"Forget the iPhone, Apple's Next Big Money-Maker Could Be Cars: Morgan Stanley says the tech giant's future isn't what you think." Bloomberg 2:06 PM
"Exclusive: Apple explores charging stations for electric vehicles/Apple Inc is investigating how to charge electric cars, talking to charging station companies and hiring engineers with expertise in the area, according to people familiar with the matter and a review of LinkedIn profiles." Reuters 10:30 AM
"Report: Apple interested in charging station technology for powering rumored electric vehicle" 9to5Mac 12:21 PM
"Apple in Talks About Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles" MacRumors 12:21 PM
"Apple working on charging infrastructure for electric cars - report" AppleInsider 12:21 PM
"Apple is researching how to charge electric cars" The Verge 12:30 PM
"Apple's McDonald's Solution" ["The reasoning is straightforward. The government wants to boost the economy and limit the amount of money flowing out of the country via local shopfronts.The size of the check Apple needs to write would therefore, in theory, be equal to the amount of money India expects to keep locally. Let's do the math."] BloombergGadfly 9:50 AM
"Apple's New India Love Affair Leaves China Sweating/Bottom line: China's sudden worries over Apple's new love affair with India are probably overblown, but do reflect Apple's need to find new growth engines to offset its rapidly cooling China sales." Forbes 9:40 AM
"Tim Cook's iPhone admission points to Apple's larger problem" Business Insider 1:30 PM
"India says Apple must sell locally-sourced goods to set up stores: source" Reuters 1:30 PM
"Blow for Apple as India sticks to retail rules: report" AFP 7:29 AM
"Apple's Local Content Exemption To Be Denied: The Wrong Decision For India's Consumers" Forbes 6:44 AM
"Apple must sell locally sourced products to open retail stores in India: The company reportedly lost out on an exemption to the rule" The Verge 6:05 PM
"Report: Apple is saying 'me too' with a Siri-powered connected home speaker" The Next Web 7:11 AM
"Mossberg: Can Apple win the next tech war? As phone sales slow, can the company pivot to artificial intelligence?" Recode 9:44 AM
"'Error 53' plaintiffs claim Apple not living up to reimbursement promise" Cult of Mac 7:13 AM
"iPhone 'Error 53' plaintiffs say Apple not giving reimbursements: Filing challenges the attempt to throw out class action suit" The Register 7:51 AM
"Apple makes big changes in Safari Technology Preview 5" Cult of Mac 2:39 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Tutorial: Learn FCPX in 25 minutes - Import, Edit & Export" fcp.co 9:44 AM
"How to master the NetInstall service" Macworld 7:14 AM
"How Spammers Spoof Your Email Address" MacMost 9:33 AM
"How to Remove a Symbolic Link (Symlink)" OS X Daily 3:02 PM
"Seven ways to save time and effort with proxy icons" Apple World Today 7:51 AM
"Mac Tip: preventing Login Items and Finder windows from opening when you log in" iDownload Blog 9:58 AM
"Quick Tip: Restore missing Share menu options" Six Colors 10:27 AM
"ClipBuddy a useful tool for 'power' clippers on the Mac" Apple World Today 7:50 AM
"'Love' your favorite iTunes tracks in Apple Music at once" The Loop 2:39 PM
"Get Mac Folder Colors Like It's 1999" Mac 360 7:37 AM
Op/Ed
"What developers want from iOS 10: Apple is expected to take the wraps off the next version of iOS, tvOS, watchOS, and OS X at WWDC. We spoke to some app developers to find out what's on their wish lists." PCWorld Australia 9:22 PM
"Apple discussion continues on OS X software update, compatibility and security issues, along with notes about repairable tablets, OLED touch bars, and Huawei suing Samsung." MacInTouch 7:36 AM
"Why ProRes Video encoding in post is inferior to ProRes recording" IT.Enquirer 6:40 AM
Press Releases
"1Password Update Brings Improvements in VoiceOver, Large Type and Browser Support" iClarified 3:02 PM
"Hemingboard for OS X 10.11 El Capitan Offers Synonyms, Rhymes, and Puns for Any Occassion" MacTrast 9:59 AM
"PopChar X 7.5 supports insertion of combined emoji characters" prMac 7:01 AM
"PDF Decrypter Pro 1.0 for Mac OS X Offers Easy Decryption of PDF Files" prMac 7:01 AM
"Total War: Warhammer is still coming to the Mac" Mac Gamer HQ 6:40 AM
"Apple iPhone Sales Grew Substantially in India in 1Q16" Market Realist 12:31 PM
"Apple hires mobile encryption pioneer as encryption debate rages on: Jon Callas joined the company from Silent Circle earlier this year" IDG News Service 6:58 AM
"Apple re-hires security expert of PGP, Blackphone and Silent Circle fame" BetaNews 7:20 AM
"Apple rehires security expert to keep its encryption strong" Engadget 7:24 AM
