"5 reasons Apple's getting into mobile payments" Computerworld 8:46 AM
"If Apple Makes A Move Into Mobile Payments, It Could Not Come At A Better Time" TechCrunch 3:11 PM
"New Apple iPhone to have 'mobile wallet' function: Bloomberg" Reuters 9:06 AM
"Apple inks deal with Amex for iPhone 6 mobile payments, report says" Digital Trends 8:37 AM
"Major card companies are signed on for Apple's iPhone 6 payments solution" BGR 8:47 AM
"Apple and Collapsing Music Sales" 24/7 Wall St. 8:45 AM
"Apple Spies On The Media 'Using Anonymized Social Media Accounts'" Business Insider 8:40 AM
"Apple Says It is 'Actively Investigating' Celeb Photo Hack" Re/code 3:32 PM
"Nude celebrity picture leak looks like phishing or email account hack: Apple's iCloud service may have been the source of the photos but security experts think password hacks are likely explanation" The Guardian 6:02 PM
"Apple Investigating Reports of iCloud Vulnerabilities: Probe Comes After Celebrities' Accounts Were Hacked, Nude Photos Published" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:05 PM
"Apple Probes Report ICloud Was Hacked to Gain Stars' Nude Photos" Bloomberg 8:07 PM
"Nude Jennifer Lawrence photos leaked by hacker who claims to have 'private pictures of 100 A-listers': More than 100 A-list celebrities on 'master list' of those targeted in massive hack" ["An anonymous hacker reportedly gained access to private photos on the Hunger Games actress's mobile phone, and those of 100 others, via Apple's online storage system iCloud."] Telegraph 9:29 AM
"Apple, FBI 'Investigating' Possible iCloud Hack Which Resulted in Nude Celeb Photo Leaks" DailyTech 6:04 PM
"Apple quiet on iCloud exploit after celebrity nudes leak" Wired UK 10:41 AM
"Three Years Later: Tim Cook's Apple/On September 9th, Apple will announce products likely to be seen as a new milestone in Tim Cook's tenure as Apple's CEO." Monday Note 8/31
"September 9: The beginning — or the beginning of the end — of the Tim Cook Era" VentureBeat 8/31
"The iPhone 6 Should Make Mobile Ads a Bigger Deal New features could also enhance the iBeacon" AdWeek 8/31
"Apple's screen size barrage with iPhone 6, iPad caters to enterprise" ZDNet 8/31
"Apple Working With American Express on iPhone 6 Mobile Payments" Re/code 8/31
"Apple Said to Team With Visa, MasterCard on IPhone Wallet" Bloomberg 8/31
"Apple has reached an agreement with American Express to work on iPhone payments system" 9to5Mac 8/31
"Apple said to be working with American Express on iPhone 6 mobile payments" VentureBeat 8/31
"Report: Apple Strikes Deal with American Express for iPhone 6 Mobile Paymens/Will Apple announce mobile payments for its new iPhone at its upcoming press event?" PC Magazine 8/31
"Apple patches 'Find My iPhone' exploit" ZDNet 10:56 AM
"Apple Just Patched A Security Flaw In iCloud That Could've Been Used To Hack Celebrity Accounts" Business Insider 10:41 AM
"Apple Fixes iCloud Security Gap, 'Actively Investigates' Celeb Photo Theft" The Mac Observer 5:51 PM
"Man Accused Of Leaking Naked Celebrity iCloud Photos Denies Everything" Business Insider 11:06 AM
"Hole in Apple's 'Find My iPhone' appears closed, closing access to celebrities' private photos" VentureBeat 12:05 PM
"This could be the Apple iCloud flaw that led to celebrity photos being leaked" The Next Web 9:22 AM
"Nude celebrity picture leak looks like phishing or email account hack: Apple's iCloud service may have been the source of the photos but security experts think password hacks are likely explanation" The Guardian 8:39 AM
"Vulnerability in Find My Phone service and weak passwords may explain alleged celebrity photo leaks" 9to5Mac 8:23 AM
"'Find My iPhone' exploit could be to blame for celebrity photo hacks" Engadget 8:59 AM
"Claim: compromising celebrity photos due to iCloud hack" MacNN 8:28 AM
