"Why Apple and Google Are the Biggest Story in the Auto Industry Right Now" TheStreet 10:13 AM
"Apple Will Debut New Apple TV In September/The new Apple TV is headed to market along with an App Store of its own. Next step: that long-in-the-offing subscription internet-TV service." BuzzFeed 4:12 PM
"Report: New Apple TV to be unveiled in September, but without expected TV subscription service" 9to5Mac 4:14 PM
"Report: Get ready for a new Apple TV this September" Macworld 7:24 PM
"Apple to unveil next Apple TV version in September: BuzzFeed" Reuters 9:09 PM
"Apple Rises, Samsung Falls, Huawei Topples Microsoft in Q2 Mobile Share, Says Strategy Analytics" Barron's 7:54 AM
"Huawei Moves Ahead Of Microsoft In Mobile Phone Market" ["In its Global Mobile Phone Vendor Shipments and Market Share in Q2 2015 study, Strategy Analytics reported Samsung continues to lead all competition with a share of 20.9% which translates into 89 million units. Apple has continued to gain ground and had a share of 10.9% which is 47.5 units"] 24/7 Wall St. 7:30 AM
"Samsung can halt Smartflash patent infringement trial: U.S. appeals court" ["The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit also declined to stay the Smartflash case against Apple. The iPhone maker lost a $533 million infringement verdict last February to Smartflash, but a lower court judge has ordered a new trial on damages."] Reuters 2:55 PM
"Federal appeals court declines to stay Smartflash case against Apple" AppleInsider 2:58 PM
"Apple's the no. 1 IoT company, despite not making any devices" Cult of Mac 9:10 AM
"Apple wins an Internet of Things beauty contest" Fortune 10:13 AM
"Apple seeds second OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite beta to developers with minor changes" AppleInsider 7:24 PM
"Apple releases OS X 10.10.5 beta 2 to developers" 9to5Mac 7:24 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Security notes include dangerous drive-by 'Adobe' trojans encountered around the Web; the Windows 10 wifi password issue (and iCloud); iRights to protect children; adware injection at SourceForge; Facebook privacy/identity; Apple's iAd platform and more." MacInTouch 11:26 AM
"Office 2016 discussion has more tips about lost keyboard shortcuts and workarounds, plus AppleScript, NisusWriter (and Mac App Store issues); beta vs. production versions, etc." MacInTouch 11:26 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"OS X Yosemite vs Windows 10: The Mac and PC operating systems go head to head Updated" Macworld UK 7:59 AM
"iTunes 12.2 review: Apple's latest version of iTunes on the Mac brings Apple Music" Macworld UK 7:59 AM
"OneNote 2016 for Mac review: Intuitive and versatile, but still not up to par with Windows version" Macworld 7:53 AM
"How to install Windows 10 on your Mac" BetaNews 8:36 AM
"Run Windows on your Mac–without BootCamp." Low End Mac 3:30 PM
"Automate the assignment of roles on multichannel clips in Final Cut Pro X with Role-O-Matic" fcp.co 8:03 AM
"Safari Offers Longer Battery Life than Chrome or Firefox" The Mac Observer 3:59 PM
"Beats 1 and the future of radio: Why one station ditched broadcast and went online/We spoke to TeamRock, the British station leaving broadcast radio behind in search of a new global audience." CNET 7:43 AM
"Report: Apple Music customers don't stream as much as Spotify users ... yet" Indie Research 2:54 PM
"Apple, Samsung lose ground in shrinking tablet market" Relaxnews 7:45 AM
"Apple and Samsung lose ground to Lenovo and Huawei in struggling tablet market" The Inquirer 8:28 AM
"Xiaomi is losing ground to local rival Huawei in its bid to beat Apple and Samsung" Business Insider 7:51 AM
"Tim Cook thanks 'thousands of Hong Kong customers' who attended Canton Road store opening" 9to5Mac 9:54 AM
