"Apple, IBM betting niche apps win in the workplace: With the race to control mobility in the workplace heating up, Apple Inc. and IBM Corp. are betting their niche, at times specially-designed, apps entice more companies to deploy their hardware and software over their competitors." MarketWatch 11:13 AM
"Apple is about to take over the music market, and it can't be stopped" Business Insider 1:42 PM
"How Apple cut the indie music deal: The 0.2-cent solution" Fortune 8:14 AM
"Apple and indie publishers are still ironing out Music deals" Engadget 7:32 AM
"Revealed: How Much Apple is Paying Artists on Apple Music (it's Less Than You Might Think)" BGR 7:32 AM
"Apple Music earns artists just 3 cents an hour" BetaNews 8:12 AM
"Zane Lowe, the D.J. Scratching Out Beats 1 for Apple" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:53 AM
"With iPhone & Apple Watch, Apple playing a key role in 'consumerization' of healthcare" AppleInsider 9:03 AM
"Watch Apple ramp up construction on 'spaceship' campus: The building is set to cost the company an astronomical $5 billion." Boston Globe [Free Registration Required] 11:40 AM
"Taylor Swift Confirms 1989 Will Now Be On Apple Music" TechCrunch 10:45 AM
"Taylor Swift to Stream Top-Selling Album '1989' on Apple Music" MacRumors 10:45 AM
"Taylor Swift says her album '1989' will be on Apple Music" 9to5Mac 10:45 AM
"Taylor Swift: 'I've decided to put 1989 on Apple Music'" Wired UK 11:13 AM
"Taylor Swift agrees to put her music on Apple's streaming service" MarketWatch 11:12 AM
"Apple Should Pose the Biggest Threat to Fitbit: Apple has been making efforts to enhance the Apple Watch's features" Market Realist 1:16 PM
"Fitbit CEO Says He 'Thinks Differently' About Apple" Re/code 7:20 AM
"New flagship Union Square Apple Store beginning to rise in San Francisco" AppleInsider 7:48 AM
"Pharrell's New Single 'Freedom' Will Serve As Apple Music's First Exclusive" Forbes 7:22 AM
"Eminem will be Zane Lowe's first interview for Apple Music" The Next Web 7:44 AM
"Eminem Is Zane Lowe's First Interview On Apple's Beats 1 Radio" TechCrunch 7:45 AM
"Pharrell, Drake and Elton John will DJ on Apple's Beats 1" Engadget 8:52 AM
"Apple Music's strategy for Beats 1: Elton John, Drake, and... Jaden Smith/A radio station that blends dad rock with Jaden Smith" The Verge 9:43 AM
"Spotify hits back at Apple Music 3-month free trial by doubling its own trial outside the U.S." 9to5Mac 7:49 AM
"Apple Component Assembler Foxconn Considers Listing China Units: Company may list units in China within three to five years and is also still interested in investing in Sharp" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:30 AM
"Foxconn CEO defends labor practices in wake of protest" IDG News Service 9:04 AM
"Apple confirms Confederate flag ban in App Store, says war games have to change art" AppleInsider 4:23 PM
"Apple Pulls Seemingly All American Civil War Games From the App Store Because of the Confederate Flag" Touch Arcade 8:06 AM
"Apple seemingly joining Confederate flag boycott as Civil War games pulled from App Store" 9to5Mac 9:03 AM
"Apple removes apps with the Confederate flag" CIO 1:07 PM
"Report: Apple Pulls Apps That Use Confederate Flag" PC Magazine 5:34 PM
"Rapper will.i.am dismisses Apple Watch as 'weird' despite attending last year's launch" 9to5Mac 8:11 AM
"Will.I.Am On The Apple Watch: 'That s--- is weird'" Business Insider 8:11 AM
"This Two Day Old iPhone 6 Exploded During A Call, Owner Escaped Injury" Redmond Pie 8:54 AM
"New Samsung ad portrays Apple fans as cable-tangled fools" Apple World Today 8:12 AM
"Sony CEO re-elected to board with 88 percent vote after turnaround" Reuters 9:17 PM
"E-Books Get a Makeover/E-readers rejoice: Amazon and Google are rolling out new fonts designed not only to look better on screen but to make reading easier on the eye" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:25 PM
"Patent troll wins $30M verdict against Sprint, has more trials on the way: Changes in case law didn't stop Prism Technologies from winning big." Ars Technica 1:57 PM
