"Google Paid Apple $1 Billion to Keep Search Bar on IPhone" Bloomberg 9:19 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook Meets EU's Antitrust Chief Amid Tax Probe" Bloomberg 2:35 PM
"Tim Cook meets with European Commission antitrust chief ahead of possible $8B tax bill" 9to5Mac 4:34 PM
"Why Apple's iPhone Sales May Not Be In Trouble After All" TheStreet 10:08 AM
"Alphabet is within arm's reach of overtaking Apple as the world's most valuable company" Quartz 10:40 AM
"Cherie Blair: Apple Shouldn't 'Ignore The Power Of The Woman Consumer'/Women's rights activist Cherie Blair criticized the iPhone maker." The Huffington Post 7:39 AM
"App Economy Jobs In Europe (Part 1)" ["The App Store was the rare case of an innovation with a clear starting point and immediate global adoption. Moreover, the innovative design of the App Store lowered the barriers to entry for mobile app developers all around the world. It created a low-cost mechanism for distributing apps to users that allowed even the smallest of software developers to reap global economies of scale. In some sense, the App Store was an important step in fostering a global entrepreneurial culture."] Progressive Policy Institute 7:44 AM
"Apple says it has helped create over a million European jobs" Computerworld 7:44 AM
"Apple responsible for 242,000 iOS-related jobs in the UK" Telegraph 10:26 AM
"Now California state wants to ban sale of encrypted smartphones: The bill, similar to a New York draft law, would prevent companies like Apple from selling its encryption-enabled iPhone in its actual backyard." ZDNet 8:22 AM
"Apple's Siri voice recognition technology target of patent lawsuit" AppleInsider 7:59 AM
"Apple Hit with Patent Lawsuit Over Siri Features" The Mac Observer 10:25 AM
"Why Apple Needs to Worry More Than Goldman About Sinn Fein" Bloomberg 9:41 AM
"Study reveals Apple and Samsung are the leading utilizers of so-called 'patent death squads'" Foss Patents 1:14 PM
"New Apple hire suggests increased interest in immersive virtual reality" AppleInsider 8:15 PM
"Apple Hires Leading Virtual Reality Researcher" MacRumors 9:14 PM
"Apple Opening Europe's First iOS App Development Center in Italy: Next Generation of Developers To Gain Skills, Accelerate Entrepreneurship" Apple 8:26 AM
"Apple Opening Europe's First iOS App Development Center in Italy" Business Wire 8:26 AM
"Apple opens centre to train app coders: Apple is opening a training centre in Naples that aims to teach a 'new generation' of computer coders how to develop new software for its app store." BBC 7:48 AM
"Apple to open its first European app training center in Italy" Engadget 7:49 AM
"Apple's First iOS App Development Center In Europe Will Be Located In Italy" TechCrunch 8:05 AM
"Apple opens its first European iOS App Development Center – second globally – in Naples, Italy" VentureBeat 8:16 AM
"Apple Looks to Italy for Next Generation of iOS Developers" PC Magazine 9:18 AM
"Apple to reportedly open R&D center in backyard of BlackBerry's auto division" AppleInsider 8:00 AM
"Lex Machina Releases 2015 Report on PTAB Litigation: Apple, Samsung Remain the Most Active PTAB Petitioners, While Communications and Semiconductors Are the Most Litigious Sectors" Lex Machina 4:12 PM
"Apple Filed Most Patent Challenges of Any Company, Study Shows" Fortune 4:12 PM
"Google Play app downloads explode - but money's still with Apple" ZDNet 8:20 AM
"Yet another bill seeks to weaken encryption-by-default on smartphones/Asm. Jim Cooper: 'Human trafficking trumps privacy, no ifs, ands, or buts about it.'" Ars Technica 7:49 AM
"With record sales in 2015, Apple looks to open its branded stores in India soon" Mashable 8:10 AM
