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MacSurfer's Archive: Friday, February 19, 2016
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple CEO asked to testify on unlocking iPhone encryption: U.S. lawmakers have asked Apple CEO Tim Cook to testify about his company's stance on refusing to help law enforcement unlock iPhone's encryption technology."  CNNMoney 6:22 PM
  • "Apple says debate over encryption should be decided by Congress"  Reuters 5:35 PM
  • "Apple: Terrorist's Apple ID Password Changed In Government Custody, Blocking Access/Company executives made the revelation hours after the Department of Justice demanded in court that Apple create a way into Syed Farook's phone."  BuzzFeed 5:49 PM
  • "DOJ Escalates Battle With Apple Over San Bernardino Shooter's Phone: The Justice Department is pushing forward with its legal fight against Apple, urging a federal judge to compel the tech giant to help the FBI crack open a cellphone left behind by one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters. 'Rather than assist the effort to fully investigate a deadly terrorist attack by obeying this court's [previous order], Apple has responded by publicly repudiating that order,' prosecutors wrote in a new filing today."  ABCNews 3:39 PM
  • "U.S. ramps up Apple fight with new filing in iPhone unlocking case" Reuters 3:49 PM
  • "U.S. Says Marketing Is Reason Apple Won't Help Unlock Phone: New filing hits technology company over refusal to comply with previous court order" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:45 PM
  • "Justice Department Calls Apple's Refusal to Unlock iPhone a 'Marketing Strategy': The Justice Department, impatient over its inability to unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino killers, demanded Friday that a judge immediately order Apple to give it the technical tools to get inside the phone." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 4:10 PM
  • "Feds strike back at Apple, say firm misleads public battle over terrorist's iPhone" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 4:39 PM
  • "DOJ slams Apple for refusing to help unlock San Bernardino shooter's iPhone" Macworld 3:55 PM
  • "US Department of Justice files motion to force Apple to crack terrorist's iPhone" AppleInsider 3:56 PM
  • "US steps up pressure in clash with Apple" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 3:55 PM
  • "Apple and feds reveal San Bernardino shooter's iCloud password was reset hours after attack" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 6:50 PM
  • "Profit or patriotism? What's driving fight between US, Apple"  Associated Press 7:01 AM
  • "Why Apple's fight with the FBI could have reverberations in China"  Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:20 AM
  • "The Apple Vs. FBI IPhone Encryption Battle: What It Means For Enterprises" Forbes 6:56 AM
  • "Apple's misjudgment over San Bernardino: Cook should drop his objection to the FBI order on iPhone access" ["Mr Cook argues these measures would 'undeniably create a backdoor' to every iPhone. If the FBI were seeking blanket access to private data on all iPhones that would be a legitimate concern. The FBI is doing no such thing. It wants to decrypt this particular handset. Any subsequent use of the software would require a separate court order, a vital safeguard."]  Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:11 AM
  • "In Nod to Law Enforcement, Obama Ends Attempt to Straddle Privacy Divide" ["Some of those civil libertarians said Thursday that Mr. Obama's vocal support for the F.B.I.'s aggressive legal tactics against Apple were evidence that the president is too willing to accede to the demands of his national security advisers. Tim Cook, the Apple chief executive who in the past has expressed deep respect for Mr. Obama, has vowed to fight the order."] New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:10 AM
