"What I Learned Working With Jony Ive's Team On The Apple Watch: Bob Messerschmidt sold his company to Steve Jobs and went to work building the Apple Watch in 2010. He saw a lot during his three years at Apple." Fast Company 8:09 AM
"Oh no! My current iPhone might be 'good enough'" iMore 12:31 PM
"Twitter and its live NFL games might be coming to Apple TV" The Verge 8:17 AM
"Twitter in talks with Apple to launch Apple TV app featuring free live streaming of NFL games" 9to5Mac 8:44 AM
"Twitter wants an Apple TV app in time for the NFL season: Twitter's vision for its NFL games apparently includes making it easier to watch the games on your television." TechHive 11:26 AM
"Twitter reportedly in talks with Apple to bring its app and NFL games to Apple TV" TechCrunch 3:45 PM
"The Real Reason Apple Wants to Kill the Audio Jack: There may be a method to Apple's madness, and there's certainly some historical precedence." PC Magazine 8:16 AM
"When will we see a touch-enabled Mac? It's simply no longer amusing when I absent-mindedly tap on my Macbook Air's screen." Recode 10:10 AM
"Tim Cook: Privacy Is Worth Protecting/Apple CEO Tim Cook leans on the Founding Fathers to suggest the company did the right thing when asked by the FBI to unlock a terrorist's iPhone. It's an issue that affects IT professionals who need to protect company data, as well as consumers and their personal information." InformationWeek 8:58 PM
"First looks at the World Trade Center Oculus Apple StoreĀ [Video/Gallery] 9to5Mac 8:12 PM
"Apple's Tim Cook on his mistakes and what the future holds" CNNMoney 7:56 AM
"Apple Boss Tim Cook: I'm Lonely But I Don't Want Sympathy" SkyNews 8:25 AM
"Tim Cook, Apple's next five years in quotes" Computerworld 9:07 AM
"Tim Cook's 5 key moments as Apple CEO: Maps, iPhones and Apple Watch launch" V3 10:21 AM
"Tim Cook Confirms Apple Working on Augmented Reality" Investopedia 8:25 AM
"Apple: We're Seriously into Augmented Reality" The Mac Observer 11:18 AM
"Tim Cook: 'Apple could unlock iPhones, but won't'" Engadget 8:25 AM
"Augmented reality is a 'core' technology for Tim Cook's Apple" BGR 8:28 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook opens up on AI, augmented reality and FBI case" V3 8:27 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook says paying a lot in taxes isn't patriotism" Yahoo! Finance 1:48 PM
"What Apple CEO Tim Cook Really Thinks About Corporate Taxes" Time 10:10 AM
"10 things we learned from Tim Cook's most revealing interview yet" Cult of Mac 8:15 AM
"Why Mark Zuckerberg can't shut up about Facebook while Tim Cook thinks Apple needs secrets" Tech Insider 9:25 PM
"Digitimes Research: Smartphone shipments in China up slightly in 2Q16" DigiTimes 12:27 PM
"Apple gets green light to build Irish data center" ["Sales of high-end models from Apple and Samsung Electronics continued to suffer declines in the second quarter as local smartphone vendors focused on promoting entry-level and mid-range 4G models capitalizing on subsidies offered by the top-three telecom operators, Digitimes Research noted."] BetaNews 8:26 AM
"Apple allowed to put up bit barn in the Fields of Athenry: Locals had worried tech titan might bash bats, pollute, nick Trevelyn's corn" The Register 11:26 AM
"Photos of alleged iPhone 7 Plus casing leak out of Foxconn factory" iDownload Blog 8:25 AM
"Questionable photos of space black 'iPhone 7 Plus' appear online" AppleInsider 10:10 AM
"iPhone 7: Apple's next iPhone might be waterproof, leaks suggest, but it might not tell anyone/Andrew Griffin @_andrew_griffin 3 hoursĀ ago" The Independent 8:43 AM
"iPhone 7: Could Apple's next phone be waterproof?" Telegraph 8:11 AM
"The Apple Watch 2: Everything We Know So Far" Fast Company 11:27 AM
"Apple drops biggest hint yet that a new Watch is coming" Digital Spy 8:10 AM
"Apple Seeds Sixth Beta of iOS 10 to Developers and Public Beta Testers" MacRumors 12:23 PM
"Apple seeds sixth beta of iOS 10, watchOS 3, and tvOS 10" iDownload Blog 12:27 PM
"Apple Seeds Sixth Beta of watchOS 3 to Developers" MacRumors 12:23 PM
"Apple Seeds Sixth Beta of tvOS 10 to Developers" MacRumors 12:23 PM
"Researchers can hack Apple's iMessages, but you're already safe" BGR 3:59 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:50 AM
"iPad Pro or MacBook? The best Apple gear for college: Heading back to school? Take the right tech. We'll tell you what Macs and iPads to buy today—and what to pass on until it's updated." Macworld 11:26 AM
"On Hackers, Vulnerabilities, And Exploits: If It Uses Electricity, It's Not Safe" BohemianBoomer 8:17 AM
"Bloated HTML, the best and the worse: One page of text requires between 6 and 55 pages of HTML. More than ever, code inflation rules the web. But there is hope as innovation comes to the rescue." Monday Note 8:16 AM
"Salesforce Inbox gains calendar from Tempo acquisition" TechCrunch 8:09 AM
"A year after iPad, Microsoft Office brings hand-written annotations to iPhone apps" 9to5Mac 8:08 AM
"App makes it easier for businesses to fight minimum wage hikes: One pro-business group is hoping technology can help thwart the 'Fight for $15' campaign." CNNMoney 7:55 AM
"Messenger DNA bags are great for road warriors" Apple World Today 7:53 AM
"Berkshire boosts bet on Apple: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Monday said it has increased its stake in Apple Inc by 55 percent, boosting its bet on the iPhone and iPod maker even as other prominent investors reduce their own." Reuters 3:35 PM
"Warren Buffett Buys 5.41 Million Shares of $AAPL" The Mac Observer 5:10 PM
"Berkshire buys more Apple and sells Walmart" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:11 PM
Industry News
"Stocks close at record highs as oil rallies: Dow industrials, S&P 500, Nasdaq all climb to new closing highs" MarketWatch 4:02 PM
"Record Trifecta for Benchmark Indexes as Crude Rallies Again: It was another record-making trifecta for Wall Street on Monday as stocks got a big boost from another rally in crude oil." TheStreet 4:02 PM
"Chinese Stocks, Oil Explorers Top Gainers As Major Indexes Finish Higher" Investor's Business Daily 4:01 PM
"Stocks end mixed as Nasdaq sets new closing high" USA Today 4:01 PM
"U.S. Stocks at Record Highs as Materials Shares Surge" Reuters 4:01 PM
"U.S. Stocks Higher as Commodities Sector Strengthens: Continued central bank accommodation should help support equities, analysts say" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:59 PM
"Shanghai stocks jump on talk of Stock Connect launch: China stocks surged Monday as traders viewed Chinese credit data in the best possible light and on hopes of an imminent formal announcement of a Shenzhen-Hong Kong trading link." MarketWatch 9:03 AM
"Germany's DAX ends higher, turns flat for the year: Europe's main stock benchmark inched lower Monday, but Germany's DAX 30 index gained ground and turned flat for the year, boosted by Volkswagen AG's rally." MarketWatch 11:53 AM
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