"Android Has A New Weapon In The iPhone War" Forbes 7:56 AM
"AT&T CEO calls for Congress to decide on encryption policy, says it's not Tim Cook's decision" 9to5Mac 11:48 AM
"A lot of the most popular iPhone apps haven't made the jump to the Apple Watch" Business Insider 12:29 PM
"Apple manufacturer Foxconn bids $5.3 billion to acquire display maker Sharp" 9to5Mac 8:16 AM
"Taiwan's Foxconn Offers $5.3 Billion to Take Over Sharp: Innovation Network Corp. of Japan also has competing offer for electronics maker" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:00 AM
"Foxconn Wants to Buy Apple Display Maker Sharp" The Mac Observer 9:30 AM
"Concept ad gets us revved up for the Apple Car" Cult of Mac 8:22 AM
"Lynn's iPad-powered learning goes Pro: University deploys iPad Pro to faculty and undergraduates" Lynn University 12:48 PM
"Lynn University to deploy iPad Pro to most students and faculty" iMore 12:48 PM
"Ordering food by iPad leads to healthier choice" Medical Xpress 8:13 AM
Non-Apple News
"Amazon offering 'hoverboard' refunds, government says" BGR 6:48 PM
"IHS: Foldable Screen Tech Progressing Nicely, Early Next Year Launch" G for Games 8:19 AM
"Google creates fix for zero-day kernel flaw, says effect on Android is exaggerated" IDG News Service 8:03 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Hardcore History Podcast Digs Deep" Low End Mac 9:26 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-01-21: Apple's Slow Security Updates, Quantum Dot Displays" The Mac Observer 12:15 PM
"The Rebound #69: Five Minutes Of Magic" Six Colors 11:48 AM
"MacNN One More Thing podcast episode 022: It'll be Seamless" MacNN 8:17 AM
"Is the iPhone just too darn expensive? At a time when people are expecting to get more and more for less money, is the iPhone now just too overpriced for its own good?" ZDNet 10:08 AM
"Cassandra: Thursday Review -Playing some New Music; Along with the Same Old Refrains" eXtensions 10:05 AM
"Overdoing it: All Apple criticism has to be over-the-top" Macworld 9:41 AM
"The math they don't want you to see: iPhone carrier trade-ins are always a bad idea" BGR 9:31 AM
"The future of UI for iOS 10... or iOS 20?" Cult of Mac 8:27 AM
"The Living Room and Apple's Lost Opportunities" The Tech Night Owl 7:47 AM
"Does Apple Have A Next 'Insanely Great' Product?" PixoBebo 7:42 AM
"Microsoft rebrands ASP.NET 5, .NET Core 5" ZDNet 2:21 PM
"Skype for Android lets you schedule calls, open Office files: The video, voice and chat app gets two more handy tools." Engadget 7:03 AM
"Neowin: Microsoft Research working on hologram video calls" Neowin 7:07 AM
"Microsoft to issue massive Surface Pro power cord recall" SuperSite for Windows 7:40 AM
"Surface Phone? You Have No Idea What You're Talking About" Thurrott 1:33 PM
"Microsoft Donation Highlights Cloud Glut" Seeking Alpha 8:50 AM
"Microsoft pushes another Windows 10 Insider preview to Fast Ring testers" ZDNet 1:41 PM
"Prediction #9: Intel starts to become irrelevant" I, Cringely 7:09 AM
"Intel Finally Admits Moore's Law Has Slowed, So Now What?" Seeking Alpha 11:57 AM
"Intel Links Up With China in Server-Chip Venture: The alliance comes as China looks to step up local production of tech components amid cybersecurity concerns" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:29 AM
"Intel Partners With Chinese Firms on Server Chips" eWeek 3:00 PM
"Intel, Tsinghua University and Montage Technology Collaborate to Bring Data Center Solutions to China" CDR Info 8:49 AM
"Intel fixes major security driver utility tool vulnerability so you don't have to: Update to mitigate" The Inquirer 9:44 AM
"Intel Invests in Oracle Database Technology Offshoot MariaDB" Bloomberg 8:12 AM