  • "This is Apple's Most Likely Game Plan for Fighting The FBI: The stakes are huge if it loses." Reuters 8:29 AM
  • "Big tech companies are joining Apple in its encryption fight" Associated Press 7:18 AM
  • "Apple Likely to Invoke Free-Speech Rights in Encryption Fight: Apple will likely seek to invoke the United States' protections of free speech as one of its key legal arguments in trying to block an order to help unlock the encrypted iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters, lawyers with expertise in the subject said this week." Reuters 11:14 AM
  • "Apple Hires Free Speech Lawyers in FBI iPhone Unlocking Battle" The Mac Observer 5:17 PM
  • "Apple Said to Get More Time to Fight Order to Unlock IPhone" Bloomberg 7:29 AM
  • "Secret Memo Details U.S.'s Broader Strategy to Crack Phones: Silicon Valley celebrated last fall when the White House revealed it would not seek legislation forcing technology makers to install 'backdoors' in their software: secret listening posts where investigators could pierce the veil of secrecy on users' encrypted data, from text messages to video chats. But while the companies may have thought that was the final word, in fact the government was working on a Plan B."  Bloomberg 9:10 AM
Apple News
  • "How a streaming video service could solve Apple's biggest problem: When sales of hardware like the iPhone level off, selling loyal customers monthly subscriptions is a great way to keep growing." Macworld 4:13 PM
  • "App Annie Brings Good News for Apple: Alphabet leads Apple in app downloads, but Apple beats Alphabet where it counts." The Motley Fool 7:19 AM
  • "Excruciating New Credit Cards Finally Give Apple Pay a Problem to Solve" Wired 7:08 AM
  • "There's a new AAA standard in corporate America: the one-two three punch of Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon. For the fourth time, our list of the World's Most Admired Companies Top 50 All-Stars is led by a trio of tech giants under 40 years old." Fortune 11:10 AM
  • "Apple holds onto the coveted No. 1 spot as the World's Most Admired Company for the ninth year in a row." Fortune 11:10 AM
OS X
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Ask the iTunes Guy: Your questions about playlists" Macworld 10:37 AM
  • "How to delete photos after they sync" Macworld 7:25 AM
  • "Pointers: writing and publishing e-books" MacNN 3:54 PM
  • "Proof-of-concept app attempts to simulate Mac's Finder on Apple Watch" iDownload Blog 10:38 AM
  • "How to use Notes on Mac" iMore 10:37 AM
  • "Gemini good at blasting away duplicate files on your Mac" Apple World Today 7:32 AM
  • "The Best Way To Do HDR Photos On A Mac" McSolo 8:10 AM
  • "Free: Mac Email Like It's 1999" Mac360 7:26 AM
  • "How To Do On Your Mac What Just Isn't That Easy To Do" Mac 360 8:12 AM
Press Releases
  • "iTerm 3's beta takes your Mac's terminal to the next level" The Next Web 8:45 AM
  • "App for WhatsApp brings the WhatsApp Messenger to the Mac" prMac 7:07 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Exclusive: Common mobile software could have opened San Bernardino shooter's iPhone"  Reuters 4:09 PM
  • "Trump calls for boycott until Apple unlocks shooter's phone"  Reuters 3:49 PM
  • "Donald Trump calls for boycott on Apple ... while tweeting from iPhone" 9to5Mac 3:54 PM
  • "Trump urges supporters to boycott Apple in wake of encryption brouhaha" Ars Technica 4:02 PM
  • "Donald Trump Calls on America to Boycott Apple Because Terrorism" The Mac Observer 7:05 PM
  • "Mom who lost son in San Bernardino sides with Apple" New York Post 7:04 AM
