"In Beats Restructuring, Apple's Tim Cook Sends Subliminal Message To Pandora" Seeking Alpha 9:05 AM
"Apple Said to Cut 200 Jobs at Beats After Acquisition" Bloomberg 9:15 AM
"Apple-Beats deal to result in 200 layoffs: The two companies are expecting the merger to be completed by the end of the current quarter." United Press International 11:42 AM
"Apple pares 200 jobs from Beats" New York Post 9:15 AM
"Apple Deal Means 200 Beats Workers Will Need New Jobs" Re/code 11:03 AM
"Apple eliminating 200 Beats jobs -- report" CNET 10:45 AM
"Apple reportedly laying off up to 200 of Beats' 700 employees" The Verge 11:03 AM
"Apple To Lay Off Around 200 Workers From Beats Following Acquisition" Digital Trends 7:33 AM
"Is the iPad doomed? Tablet sales are 'crashing,' says Best Buy's CEO! IPad sales are sinking fast! Is this the beginning of the end for the tablet?" CNNMoney 10:49 AM
"Will Apple Save Sapphire Seduction For iPhone 6S?" Forbes 9:14 AM
"Apple environmental chief expanding green power efforts" MacNN 8:48 AM
"Apple releases OS X v10.9.5 beta to developers" TechnologyTell 7:20 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Mavericks discussion offers tips about Mac hardware compatibility with earlier OS X versions, plus iCloud sync problems, along with questions about a couple of odd glitches." MacInTouch 11:40 AM
"Security notes include trackers in email (identified by Little Snitch); HIPAA (medical privacy) issues; adware; JavaScript Blacklist; questions about managing spam; LinkedIn and related security issues." MacInTouch 11:40 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"InDesign CC 2014 review: Better e-book tools, easier workflows" Macworld 7:13 AM
"Notifier Pro for Gmail review: You've got Gmail notifications on your Mac's menu bar" Macworld 7:13 AM
"Review: Macphun's Tonality brings out your inner Ansel Adams" The Next Web 9:05 AM
"Apple's CDN Now Live: Has Paid Deals With ISPs, Massive Capacity In Place" Streaming Media Blog 11:45 AM
"Apple's multi-terabit, $100M CDN is live—with paid connection to Comcast: Big content delivery network will help Apple deliver iOS and OS X upgrades." Ars Technica 11:45 AM
"Apple Stores to finally begin iPhone 5s display replacements on August 4th" 9to5Mac 11:05 AM
"Why Apple forged a partnership with IBM" Market Realist 11:04 AM
"An open air Apple Store is how you renovate with no place to move" iMore 7:17 PM
"Russia to Apple: All Your Code Are Belong to Us" The Mac Observer 10:44 AM
"Russian government requests Apple source code" TUAW 9:16 PM
"Yo Is Trying To Get Parody App YOLO Pulled From The App Store" TechCrunch 9:23 AM
"That Time the iPhone Owner Punched His Mugger in the Face" The Mac Observer 7:10 PM
"Can Samsung Finally Outsexy Apple with This Phone?" LAPTOP Magazine 9:22 AM
Non-Apple News
"Smartphone flaws puts users at risk" Reuters 9:44 PM
"VW Will Create A Special Management Team To Be More Like Apple" Business Insider 12:25 PM
"Google Reveals a Wide Overview of their Smart Gamepad Vision" Patently Mobile 12:23 PM
"Selfie, belfie, usie, kill me – end this madness: As the monstrous selfie morphs into the painfully pointless 'usie', stop trying to make –ie a thing" Telegraph 9:15 AM
"FCC calls Verizon plan to throttle speeds 'disturbing'" CNNMoney 11:04 AM
"Verizon explains why it's throttling its 'unlimited' data customers" BGR 8:54 AM
"Why the Security of USB Is Fundamentally Broken" Wired 8:52 AM
"T-Mobile posts strong Q2 revenue, adds 1.5 million new customers" iMore 7:37 AM
"As expected, Samsung Mobile profits slump 31 percent as Chinese competition bites" 9to5Google 7:37 AM
