"Why Europe is ordering Apple to pay Ireland $14.5 billion in taxes Ireland doesn't want" Vox 3:51 PM
"Apple CEO expects to repatriate billions of dollars to U.S. next year" Reuters 7:52 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook Expects to Send Cash Back to U.S. Next Year: CEO says Apple could start moving some of its profits from its international operations to the U.S. next year" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:58 AM
"Tim Cook, Apple Chief, Defends Tax Practices and Says Cash Will Return to U.S." New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:59 AM
"Tim Cook: Apple could move billions back to U.S. next year" CNNMoney 7:48 AM
"Apple says several billion dollars set aside for US taxes" Associated Press 7:58 AM
"U.S. tax code may allow dramatic retaliation in EU Apple case" Reuters 7:52 AM
"Apple tax ruling is unfair, says former European commissioner: Neelie Kroes attacks commission's use of state-aid rules to 'rewrite' Ireland's tax laws, and says decision should not be retroactive" The Guardian 10:48 AM
"EU ruling on Apple's Irish tax is 'total political crap': CEO" Reuters 7:51 AM
"Apple accuses European Commission of 'political crap' over 13bn fine" AFP 7:50 AM
"Apple Pushes Back: Tim Cook, its CEO, described as 'maddening' the European Commission's finding that Ireland should recoup 13 billion euros in back taxes from the tech giant." The Atlantic 8:02 AM
"Apple chief Tim Cook says tax ruling 'maddening'" BBC 7:59 AM
"Tim Cook: 'Apple hasn't done anything wrong'" BBC 7:58 AM
"Washington will not let Brussels have the last word on Apple" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:51 AM
"Feds, lobbyists draw battle lines over Apple's EU $14.5B tax bill: Most U.S. officials are lining up to fight the $14.5 billion E.U. tax edict with support from assorted talking heads, but the battle appears to be more about which taxation agency the money belongs to, rather than actual support for Apple." AppleInsider 8:42 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook urges Dublin to 'stand strong' on EU tax ruling" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:53 AM
"Tim Cook: EU lied about Apple taxes. Watch out Ireland, this is a coup!" The Register 7:58 AM
"EU says Apple tax ruling not political and based on Apple data" Reuters 7:52 AM
"French finance minister says 'normal that Apple should pay normal taxes'" Reuters 7:52 AM
"How Apple Helped Create Ireland's Economies, Real and Fantastical" The New Yorker 9:02 AM
"Apple ruling opens new front in EU policy battle on corporate tax: Ruling gives momentum to other tax proposals currently in EU pipeline" Irish Times 9:24 PM
"Apple puts the squeeze on suppliers as it faces Chinese price war" Wall Street Journal 7:51 AM
"Apple's Profit Doom Loop" ["In the last five years, Apple has failed to find a new source of growth to replace its maturing iPhone. And that means the cycle of shrinking revenues and squeezing suppliers will continue. Besides Apple's emotional hold over some customers, is there any other reason to keep holding its stock?"] Forbes 7:45 AM
"Samsung Tells Supreme Court Apple May Inspire New Breed Of Patent Troll" BuzzFeed 3:02 PM
"Apple Releases Security Updates for OS X El Capitan and OS X Yosemite" MacRumors 12:37 PM
"Apple Patches 2 Critical Security Flaws in OS X Yosemite and El Capitan" The Mac Observer 5:27 PM
"New OS X & Safari updates patch security exploit that allowed remote infiltration" 9to5Mac 9:20 PM
