"How the Apple world is quietly changing: Developers and rivals will be feeling nervous as a push into services gathers pace" ["But as it moves closer to launching its new Arcade games service and Apple TV+ this autumn, many developers will be feeling distinctly nervous. From now on they will be competing with Apple for both attention and revenue."] Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:44 AM
"Apple to Reveal Glimpses of Its Next Era of Apps and Devices: At WWDC, Apple will make the Watch and iPad more independent, while unifying its app strategy as it looks beyond the iPhone." Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:18 AM
"There's a Lot Riding on Apple's Next Keynote. Here's What to Expect." Barron's [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:42 AM
"WWDC 2019: What to Expect From Apple's Big Developer Show" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:36 AM
"Apple: The Importance Of WWDC" Seeking Alpha 12:43 PM
"What to expect from Apple's WWDC 2019 keynote next week: Cross-platform apps, new health features, and a Dark Mode for iOS are likely." Ars Technica 8:47 AM
"Can Apple be trusted with the App Store? Inconsistencies and changing rules leave plenty of questions ahead of WWDC" The Verge 11:01 AM
"iPhone Privacy Is Broken...and Apps Are to Blame: Don't be too confident in those privacy controls. Our test of 80 apps in Apple's App Store reveals most apps are tracking you in ways you cannot avoid" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:51 AM
"Does Apple's boss have a Plan B in China? Brace for an iPhoney trade war" The Economist 9:16 AM
"All the new features Apple is expected to bring to your Mac computer later this year" Business Insider 12:51 PM
"Apple Might Be Getting Rid of iTunes" Thurrott 11:35 AM
"The Biggest Questions Apple Might (or Might Not) Answer at WWDC 2019" Gizmodo 11:09 AM
"Reading the WWDC Tea Leaves" Tech.pinions [Free/Paid Registration Required] 11:08 AM
"Final Cut Pro 10.6 hints at WWDC19" Alex4D 9:26 AM
"iTunes: An Error Occurred/Once upon a time, Apple debuted an application for playing music." Allen Pike 9:19 AM
"The 5 Mac games you need to play from May 2019/Total War: Three Kingdoms, Void Bastards, and Elder Scrolls Online's Elsweyr expansion top May's big releases." [Slideshow] Macworld 6:49 AM
"Marzipan, Mac Pro, and iPad features: A wish list for WWDC19" Macworld 6:48 AM
Press Releases
"Tropical Software Releases TopXNotes 2" prMac 11:09 AM
"Apple decorates McEnery Convention Center with WWDC liver" AppleInsider 9:14 PM
"Developers demand Apple API solution for parental control apps: Apple's widespread blocking of these applications is at the heart of the chaos." ZDNet 8:44 AM
"Who watches the iOS parental control apps? Do you want developers you don't know over whom you have no control watching what your children do?" Computerworld 9:45 AM
"Parental Control App Developers Urge Apple to 'Put Kids First' by Releasing Screen Time API" MacRumors 12:47 PM
"Apple to Limit Third-Party Tracking in Apps for Kids" MacTrast 7:24 PM
"Apple might focus on kids' privacy next, with limits on ad tracking in apps" Pocket-lint 7:46 PM
"From iPhones to missile systems: Here's a list of American products that could be affected if China banned rare earth metal exports to the US as a trade war weapon" Business Insider 7:02 AM
"Neon artwork adorns McEnery Convention Center in San Jose ahead of WWDC" 9to5Mac 6:51 AM
"Songwriters & publishers 'fundamental' to Apple Music, says publishing exec Elena Segal" AppleInsider 2:33 PM
"Disney Exec Joins Apple to Lead Video in London" The Mac Observer 7:40 AM
"App Store's cellular download limit increases on iPhone" Cult of Mac 6:47 AM
"Apple raises iPhone cellular download bar to a still-miserly 200MB" VentureBeat 8:50 AM
"Target recalls Heyday branded iPhone charging cables over shock, fire hazards: If you have a colorful Heyday iPhone charging cable from Target you should stop using it and return it ASAP." CNET 9:40 AM
"Target recalls 90,000 Lightning cables that cause burns" Cult of Mac 8:37 AM
"Is your iPhone passcode on this list of pathetic PINs?" Cult of Mac 1:26 PM