"Fitness tracking goes under the security spotlight" CNET 7:18 AM
"Toshiba STOR.E Slim USB 3.0 portable hard drive for Mac review" Macworld UK 8:47 AM
"The PureGear DualTek XT is built for Extreme Terrain" TechnologyTell 8:47 AM
"Review: ClamCase ClamCase Pro for iPad Air" iLounge 9:24 AM
"The Runtastic Orbit Is A Fitness Tracker With All The Right Moves" ReadWrite 9:16 AM
"Runtastic Orbit review: The activity tracker that only a Runtastic fanatic could love" TechHive 8:47 AM
"Review: Bolse 25W 4-Port USB Wall/Desktop charger With SmartIC Technology" Run Around Tech 9:16 AM
"Win At Poker With The Odds Calculator" Mac 360 7:21 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Polymo is a new camera app for the iPhone and iPod touch that launched earlier this month with a focus on letting you organize your photos with tags." MacStories 12:31 PM
"QuickFolders: a more efficient way to launch apps in folders" iDownload Blog 10:50 AM
"Translate Words & Phrases from Foreign Languages with iPhone & Word Lens" OS X Daily 9:04 AM
"Going on a trip? Keep a travel diary with Bonjournal" TechHive 7:18 AM
"Timeful for iPhone uses behavioral science to make your calendar and to-do list smart" The Next Web 9:05 AM
"Bio Inc. – Biomedical Plague review: kill your patient with lethal diseases" iDownload Blog 8:48 AM
"Crazy Taxi: City Rush begins its ride on the iPhone and iPad" iMore 7:37 AM
"Poptile - Popping A Fresh Matching Game?" Apple'n'Apps 7:37 AM
"Dizzy Fruit - A Fresh Pick, Or Rotten Snack?" Apple'n'Apps 7:37 AM
"Fish & Shark - Rising Above The App Store Sea?" Apple'n'Apps 7:37 AM
"Formula Force Racing iOS Game Review" Tapscape 9:15 AM
"Here's Why Working At Apple Is A Dream Job" Business Insider 7:44 PM
"Prosperity Gospel" ["Prosperity Gospel business reporting holds that, when a product succeeds, it succeeds because the CEO or the product manager is brilliant and wonderful, a romantic hero like Steve Jobs. When a product fails, its failure stems from the shortsightedness and shortcomings of the foolish and ill-behaved management. Just like Steve Jobs, back in the day, was the dirty hippy who nearly ruined Apple. That was before he saved Apple."] Mark Bernstein 4:23 PM
"Apple iWatch Set To Leapfrog Industry With Stunning Flexibility" Three Guys And A Podcast 12:37 PM
"TBT: The first iPad/On Throwback Thursday, the 'Squawk Alley' crew looks back at the original iPad and revisit Walt Mossberg's review of the product. Walt says almost nothing has grown as fast as quickly as tablets." CNBC 12:25 PM
"The one thing that Tim Cook really needs to do better" BGR 11:04 AM
"Why IDC sales estimates are complete BS" TUAW 11:03 AM
"This is one iOS 8 feature you'll absolutely love" BGR 10:50 AM
"Samsung's troubles prove Apple knows exactly what it's doing with its iPhone business" iDownload Blog 10:50 AM
"Wikimedia Foundation launches all-new Wikipedia app" CNET 9:09 PM
"56 Impressive iPad Air And iPad 4 Cases And Covers" Digital Trends 7:19 PM
"ModBook Pro X Turns A Retina MacBook Pro Into A Tablet Paired With A Stylus" Digital Trends 7:19 PM
"SEGA Releases Crazy Taxi: City Rush for iOS" iClarified 7:18 PM
"Wunderlist updated with new layout and real-time list syncing" 9to5Mac 7:12 PM
"Redesigned Typo 2 physical keyboard for Apple's iPhone 5 & 5s now available for preorder" AppleInsider 4:23 PM
"Wikipedia app re-launches on App Store ahead of iOS 8 integration" 9to5Mac 3:20 PM
"Microsoft rolls out Office for iPad updates" CNET 9:08 PM
"Microsoft releases Office for iPad update with PDF exporting, presenter view, third party fonts, more" 9to5Mac 12:42 PM
