"Apple is making life terrible in its factories – labor rights warriors: Manufacturers buckling under demands for cheaper iStuffs" The Register 3:15 PM
"Report: Unfair Working Conditions Persist at Apple Supplier/Workers at one Chinese company make an average of $2 per hour, according to a workers' rights watchdog." PC Magazine 4:06 PM
"How Apple's Nifty Compensation Tweak Saved Tim Cook's $373 Million Payday" Fortune 8:01 AM
"Apple gets permission for expansion at Cork plant: Move will create up to an additional 1,000 jobs in Hollyhill over the next 18 months" Irish Times 7:33 AM
"Apple's huge European HQ in Ireland is about to get even bigger" Business Insider 8:15 AM
"1.5m US iPhone users are about to switch to Android: But almost 4 million Android users will switch to iPhone" Computerworld 8:35 AM
"'Carpool Karaoke's' producer tells us how Apple's version will differ to 'The Late Late Show With James Corden'" Business Insider 8:00 AM
"Sent From My iPhone: how a humblebrag became a key piece of net etiquette/Once considered a crass way of showing off, now the sign-off is a nod of acknowledgement that we are doing the best we can" The Guardian 8:01 AM
"Apple, Target and others sign White House equal pay pledge: A group of 29 large companies have signed a White House pledge to help close the wage gap between men and women." CNNMoney 11:15 AM
"Spotify Said to Retaliate Against Artists With Apple Exclusives" Bloomberg 1:24 PM
"Spotify Punishing Artists Who Offer Apple Music Exclusives" MacRumors 1:28 PM
"Report: Spotify punishing artists that take Apple Music exclusives by limiting promotion" 9to5Mac 3:15 PM
"Report: Spotify punishes artists who give exclusives to Apple Music" BGR 9:23 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook Sells $36 Million From Block of Compensation Stock: Received 1.26 million shares, valued around $135 million, previously were restricted" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:23 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook sells $36M in Apple stock after receiving 5-year RSU bonus" AppleInsider 5:28 PM
"Apple may face iPhone 7 supply shortage at launch: source" Nikkei 10:47 AM
"iPhone 7 Facing Supply Shortages as Production Ramps Up Ahead of Launch" MacRumors 10:47 AM
"Millions of Americans would buy an Apple VR headset, survey suggests" Apple Must 10:00 AM
"Over half of existing Apple Watch users will buy the new model" Apple Must 1:22 PM
"Fluent's survey bodes well for the 'iPhone 7,' 'Apple Watch 2" Apple World Today 10:05 AM
"Apple sees iPhone sales decline in Brazil: Apple has seen a drop of 40 percent in iPhone sales in Brazil during the first quarter in comparison to the same period last year, according to data from research firm Gartner." ZDNet 10:45 AM
"Apple reportedly working on a Snapchat clone" Memeburn 7:57 AM
"Apple to add tap-to-pay support to iPhones in Japan (not NFC)" The Next Web 7:56 AM
"Apple to Bring FeliCa Support to iPhones in Japan?" iClarified 7:48 AM
"Aloft hotels will let you control your room with Siri: These 'smart hotel' rooms will debut in Boston and Santa Clara, California." CNET 8:14 AM
"Aloft Hotel Adds Siri-Equipped Rooms" PC Magazine 4:05 PM
"Apple: VirnetX can't raise willfulness in patent saga now" Apple World Today 8:16 AM
"UK carrier EE offering six months free Apple Music, Kevin Bacon & Britney Spears promoting [Video] 9to5Mac 7:43 AM
"Samsung Is Launching An iOS Beta Test For The Gear S2 And Gear Fit 2 In South Korea" Digital Trends 10:44 AM
"Video: Steve Wozniak discusses the importance of education" The Next Web 7:58 AM
"Barbra Streisand once called Steve Jobs for tech support" Cult of Mac 8:32 AM
"Today in Apple history: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates talk, 'The Future of the PC'" Cult of Mac 8:32 AM