"Oracle just revealed how much money Google makes from Android: And $22 billion in profit" The Verge 5:56 PM
"AMD Updates Its Roadmap for 2016 and 2017" SemiAccurate 7:40 AM
"AMD's Q4'15 Earnings Review: What's In Store For 2016" Forbes 8:01 AM
"HP Inc's Skylake-powered Sprout Pro is a computer, scanner and projector combo: Skylake-powered machine targets education sector" The Inquirer 7:09 AM
"Meg Whitman: HPE 'Steady as She Goes'" Nasdaq 7:58 AM
"Whitman: We're doing OK, despite economic slowdown" CNBC 7:58 AM
"HP plans to bring VR to the masses using the most unlikely laptop" TechRadar UK 8:00 AM
"Dell Disaggregates Network Software with New OS10" eWeek 7:09 AM
"Dell releases Operating System 10 networking software" Telecompaper 7:57 AM
"Dell opens its first APAC IoT Lab in Singapore with Intel" Telecompaper 7:57 AM
"Two big risks could torpedo Dell-EMC deal: Tracking stock valueless and EMC marcap falling" The Register 7:58 AM
"IBM's Got A Plan To Bring Design Thinking To Big Business" Wired 7:42 AM
"IBM's Fourth Quarter Results Hold Promise, Pitfalls: IBM turned in better-than-expected fourth-quarter results this week. However, the numbers still show how far Big Blue has to go to return to profit and growth. When does the Street run out of patience?" InformationWeek 7:48 AM
"IBM's Stock Slump Defying Buffett's Practice of Buying Lower" Bloomberg 7:46 AM
"Busy Bee Cisco Patches One Security Hole After Another: Cisco removes dangerous RCE flaw from some of its products" Softpedia 8:49 AM
"Cisco fixes critical flaws in digital encoder, unified computing manager and security appliance: The flaws could allow attackers to take control of the affected devices using hard-coded credentials or an exposed CGI script" IDG News Service 2:21 PM
"Cisco CEO: Tech, government need to find balance" CNBC 8:49 AM
"Intel, ARM, and Qualcomm go to war over server chips in China" VentureBeat 9:32 PM
"Major tech companies spent millions more on lobbying in 2015: Google ranked number one again among all tech companies" IDG News Service 7:02 AM
"The Market Wants Tech Companies To Prove Their Worth" Wired 7:28 AM
"What Are Some Worse Case Scenarios For Apple's Shares?" Forbes 2:32 PM
"It Gets Worse: 'We do not expect a major iPhone 7 bounce-back'" Business Insider 8:09 AM
"Apple's iPhone Average Price Could Be Lower Than Expected" Forbes 7:52 AM
Industry News
"Stocks Close Higher After a 'Classic Tug of War'" TheStreet 3:41 PM
"Wall Street Stages Comeback as Oil Prices Jump" FOXBusiness 1:35 PM
"Market Snapshot: U.S. Stocks Sharply Higher As Crude-oil Prices Spike" Nasdaq 1:35 PM
"9 new stocks clobber rich investors, too" USA Today 3:42 PM
"Stocks Still Up; Oil Glut Worsens; Will Home Depot Hold Its 200-Day?" Investor's Business Daily 12:01 PM
"Stocks Rise as Draghi Signals Further Stimulus: Shares across Asia fall sharply on further concerns about China's economy" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:01 PM
"Logitech's Shares Surge on Full-Year Guidance After Record Sales: Profit of gaming accessories firm rose to $65.1 million, beating analyst expectations of $49 million" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1:40 PM
"China stocks tumble in whipsaw trading/China shares plunged Thursday, as widening losses in Hong Kong and signs of lessening intervention by Beijing spooked investors on the mainland." MarketWatch 7:56 AM
"European stocks seesaw ahead of ECB chief Draghi's news conference/European stocks seesawed Thursday, trying to find their footing before European Central Bank President Mario Draghi talks about monetary policy and the eurozone economy later in the day." MarketWatch 7:56 AM
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