  • "John McAfee offers to unlock killer's iPhone for FBI" BBC 7:02 AM
  • "John McAfee will solve the iPhone encryption problem or eat a shoe" The Inquirer 7:12 AM
  • "Windows Phone sales have almost ground to a halt: Android and iOS now own 98 percent of the smartphone market." Engadget 7:29 AM
  • "Smartwatches now more popular than Swiss watches, thanks largely to Apple: Shipments of smartwatches outpaced those of their luxury brethren in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to new research." CNET 7:18 AM
  • "Apple Leads as Smartwatch Sales Top Sales of Swiss Watches in Q4" 24/7 Wall St. 8:03 AM
  • "Smartwatches Outsell Traditional Swiss Watches For The First Time, Thanks To Apple Watch" Redmond Pie 8:25 AM
  • "Apple Pay victim of its own success in China, says company, as 'too many people try to sign up'" 9to5Mac 7:25 AM
  • "Too many people try to sign up on Apple Pay's first day in China" Mashable 7:16 AM
  • "Apple shows off gorgeous new flagship Apple Store planned for Stockholm [Gallery] 9to5Mac 11:48 AM
  • "The iPhone Camera As A Professional Tool" TechCrunch 8:15 AM
  • "Burberry Partners With Apple TV for Shoppable Fashion Show" Racked 5:57 PM
  • "HSBC is letting customers use their fingerprints to sign into their bank accounts" Business Insider 7:30 AM
  • "HSBC is adding Apple Touch ID support to its banking app" V3 8:15 AM
  • "Man admits he stole nude celebrity pics from Apple and Gmail accounts: Phishing scheme gained illegal access to accounts storing 161 nude images." Ars Technica 5:18 PM
  • "Find My iPhone, iCloud Lead Cops to Kidnapped Teen" NBC News 8:44 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Hospital ransomware: A chilling wake-up call/Hollywood Presbyterian was forced to pay up, just like everyone else." Engadget 3:47 PM
  • "Amazon recruiting heavily for Echo and Alexa engineers, hosts big invite-only event to find talent" GeekWire 11:49 AM
  • "HTC's next iPhone ripoff is looking sleek in new leaked photo" BGR 8:22 AM
  • "Meet the world's first smartphone with an integrated thermal camera" BGR 8:15 AM
  • "Volvo will start selling new cars with digital keys that are stored on your smartphone" Business Insider 7:30 AM
  • "LG G5's Magic Slot battery revealed in leaked photo" The Verge 7:24 AM
  • "The FCC's War to Liberate Your Cable Box" Wired 7:07 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "It's Apple vs. the FBI (Apple Byte Extra Crunchy Podcast Ep. 26)" CNET 4:39 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-02-19: Protecting Encryption, APple's FBI Response Extension" The Mac Observer 12:59 PM
  • "Redesigned Macbooks in June? We'll tell you why the timing is right, on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 9:20 AM
  • "CNET UK podcast 469: Apple vs. the US government and MWC's most wanted" CNET 8:41 AM
  • "AppleInsider podcast digs into Apple's fight for encryption" AppleInsider 8:15 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "Apple's Error 53 Backtrack Fix Is Welcome But What About Third Party Repairs?"  Forbes 6:55 AM
  • "Apple apologises for iPhone 'error 53' and issues fix" BBC 7:01 AM
  • "Error 53: Apple issues fix for bricked iPhones but Touch ID remains forever borked" The Inquirer 7:12 AM
  • "iOS 9.2.1 'take 2' fixes Error 53 bug" iTWire 6:53 AM
  • "iPhone 5SE will be as powerful as the iPhone 6S" The Inquirer 7:24 AM
  • "iPad Air 3 and iPhone 5se will run A9X and A9 chips" iDownload Blog 11:49 AM
  • "Apple Watch 2 probably won't land until September, and that makes perfect sense: If you're holding out for the Apple Watch 2 to appear any time soon, don't hold your breath, because it might not happen until later this year. And this makes perfect sense for Apple to wait." ZDNet 9:20 AM
