"Rumor: Apple working on new device family under codename 'Star' [u]" AppleInsider 7:27 AM
"Apple and Valve, which run two of the world's biggest stores for buying video games, are feuding with each other—and iPhone users could end up losing out" Business Insider 7:33 AM
"Phil Schiller responded to my email about the Steam Link app being rejected." Reddit 7:00 PM
"Following rejection, Phil Schiller says Apple is working with Valve to bring Steam Link to iOS" 9to5Mac 4:35 PM
"Apple's Phil Schiller confirms Steam Link iOS app failed to meet App Store guidelines" AppleInsider 6:59 PM
"Samsung to pay $539 million for iPhone patent infringement: A California jury has decided in a long-running legal battle that South Korea's Samsung must pay $539 million to Apple for copying some iPhone features." ZDNet 5/25
"Apple's $539 Million in Damages Is a 'Big Win' Over Samsung" Bloomberg 5/25
"Apple awarded $539m in US patent case against Samsung" BBC 5/25
"Samsung must pay Apple $539 million for violating iPhone patents" Cult of Mac 5/25
"Apple won $539 million from Samsung in a patent lawsuit — an amount that's barely noticeable against Apple's net profits" Business Insider 5/25
"Apple reportedly knew the iPhone 6 was bendier than previous models: It also apparently changed the phone's structure to prevent the touch disease a year after it launched." Engadget 5/25
"Court docs show Apple knew about the bendiness of the iPhone 6, 6 Plus: Engineering changes were eventually made to prevent 'Touch Disease' screen problems." Ars Technica 5/25
"Documents show Apple knew the iPhone 6 range would bend" Digital Trends 5/25
"Apple's ties to Triangle run through Raleigh, Durham" ["But despite the gap and cultural differences, the Triangle has significant ties to the California tech juggernaut. While much of the country has weighed the next moves of Amazon, a company with no significant North Carolina connections, Apple has stealthily zeroed in on Research Triangle Park as a target for a new campus. And the people in charge of making that decision are well aware of what the Triangle offers."] Triangle Business Journal 5/25
"Recent Trademark Filings Hint at Possible Names for macOS 10.14 - Mojave, Sequoia, Ventura or Sonoma" MacRumors 5/25
"New to iCloud? Apple will give you the first month's storage for free" Cult of Mac 5/25
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Version 7 of 1Password for Mac is heavenly" Houston Chronicle 9:40 AM
"Watch Out for SATA III Drives in SATA II Macs" Low End Mac 5/25
"How to save an MP3 or AAC file to your iPhone or iPad: Saving music files to your iPhone is easy, you just need a computer with iTunes." Macworld 5/25
"How to Add an AirDrop Shortcut to Your Mac's Dock" MacRumors 5/25
"Mac tip: How to automatically delete used Zip files" Apple Must 5/25
"How to back up your iCloud Photo Library" iMore 5/25
"A Great Collection of WWDC 2018 Wishlists" The Mac Observer 5/25
"5 questions for... the Mellel word processor" Gigaom 5/25
"macOS 10.14: Improvements that Apple's Mac operating system could use/Apple's primed to launch a new version of macOS in a couple weeks, and Dan Moren has a few improvements he'd like to see to the venerable OS." Macworld 5/25
Press Releases
"ClickInstall 5.0 Builds 64-Bit macOS Installer with Code Signing" prMac 10:06 AM
"Precize version 1 is now released, with an improved document window, extensive Help book, and more" Eclectic Light Company 7:31 AM
"DEVONthink & DEVONthink To Go add iCloud synchronization" DEVONtechnologies 5/25
"iPhone beats Samsung in court, but Apple has to pay you $50: Your juiciest iPhone news this week." CNET 7:33 AM
"Apple to Expand Secure Wireless Chip Beyond Payments" The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 5/25
"Apple to unlock iPhone's NFC chip capabilities in June, report says" AppleInsider 5/25
"Jony Ive Reveals Secrets of the Apple Watch, His Favorite Brands" Bloomberg 5/25
"Apple to Close Atlantic City Store, Cutting 52 Employees" Bloomberg 5/25
"Apple Just Blocked PC Gamers From Playing Steam Games On iOS" ["Clearly something broke down following Apple's original approval, and Valve appears to have been completely blindsided by it. Apple hasn't cited a more specific reason for blocking the app, and wasn't immediately available for comment."] Forbes 5/25
"Valve accuses Apple of rejecting Steam Link mobile streaming app: So much for easily playing PC games on your iPhone." CNET 5/25
"Apple blocks Steam Link on iOS for 'business conflicts'" Engadget 5/25
"Apple kills Valve's Steam Link iOS app, but you can still stream PC games to Android: Hope you have a robust home network and thin walls." PCWorld 5/25
"Why Americans aren't using their phones to make payments in stores" ["Apple says that Apple Pay is accepted at half of the merchants in the U.S., a huge jump from 3% in 2014. But most users aren't fans of mobile payment apps and mobile wallets like Apple Pay. According to Gallup, a consumer in the U.S. has an average of 3.4 credit cards. Longtime credit card users don't necessarily see the benefits of switching to mobile and most mobile payment apps are still in the nascent stage."] Yahoo Finance 5/25
