"Apple Loses Key Sales Executives as India Strategy Stumbles" Bloomberg 8:44 AM
"Apple loses trio of key executives in India as 2018 iPhone sales total less than 1M" 9to5Mac 11:20 AM
"Apple Reveals New Partnership Between App Developer Academies In Brazil And Malala Fund" Forbes 1:45 PM
"Apple's New MacBook Pro Debuts With More Questions Than Answers" Fortune 8:40 AM
"Apple granted a patent for weather-based reminders" Apple World Today 8:36 AM
"Apple's Next iPhone Could Drive Significant Growth" The Motley Fool 7/13
"Apple launches $300m clean energy fund in China" The Independent 7/13
"Apple Wants China to Be Green, for Very Small Investment" 24/7 Wall St. 7/13
"Apple invests $300 million in Chinese clean energy fund: The scheme aims to clean up China's pollution-ridden environment." ZDNet 7/13
"Adobe to Launch Photoshop for iPad in Strategy Shift: Adobe Systems Inc., the maker of popular digital design programs for creatives, is planning to launch the full version of its Photoshop app for Apple Inc.'s iPad as part of a new strategy to make its products compatible across multiple devices and boost subscription sales." Bloomberg 7/13
"Adobe has killed the 'iPad is not productive' story" Computerworld 7/13
"Apple Website Gets FIFA World Cup 2018 Final Overhaul" Redmond Pie 5:04 PM
"Apple celebrates the World Cup final with Appleā¤com overhaul" 9to5Mac 11:19 AM
"Apple supports Malala Fund expansion in Latin America: Collaboration Includes App Development Challenge with Apple Developer Academies in Brazil to Expand Girls' Education" Apple 7/13
"Apple Supports Malala Fund Expansion in Latin America" Business Wire 7/13
"Traditional PC Market Grows 2.7% in the Second Quarter of 2018, Strongest Rate Since Q1 2012, According to IDC" ["Apple finished the quarter in the 4th position with nearly flat year-on-year growth."] Business Wire 7/13
"'Valley of Genius' Author Reveals the Biggest Secrets About Steve Jobs' Life and Death" Cheddar 7/13
"In new mobile push, Adobe Photoshop for iPad set to arrive in 2019" iDownload Blog 7/13
"Adobe Acknowledges Working on a Full Version of Photoshop for the iPad" MacStories 7/13
"Apple-owned magazine subscription service simplifies its fees" Cult of Mac 7/13
"London aerial photographer says new MacBook Pro lets him finish the edit before the helicopter lands" 9to5Mac 7/13
"Apple Pay — Just text them the money — Hungry" YouTube 7/13
"Apple Pay — Just text them the money — Wedding" YouTube 7/13
"Apple Pay — Just text them the money — Lost Shirt" YouTube 7/13
"Apple Pay — Just text them the money — Rent" YouTube 7/13
"Prepare to receive more emergency alerts on your iPhone, but there's no cause for panic" 9to5Mac 7/13
"Before Apple's iPhone There Was General Magic" Barron's 7/13
"They worked at Apple, Amazon and Lyft. Now they're working to get you stoned" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7/13
Non-Apple News
"Twitter suspends two accounts linked to 12 Russians indicted by Mueller" r 7:53 PM
"Walmart patents audio surveillance technology to record customers and employees" CBS News 7/13
"The Surface Phone isn't being killed, just 'significantly reworked'" The Next Web 7/13
"Facebook has a movie piracy problem, but it can't (or won't) do anything about it" The Verge 7/13
"Facebook is overflowing with groups offering pirated films — and it says it won't do anything about it" Business Insider 7/13
"AI doctor app Babylon fails to diagnose heart attack, complaint alleges" Telegraph 7/13
"The 15th-anniversary Infobar is a beautiful Japanese Android feature phone" The Verge 7/13
"China breaks up underground $1.5 billion World Cup crypto-gambling ring" The Next Web 7/13
"AI is finding out when the person using your account isn't you" The Next Web 7/13
"Wimbledon: How AI, chatbots and big data help serve up a winning experience" ZDNet 7/13
"If an algorithm draws lines on a map, is that the same as land surveying? Vizaline says its service is not surveying, but Mississippi authorities disagree." Ars Technica 7/13
"Following yesterday's YouTube TV outage, subscribers will receive a week of free service" 9to5Google 7/13
Publications/Podcasts
"Jeff Carlson Takes Control of Your Digital Storage For Mac" MacVoices 7/13
"The Mac mini Refresh Dream, Looking Towards ARM-based Macs -TMO Daily Observations 2018-07-13" The Mac Observer 7/13
"Vergecast: MacBook Pro and Surface Go/Our 313th episode" The Verge 7/13
"Podcast discusses the new MacBook Pro, alleged industrial espionage, and iOS USB Restricted Mode" AppleInsider 7/13
"What you need to know about the new MacBook Pros, this week on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 7/13
