"IBM & Apple Expand Partnership to Help Transform Medical Research: IBM Watson Health Cloud to Provide Secure Cloud Platform and Analytics for HealthKit and ResearchKit App Data" PRNewswire 5:04 PM
"IBM Announces Deals With Apple, Johnson And Johnson, And Medtronic In Bid To Transform Health Care" Forbes 5:04 PM
"IBM teams with Apple on artificial intelligence health program" AFP 9:13 PM
"Apple Watch worth more in hype than profit" New York Post 8:10 AM
"Apple Watch pre-orders were 1 million in the US on its first day, a shopping data firm estimates" Quartz 8:14 PM
"Gene Munster: The Apple Watch Is A Game Changer" Benzinga 1:23 PM
"Apple Watch set to beat iPhone launch with 1 million-order weekend: 'Day of reckoning' has arrived for traditional fashion watchmakers" MarketWatch 8:10 AM
"Apple Watch Scored An Estimated 1 Million Pre-Orders On Launch Day" Forbes 7:50 AM
"Apple Watch Pre-Orders Near 1 Million: The Sport was the most popular watch, according to new data from digital commerce researcher Slice Intelligence." PC Magazine 9:31 AM
"Apple Watch Pre-Orders Near 1 Million" 24/7 Wall St. 7:48 AM
"Nearly all Apple Watch retail try-ons are resulting in preorders, Cowen says" AppleInsider 9:32 AM
"Early Apple Watch data: Average U.S. pre-order was $707" ZDNet 8:02 AM
"Apple likely to boost watch production quickly: analysts" Reuters 8:44 AM
"How The New Apple MacBook Retired Steve Jobs's Vision Of Computing" ReadWrite 10:23 AM
"The human touch: Apple's killer plan for Beats/A little human touch, a little human nature" Computerworld 10:19 AM
"Apple Updates Final Cut Pro X, Motion and Compressor" Apple 11:11 AM
"Apple Updates Final Cut Pro X, Motion and Compressor" Business Wire 11:13 AM
"Final Cut Pro X, Motion, and Compressor updated with support for 3D titles and more" iMore 12:45 PM
"Apple Updates Final Cut Pro X, Motion, Compressor: Final Cut Pro 10.2 introduces features like 3D titles, improved masking for color grading and effects, and more." PC Magazine 1:31 PM
"OS X 10.10.3 Now Supports Dell's Dual-Cable 5K Monitor on Retina iMac and Mac Pro" MacRumors 10:12 AM
"Developers are loving Apple's Swift programming language" iMore 1:24 PM
"iPhone, iPad and Mac bug could allow hackers to remotely launch DoS attack: Kaspersky urges users to update to latest operating systems" The Inquirer 8:12 AM
"Tennessee DIDD workers warned of OS X, Safari, iOS, Xcode vulnerabilities" Apple Daily Report 12:40 PM
"Apple Acknowledges Adware on the Mac" Egg Freckles 8:33 AM
"Mac Gaming is over 4 million strong, according to Steam" Mac Gamer HQ 1:51 PM
"Getting Started With Photos for OS X" Tuts+ 1:31 PM
"How to Create a New Photo Library in Photos App for Mac" OS X Daily 1:32 PM
"Sorry Apple, Microsoft is Right: Windows is Best for Productivity" ["I won't lie; I love OS X. From a design perspective, and from the perspective of an average home user, it's absolutely the best choice. A number of features, like Spotlight (the equivalent of Windows Search) simply work better than in Microsoft's operating system, and OS X boasts unrivaled compatibility with mobile devices if you also happen to own an iPhone and/or iPad. When it comes time to work, though, Windows remains the better choice. That's not to say OS X can't be used for work, or even that it's bad. The same can be said for Linux. Both of these alternatives are perfectly capable, but Windows makes it easier."] Digital Trends 8:23 AM
"Ask the iTunes Guy: Help for old-school iPod problems" Macworld 8:05 AM
"Easy Mac Hacks: Get Zoom Control Back in OS X Yosemite" Mac|Life 2:37 PM
"Save your AdSense Account: how to stop Personally Identifiable Information warnings" Foliovision 12:40 PM
"Stellar Drive Monitor a convenient tool for monitoring your Mac's (internal) hard disk" Apple Daily Report 7:48 AM
"Pointers: don't forward your OS X Mail, redirect it" MacNN 8:35 AM
"How to Find Your Mac's Exact CPU Model" TekRevue 7:47 AM
"An Affordable Way To Manage And Create Secure Passwords On A Mac" NoodleMac 7:45 AM
"So, You Think You're A Mac Power User? Use This App Instead Of Spotlight" Mac 360 7:45 AM
"A Way To Control Connected Displays And Resolutions On Your Mac" BohemianBoomer 7:45 AM
"Free: Improve Your Memory With A Simple Mac Memory Card Game" Mac 360 7:45 AM
Op/Ed