"WWDC 2019: How to watch Apple's keynote and what to expect" ZDNet 3:47 PM
"Tune in Monday to The Mac Observer's Live WWDC 2019 Blog" The Mac Observer 2:37 PM
Non-Apple News
"DOJ preparing antitrust probe into Google search and business practices, report says" AppleInsider 9:14 PM
"Spotify's Social Listening will let friends enjoy music together from their own devices" Neowin 5:55 PM
"BlackBerry Messenger dies today, but it'll never truly be gone" The Verge 9:56 AM
"Google threatens to delist Chrome extensions installed by deceptive tactics: Google cracks down on misleading marketing and extensions with shady descriptions." ZDNet 9:39 AM
"Bad metadata leads to unpaid royalties from streaming music" 9to5Mac 8:38 AM
"U.S. judge orders Facebook to turn over data privacy records" Reuters 11:35 AM
"Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg 'survives' leadership vote" BBC 7:02 AM
"iMore show 659: MacOS Double Entendre/The iMore show brings you everything you need to know about the week in iPhone, iPad, Watch, TV, Mac, and Apple!" iMore 5:22 PM
"AirPort Updates, WWDC Plans – TMO Daily Observations 2019-05-31" The Mac Observer 1:26 PM
"The Dalrymple Report: iPod Touch, bats, and another disagreement" The Loop 12:42 PM
"Vergecast: the weird laptops of Computex, new Intel and AMD chips, and a WWDC preview" The Verge 11:09 AM
"One more thing? Catch our WWDC hardware predictions, this week on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 8:45 AM
"WWDC is coming & a new iPod touch is here on the AppleInsider Podcast" AppleInsider 8:36 AM
"iPod touch 7 review: An Android user's best Apple friend/The iPod touch 7 is just like its predecessor in almost every single way. So who's it for and why?" iMore 9:03 PM
"Review: the new iPod touch vs. the previous model" iDownload Blog 12:47 PM
"Tech review: How to make music on an iPad Pro" Buzz 9:16 AM
"We Found the Very Best Truly Wireless Earbuds" Gizmodo 9:30 AM
"Review: AirUnleashed is a great wireless charger, but isn't an AirPower substitute" AppleInsider 1:57 PM
"I tried Samsung's new outrageously wide $1,500 computer monitor — here's what it's like" Business Insider 11:45 AM
"Coda turns desktop documents into apps for your phone: There's a neat little app recently been released that could improve your productivity and turn a document into an app: but only if you have an iPhone or iPad." ZDNet 12:37 PM
"'Kids' is a mesmerizing iOS art game about the human collective" Mashable 7:07 AM
"Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap Review – What Is the Secret of Your Power?" Touch Arcade 2:39 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"How To Make Your Own AirPods for $4: 'A 15-year-old made a working pair of DIY AirPods using an old pair of headphones and a soldering iron.'" Vice 9:20 AM
"How to change the language on your iPhone, and separately change the language that Siri speaks and understands" Business Insider 9:18 AM
"How to forget a Wi-Fi network on iPhone, iPad and Mac" iDownload Blog 8:48 AM
"Mac Mini 2019: what we want to see" TechRadar UK 9:15 PM
"There's a Lot Riding on Apple's Next Keynote. Here's What to Expect." Barron's 9:13 PM
"Apple could be done with iTunes: At WWDC on Monday it's expected to unveil the media app's replacements." Engadget 7:24 PM
"What to expect from WWDC 2019" Cult of Mac 5:23 PM
"Apple will reportedly limit third-party tracking in children's apps: A move toward increasing privacy for children" The Verge 3:54 PM
"Should Apple Consider Dropping iPhone Prices?" Forbes 2:52 PM
"Here's how Apple's AR headset will likely be introduced — and when" VentureBeat 11:35 AM
"Apple SIM hell: How Sprint Mobile sent my iPad into a customer service nightmare/After reformatting my iPad Pro, my cellular plan wouldn't work. Worse, going to the Apple Store and talking to Sprint customer reps made me feel like I was losing my mind. These big companies really don't invest much effort to support this particular combination of product and service." ZDNet 11:09 AM
"Editorial: China's retaliatory 'unreliable supplier' list will hit Windows, Android the hardest" AppleInsider 10:02 AM
"The surprising reason 492 out of 500 people at one company chose iPhone over Android" BGR 8:52 AM