Non-Apple News
"Dropbox looking to bridge the platform gap for end users" ZDNet 8:40 PM
"Is Alphabet Scaling Back Google Fiber?" eWeek 7:50 PM
"Facebook is removing humans from writing trending topics descriptions" The Daily Dot 8:43 PM
"John Ellenby, Visionary Who Helped Create Early Laptop, Dies at 75" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:23 PM
"Lowe's integrates Amazon Alexa into its smart home hub to control lights, temperature with voice commands" GeekWire 11:15 AM
"21 photos of the most impressive free food at Google" Business Insider 10:47 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Coming August 27: Gene Steinberg meets columnist and podcaster Kirk McElhearn, and The Mac Observer's Bryan Chaffin, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 9:10 PM
"Arguably Ahead on Technology—GRAPHISOFT Aims For The Future of Practice" Architosh 1:34 PM
"Kirk McElhearn Updates Take Control of Scrivener for iOS Version" MacVoices 1:20 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-08-26: Interview with Fling's Dave Hamilton" The Mac Observer 10:48 AM
"On The CultCast: iPhone 8 Plus Edge? Analysts say it's on the way" Cult of Mac 8:32 AM
"CNET UK podcast 495: Android Nougat arrives, Pokefever on the wane and five years of Tim Cook/How has Apple changed after half a decade with Cook at the helm? Plus, Pokemon Go shows signs of decline: but is that so surprising, or even a big problem?" CNET 8:02 AM
"AppleInsider podcast talks Apple Health, machine learning, 'iPhone 7' rumors" AppleInsider 7:33 AM
"Next Year's iPhone Won't Have a Home Button [Report] iClarified 7:48 AM
"Apple issues 8th developer beta of iOS 10, 7th public release" AppleInsider 1:28 PM
"iOS 10 dev beta 8/Public Beta 7 now available" Macworld 1:28 PM
"Apple seeds tvOS 10 beta 7 for Apple TV to developers" 9to5Mac 1:27 PM
"Apple patents technique for grabbing iPhone thieves' fingerprints and photo" ZDNet 7:57 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"My schizophrenic iPhone storage numbers: When it comes to available space, my iPhone says one thing, but iTunes says another. And it's maddening." Macworld 7:33 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:26 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:26 AM
"WhatsApp's New Privacy Policy is a Big Trust Killer" The Mac Observer 7:49 PM
"Is Apple wasting its time trying to fight Snapchat? [Friday Night Fights] Cult of Mac 3:15 PM
"The age of the dramatic Apple event reveal is over, and that's okay" iMore 11:15 AM
"Comment: The Catch-22 position Apple is in regarding the iOS 9.3.5 security fix" 9to5Mac 10:45 AM
"I Know This Sounds Crazy, But I Want My iPhone On My Mac's Screen" Mac360 8:28 AM
"Be Like Microsoft: Why Apple Needs A Lease Program" TeraTalks 8:24 AM
"Apple Hasn't Given Up On Social Network Options (but maybe it should)" Mac360 8:24 AM
"Why Apple Watch 2 doesn't need cellular anyway: Adding a cellular radio should be a low priority for Apple, at least in the next version of Apple Watch." Macworld 7:57 AM
"Apple Will Reportedly Kill the Home Button and That Sucks" Gizmodo 10:46 AM
"The 2017 iPhone will reportedly not have a home button" Mashable 8:15 AM
"Apple's iPhone 8 will feature the radical redesign we've been waiting for" BGR 7:57 AM
Non-Apple
"The monetization promise and pitfalls of Pokémon Go" TechCrunch 9:23 PM
"Android 7 Nougat Review: Small Update, Big Time Saver/Google's latest mobile OS is focused on productivity with split-screen apps, notification-screen replies and, yes, new emojis" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:43 PM
"Was This the Worst Phone Menu Nightmare Ever?" The Tech Night Owl 9:54 AM
