"World's last Apple Watch shop at Isetan Shinjuku closing May 13th" 9to5Mac 8:47 AM
"Apple closing world's last Apple Watch pop-up store" The Apple Post 1:49 PM
"Apple's iPhone X Isn't Selling Well—Or Is It?" Fortune 8:48 AM
"SE-ing the forest: Apple's cheap phone strategy" Macworld 8:43 AM
"Apple's HomePod Has a Long Way to Go" The Motley Fool 8:41 AM
"Apple To Replace Swollen MacBook Pro Batteries, But Only Some Models Are Eligible" Tech Times 8:50 AM
"Apple begins 13-inch MacBook Pro battery replacement program" SlashGear 8:50 AM
"Apple replacing batteries for MacBook Pro laptops without the Touch Bar" CNET 1:51 PM
"Apple's new model: Please subscribe/Apple's Services division has become one of its more successful businesses." Macworld 4/20
"Break Even and Lock In: Apple's Subscription Services Strategy" The Motley Fool 4/20
"Everyone Talks About Apple's Changing Business Except Apple" BloombergGadfly 4/20
"This is why Apple needs a cheaper iPhone: Apple has managed to keep the iPhone a premium brand for over a decade, but now it's time to expand into lower-priced categories." ZDNet 4/20
"Apple's iPhone X will be killed off this year, analyst says" CNBC 4/20
"Apple Struggles With Effort to Diversify Screen Suppliers: Manufacturing problems at South Korea's LG Display could force Apple to rely solely on Samsung for high-end and costly smartphone screens" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4/20
"Sloppy report depicts Apple as struggling with LG as an alternative to Samsung OLEDs on new iPhones" AppleInsider 4/20
"Report: Apple Stuck With Samsung for iPhone OLED Supply/It looks increasingly likely the 2018 iPhones will use Samsung OLED displays exclusively." PC Magazine 4/20
"Apple sets the Justice Department on AT&T and Verizon due to e-SIM-thwarting collusion attempt" MSPoweruser 4/20
"Tim Cook Shuts Down iOS, MacOS Merger Rumors: 'We don't believe in sort of watering down one for the other,' Cook told The Sydney Morning Herald. 'If you begin to merge the two ... you begin to make trade-offs and compromises.'" PC Magazine 4/20
"WebKit code references suggest dark mode coming to macOS 10.14" 9to5Mac 4/20
"macOS 10.14 May Feature A System-Wide Dark Mode" Redmond Pie 4/20
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How to create ebooks with Pages on Mac" iMore 4/20
"How to find your FileVault recovery key in macOS" Macworld 4/20
"A Beginner's Guide To Organizing With Folders On Your Mac" MacMost 4/20
Op/Ed
"Cook insists MacBooks and iPads aren't going to merge together, but do you believe him?" iDownload Blog 4/20
"Tim Cook: People don't want iOS and MacOS merged" Mashable 4/20
"Will iOS and macOS converge? Don't hold your breath..." BetaNews 4/20
"18+ Apple product secrets we didn't know before" Computerworld 4/20
"Mac icon designer Susan Kare honored with award" Cult of Mac 4/20
"Original Mac designer Susan Kare to receive prestigious AIGA medal" AppleInsider 4/20
"An iPhone thank you letter: 'Live Photo saved my grandmother's laugh'" AppleInsider 4/20
"Siri on Apple HomePods being triggered by ad for NBA on TNT" AppleInsider 4/20
"Apple Retail Store Logos Gain Green Leaves in Celebration of Earth Day" MacRumors 4/20
"Greenpeace Slams Apple's iPhone Recycling Robot Daisy" The Mac Observer 4/20
"iPhone terminator: Apple's Daisy teardown robot can rip your phone apart in 18 secs/Apple has a new robot that can recover about 1kg of gold and 7.5kg of silver from every 100,000 old iPhones." ZDNet 4/20
"Say hi to Daisy, an Apple-made robot that recycles old iPhones" Digital Trends 4/20
"Your first look at the new Apple Newton documentary" Cult of Mac 4/20
"Meet Chat, another new Google messaging service that's still not as good as Apple's iMessage" BGR 4/20
Non-Apple News
"China's ZTE slams U.S. ban, says company's survival at risk" Reuters 4/20
"ZTE Responds to US Government Ban: The now-possibly-banned Chinese phone maker bit back at the Commerce Department, saying the ban will also damage U.S. companies." PC Magazine 4/20
"U.S. Said to Investigate AT&T and Verizon Over Wireless Collusion Claim" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4/20
"U.S. Department of Justice Investigating Claims AT&T, Verizon and GSMA Colluded to Prevent Customers From Easily Switching Carriers" MacRumors 4/20
"Facebook's ad business is doing fine, Baird's Colin Sebastian says" Business Insider 4/20
"This is how Facebook collects data on you even if you don't have an account" Recode 4/20
"No, staring at a screen won't damage your eyes" The Verge 4/20
"Google changes its messaging strategy again: Goodbye to Allo, double down on RCS" TechCrunch 4/20
"Seven Artificial Intelligence Advances Expected This Year" Forbes 4/20
"Audit Cleared Facebook's Privacy Practices Despite Cambridge Analytica Leak: Breach of social-media company's data-use rules occurred during time covered by PwC review" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4/20
Publications/Podcasts
"NAB -Focus on Audio-Technica's Wireless Microphones And Education" MacVoices 9:22 PM
"Apple is slipping after Morgan Stanley said iPhone demand is dwindling" Business Insider 4/20
"AAPL rapidly drops more than 3%, likely combined result of TSMC guidance and LG report" 9to5Mac 4/20
"Morgan Stanley: Apple stock may fall on 'materially' weaker iPhone sales, but then it is time to buy" CNBC 4/20
"Merrill Lynch is a buy on Apple, despite June weakness" Apple 3.0 4/20
Industry News
"Stocks end lower but eke out weekly gains: General Electric posts better-than-expected results" MarketWatch 4/20
"Dow Falls Over 200 Points as Apple's Slump Offsets Gains in General Electric: Stocks fall on Friday as sharp gains in General Electric are offset by slumping Apple shares." TheStreet 4/20
"Slumping tech companies weigh on US stocks" Associated Press 4/20
"U.S. Stocks Retreat But Post Weekly Gains: Strong advance by GE is offset by selling in technology shares, notably Apple" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4/20
"Asian markets sink, with chip makers leading declines: Asia-Pacific stock markets pulled back on Friday after two days of broad gains, with a downbeat outlook from Taiwan Semiconductor prompting declines in technology names." MarketWatch 4/20
"European stocks slip slightly from 7-week high as consumer-goods shares struggle: European stocks ended a volatile session marginally lower on Friday, as losses in the consumer-goods sector contributed to pulling the regional market away from a seven-week high." MarketWatch 4/20
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