  • "Apple looks to boost iPhone sales with reward program for retail staff" 9to5Mac 3:47 PM
  • "Apple Extends MacBook Pro Repair Extension Program for Video Issues Until December 31, 2016" MacRumors 10:45 AM
  • "iPhone chip suppliers start booking capacity" DigiTimes 7:17 AM
  • "Apple chip suppliers gearing up capacity for 'iPhone 7' production - report" AppleInsider 9:27 AM
  • "Patent Report: fabric keyboard, a travel keyboard, multi-button mouse, more" Apple World Today 8:10 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "Today's Top iPhone, iPad, Watch, TV, Mac App Freebies And Price Drops" App Sliced 10:10 AM
  • "meeSleep For iPhone Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" App Sliced 10:10 AM
  • "ValslistRadio For iPhone Is Free For The First Time In Seven Months (Normally $1.99)" App Sliced 10:10 AM
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:26 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:26 AM
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:26 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Mac Blender Benchmark: GPUs Only" Bare Feats 11:11 AM
  • "Review: PureGear DualTek Pro, Motif Series, Slim Shell Pro for iPhone 6/6s and iPhone 6/6s Plus" iLounge 11:48 AM
  • "SanDisk Connect: Another way to skip the Apple storage tax/I don't begrudge Apple's 40 percent gross margins - except on their storage pricing. They charge up to $2/GB when SSDs are $0.25/GB. There's yet another way around that: the SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick." ZDNet 8:24 AM
  • "Bloc & Roc Galvanize S2 Edition headphone review" The Gadgeteer 3:39 PM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "'Ellipsis' Review - More Than Meets the Eye" Touch Arcade 10:39 AM
  • "Rayman Classic - Should It Have Stayed In The Past?" Apple'n'Apps 6:50 PM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "Turn an old PC or Mac into a 'Chromebook': Got an old PC or Mac that's just doesn't have the horsepower anymore to pull its weight? Give it a new lease on life by transforming it into a 'Chromebook'." ZDNet 3:54 PM
  • "How To Fix Error 53 On Bricked iPhone Or iPad [Guide] Redmond Pie 10:37 AM
  • "How to sell your iPad" iMore 8:22 AM
Tips
  • "Is iMessage Down? Is iCloud Down? How to Check Apple Services Status" OS X Daily 3:54 PM
  • "DIY scratched screen repair: Magic and myths" CNET 8:41 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
Apple vs. FBI
  • "Petition Asks White House to Stop Asking Apple for Backdoors" The Mac Observer 9:14 PM
  • "How Tim Cook, in iPhone Battle, Became a Bulwark for Digital Privacy" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:13 PM
  • "DOJ affidavit in FBI-Apple case reveals botched recovery" MacNN 9:10 PM
  • "Apple Standoff: Bloomberg West" Bloomberg 9:09 PM
  • "U.S., Apple ratchet up rhetoric in fight over encryption" Reuters 9:08 PM
  • "Apple: We tried to help FBI terror probe, but someone changed iCloud password" Ars Technica 9:08 PM
  • "Just how much access does the NSA have to all unencrypted communications?" BGR 9:08 PM
  • "Public supports Apple in FBI fight, but feds dig in/Opinion: Government hopes to establish strong precedent for future" MarketWatch 6:32 PM
  • "How Apple's Stand Against the FBI Could Backfire: Tim Cook may have chosen the wrong time to fight the government on its request for access to a San Bernardino shooter's iPhone." Slate 6:04 PM
  • "The iPhone Fight Is Already Over: Law enforcement will win this bout but lose the larger battle over access to encrypted data." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:57 PM
  • "Apple Helped The Government Extract Data Before. Here's Why Things Are Different Now" BuzzFeed 5:57 PM
