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