"Yantouch - Diamond+ Creates An Instant Party With Bluetooth Speaker Music & Light Show – 16 Million Colors Pulsate To Music See, Hear & Feel The Music-- All-in-One Entertainment System with LED Galaxy Light Show that Sparkles Like a Diamond" Thomas PR 11:59 AM
"Revolv Launches New Android and Updated iOS Apps With Official Support for Nest" Business Wire 11:41 AM
"Automatic Vision-Correcting Displays Could Let You Ditch The Reading Glasses" TechCrunch 11:05 AM
"Timeful hopes to reinvent time management on your iPhone" AppAdvice 11:05 AM
"PadGadget's Sound Stage: iKlip Stage Now Live in the App Store" PadGadget 11:04 AM
"'Blood Bowl' for iPad Finally Hits the App Store" Touch Arcade 11:03 AM
"Lollapalooza hub featured on Apple TV Red Bull channel ahead of music festival kick off tomorrow" 9to5Mac 10:45 AM
"There's Been A Great Update to the Text Streaming Spritz Technology" MacNews Blog 9:32 AM
"The NomadPlus turns your iPhone charger into a battery pack" Cult of Mac 9:22 AM
"Plants vs. Zombies 2 Enters the Second Half of the Dark Ages" 148Apps 9:22 AM
"Out Now: 'Angels in the Sky', 'Deep Loot', 'Micromon', 'Super Heavy Sword' and Tons More" Touch Arcade 9:15 AM
"Indiegogo's first native iPhone app is now available worldwide following a brief Canada-only stint" The Next Web 9:05 AM
"Get Ready for 1Password Everywhere in iOS 8" The Mac Observer 8:56 AM
"SIG: In Brief: Maxon news at SIGGRAPH 2014" Architosh 7:19 AM
"SIG: Chaos Group News for SIGGRAPH 2014 in Vancouver" Architosh 7:18 AM
"Letter Storm Hits the Apple Store Like a Hurricane" prMac 8:51 AM
"MEKS launches new interactive social media app" prMac 7:13 AM
"Together for iPad and iPhone 1.0 Now Available" prMac 7:13 AM
"MonApps introduces Mouse Hunter 1.0 for iOS - Hunt Down Mice" prMac 7:13 AM
"19 & 20 Year Olds Launch a Photo Messaging App to Complete Your Moments" prMac 7:13 AM
"Microsoft's Device Strategy: 3 Unanswered Questions/Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's scaled-down device strategy creates new questions about unreleased and rumored devices." InformationWeek 9:08 PM
"Microsoft ordered by U.S. judge to submit customer's emails from abroad" Reuters 1:11 PM
"US judge orders Microsoft to produce emails held abroad: Microsoft had sought to prevent the Justice Department from obtaining emails in Ireland without first getting the country's consent." CNET 3:19 PM
"Microsoft vows to appeal court order to turn over email from Ireland data center" GeekWire 8:54 PM
"Microsoft Loses Email Privacy Case With U.S. Gov, Will Appeal" TechCrunch 3:20 PM
"Microsoft's board gets turned up to 11 with new member" Neowin 8:05 AM
"Microsoft Names Wireless Executive John Stanton to Board" Bloomberg 11:03 AM
"Microsoft creates special Chinese team to help drive adoption" Neowin 8:05 AM
"Microsoft announces its new development board: the Sharks Cove" Neowin 8:05 AM
"Intel's MinnowBoard Max coming in late, commanding higher prices: The open-source PC board lists at $129 but will cost more from the first retailers selling it" Computerworld 7:44 AM
"Intel's Raspberry Pi-like MinnowBoard Max behind schedule, selling at a premium" PCWorld 8:19 AM
"Intel to see difficulties shipping 40 million tablet CPUs in 2014" DigiTimes 8:17 AM
"AMD's Kaveri onslaught: New A10 & A8 APUs, better pricing, lower power consumption" ExtremeTech 7:58 AM
"AMD's Kaveri processors coming to smaller, cheaper desktops: AMD's new chips will bring console-style gaming to small desktops" IDG News Service 7:44 AM
"AMD ships trio of Kaveri-based desktop processors for system builders" Electronista 12:05 PM
