"The Swiss Watch Show Shaken to the Core by Apple: The launch of Apple's smartwatch and the strength of the Swiss franc are both squarely in focus at the world's largest watch show which opens in Basel today." [Video Report] Bloomberg 8:25 AM
"The Apple Watch Could Sell In The Millions—And Yet Still Disappoint: It can't possibly live up to sky-high consumer expectations." ReadWrite 9:24 AM
"Apple Watch is like an invasive weed says Gartner: Analyst outfit Gartner has likened the Apple Watch to the invasive Kudzu vine, an Asian plant that has become a pest around the world." The Register 7:56 AM
"Tag Heuer, Breitling, Swatch & others usher in Swiss smartwatch movement ahead of Apple Watch" 9to5Mac 9:03 AM
"Tag Heuer tags in Intel and Google to create a 'real' smartwatch to tackle the Apple Watch" The Drum 3:05 PM
"You can try on an Apple Watch in-store, but only for 15 minutes: Customers will be able to check out Apple's new wearable at the company's retail stores, but under certain conditions, says 9to5Mac." CNET 10:53 AM
"You Can Test Drive an Apple Watch for 15 Minutes" PC Magazine 1:24 PM
"Apple Thinks the Apple Watch Will Convert Android Users Into True Believers: It's offering a trade-in deal that will coincide with the Apple Watch launch" Time 9:45 AM
"Tim Cook explains how Apple decides which new products to work on next" Business Insider 9:45 AM
"Only 6 Percent of iPhone 6 Owners Use Apple Pay" Apple Gazette 7:58 AM
"The Health Concerns in Wearable Tech" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:51 AM
"Apple introduces automated buying and improved customer targeting for iTunes Radio ads" 9to5Mac 9:04 PM
"Feature: Becoming the Apple stereotype of writing a novel on a MacBook in Starbucks" 9to5Mac 8:23 AM
Non-Apple News
"Inside the U.S. Antitrust Probe of Google: Key FTC staff wanted to sue Internet giant after finding 'real harm to consumers and to innovation'" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:37 PM
"Pebble Teases First 'Smartstrap' Concepts" The Next Web 2:13 PM
"Amazon doesn't want you to know how many data demands it gets" ZDNet 1:29 PM
"The next big hack could take place in the palm of your hand" MoneyWatch 1:29 PM
"Samsung chip could bring 128GB storage to cheaper phones" IDG News Service 8:29 AM
"Will.i.am is working on a luxury smartband with Gucci" Engadget 11:21 AM
"Google Is Making a Luxury Watch With Tag Heuer and Intel" Wired 1:04 PM
"TAG team: Heuer, Intel and Google snuggle up in smartwatch threeway" The Register 11:01 AM
"Google, Intel and TAG Heuer Partner on Luxury Smartwatch: Watch industry, consider yourself warned" Bloomberg 8:46 AM
"TAG Heuer, Intel, Google announce smartwatch that feels like a 'normal watch'" Ars Technica 8:06 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-03-19: Nintendo's iPhone Plans, TMO Staff Apple Watch Picks" The Mac Observer 12:52 PM
"The Boy Genius Report Podcast: Episode 4" BGR 10:53 AM
"Your Mac Life Archives #1045 for March 18th, 2015!" Your Mac Life 9:22 AM
"App Of The Day: Four Letters - Spelling Out G-O-O-D Fun" Apple'n'Apps 4:12 PM
"The iPhone's best new puzzle game is about NSA surveillance" The Verge 10:45 AM
"Review: Hell: Fight for Gilrand for iPad" TechnologyTell 8:58 AM
"Appidemic: Kingdom Tales 2 for iPhone, iPod touch" TechnologyTell 8:02 AM
"Hands On: Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager 1.4.16 (iPad, PC, Mac)" MacNN 9:15 AM
"Dice Town comes to iOS: get ready to gamble" iDownload Blog 8:05 AM
"Heroes Charge Review: Heroes Charge is a very middle-of-the-road RPG that's unremarkable, but an okay pick if you can't get enough of mobile-based RPGs." 148Apps 1:06 PM
"BeatDefense Review: Tap to the beat to succeed, but expect some ads to get in your way with BeatDefense." 148Apps 8:10 AM
"Dr. Panda's Ice Cream Truck Review: Dr. Panda's Ice Cream Truck gives users the chance to create their own ice cream flavors, serving them to animal friends." 148Apps 9:15 AM
"TouchTone Review: A puzzle game for the paranoid." 148Apps 2:07 PM
