"Apple and Beats Developing Streaming Music Service to Rival Spotify" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:03 PM
"Apple reportedly puts Trent Reznor in charge of redesigned Beats Music app, presses forward with iTunes Radio revamp" AppleInsider 8:04 PM
"Why It Matters Who Steve Jobs Really Was" Time 8:43 AM
"The Cult of Steve: Why Apple insiders are so worked up over two admiring Steve Jobs biographies." Slate 1:23 PM
"Apple acquires NoSQL database maker FoundationDB" ZDNet 7:52 AM
"Apple Buys FoundationDB To Improve Apps, Software: By acquiring FoundationDB, a database startup, Apple could incorporate the technology in order to improve the performance of key apps and software services." InformationWeek 4:17 PM
"Report: Apple Buys Database Firm FoundationDB" PC Magazine 12:08 PM
"Apple acquires NoSQL database firm FoundationDB" V3 8:16 AM
"Developers look for a bite of the úll: The boutique 'festival' event for Apple-centric designers is ready for its fourth year, this time in Killarney" The Irish Times 9:11 PM
"Cassandra: Happy Birthday OS X -A Look Back at a First Experience of Cheetah" eXtensions 8:48 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Unable to boot to a secondary hard drive? This may help" MacIssues 11:24 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Step Aside Calendar, Fantastical 2 for the Mac is Here" The Mac Observer 11:18 AM
"iPhone 6 Accounts For 30 Percent Of All Q4 Phone Activations By Businesses And Governments" Digital Trends 9:24 AM
"PSA: Customers can start booking Apple Watch try-on appointments on April 10" 9to5Mac 11:26 AM
"Report: Apple Watch Sales Come With Fashion Advice/Like buying a high-end watch at a jewelry store, Apple wants staff members to 'initiate conversations that build trust.'" PC Magazine 4:16 PM
"Apple building funky-looking R&D center in Yokohama, Japan, opening next year" 9to5Mac 8:21 AM
"H2 Woah! Apple's new spaceship campus will use recycled water" Cult of Mac 8:17 AM
"Apple Campus 2 water-recycling project approved" MacNN 9:55 AM
"What is Tim Cook's managerial style?" Investopedia 8:07 AM
"Christy Turlington: Apple Watch Accurately Tracks Workouts without an iPhone" The Mac Observer 4:07 PM
"RESCUECOM's 2015 Computer Reliability Report Shows Significant Changes" ["Most noteworthy in the 2015 report is the massive lead Amazon has claimed over the competition. With a higher reliability score than the rest of the manufacturers combined, Amazon holds the top rank by an enormous margin. The manufacturer even surpassed well-known names in reliability like Apple and Samsung this year—an impressive feat even if there were only a small gap between them. Amazon's 'A+' grade is due in large part to focusing on one product: the Kindle tablets."] Rescuecom 9:06 AM
"Woz says Apple would never hire him or Steve Jobs today" Cult of Mac 12:03 PM
"Fake Apple Store employees diss Apple, promote Microsoft products" Mashable 8:29 AM
"All 650 MPs are to be given a brand-new iPad Air 2 in £1Million Commons hardware refresh" Express UK 8:19 AM
"UK politicians to get an iPad Air 2 and a laptop each" ZDNet 10:29 AM
"Want to be in the upcoming Steve Jobs movie? Here's your chance" 9to5Mac 10:29 AM
Non-Apple News
"Google's Self-Driving Car May Come With Airbags on the Outside" Time 1:40 PM
"Half of all Android users vulnerable to year-old security flaw" BetaNews 9:59 AM
"Video study shows perils of using smartphone behind wheel" Digital Trends 8:14 AM
"Why Amazon's 'Me-Too' Music Service Is A-OK" Benzinga 8:07 AM
"Potential for a bipartisan bill on net neutrality emerges in Congress" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:06 AM
"A $60 Gadget That Makes Car Hacking Far Easier" Wired 8:01 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"ACM 299: Happy Birthday OS X, and Cutting the Cable TV Cord" The Mac Observer 8:51 PM
"Happy Hour Podcast 007 | New Apple TV hardware on the way, subscription service coming soon?" 9to5Mac 1:38 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-03-25: Apple's Tech Trend Setting, Recycling Old Gear" The Mac Observer 1:16 PM
"Let's Talk Jailbreak 100: A signed Alf picture" iDownload Blog 8:33 AM
"Samsung Galaxy S6 versus Apple iPhone 6: What do the specs tell us?" ZDNet 10:30 AM
"Steve Jobs didn't care if people thought he was an asshole. Why should we? A new biography is intent on taking the sting out of the prickly genius" The Verge 10:29 AM
"Review: RooCase Exec Tough for iPhone 6 Plus" iLounge 11:24 AM
"Satechi Aluminum Premium 4-Port USB Clamp Hub review" The Gadgeteer 9:24 AM
"JOTO is a solid tempered glass screen protector for iPhone 6" iDownload Blog 1:40 PM
"Mini-review: Libre, the ultra-thin & spill-proof iPad keyboard (with a rather less thin case)" 9to5Mac 11:25 AM
"Kenu Stance Tripod for iPhone is Small, Folds Up and Even Opens Bottles" The Mac Observer 6:42 PM
