"Apple's music deals allow for new Beats stations at any time" The Verge 3:31 PM
"Report: Apple could launch Beats 2-6 at will, music sales stable after Apple Music launch" 9to5Mac 4:24 PM
"Apple's Force Touch – the future of mobile interfaces" ["Eventually Force Touch will become essential to the way we use mobile devices, and competitors will want a piece of the heavily patented technology. It's all about creating unique experiences, after all"] Computerworld 7:57 AM
"Why Are Apple's Cloud Services So Weak?" Yahoo Tech 8:28 AM
"Is Apple doomed in China, or what?" Fortune 8:37 AM
"Apple falls to third in China smartphone rankings, while Xiaomi vaults ahead" IDG News Service 8:23 AM
"Apple just lost the top spot in one of its most important markets" Business Insider 8:37 AM
"President Obama references Steve Jobs, Bill Gates at White House Demo Day" GeekWire 9:29 PM
"Oxeye, Minecraft's Mojang to release new Cobalt multiplayer platformer for Mac in October" AppleInsider 1:05 PM
"Many Tricks, makers of helpful apps, today released a brand new app, Resolutionator. Resolutionator is a simple utility that lets users easily and quickly change the resolution on all attached displays. While it's written for those with retina displays, the app works equally as well on many non-retina displays." Many Tricks 12:41 PM
"Get a Stunning New El Capitan Wallpaper of Glacier Point from Beta 6" OS X Daily 12:18 PM
"TaiG 1.1.0 for Mac released to jailbreak iOS 8.4" iDownload Blog 8:49 AM
"Funnel - Organize Your Photos and Videos" prMac 8:20 AM
"Mac OS X Barcode Creator Goes Postal" prMac 8:18 AM
"Apple Ranked Most Recognizable IoT Brand, with Google Least Recognized among Consumers – New Report from ThroughTek" Business Wire 8:41 AM
"Apple is planning to launch a kind of voicemail that uses Siri: iCloud Voicemail tipped to debut alongside iOS 10 next year" The Inquirer 8:23 AM
"Samsung's so far behind Apple, it's ripping off iOS 6" Cult of Android 8:35 AM
"Apple Music joins streaming services counted in influential Billboard charts" AppleInsider 4:24 PM
"Swiss Timepiece or Apple Watch? Nico Gerard Offers Both" PC Magazine 8:39 AM
"Apple Music Ads Going Up Around the World as Apple Music is Added to Billboard Top Charts" MacRumors 1:07 PM
"Taylor Swift wrote Apple Music letter at 4AM: 'I read it to my mom'" The Verge 2:14 PM
"Taylor Swift reveals what it was like to confront Apple" Business Insider 8:37 AM
"Taylor Swift says she was surprised by positive response to Apple Music letter" AppleInsider 2:13 PM
"Taylor Swift: How I defeated Apple at 4 a.m." CNET 2:15 PM
"Apple Pay now live with over 40 more banks and credit unions" 9to5Mac 9:41 AM
"Apple Pay to the rescue! Last week, I received an all-too-familiar call: One of our credit cards had been used to make a fraudulent transaction." iMore 9:41 AM
Non-Apple News
"Cellphone, data and landline services down for many in southeastern US" AppleInsider 5:51 PM
"Samsung glamour days over as it fights to save mobile market share" Reuters 1:07 PM
"Taylor Swift slams Spotify and calls it a 'startup with no cash flow'" Business Insider 8:36 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-08-04: Apple's MVNO Plans, Thunderstrike 2" The Mac Observer 12:17 PM
"Let's Talk iOS 093: Technically challenged" iDownload Blog 8:39 AM
"Microsoft lays out its top 3 priorities — and none of them mention Windows" Business Insider 7:22 AM
"Reminder: Windows 10 rollback option is only available for 30 days" ExtremeTech 10:29 AM
"Microsoft revamps Outlook on the web with new look and features, drops Outlook Web App name" VentureBeat 2:48 PM