"Foxconn replaces 60,000 factory workers with robots: Automation is accelerating in smartphone plants" The Verge 1:10 PM
"iPhone maker Foxconn has replaced more than half its workforce with robots since iPhone 6 launch" 9to5Mac 9:36 AM
"Google Alphabet boss Schmidt: Yeah, I have an iPhone 6S - but Galaxy S7 is better" ZDNet 7:33 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook looked at a 346-year-old painting and saw an iPhone" Business Insider 9:53 AM
"Apple TV may get a major challenge from new, smaller Xbox devices" Business Insider 1:11 PM
Non-Apple News
"PayPal is shutting down its Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and Amazon apps: June 30th marks the end" The Verge 6:28 PM
"Comcast Caps Data-Overage Fees at $200 Per Month" PC Magazine 3:48 PM
"Senate bill would let FBI read your emails without a court order: The 2017 Intelligence Authorization Act would deal a blow to privacy by making government surveillance easier." CNET 3:47 PM
"Google quietly discontinues the Nexus Player" TechCrunch 2:19 PM
"Google, Fiat Chrysler Begin Work on Self-Driving Minivans: Alphabet Inc. unit also will establish self-driving engineering center in Detroit area" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:07 PM
"Court strikes down U.S. FCC broadcaster sales rules" Reuters 1:46 PM
"GOP budget bill would kill net neutrality and FCC's set-top box plan: Republicans use nation's budget to launch broad attack on FCC regulations." Ars Technica 12:47 PM
"Eero's fancy Wi-Fi router has a chance to break through" Recode 9:44 AM
"Samsung is challenging the 'interpretation' of a report that said it is ditching Android Wear" Business Insider 7:30 AM
"Take a look at Samsung's awesome rollable screen prototype [Video] 9to5Google 7:21 AM
"People want safer alternatives to passwords and they want them now" BetaNews 7:20 AM
"WhatsApp is the world's most popular messaging app on Android, says report" CNET 7:02 AM
"How a Physicist Who Helped Find the Higgs Boson Got Into Horse Apps" Wired 6:53 AM
"MIT's New Shapeshifting Interface Can Mimic The Behavior of Water" Wired 6:52 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"The Committed Podcast on Cellular MacBooks, the End of the Windows Phone, and iTunes 12.4" Kirkville 5:37 PM
"ACM 361: Purism, Privacy, Apple, and Surveillance Capitalism" The Mac Observer 4:16 PM
"Wes Plate of Automatic Duck on Sending Final Cut X Projects to Motion" MacVoices 3:13 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-05-25: Apple Hires Jon Callas, Microsoft's Smartphone Failure" The Mac Observer 12:45 PM
"Podcast 509: Apple and Google and AI and the future" Macworld 12:21 PM
"Happy Hour Podcast 068 | Super thin Touch ID MacBook Pros, Google I/O highlights, Siri SDK rumors and more" 9to5Mac 12:21 PM
"Apple releases iOS 9.3.3 beta to public testers" CNET 12:20 PM
"Apple Music is now a Registered Trademark" Patently Apple 2:38 PM
AppleCare/Helps
"User interface discussion talks about iPhone update and migration issues with apps, plus dysfunctional, butt-dialing Voice Control that you can't disable." MacInTouch 7:37 AM
"Facebook not loading on your iPhone? Try this" iDownload Blog 7:12 AM
"Apple Releases Firmware Update For 802.11n and 802.11ac AirPort Base Stations" iClarified 7:06 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:45 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:45 AM
"How Apple Is Winning The Security Race" Mac 360 7:37 AM
"Does Your Mac, iPhone, Or iPad Really Need To Be Secure And Private?" NoodleMac 7:37 AM
"Who Is Apple's Favorite Customer? The iPhone-maker has a broad appeal, but a certain group of customers is more likely to choose its products." The Motley Fool 7:30 AM
"Am I the only one wanting a keyboard on Apple Watch?" iDownload Blog 7:14 AM
"What developers want from iOS 10: Apple is expected to take the wraps off the next version of iOS, tvOS, watchOS, and OS X at WWDC. We spoke to some app developers to find out what's on their wish lists." Macworld 7:14 AM
"Apple Denied Key Exemption for Retail Stores in India" MacStories 7:06 AM
"The iPod Phone... Could Apple Enter The Budget Music Phone Market?" Low End Mac 7:06 AM
"The Real Threat to Apple: The Invisible Device" Tech.pinions [Insider Content] 7:05 AM
Non-Apple
"Microsoft basically quits the phone business" Insanely Great Mac 5:36 PM
"Dropbox EMM support now available on iOS, Android" ZDNet 3:47 PM
"Global Payments Announces Support for Apple Pay in Singapore" Business Wire 3:03 PM
"Samsung Expands 750 EVO SSD Lineup with 500 GB Model, Changes Positioning" AnandTech 2:04 PM
"Lazertouch World's First Mini Projector Transforms Any Surface Into Finger Activated Touchscreen" Thomas PR 10:21 AM