"The new Mac Pro is Apple's chance to make a PC: Apple's professional users need upgrades" The Verge 8:36 AM
"Welcome to the new MacDailyNews!" MacDailyNews 4:50 PM
"TBWA\Media Arts Lab Announces Two New ECDs" PRNewswire 3:59 PM
"Other World Computing CEO Larry O'Connor Issues Statement on Impact of Trump Administration Plan to Impose Escalating Tariffs on Mexican Imports" PRNewswire 3:59 PM
"Glancy Prongay & Murray Reminds Investors of Looming Deadline in the Class Action Lawsuit Against Apple Inc." GlobeNewswire 2:51 PM
"Finally, I can use my iPhone to ride the NYC subway" Engadget 2:39 PM
"Dropbox ups the storage of its paid plans, gets smarter about cleaning up old files" The Verge 8:36 AM
"Google Docs finally lets you adjust margins per section and add page breaks" Android Police 8:35 AM
"Powerbeats Pro Now Available to Order in UK, France and Germany" MacRumors 6:47 AM
"With a Worm Looming, the BlueKeep Bug Isn't Getting Patched Fast Enough: Two weeks have passed since Microsoft warned users about a critical vulnerability in a common Windows protocol that could enable a hacker to remotely take over machines without even a click from their owners, potentially allowing an infectious worm to rip through millions of PCs. That bug might be fading from the headlines, but it still lingers in at least 900,000 computers." Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:37 AM
"Microsoft issues second warning about patching BlueKeep as PoC code goes public" ZDNet 6:40 AM
"Microsoft warns users to patch as exploits for 'wormable' BlueKeep bug appear" TechCrunch 8:50 AM
"Microsoft warns 1 million computers are still vulnerable to major Windows security exploit: Malware could automatically spread across these machines" The Verge 1:53 PM
"Microsoft practically begs Windows users to fix wormable BlueKeep flaw" Ars Technica 1:01 PM
"Microsoft Fortfies Position in Gaming With Xbox Game Pass" Zacks 9:19 AM
"Intel Publishes Plans to Wind Down Shipments of 7th Gen Core 'Skylake-X' HEDT Processors" AnandTech 8:49 AM
"Intel Brings Its Own Benchmark to Refute AMD's '2X' EPYC Claim" Tom's Hardware 11:03 AM
"AMD Necessary Party to Patent Licensee's Infringement Suit" Bloomberg Law 12:59 PM
"AMD Is Aiming For Radeon RX 5700 'Navi' Support In Linux 5.3 + Mesa 19.2" Phoronix 12:58 PM
"Dell releases more high-end Ubuntu Linux laptops: Linux PCs are growing in popularity for professional programmers and Dell continues to back them." ZDNet 11:02 AM
"Dell Technologies Inc. on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript" Seeking Alpha 7:44 AM
"Dell's reasons to be fearful (1,2,3): Intel chip supplies, trade tariffs and slowing server sales in sagging Chinese economy" The Register 11:36 AM
"Dell, HP in Line of Fire From Trump's Tariff Vow on Mexico" Bloomberg 2:37 PM
"HP introduces the world's first dual-screen gaming laptop" Tech Advisor 12:58 PM
"Sims and HP collaborate on e-plastics recycling" E-Scrap News 12:57 PM
"IBM is giving away a swarm of drones for disaster relief" The Inquirer 12:56 PM
"IBM And Thomson Reuters Announce AI Collaboration" e3zine 12:56 PM
"Oracle Workers Latest to Be Denied Jury Trial in 401(k) Row" Bloomberg Law 12:54 PM
"Tech buyer rights raised in Cisco vulnerability" SearchNetworking 12:53 PM
"The monstrous, momentous PC hardware of Computex 2019: From futuristic laptops to trailblazing new chips, this is the PC hardware that caught our eye at Computex 2019." PCWorld 7:43 AM
"Stocks suffer worst May since 2010 as Trump threatens tariffs on Mexico: Auto shares slide as tariff threat poses supply-chain risks" MarketWatch 3:57 PM
"Stocks close at 3 month low, bond yields tumble, after Trump hits Mexico with tariffs" FOXBusiness 3:57 PM
"Stocks Close Lower as Trump's Mexico Tariff Threat Rattles Markets: Dow falls more than 300 points; Yield on 10-year U.S. Treasurys hits a fresh 20-month low" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:57 PM
"Nikkei tumbles, other Asian markets mixed after Trump's tarrifs against Mexico: Nikkei weighed by falling auto makers; China stocks stable" MarketWatch 8:53 AM
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