"Microsoft announces new resources to reduce hate speech" TechCrunch 9:20 PM
"Microsoft Corporation: This Name Has Even More Upside Than MSFT Stock" Profit Confidential 8:36 AM
"Microsoft's Stake in Artificial Intelligence Leads the Way for Serious Business Use" Call Centre Helper 8:31 AM
"Microsoft details rent-a-Surface scheme" TechRadar UK 8:30 AM
"Windows 10: Privacy issues, and some quick solutions" Live Mint 8:30 AM
"Corporates ARE sniffing around Windows 10, says Computacenter" The Register 8:29 AM
"Windows 10: There's ANOTHER frustrating glitch with Microsoft's new Anniversary Update" Express UK 8:27 AM
"Power BI Update Herds Its Analytics Options" eWeek 6:41 PM
"IBM Expands Cloud Footprint in Asia with New Data Center in South Korea" The Fast Mode 7:38 AM
"IBM Research opens second lab on African continent" BizCommunity 7:37 AM
"IBM launches Africa's second lab in Joburg | Fin24" fin24tech 7:36 AM
"The bottom line: Our quick verdict on the HP Chromebook 13" Engadget 12:32 PM
"How marketing skills drive success at HP Inc." ITworld 7:35 AM
"HP finds a new hero in premium PCs as market turns 'volatile'" Tech Central 7:34 AM
"9 Ways HP Got Sales Compensation Very Wrong" HubSpot 7:34 AM
"At HP, baby boomers allege age discrimination" Computerworld 7:33 AM
"Stare much? HP brings 'Sure View' integrated privacy screens to its notebooks" Neowin 7:33 AM
"HP develops anti-snooping laptops for privacy" The Asian Age 7:32 AM
"HPE, HP Inc. Hit with Age Discrimination Lawsuit" eWeek 6:41 PM
"HP, HP Enterprise Accused of Age Discrimination in Suit: Suit filed in California seeks class-action status on behalf of other workers" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:01 PM
"Shields urges partners to merge their EMC and Dell businesses ahead of union" CRN UK 7:30 AM
"Intel Kaby Lake benchmarks leak promises speedy performance" TrustedReviews 7:28 AM
"Leaked benchmarks show that speedy Kaby Lake laptops could make a splash" TechRadar UK 7:26 AM
"What is 3D NAND, and when can I get a 10TB SSD in my laptop?" The Verge 11:48 AM
"Intel spreads 3D NAND to more enterprise SSDs" Tech Central 7:26 AM
"Intel to Offer Affordable 600p NVMe SSDs" The Guru 3D 7:27 AM
"Intel announces lightning fast SSDs for businesses, consumers and IoT" ITProPortal 7:27 AM
"Intel SSD 600p Series mainstream M.2 PCIe SSDs announced" Hexus 7:25 AM
"Intel's Project Alloy will offer the first open-source, third-party 'HoloLens' headset" Electronic Infoline 7:24 AM
"These are the fastest SSDs in the world and you can buy them right now" TechRadar UK 7:24 AM
"China cybersecurity body welcomes foreigh tech companies" Telecompaper 7:23 AM
"AMD rockets past 100 FreeSync displays as Lenovo jumps on board" PCWorld 12:16 PM
"Stocks drop for 2nd day as Yellen speech looms" USA Today 4:08 PM
"Wall St Declines After Fischer's Hawkish Stance on Rates" Reuters 4:07 PM
"U.S. Stocks Lower After Janet Yellen's Remarks on Interest Rates: Federal Reserve chairwoman says case for increase has strengthened recently" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:07 PM
"Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen Sees Stronger Case for Interest-Rate Increase: Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen signaled growing conviction that the central bank will raise short-term interest rates in the weeks or months ahead." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:36 PM
"European stocks push higher as Yellen's remarks point to confidence in growth: European stocks swung higher Thursday, with investors taking remarks from Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen as a signal of confidence in economic growth worldwide." MarketWatch 11:10 AM
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