"Paper Monsters Recut Review: Paper Monsters Recut looks very charming but it's a little derivative." 148Apps 11:08 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to see if your emails are being tracked in Gmail before opening them" Business Insider 11:22 AM
"What Google must do to make sure Apple Pay doesn't take over the world" Business Insider 2:04 PM
"To sell luxury Android Wear watches, Google must make them work with the iPhone" The Verge 1:23 PM
"23 millennial cord-cutters explain why they're totally not impressed by Apple's TV subscription service plans" Business Insider 12:53 PM
"Apple's Missed Opportunity With its TV Streaming Service" The Mac Observer 12:52 PM
"Fast, luxurious & sensible: What the personal vehicles of Apple execs could mean for an Apple Car" AppleInsider 11:23 AM
"Analyst: Apple Eyeing Augmented Reality" PC Magazine 11:21 AM
"Is Apple the next name in augmented reality?" AppAdvice 10:53 AM
"Watching the wrong fight: Microsoft Band vs. Apple Watch" Macworld 9:31 AM
"As critics and enthusiasts battle it out for the bragging rights of correctly predicting the outcome of Apple's continuing foray into the new digital lifestyle business, many on both sides of the argument have come to the conclusion that the gold watch program and the $10,000+ price tag is pure marketing." the little squares 9:09 AM
"The Cord-Cutters Dilemma: Still Missing the Obvious" The Tech Night Owl 8:43 AM
"TAG Heuer, Google and Intel team up for Swiss Android Wear 'smartwatch" MacDailyNews 10:41 AM
"How Apple Watch will be your digital wallet... and keychain" iMore 8:07 AM
"Here's why Apple Watch marketing has been focused on women" BGR 8:07 AM
"Why did Steve Jobs make Tim Cook watch Remember the Titans?" Cult of Mac 8:04 AM
"Apple TV revisited: 4 reasons to buy it, 5 reasons to skip it" TechHive 7:56 AM
"The Mac And Apple's Product Migration Pricing Strategy" PixoBebo 7:52 AM
"Google Reportedly Preparing Android Wear for iPhone and iPad" MacRumors 4:35 PM
"Gazelle Wants Your Apple Watch: The Boston-based gadget trade-in site is ready to start buying and selling second-hand Apple timepieces." PC Magazine 3:05 PM
"OmniGraffle for iOS now available on iPhone and iPad" The Omni Group 2:36 PM
"OmniPlan for iOS now available on iPhone and iPad" The Omni Group 2:36 PM
"OTOY unveils new OctaneRender Cloud—new cloud based DCC tool plus rendering" Architosh 2:16 PM
"Swifty Teaches Apple's New Programming Language On Your iPhone" TechCrunch 4:13 PM
"Swifty helps you learn to code in Swift directly from your iPhone" iDownload Blog 2:13 PM
"Got a spare $10,000? This artist is looking for Apple Watch Edition donations" AppAdvice 1:23 PM
"JamCam update features redesign for lip syncing" AppAdvice 12:53 PM
"Atari's new gamified fitness app lets you unlock classic arcade games by working out" 9to5Mac 10:44 AM
"Apple Watch Edition Gets Reference in Phish 'Magnaball' Festival's Humorous FAQ" The Mac Observer 9:40 AM
"MGT Capital Investments Launches DraftDay Rapid Fire iPhone App" PRNewswire 9:00 AM
"Atari® Enters Fitness Market with Launch of the Atari Fit™ App, a Robust Mobile Experience for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android Devices" PRNewswire 9:00 AM
"'Activity and Mood Diary' by Ginsberg launches on iOS and Android" Business Wire 8:59 AM
"Most Nintendo iOS games will be developed in-house, will be different to console games, may include freemium" 9to5Mac 8:24 AM
"Pixelmator 1.1 for iPad adds realistic watercolor painting, new Color Picker, more" 9to5Mac 8:24 AM
"Hewlett-Packard to raise quarterly dividend 10%" MarketWatch 7:35 AM
"Hewlett-Packard increases quarterly dividend" Associated Press 7:35 AM
"Hewlett-Packard declares $0.176 dividend" Seeking Alpha 7:37 AM
"HP Said to Narrow Bidder List for $2.5 Billion China Units Sale" Bloomberg 7:35 AM
"Intel declares $0.24 dividend" Seeking Alpha 9:20 AM
"Tag Heuer teams up with Intel to challenge the Apple Watch" Engadget 7:11 AM
"TAG Heuer Teams Up with Intel to Launch Its First Smartwatch" Softpedia 7:37 AM
"TAG Heuer, Intel, Google announce smartwatch that feels like a 'normal watch'" Ars Technica 10:08 AM
"Intel Or TSMC? Which Deserves Your Investment Dollar?" Seeking Alpha 11:11 AM