"Discovering a blind eye to vulnerabilities" ["I hate to think how much longer I might have remained blind to this problem if I hadn't set out this week to search for a particular set of vulnerabilities inherent in Apple's Safari browser. You see, Apple ended support for its Safari browser on Microsoft Windows a while ago, but I know that some of my users have installed it on their own, and I wanted to find out how many. It worries me because vulnerabilities in Safari for Windows will accumulate indefinitely."] Computerworld 8:56 AM
Press Releases
"Apple updates Final Cut Pro and companion apps to boost performance, creative output and iTunes Store integration" The Next Web 11:11 AM
"Apple Sued Over Copycat Artist Work in 'Start Something New' Campaign" MacRumors 1:21 PM
"Apple approaches artists to sign exclusive Beats streaming deals" ZDNet 8:16 AM
"Brazil's iPhone investment falls short on promises of jobs, lower prices" Reuters 8:43 AM
"Building the biggest Apple museum: Collection created with old kit, spare parts, and dedication opens its doors" ZDNet 8:16 AM
"Clorox forced to apologize after brand is accused of racially insensitive tweet about 'bleaching' black and brown emojis" Daily Mail (UK) 8:09 AM
"Apple reportedly taking 15% cut of HBO Now & other subscriptions on Apple TV" 9to5Mac 2:38 PM
"Kanye West claims he turned down a 'multimillion-dollar partnership' with Apple" Business Insider 10:19 AM
"The Chinese company accused of stealing Apple's designs has a massive problem with counterfeiting" Business Insider 8:22 AM
"Irony award: Apple clone-maker Xiaomi complains other companies are cloning its products" 9to5Mac 8:05 AM
Non-Apple News
"Amazon ends book pricing squabble with HarperCollins" VentureBeat 9:39 PM
"USPTO Hands Podcasters a Win, Invalidates Personal Audio's Patent" The Mac Observer 1:41 PM
"The World's Love Affair with the TV May Be Coming to an End, Accenture Report Finds: Consumers prefer traditional content providers over new market entrants" Business Wire 11:14 AM
"Lawsuits blocking new Internet rules expected soon" Associated Press 10:12 AM
"Metallica sued Napster 15 years ago today" The Verge 10:11 AM
"Amazon Lawsuit Takes On Fake Reviewers" RetailWire 10:10 AM
"How Corning Is Ushering in the 'Glass Age': A recent Corning-sponsored symposium gave me food for thought about the future of glass." PC Magazine 10:06 AM
"Sprint to Test Home Delivery of New Phones: CEO tries to keep subscribers with labor-intensive offer and 5,000 Sprint-branded cars" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:12 AM
"Sprint now makes house calls to upgrade your cell phone: Where are you? Sprint will drive there and deliver a new cell phone if you're eligible for an upgrade." CNNMoney 7:58 AM
"Sprint offers home delivery and setup of smartphones, tablets" IDG News Service 7:57 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"New MacBreak Studio featuring Final Cut Pro 10.2, Motion 5.2, Compressor 4.2" fcp.co 12:45 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-04-13: Apple Watch Try-ons, MacBook First Impressions" The Mac Observer 12:40 PM
"This week, like every other Apple fan, we take a hands on look at the Apple Watch." The MT Show 10:13 AM
"My difficult time trying on the Apple Watch/Technically Incorrect: A trip to an Apple store on a weekday morning shows that it's hard to judge how a watch looks on you when the watch is faceless and the atmosphere is one of slight indifference." CNET 9:37 PM
"How to Pretend Apple Watch Is a Failure No Matter What" The Mac Observer 8:15 PM
"I Made an Apple Watch Appointment: What to Expect" PC Magazine 5:09 PM
"How I Changed My Mind About Apple's MacBook" The Mac Observer 4:59 PM
"My Apple Watch Try-On Experience" Above Avalon 12:46 PM
"Apple's Storm Clouds: Folks who don't like Apple may be cheering at the moment: but remember, Apple is a major bellwether in the stock market now. If its valuation collapses, it likely will take a number of firms with it. That's something to think about if it doesn't quickly get the perceptions surrounding new Apple products back in order. We could all feel Apple's pain." TechNewsWorld 12:45 PM
"Cassandra: Updates, Advances and a Watch from Apple" eXtensions 12:40 PM
"Distracted by Apple Watch? Apple blows retail launch of new MacBook: Apple should apologize publicly to those prospective MacBook customers" MacDailyNews 12:47 PM
