"Chinese protesters smashing Apple iPhones over UN's South China Sea decision" AppleInsider 1:59 PM
"Poll says only 9% of U.S. iPhone owners planning to upgrade to iPhone 7" 9to5Mac 6:44 AM
"Apple Pay arrives in France, as European expansion continues" Retail Dive 7:09 AM
"Apple Pay rolls out in Hong Kong with experts predicting ripe future for advanced mobile payment services" South China Morning Post 7:46 AM
"Famous people love sharing from the Notes app, though Apple has made it a struggle: How Apple can help Taylor Swift do damage control and make Notes the go-to app for sharing more than 140 characters." Macworld 7:11 AM
"Could 'Pokemon Go' Really Pull In $3 Billion for Apple Over the Next Two Years?" Variety 2:45 PM
"Indian PM's cabinet intervening to allow local Apple Stores - report" AppleInsider 3:56 PM
"Apple hit with lawsuit targeting AppleCare+ refurbished devices" AppleInsider 6:58 PM
"Surprise! Apple didn't buy Omnifone, provider of Samsung's defunct Milk music service" 9to5Mac 5:46 PM
"Apple Likely Acquired Cloud-Based Music Provider Omnifone" MacRumors 4:00 PM
"Apple buys out cloud music provider Omnifone" AppleInsider 4:00 PM
"Tony Fadell speaks out about innovation, revolution, Nest, Steve Jobs and entrepreneurship" TechCrunch 2:45 PM
"BlackBerry CEO uses security summit to once more attack Apple's use of strong encryption" 9to5Mac 12:21 PM
"iOS torches Android when it comes to developer profits" BGR 12:14 PM
"Princeton Home Designed by Apple Store Architect on the Market for $1.75M" FOXNews 4:58 PM
"Apple Pay officially launches in Hong Kong w/ support for American Express, MasterCard, and Visa" 9to5Mac 6:20 AM
"Apple Pay debuts in Hong Kong with American Express, Mastercard and Visa support" AppleInsider 6:24 AM
"Apple Pay adds support for 13 new US banks and credit unions" AppleInsider 6:23 AM
"Apple unlocks $3b business in Pokemon Go" Computerworld 9:06 AM
"The Army's Special Operations Command is trading in its Android devices for 'faster' iPhones" ExtremeTech 2:59 PM
Non-Apple News
"Driver Hits Cop Car While Playing Pokémon Go. The Whole Thing Was Caught on Video" Time 5:29 PM
"Hackers supposedly plan to knock Pokémon Go offline on August 1" Neowin 12:14 PM
"Microsoft Wins a Design Patent for a Mystery Display that could end up being a Gaming Tablet" Patently Apple 6:33 AM
"Forget about 54.5 mpg by 2025. Americans love their SUVs too much: With a 50:50 mix of cars to trucks & SUVs, it isn't possible." Ars Technica 6:22 AM
"Despite 9% growth, Microsoft Surface sales remain stuck at around 1M units" AppleInsider 6:23 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"ACM 369: BlackBerry Doofus, Black Box Regulation, Twitter Harrassment" The Mac Observer 6:09 PM
"Learn Preview's Secret Image Editing and PDF Manipulation Powers in Take Control of Preview" Kirkville 3:55 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-07-20: Autonomous Car Black Boxes, WebP in iOS 10 and macOS Sierra" The Mac Observer 2:02 PM
"The Committed Podcast on Decluttering Part 3: Storing Notes with Evernote" Kirkville 6:31 AM
"Scrivener for iOS review: A sophisticated writing and research app for on-the-go/Like its desktop counterpart, Scrivener has the features you need for research and writing projects." Macworld 7:12 AM
"Scrivener For iOS Means You Can Write Your Zombie Novel Anywhere" Wired 7:10 AM
"Best Mobile AR Games Other Than Pokemon GO" Apple Gazette 6:21 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to install the new iOS 10 and macOS Sierra public betas" TrustedReviews 4:55 PM
"How to Take Control of Your Apple TV Subscriptions" About Tech 12:22 PM
"Scanning Documents With Your iPhone" MacMost 10:02 AM
"iOS 10 Music: All the New Features and How to Use Them" Tom's Guide 7:47 AM
"How to Apply for Twitter Account Verification" The Mac Observer 2:43 PM
"Apple Watch 2: Will Apple's Second-Gen Smartwatch Impress? With Apple" The Motley Fool 8:58 PM
"If a Black Box in Apple's Autonomous Cars Recorded Everything, Would You Care?" The Mac Observer 2:57 PM
"iPhone 7 Design Deciding Factor For Buyers: Poll/Only about 10% of potential buyers polled by Quartz reported that they will buy the iPhone 7 if it keeps the same design as previous models." InformationWeek 2:00 PM
"Mossberg: I just deleted half my iPhone apps. You should too./Pokémon Go may be a sensation, but the novelty of the App Store is over." Recode 12:19 PM
