"Dr. Dre Filming Apple's First Scripted Television Series (Exclusive): 'Vital Signs,' the technology giant's inaugural original, is described as a dark semi-autobiographical drama (featuring at least one orgy scene)." The Hollywood Reporter 2:14 PM
"Apple Developing TV Series to Bolster Subscription Music Service" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:41 PM
"Apple rumored to back Dr. Dre TV project" USA Today 3:56 PM
"Dr. Dre to star in Apple's first original TV series" CNNMoney 2:37 PM
"Dr Dre said to be starring in Apple Music's first original series called Vital Signs" 9to5Mac 2:37 PM
"Apple's reportedly doing an original scripted TV show with Dr. Dre, and it'll have 'no shortage of violence and sex'" Business Insider 2:37 PM
"How Apple could take the original video market by storm: The latest speculation about Apple's entry into the world of original video programming suggests the company may finally make its move later this year. But can Apple get out of its own way and embrace Hollywood?" CIO 10:57 AM
"Bricked iPhone 6? Lawyers want you to join 'Error 53' class action: Apple is facing a class action suit over 'Error 53', which renders iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices unusable after Touch ID is replaced by an unapproved repair shop." ZDNet 7:09 AM
"Five sue Apple over Error 53 and bricked iPhones: Lawsuit requests class-action status" Computerworld 8:56 AM
"Class-action suit over iPhone-bricking Error 53 filed in California: Error affects iPhone 6 and 6S handsets with replaced or damaged TouchID sensors." Ars Technica 9:45 AM
"Australian competition watchdog to investigate Apple over iPhone 'error 53'" The Guardian 7:10 AM
"iPhone Error 53 Prompts Lawsuit Against Apple" InformationWeek 4:10 PM
"Apple and AT&T sued for infringement over iPhone haptic patents: Immersion said the Apple Watch also infringes on two patents" IDG News Service 7:02 AM
"Apple faces lawsuit over iPhone 6S 3D Touch technology" The Inquirer 7:04 AM
"Immersion sues Apple for infringing on haptic feedback patents" Engadget 7:09 AM
"Apple is being sued for its use of 3D Touch" The Next Web 7:13 AM
"Apple: Dear judge, please tell us if gov't can compel us to unlock an iPhone/Lawyers: Federal prosecutors told us they will continue to invoke 18th-century law." Ars Technica 3:51 PM
"Apple's iPod: the best-selling digital music player in history" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:36 AM
"Apple urges judge to make up mind about unlocking phones for Feds" Engadget 5:33 PM
"Apple, Inc set to open new $25 million tech center in Hyderabad, India by June" AppleInsider 8:20 PM
"Apple Music now has over 11 million subscribers: And 782 million iCloud users" The Verge 3:56 PM
"Apple Music passes 11M subscribers as iCloud hits 782M users" AppleInsider 5:32 PM
"Apple captured 21% of smartphone processors, 31% of tablet CPUs in 2015" AppleInsider 10:06 AM
"New report says Galaxy S7 will cost less than Apple's iPhone 6s" BGR 7:29 AM
"The age of indie fitness apps is over: They're all being bought by 'brands'" The Verge 10:07 AM
"Apple Watch models get huge discounts ahead of March event" BGR 10:07 AM
"You can buy a self-playing piano with an iPod built in because of course" The Next Web 7:12 AM
"How these communist-era Apple II clones helped shape central Europe's IT sector" ZDNet 7:35 AM
"Buy one iPhone at AT&T, get another for free" iMore 10:39 AM
"Sprint Slashes Its Family Plan Price To $150 With Four Lines Of Unlimited Talk, Text, And Data" Digital Trends 10:49 AM
"An Apple Grant of $500K worth of Macs, iPads and Apple TVs Landed in Salt Lake City School Today" Patently Apple 9:25 PM
Non-Apple News
"UK's Draconian GCHQ Given Unimpeachable Powers To Hack, Track And Steal Data From Citizens" HotHardware 4:12 PM
"Anti-Adblock Killer Lets You Use Your Adblock Software" Digital Trends 2:37 PM