"Python script attacking Find My iPhone may be behind celebrity leaks" Electronista 1:03 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Mavericks - Finder performance vs. desktop icons?" MacInTouch 12:00 PM
"AnandTech founder joins Apple for undisclosed role" iDownload Blog 10:40 AM
"Anand Retires from AnandTech, Joins Apple" Tapscape 10:09 AM
"Drone video shows Apple's 'spaceship' campus construction" Digital Trends 8:37 AM
"No flogging, please, we're Apple: Health app makers forbidden to sell users' info/developers, developers ... regulators" The Register 9:24 AM
"Sluggish sales pose challenges, opportunities, for tablets and PCs" TechnologyTell 1:58 PM
"September 19 iPhone 6 launch affirmed by Dutch carrier" Cult of Mac 1:03 PM
"UK carrier O2 teases new iPhone with funny newspaper ad" 9to5Mac 1:03 PM
"Up Ahead: An IPO, an iPhone, an Internet Fight/After a Lost 2013, Get Ready for an Avalanche of Big Events" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:31 PM
"AnandTech Publisher Anand Shimpi Headed to Apple" Re/code 8/31
"AnandTech Founder Anand Shimpi Is Heading To Apple" TechCrunch 8/31
"AnandTech founder Anand Shimpi retires from journalism to join Apple: After 17 years of tinkering with PCs, Anand moves to the Mac mothership" The Verge 8/31
"Journalist, Anand Lal Shimpi, Hired By Apple" RazorianFly 8/31
"Founder Anand Shimpi latest Apple hire from Hardware Review site AnandTech" 9to5Mac 8/31
"Apple 'spaceship' campus construction caught on film by flying drone" 9to5Mac 8/31
"Cassandra: A Twist in the Tale -Anand Lal Shimpi to Join Apple" eXtensions 8/31
"GoPro Flyover of Apple's Spaceship HQ Build Site Gives You The Scenic Tour" HotHardware 8/31
"Apple's Spaceship Campus through a Drone's Eye" The Mac Observer 8/31
"A spaceship in Cupertino: Apple's journey to build a new headquarters" The Verge 8/31
"Swatch prefers go-it-alone route for smartwatch plans" Reuters 8/31
"Swatch CEO won't 'rule out' his company is 'collaborating' with tech companies on smartwatches" VentureBeat 8/31
"JLaw, Upton caught in celeb nude pics hack: 100 women victimised as Apple iCloud accounts reportedly popped" The Register 8/31
Non-Apple News
"Tech's Young Guns Embrace Old Ways: As Box Inc. Looks to Stand Out, It Is Leaning on an Established Playbook by Integrating Other Programs, Sales Tactics" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:29 PM
"Swing Copters Likely Won't Match Flappy Bird, Says Bushnell" Digital Trends 8:07 PM
"Celeb hacker 'on the run': FBI investigates as mystery man who calls himself 'OriginalGuy' claims responsibility for stealing hundreds of stars' nude photos" Daily Mail (UK) 6:24 PM
"Americans don't yet own many smart appliances — but they're about to (report)" VentureBeat 6:02 PM
"Even more proof that Motorola is making the next Nexus smartphone" BGR 3:11 PM
"Physicist shows why your WiFi sucks in that one room" Engadget 11:19 AM
"Samsung needs a hit with Galaxy Note 4 as Apple preps its own big phone" CBS News 9:23 AM
"Samsung vows to expand Smart Home platform, add third-party gadgets" CNET 9:08 AM
"Study: Social networks are making you distrustful and unhappy" Engadget 8:49 AM
"What is the blue light from our screens really doing to our eyes?" Gigaom 8:24 AM
"Hi-tech cars are security risk, warn researchers" BBC 8/31
"Twitter's latest revamp aims to help new users" Digital Trends 8/31
"Synaptics: Get ready for more smartphones with fingerprint readers/In an interview, Synaptics CEO Rick Bergman talks about the opportunities that stem from the Internet of Things and describes his idea of the holy grail of biometric sensors." CNET 8/31
"Researchers discover webcams can be used to diagnose abnormal heart rhythms" VentureBeat 8/31
"AnandTech Founder Anand Lal Shimpi Retires From Writing" TechCrunch 8/31
"AT&T files patent suit against Cox over years of unlicensed patent use" Electronista 8/30
"Mobile augmented reality users to approach 200 million by 2018" Apple Daily Report 8/30