  • "Do We Have a Right to Security?" Securosis 5:50 PM
  • "Apple implies FBI screwup: iPhone Apple ID password changed in govt possession, backdoor unnecessary" 9to5Mac 5:34 PM
  • "This isn't about one iPhone. It's about millions of them." Medium 5:18 PM
  • "Why Every Millenial Should Care About Apple's Fight Against the FBI" Complex 5:18 PM
  • "Apple Is Wrong About Encryption" Forbes 5:17 PM
  • "Don't Crack the iPhone: Apple Is Not the FBI's Tech Support" PC Magazine 4:09 PM
  • "John McAfee: We're on the Verge of a Cyber War" FOXBusiness 4:01 PM
  • "Apple-FBI battle over San Bernardino terror attack investigation: All the details" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 3:56 PM
  • "Apple's fight with the FBI could trigger a password arms race" IDG News Service 3:54 PM
  • "Apple vs. the FBI: This is digital security on trial" Mashable 3:54 PM
  • "Box's Aaron Levie Defends Apple Amid FBI Controversy" TechCrunch 3:50 PM
  • "Apple's FBI Standoff Could Be Good Business" Investopedia 3:49 PM
  • "The DOJ Calls Apple's Pro-Privacy Stance a 'Marketing Strategy'" Fortune 3:49 PM
  • "Kara Swisher: Valley backing Tim Cook" CNBC Videos 12:58 PM
  • "Tim Cook's stand and the FBI's grandstanding" Six Colors 12:58 PM
  • "What the FBI already knows" Six Colors 12:58 PM
  • "Feeble Noise Pollution" Medium 12:53 PM
  • "Apple's showdown with the FBI was a long time coming: The San Bernardino case isn't the first time the company has refused to help the government unlock an iPhone." Macworld 12:53 PM
  • "Law Enforcement's Case Against Apple's Encryption" Newsweek 12:44 PM
  • "Is there an Apple workaround?" CNBC Videos 11:48 AM
  • "Why Apple's iPhone Battle With the Government Will Likely Be a Privacy Setback" The Huffington Post 11:45 AM
  • "Why must Apple help the FBI? Because law enforcement is not surveillance"  The Guardian 11:44 AM
  • "Twitter, Facebook, Woz Support Apple in Encryption Battle" PC Magazine 11:44 AM
  • "Billionaire Mark Cuban says Apple deserves a 'standing ovation' for fighting FBI on encryption" AppleInsider 11:09 AM
  • "Apple could lock governments out of future iPhones"  Yahoo! Finance 11:08 AM
  • "Apple, FBI in 'PR war': Cybersecurity expert:" CNBC 11:08 AM
  • "Clinton And Sanders Try To Take Middle Road In Encryption Battle Between Apple And FBI" BuzzFeed 10:29 AM
  • "Positions Become Sharper in Apple Showdown" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:21 AM
  • "Google and Apple, once enemies, unite thanks to the FBI" Mashable 8:44 AM
  • "I, Cringely The FBI v. Apple isn't at all the way you think it is"  I, Cringely 8:22 AM
  • "Why you should side with Apple, not the FBI, in the San Bernardino iPhone case: Either everyone gets security, or no one does."  Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 8:22 AM
  • "Here's How the Government Wants to Crack Your Smartphone" Fortune 8:15 AM
  • "What Ben Franklin Said To Tim Cook Is Wrong (and right)" PixoBebo 8:03 AM
  • "Woz: Don't trust the government with your privacy" Cult of Mac 7:32 AM
  • "Apple is using a straw man argument to fight the FBI" BetaNews 7:29 AM
  • "Poll: Should Apple help the FBI unlock the San Bernardino iPhone?" BetaNews 7:29 AM
  • "Facebook, Google, Twitter, Woz, Trump, McAfee, Snowden, and more take sides on Apple vs. the FBI" Macworld 7:25 AM
  • "Apple/FBI fight looks destined to go all the way to the Supreme Court as more background is revealed" 9to5Mac 7:24 AM
  • "Steve Jobs' iPhreak App That Breaks Apple's iPhone Encryption?" Forbes 7:24 AM
  • "Apple's brand hangs in the balance of its FBI standoff"  Mashable 7:16 AM
  • "Court of public opinion, irony, no less players in Apple's tussle with Feds" hittingthesweetspot 6:52 AM
Apple Op/Ed