"Apple releases OS X patch for spyware exploit: The desktop vulnerability is the same found last week targeting iOS on a prominent Arab activist's iPhone." CNET 9:25 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"About the security content of Safari 9.1.3" Apple Support 4:03 PM
"About the security content of Security Update 2016-001 El Capitan and Security Update 2016-005 Yosemite" Apple Support 4:03 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"macOS Hidden Treasures: 15 Startup Key Combinations" TidBITS 10:37 AM
"Converting a regular video to slow motion with iMovie on Mac" iDownload Blog 8:18 AM
"How to make Sidebar shortcuts for removable drives" Macworld 8:04 AM
"The Mac's Clipboard, Saved And Synchronized" Mac360 7:45 AM
Press Releases
"Cocktail 9.3.5 (El Capitan Edition) has been released." Maintain 10:45 AM
"MAXON Announces Immediate Availability of new CINEMA 4D R18" Architosh 9:52 AM
"We are delighted to announce that mathStatica 2.72 is shipping: The new mathStatica 2.72 release adds full support for Mathematica 11" mathStatica 8:27 AM
"All-new Disk Drill 3 for Mac: iPhone, Android Recovery, macOS Sierra" prMac 8:04 AM
"Analyst predicts up to 230 million iPhone sales in FY2017" Apple Must 9:52 AM
"Flat Smartphone Growth Projected for 2016 as Mature Markets Veer into Declines, According to IDC" ["iOS: The rumored removal of the headphone jack and the expectation of a significant hardware refresh in 2017 – the tenth anniversary of the iPhone – are contributors to the first full-year decline in iPhone shipments in 2016. However, IDC does expect a rebound in 2017 and beyond as iPhones reach nearly a quarter billion units in 2020."] Business Wire 9:53 AM
"Apple says 'See you on the 7th.'" DailyTech 8:03 AM
"Steve Jobs Was Working on an Apple TV Set Even After Stepping Down as CEO" iClarified 8:03 AM
"Apple's pushing its AI expert hiring spree into overdrive" Cult of Mac 8:42 AM
"Apple Prepares Opening of First Mexico City Store With New Artwork" MacRumors 10:12 AM
"Deutsche Telekom Sells App That Would Have Detected iOS Spyware: Deutsche Telekom AG is expanding its network security businesses with an application the German carrier says would have helped protect users from the spy software that rattled Apple Inc. customers around the world last week." Bloomberg 7:49 AM
"iOS 10 HomeKit keeps homes safe and smart" Computerworld 7:45 AM
"Jessica Alba will mentor developers in Apple's 'Planet of the App' show" CNET 7:58 AM
"Steve Jobs' Old Stuff Is Up For Auction (Including One Very Special Turtleneck)" Gizmodo 11:08 AM
"Today in Apple history: iPod touch is 'iPhone without the phone'" Cult of Mac 8:18 AM
Non-Apple News
"Samsung Plans Global Recall of Note 7 Phones, Yonhap Reports" Bloomberg 9:10 PM
"IDC Cuts Outlook for 2016 Global Smartphone Shipments: Research firm expects vendors will expand offerings of larger devices, but at lower prices than Samsung, Apple" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:47 PM
"Samsung unveils new Galaxy Gear S3 smartwatch" V3 8:18 AM
"A challenger for the iPhone 7? Sony's brand new Xperia smartphones come with top cameras" BGR 8:18 AM
"Samsung brings quantum dots to its curved gaming monitors" Engadget 8:17 AM
"Ahead Of iPhone 7 Launch, Samsung Hits A Snag With Reports Of 'Exploding' Galaxy Note 7" Forbes 7:44 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Podcast 523: Nothing is certain but new iPhones and taxes" Macworld 2:54 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-09-01: FBI Still Wants its Encryption Back Door" The Mac Observer 2:24 PM
"Clockwise #152: Dad, Play This" Six Colors 8:29 AM
"Tim Cook: Anti-U.S. bias is 'one reason' for Apple's giant tax bill" Cult of Mac 10:12 AM