"AMD finally releases Kaveri A-Series APUs with 12 compute cores for better desktop gaming: Brings a higher level of gaming and compute experiences to the desktop PC" The Inquirer 1:05 PM
"AMD Readies Steamroller Based A4-7300, Athlon X4 860K / 840, Athlon X2 450 and FX-8370 For AM3+ Processors For Q3 2014" WCCF Tech 8:15 AM
"AMD Announces Availability of its first 64-Bit ARM-Based Server Processor" Uncover California 8:15 AM
"IBM buys access control and identity management firm CrossIdeas: With CrossIdeas, IBM is gaining auditing tools for policing segregation-of-duties violations across disparate systems" IDG News Service 8:12 AM
"IBM buys access control and identity management firm CrossIdeas" PCWorld 8:17 AM
"IBM snaps up Italian cloud security vendor CrossIdeas/Summary: IBM is adding more troops for its assault on the enterprise security market - this time with an Italian vendor giving it tools to handle segregation of duties." ZDNet 8:18 AM
"IBM buys CrossIdeas in struggle to meet cloud security demands" VentureBeat 9:28 AM
"IBM snaps up Crossideas for identity management know-how" Gigaom 8:03 AM
"Michael Dell is funding this company to move surveillance cameras onto the cloud" VentureBeat 8:08 AM
"Oracle Updates Database, Linux, Project Offerings" Top Tech News 8:19 AM
"Oracle buys TOA Technologies in strike against Salesforce.com: TOA's field services software will be aligned with Oracle's customer service and support cloud apps" IDG News Service 9:28 AM
"Danish researchers achieve fastest single-laser data transfer speeds ever" Engadget 7:54 AM
"No patch yet for zero day in Symantec Endpoint Protection software driver: Symantec has published recommendations for mitigating the danger" IDG News Service 7:43 AM
"Hackers can tap USB devices in new attacks, researcher warns" Reuters 8:25 AM
"Big data is transforming every industry, from health and education, to farming and energy" BetaNews 8:58 AM
"UBS praises Apple CEO Tim Cook for thinking 'big,' pushing for iOS to become ubiquitous" AppleInsider 7/30
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Yelp, 3D Systems stand out as tech stocks slump/Earnings results fail to inspire investors as sector is awash in red" MarketWatch 4:16 PM
"Dow plunges 317 points, now down for year" CNNMoney 4:17 PM
"Stock Market Today: Dow Turns Negative for the Year as Earnings Gloom Sets In" TheStreet 4:17 PM
"Stocks plunge, wiping out July gains; Market is on track for first monthly loss since January" Associated Press 4:44 PM
"Dow Erases 2014 Gain Amid Global Selloff as Exxon Tumbles" Bloomberg 4:18 PM
"U.S. Stocks Tumble, Snapping Five-Month Win Streak: Dow Industrials Post Steepest Drop Since February" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:18 PM
"Asia Markets: Japan stocks snap winning streak, but rise for July/Japanese stocks broke their four-day string of advances on Thursday, but still notched a solid gain for the month of July." MarketWatch 8:30 AM
"Europe Markets: Disappointing earnings, weak inflation hit European stocks/A raft of disappointing earnings reports from European heavyweights pushed the region's stock markets to sharp losses on Thursday, while another soft inflation reading for the euro zone offered little consolation." MarketWatch 8:30 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 7:21 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at the close of trading" Associated Press 7:20 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at 1 p.m." Associated Press 1:06 PM
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