"Offline attack shows Wi-Fi routers still vulnerable: An attack can break into some common Wi-Fi routers, via a configuration feature." Ars Technica 8/30
"T-Mobile lays out minimum $35 per share bid for acquisition" Electronista 8/29
"Samsung denies child labour at Chinese supplier" AFP 8/29
Publications/Podcasts
"Let's Talk iOS 044: Have you heard about the iWatch?" iDownload Blog 7:33 PM
"Apple 'not likely' to ship redesigned power adapter, Lightning cable with 'iPhone 6'" AppleInsider 8:22 AM
"Analyst says not to expect reversible USB Lightning connector to ship with iPhone 6" 9to5Mac 8:23 AM
"Apple Not Expected to Ship Reversible USB-Lightning Cable or New Adapter Alongside iPhone 6" MacRumors 8:24 AM
"Possible 5.5-Inch iPhone 6 Rear Shell Showcased in New Video" MacRumors 9:12 AM
"New hands-on footage claims to show 5.5-inch 'iPhone Air' (Video)" 9to5Mac 10:40 AM
"MacBook Pro with CD/DVD: Apple 'planning to redesign non-Retina MacBook Pro'/Wondering if Apple will discontinue the non-Retina MacBook Pro? Afraid that the optical disc drives could soon be a distant memory for Apple's Mac line-up? Read on..." Macworld UK 8:19 AM
"This iPhone 6 Hands-On Looks Too Real To Be Fake [Video] RazorianFly 6:04 PM
"Synnex named Apple's third iPad distributor" ARN 10:40 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"My Thunderbolt Display Started Flickering and Going Blank..." A Sprinkle of Cocoa 8/30
Price Trackers/Deals
"Anodia For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)" Apple Sliced 9:36 AM
"Abyss: the Wraiths of Eden HD (Full) For iPad And Abyss: the Wraiths of Eden (Full) For iPhone Are Free Right Now (Previously $6.99/$4.99)" Apple Sliced 9:36 AM
"Office Story For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $2.99)" Apple Sliced 9:36 AM
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 10:09 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 10:09 AM
"Apple Just Unlocked A Big Mystery About How The App Store Works" Business Insider 8:42 AM
"Jennifer Lawrence Nude Photo Leak Isn't A 'Scandal.' It's A Sex Crime" Forbes 9:23 AM
"The iCloud Flaw That Could Have Caused the Nude Celeb Leaks" Gizmodo 8:55 AM
"All The Different Ways That 'iCloud' Naked Celebrity Photo Leak Might Have Happened" Business Insider 8:40 AM
"The Fappening is more than just nude celebrity pics -- Can we trust Apple's iCloud?" BetaNews 8:38 AM
"Here's Everything We Know about the iWatch" Kirkville 8:25 AM
"Thinking Different with an Apple Airport Extreme" Run Around Tech 8:20 AM
"What to expect from Apple in autumn/winter 2014: iPhone 6, iPhone Air, iWatch, iPad 6, new Apple TV, new Macs" Macworld UK 8:18 AM
"iPhone 6: Apple's Growing Problem" Mac 360 7:59 AM
"Time to brush up on your iPhone history before Apple's Sept 9th event" Cult of Mac 8/31
"Why The Bar for Apple's Sept. 9 Event Is Incredibly High" Fortune 8/31
"Why price points matter: Will buyers push back on highest-end iPhone 6?" ZDNet 8/31
"Will Apple's iWatch actually be called iWatch? We're already used to the concept of smartwatches. Is that one reason why Apple will not call its rumored new gadget a watch?" CNET 8/31
"Will The Mac Feature at Apple's Sept. 9 Media Event? [Opinion] RazorianFly 8/31
"Here's Everything We Know About The iWatch, Apple's Next Major Product" Business Insider 8/31
"A fun exercise in speculation: Would I buy Apple's rumored products?" Gigaom 8/31
"Should pupils be using tablet computers in school? English teacher Matthew Godfrey weighs up the pros and cons of our burgeoning reliance on digital devices in the classroom" Telegraph 8/31
"Debate: 'Will the IBM/Apple partnership lead to a merger between the two companies?'" TG Daily 8/29
"These are the 8 Android and Windows Phone features we want on the iPhone 6: Apple doesn't hold the patent on good ideas. These hardware and software goodies from other phones would make Apple's next iPhone even better." CNET 8/29