"Become the master of alcoholic beverages with Distiller 3 for iPhone and iPad" iMore 9:58 AM
"Boom makes your music sound boomin' and/or slammin'" TechCrunch 9:48 AM
"Charge iPhone Faster With Kwik" Apple Gazette 9:45 AM
"Hyundai adds CarPlay support to more vehicles" iLounge 9:44 AM
"Essential gear for working with an iPad Pro: Who cares if it's a laptop replacement as long as you're getting your work done? These accessories can help." Macworld 7:50 AM
"Apple Pay launches fully in Singapore, five major banks live today" 9to5Mac 7:24 AM
"Kanex Launches GoPower USB-C Battery Pack for MacBook" MacRumors 7:22 AM
"Guess the animal 1.0 released for iOS - New Free App for Animal Lovers" prMac 7:24 AM
"Myanmar Keyboard for iPhone and iPad 4.0" prMac 7:01 AM
"Microsoft won PC but lost mobile, what now?" The Verge 9:58 AM
"Microsoft May Cut 1,850 Jobs as Nadella Pares Phone Ambitions" Bloomberg 6:55 AM
"Microsoft bangs the final nail in Nokia Devices' coffin, will lay off 1,850: Company will take one last $950 million hit as a result; is a Surface phone next?" Ars Technica 6:49 AM
"Microsoft wasted at least $8 billion on its failed Nokia experiment" The Verge 6:51 AM
"Microsoft completes disposal of Nokia's remains with new round of layoffs and $950M hit" BGR 6:49 AM
"Microsoft to Streamline Smartphone Hardware Business: Software giant insists that it isn't exiting the mobile-phone business and will focus efforts in areas where it has 'differentiation'" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:54 AM
"Microsoft to take $950m writedown on smartphone business" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 6:55 AM
"Microsoft retreats from phone business with massive job cuts" CNET 7:02 AM
"Microsoft kills off another chunk of its smartphone activities" IDG News Service 6:58 AM
"Windows Phone's gutting continues as Microsoft lays off hundreds of Nokia veterans" IDG News Service 6:58 AM
"Microsoft's Windows Phone folly costs it another billion dollars" The Register 7:07 AM
"Microsoft cuts more jobs in troubled mobile unit" Associated Press 6:51 AM
"Microsoft is giving up on consumer smartphones, too: The company is taking a $950 million charge to unwind the last vestiges of the Nokia deal." Recode 7:14 AM
"Microsoft's just turned Windows 10 into malware" BGR 10:26 AM
"Microsoft hangs up on smartphone workers" BBC 9:41 AM
"Microsoft u-turn on 'nasty trick' pop-up" BBC 6:59 AM
"Windows 10 'tricking Microsoft users into upgrades'" Telegraph 9:57 AM
"Microsoft reportedly launching 'Xbox TV' devices next month" The Verge 10:27 AM
"Microsoft preps cheaper, slimmer Xbox this year, more powerful one in 2017" CNET 12:20 PM
"Rumor: New Xbox Consoles in the Works/A cheaper, smaller Xbox One could arrive this year, while a new flagship Xbox with VR support is set for 2017." PC Magazine 1:46 PM
"Microsoft Rumored To Launch Xbox One Slim At E3, More Powerful Xbox One Coming In 2017" HotHardware 4:17 PM
"Hewlett Packard and Microsoft: Why Focus Is In, Scale Is Out/Downsizing at big tech companies is a cautionary tale that size doesn't always win" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1:29 PM
"HP Enterprise to merge IT services unit with Computer Sciences" Reuters 10:37 AM
"Hewlett Packard is proving that spin-offs actually work" Yahoo! Finance 10:27 AM
"HP's (HPQ) CEO Dion Weisler on Q2 2016 Results - Earnings Call Transcript" Seeking Alpha 9:00 PM
"HPE Beats Q1 Earnings, Rev; Announces Spinoff" ["The enterprise software company, which last year separated from HP Inc., also announced it was spinning off its Enterprise Services business in a tax-free merger deal with Computer Sciences Corporation."] Investopedia 6:55 AM
"HPE Spinning Off Enterprise Services, Posts Positive Q2 Earnings" InformationWeek 7:34 AM
"Hewlett-Packard Q2 Earnings in Line, Revenues Beat" Zacks 9:37 AM
"The man that sold his big data company to HP for £7.4 billion questions the role of wearables in healthcare" Business Insider 10:26 AM
"IBM Claims A Victory In The Cloud As FleetCor Commits To Move Its 1.9 Billion Transactions" Forbes 6:45 AM
"Here's Why IBM Is Poised for a Powerful Breakout" TheStreet 12:32 PM
"Is Intel Up for the Challenge Ahead?" TheStreet 6:55 AM
"AMD, ARM and IBM collaborate on cross-platform standard for accelerator hardware" V3 9:48 AM
"Can AMD Make a Comeback in the Data Center?" The Motley Fool 6:55 AM
"Cisco's Chambers: Every Country Will Be Digital" Bloomberg Video 9:59 AM
"Cisco Austin Embraces Geek Pride Day" Public. 9:58 AM
"China plays long game on cobalt and electric batteries" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 9:40 AM
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