"Apple's new iPhone exposes 4 stages of stock hype/Insight: Breathless media reports give investors something to grieve about/Sometimes, the media can't cover a cough. That is perhaps never more apparent than when it comes to a pending product introduction — namely Apple's iPhone 6, which apparently will be unveiled on September 9." MarketWatch 7:44 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook Is 'Not Satisfied' With Employee Diversity" Forbes 8:56 AM
"Apple's diversity report finds more Adams than Eves" The Inquirer 8:29 AM
"Apple Stores reportedly ready for iPhone carrier financing this month" Gigaom 8:19 AM
"Why Apple Might Use Sapphire Screen in New iPhone" Re/code 10:38 AM
"New Job Positions Clarify Apple's Social Focus" ifoAppleStore 9:21 PM
"Apple celebrating diversity in Cupertino with several employee events this week" 9to5Mac 9:14 PM
"Apple customer says store gave him receipt with anti-gay message" Cult of Mac 7:59 PM
"Apple hints at Maps data-collection project taking place in New York" 9to5Mac 6:04 PM
"Government iPad Activations Up 5%: State and federal customers are ramping up iPad use, says enterprise mobile software firm Good Technology." InformationWeek 4:20 PM
"Don't Jailbreak Your iPhone if You Want to Stop Government Spyware" Intego 3:18 PM
"We told you jailbreaking your iThing was dangerous: Ad revenue looted from 75,000 infected iOS fondelslabs" The Register 8:28 AM
"Apple posts extended 'Your Verse' videos for iPad users Yaoband and Jason Hall" AppAdvice 7:43 AM
"Survey suggests iPhone 6 could be Apple's most desired handset yet" Cult of Mac 8:20 AM
"Apple talked enterprise deal with HP before signing up with IBM" 9to5Mac 2:13 PM
"Apple's Former Siri Team Promises a Better Digital Assistant" Mashable 8:36 AM
"Siri Creators Have a Much Smarter Bun in the Oven" TechNewsWorld 9:52 AM
"Siri Developers Hard at Work on Your Next AI Overlord" The Mac Observer 9:54 AM
"Siri's younger sister – an AI for everyone" TG Daily 11:11 AM
"Pro sports teams walk a fine line using analytics to sell more stuff: If I'm paying $200 to see the Red Sox play (don't laugh), do I really want to be spammed with offers on my iPhone? Maybe yes, maybe no. This the sort of question team execs are wrestling with in our hyper-connected era." Gigaom 10:18 AM
"Sports arenas marketing with Apple's iBeacon hope to offer relevant info without 'spamming' fans" AppleInsider 10:35 AM
"Apple publishes new 'Remembering Robin Williams' page on Apple.com" 9to5Mac 7:34 AM
"Apple posts Robin Williams tribute page to company website" AppleInsider 7:38 AM
"Candy Crush maker reduces 2014 forecasts" BBC 8:21 AM
"Candy Crush not so sweet after disappointing earnings" Cult of Mac 8:19 AM
"Manchester United bans tablets and laptops at home matches" BBC 8:21 AM
"No Apple fanbois here: Man United bans iPads from Old Trafford" The Register 8:51 AM
"Portland Apple Store customer claims store employee typed homophobic slur on receipt" The Oregonian 11:32 AM
"Murder Suspect Pedro Bravo Asked Siri Where To Hide The Body" Huffington Post UK 7:40 AM
"Murderer asked Siri where to hide the body" TG Daily 9:14 AM
"Did someone use Siri to try to get away with murder? A Florida man stands accused of killing his roommate, and asking Siri to help find the perfect spot to hide the remains." CNET 2:12 PM
Non-Apple News
"Sony to enter streaming market with Playstation TV" TG Daily 7:06 PM
"Microsoft Gets the Jitters Out of Time-Lapse Video" TechNewsWorld 3:17 PM
"25 Google Search tricks you won't know how you ever lived without" BGR 11:33 AM
"Verizon Is The Worst ISP For Netflix Streaming, Which Are Best?" Digital Trends 11:33 AM
"Samsung's Metal-Edged Galaxy Alpha Is Its Most iPhone-A-Like Handset Ever" TechCrunch 8:03 AM
"Samsung Galaxy Alpha: Android Brains, iPhone-Like Body" Gizmodo 8:01 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"ACM 267: Apple, HealthKit and Steve Jobs Design Philosophy" The Mac Observer 7:24 PM
"How will loss of carrier subsidies affect iPhone 6 sales?" Houston Chronicle 8:50 AM
"Samsung announces 'next evolution' of smartphone design — the 2012 iPhone 5!" iMore 8:19 AM
"Phablet vs. Tablet: Screen size matters" ZDNet 8:08 AM
"The one must-have iWatch feature/Summary: It doesn't matter how many leading-edge sensors it has or how beautiful and stylish it is. If the iWatch doesn't get power right it will fail. Here's two Apple technologies that will set the iWatch apart from competitors." ZDNet 8:06 AM
"Apple could be ready to capitalize on projected growth of facial recognition market" AppleDailyReport 7:52 AM
"Apple And Amazon Are Killing Books And Why That's A Good Thing" Mac 360 7:27 AM
"Apple And Diversity: The Good And Bad" Mac 360 7:27 AM
"Cisco Systems Plans to Cut 6,000 Jobs: Layoffs Represent 8% of Workforce, Follows Another Quarter of Declining Results" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:01 PM