"Apple visitor's center will offer views of Steve Jobs' Spaceship" Fortune 7:55 AM
"Apple will let visitors drop in for coffee at its 'spaceship' campus" Cult of Mac 8:36 AM
"Toyota taps Telenav for phone-linked navigation, moving away from Apple's CarPlay and Android Auto" GeekWire 7:52 PM
"Best Buy Canada to begin selling the Apple Watch on August 14th" MobileSyrup 4:48 PM
"Apple Watch coming to Best Buy Canada on August 14" iMore 4:48 PM
"Apple Pay: More UK banks jump onboard" ZDNet 9:57 AM
"The Steve Jobs you never saw: Amazing photos of dot-com revolution/Doug Menuez had unprecedented access to tech visionaries, entrepreneurs" San Francisco Chronicle 7:43 AM
"An iPhone that sat on the ocean floor for 2 months worked when the owner got it back" Mashable 11:48 AM
Non-Apple News
"World's worst exploit kit now targeting point-of-sale systems" The Register 8:44 PM
"Facebook's video ads will kick off a new breed of video networks" VentureBeat 8:06 PM
"Firefox boss attacks Microsoft over the default browser settings in Windows 10" ZDNet 8:13 PM
"Mozilla CEO blasts Microsoft for making it harder to keep previous settings when upgrading to Windows 10" VentureBeat 5:03 PM
"GM says its cars are already protected against the OnStar hack" The Verge 11:49 AM
"New Onstar hack can unlock cars and start engines" The Verge 9:53 AM
"A hacker figured out a way to almost completely control GM cars with OnStar" Tech Insider 9:52 AM
"59 percent of consumers reuse passwords" BetaNews 9:19 AM
"Ex-'Top Gear' trio to host new car show for Amazon Prime" Associated Press 9:19 AM
"Amazon signs Top Gear's Clarkson, Hammond, and May for new show" The Verge 7:57 AM
"Sprint Responds to T-Mobile, Sweetens Family Plan" FairerPlatform 7:34 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-07-30: iPad Stylus-palooza, New Apple Campus Cafe" The Mac Observer 12:48 PM
"Pocket Launches Public Beta with Recommendations" MacStories 9:12 PM
"'Worms3' goes free as Apple's App of the Week" iDownload Blog 3:30 PM
"Starbucks's iOS app now lets you order ahead and skip the line" Macworld 2:53 PM
"SIGGRAPH 2015 Conference Mobile APP is available for download" Architosh 1:51 PM
"Cusby: A Modular & Expandable USB-C Dock for MacBook" The Mac Observer 12:48 PM
"TeoreX launches a new online retouching service based on the cross-platform acclaimed retouching tool Inpaint. WebInpaint removes unnecessary objects from photos fast and with little effort. Strangers, debris and random objects blemishing the picture will be gone in just few seconds with WebInpaint." TeoreX 10:09 AM
"Baby-Making App Glow Gets Into Sex Ed With Ruby, An iOS App For Women's Sexual Health" TechCrunch 8:06 AM
"Dashlane Unveils Exclusive Next-Generation Password Changer for Apple Watch and iPhone" PRNewswire 8:01 AM
"Oink Expands Mobile Peer-to-Peer Payments" Business Wire 8:01 AM
"Take your iPad Air 2 on extreme outings with the Unicorn Beetle PRO case" iDownload Blog 7:58 AM
"Manage your Wink-controlled home with your Apple Watch" iMore 7:57 AM
"Angry Birds 2 is out now for iOS and Android" The Next Web 7:54 AM
"Almost every 2016 Volkswagen model in almost every trim level will get CarPlay support, starting this week" 9to5Mac 7:53 AM
"Pinadate Makes it Twice as Fast for Groups to Choose Meeting Dates" prMac 7:40 AM
"New Strategy Horror Game, Survive, Now Available in the iOS App Store" prMac 7:40 AM
"Stacks 2.5 - The Most Elegant Way to Convert Currency" prMac 7:40 AM
"Appeals court upholds Microsoft's legal win over Motorola" Ars Technica 7:15 PM
"Windows 10's default privacy settings and controls leave much to be desired" ExtremeTech 7:19 AM
"Windows 10 Is Getting Down to Business on Aug. 1" eWeek 7:13 AM
