"ClamXav developer starts charging for his Mac OS X antivirus software" VentureBeat 6/27
"OS X El Capitan beta references possible 4K Mac with quad-core Broadwell: Presence in beta builds could point to a launch between now and this fall." Ars Technica 6/26
"Apple's New Software Has Hidden Clues About Its Next Product: The iMac is due for a big upgrade" Time 6/26
"4K iMac Details Revealed in El Capitan DP 2" FairerPlatform 6/26
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"iTunes Match Melting Down for Some Users in Runup to Apple Music Launch" Kirkville 6/26
"Delete photos and video synced from iTunes when you can't access the originals" Apple Support 6/26
"Airport Utility says your Apple ID or password is wrong after enabling Two-Step Verification" Apple Support 6/26
"If Photos won't open a library that you already migrated" Apple Support 6/26
"Apple Deployment Programs and two-step verification" Apple Support 6/26
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"The Logic Pros: How to customize Logic's Drummer, beat-by-beat" 9to5Mac 5:50 PM
"How to enable text selection in OS X Quick Look" iMore 6/27
"iPad Pro Could Eliminate External Keyboards" ValueWalk 6/27
"Apple Suppliers Start Making iPhones With Force Touch" Bloomberg 6/26
"Apple Starts Early Production on Next-Generation iPhones With Force Touch" MacRumors 6/26
"Apple kicks off production of next-gen iPhone with Force Touch, report says" AppleInsider 6/26
"Apple reportedly begins production on next generation iPhone 6s with Force Touch" iMore 6/26
"Quanta Computer expects Apple Watch shipments to increase in 2H15" DigiTimes 6/26
"Apple may switch to OLED displays for iPhone, reports Korea media" DigiTimes 6/26
"Apple searching for new public policy director to influence government" AppleInsider 6/26
"AppleCare+ battery coverage more generous for iPhones, iPads, Apple Watch" AppleInsider 6/26
"AppleCare+ for Apple Watch Now Covers Batteries That Retain Less Than 80% of Original Capacity" MacRumors 6/26
"Apple Boosts AppleCare+ Battery Support" PC Magazine 6/26
"Low Power mode will turn your Phone 6 into a cross between an iPhone 5 and 5s, show benchmarks" 9to5Mac 6/26
"Benchmarks Reveal Processor Throttling Details in iOS 9 Low Power Mode" MacTrast 6/26
"Will the iPhone 7 make tracking friends and family easier?" TechRadar UK 6/26
"How adblocking apps on iOS 9 will work (if Apple approves them)" The Next Web 6/26
"A developer has a genius way to turn the Apple Watch into a video game controller" Business Insider 6/26
"TaiG CEO hints at an eventual iOS 9 jailbreak" iDownload Blog 6/26
"Apple wants to patent iBeacon stalking" The Register 6/26
"iPhone 6+ and other oversized phones won't fit inside Fallout 4 Pip-Boy" PC Gamer 6/26
AppleCare/Helps
"Make a call over Wi-Fi: Learn about making a voice call over Wi-Fi using the Wi-Fi Calling feature on your iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, or iPhone 6 Plus." Apple Support 6/27
"Fix 'Apple Driver Hasn't Been Found' Error During TaiG iOS 8.3 Jailbreak" Redmond Pie 6/26
"If you can't update your Signed Configuration Profile in iOS 8.3" Apple Support 6/26
"iOS Wi-Fi profiles: About Auto Join and per-connection password settings" Apple Support 6/26
"Using Apple power adapters, cables, and duckheads with Apple products" Apple Support 6/26
"What type of gift card do I have?" Apple Support 6/26
Price Trackers/Deals
"1990: The Year Before Music Changed Forever" Slate 6/26
"Today's Top iPhone /iPad /Mac App Freebies And Price Drops" App Sliced 6/26
"SuperMi -Make Your Own Avatar For iPhone/iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" App Sliced 6/26
"Dwelp (Puzzler) For iPhone/iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" App Sliced 6/26
"Steve Jobs Quotes Serve as Valuable Life Lessons" BGR 5:15 PM