"Apple Pushes Back: Tim Cook, its CEO, described as 'maddening' the European Commission's finding that Ireland should recoup 13 billion euros in back taxes from the tech giant." The Atlantic 9:40 AM
"Tim Cook calls Europe's tax accusations against Apple 'total political crap'" BGR 8:29 AM
"Cook on EU Apple tax case: 'Total political crap'" Ars Technica 8:18 AM
"Apple's Cook calls EU's $14.5 billion tax ruling 'wrongheaded' and vows to bring profits back to U.S." VentureBeat 8:17 AM
"Apple's $14.5 Billion Tax Spat Signals a World of Uncertainty for Big Corporations" Time 8:06 AM
Apple Op/Ed
"Life after the iPhone" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 12:20 PM
"Cassandra: Thursday Review -Product Rumours, Taxes and Odd Decisions" eXtensions 9:02 AM
"Apple's iCloud tax rate needs adjustment" Apple Must 12:37 PM
"Apple Gets Serious About iCloud Storage" Mac360 8:26 AM
"Whatever Happened To Apple TV Shopping?" Mac360 8:05 AM
"How Apple could make its next social experiment a successful one: Apple has a terrible track record when it comes to creating its own social platforms, but focusing on sharing straight from the iPhone could break the cycle." Macworld 8:05 AM
"Comment: Reactions to Irish tax ruling reveal divide between US & European perceptions" 9to5Mac 8:05 AM
"Machine not learning" ["This is why I couldn't bring myself to read Steven Levy's new article on how Apple is making great advances in machine learning. The iBrain is already inside my phone? No, not yet. You see, when Siri told me to head north on Isenberg, I was traveling south on Isenberg. In that circumstance, 'head north' is a stupid instruction to give."] Dr. Drang 8:02 AM
"How Apple's Siri Conquers The Tech World" McSolo 7:59 AM
"Why Apple Inc. Should Wait Until Early 2017 to Refresh the MacBook Air" The Motley Fool 7:43 AM
Non-Apple
"Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Review: Feature-Packed And Refined" HotHardware 9:52 AM
"Could the future of Android be Windows?" ZDNet 9:41 AM
""Apple Gets Serious About iCloud Storage" Mac360 8:26 AM
"Logitech Introduces Its First Ever Silent Mice – M330 Silent Plus and M220 Silent" MacPrices 12:18 PM
"Libratone Introduces Q Adapt In-Ear Earbuds, Eliminates the Need for Bulky Batteries by Utilizing Apple's Lightning Connector" PRNewswire 9:54 AM
"Canon U.S.A., Inc. Introduces New Flagship EOS C700 Cinema Camera" ["The EOS C700 GS PL features a Super 35mm 4K sensor with a global shutter to enable the distortion-free capture of subjects moving at high speeds. In addition to supporting the earlier XF-AVC2 recording format, the cameras also support Apple® ProRes."] PRNewswire 9:54 AM
"PolitiCats Available Globally On iOS/Android" PRNewswire 9:54 AM
"New Premium Entertainment Software by ClinicAll for Android and iOS" PRNewswire 9:54 AM
"Google Chrome starts blocking Flash tracking for better battery life and performance" ZDNet 9:42 AM
"HDMI Announces USB-C to HDMI Cables for 4K Displays and TVs" MacRumors 8:43 AM
"DJI just announced the world's best selfie stick-like movie making thing" Apple Must 8:28 AM
"DEVONthink 2.9.3 & DEVONthink To Go 2.0.2: Faster Sync & Bug Fixes" DEVONtechnologies 8:26 AM
"Microsoft's Sunrise calendar app gets a stay of execution" Engadget 8:29 AM
"Microsoft isn't killing the Sunrise calendar app just yet" The Verge 8:18 AM
"CarPlay available on new 300, Charger and Challenger models with Fiat Chrysler's Uconnect 4.0" 9to5Mac 2:54 PM
"Apple's CarPlay now a $300 option for most BMWs" The Verge 8:17 AM
"Sonnet Announces Dual-Port SFP+ 10 Gigabit Ethernet Thunderbolt™ 2 Adapter" Wall Street Communications 8:05 AM