"IBM Positions Itself as Large Broker of Health Data: IBM Partners With Apple, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic to form Watson Health data venture" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:02 PM
"IBM strikes digital health deal with Apple, Medtronic and J&J" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 5:03 PM
"IBM Joins With Apple, J&J to Analyze Health Data in the Cloud" Bloomberg 5:05 PM
"IBM Positions Itself as Large Broker of Health Data" 5:12 PM
"IBM Creates Watson Health to Analyze Medical Data" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:12 PM
"IBM launches new health unit, teams up with Apple, J&J, Medtronic" Reuters 5:05 PM
"How IBM Plans To Help Reinvent The Modern Corporation" Forbes 7:38 AM
"IBM's Watson supercomputer releases cookery book filled with its own bizarre recipes" Mirror Online UK 9:27 AM
"IBM's supercomputer Watson has created a cookbook" Shiny Shiny 9:27 AM
"Dell Begins Selling Ubuntu-running XPS 13 Model" Maximum PC 9:21 AM
"Jim Cramer -- Intel Should Buy Broadcom, Forget Altera" TheStreet 11:25 AM
"Qualcomm Break-up? Good Idea, Says Berenberg; Intel Might Buy" Barron's 11:25 AM
"Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor with 72 cores is in the works" Hexus 9:17 AM
"Intel showcase wire-free laptops" Techworld 9:16 AM
"Altera Scraps Takeover Talks With Intel: The deal potential takeover deal grinded to a halt because Altera leadership raised disagreements about a price." VR World 9:15 AM
"Intel to invest $24M in Chinese accelerator" RCR Wireless News 9:15 AM
"US Bans Intel From Chinese Supercomputer Upgrades" TechWeekEurope 9:18 AM
"Intel blocked from working on world's biggest supercomputer" New Electronics 9:17 AM
"US blocks Intel from supplying Xeon chips for Chinese 'nuclear' supercomputer" V3 9:17 AM
"After U.S. chip block, China's plan for 100 petaflop supercomputer may get delayed" PCWorld 9:14 AM
"US government blocks Intel, Chinese collaboration over nuclear fears, national security" ExtremeTech 9:14 AM
"US prohibits Intel to export chips for Chinese supercomputers" Help Net Security 9:13 AM
"Will Advanced Micro Surprise this Earnings Season? - Analyst Blog" Zacks 11:21 AM
"32-thread AMD Zen APU leaks ahead of launch" bit-tech 9:03 AM
"Nvidia to gatecrash AMD Radeon 300 party with the GTX 980 Ti?" Hexus 9:02 AM
"Details of AMD Zen 16-core x86 APU emerge" Hexus 9:02 AM
"This Analyst Thinks Oracle Will Underperform" Benzinga 11:26 AM
"Union Bank deploys Oracle solutions, to standardize operations" The Guardian 9:00 AM
"Cisco Ready for More SDN & Cloud Tests" Light Reading 8:49 AM
"Cisco Systems Receives 'Positive' Rating from Piper Jaffray (CSCO)" Ticker Report 8:47 AM
"Level 3, Cisco Team to Squash Major Botnet" Light Reading 8:47 AM
"Is The Financial World Happy With The Apple Watch Debut?" Benzinga 2:37 PM
"RBC: 'Gross Margins Could Keep Moving Higher For Apple'" Benzinga 11:11 AM
"Why more analysts are downgrading Apple stock" Fortune 10:50 AM
"The Latest 'Apple Barometer' Is In" Benzinga 10:12 AM
"Foxconn 1Q15 revenues surpass NT$1 trillion mark" ["Foxconn is expected to see a correction of its revenues in the second quarter as shipments of iPhone 6 devices have peaked, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report."] DigiTimes 8:13 AM
Industry News
"Stocks close lower as focus shifts to earnings" USA Today 5:11 PM
"Stocks Slide as Nerves Jump Ahead of Corporate Earnings" TheStreet 5:11 PM
"U.S. Stocks End Lower: Investors await more first-quarter earnings reports" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:11 PM
"Asia Markets: Hong Kong stocks shake off Chinese data to end above 28,000/Hong Kong and Shanghai stocks continued to rally on Monday, shrugging off much weaker-than-expected Chinese export data." MarketWatch 7:29 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks slip; miners fall following downgrade/European stocks slipped Monday, with price declines in the mining group helping to pull the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 away from a record high." MarketWatch 7:28 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 5:14 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 5:14 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12:38 PM
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