"Security Software Deep Dive: How Antivirus Works" Intego Mac Podcast 7/13
"Windows 10: end of delta updates in 2019" gHacks 5:06 PM
"Apple quietly fixed the MacBook Pro's butterfly keyboard problem that drove people crazy" BGR 1:45 PM
"Apple's Quiet MacBook Pro Keyboard Change Has An Amazing Side Effect" Forbes 6:58 PM
"Advanced Malware Discovered in 13 iPhones Used by VVIPs in India Which Leaked Location Data, SMS, More" iPhone Hacks 1:40 PM
"Apple Outlines 2018 MacBook Pro Repair Options and Parts Availability" MacRumors 11:20 AM
"Apple's 2018 MacBook Pro Features Fastest SSD Ever In A Laptop" Redmond Pie 11:19 AM
"The Great Apple Keyboard Cover-Up: Here's an inflammatory take for you: Apple's new quieter keyboard is actually a silent scheme to fix their keyboard reliability issues." iFixit 7/13
"iFixit finds new MacBook Pro keyboard has 'thin, silicone barrier' under each key" 9to5Mac 7/13
"iFixit Teardown Suggests 2018 MacBook Pro Keys Feature a Silicone Barrier to Prevent Malfunctions Due to Dust" MacRumors 7/13
"2018 MacBook Pro keyboards include silicone membrane, might protect against key failure" AppleInsider 7/13
"MacBook Pro 2018: A Quieter Keyboard May Not Be Enough/As someone who has been living with a 2016 13-inch MacBook Pro keyboard for a couple of years, I was very intrigued to try the new keyboards on the 2018 MacBook Pros." LAPTOP Magazine 7/13
"Apple updates MacBook Pro with Coffee Lake CPUs, 32GB memory and up to 4TB storage - at a price, of course" V3 7/13
"Apple discontinues 2015 MacBook Pro leaving users to wrestle with dongles" Telegraph 7/13
"Will Apple let you swap your recently-bought 2017 MacBook Pro for a 2018 one?" ["The answer, as in many things, is 'it depends.' First, if you bought the machine from an Apple Store no more than 14 days ago, you're in luck. That's the period of Apple's 'no questions asked' refund or exchange policy."] 9to5Mac 7/13
"Report: Apple's iPhone 6 has the highest failure rate among iPhones — but Samsung is worse" The Next Web 7/13
"Apple files for 2018 iPhone lineup in Eurasian database ahead of fall release, two additional iPad models" 9to5Mac 7/13
"Two more iPad model numbers surface in Eurasian regulatory filings" AppleInsider 7/13
"Apple Registers Two More Unreleased iPad Models in Eurasia" MacRumors 7/13
"AR Quick Look brings augmented reality to Safari in iOS 12" AppleInsider 7/13
"LG Display to ship OLED panels to Apple in 2H18, says report" DigiTimes 7/13
"True Tone in 2018 MacBook Pro Extends to LG UltraFine and Apple Thunderbolt Displays" MacRumors 7/13
Price Trackers/Deals
"Apple's newest MacBook Pro is now $150 off if you're a student" Digital Trends 7/13
"Apple offers free Beats and big discounts in its Back to School promotion" BetaNews 7/13
"15" MacBook Pro Prices (2018 models)" MacPrices 7/13
"13" MacBook Pro Prices (2017-18 models)" MacPrices 7/13
"First impressions of the new 15-inch MacBook Pro" The Verge 7/13
"15in MacBook Pro vs Dell XPS 15 head-to-head review" IT PRO (UK) 7/13
"Preliminary Performance Analysis: 2018 MacBook Pro 15 inch" Bare Feats 7/13
"2018 MacBook Pro Features 'Fastest SSD Ever' in a Laptop According to Benchmarks" MacRumors 7/13
"The new keyboard on the MacBook Pro sounds near identical to the old one, no sticky key fix" Neowin 7/13
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Siri gets supercharged with watchOS 5 on Apple Watch" AppleInsider 7/13
"The Walking Dead: Our World is Pokémon Go with AR zombies/Dead on arrival? Hardly. There's plenty of life in this iPhone augmented reality game." Macworld 7/13
"'Battleheart 2' Review – Battleheart with a Vengeance" Touch Arcade 7/13
How-To/Tutorial
"How to add secondary destinations in Apple Maps while navigating" 9to5Mac 7:23 PM
"How to Import Photos from iPhone to Windows 10 PC" iPhone Hacks 3:00 PM
"How to Use Any iPhone App in Apple CarPlay" iPhone Hacks 3:00 PM
"How to Uninstall Steam Games on Mac (and Windows / Linux too)" OS X Daily 1:46 PM
"How to find a missing Apple Watch with the Find My iPhone app" iMore 8:41 AM
"watchOS 5: How To Enable Raise To Speak On Apple Watch" Redmond Pie 7/13
"iOS 12: Setting up an alternative appearance using Face ID on iPhone X" iDownload Blog 7/13
"How to check your iPhone, iPad, and Macbook's battery health" iMore 7/13
"Just Bought a 2017 MacBook Pro? How to Trade It In for 2018 Model" LAPTOP Magazine 7/13
"How to set goals and view progress in Activity for Apple Watch" iMore 7/13
"How to add AirPlay 2 to your Sonos speaker: If you own a recent Sonos speaker you should be able to unlock AirPlay 2, which lets you stream to it directly from your iPhone." CNET 7/13
