"Apple car: Visit to BMW factory fuels further rumours of possible partnership" The Independent 8:34 AM
"Apple, BMW in courtship with an eye on car collaboration" Reuters 8:14 AM
"Will Apple, Inc. Make an Electric Car With BMW?" The Motley Fool 1:49 PM
"BMW And Apple Reportedly In Talks To Develop Future Electric Vehicles" HotHardware 6:35 PM
"Apple chief Cook cooks up Be My Wife rumours after BMW car talks, factory tour" The Register 8:35 AM
"Supplier woes suggest Apple Watch sales aren't great: According to analyst Mark Li, sluggish shipments from one of Apple's Watch suppliers indicate that Apple's newest product isn't selling as well as expected." Macworld 6:51 PM
"Tim Cook, Give Me A Reason To Buy Apple" Forbes 11:28 AM
"Dear Apple: Please be nice to Microsoft" Business Insider 8:15 AM
"Chinese Corporations Are Getting Bigger And Smarter -- Watch Out, Apple And Samsung!" Forbes 8:35 AM
"Dr Dre announces first new album in fifteen years on his Beats 1 show, now available for preorder on iTunes" 9to5Mac 8:35 AM
"Former Apple rival IBM could become the biggest buyer of MacBooks" The Economic Times 8/1
"Apple and BMW: The electric car hookup that almost happened, and could still happen" ExtremeTech 8/1
"Apple and BMW have been exploring partnerships on cars" Engadget 8/1
"Apple and BMW said wary but willing on car collaboration" SlashGear 8/1
"Apple Music is a mess, and it's alienating the company's biggest fans" Business Insider 8/1
"Exclusive: Edward Snowden Explains Why Apple Should Continue To Fight the Government on Encryption" The Intercept 8/1
"Tech shuttle drivers approve Teamsters contract, Apple working with contractors to raise pay" AppleInsider 8/1
"Obama Administration War Against Apple and Google Just Got Uglier" ["Wittes and Bedell argue that Apple's decision to 'move aggressively to implement end-to-end encrypted systems, and indeed to boast about them' after being 'publicly and repeatedly warned by law enforcement at the very highest levels that ISIS is recruiting Americans' — in part through the use of encrypted messaging apps — could make the company liable if 'an ISIS recruit uses exactly this pattern to kill some Americans.'"] The Intercept 7/31
"Apple could be held liable for supporting terrorism with strong iOS encryption, experts theorize" AppleInsider 7/31
"Apple Hiding A Successful New iPhone In Plain Sight" Forbes 7/31
"Apple, BMW in courtship with an eye on car collaboration" Reuters 7/31
"Apple's Tim Cook reportedly met with BMW to learn about making cars: But it sounds like Apple wants to go it alone" The Verge 7/31
"Report: Why Apple's electric car negotiations w/ BMW stalled, could potentially resume" 9to5Mac 7/31
"Understanding Apple's Car Strategy" Tech.pinions 7/31
"Some of Apple's most prominent fans really don't like Apple Music and they're going public with their criticism" Business Insider 7/31
"Why Apple Music and Spotify are Coke and Pepsi" The Next Web 7/31
"How Apple Music can turn users into subscribers" Macworld 7/31
"Apple's Conundrum: To Do, Or Not To Do, What Amazon And Netflix Already Do" Mac 360 7/31
"Is Apple Trying To Save The News Industry? Or, Trying To Kill It?" Mac 360 7/31
Non-Apple
"How to protect your wireless network from Wi-Fi Sense" ZDNet 9:21 PM
"Are Bigger Smartphones Killing Off the Tablet?" Digital Trends 6:55 PM
"When robots eliminate jobs, humans will find better things to do" ZDNet 6:40 PM
"The end of app isolation: How our apps will work together to serve us better" VentureBeat 8/1
"Cringe-worthy tech habits (and how to fix them)" The Next Web 8/1
"Chrome has a hidden tab discard option that could solve your memory problems" BetaNews 8/1
"Flabbergastingly insecure: Google's Android is the new Flash" AppleInsider 7/31
"The Hazard of Hype in Tech Reporting" The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 7/31
"What have we learned from Google Fiber? Commentary: Blair Levin, chief author of the National Broadband Plan, offers insight on what Google Fiber has taught policymakers about how to get very high-speed broadband service to all Americans." CNET 7/31
"Tim Cook greets customers in Istanbul as Apple Watch launches in 3 new countries" 9to5Mac 7/31
"Coming August 1: Gene Steinberg meets John Martellaro of The Mac Observer, and Mark Spoonauer of Laptop magazine, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7/31
"Your August Smart Lock can now be controlled from your Apple Watch" iMore 7/31
"My favorite Apple Watch apps for July 31, 2015" AppAdvice 7/31
"SwiftKey previews upcoming 'Your Signature Emoji' feature in iPhone app" iDownload Blog 7/31
"This toaster is actually an iPhone charging station in disguise" Cult of Mac 7/31
"Best Apps for Visiting Museums: try one of these knowledgeable apps" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7/31
"TP-LINK TL-PA8030P KIT Powerline Featuring HomePlug AV2 Standard Expands Home Networks Over Existing Electrical Wiring" MacPrices 7/31
"Gear Up for Back-to-School with Tablet and Smartphone Accessories from Belkin" Business Wire 7/31
"This smartphone adapter mount lets you use any tripod you want" iDownload Blog 7/31
"Announcing a new Star Wars news app for iPad and iPhone." Shaun Pryszlak 7/31
"WYMSi iOS App Adds On the Spot Autographs to Selfies With Celebrities" prMac 7/31
"Yikes! Spikes! for iOS and Android - Hard and Frustrating New Game" prMac 7/31
"Shire Defense 1.0 for iOS - The Kingdom is at Battle, Defend the Shire" prMac 7/31
"Out Of The Box releases Second Wind HD for iPad" prMac 7/31
"Up, Up, Up for iOS - An original jumping game with a 3D Twist" prMac 7/31
"I'll Pass! released for iOS - Engaging Strategic Card Game" prMac 7/31
"Stocks down for the day, but benchmarks post July gains" USA Today 7/31
"Broader Averages Fall as Oil Sees Worst Month Since '08" FOXBusiness 7/31
"Oil Shares Weigh on Dow Industrials: Energy sector declines after disappointing results from Exxon Mobil, Chevron" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7/31
"Asia Markets: China shares suffer worst month in nearly 6 years/China's shares suffered their worst month in nearly six years this July, after confidence in a government-led recovery wavered earlier this week, knocking shares lower." MarketWatch 7/31
"Europe Markets: European stocks finish with best month in five/European stock indexes notched gains Friday, while the euro rose after the release of inflation figures for the eurozone that may help the European Central Bank chart its next move." MarketWatch 7/31
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