"Google I/O 2015 sets a low bar for Apple's WWDC to leap: From all the breathless coverage detailing Google's I/O 2015 conference announcements, you might not have noticed that virtually all of what Google had to show this year were things Apple had already introduced over the past year (or long ago). Once hailed as being 'more innovative" and faster at introducing new features, Android has become a slow follower.' AppleInsider 9:07 PM
"Apple iOS: a brief history/As we prepare for the potential unveiling of iOS 9 at Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, Rhiannon Williams takes a look at the history of Apple's mobile operating system" Telegraph 6:00 AM
"Apple Watch: Five Weeks, Third Impressions" Monday Note 1:05 PM
"Apple warns customers about iPhone effective power crash prank and reveals how to fix it" Telegraph 5:59 AM
"Tim Cook donates 50,000 Apple shares, worth around $6.5 million, to charity" AppAdvice 6:05 AM
"Watch Effect: Scaling up Apple's Taptic Engine for iPhone and iPad: One of the more exciting features introduced with Apple Watch is Apple's Taptic Engine, a technology that has effectively creates a compelling user experience by accurately reproducing taps, bumps and other tactile effects. " AppleInsider 9:54 AM
"Apple's dive into AR could take the technology mainstream" Mashable 9:06 PM
"Why Apple is developing artificial intelligence" ["Once you accept that Apple is developing in-car intelligence then it would be foolish to imagine it will not seek to apply this intelligence in other fields, such as self-healing machines, robotics and artificial intelligence, augmented services and automation."] Computerworld 5/29
"Apple acquires Metaio with a view to augmented reality" IDG News Service 5/29
"Apple gets into the virtual reality market with Metaio purchase" V3 5/29
"Apple snaps up augmented reality firm Metaio" ZDNet 5/29
"Apple takes aim at Google in VR market with Metaio acquisition" The Inquirer 5/29
"Report: Apple Acquires AR Firm Metaio/Cupertino was also awarded a patent for an augmented reality display users can see through." PC Magazine 5/29
"Apple Now Owns A Company That Makes Cool Augmented Reality Software" Digital Trends 5/29
"Apple is about to make your iPhone a lot cooler" CNNMoney 5/29
"Apple's latest purchase is an augmented reality company" Engadget 5/29
"Is Apple about to take a step into a big, new virtual world?" Relaxnews 5/29
"Apple R&D Budget Suggests Something Big is in the Works" Apple Gazette 5/29
"Apps Won't Make the Apple Watch" The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 5/29
"Apple Watch sales affecting traditional watch market" New York Post 6:07 AM
"Where to go for computer tech support: When you need a little help with your computer, should you go to the manufacturer or a retail store?" ["If you want an army of geeks you can count on to tame an unruly computer, you'd better buy a Macintosh: Apple tech support is by far the most effective of any computer brand's."] Consumer Reports 5/29
"Consumer Reports survey ranks Apple top for tech support among PC makers" 9to5Mac 5/29
"Apple Continues to Provide Top-Rated Tech Support on Strength of Genius Bar" MacRumors 5/29
"Apple trumps Windows PC makers for technical support" The Inquirer 5/29
"Apple CEO Tim Cook donates 50,000 AAPL shares ($6.5 million) to charity" 9to5Mac 5/29
"Apple CEO Tim Cook donates $6.56M to charity" AppleInsider 5/29
"Apple's newest New York City retail store opens June 13 on Madison Avenue" iMore 5/29
"More than half of Tidal's founders may have to pull their own music" Cult of Mac 5/29
"Attention Tim Cook: Your instant Mac museum is just $300,000 away" Cult of Mac 5/29
"Google is working on a mobile payments service that makes Apple Pay look feeble" Business Insider 5/29
"Google Photos Offers Free Unlimited Photo Storage For iOS, Android And Web" Forbes 5/29
"Google Photos' algorithm makes the manual sorting of images a quaint pastime" Macworld 5/29
"With Apple Carplay Compatibility, Rezvani's 500-HP 'Beast' Is A Truly Connected Supercar" Digital Trends 5/29
"Elite Chinese university allegedly ripped off Apple's Touch ID logo for anniversary celebration" AppleInsider 5/29
"The evolution of the smartwatch -- from IBM WatchPad to Apple Watch" BetaNews 5/29
"How your smartphone can actually be good for your mental health" Mashable 5/29
