"Apple's Workaround Takes Bite Out of Tariffs: U.S. tech giant Apple has reportedly asked its major suppliers, mainly China-based manufacturers from Taiwan, to consider moving 15 to 30% of their production outside of China to avoid higher tariffs imposed on U.S.-bound exports." Voice of America 8:41 AM
"Catalyst Can Rescue the Mac and Grow the iPad" MacStories 9:17 AM
"Timing of Apple Production Shift Out of China Is Suspicious, Loup's Munster Says" YouTube: Bloomberg Technology 8:44 AM
"Steve Jobs and the Apple Story" Investopedia 8:06 AM
"Apple will announce Seattle expansion today: Mayor Jenny Durkan is holding a press conference this afternoon to announce plans by Apple to expand in Seattle. The event, with Apple officials, is scheduled at 333 Dexter, a 12-story building nearing completion at Dexter Avenue and Thomas Street, one block west of the core Amazon campus in South Lake Union." Seattle Times 2:12 PM
"Apple announces plan to add 2,000 jobs in Seattle" Associated Press 9:12 PM
"Apple to hire 2,000 people in Seattle expansion, double original commitment: Apple on Monday revealed detailed plans for an expansion in Seattle, with the company saying it will hire a total of 2,000 people to work at a new office complex located squarely on Amazon's home turf." AppleInsider 8:41 PM
"Apple sued over fatal New Jersey fire: Suit alleges iPad battery to blame/Insurers and family fling sueballs" The Register 12:13 PM
"SwiftUI: Modified Content, Type Erasure, and Type Debugging" Erica Sadun 8:19 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"macOS Catalina first look: goodbye, iTunes; hello, iPad apps on Mac" The Verge 1:01 PM
"A first look at macOS Catalina (public beta now available): Apple today opened up its macOS Catalina Public Beta Program, so I thought it useful to share some first impressions of the new Mac OS." Computerworld 12:51 PM
"macOS Catalina preview: It's all about the apps/Many of Apple's first-party apps have been redesigned. (And there are some brand new ones, too.)" Engadget 12:12 PM
"Hands on with Apple's first public beta of macOS 10.15 Catalina" AppleInsider 12:12 PM
"First Look: macOS Catalina Public Beta" Six Colors 12:12 PM
"macOS 10.15 Catalina preview: As the public beta arrives, a closer look at Sidecar, Apple Music and more" TechCrunch 12:09 PM
"macOS Catalina: 3 features that make it worth the upgrade" Mashable 1:01 PM
"How to create a bootable installer for macOS Mojave: Make a bootable installer of macOS Mojave so you can have a portable copy to install on multiple devices." iMore 5:25 PM
"How to install the macOS Catalina public beta" AddictiveTips 3:29 PM
"10 Years Of Tech Acquisitions: How does Apple compare to other tech giants?" Apple Gazette 10:26 AM
"Apple resists Spotify allegations/Apple beats Spotify back: The group does not collect excessive commissions from customers of the streaming service, as its chief Daniel Ek claims. Ek uses wrong numbers, it says in an internal document." Google German-to-English: Spiegel Online 11:34 AM
"Apple fires back at Spotify: We're paid fees on 0.5% of Spotify members/Spotify has complained that Apple abuses the power of the App Store to stifle rivals." CNET 12:03 PM
"Apple strikes back at Spotify's claims of unfair treatment in the App Store" AppleInsider 11:33 AM
"Apple says it collects fee on less than 1% of Spotify users" Reuters 12:51 PM
"Apple reveals that it only collects revenue from about 0.5% of Spotify subscribers" BGR 5:15 PM
"This could be our first look at the packaging for Apple's new titanium credit card" Business Insider 10:25 AM
"Facebook just launched the latest strike in its 15-month cold war with Apple" Business Insider 11:33 AM
"iPhone — iMessage Encryption — Apple" YouTube 7:54 AM
"iPhone — App Store Privacy — Apple" YouTube 7:54 AM
"iPhone — Material Recycling — Apple" YouTube 7:54 AM
"Latest Apple ads carry message of caring for consumers and the planet [Video] 9to5Mac 8:01 AM
"Crime-fighter stops thief by pretending his iPhone is a gun" Cult of Mac 8:22 AM