"8 Predictions for Apple's September 9 Media Event" The Mac Observer 8/29
"The most disappointing rumor about the iPhone 6 may have just been confirmed" BGR 8/29
"Apple's September 9 Event Won't be What we Expect" The Mac Observer 8/29
"The bar is high for Apple's Sept. 9 event" Fortune 8/29
"iPhone 6 Rumor Roundup: Everything We Think We Know (Updated)" Gizmodo 8/29
"8 Big Apple iWatch Rumors: Specs, Release Date, and More" Digital Trends 8/29
"Apple's iWatch announcement could be big tease, with sales delayed until 2015" Pocketnow 8/29
"Apple's iWatch 'Not Shipping Till Early 2015"'" Forbes 8/29
"iPhone 5 Battery Replacement Program Popularity, Crushing Apple Stores" Three Guys And A Podcast 8/29
"How a new HTML element will make the Web faster: Today, the average size of a webpage is 1.7MB—1MB from images—but change is afoot." Ars Technica 8:32 PM
"Goodbye Windows, I'm sticking with Chrome OS" BetaNews 6:03 PM
"How cloud gaming is leading us to the Holodeck" VentureBeat 3:34 PM
"Let's Stop All Of The Post-PC Nonsense Once And For All" Forbes 1:57 PM
"The Gamer Is Dead: Long Live The Gamer" Forbes 1:17 PM
"Why Do Some Old Programming Languages Never Die?" ReadWrite 12:05 PM
"Say hello to men who hate the NSA but love invading the lives of women" The Verge 11:09 AM
"Wearables hold possibilities, privacy concerns" Digital Trends 8:37 AM
"Hands-on: Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5" Electronista 8/31
"Here's What It's Really Like To Work With Mark Zuckerberg At Facebook" Business Insider 8/31
"How The Digital Revolution Can Fix Scientific Publishing And Speed Up Discoveries" TechCrunch 8/31
"When Bluetooth speakers bank on features" CNET 8/31
"The Road Ahead" ["But after 17.5 years of digging, testing, analyzing and writing about the most interesting stuff in tech, it's time for a change. This will be the last thing I write on AnandTech as I am officially retiring from the tech publishing world."] AnandTech 8/30
"Cassandra: Anand Lal Shimpi retires from AnandTech -Ryan Smith now Editor-in-Chief" eXtensions 8/30
"Worked things out with The Wirecutter" Marco Arment 8/29
"The laptops, tablets, and other gear that keeps me mobile" ZDNet 8/29
Humor/Cartoons
"Cartoon: Next up, my Hour-Long-Break-With-A-Caesar-And-A-Good-Book challenge" Noise to Signal Cartoon 6:04 PM
"Enough already: Cook has Steve Jobs' shadow surgically removed" Scoopertino 10:09 AM
"The Apple product cycle!" The Joy of Tech [cartoon] 7:49 AM
"The Iddly Widdly Piddly Pop-off blasts into the app store" prMac 8:59 AM
"TextExpander 4, an Essential OS X Utility, on Sale Half Price, only $17" Kirkville 8:19 AM
"See what time it is around the world with Time Zones + World Clock Time Converter" TUAW 8/31
"Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition coming to iPhone and iPad later in 2014" iMore 8/31
"New Dungeons & Dragons game in the works for mobile" iMore 8/31
"Misfit for iOS updated with support for multiple Shine wearable activity trackers" AppAdvice 8/31
"Square Enix confirms more Dragon Quest titles are coming to mobile devices" AppAdvice 8/31
"The Backed Pack: smart running aids, smart LED bulbs, and a Mac tablet" VentureBeat 8/31
"Super Meat Boy Forever to make a mark on iPhone and iPad in 2015" iMore 8/30
"The Vision Board App - Dream, Believe, Attract" prMac 8/30
"Children's Music Shines In New Kids App: Preschool Musical" prMac 8/30
"A Beautiful Collection of Zen Apps Graces the iOS App Store" prMac 8/30
"World Factbook Visual Edition 1.0 Presents CIA Resource in Visual Way" prMac 8/30
"Snapchat Updates 'Our Story' Feature to Cover More Live Events" iClarified 8/30
"Internet Movie Database for iOS adds features, takes a few away" TUAW 8/29
"Coming August 30: Gene Steinberg meets Peter Cohen, from iMore, John Uppendahl, from Parallels, and Josh Centers, from TidBITS, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 8/29