"Paedophiles use secret Facebook groups to swap images" BBC 2:36 PM
"Inside Amazon's decision to make a video game engine" VentureBeat 2:26 PM
"Samsung Galaxy Note 6 release date, price, specs and features" V3 10:06 AM
"Google says will not participate in 2016 U.S. airwaves auction" Reuters 4:09 PM
"Google Is Finally Killing Picasa" TechCrunch 2:14 PM
"Google wins High Court fight with StreetMap over search results self-pluggery" The Register 8:01 AM
"Judge: Google dominance didn't hurt online maps competitor/StreetMap traffic fell after Google began showing map previews in search results." Ars Technica 7:42 AM
"Google's Hardware Endgame? Making Its Very Own Chips" Wired 7:04 AM
"When it comes to spaffing your login creds, Android biz apps are the business: 300% better at it than non-business apps" The Register 7:02 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"The Talk Show: Ep. 146, With Very Special Guests Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi" Daring Fireball 2:13 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-02-12: 5G Wireless Speed Tests, Apple's Growing Patent Infringement Mess" The Mac Observer 1:45 PM
"AppleInsider podcast talks 'Apple Car,' iPhone's future, software betas, iPad Pro keyboards, more" AppleInsider 7:45 AM
"Camera Face-Off: Can an iPhone Beat a DSLR?" Tom's Guide 7:47 AM
"iPhone 6s Plus vs Nexus 6P: Apple and Google's flagship showdown/We compare specs, features, battery life and more of the two best Android and iOS phones" Alphr 10:43 AM
"Prism is a gorgeous, futuristic puzzle box for your iPhone" The Verge 11:13 AM
"Planet Revenge is like a level-based Flappy Bird in outer space" AppAdvice 7:11 AM
"Tomb of the Mask - Does This Tomb Have The Goods?" Apple'n'Apps 7:39 AM
"'Pull My Tongue' Review - Harm a Harm a Harm a Chameleon" Touch Arcade 2:37 PM
"'Kung Fu Panda: Battle of Destiny' Review - You Can Tell Monkey" Touch Arcade 11:13 AM
"'Splash Cars' Review - Black and White and Sped All Over" Touch Arcade 9:45 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to restore your iOS device to its pre-beta state: Learn how to remove iOS beta software from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Then, you can restore your device using the pre-beta backup." TechRepublic 9:25 PM
"How to use Reminders for iPhone and iPad" iMore 2:36 PM
"How to Fix the 'You Are Not Signed into Apple Music' Error" The Mac Observer 1:45 PM
"How to live with a 16GB iPhone or iPad (and not lose your mind): Don't want to pay the exorbitant Apple tax to pick up an iPhone or iPad with more than 16GB of storage? Here's how to make your digital life fit into under 16 gigabytes of space." ZDNet 9:18 AM
"How to use an Android Wear smartwatch with an iPhone: The benefits and drawbacks of mixing Android Wear and iOS" Macworld UK 7:48 AM
"Apple Battery Case=Vaccum (How To Keep Your Vacuum Clean)" AppleBlend 9:12 AM
Tips
"This smart little iPhone trick will help you find any app instantly" BGR 8:57 AM
"Switching from Mail to Airmail on iOS: 7 tips to get started/Learn how to customize Airmail's sidebar, choose your own swipe actions, 'snooze' messages, and more." PCWorld 7:04 AM
"10 3D Touch Messages secrets iPhone users need" Computerworld 6:51 AM
"The history and evolution of iOS, from the original iPhone to iOS 9" BGR 10:39 AM
"The Quartz Crisis and the Bondi Blue iMac" iMore 9:45 AM
"Apple is unlikely to include noise-canceling headphones with the iPhone 7" Business Insider 8:56 AM
"Microsoft, Apple, And The 'Write Once, Debug Everywhere' Solution" NoodleMac 8:40 AM
"Microsoft And The iPad's Achilles Heel" Mac360 8:40 AM
"At Long Last Adobe Flash Is Dead (unfortunately, not killed yet)" BohemianBoomer 7:51 AM
"How Apple Missed The Boat On Television (and why it won't matter)" Mac360 7:51 AM
"Amazing 'liquidmetal' iPhone 7 concept shows what Apple's next-generation smartphone could look like" Mirror Online UK 7:48 AM
