"How many Watches did Apple sell last quarter? Second pass" Fortune 11:05 AM
"Doubts remain over Apple Watch: Mixed reviews cause analysts to rein in sales forecasts" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:57 AM
"Apple Waits as App Developers Study Who's Buying Its Watch: Apple's chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, showed off his Apple Watch last fall. Skepticism remains about the wearable device." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:01 PM
"Apple Predicted to Launch Apple Watch Sport in Yellow & Rose Gold, New iMacs & iPad Mini Later This Year" MacRumors 8:47 AM
"KGI: iPhone sales forecast at 54M in Q3, Apple Watch demand 'tepid' at 4M shipped units" AppleInsider 8:49 AM
"KGI expects new gold colors for Apple Watch Sport to match iPhone 6s, thinner and lighter iPad mini coming this fall" 9to5Mac 8:48 AM
"Will the iPad Continue to Slide?" World of Apple 5:28 PM
"Big Pharma Wants to Control Your iPhone: Apple's ResearchKit, for better or worse, turns your iPhone into a walking data collector." The Daily Beast 7/18
"Apple insiders gave us their report card on retail boss Angela Ahrendts after her first year" Business Insider 7/18
"Angela Ahrendts Promises Details on Apple's 'Back to School' Situation Next Week" MacRumors 7/18
"Apple, Inc. Earnings Next Week: The Most Important Items to Watch/When Apple reports earnings next week, attention will turn toward these two figures." The Motley Fool 7/18
"Why Apple, Inc. Can't Be Totally Opaque About Watch Results Next Week: Apple has said that it will include Apple Watch results in its Other Products category, but the company can't say nothing at all." The Motley Fool 7/18
"Secret Projects Diary #2: Swift 2.0 Protocols" inessential 1:59 PM
"Office 2016 notes talk about feature disparities between Windows and OS X versions and some alternative approaches to managing calendar and contact data." MacInTouch 7/18
"Here's what people are saying about Beats 1, Apple's new global radio station" Business Insider 8:49 AM
"No Apple Music for the iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle" Digital Trends 8:48 AM
"French luxury group LVMH to create an Apple Watch competitor" Mashable 8:49 AM
"Apple Posts New 'Amazing Apps' iPhone 6 Ad [Watch] iClarified 4:55 PM
"Cassandra: Apple Watch Selling Out in Bangkok Launch Weekend" eXtensions 10:44 AM
"Apple Watch Is About to Face Some High-End Competition: Luxury fashion brand Tag Heuer is looking to jump into the luxury smartwatch market. Will it work?" The Motley Fool 7/18
"Apple Sued for using Bluetooth in Apple Devices without License" Patently Apple 7/18
"My Dog's Activity Tracker Is Letting Me Watch Her Die" Wired 7/18
"Apple Updates: Why Apple Still Bothers With iPod Refreshes; Apple In Iran" Forbes 7/17
"Samsung Pay is on its way to take on Apple's payments service, trials begin in South Korea" The Next Web 7/17
"Apple, Samsung Are in Talks to Kill the SIM Card" Fortune 7/17
"Apple and Samsung move to kill the traditional SIM card" The Inquirer 7/17
"The Tube in London could get even more expensive if you use Apple Pay" Mashable 7/17
"HSBC takes Twitter tongue-lashing over failure to offer Apple Pay" The Register 7/17
"Apple released 4 new ads to promote the Apple Watch" Business Insider 7/17
"A Visual History of the Apple iPod" PC Magazine 7/17
"Video tribute shows why Satoru Iwata was Nintendo's Steve Jobs" Cult of Mac 7/17
"Happy World Emoji Day iOS users! But only bleak emptiness for Android fans" The Next Web 7/17
"Say Cheese! Police Hunt for iPhone Thief Who Accidentally Took a Selfie During Burglary" People Magazine 7/17
Non-Apple News
"Back to the future: the TRS-80 Model 100" Ars Technica 9:12 PM
"Judge Approves $60M Settlement in Student-Athlete Video Game Lawsuit" PC Magazine 5:01 PM
"Hacking Team built drone-based Wi-Fi hacking hardware" Ars Technica 4:59 PM
"UK Government Reaffirms Ripping CDs For Personal Use Is Illegal" HotHardware 4:54 PM
"Twitter, Facebook Are Major News Outlets Now" InformationWeek 12:57 PM
"The five wacky home gadgets you never knew you needed" Stuff: New Zealand 7/18
"Adobe And Google Join Forces To Strengthen Flash Defenses Against Hacks" Digital Trends 7/18
"Dawn Of The Emotionally Aware App, Possible Future 'Emotion Chip' To Herald Devices That Respond To Feelings" HotHardware 7/18
"Farewell to Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's genius president and a gamer at heart: The man who brought the world the Wii and the Nintendo DS will not be forgotten quickly" Telegraph 7/18