"T-Mobile announces JUMP! On Demand, allowing customers to upgrade at any time" iMore 8:54 AM
"T-Mobile's new phone leasing program lets you upgrade three times a year: Jump On Demand is the carrier's latest move to sell you smartphones" The Verge 8:54 AM
"Android malware dominates mobile threat landscape" V3 8:08 AM
"The surprisingly sneaky rise of a la carte pay TV" TechHive 7:33 AM
"Wireless charging is finally going to be quick as well as convenient" The Verge 7:30 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-06-25: Home Automation's Bag of Hurt" The Mac Observer 9:12 AM
"T-Mobile iPhones hit by 'blue screen of death': iPhone users on the T-Mobile network are reporting freezes, restarts and blue screen of death crashes." ZDNet 7:34 AM
"T-Mobile iPhone Users Report Blue Screens of Death" PC Magazine 11:10 AM
"Apple Reportedly Working On Dual Lens Camera Tech For More Than Three Years" G for Games 8:04 AM
"Apple to increase flexible PCB purchases, say sources" DigiTimes 8:01 AM
"Apple component orders again hint that Force Touch is coming to iPhone 6s" Cult of Mac 8:01 AM
"Future iPhones could come with a bendy screen: Apple could be producing iPhones with flexible, curved screens - although it won't be in the iPhone 6s or 7, according to reports" Telegraph 9:17 AM
"TaiG issues a statement regarding 'leaked' jailbreak packages" iDownload Blog 8:12 AM
"Here's Apple's full list of supported Siri HomeKit commands" 9to5Mac 8:17 AM
Apple Patent Applications
"Apple inventions hint at next-level iOS geofencing features" AppleInsider 7:49 AM
"Apple Invents a Method for the iPhone to Locate Friends, Family and/or Colleagues within Buildings like a Mall" Patently Apple 8:06 AM
"Apple has a new idea for the iPhone that could make it so much easier to communicate while you're in transit" Business Insider 8:52 AM
"Apple wants your iPhone and iPad to be better at indoor location navigation" Apple Daily Report 8:05 AM
"The patent that proves Apple wants to put fingerprint scanners inside displays" Cult of Mac 8:00 AM
"Apple Describes the Creation of the Band for Apple Watch Sport" Patently Apple 7:49 AM
"Apple files for two patents related to iOS geofencing technologies" Apple Daily Report 7:59 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"Wireless carrier support and features for iPhone in Europe" Apple Support 7:07 PM
"If you can't import photos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer: If you can't import your photos to your computer, or your computer doesn't recognize your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch as a camera, try the steps below." Apple Support 6:06 PM
"iTunes U security and privacy overview: Apple takes data security and the privacy of personal information very seriously. iTunes U is built with industry-standard security practices and employs strict policies to protect user data." Apple Support 5:29 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Today's Top iPhone /iPad /Mac App Freebies And Price Drops" App Sliced 10:20 AM
"Jump Out! For iPhone Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" App Sliced 10:20 AM
"OfficeSuite Pro (MS Office Viewer/Editor) For iPhone/iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $9.99)" App Sliced 10:20 AM
"Video: How to Install iOS 9 Beta 2 Without a Developer Account" BGR 8:13 AM
"7 ways to curb your iPhone's cellular data use: How to put a lid on your iPhone's cellular data use—and avoid nasty surprises on your monthly wireless bill." PCWorld 7:47 AM
"Apple Pay: Everything you need to know about the iPhone payment service" The Inquirer 7:30 AM
"Apple's Confederate Flag Ban Doesn't Compute: Apple is removing war games that feature the Confederate flag from its App Store. How does erasing digital media that contain images of a contextually relevant historal object improve social justice?" InformationWeek 9:13 PM
"U-verse App For Apple Watch Available Now" PRNewswire 1:07 PM
"THREAD Research™ Launches UCSF PRIDE Study iPhone App to Study LGBTQ Health" Business Wire 1:05 PM
"Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games, DC Entertainment and The LEGO Group Take You on Another Batman Mobile Adventure in LEGO® Batman™: Beyond Gotham on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch" Business Wire 1:05 PM
"Satya Nadella's new mission for Microsoft: help people 'achieve more'/Microsoft CEO sees 'tough choices' ahead for the company as it enters a new fiscal year" IDG News Service 5:30 PM
"Microsoft's CEO rallies the troops with a new mission statement" Engadget 6:13 PM
"Microsoft has a new mission statement, and it's basically the same as its old one" Ars Technica 6:13 PM
"Nadella talks of 'tough choices' in new Microsoft employee memo" Seeking Alpha 5:31 PM
"Microsoft releases Windows 10 Mobile test build with 'Edge' browser branding" ZDNet 4:56 PM
"Microsoft Office 365 Cloud Status Notifications Go Mobile" eWeek 6:49 PM
"Microsoft does Android again, ships Office apps: Microsoft today removed the preview label from its Office apps for Android, releasing the final versions of Excel, PowerPoint and Word to Google Play." Computerworld US 6:22 AM
"Microsoft Launches Office for Android Phones" eWeek 6:30 AM
"Microsoft Office launches on Android smartphones" V3 7:16 AM
"Windows 10 Testers Can Keep Free Upgrade As Long As They Stay Insiders" Redmond Pie 6:37 AM
"Windows 10: 73 percent of firms to embrace software despite pricing confusion/Mainly due to Start Button return" The Inquirer 6:37 AM
"Screenshots of Windows 10 Mobile Build 10149 leak: Edge, Flashlight button, and more" Neowin 6:45 AM
"Windows XP: US Navy throws $9.1m at Microsoft for another extension/Follows in the footsteps of the Met Police" The Inquirer 6:37 AM
"Samsung Slammed For Disabling Windows Update: Samsung admitted to altering the behavior of Microsoft's Windows Update tool, but claims to have good intentions." InformationWeek 4:52 PM
"Microsoft responds to Samsung disabling Windows Update on selected PCs" ZDNet 11:22 AM
"Samsung installing software to disable automatic Windows Updates" MacNN 7:48 AM
"Samsung denies undermining Windows security" IT PRO 6:58 AM
"John Swainson, president of Dell Software, argues the case for rethinking datacentres" ComputerWeekly 6:49 AM
"Ford, Hewlett-Packard Trial Smarter Fleet Data Management" The Motor Report 6:50 AM
"Juniper, Ruckus Partnership to Challenge Cisco, HP, Aruba" eWeek 6:30 AM
"Cisco to Buy Solar Power for California HQ" TechWeekEurope 6:54 AM
"'Digital vortex' to swallow 40% of companies in 5 years/Cisco and IMD report suggests C-levels are lethargic about digital disruption." Computer Business Review 6:53 AM
"How the next Java update could make Yahoo your default search provider: Yahoo has cut a deal with Oracle to promote Yahoo alongside its Java technolog" IDG News Service 6:30 AM
"IBM Pushes Networking and Research to Catch Rivals in the Cloud" Bloomberg 9:11 PM
"20V MOSFETs slash space, power in mobile devices" EE Times Asia 6:09 AM
"Foxconn CEO defends labor practices in wake of protest: Labor groups protest the company at its annual shareholders' meeting in Taipei" IDG News Service 11:36 AM
"Market focus: Greece is the word" USA Today 7:13 AM
"U.S. Stocks Waver as Investors Watch Greece Bailout Talks: Negotiations between Greece, creditors look set to stretch to weekend" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:30 PM
"Asia Markets: Asian shares slide as Greece talks stumble/Stocks in Asia fell Thursday after remarks from European finance ministers suggested a Greek bailout deal wasn't likely to be reached until later this week, while a rebound in China's market eased despite new efforts from Beijing to stimulate lending." MarketWatch 7:13 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks choppy on Greece uncertainty/European stock markets on Thursday continued to struggle for direction, with investors focused on hopes for a resolution in the long-running talks over Greece's debt crisis." MarketWatch 7:14 AM
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