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Many of the companies pundits think Apple should buy are patently ridiculous choices.

Apple posted a new Web page showing you how to shoot a picture in different situations using the iPhone 7. This is a page I will definitely use.

John Paczkowski writing for BuzzFeed:

Sources in position to know tell BuzzFeed News that Amazon’s Prime video app — long absent from Apple TV — is indeed headed to Apple’s diminutive set-top box. Apple plans to announce Amazon Prime video’s impending arrive to the Apple TV App Store during the keynote at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 5 in San Jose, CA. A source familiar with the companies’ thinking say the app is expected to go live this summer, but cautioned that the hard launch date might change. Amazon had previously declined to even submit a Prime Video app for inclusion in Apple’s Apple TV App Store.

John certainly knows his stuff and this has been rumored before. It would be great if Amazon and Apple could get things worked out, release a video app, and get the Apple TV back in the Amazon store again.

“We are taking a careful yet balanced approach to incorporating autonomous vehicles on our roads to reduce dangerous driving habits, decrease the number of accidents and save lives on New York roadways,” Cuomo said in a statement.

Says a lot about the driving habits of many on the roads today.

Companies in New York must have a $5 million insurance policy, submit reports to the state, be overseen by the state police and pay the state police for supervising each test.

Testing also cannot take place in construction or school zones – which take up huge swaths of land in New York City – and must adhere to a predesignated route shared in advance with the state.

No doubt there will be challenges or suggestions from the companies developing the technology.

Settle in for 20 minutes of a pretty good round up of world history. CAUTION: there’s some NSFW language in the video.

It will be interesting to see how well (or how poorly) iTunes will be received on the Windows Store.

As sad as I was to hear of Tekserve’s closing, I’m glad to see their wonderful collection of Apple computers has gone to a good home.

Axios provided a list of highlights from the conference.

Want to talk about guilty pleasures of trash tv watching? This is mine. I watch every episode of House Hunters International (yes, I know the show is staged), although not such a fan of the other shows.

I’ve used Photosweeper 3 to organize and/or delete thousands of photos. Well worth the $10.

This quiz from a few years ago has been making the rounds. In a nutshell, take a look at these cropped faces, try to identify the emotion shown. It’s all multiple choice, 36 in all, goes pretty quickly.

I generally found that if a particular face brought up an instinct, that first instinct was the correct answer. Enjoy.

UPDATE: Not sure why, but it appears the quiz comes up fine on the Mac, but not on my iPhone. If you get a broken link on your phone, try it on your computer.

Let the Zaprudering of the invitation begin.

This is one of the most incredible stories I’ve read in quite some time.

I’ve always thought museums would be perfect places for this kind of technology but only the most well-funded ones can take advantage of it.

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Apple’s stock is currently trading above the $150 mark for the first time ever, after factoring in a 7-for-1 split in 2014, giving the company a record-high market cap of nearly $790 billion. That means Apple is just over $200 billion away from becoming the world’s first trillion dollar company.

It’s mind boggling to think of that much money.

Yeah, he’s done it before but the issue has raised its ugly head once again.

Great news for sites and people that use the program.

Without looking, guess who the subject of the “First Digital Photo of a President” was. I bet you’ll be surprised.

If you didn’t download it during the above times, you have nothing to worry about.

Always fun to read the tea leaves when Apple executives speak.

The Android operating system clearly dominates the mobile market, with a share of around 72 percent. In Germany alone, around 67 percent of smartphone owners use a device with an Android operating system (source: Statcounter). G DATA security experts discovered over 750,000 new Android malware apps in the first quarter of 2017. That represents almost 8,400 new malware instances every day.

This is an absolutely staggering number. I don’t know how anyone using an Android device feels the least bit safe.

A comprehensive security solution is becoming more and more important for smartphones and tablets.

Yes, I agree. It’s called an iPhone and iOS.

I read through Gruber’s piece and tried to pick out one point to quote here, but it’s so thoughtfully woven together, you should just read it all.

If you’re having a bad day (I sure am!), this short video will definitely put a smile on your face.

Jessie Char joins me this week to talk about Apple’s WWDC, the preparations she’s making for The Layers Conference being held the same week, and how she goes about finding compelling speakers for the conference.

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I bet many of you have as well.

This is great news for music fans. Ulrich’s show is called “It’s Electric!” and debuts this Sunday, May 7 at 3pm PT. He explains more about the show in the video below.

Amazon and Apple may have reached a truce.

The tech giants, who are increasingly competing for customers’ time, eyeballs and money, are close to an agreement to bring an Amazon video app to Apple’s Apple TV set-top box, according to people familiar with the two companies.

This agreement will benefit both companies. Amazon subscribers want to be able to use their Apple TVs to watch videos without using AirPlay and Apple wants to offer a full complement of programming options for its customers.

The company will fund more than 40 original shows and movies in the next year, spending hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a person familiar with the plans. YouTube is betting high-profile stars will attract more advertisers like Johnson & Johnson, which is sponsoring “Best.Cover.Ever,” a music competition from Ryan Seacrest that’s scheduled for later this year.

I think this is great. The original programming from Netflix and others over the past few years has been fabulous. Hopefully that trend will continue.

Sportscar maker Porsche is opening a digital technology center with 100 staff in Silicon Valley to forge new partnerships, cooperate with venture-capital companies and invest in new companies, it said on Friday.

This is a very interesting move for Porsche. They aren’t waiting to license technology in a few years when it matures, they are getting in on the ground floor where it’s being developed in Silicon Valley.