"China Gives Microsoft 20 Days to Explain Problems: Antitrust Agency Demands Clarity on Compatibility, Bundling" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:24 AM
"China gives Microsoft 20 days to provide explanation in anti-trust probe" Reuters 9:06 AM
"Microsoft ordered to comply over China antitrust allegations" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 9:25 AM
"Microsoft defies court order and refuses to hand over emails to US government" BetaNews 8:38 AM
"Microsoft refuses US order to hand over customer cloud data" V3 9:23 AM
"Windows 8.x gains usage share at the expense of Windows XP" BetaNews 8:38 AM
"Microsoft reduces Surface chassis suppliers; may adopt similar strategy for other components" DigiTimes 8:55 AM
"Windows XP's Market Share Fell By Less Than 1% In August" TechCrunch 6:01 PM
"Intel reveals its first 8-core desktop CPU" BetaNews 8:38 AM
"3 Reasons Intel Is A More Compelling Investment Than Taiwan Semiconductor" Seeking Alpha 6:29 PM
"Oracle loses $1.3bn SAP damages appeal but is offered $357m or retrial" V3 9:23 AM
"Oracle/Micros Systems $5.3bn deal gets EC green light" V3 9:23 AM
"Google Glass is Getting a Second Look from Businesses" Mashable 8:53 AM
"Microsoft refuses to hand over user emails" Reuters 8/31
"A New Technology To Help Visually Impaired Shoppers Is Being Tested By IBM in Brazil" Forbes 8/31
"MSN Messenger Is Completely Shutting Down On October 31st" Forbes 8/31
"Intel Benchmarks DirectX 12, Looks Better Than DX11" Digital Trends 8/31
"Intel reaffirms its commitment, product lines to PC gaming market" Electronista 8/31
"Flaw lets hackers break your WiFi router's security with one guess" Engadget 8/31
"Five Reasons Why China's Desktop OS Will Fail" Digital Trends 8/31
"Race to gigabit Internet service takes off: Four years after the National Broadband Plan, communities and carriers are deploying next-gen infrastructure that will bring gigabit speed Internet to homes, universities, and businesses." CNET 8/31
"What you can expect from Windows 9 (codename Threshold)" ITProPortal 8/30
"Microsoft to flick on MSN Messenger kill switch in China: Redmond silences aged IM service, touts Skype at People's Republic" The Register 8/30
"Microsoft refuses to give access to emails stored outside US" Neowin 8/30
"Microsoft said to be interested in popular Android mod, Cyanogen" Neowin 8/30
"Review roundup: Intel's 8-core Haswell-E is the fastest desktop CPU ever" Engadget 8/30
"Intel finally releases Haswell-E Extreme Edition processors/Summary: The long-awaited refresh of its high-end chips includes the company's first eight-core desktop CPU, the $999 Core i7-5960X." ZDNet 8/30
"Intel Reveals Core i7-5960X Processor Extreme Edition, An 8-Core Processor Gaming Monster At PAX" Microsoft News 8/30
"Five Reasons Why China's Desktop OS Will Fail" Digital Trends 8/31
"Race to gigabit Internet service takes off: Four years after the National Broadband Plan, communities and carriers are deploying next-gen infrastructure that will bring gigabit speed Internet to homes, universities, and businesses." CNET 8/31
"What you can expect from Windows 9 (codename Threshold)" ITProPortal 8/30
"Microsoft to flick on MSN Messenger kill switch in China: Redmond silences aged IM service, touts Skype at People's Republic" The Register 8/30
"Microsoft refuses to give access to emails stored outside US" Neowin 8/30
"Microsoft said to be interested in popular Android mod, Cyanogen" Neowin 8/30
"Review roundup: Intel's 8-core Haswell-E is the fastest desktop CPU ever" Engadget 8/30
"Intel finally releases Haswell-E Extreme Edition processors/Summary: The long-awaited refresh of its high-end chips includes the company's first eight-core desktop CPU, the $999 Core i7-5960X." ZDNet 8/30
"Intel Reveals Core i7-5960X Processor Extreme Edition, An 8-Core Processor Gaming Monster At PAX" Microsoft News 8/30
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