"Email Spam Rates Plunge to 2003 Levels" 24/7 Wall St. 7/18
"Retina MacBook still constrained by shipping delays: Lightest MacBook remains backordered two to three weeks on Apple's e-store" Computerworld 12:45 PM
"iPhone 6S Clone Emerges In China [Video] ValueWalk 8:14 AM
"The Days of the 16GB iPhone Could Be Numbered" Digital Trends 8:48 AM
"iPhone 7 rumor rollup: Thicker and curvier devices, but beware 'smartphone elbow'" Network World 8:14 AM
"iPhone 6S Plus Design Leaks, Copies Two iPhone 6S Changes" Forbes 7/18
"iPhone 6S Plus live images of casing claimed" Phones Review 7/18
"Apple Music won't work with your iPod Nano or iPod Shuffle -- not even offline" BetaNews 7/18
"Apple's iPod Nanos and Shuffles reportedly won't sync Apple Music songs" The Next Web 7/18
"Amanda Howe: One Biting Apple Watch Review/A digital innovation strategist questions how her relationship with Apple could turn so sour and what exactly is the point of having their timepiece on her hands?" PSFK 7/18
"Review: The Briefcase from Pad and Quill is a beautiful gear bag that's built to last a lifetime" 9to5Mac 7/18
"In praise of the iPod shuffle: It doesn't do much, but it's really good at what it does." Macworld 7/17
"How to jailbreak the iPod touch 6th generation" iDownload Blog 7/17
Tips
"What can I do about a cracked iPhone screen? I'm worried that leaving it might damage the phone further, but repairs are expensive" The Guardian 7/18
"iOS 9 tips: Access Apple Pay's Wallet without unlocking your iPhone" AppleInsider 7/18
"Should I upgrade my iPhone 5S to iOS 9? Patience is a virtue, and when it comes to software upgrades it might just save your sanity. In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon explains why some owners should wait before they upgrade their devices to iOS 9." CNET 7/18
"Siri Can Call Emergency Services For You with iPhone if Need Be" OS X Daily 7/17
"Reset Apple Music Suggestions with a Tap" Lifehacker 7/17
"iOS 9 tips: Apple makes it easier than ever to request a desktop site in Safari" AppleInsider 7/17
"9 Reasons Flash Must Die, And Soon: Whether you're a user or a developer, the reasons to leave Flash in the past keep multiplying." InformationWeek 12:58 PM
"Apple Music, Neil Young, and Taylor Swift will drive honest people to piracy" BetaNews 11:06 AM
"I renounce Apple and all its works" Asia Times 9:05 AM
"Apple Music is Managing To Convert Spotify Listeners" RazorianFly 8:54 AM
"Roughing it with Apple gear: Every technology known to man but no signal" MacNN 8:48 AM
"Could Apple bring a gold Apple Watch Sport to the market?" AppAdvice 8:47 AM
"Apple's Hubris Is Hurting Apple Watch" WatchAware 7/18
"Apple Could Make a $53 Billion Profit This Year – and Here's Why" Clapway 7/18
"The man who was nearly Steve Jobs: In an alternate universe you're listening to your RealPod, playing on your RealPhone and have just got a Real Watch..." Stuff Magazine 7/18
"Missing all the signs: Desperately seeking a Watch flop" Macworld 7/18
"Evil computers sense you're in a hurry and mess with your head" The Register 7/18
"Apple Ads Based On Your Credit Balance Pushes Privacy Beyond The Limit" Forbes 7/18
"2015 iPod touch Review: 5X Faster, Still No Contract" Tapscape 7/18
"Jeb Bush Courts Apple Fans in Political Ad" The Mac Observer 7/17
"Dear Amazon and Apple: It's time to team up/Amazon wants to sell you stuff. Apple wants you to buy its devices. Imagine the might of these two superpowers combined." Macworld 7/17
"Is Apple's new iPod touch built to sell you a subscription?" RT 7/17
"Apple, iPhone, iPad, Watch, And The Dangers Of Technology Fatigue" Mac 360 7/17
"Perfection! 3: The Chain - The Third Entry in The Popular Puzzler Series" prMac 5:01 PM
"Solar Paper is a Super Slim Solar Powered Charger for Your iPhone" Modmyi 12:47 PM
"Yosemite National Park wallpapers for iPhone and iPad" iDownload Blog 11:06 AM
"Panic's 'Coda' Gets Brand New UI, Panic Sync, (More). Now Universal." RazorianFly 7/18
"The best point-and-click adventure games for iPad" [Slideshow] iMore 7/18
"Coming July 18: Gene Steinberg meets Peter Cohen, of iMore, and Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7/18
"Pocket for iOS now offers handy text-to-speech feature" Digital Trends 7/18
"Get photo edit inspirations from Designer with Creative Shape 2.0" prMac 7/18
"4PSA Adds Security Feedback To VoipNow Mobile 2.0 for iOS" prMac 7/18
"Show Me The Money for iOS Teaches Children The Story of Money" prMac 7/18