"Windows 10: NYC Debut, Hands-On Demo/InformationWeek marked the July 29 Windows 10 launch with a visit to New York City's Microsoft specialty store. Here, we take you through our firsthand experiences with Windows 10." InformationWeek 7:28 AM
"Windows 10 'free' Solitaire wants you to pay $10 (a year) to remove obnoxious video ads" Polygon 7:51 AM
"Why You'll Actually Want to Use Microsoft's New Web Browser" Time 7:50 AM
"Living with Cortana, Windows 10's thoughtful, flaky assistant" Engadget 12:40 PM
"Microsoft joins with Jasper in Internet of Things alliance" Fortune 7:51 AM
"A look at a Microsoft Specialty Store on launch day: Insider shirt design, thoughts, and more" Neowin 7:17 AM
"Windows 10 Wi-Fi Sense Raises Security Concerns" InformationWeek 4:10 PM
"Windows 10's Wi-Fi Sense is not a security risk. Here's why" ZDNet 11:09 AM
"Demystifying DirectX 12 support in Windows 10: What AMD, Intel, and Nvidia do and don't deliver" ExtremeTech 10:53 AM
"Dell launches 7-inch voice calling tablet priced at Rs 7,999" IndiaTimes 7:43 AM
"Hewlett-Packard declares $0.176 dividend" Seeking Alpha 8:19 AM
"Box Inc Hires Former Hewlett-Packard Exec Paul Chapman As CIO" Bidness Etc 7:43 AM
"HP introduces Windows 10 migration services for enterprise customers" V3 7:43 AM
"HP acquires enterprise-ready PaaS technology Stackato" FirstPost 7:43 AM
"AMD, Intel, Nvidia release Windows 10 graphics driver updates" bit-tech 7:44 AM
"Intel Announces Chip That Is 1,000 Times Faster Than Flash Storage" Tech Times 7:50 AM
"Intel And 3D XPoint Processors" Seeking Alpha 9:58 AM
"What The Intel-Micron Memory Chip Means" Seeking Alpha 12:41 PM
"Why Hasn't Micron Stock Responded To 3D XPoint?" Seeking Alpha 9:59 AM
"Oracle preps 'Sonoma' chip for low-priced Sparc servers: Oracle will disclose the new chip at an engineering conference this month" IDG News Service 7:13 AM
"Google, Oracle's endless Java copyright battle extended to ... 2016" The Register 8:14 PM
"Cisco Mid-Year Security Report: Bad Guys Getting Badder" eWeek 7:13 AM
"IBM aims new IoT community site at developers" Computerworld 7:49 AM
"IBM's Watson computing technology learns Japanese" Associated Press 7:22 AM
"IBM, CVS Partner On Watson-Based Patient Care" InformationWeek 9:09 PM
"Armed with Watson smarts, Pepper aspires to be a robot salesman: Despite its powerful AI boost, SoftBank's humanoid robot is still limited by basic challenges" IDG News Service 7:29 AM
"CVS, IBM partner for technology-based health care" USA Today 7:49 AM
"IBM, CVS Tap Watson to Improve Chronic Disease Treatment" eWeek 7:42 AM
"CVS Health, IBM plot Watson deployment" ZDNet 7:18 AM
"How PC slump affects memory chipmakers" EE Times Asia 6:56 AM
"Genuitec Intros Webclipse for JavaScript, Java EE Development" eWeek 10:19 AM
"Nasdaq up 0.3% after GDP news; Dow, S&P 500 flat" USA Today 4:11 PM
"Stocks End Flat as Traders Fret GDP Figures Could Signal Higher Rates" FOXBusiness 4:10 PM
"US stocks eke out tiny gains after erasing an early loss" Associated Press 4:10 PM
"U.S. Stocks End Flat Amid Earnings, GDP Data: U.S. economy expands 2.3% in second quarter" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:10 PM
"Asia Markets: Chinese stocks end lower after wild swings/Chinese shares finished lower Thursday, swinging wildly in the last hour of trading, and extending a pattern of intraday volatility that started with mid-June's selloff." MarketWatch 7:32 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks rise as earnings continue to roll in/Stocks across Europe rose Thursday, as investors continued to sift through a raft of corporate earnings reports." MarketWatch 7:32 AM
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