Non-Apple News
"Study Finds Google Play Store Hosts Thousands Of Malware-Laden Counterfeit Android Apps" HotHardware 3:54 PM
"New Law Would Require Big Tech to Tell You How Much Your Data is Worth" Gizmodo 3:04 PM
"Canonical returning 32-bit Ubuntu Linux support after gaming uproar" ZDNet 2:33 PM
"Steam to End Support for Ubuntu: Canonical's decision to stop updating 32-bit libraries has seen Valve react by stating Ubuntu will no longer be officially supported from Ubuntu 19.10 onwards." PC Magazine 11:26 AM
"Verizon FiOS service is down in large chunks of the Northeast" Business Insider 10:24 AM
"Major Outage Brings Down Discord, Reddit, Amazon And More" Forbes 10:24 AM
"Devcom delivers the European perspective on gaming" VentureBeat 9:30 AM
"Building the Future of the Classroom with Google for Education" Google Blog 8:37 AM
"The guy who invented USB finally admits it's annoying to plug in" Digital Trends 8:13 AM
"Anonymous hacker exposed after dropping USB drive while throwing Molotov cocktail" ZDNet 7:40 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"9to5Mac Daily: June 24, 2019 – iOS 13 public beta and 16-inch MacBook Pro rumors" 9to5Mac 3:30 PM
"Road to Macstock -Rosemary Orchard On Getting More Out of Siri" MacVoices 1:54 PM
"TMO Contributor John Kheit (#3) - TMO Background Mode Interview" The Mac Observer 2:29 PM
"Smartphone Skull Horns – TMO Daily Observations 2019-06-24" The Mac Observer 1:20 PM
"I Hate It When My Computer Won't Behave – Mac Geek Gab 767" The Mac Observer 7:49 AM
"WatchOS 6: Everything you need to know about the new feature, faces, and functions" Macworld 8:00 AM
"Apple Watch Series 5: Rumors, price, features, and release date/When is the next Apple Watch coming? What features will it have? How much will it cost?" Macworld 8:00 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"How to fix missing contacts on Apple Watch" 9to5Mac 2:09 PM
"Apple recalls some 15-inch MacBook Pros for battery replacement" DigiTimes 8:01 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:49 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:49 AM
"iOS 13 could add support for Hong Kong's Octopus transit card" AppleInsider 9:21 PM
"iOS 13 public beta is a buggy mess: A quick look at the iOS 13 public beta suggests that it's far from being ready, and could be one of the worst beta releases in years." ZDNet 2:33 PM
"Comment: A 16-inch MacBook Pro seems a step towards a 12/14/16 line-up" 9to5Mac 9:30 AM
"The Apple iPhone 2019 upgrade (speculation) guide" Apple Must 9:14 AM
"Does The Cheese Grater Do A Great Grate Of Cheese?" Hackaday 8:41 AM
"The 13 Best Things About Apple iOS13" Forbes 8:13 AM
"The Strategy Behind Why Apple Has Kept The iPod touch In Its Product Lineup" MacPrices 8:06 AM
Non-Apple
"Those Smartphone 'Horns' Aren't What You Think They Are" The Mac Observer 3:15 PM
"Facebook firing Mark Zuckerberg? Don't get your hopes up." Mashable 10:23 AM
"TikTok Has A Predator Problem. A Network Of Young Women Is Fighting Back." BuzzFeed News 9:42 AM
"Microsoft Has Dethroned Apple at the Top of the Russell 1000" Barron's [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3:59 PM
"Analyzing Porter's Five Forces on Apple" Investopedia 9:30 AM
"Apple suppliers seek new opportunities outside China" Cult of Mac 8:04 AM
Industry News
"Dow ekes out gain but fresh Iran sanctions drag broader stock market lower: Casino operator Caesars agrees to $8.6 billion buyout" MarketWatch 3:57 PM
"Stocks End Mixed as Wall Street Looks to G-20 Summit for U.S.-China Trade Talks: Stocks end little changed Monday as investors look to the upcoming G-20 summit for a breakthrough in talks between the world's two largest economies." TheStreet 3:57 PM
"Stocks Meander Around Flat Line; S&P Inches Lower: Major indexes have rallied in recent weeks, and the broad index is on course for best June in decades" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:57 PM
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