"The Best Birthday Invitation and Greeting Cards Maker" prMac 7/18
"Yahoo Quietly Launches Live Video Chat App for iOS" eWeek 7/17
"Windows 10 Signifies Microsoft's Shift in Strategy" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:11 PM
"Microsoft, IRS going to court over longtime tax scrutiny: The IRS' investigation into Microsoft books centers on how the company uses its overseas subsidiaries for tax purposes. The company says the IRS audit has gone on long enough and the federal agency improperly hired an outside law firm to help in the investigation." Seattle Times 8:11 AM
"Microsoft and mobile: Searching for a way forward" ZDNet 9:07 PM
"Microsoft reportedly acquires cloud security firm Adallom for $320 million" The Next Web 5:01 PM
"Microsoft to launch Surface tablets in India" Telecompaper [Subscription Required for Full Article] 8:58 AM
"Windows 10 rollout to be in a phased manner: Only just over 5m customers will get their hands on the latest operating system on July 29" GulfNews 8:59 AM
"Cortana On Android Is Another Nail In The Microsoft Windows Phone Coffin" Forbes 1:59 PM
"Microsoft Corporation's Launch Date For Cortana For Android Delayed After Leaked Previews" Bidness Etc 8:58 AM
"Lenovo's Windows 10 PCs should arrive by mid-August: The company expects to take pre-orders for PCs equipped with Windows 10 on launch day, but shipments won't begin for a couple weeks." PCWorld 11:06 AM
"Intel beats expectations with $13.2bn revenue" Press Examiner 9:01 AM
"Intel serves up a revenue beat as data center business grows" Ledger Gazette 9:00 AM
"Windows 10 vs. Windows 8: Performance benchmarks show a close battle for fastest/Windows 8.1 will not roll over for Windows 10. DirectX 12 will rock, though." PCWorld 7/18
"Microsoft Corporation and IBM: The Big Data Wars Are On/Big data will soon equate to big opportunity, and two of the tech industry's mainstays appear poised to battle for supremacy." The Motley Fool 7/18
"Is Intel in Trouble? Or is it poised to gain a leg up on Samsung and Taiwan Semi in production of mobile chips?" Barron's [Subscription Required for Full Article] 7/18
"Intel 2nd-Quarter Results Surpass Wall Street Estimates" Associated Press 7/18
"Intel Corp. Earnings Analysis: By the Numbers" Capital Cube 7/18
"Is AMD Making The Chip For Nintendo NX?" Tech Times 7/18
"Cisco's John Chambers on two decades as chief: 'You have to let go'/In interview before stepping down at the end of the month, internet giant's boss says Europe is ahead of US in new digital era" Telegraph 7/18
"Why Apple Stock Could Break $130 After Earnings" Benzinga 1:58 PM
"Tech Stocks are flying. Will Apple carry them even higher?" CNNMoney 11:05 AM
"Apple in Narrowest Trading Range Ever, Says Bespoke" Barron's 7/17
"China to drive long-term growth for Apple: Pro" CNBC Videos 7/17
"How to play Apple earnings (without buying Apple)" CNBC 7/17
"Apple is about to hit all-time highs: Technician" CNBC 7/17
"Is GoPro the Next Apple? GoPro has an incredibly powerful brand, iconic designs, and is building a unique ecosystem. Sound familiar? That's because it's following Apple's playbook." The Motley Fool 7/17
Industry News
"Nasdaq ends at record; U.S. stocks post solid weekly gains: Google leads surge by tech shares" MarketWatch 7/17
"Nasdaq Scores Second Record Day as Google Spikes" TheStreet 7/17
"Google's 16% leap lifts Nasdaq to new high" USA Today 7/17
"Nasdaq Moves Higher After Record, Broader Averages Slump" FOXBusiness 7/17
"Hitchhiking robot embarks on coast-to-coast tour across U.S.: With its thumb raised skyward and a grin on its digital face, the robotic creation of two researchers in Canada is about to start a hitchhiking journey across the U.S." Associated Press 7/17
"Nasdaq Composite Closes at Record Again, Powered by Google: Google shares rally after company's earnings top expectations" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7/17
"Asia Markets: Chinese shares gain for second day in a row/Chinese shares capped the week with a two-day rally, while Hong Kong shares headed for their first positive week in four, as markets elsewhere steered near flat." MarketWatch 7/17
"Europe Markets: European stocks log best week since start of ECB's QE/Europe's benchmark-stock index logged its best weekly gain since the start of the year Friday, after an action-packed week in Greece's debt odyssey, where fears of a default and an exit from the eurozone abated." MarketWatch 7/17
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