"Cisco to lay off up to 6,000 workers: Cisco to lay off up to 6,000 workers as part of restructuring; 4Q profit dips" Associated Press 5:28 PM
"With Profits Slipping, Cisco Announces Job Cuts" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:04 PM
"Cisco posts smaller-than-expected drop in fiscal fourth quarter revenue" Reuters 4:20 PM
"What to look for in Cisco earnings: Investors hope last quarter's upbeat report is sign of turnaround" MarketWatch 12:56 PM
"What to Expect When Cisco Reports Fourth-Quarter Earnings After Market Close Today" TheStreet 12:56 PM
"Cisco pained by China protectionism: Analyst" CNBC 8:39 AM
"Cisco's cybersecurity snafu: China is accusing tech giant Cisco of cyberspying which Cisco has denies as tensions grow between Washington and Beijing." [Video Report] CNBC 8:38 AM
"Satya Nadella finds himself on the right end of a bucket of ice water" Neowin 8:43 PM
"Microsoft's CEO Dares Google, Amazon Execs In Ice Bucket Challenge" TechCrunch 8:44 PM
"Microsoft's CEO takes the ice bucket challenge, wins gloriously: Satya Nadella is raising money to fight ALS — and challenges Jeff Bezos and Larry Page to join him" The Verge 8:45 PM
"Microsoft tweaks Windows to lure Internet of things market, maker community: Microsoft is shipping a Galileo board with custom Windows OS to reach smart devices and Internet-connected appliances" IDG News Service 8:18 AM
"Microsoft Surface: Where does it go from here? Digging beneath the Surface, here's what the numbers tell us so far, plus why the slowing tablet market might actually be a good thing for Microsoft's tablet." ZDNet 8:07 AM
"Microsoft Urges Reform Of U.S. Government's Surveillance Practices" TechCrunch 2:38 PM
"DOJ asks court to vacate stay in Microsoft email privacy case: The government points to a 'jurisdictional' defect in Microsoft's appeal of a warrant for emails stored in Ireland" IDG News Service 9:53 AM
"Black Tuesday: Microsoft offers massive IE patch rollup but no ActiveX blocks/Initial reports also include puzzling behavior for some Start menu Taskbars, patches for some Surface tablets, and an underwhelming Win 8.1 'Update 2'" InfoWorld 8:18 AM
"Microsoft issues 26 security fixes for Internet Explorer in August Patch Tuesday" The Inquirer 8:29 AM
"Google, H-P Discuss Android Assistant for the Workplace" The Information 9:16 AM
"Secretaries beware: Google and HP in talks about Now for the workplace" Engadget 2:19 PM
"Google Is Chasing Apple's Mega Deal With IBM: Google is in talks with HP to make a bigger push for Android in the enterprise." Business Insider 2:33 PM
"120-Person Startup Nipping At Heels Of IBM, Adobe" Forbes 8:30 AM
"Intel Pays Avago $650 Million for LSI Networking Chip Unit" Re/code 5:29 PM
"Intel buying Avago network processor unit for $650M" Seeking Alpha 5:21 PM
"Intel pays $650 million in cash for LSI's Axxia Networking Business" VentureBeat 8:45 PM
"Intel Explores Wearables for Parkinson's Research" Re/code 7:33 PM
"Intel to use 'big data' to battle Parkinson's disease" Agence France Presse 7:58 PM
"Intel discloses newest microarchitecture and 14nm process details" DigiTimes 7:54 AM
"Intel, Michael J. Fox Foundation Take On Parkinson's Disease" InformationWeek 4:20 PM
"Intel's contribution to solving Parkinson's: big data" VentureBeat 2:33 PM
"Intel/Micron Marriage Is Alive And Doing Fine" Seeking Alpha 11:11 AM
"AppliedMicro's 64-core chip could spark off ARM core war" IDG News Service 8:36 AM
"Oracle's Sparc M7 chip to supercharge in-memory computing: The new Sparc chip that will ship in Oracle's Unix servers next year promises big performance gains" IDG News Service 8:19 AM
"Dell expands Precision workstation family with new tower, rack models" ZDNet 8:06 AM
"Notebook sales expected to rise in 2H14 as vendors price below US$300" DigiTimes 7:54 AM
"Y2K Meets 512K As Internet Limit Approaches: Routers Used to Send Online Data Could Become Overloaded in Coming Days as Companies Adjust Capacity" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:16 AM
"US stock market closes higher as traders shrug off global concerns; Amazon gains, Macy's drops" Associated Press 4:24 PM
"U.S. Stocks End Higher: Investors Shrug Off Tepid Retail-Sales Data" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:22 PM
"Asia Markets: Hong Kong stocks close at highest since late 2010/Hong Kong stocks climbed on Wednesday to their highest settlement in more than three years, extending a three-day winning streak." MarketWatch 9:02 AM
"Europe Markets: Admiral drops, E.On rises in European trading/German stocks rebound" MarketWatch 9:02 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 4:22 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at 1 p.m." Associated Press 4:22 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:37 PM
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