"Man Gets $120 Ticket for Using Apple Watch While Driving: A Quebec man was slapped with a $120 fine and four points on his license for using his Apple Watch while driving." PC Magazine 5/29
"Steve Jobs' Prophecy Could Come True, PC Sales Slump For The Fourth Year Running" Digital Trends 5/29
"Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak explains the biggest difference between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates" Business Insider 5/29
"Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak To Get Wax Statue At Madame Tussauds" Redmond Pie 5/29
"What iPhone would have looked like back in 1984" Cult of Mac 5/29
Non-Apple News
"Chromecast hits 17 Million Sold, 1.5 Billion Streams" PC Magazine 6:05 PM
"Windshield Devices Bring Distracted Driving Debate to Eye Level" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 5/29
"Be not afraid: Benefits of smart technology are too great to ignore" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 5/29
"With Its New Mobile Features, Google Returns to Form (And Buries Its Flops)" Re/code 5/29
"Smart Lock Passwords is cool, but Google Project Abacus puts us closer to a password-free world" 9to5Google 5/29
"US Tried to Attack North Korea's Nukes With a Computer Virus and Failed" Gizmodo 5/29
"Sunk: How Ross Ulbricht ended up in prison for life/Inside the trial that brought down a darknet pirate." Ars Technica 5/29
"Here's the incredible story behind the guy who was just sentenced to life for creating the 'eBay for drugs'" Business Insider 5/29
"Swatch Plans to Release Internet-Connected Smartwatch Late Summer" The Mac Observer 5/29
"Google will hold Ubiquitous Computing Summit in San Francisco this fall" VentureBeat 5/29
"With Android Pay, Google gets mobile payments right" Engadget 5/29
"Google Wants to Turn Everything Into a Wearable" Wired 5/29
"FCC's Internet-for-the-poor plan sets up fight with Republicans" Ars Technica 5/29
Publications/Podcasts
"Coming May 30: Gene Steinberg meets Bryan Chaffin, of The Mac Observer, and Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 10:00 AM
"The TouchArcade Show - 207 - I Like Combining Things" Touch Arcade 5/29
"Jason Snell Delivers a Crash Course on Photos for Mac" MacVoices 5/29
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-05-29: The Big iCloud Photos Alternatives Show" The Mac Observer 5/29
"Cortana vs Siri and Point Break's remake in CNET UK podcast 435" CNET 5/29
"Jony Ive chooses his successors, this week on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 5/29
"AppleInsider podcast discusses Jony Ive's promotion, Apple Watch bugs & Pixelmator for iPhone" AppleInsider 5/29
"First HomeKit devices set to launch next week, according to reports" TechRadar UK 9:51 AM
"Apple Quietly Updates their Magic Trackpad in Europe" Patently Apple 1:03 PM
"Mystery solved: Apple vans gathering next-gen Maps data, grabbing Street View storefronts + 3D images" 9to5Mac 5/29
"Report: Mysterious Vans Contributing to New Apple Maps Database" PC Magazine 5/29
"Apple's mysterious vans are reportedly part of a project to make 3D maps" The Verge 5/29
"Exclusive Video: Apple Campus 2 Spaceship ring rising with Lego-like interlocking slabs" AppleInsider 5/29
"Apple is getting an unexpected huge new customer: As its newfound partnership with Apple ramps up, IBM has announced that it'll be offering its employees Mac computers, 9to5Mac reports." Fortune 5/29
"IBM staff can now choose Mac laptops as Apple partnership deepens" V3 5/29
"IBM staff can now ditch their Windows PC in favour of a MacBook" The Inquirer 5/29
"Apple May Go Big with the iPad Pro for Enterprises" Market Realist 5/29
"Apple's HomeKit platform will see first accessories launch next week" 9to5Mac 5/29
"Watch out! Twitter, Snapchat fall victim to quirky iOS bug: With a simple string of offending characters, a prankster can crash your iOS device via Snapchat or Twitter." CNET 5/29
"Apple refreshes iTunes receipts with a new design, 'purchased from' field" 9to5Mac 5/29
AppleCare/Helps
"Apple Assists Users With iPhone Message Crashes: Users who receive a text message with a specific string of characters find the text crashes iMessage: Apple has issued instructions for a temporary fix." InformationWeek 11:44 AM
"Your heart rate. What it means, and where on Apple Watch you'll find it.: Learn how Apple Watch measures your heart rate, and get tips for a more accurate reading." Apple Support 5:58 AM