"iPhone 6s: Don't Expect Big Changes/The next iPhone, likely to be called the iPhone 6s, will look like the iPhone 6, but should have one unique feature to boost its appeal." InformationWeek 3:45 PM
"Curved OLED iPhone? Coming in 2018, Say Sources" Tapscape 4:14 PM
"Eddy Cue tweets on Apple Music Beats migration, locker size limits, iOS 9" iMore 11:31 AM
"An hour on Safari content blockers... and iMore" iMore 7:22 AM
"iPad and how it can aid in medical recovery" iMore 7:22 AM
"The sad, somewhat dizzying life of an iPhone through its own eyes" The Verge 6/27
"The real reason why Apple wanted to acquire Dropbox before it became a $10 billion startup" Business Insider 6/26
"Apple TouchID Tech May get Boost from Privaris Purchase" The Mac Observer 6/26
"Google Play is Copying Apple's App Store, and Why That's a Good Thing" BGR 6/26
"HBO Now Is a Hit on Apple's iOS but Is It Really a Big Deal?" TheStreet 6/26
"Opinion: Why content-blocking on iOS means advertisers, ad networks, publishers & readers all need to up their games" 9to5Mac 6/26
"iPod Madness: Warn Your Children!" Kirkville 6/26
"Trying To Do The Math On Apple Music" Mac 360 6/26
"Here's why Apple can take on the streaming industry: The other week I was rummaging through my old audio CD library." iMore 6/26
"Taylor Swift is Backing Herself Into a Corner - Above Avalon Premium Week in Review" Above Avalon 6/26
"My Niece Takes a Train Ride: Using iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Nikon D7000 Cameras (Part 2 -Banlaem)" eXtensions 6/26
"My Niece Takes a Train Ride: Using iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Nikon D7000 Cameras (Part 1 -Mahachai)" eXtensions 6/26
"Alex Gibney On Cult Surrounding Apple Inc. and Steve Jobs: 'I See A Parallel With Scientology'" ["Apple SVP of software and services Eddy Cue famously tweeted angrily about 'The Man in the Machine' from South by South West, where the film premiered in March. Cue described Gibney's film as 'inaccurate,' 'mean-spirited' and 'not a reflection of the Steve I knew.' 'I'm not sure Eddy Cue actually saw the film,' Gibney said. 'There is definitely a cult of Apple that doesn't want to hear anything bad about Steve Jobs.'"] International Business Times 6/26
"Commentary: Sales of Apple Watch not optimistic" DigiTimes 6/26
"How the Apple Watch is preparing us for an iPhone without a home button: If Apple wants to make the iPhone fresh, it should take a lesson from its new companion gadget and use the Force." Macworld 6/26
"Finding your way around Apple's iOS 9: This year, Apple is taking time to refine its mobile OS with a focus on performance and stability" Computerworld 6/26
Non-Apple
"Why This Tech Bubble Is Less Scary: This bubble is being inflated by relatively tiny amounts of money" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:34 PM
"Amazon Echo: 10 Things We Want Alexa To Do/Amazon is opening up Echo's Alexa to developers so it can add capabilities. Here's what we'd like to see it do." InformationWeek 3:45 PM
"How E-Readers Made Erotica So Popular" Gizmodo 3:25 PM
"This is what happens when a Google robot gets annoyed with a human/Technically Incorrect: In a series of experiments, a Google human has various conversations with a machine. One involves morality. The machine gets pissy." CNET 3:11 PM
"Weather history without the web" Dr. Drang 12:29 PM
"Facebook is More of a Threat to YouTube Than Ever Before" BGR 6/27
"The photos you (probably) won't find on Instagram" Engadget 6/27
"The Google Glass Epic Fail: What Happened?" BGR 6/27
"The Reason Your City Can't Have Fast Internet Access" Gizmodo 6/26
"Geek on the Street: What happened when we gave people a virtual reality headset for the first time" GeekWire 6/26
Humor/Cartoons
