"Apple, Inc's double digit U.S. Mac growth contradicts IDC & Gartner reports of a Mac sales slump" AppleInsider 7:36 AM
"Chart Of The Day: The iPhone is a cash machine" Fortune 8:57 AM
"Beats gets bullied by Bose for alleged patent infringement. Help, Apple!" Tech Times 8:59 AM
"Apple iPad: A Death In Four Charts" ValueWalk 10:02 AM
"Samsung's Obsession with Apple Spills over to a Tablet Cover" Patently Apple 2:12 PM
"Apple Stores to soon open up iPhone sales via AT&T Next, T-Mobile JUMP &, Verizon Edge" 9to5Mac 4:39 PM
"Apple opens new retail store in Chongqing" China.org.cn 9:29 PM
"Apple-IBM partnership: Microsoft today, Google tomorrow/Commentary: The new partnership between Apple and IBM will help, in the short term, to get more Apple's products into corporations. In the longer term, it could help Apple's cloud efforts as well." CNET 7/26
"Bose sues Beats for patent infringement over noise-cancelling headphones" Neowin 7/26
"Apple acquires BookLamp, which was once a great book recommendation site" Gigaom 7/26
"Apple Confirms Purchase of Book Recommendation Maker BookLamp" Re/code 7/26
"Everything You Need To Know About Apple's Culture Of Secrecy In One Paragraph" Business Insider 7/26
"New Class Action Brewing Against Apple over Invasion of Privacy Brought on by a TV Report in China" Patently Apple 7/26
"Apple opens new store in China, more expected" Shanghai Daily 7/26
"Public beta launch nearly doubles OS X 10.10 Yosemite adoption despite download issues" AppleInsider 7/26
"OS X Yosemite's Share of Mac Traffic Doubles Following Public Beta Launch" MacRumors 7/25
"OS X Yosemite Adoption Nearly Doubles Following Public Beta" iClarified 7/25
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"A Mac That Keeps Working, Even in Sleep Mode: Q. I thought I wasn't getting new mail on my phone when I was out running around, but it turns out my new iMac at home was downloading mail even though I put it to sleep. How is this possible?" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 7/25
"Address bugs and problems with the Yosemite beta" MacIssues 7/25
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Why Should Final Cut Pro 7 Editors Consider Adobe Premiere Pro CC?" Larry's Blog 4:04 PM
"How-to: Use Spotlight and Smart Folders to search for anything on your Mac" 9to5Mac 7:35 AM
"TextWrangler: The must-have free text editor for Mac" iMore 7/26
"How to revert to Mavericks from the Yosemite public beta" Macworld 7/25
"Apple Stores to Adjust Genius Bar Appointments, Set to Train Employees on New Initiative" MacRumors 7/26
"Apple Stores unify employee shirts as major customer service enhancements planned" 9to5Mac 7/26
"Apple Secretly Acquired 'Pandora For Books' Startup BookLamp To Battle Amazon" TechCrunch 7/25
"Apple reportedly acquired BookLamp startup for $10-15 million earlier this year (update: confirmed)" 9to5Mac 7/25
"Apple Acquired 'Pandora for Books' Startup BookLamp In April" MacRumors 7/25
"Apple acquires startup BookLamp for between $10M to $15M in bid to bolster iBooks discovery" AppleInsider 7/25
"Apple acquires book recommendation startup BookLamp" iDownload Blog 7/25
"Apple has reportedly acquired BookLamp startup earlier this year for $10-15 Million" iMore 7/25
"Apple iPhones allow extraction of deep personal data, researcher finds" Reuters 7/25
"Apple's investment in product development indicates revenue explosion, new product categories this quarter, says analyst" 9to5Mac 7/25
"Apple spending on manufacturing & parts sees biggest increase since 2007 launch of first iPhone" AppleInsider 7/25
"Global Tablet Market Grows 11% in Q2/14 Notwithstanding U.S. Domestic iPad Pullback" MacPrices 7/25
"The Apple backdoor that wasn't/Summary: On Monday, several media outlets mistakenly reported that Apple had installed 'backdoors' on millions of iPhones and iOS devices." ZDNet 7/25
"Swiss Apple Store expansion may require first 'open-air' temp shop" MacNN 7/25
"Watch the iPhone 5s Get Run Over By a Train [Video] iClarified 7/25
"British reality show rigs teens' iPhones to record all their activity" Ars Technica 7/25
Non-Apple News
"71% of U.S. gamers use phones to play video games" AppleDailyReport 7/26
"Google to Search for the Meaning of Health" TechNewsWorld 7/25