"Apple unlocks $3b business in Pokemon Go" Computerworld 11:21 AM
"Photo review: Playing Pokémon Go at 1 Infinite Loop" iMore 10:03 AM
"Mac Storage Improves, CPUs Do Not" Mac360 9:04 AM
"Survey Says: 'No New iPhone For Me" NoodleMac 9:05 AM
"Poll says the iPhone 7 won't be a hot seller (though I disagree)" Apple World Today 9:05 AM
"Get Ready To Pay More For iPhone 7" Mac360 9:05 AM
"Here's why the iPhone 7 could end up being a major flop: Do the math, Apple." Digital Spy 7:54 AM
"Pokémon Go and Snapchat prove the iPhone is perfect for augmented reality: We're now spending more time in AR than on Facebook, thanks to Pokémon Go." Macworld 7:46 AM
"Did Pokemon Go bring AR to the iPhone?" PCWorld 7:46 AM
"If Apple ever reconsidered making its own TV set, perhaps it would go modular — or transparent" Apple World Today 6:45 AM
"Microsoft says still on track to hit $20 billion commercial cloud run rate" ZDNet 6:30 AM
"Windows surprisingly strong in Microsoft's $20.6B fourth quarter: Cloud numbers still lack clarity, and the less said about the phone the better." Ars Technica 6:22 AM
"Microsoft's phone revenues fell by 71% YoY - but it's not saying how many phones it sold" Neowin 6:31 AM
"Microsoft's Windows Phone struggles continue as revenues slump 71 per cent" The Inquirer 6:45 AM
"Microsoft's Q4 Results: Follow the Money for Clues to Tech Future" SuperSite for Windows 5:30 PM
"Market Challenge: Microsoft Delivers" Seeking Alpha 10:01 AM
"Windows 10 personal data collection is excessive, French privacy watchdog warns: The French National Data Protection Commission has given Microsoft three months to comply with its order or face fines that could top $1.66 million" IDG News Service 3:56 PM
"Microsoft: Xbox Live active users are up by 33%, but Xbox hardware revenue is down by 33%" Neowin 6:33 AM
"Microsoft financials April-June 2016: on track but continued drift away from consumers" Tim Anderson's ITWriting 6:37 AM
"Windows 10 Build 14393 goes live, may be last before Anniversary Update goes RTM" ExtremeTech 7:54 AM
"Windows 10 build 14393 for PC and Mobile now available in the Slow ring" Neowin 8:15 PM
"EMC shareholders give Dell deal the thumbs up: Just Chinese approval to go before acquisition gets the green light" CRN UK 6:49 AM
"EMC staffers: we are crashing into Dell in weeks/Deal a go-go unless Chinese anti-trust regulators play tough" The Register 6:50 AM
"EMC Shareholders Approve Dell Takeover in 98 Percent Vote" eWeek 6:30 AM
"Dell shutters its Alienware X51 'experiment': After four years, Dell has announced it's retiring its compact Alienware X51 PC to the research facility in the sky." CNET 6:22 PM
"IBM's Watson just landed a new job: helping Macy's shoppers/Ten stores are pilot-testing an AI-powered mobile service" IDG News Service 6:25 AM
"IBM, CSC Expand Their Cloud Deal to the Mainframe" eWeek 6:29 AM
"Intel Profit Drops, Hurt by Restructuring Costs: Company books $1.41 billion in charges during the quarter as it slashes 12,000 jobs" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:47 PM
"Intel profit slides on costs related to layoffs: Sales were up in its data center division but down in client computing" IDG News Service 7:58 PM
"Intel -2.75% after exceeding EPS estimates, missing on revenue" Seeking Alpha 3:58 PM
"Dow Closes at Record High for 7th Straight Session as Microsoft Surges: The Dow Jones Industrial Average clocks its seventh straight record closing Wednesday amid better-than-expected earnings from Microsoft, the best performing stock in the blue-chip index." TheStreet 4:00 PM
"Qualcomm Revenue Rises From Snapdragon Processor Demand" FOXBusiness 4:01 PM
"Market Close Report: NASDAQ Composite index closes at 5,089.93 up 53.56 points" Nasdaq 4:02 PM
"Dow, S&P 500 Hit Fresh Highs; Microsoft Sends Dow To 9th Straight Gain" Investor's Business Daily 4:02 PM
"Red-hot Dow, up for 9 days, hits a new record again" USA Today 4:02 PM
"Tech Shares Lead U.S. Stocks Higher: Dollar hovers around a four-month high following stronger-than-expected U.S. economic data" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:03 PM
"Rally in Japanese stocks stalls as U.S. dollar advances" MarketWatch 7:49 AM
"European shares near 1-month high, but miners fall into the red" MarketWatch 7:50 AM
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