"Fiat Chrysler adds Apple's CarPlay to 2017 Charger, Challenger & 300 models" AppleInsider 7:26 PM
"Sony has Bose and its Quiet Comfort headphones in its sights" TechHive 8:05 AM
"Plex goes after cord cutters with new DVR feature" TechCrunch 8:04 AM
"ABADUST 1.0 released for iOS and Android - Retro-Styled Arcade Shooter" prMac 8:04 AM
"XEZI: Story Mode for iOS and Apple Watch will launch on September 22" prMac 8:04 AM
"Windows 10 desktops with a difference: HP launches the modular Elite Slice and the Pavilion Wave speaker" ZDNet 6:36 AM
"HP Put a PC Into a 360-Degree Speaker" Gizmodo 5:51 AM
"HP Pavilion Wave PC looks like it's wearing a B&O speaker: The new desktop computer looks strangely familiar." Engadget 6:06 AM
"HP partners with Bang & Olufsen for modular Elite Slice and Pavilion Wave, starting at $550" Neowin 6:06 AM
"HP Elite Slice is a stylish modular PC that is far from beige, while Pavillon Wave PC looks like a speaker" Pocket-lint 6:47 AM
"HP's modular PC lets you snap on disk drives and 360 degree speakers" TrustedReviews 6:47 AM
"HP builds one desktop PC around a speaker, another in slices: HP is trying to make desktop computers as exciting as laptops and all-in-ones." Ars Technica 6:01 AM
"HP's Elite Slice mini-PC stacks up features with snap-on modules: Features can be added to HP's Elite Slice mini-PC by snapping on modules" IDG News Service 6:01 AM
"HP's Elite Slice is a modular PC that actually looks good: Yes, Lenovo did it first. But this looks better, and the stackable add-ons connect via a USB C-like port." Engadget 6:05 AM
"Acer and HP Announce New Windows 10 Based Devices at IFA16" SuperSite for Windows 5:09 PM
"HP introduces HPE Vertica 8; enables organizations to analyze data" DNA 6:47 AM
"Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's (HPE): Remarkable Runner" Hot Stocks Point 6:47 AM
"Microsoft launches Windows 10 subscriptions for businesses, from $7 per user per month" Neowin 5:09 PM
"Surface Pro and Pro 2 users are finding Wi-Fi broken upon installing Windows 10 build 14915" Neowin 7:26 PM
"Employees to learn fate over Dell EMC deal" Belfast Telegraph 6:46 AM
"New Dell Converged Infrastructure System Focuses on Flexibility" eWeek 2:33 PM
"Intel quietly releases 'Apollo Lake,' new low-cost chips for cheap PCs: Apollo Lake includes new CPU and GPU architectures for budget PCs." Ars Technica 2:32 PM
"New Intel CPUs will only be Windows 10 compatible" PCR 6:48 AM
"Intel and the Last Foundry Standing Theory" Tech.pinions 6:49 AM
"Intel finally narrows their 14nm process technology gap to Samsung: Less than a year late but half as good as the Korean giant" SemiAccurate 12:16 PM
"Intel's Kaby Lake 7th Gen Core will fix the PC market" SemiAccurate 10:19 AM
"Tim Cook liquidates $65M of his AAPL stock, still holds around $110M" 9to5Mac 8:04 AM
Industry News
"Stocks Get Off to Shaky September Start in Wait for Jobs Report: September got off to a shaky start with stocks fluctuating between slight and heavy losses for much of Thursday as Wall Street awaited the August jobs report." TheStreet 5:18 PM
"What Happened in the Stock Market Today" Nasdaq 5:19 PM
"Dow kicks off worst month for markets with losses" USA Today 1:18 PM
"U.S. Stocks Little Changed Ahead of Jobs Data: A gauge of U.S. factories showed activity contracted in August, pressuring markets" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:20 PM
"Asian stocks tread water as investors await U.S. jobs report" MarketWatch 6:40 AM
"European stocks fall as energy shares get hit, but German banks rise" MarketWatch 6:40 AM
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