"We Went To A Bunch Of AT&T Stores To See How Amazon's New Fire Phone Was Selling And Here's What We Found..." Business Insider 7/25
"House Clears Legislation to Unlock Cellphones: Law Would Allow Consumers to Switch Phone to Other Wireless Carrier" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7/25
"Bill allowing smartphone unlocking approved by the House of Representatives, set to become law" 9to5Mac 7/25
"Doom co-creator John Romero skeptical of virtual reality 'fad'" Ars Technica 7/25
"EU says right to be forgotten is Google's mess" TG Daily 7/25
"Intel to launch Core M for use in notebook/tablet 2-in-1 models in 4Q14" DigiTimes 7/25
"The seven nations where SIM cards outnumber people" The Register 7/25
"No guts, all glory at Robot Soccer World Cup" CNET 7/25
Publications/Podcasts
"The TouchArcade Show - 165 - Hi (Mike's) Mom!" Touch Arcade 7/25
"Review: LuguLake Portable Bluetooth Speaker Stand" Run Around Tech 7/25
"Review: BACtrack Vio keyfob-sized Bluetooth breathalyzer" 9to5Mac 7/25
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Android 4.4 vs. iOS 7 vs. Windows Phone 8: An OS Slugfest" Digital Trends 8:00 AM
"Fly like a dragon (and smash into walls) in fun but flawed Dragon Raiders" Cult of Mac 8:33 AM
"The 15 best Mac games right now: Think your iMac's only good for GarageBand and iPhoto? Then think again - because inside that aluminium shell lurks a potential gaming monster" Stuff Magazine 7:43 AM
"'Secret Files: Tunguska' Review - A Solid Port Of A Less-Than-Classic Adventure" Touch Arcade 7/25
"Down the rabbithole of Alfa-Arkiv: A new iOS game seems to be reviving the five-year-old Junko Junsui ARG that had apparently vanished from the web." CNET 7/25
"Modern Combat 5: Blackout Review/The fifth entry into the blockbuster Modern Combat series is what mobile shooters should aspire to." 148Apps 7/25
"Poptile Review: Simple yet a little bit glorious, Poptile is a satisfying entertaining puzzle game with oodles of the 'one more go' factor." 148Apps 7/25
How-To/Tutorial
"How to use Camera for iPhone and iPad: The ultimate guide" iMore 11:05 AM
"iTunes Match hanging up on you? Here's how to fix it!" iMore 7/26
Tips
"Ask the iTunes Guy: Should you re-rip your CDs?" Macworld 7/25
"HD Antennas: Nearly 1-in-5 Homes Get OTA Broadcast" FairerPlatform 6:17 PM
"Are you there Google? How the internet became our most trusted friend: From 'Am I pretty?' to 'Why won't he have sex with me?', it's Google we ask about all our darkest worries. So how did a search engine become our closest confidant?" Telegraph 7:58 AM
"How to implement a self-destruct feature into free trial software? A 14-day free trial is a nice idea but it has some practical problems." Ars Technica 7/26
"Amazon Fire Phone review round up: prototype, first effort, or wtf Bezos?" TG Daily 7/26
"When Digital Art Is Suitable for Framing" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7/26
"Facebook is worth three times as much as General Motors" The Daily Dot 7/26
"Gallery: Chrome Beta for Android gets a Material Design makeover/We take a look at one of the first apps to get the new Android L look." Ars Technica 7/26
"Amazon's Fire Phone, is a nice piece of gear, with some not-very-useful parlor tricks" VentureBeat 7/26
"Uniti wants to be the ultimate stand for all your Apple devices" Cult of Mac 4:40 PM
"Forth Dimension Apps releases Burst Capture - Fastest Camera App for iOS" prMac 3:23 PM
"Animal Face And Tail: The biggest Animal Photo app on the App Store" prMac 10:02 AM
"Homer for iPhone lets you peek at the apps your friends use" Engadget 7:36 AM
"Misfit app gains integration with Beddit Sleep Monitor and other improvements" AppAdvice 7/26
"Gro Flowers - A New Creative Children's App about Biodiversity" prMac 7/26
"SuperPlayPost Easily Creates Customized Video Collages for Sharing" prMac 7/26
"Madefire motion books and comics v2.0 update brings new storefront, larger images and better organization" iMore 7/25
"AHOY takes the concept of Yo to the next level" Cult of Mac 7/25
"Coming July 26: Gene Steinberg meets Adam Engst, from TidBITS and Take Control Books, and Jeff Gamet, from The Mac Observer, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7/25
"Limited Edition UE BOOM Designed by Skateboard Artist Don Pendleton Available Now" PadGadget 7/25
"Windows Phone's next update will support smart cases and giant devices" Engadget 4:23 PM