"Here's why ad blockers don't work in the Apple News app" iMore 7/13
"Did Apple just show its hand on future low-end MacBooks?" Apple 3.0 7/13
"Welcome to Apple's year of safe, boring Mac and iPad updates: When are we getting something actually new?" CNET 7/13
"New MacBook Pro's Keyboard Is Not Absolutely Awful: I spent the morning typing on the 2017 and 2018 MacBook Pros, and Apple's new laptop keyboard is better. Not great, but good enough and more comfortable for long-term typing." PC Magazine 7/13
"The 2018 MacBook Pro keyboard doesn't seem to improve reliability, and that's not great" AppleInsider 7/13
"The new MacBook Pros only make me long for an Apple custom processor even more: The heart of the Mac is holding it back." ["A speed boost is nice and all, but the MacBook Pro will spend at least another year without adding much to the general laptop conversation. While brands like Microsoft, Lenovo, and Huawei have been innovating with designs and concepts that push the PC into the future, Apple's laptops are still stuck in the past, despite their individual performance gains."] Macworld 7/13
"Comment: Two things seem obvious about the new MacBook Pro keyboard ..." 9to5Mac 7/13
"Apple just discontinued the only MacBook Pro worth buying" The Next Web 7/13
"Apple's surprise MacBook Pro update further strains its relationship with pros: Nearly everyone's thrilled Apple has introduced a much higher-end MacBook Pro. But it's the way they did it that's causing pain among its most influential customers" ["Here's a quick bit of background if you don't obsessively scan the tech blogs: Apple updated its MacBook Pro line yesterday. They did it quietly, without a big event. And, they did it — in the opinion of this columnist at least — in a tone-deaf, we-don't-really-care-about-pro-users-needs kind of way."] ZDNet 7/13
"Coming July 14: Gene Steinberg meets Josh Centers from TidBITS and Joe Wilcox from BetaNews, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 9:04 PM
"CarBridge For iOS Released, Lets You Use Any App In CarPlay Including Waze, Google, Fortnite, Netflix, YouTube, More" Redmond Pie 7:54 PM
"7 Things to Consider Before Buying a CarPlay Receiver" iMore 7/13
"Plex grid view of live TV guide now available on Apple TV" 9to5Mac 7/13
"Intel to Acquire eASIC to Bolster FPGA Talent and Solutions" Guru3D 7/13
"Intel to acquire eASIC for programmable logic" Converge! 7/13
"ASUS B450 Motherboards For AMD Ryzen CPUs Revealed, ROG Strix B450-F Gaming, B450-PLUS Gaming, Prime B450-PLUS And More" SegmentNext 7/13
"7 nm AMD Vega 20 Comes With 20 TFLOPs Of Computational Power With 70% Reduction In Die Size" SegmentNext 7/13
"New AMD Radeon Adrenalin 18.7.1 Driver Offers Fixes for Fortnite and Hellblade; Optimized for Earthfall" WCCFTech 7/13
"Oracle Corporation (ORCL) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for July 16, 2018" Nasdaq 7/13
"Financial Software And Financial Information Service 2018 Global Market Key Players - NCR, Tripwire, Cigital, Gomoxie, Checkpoint, Luxoft, Oracle....." Industry Today 7/13
"Cisco shares plunge 4% after a report says Amazon could go after Cisco's core networking business" Business Insider 7/13
"Cisco sinks on report Amazon wading into networking equipment" Reuters 7/13
"India's 'impressive development and growth' at risk if Narendra Modi is not re-elected, says ex-Cisco boss John Chambers" FirstPost 7/13
"PC Shipments Up After Long Slump (But it Won't Last): Enterprises are migrating over to Windows 10, which resulted in PC shipments increasing year-over-year during the second quarter. However, demand on the consumer side continues to struggle, which doesn't bode well for future growth." PC Magazine 7/13
"Stocks End Slightly Higher; Indexes Post Gains For Week: Stocks closed modestly higher Friday with the Dow ending just above 25,000 and the S&P 500 just above 2,800." TheStreet 7/13
"Dow Leads, Nasdaq Lags Despite Amazon.com Stock Gains: The stock market closed higher Friday, as the Dow Jones industrial average again led. The Nasdaq lagged despite gains for Amazon.com stock and other major Nasdaq components." Investor's Business Daily 7/13
"Stocks shuffle toward another weekly gain as oil prices rise" Associated Press 7/13
"U.S. Stocks Rise, Post Weekly Gains: Strong start to earnings season offsets trade tensions" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7/13
"Asian markets continue end-of-the-week rally: Asian stock markets largely extended their gains in Friday trading, as Thursday's global rebound continued." MarketWatch 7/13
"European stocks book small gains as focus turns to earnings" MarketWatch 7/13
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