  • "Why John Sculley doesn't wear an Apple Watch (and regrets booting Steve Jobs)" Cult of Mac 3:57 PM
  • "Can Apple Solve Its Biggest iPhone Problem?" Forbes 3:54 PM
  • "Why We Won't See a New Apple Watch 2 Until September" The Mac Observer 3:44 PM
  • "Why Samsung's chips can't beat the iPhone, and why Samsung still has to follow Apple" BGR 12:52 PM
  • "Samsung to SCOTUS: 'The law of the smartphone cannot follow reflexively from the law of the spoon.'" ["I just don't understand why Apple takes a position on design patents that pretty much every other company in the industry disagrees with. Those who disagree with Apple can't all be habitual infringers of intellectual property rights. The final section of Samsung's petition stresses the 'enormous national importance' of the petition. This sounds to me like 'this should be reviewed, but at the very, very, very least there should be a call for views of the Solicitor General (CVSG).' Or maybe I tend to read too much between the lines."]  Foss Patents 11:49 AM
  • "Here's what the 'i' in iPhone means" Mashable 11:09 AM
  • "What we want to see from new Apple Watch bands" iMore 11:08 AM
  • "Why Amazon is More Impressive Than Apple These Days" Tech.pinions 8:45 AM
  • "The Mac Of The Future" Mac360 8:24 AM
  • "Why Hasn't Video Calling Caught On?" TeraTalks 8:17 AM
  • "What Customers Want In iPhone 7" Mac360 8:10 AM
  • "Phone accessories are becoming more interesting than phones"  The Verge 7:24 AM
Non-Apple
  • "What's the dopest old laptop to install Chrome OS on? Free your mind of time and space" The Verge 4:42 PM
  • "Is Amazon Prime worth it?" iMore 3:47 PM
  • "You've heard of the Internet of Things, but how does it work?" Business Insider 12:53 PM
  • "Will.i.am Thinks We're Idiots, Makes Another Smartwatch" Gizmodo 10:45 AM
  • "Galaxy S7 Leak Delivers The First Bad News" Forbes 8:44 AM
  • "Unpacked: Wearable Tech Ownership" Tech.pinions [Insider Content] 8:25 AM
  • "A technological map of the future" Gigaom 7:24 AM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Coming February 20: Gene Steinberg meets commentator John Martellaro, of The Mac Observer, and blogger Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 3:44 PM
  • "Firefox 2.0 for iOS gives Google Chrome a run for its money: Looking for an alternative to the Safari browser on your iPhone or iPad? Up until now Google Chrome has been the obvious choice, but now that Mozilla has released Firefox 2.0, for the first time Google has some real competition." ZDNet 3:56 PM
  • "Firefox 2.0 for iOS released with convenient new features aimed at iPhone strengths" Macworld 11:48 AM
  • "Microsoft Translator adds AI-powered offline translation on Android, iOS text translation" Macworld 10:38 AM
  • "This wall socket stand will charge your Apple Watch in style" iDownload Blog 8:23 AM
  • "Best to-do apps for iPhone" iMore 8:22 AM
  • "Press harder, play better: 10 great iPhone games with 3D Touch controls" [Slideshow] Macworld 7:25 AM
  • "Offline Armenian to English Language Dictionary 3.0 for iOS" prMac 8:15 AM
  • "Always play the right note with Ukulele Tuner Pro" prMac 7:07 AM
  • "Zone Diet Features Advice, Tools, Videos, Meal Delivery Info and More" prMac 7:07 AM
  • "Words of Gold released for iOS - Great Addition to Scrabble Games" prMac 7:07 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Microsoft, Cisco, Intel and others form open IoT standards group: The Open Connectivity Foundation will seek to define interoperability standards for the billions of internet-connected devices expected to arrive in the next few years." ZDNet 4:04 PM
  • "Windows 10 Reports for Duty" Fortune 9:27 AM
  • "Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, & others launch IoT standards group: Open Connectivity Foundation" VentureBeat 12:11 PM