"Microsoft levels up web version of Outlook for business customers: The new online email service offers a variety of new features and a design refresh" IDG News Service 5:52 PM
"Microsoft to update Xbox One consoles with Windows 10 core in November" ZDNet 5:51 PM
"With Halo 5, Microsoft Seeks to Lure E-Sports Players Back" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:22 AM
"Is Microsoft reading YOUR emails? Windows 10 may threaten your privacy, watchdogs warn" Daily Mail (UK) 7:22 AM
"If Microsoft Had A Wish, It May Be No More Big, Stupid Deals" Forbes 7:22 AM
"Microsoft updates program to encourage diversity in partner law firms: A new system of bonuses will encourage more inclusion in the upper echelons of big law firms that work with the tech titan" IDG News Service 6:57 AM
"Microsoft Investing $100 Million in Uber" eWeek 6:58 AM
"Microosft adds free Group Voice and Video Calls to Skype on the web" SuperSite for Windows 7:12 AM
"Dell rolls outs its first-ever rugged tablet" Digital News Asia 7:17 AM
"New HP Hyper-Converged Appliance Delivers Enterprise Resiliency and Easy Cloud Onramp" MarketWatch 7:18 AM
"Intel Chips Are A Matter Of Course: A Statistical Study With Implications On INTC Stock Price" Seeking Alpha 1:07 PM
"Prices for Intel Skylake Desktop Processors Revealed" Softpedia 7:20 AM
"Intel offers double referral fees for women and minority hires" ITProPortal 7:20 AM
"Intel Corporation (INTC) Management on Intel and Micron Unveil 3D XPoint Conference Call (Transcript)" Seeking Alpha 6:13 AM
"Intel Real Drivers: Advertising For Windows 10, Next Stop Skylake" Seeking Alpha 5:23 PM
"AMD says its Project Quantum concept is 'not far' from becoming a market-ready PC" PCR 7:19 AM
"AMD adds Dirt Rally to 'If it can game' bundle" Hexus 7:19 AM
"IBM Locks Up Cloud Processes With Patents: IBM has received 1,200 patents on cloud computing over the last 18 months. Here's a sample of what Blue Blue is patenting and why it's a concern." InformationWeek 2:09 PM
"IBM's Makeover: A Buy-or-Die Strategy for Big Blue" Forbes 7:21 AM
"Nvidia recalls 88,000 Shield tablets" EE Times Asia 7:10 AM
"The $169 Cloudbook is Acer's idea of a Windows 10 Chromebook." Neowin 7:44 AM
"Acer takes aim at Chromebooks with the Windows 10 Aspire One Cloudbook 11 and 14 laptops, starting at $170" VentureBeat 7:05 AM
"Acer's Cloudbooks are Chromebooks with Windows 10" The Verge 7:08 AM
"Acer's new Windows 10 laptops arrive with Chromebook-like prices: The 11-inch model will launch in August in North America" IDG News Service 6:58 AM
"Acer Aspire One Cloudbook offers Windows 10 on the cheap: Laptops will be available from £180 in the UK in October" The Inquirer 12:08 PM
"SanDisk and Toshiba link up on 3D NAND technology" ZDNet 7:44 AM
"Market Snapshot: U.S. Stocks End Lower As Sept. Rate-hike Talk Gains Steam" Nasdaq 3:53 PM
"Stocks close lower: Dow in 4-day losing streak" USA Today 3:54 PM
"U.S. Stocks Fall as Fed's Lockhart Says Economy Ready for Rate Increase: Baxalta shares soar after Shire takeover bid; Allstate sinks" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:52 PM
"Asia Markets: Chinese shares rise as Beijing clamps down on short selling/China shares ended higher Tuesday after officials announced fresh steps to rein in short selling, while commodities weakness spread to some Asian currencies, including the Malaysian ringgit." MarketWatch 7:33 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks set to break five-session winning streak/Europe's benchmark stock index dropped for the first time in six sessions on Tuesday, with Greek stocks remaining under sharp selling pressure on their second trading day after the market reopen." MarketWatch 7:34 AM
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