"Windows Phone users suffering lock screen lag even after uninstalling beta app" Neowin 4:23 PM
"JD.com, Tencent to Presell Microsoft's Xbox in China" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:29 PM
"'Hello there': eight lessons from Microsoft's awful job loss memo" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:59 AM
"Microsoft's Kinect technology powers university library" BetaNews 8:01 AM
"Will Hewlett-Packard's Turtle, Helion, Win The Race?" Seeking Alpha 7:32 AM
"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the military" Gigaom 3:24 PM
"There are many paths to a smart home. And that's the problem." Gigaom 11:05 AM
"Enterprise Investments Surge To Over $5.4 Billion" TechCrunch 8:07 PM
"Microsoft's Nadella: More Than Talk/Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella proves he can be a man of action with the biggest layoff in company history and other concrete steps to reshape Microsoft. Now what?" InformationWeek 7/26
"Windows Phone 8.1 GDR 1 makes another appearance, one step closer to release" Neowin 7/26
"IE was the most vulnerable web browser in the first half of 2014" Neowin 7/26
"Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Overheating Issues Still Being Reported" Softpedia 7/26
"Microsoft Invents the Splittable & Clippable Gaming Controller for Future Surface Tablets and Beyond" Patently Mobile 7/26
"Dell, BlackBerry downplay threat from Apple-IBM alliance" ZeeNews India 7/26
"Review: Dell Venue 7/The 7-inch Android tablet will work well for professionals who may need a tablet as a backup for their laptops and smartphones." Gulf Business 7/26
"Biostar Releases Mid-Range Motherboard for Intel's Haswell CPUs" Softpedia 7/26
"Price killed IBM deal: Big Blue rejects final offer from Global Foundries as too low" Albany Times Union 7/26
"Oracle's new database patch could cost you $23,000 per processor: Latest patch set for Oracle's database automatically enables in-memory processing: a feature for which Oracle charges extra" InfoWorld 7/26
"Apple And Me: Why I Finally Bought Some Apple Shares" Seeking Alpha 2:58 PM
"Apple's Q3: iPhone Does Well Across Price Points; Mac Defies Shrinking PC Market" Seeking Alpha 7:32 AM
"Hedge fund Greenlight details short bets, still likes Apple" Reuters 7/25
"Apple, Inc. bought back another $5 billion of $AAPL stock in Q3 as shares rose 20%" AppleInsider 7/25
"Why Apple announced mixed results ahead of its iPhone 6 launch" Market Realist 7/25
"Apple's Q3 Bonanza: The Real Story May Be Not Quite So Bullish" Seeking Alpha 7/25
"Apple Completely Ignored Its Retail Stores During Its Earnings Call This Week" Business Insider 7/25
"Will Apple Stock Be Affected By Judge's Comments In Proposed E-Book Settlement?" TheStreet 7/25
"Update: Apple Q3 Earnings - iWatch Lurking" Seeking Alpha 7/25
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Facebook shares hit record on stellar earnings/Facebook Inc. was in the tech sector spotlight Thursday in the wake of the social-networking leader's upbeat second quarter earnings. Amazon.com Inc. and Pandora Media Inc. also garnered attention ahead of their earnings reports." MarketWatch 7/25
"Stocks end week on sour note: Investors will have to wait until next week to see if the S&P 500 can finally top 2,000. Stocks fell broadly on Friday." CNNMoney 7/25
"Stock Market Today: Amazon, Visa Drag on U.S. Markets, S&P 500 Flat for the Week" TheStreet 7/25
"US stocks head lower after results from Amazon disappoint Wall Street" FOXBusiness 7/25
"Worries about US consumers drag stocks lower" Associated Press 7/25
"U.S. Stocks Drop; Visa Weighs on Dow: Visa Shares Fall After Firm Trimmed Revenue Forecast" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7/25
"Asia Markets: Japan stocks advance to six-month closing high/Japanese stocks rallied on Friday, marking their highest settlement in six months, as the yen weakened and domestic inflation data came out in line with market expectations." MarketWatch 7/25
"Europe Markets: BSkyB, Vodafone among European stocks on the move/These stocks made notable moves in European trade Friday." MarketWatch 7/25
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 7/25
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 7/25
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