  • "Microsoft brings Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Azure" ITProPortal 9:22 AM
  • "Microsoft Opens Azure Container Service to All Users" DevX  9:21 AM
  • "Red Hat, Microsoft partner to run RHEL in Azure" Tech Central 9:11 AM
  • "IBM snags new European clients for Watson supercomputer" ZDNet 12:12 PM
  • "A Close Look at IBM's z13s Mainframe for Secure Hybrid Clouds" eWeek 8:30 AM
  • "IBM Stock: This Could Send International Business Machines Stock Soaring" Profit Confidential 8:27 AM
  • "IBM boosts Watson with a treasure trove of medical data" ITProPortal 8:27 AM
  • "KONE signs multi-year agreement with IBM to provide cloud-based Internet of Things services" The Economic Times 8:26 AM
  • "KONE signs multi-year agreement with IBM" Money Control 8:26 AM
  • "IBM Taiwan to request parent company set up local data center" DigiTimes 8:26 AM
  • "IBM's $2.6B Truven Buy Makes Big Blue an Instant Health Analytics Leader" eWeek 8:29 AM
  • "IBM to acquire Truven Health Analytics for $2.6bn to boost Watson Health" V3 8:28 AM
  • "IBM Buys Medical Data Firm" Nasdaq 8:25 AM
  • "Windows 10 Mobile-based HP Elite X3 leaks in full, photographs, specs and all" Pocketnow 8:20 AM
  • "HP Elite X3 leaked, revealing Windows 10 premium phablet" SlashGear 8:20 AM
  • "Sarah Shields heads up channel sales and commercial reseller team at Dell UK" PCR Online 8:18 AM
  • "EU expected to clear Dell's $67bn deal to buy EMC" The Irish Times 8:17 AM
  • "Dell to bring new hyperscale rack architecture to the mid-range" Tech Central 8:18 AM
  • "Dell shows off new rack-scale rigs, another overlap with EMC" The Register 8:16 AM
  • "Intel's 5G plans, 'revolutionary' Android security, LG's G5 expandable smartphone: 10 things to see at MWC 2016" PCR Online 8:14 AM
  • "Intel denies further delays to 10nm chips beyond 2017" The Inquirer 8:15 AM
  • "Intel denies suggestions that 10nm chips have been pushed beyond 2017" V3 8:14 AM
  • "Intel confirms that its first 10nm chips will roll out in H2 2017" Hexus 8:12 AM
  • "Vulkan benchmarks: A boost for AMD and Nvidia, but there's work to be done" ars technica 7:18 AM
  • "Six Key Thoughts From Oracle Modern Supply Chain Experience Cycle" Forbes 7:14 AM
  • "Samsung, Oracle partner to create mobile enterprise solutions" ZDNet 6:54 AM
  • "Samsung boosts cooperation with Oracle for cloud-based enterprise service" The Korea Times 7:13 AM
  • "Aman Bank goes live with Oracle Flexcube core banking system" Banking Technology 7:12 AM
  • "Cisco to collaborate with Edugild to support edtech startups" The Economic Times 7:11 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "2 More Potential Growth Drivers for Apple Inc." The Motley Fool 3:49 PM
  • "Why Is Apple So Concerned about Currency Fluctuations?" Market Realist 11:08 AM
Industry News
  • "S&P 500, Dow end flat, but post best weekly gain of 2016: Stocks posted daily loss weighed by drop in oil prices" MarketWatch 4:01 PM
  • "Mediocre Friday Ends Wall Street's Best Week This Year" TheStreet 4:01 PM
  • "Stocks end mixed, but post best week of 2016" USA Today 4:00 PM
  • "Broader Averages Decline as Oil Prices Drop" FOXBusiness 4:00 PM
  • "U.S. Stocks Notch Biggest Weekly Gain of Year: Though trading lower Friday, the Dow was up 2.6% this week" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:00 PM
  • "Asian markets slip, but still log gains for the week: Most shares in Asia slipped Friday, capping a week that saw spurts of bargain-buying and sharp rebounds in beaten-down sectors such as banks." MarketWatch 6:46 AM
  • "European stocks decline, but lock in best week in more than a year: MarketWatch" MarketWatch 12:35 PM

 
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