"Intel And Micron: Stock Prices Are In The Doldrums For Good Reason" Seeking Alpha 12:17 PM
"Microsoft Is Readying Windows 10 for Its Summer Debut" eWeek 7:11 AM
"New Windows 10 beta version has more Cortana, but still no Spartan" BGR 7:09 AM
"Microsoft's latest Windows 10 Preview brings Cortana to UK desktops" The Inquirer 10:08 AM
"Ahoy there: Microsoft will gift Windows 10 to pirates/Operating system update will be for every user - legit or not" The Inquirer 7:20 AM
"Upgrading to Windows 10 on pirated versions won't get you a valid license" Neowin 11:15 AM
"The Windows 10 free upgrade for pirates: More confusing than it seems/If you're a pirate, your license remains 'non-genuine'—what does that even mean?" Ars Technica 2:06 PM
"Microsoft clarifies Windows 10 upgrade process for pirated copies" Engadget 6:27 PM
"Upgrading to Windows 10? Here's everything you need to know" BGR 2:16 PM
"Microsoft: Putting Windows 10 Inside Android Phones Could Seriously Hurt Google" Seeking Alpha 7:58 AM
"Microsoft to release lowest-priced Lumia smartphone yet: Earlier this year, Microsoft launched two other affordable Lumia phones targeting emerging markets" IDG News Service 7:08 AM
"Microsoft's Lumia 430 costs £50 and will be updated to Windows 10: Dual-SIM Windows Phone 8.1 handset will be available next month" The Inquirer 7:20 AM
"Microsoft's new Lumia 430 is its cheapest Windows phone yet at just $70" The Verge 7:26 AM
"Microsoft's Lumia Range Just Got Even Cheaper With The New $70 Lumia 430" TechCrunch 7:26 AM
"Microsoft's Lumia 430 is the cheapest route to Windows 10" Engadget 7:11 AM
"Microsoft announces the new Lumia 430 Dual SIM" Neowin 7:20 AM
"AMD FreeSync on the LG 34UM67 - A Preview of Things to Come" TweakTown 7:36 AM
"Nvida, Dell Push to Make VDI Easy, More Robust" eWeek 7:23 AM
"Zombie SCO shuffles back into court seeking IBM Linux cash: Bring it on say Big Blue's beaks" The Register 7:38 AM
"IBM tech finds virus-laden apps before they reach your phone" Engadget 7:11 AM
"IBM Technology Adopted in Chinese Chips, Servers: Company has been cutting reliance on revenue from selling hardware" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:30 AM
"SUSE Linux and Veristorm bring Apache Hadoop to the IBM z mainframe" The Inquirer 11:15 AM
"IBM OpenPower summit reveals first spoils of open server architecture: Firm outs technology that 'advances data centre technology and drive market efficiency'" The Inquirer 1:05 PM
"Weapons of World War III: How new technology will affect the next great conflict" ExtremeTech 10:06 AM
"Advanced optical fibers could give rise to human-like AI brains" Engadget 7:11 AM
"PC price rises for some as device revenues fall for the first time" ZDNet 7:20 AM
"Opinion: This is what a tech bubble looks like" MarketWatch 7:40 AM
"10 startups to watch from the 2015 Cleantech Forum" Tech Republic 11:30 AM
"Apple stock starts trading as part of Dow today" Associated Press 8:30 AM
"Apple set for Dow debut; Nike in focus" MarketWatch 7:59 AM
"Never Mind Apple, It's the Goldman Sachs Era in Dow Industrials" Bloomberg 8:26 AM
Industry News
"GoDaddy IPO values company at nearly $3 billion" CNNMoney 1:08 PM
"Stock Futures Pull Back After Wednesday's Fed-Fueled Rally" TheStreet 7:43 AM
"U.S. Equity Futures Pause After Fed-Induced Rally" Dow Jones Newswires 7:43 AM
"U.S. Stocks Fall After Wednesday's Rally: Energy shares decline along with crude-oil prices" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:27 PM
"Stocks: 5 things to know before the open" CNNMoney 7:43 AM
"Asia Markets: Chinese stocks advance further after U.S. rally/Hong Kong stocks rose further on Thursday, while Shanghai shares extended a seven-day winning streak, after an U.S. rally overnight boosted investor sentiment." MarketWatch 7:44 AM
"Europe Markets: Resource shares push European market toward record high/European stocks rose Thursday, with the market's benchmark moving closer toward a record level, aided by gains for shares of natural-resources companies." MarketWatch 7:44 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 7:45 PM
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