"Amazing Movie Mashup: 'Wizard of Oz' Characters Star in 'The Avengers'" BGR 6/27
"The $249 'Reserve Strap' will give the Apple Watch 30 extra hours of charge" Neowin 6/27
"Ultimate General: Gettysburg reinstated to the App Store" Digital Spy 6/27
"Coming June 27: Gene Steinberg meets Josh Centers, from TidBITS, and tech author Joe Kissell, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6/26
"Apple Adds LGBT Section to the App Store" Digital Trends 6/26
"DataMan Next iPhone Data Usage Tracker Now Offers Apple Watch App" MacTrast 6/26
"The $249 'Reserve Strap' will give the Apple Watch 30 extra hours of charge" Neowin 6/26
"This $250 Apple Watch Band Adds 30 Hours of Battery Life" Tom's Guide 6/26
"Disney's new iOS keyboard puts GIFs of your favorite characters and scenes right at your fingertips" 9to5Mac 6/26
"Formula Cartoon All-Stars Lets You Race As and Against Your Cartoon Network Favorites" 148Apps 6/26
"11 PCs Ideal For Windows 10 Upgrades: With Microsoft's big Windows 10 launch just over a month away, let's take a look at some recently-released PCs that would be ripe for an OS upgrade." InformationWeek 3:45 PM
"Google Fights Microsoft With New Android Branding" Forbes 7:26 AM
"JOI Phone 5 Is the First to Arrive with Intel Atom x3 SoC, Sells for $106" Softpedia 7:27 AM
"Inside IBM: Digital marketing, the empowered consumer, and education" ZDNet 9:30 PM
"Buy Cisco Systems and JPMorgan Chase for the Dividends Now" TheStreet 7:27 AM
"Why Investors Should Buy Qualcomm Instead Of Intel" Seeking Alpha 3:06 PM
"Behind Silicon Valley's Self-Critical Tone on Diversity, a Lack of Progress" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:12 AM
"Microsoft Mission Is to Help Everyone 'Achieve More,' CEO Says" eWeek 6/27
"With the transition to Windows as a service, Microsoft changes up revenue recognition" Neowin 6/27
"Samsung to stop blocking Windows Updates 'within a few days'" ZDNet 6/27
"Samsung caves and patches its software to re-enable Windows Update" Neowin 6/27
"Samsung PCs will unblock Windows Update 'in a few days'" Engadget 6/27
"Samsung backs down and will no longer disable Windows Update" SuperSite for Windows 6/27
"Microsoft plugs OneDrive storage into your Chromecast" Engadget 6/27
"Microsoft updates Mail and Calendar, refines the UI and brings along new icons" Neowin 6/27
"Microsoft wants to up the wow factor on the Bing homepage" ITProPortal 6/27
"Intel Corporation (INTC) Price Target Lowered To $45 At Jefferies: Analysts at Jefferies slashed the price target for Intel to $45 due to weaker PC trends" Bidness Etc 6/27
"U.S. stocks under pressure as Greece talks languish: Nike helping Dow Industrials break out" MarketWatch 6/26
"Broader Averages Gain on Greece Optimism: World stock markets slipped on Friday, in part on weakness in technology shares, while signs of a possible agreement between Greece and its creditors sent U.S. bond yields to nine-month highs by curbing demand for safe-haven U.S. debt." Reuters 6/26
"Nike Boosts Dow Industrials; Nasdaq Slips: Traders watch for annual adjustment of Russell indexes while Greece situation remains uncertain" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6/26
"Asia Markets: China stocks plunge 7%, slide toward bear territory/China's stock markets plunged toward bear territory Friday, a sharp turnaround after a year of strong gains." MarketWatch 6/26
"Europe Markets: European shares rise, but Greece still on the brink/European stocks finished higher Friday following reports that a deal to unlock bailout funds for debt-burdened Greece may be possible over the weekend. But developments as trading wrapped up for the week suggested that bridging the gap between Greece and its creditors at a meeting Saturday will remain difficult." MarketWatch 6/26
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