"How Apple Music could launch the iPod's comeback: What if the rumored iPod refresh includes Wi-Fi, cellular, and Apple Music? That would rock." Macworld 7:56 AM
"Opinion: Apple Watch sales plunge 90%/Sales are far below expectations only three months after hitting shelves" MarketWatch 8:11 AM
"Apple Watch sales may have fallen by 90 percent since launch" ZDNet 4:35 PM
"Apple Watch sales take a nosedive after stellar launch" TechSpot 9:07 PM
"Morgan Stanley analyst: Apple can't ignore the auto market" Business Insider 9:48 AM
"Shazam and SoundCloud release big updates to take on Apple Music" Macworld 7:56 AM
"Sorry, Apple! Samsung named most reputable tech company in U.S." Cult of Android 12:21 PM
"Apple Pay's Brit biz bashed by banks planning to Zapp it out" The Register 7:50 AM
"Apple Store at Queens Center in NYC to open on Saturday" AppleInsider 8:08 AM
"Apple's First Retail Store in Queens, New York Opens July 11" MacRumors 8:55 AM
"Photographing the Presidential Campaign With an iPhone 6" Time 8:22 AM
"Apple is cleaning up retail store shelves with consistent accessory packaging" ZDNet 11:01 AM
"Apple could take control of third-party accessory boxes" CNET 11:01 AM
"Apple revamps appearance of third-party accessories at Retail Stores" TechRepublic 8:07 AM
"Apple Store about to roll out design changes, report claims" Digital Trends 8:20 AM
"Duke University Names Eight New Trustees: New trustees include Apple CEO Tim Cook and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver" Duke Today 8:54 AM
"Tim Cook Named to Duke University's Board of Trustees on Six-Year Term" MacRumors 8:54 AM
"China's state TV accuses iPhone of 'stealing data,' costing users $10 a month" Tech In Asia 1:23 PM
"China's state TV accuses iPhone of stealing data" Cult of Mac 1:23 PM
"NBA Player Blames Injury on the iPhone 6" BGR 8:19 AM
"NBA Player Blames Elbow Injury on iPhone 6 Plus" Time 12:18 PM
"Gun-Shaped iPhone Case 'Is a Terrible Idea,' Police Officials Warn" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:30 PM
Non-Apple News
"Warning: Hacking Team Wrote Malware for Flash, Android, and Windows" Gizmodo 4:31 PM
"Samsung Blames Sinking Smartphone Sales On Supply Snafu: Samsung predicted another profit decline as sales of the Galaxy S6 aren't quite what the company expected." InformationWeek 8:59 PM
"Samsung bracing itself for another profit drop after miscalculated Galaxy S6/Edge demand" iDownload Blog 11:32 AM
"Samsung forgot the lesson it learned 2 years ago and now it's imploding" Business Insider 8:03 AM
"Is Your Shirt Smarter Than You? Hats, shirts, socks: if you can wear it, there's a good chance it eventually will read your vital signs, show your stress levels and even tell you to cut back on your Thanksgiving turkey." CNET 7:50 AM
"How Android Wear can change the way you travel" Greenbot 7:50 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Upgrade #44: Tap the Ellipses" Six Colors 4:33 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-07-07: Apple's Product Packaging Rules, iOS 8.4 Home Sharing" The Mac Observer 12:15 PM
"Let's Talk iOS 089: Overzealous force-touchers" iDownload Blog 8:19 AM
"Apple promises to bring back Home Sharing for music in iOS 9" Mashable 8:04 AM
"Apple is already 'working' to bring back an important iPhone music feature it only just killed off" Business Insider 8:03 AM
"Apple aims to revive Home Sharing of music in iOS 9: Killed off in iOS 8.4, the feature that lets you share your iTunes music with your iOS devices should return in iOS 9." CNET 8:55 AM
"Eddy Cue: Apple working to bring back iTunes Home Sharing for iOS 9" Ars Technica 9:29 AM
"Apple says you'll be able to stream your iTunes library from your computer to your iOS 9 devices" The Next Web 8:13 AM
"What the Apple Watch Retina Display looks like when magnified to the pixel level" 9to5Mac 8:08 AM
"Apple launches new webpage to detail how it tests accessories sold in its retail stores" 9to5Mac 1:21 PM