"Apple Commemorates Memorial Day With 'Remembrance Table' at Apple Park" MacRumors 5/25
Non-Apple News
"Tinder Introduces A New Feature That May Take Stalking To A New Level" Social Barrel 9:35 PM
"Alan Bean, the fourth human to walk on the Moon, has died: Bean loved being an astronaut. He may have loved being an artist more" Ars Technica 2:36 PM
"U.S. reaches deal to keep China's ZTE in business: congressional aide" Reuters 5/25
"Trump administration reaches deal with ZTE" Axios 5/25
"Ad Blocker Ghostery Celebrates GDPR Day by Revealing Hundreds of User Email Addresses" Gizmodo 5/25
"Amazon moves 130 jobs out of Seattle to Phoenix" FOXBusiness 5/25
"Amazon drives another real estate record in Seattle" GeekWire 5/25
"Nintendo Trademark App Drives Speculation Around N64 Mini-Console" Benzinga 5/25
"Google just dethroned Amazon in the smart speaker wars" BGR 5/25
"Notorious Kansas swatter charged in net neutrality bomb threat: Tyler Barriss was indicted for famously interrupting the net neutrality vote." Engadget 5/25
"Another T-Mobile bug gave anyone access to your sensitive info" Engadget 5/25
"Orlando confirms it's testing Amazon's facial recognition in public: The city's police chief says they still only track the officers who volunteered for the program." Engadget 5/25
"Android Creator Puts Essential Up for Sale, Cancels Next Phone" Bloomberg 5/25
Publications/Podcasts
"Gadget Lab Podcast: The Very Human Element of Self-Driving Cars" Wired 5/25
"Alexa's Eavesdropping Incident, Doppler Music Player -TMO Daily Observations 2018-05-25" The Mac Observer 5/25
"Review: Lumos and Coros bring Bluetooth helmets to bikers with lights and music" 9to5Mac 5/25
"Review: Shinola Canfield headphones have exceptional looks, but audio left us wanting more" AppleInsider 5/25
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Spark 2 Review: Email Reimagined with Teams and App Integrations/Spark 2 reimagines how you should manage your email with teams and apps." iMore 9:41 AM
"App of the week: Procreate Pocket review/Finger painting goes pro for the iPhone generation" Stuff Magazine 7:39 AM
"YouTube Music Finally Gets It Right: After years of false starts, YouTube is now serious about music streaming" The Verge 5/25
"Review: Get Portrait Lighting on Your iPhone 7 Plus With Apollo" The Mac Observer 5/25
How-To/Tutorial
"How to quickly translate webpages in Safari for iPhone and iPad: When it comes to translating pages in Safari on iPhone and iPad, Microsoft's Translator app has got your back." iMore 3:36 PM
"iPhone & iPad: How to cycle your Cellular radio" 9to5Mac 5/25
"Column: Hey Alexa, come clean about how much you're really recording us" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 5/25
"Amazon Key took over my door for 3 months. It wasn't as creepy as I expected: Not only did Amazon Key keep my front porch blissfully free of boxes, the in-home deliveries didn't even freak me out." CNET 5/25
"The OnePlus 6 shows you don't need to splash out for an iPhone or Samsung to get a good phone" Quartz 5/25
"People are outraged by this school shooter game for all the wrong reasons" The Next Web 5/25
"Coming May 26: Gene Steinberg meets tech columnist Rob Pegoraro and Ben Williams of Adblock Plus, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 9:34 PM
"App Roundup: FL Studio 20 for Mac, Spark 2, Evernote, Procreate Pocket 2, more!" AppleInsider 11:14 AM
"Gauze brings a grid-style App Switcher to iOS 10 devices" iDownload Blog 7:38 AM
"Here are the cars that currently support Apple CarPlay" iMore 5/25
"Apple CarPlay added to 2019 Subaru WRX line" AppleInsider 5/25
"PayPal will work inside Gmail, YouTube, and more, thanks to Google Pay: Using PayPal to use G Pay to pay for something" The Verge 5/25
"Mechanical keyboard gives your iPad a Mad Men makeover" Cult of Mac 5/25
"Dow, S&P 500 end lower as oil wallops energy sector, but tech shares buck the trend: Energy sector sees weakness on report of possible higher oil production" MarketWatch 5/25
"Dow and S&P 500 Decline, Energy Shares Fall as U.S. Crude Oil Slides 4%: Stocks finished mixed on Friday." TheStreet 5/25
"Energy Sector Leads Stock Decline, But Transportation Sector Benefits; Chips Also Gain" Investor's Business Daily 5/25
"Stocks dip as oil prices and energy companies fall sharply" Associated Press 5/25
"Markets Right Now: Oil prices, energy companies fall sharply" Associated Press 5/25
"U.S. Stocks Stall as Oil Falls and Global Worries Mount: Investors are grappling with a growing array of global political risks" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/25
"Asian markets cautious after Trump cancels North Korea summit: Japanese auto makers continue to fall; energy stocks weigh in Hong Kong" MarketWatch 5/25
"European stocks rebound into weekend after North Korea's response to canceled summit: Spanish stocks tumble after vote of no confidence in PM" MarketWatch 5/25
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