"Siri will save you when the Messages bug strikes, Apple says" Macworld 5/29
"China Labor Watch Shot themselves in the Head Working with the National Enquirer Against Apple" Patently Apple 7:19 PM
"What the Apple guys are saying about Google I/O" Fortune 6:22 PM
"Apple's promotion of Jony Ive is far from a dismissal, it's a smart strategic move" VentureBeat 5:50 PM
"New iPhone Model Will Be A Glorious Failure" Forbes 5:23 PM
"What would you change about iTunes Music?" iMore 5:23 PM
"Apple Watch apps are a disaster" TechnoBuffalo 1:23 PM
"What Apple Taught Me About the Future of Aging" Big Think 9:51 AM
"Google Photo Is Good and Free But Still Not Worth For Me To Switch from iCloud Photo Back Up Because It Compresses Files" Macs Future 9:33 AM
"Express yourself: But why does it always have to be about Apple?" Macworld 7:26 AM
"Apple Updates Technical Document to Explain Apple Watch Heart Rate Sensor Errors" Kirkville 6:04 AM
"This iPhone 7 Render Shows How Force Touch Could Replace The Home Button" Redmond Pie 5/29
"iPhone 7: Force Touch Will Kill the Home Button" Tapscape 5/29
"The Apple Watch is a hot cup of convenience" iMore 5/29
"Revealed: Apple's plan to leapfrog Google Maps" BGR 5/29
"Stop whining – the Apple Watch's battery life is phenomenal" BGR 5/29
"Opinion: Google's new Photos may just have won my library away from Apple" 9to5Mac 5/29
"Apple should hate itself for Google Photos Backup" ["Apple should hate itself today. Google Photos Backup — only one of a dozen tentpole features unveiled at Google I/O Thursday — does exactly what iCloud Photo Library was supposed to do but couldn't. Moreover, it did without a long beta period, without charging extra for storage, without overheating — and ultimately, overwhelming — my Mac."] Fortune 5/29
"Watch Effect: Apple's first OLED display product could hint at more to come" AppleInsider 5/29
"Apple Watch is Making Luxury Watchmakers Uncomfortable - Above Avalon Premium Weekly Recap" Above Avalon 5/29
"How Does the Apple Watch Calculate Calories for Workouts?" Kirkville 5/29
"Apple's Jony Ive is tired of having to design everything" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 5/29
"Why Jony Ive's promotion means more design, not less" Cult of Mac 5/29
"Is Apple's Same-Day Delivery The End For Apple Stores? Not Quite" Benzinga 5/29
"Apple needs to fire a big shot in the photo wars" Macworld 5/29
"How about an iPhone mute function with a timer feature?" Apple Daily Report 5/29
"AMD releases Catalyst 15.5 beta driver for Windows" Hexus 5/29
"AMD unveils new APU designed for Windows 10" PCR Online 5/29
"AMD brings Windows 10 support to online gaming with Kaveri A-Series update" The Inquirer 5/29
"Salesforce jumps on the artificial intelligence bandwagon with a surprise acquisition" Business Insider 5/29
"Exposing the vulnerabilities in Oracle PeopleSoft applications" Help Net Security 5/29
"Researchers Tip Biodegradable, Wooden Computer Chip" PC Magazine 5/29
"Behind the Wave of Semiconductor Deals: Margin Pressures/Investors seeking fatter profit have driven the latest wave of consolidation" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/29
"Market Snapshot: U.S. Stocks End The Week Lower, But Post Monthly Gains" MarketWatch 5/29
"Stocks solidly lower after US Reports that the economy contracted in the first quarter: U.S. stocks sank in late-morning trading Friday, following a disappointing government Report that showed the U.S. economy contracted in the first three months of the year." Associated Press 5/29
"U.S. Stocks Close Lower, but Cut Losses: Despite Friday's declines, stocks finish May with gains" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/29
"Asia Markets: Shanghai stocks recover after plunge/A sudden plunge in Chinese stocks Thursday led to selloffs in some of the best performing mainland shares of the past year, capping a month in which Shanghai's predominantly blue chip market trailed Shenzhen." MarketWatch 5/29
"Europe Markets: European stocks drop as Greek drama stays in the spotlight/European stocks slid Friday, with investors wrapping up the week and the month still unclear as to whether Greece will be able to reach a debt deal before a key payment deadline." MarketWatch 5/29
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