"The H-Word" ["Becoming Steve Jobs is an outstanding book that fully stands on its own, not just as a response to Isaacson's. As time goes on, it should stand as the definitive Jobs biography. Not because it paints him flatteringly, but because it paints him accurately — for better and for worse."] Daring Fireball 6:52 PM
"The canonization of St. Steve of Cupertino" Quartz 6:48 PM
"A New Apple TV with 4K Would NOT Break the Internet" The Mac Observer 5:30 PM
"Microsoft Allies with Leading OEMs to Pre-Install Apps - Analyst Blog" Zacks 8:04 AM
"Microsoft Doesn't Understand the Smartphone: Microsoft is going to crash and burn trying to get Windows Phone 10 on other hardware." PC Magazine 8:11 AM
"Microsoft reveals plans to create a new browser for Windows 10" ANI 8:04 AM
"Microsoft confirms Project Spartan as default browser for Windows 10" V3 8:16 AM
"Microsoft prepares Windows 10 for panoply of sensors" IDG News Service 12:04 PM
"Microsoft updates Windows 10 preview for 'slow' testers" Computerworld 1:17 PM
"Microsoft chops price on Surface Pro 3 tablets -- again" ZDNet 7:52 AM
"Microsoft launches Azure App Service to aid multiplatform app development" V3 8:16 AM
"DirectX12 could fix Microsoft Xbox One Resolutiongate" VR-Zone 7:07 PM
"How IBM is Challenging Intel in China: Intel remains dominant in the server chip market, but IBM's efforts through the OpenPOWER Foundation could upend Intel in China." The Motley Fool 9:29 AM
"IBM/Softlayer announces block and file storage service with guaranteed QoS" SiliconANGLE 9:46 AM
"IBM SoftLayer adds configurable Block Storage and File Storage options for Cloud Servers" V3 1:24 PM
"HP has a Storm brewing in EU smart city cloud push" The Inquirer 9:26 AM
"So you've been told to build a cloud. No one was fired for buying HP hardware, er, right? Cloud-centric Cloudline box is cloud right for the cloud world, cloud HP says in the cloud" The Register 1:24 PM
"HP ditches Beats Audio in PCs, tablets for Bang & Olufsen" Digital Trends 8:14 AM
"HP rebounds to Bang & OIufsen after Apple Beats severance" PCR 9:27 AM
"HP to Launch Helion Rack Cloud-in-a-Box System" eWeek 8:02 PM
"Avnet picks UK for first HP convergence event" CRN UK 9:27 AM
"More Woes For Intel: Chip, Chip, Chipping Away At Chipzilla" Seeking Alpha 8:34 PM
"Intel's Xeon Phi to House 72-Cores: System-in-package sports 16-Gbytes" EE Times 9:29 AM
"Intel reportedly releasing just two socketed Broadwell CPUs" TechSpot 9:30 AM
"Intel Corporation unlocked Broadwell appears to be totally useless" Investor Wired 9:28 AM
"Oracle and Intel claim carrier-grade performance for network function virtualisation" V3 11:24 AM
"Oracle & Intel prove CSP's can have speed & reliability with NFV" Computer Business Review 9:28 AM
"Azul tackles Oracle with open-source Java for Internet of Stuff" The Register 7:47 AM
"Oracle customizes project management for lines of business" IDG News Service 1:39 PM
"Arbor Networks, Cisco partner on DDoS protection" ZDNet 9:50 AM
"Verizon Taps Ciena & Cisco For 100G Network Build" Broadcasting & Cable 9:49 AM
"Doe v. Cisco: The Legal Issues/Part 1 of this post introduced a set of cases against Cisco Systems, which has been sued for being complicit in the design and implementation of China's Golden Shield surveillance network." Just Security 9:51 AM
"Apple: Debunking The Recent Cowen Survey" Seeking Alpha 5:53 PM
"Apple Short Interest Falls 10%" 24/7 Wall St. 7:38 AM
Industry News
"Dow loses 293, back in the red for 2015: Stocks fell for a third straight day Wednesday as the Dow plunged 293 points and turned negative for the year." USA Today 4:19 PM
"Big Selloff on Wall Street as Stocks Plummet on Fed Jitters" TheStreet 4:19 PM
"Market Snapshot: U.S. Stocks Hammered As Fears About Quarterly Results Intensify" MarketWatch 4:18 PM
"Dow, S&P 500 indexes extend a decline to a 3rd day; Kraft soars on news of Heinz acquisition" Associated Press 4:18 PM
"US stocks open mixed following news of Kraft acquisition" Associated Press 11:15 AM
"U.S. Stocks Tumble on Downbeat Economic Data: Nasdaq Composite posts its biggest one-day decline in nearly a year" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:18 PM
"Asia Markets: Japan stocks hover near 15-year high/Shanghai stocks snap 10-day winning streak" MarketWatch 8:56 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks pull lower despite brighter German sentiment data/European stocks fell Wednesday as the euro regained traction against the dollar, keeping German shares from advancing in the wake of encouraging data from Europe's largest economy." MarketWatch 8:56 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 3:14 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 5:54 PM
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