"The Smart Home isn't yet where Apple's heart is: HomeKit is a great start, but it isn't the connected home hub we've been looking for." Macworld 7:46 AM
"Is the Apple TV Subscription Service a Dead Deal?" The Tech Night Owl 7:39 AM
"Dell predicts more 'significant consolidation' in tech" CRN UK 8:35 AM
"Intel to Pay $25 Million to Former Qualcomm Executive: Venkata 'Murthy' Renduchintala was named president of new group that includes selling chips for personal computers in November" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:59 PM
"Windows 10 On A Tear: Dell XPS 15 (2016) Blazes Ahead With Latest Intel Quad-Core (Mini-Review)" Forbes 8:33 AM
"Super-fast 10TB Intel SSDs could be on the horizon thanks to new Micron chips" PCWorld 12:24 PM
"Intel to announce new gaming initiatives to grow eSports over the next decade" PCR Online 8:34 AM
"Intel refreshes Braswell lineup" CPU World 8:30 AM
"HP's New Laptops to Feature AMD FreeSync Technology" AnandTech 8:28 AM
"Can The New Product Lineup Help AMD Regain Its Share in PC Processors?" Forbes 2:37 PM
"AMD, Saguna collaborate on low-power high-performance mobile edge computing (MEC) solutions" Finabcial News 8:27 AM
"HP to add FreeSync support to its AMD-powered laptops" bit-tech 8:27 AM
"AMD's new Zen processors will include a 32-core monster CPU" TechRadar UK 8:27 AM
"AMD's Zen processors to feature up to 32 cores, 8-channel DDR4" TechSpot 8:27 AM
"AMD Reportedly Readying 32-core 'Zen' Server Chip" eWeek 5:34 PM
"Telefonica Spain Taps Oracle Virtualized SBC to Power New Communication Services" The Fast Mode 8:25 AM
"Telefónica turns to Oracle to aid converged services push in Spain" Mobile Europe 8:25 AM
"Oracle unveils big ticket expansion plans in India" The Economic Times 8:26 AM
"Oracle unveils big-ticket expansion plans in India" Business Standard 8:26 AM
"Oracle to invest $400 mn in setting up campus in Bengaluru" Hindu Business Line 8:25 AM
"Oracle CEO Safra Catz meets PM Narendra Modi, conveys plan to set up campus in Bengaluru" The Economic Times 8:24 AM
"Oracle to set up campus in Bengaluru, CEO Safra Catz tells Modi - The Hindu" The Hindu 8:24 AM
"5 things we learned from Cisco's acquisition of Jasper Technologies" CIO 8:23 AM
"The Morning Download: Cisco Results Show Demand for Software Defined Networking is Holding Up" WSJ Blogs 8:23 AM
"Service provider video unit boosts Cisco performance" Digital TV Europe 8:22 AM
"Cisco Q2 net up 31 % helped by India, China" Times of Oman 8:21 AM
"Cisco VPN flaw exposes security appliances to remote hacking" Tech Central 8:20 AM
"Facebook Is the New Apple: The social networking giant is set to outperform the Nasdaq the same way Apple did several years ago." Barron's 7:36 AM
"Study of Apple iOS, Google Android Users Offers Important Message for Investors" TheStreet 7:36 AM
Industry News
"U.S. stocks snap 5-day losing streak and post largest daily gain this month: Friday's gains failed to avert a second straight weekly loss" MarketWatch 4:13 PM
"Crude Surge Boosts Stocks in Friday Rally" TheStreet 4:13 PM
"U.S. Stocks Extend Gains as Oil, Banks Rally: Equities higher despite steep fall in Japanese markets" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:13 PM
"Japan stocks post worst weekly drop since 2008: Japanese shares were hammered Friday, capping their worst week since the 2008 global financial crisis, as a litany of worries weighed on investors, from slowing global growth to the health of the world's banks." MarketWatch 8:10 AM
"European stocks bounce back, as banks revive: European stocks jumped Friday, coming back from a sharp selloff in the previous session, and held to higher ground after the release of economic growth figures for the eurozone." MarketWatch 8:10 AM
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