"Hacking Team hack shows why you shouldn't jailbreak your iPhone: A massive breach in the private data of a firm that sells software to governments to spy on communications shows that jailbroken iPhones are vulnerable." Macworld 8:19 AM
"iOS 8.3 is no longer being signed by Apple" iDownload Blog 1:22 PM
"Apple stops signing iOS 8.3 just one week after 8.4 release" AppleInsider 4:30 PM
Granted Apple Patents
"Apple patent adds magnetic drive actuation to UK-style folding pin USB adapter" AppleInsider 8:09 AM
"Apple working on a new type of slim, folding USB adapter" Apple Daily Report 7:59 AM
"Apple Granted Patent 47 Today Covering a Secure Identity Service for iMessage and Power Adapter with Magnetic Actuator" Patently Apple 8:19 AM
"Apple Granted a Patent for an iPhone Dock with a Flexible Lightning Connector" Patently Apple 8:19 AM
"Apple looks to make Messages, iMessage more secure" Apple Daily Report 8:09 AM
"Apple granted patent for conflict resolution in Keychain syncing" Apple Daily Report 7:59 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Today's Top iPhone /iPad /Mac App Freebies And Price Drops" App Sliced 10:10 AM
"Paper Keyboard -Fast Typing And Playing With A Printed Keyboard For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" App Sliced 10:10 AM
"Instaweather Pro For iPhone/iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" App Sliced 10:10 AM
"Apple Music Review: Behind a Messy Interface Is Music's Next Big Leap/Despite glitches and a confusing interface, Apple Music stands to make as big an impact as the iPod" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:59 PM
"Arrivals: Apple Music; and a MacBook (Bangkok Post, Life)" eXtensions 7:42 PM
"AMD's stock price hammered after company revises second-quarter outlook: AMD issued a warning this evening on its expected performance in Q2, and the co" ExtremeTech 6:52 AM
"AMD ends active development of Mantle API optimizations" MacNN 9:07 PM
"How Dell Puts Cloud Servers Together [Video] ServerWatch 6:51 AM
"Cisco to Buy Contract Software Provider MaintenanceNet" eWeek 5:47 PM
"Cisco spearheads yet another IoT standards group leaving Google, Samsung, SAP, IBM and Intel at odds with each other" Techworld 6:53 AM
"Cisco places big bet on France's tech economy" VentureBeat 6:52 AM
"Did IBM Just Create The Killer App For The 2016 Presidential Election?" Forbes 6:55 AM
"Oracle Cuts Value of Stock-Option Grants to Top Executives: Number of options granted remains the same, but will expire in five years instead of ten as in previous years" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:28 PM
"Oracle, Rimini headed for September trial over third party maintenance" ZDNet 7:27 PM
"Korean scientists develop safer Li-ion batt" EE Times Asia 6:11 AM
"China's Mobile Engine Is Slowing, Says Gartner" TechCrunch 6:38 AM
"10 Most Reputable Tech Companies in the US: See which companies top the list, and which ones didn't make the cut, in the Reputation Institute's 2015 US Technology RepTrak." InformationWeek 7:01 AM
"PC market dealt blow as almost half of employees adopt tablet as sole device: 40 percent of employees using tablet as their only enterprise device" The Inquirer 10:01 AM
"10 Years of Antivirus Protection" PC Magazine 10:14 AM
"Dow gains 93 amid Greece impasse" USA Today 4:06 PM
"In Big Reversal, U.S. Stocks Overcome Sharp Losses to End Higher: Stocks swing widely intraday along with commodity markets" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:04 PM
"Stocks: 5 things to know before the open" CNNMoney 7:11 AM
"Asia Markets: Chinese shares fall amid doubts over Beijing's rescue/China's stocks fell Tuesday, casting doubt on the potency of Beijing's aggressive rescue efforts, while investors elsewhere in Asia appear to shrug off concerns over Greece's debt situation." MarketWatch 7:14 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks slip as investors await outcome of eurozone summit/European stocks edged lower Tuesday, with investors awaiting the outcome of an impromptu summit of eurozone leaders at which Greece will once again face its European creditors." MarketWatch 7:14 AM
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