"How Apple's new speed bump could make it a stronger company: The last time sales were stagnating, a new product category emerged to change everything." Macworld 7:36 AM
"How Apple can get its growth back" USA Today 11:59 AM
"Apple's supposed small, new iPhone is a smart idea—mostly because of its price" Quartz 1:01 PM
"Apple planned ahead for the inevitable hardware slump: The App Store, iTunes and Apple Pay will help soften the blow when iPhone sales begin to fall." Engadget 11:55 AM
"Apple flicks the wrong switch: An attempt to draw attention away from iPhone sales has left Wall Street unimpressed" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 6:38 AM
"Apple's Angela Ahrendts On What It Takes To Make Change Inside A Successful Business" Fast Company 6:39 AM
"How Apple's retail chief views her store workers: Angela Ahrendts, Apple's vice president of retail and online stores, says the retention rate at Apple Stores has reached its highest level yet." CNET 1:18 PM
"Apple's retail chief: 'Touching customers' key to retail success" The Register 6:54 AM
"Angela Ahrendts Says She Views Apple Store Staff as 'Executives'" MacRumors 7:41 AM
"Apple is in a position to overtake Samsung as world's top chip buyer: Apple's strong iPhone sales means that the company has to buy more semiconductors" IDG News Service 6:41 AM
"Apple's CFO thinks that the company will have to pay 'zero' in European back taxes" Business Insider 6:42 AM
"Apple steps back in time to patch OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard" Computerworld 2:43 PM
"Oracle Is Finally Killing The Java Browser Plugin — A Year From Now" Digital Trends 11:54 AM
"Oracle puts Java Browser Plug-in on Death Row" The Mac Observer 9:22 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Numbers 3.6.1 for Mac review: The best version of Apple's spreadsheet app so far" Macworld 6:34 AM
"Erasing a drive in Mac OS X: step by step/Mac OS X makes it easy to vaporize your data when you sell or replace your Mac. These illustrated step by step instructions make it easy. Bonus: if you aren't encrypting your MacBook drive, you should. Learn how now." ZDNet 8:44 AM
"This Old iMac: Repairing Your Hard Drive" Forbes 7:55 AM
"MacNN Project: FileMaker Pro part 4 -- Layout and Design" MacNN 11:32 AM
"The 'Optimizing Your Mac' Notification in OS X Explained" OS X Daily 6:57 PM
"A temporary fix for the El Capitan timecode GUI bug in Final Cut Pro X?" fcp.co 7:41 AM
"How to set an image in Photos for Mac as your desktop wallpaper" iDownload Blog 11:16 AM
"Knotmania - Untangling A Winner On iOS?" Apple'n'Apps 9:07 PM
"'Momoka: An Interplanetary Adventure' Review - It Ain't Pretty, But It's Great Fun" Touch Arcade 12:21 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"How To Fix Safari On iPhone After Crash" Sky News 6:44 AM
Tips
"Disconnecting From a Virtual Private Network: Q. I installed a virtual private network program on my iPhone to use for protection when public Wi-Fi was the only connection option around, but now I can't turn it off. In the iPhone's connection settings, I keep flipping the VPN button to Off, but it turns itself back on. What do I do?" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:57 AM
"Apple's audio partner says there are 'definitely people considering' including noise-canceling headphones with future phones" Business Insider 11:32 AM
"Apple's growth strategy is hiding in plain sight" BGR 11:31 AM
"Apple extends product cycle with iPad Air 3, iPhone 5se: Think razors, razor blades" ZDNet 11:17 AM
"Feature Request: Require Touch ID/passcode to power-off an iOS device so thieves can be tracked" 9to5Mac 9:55 AM
"8 reasons I still can't leave the iPhone and switch to Android" BGR 8:56 AM
"Apple's Peak Is Not Prelude To A Coming Tech Armageddon" Mac360 8:45 AM
"Here are the best ideas yet about what the iPhone 7 should look like" Business Insider 7:36 AM
"Raising the Apple Car: Who should do it? Who knows better, Apple or Detroit?" Macworld 7:36 AM
"iPhone 5SE Versus Galaxy S7: Apple And Samsung's Royal Rumble" Forbes 7:36 AM
"If Apple was a country, its iPhone business would be the 57th richest on the planet" The Next Web 7:31 AM
"Opening the iTunes affiliate kimono" Dr. Drang 7:01 AM
"Opinion: Now is the time for Apple to enter the VR market, but it shouldn't go all in" 9to5Mac 6:57 AM
"Yes, Apple Has Peaked (for now)" PixoBebo 8:37 AM
"The iPhone Isn't Dying, Wall Street Is Just Crazy" Digital Trends 6:44 AM
Non-Apple
"Facebook wants to dominate the Internet, and it's succeeding" BGR 6:53 PM
"Is Mark Zuckerberg the best CEO in America?" CNNMoney 1:07 PM
"Zotac's new Steam OS box isn't worth the headaches: SN970 is great hardware, but Valve needs to take a long, hard look at Steam OS." Ars Technica 8:44 AM
"Google Docs, Sheets, Slides for Android, iOS: Now you get commenting plus extra file formats/Updates to Google's productivity apps bring speedier collaboration features to mobile." ZDNet 8:44 AM
"Pandora's iOS app now has better recommendations and a redesign" Engadget 8:44 AM
"Flowstate is a writing app that will delete everything if you stop typing" The Verge 8:44 AM
"Mount up that Apple TV with TotalMount Pro" Apple World Today 8:36 AM
"Outlook for iOS gets a calendar widget as Sunrise's sunset looms" IDG News Service 7:00 AM
"Offline Danish to English Language Dictionary Translator 3.0 for iOS" prMac 8:43 AM
"Full Fat releases a blocky football arcade running game for iOS" prMac 7:41 AM
"Every vote counts in Vote Clicker for iOS" prMac 7:41 AM
"Best Congratulation eCards - Design and Send Congratulation Greetings" prMac 7:41 AM
"Bluevr introduces Wordveyor 1.0 for iOS - Entertaining Word Puzzle Game" prMac 6:57 AM
"Animal app, Peekabox-Forest puts the flash, in flashcards - Literally" prMac 6:55 AM
"Mitchlehan Media LLC Releases AR Flashcards Space Free for iOS" prMac 6:44 AM
"Space Math Hero 1.0 released for iOS/Android - Be the Brainy Hero" prMac 6:44 AM
"Epson EX9200 Pro Projectors Shine Bright at MacTech Annual Conference" PRNewswire 6:40 AM
"Earnings Release FY16 Q2: Microsoft Cloud Strength Highlights Second Quarter Results" ["'Businesses everywhere are using the Microsoft Cloud as their digital platform to drive their ambitious transformation agendas,' said Satya Nadella, chief executive officer at Microsoft. 'Businesses are also piloting Windows 10, which will drive deployments beyond 200 million active devices.'"] Microsoft 4:03 PM
"Microsoft Beats Estimates: Is the Turnaround Working?" Bloomberg 4:03 PM
"Microsoft sees $25.7 billion in Q2 2016 revenue, $1.3 billion generated by Surface" VentureBeat 4:01 PM
"Microsoft Shares Jump On Good News That Cloud Is Still Growing" Forbes 4:03 PM
"Satya Nadella's master plan for Microsoft is starting to work" Business Insider 8:05 PM
"Microsoft shares get a boost from earnings report" Seattle Times 4:03 PM
"Microsoft Earnings Top Estimates on Strong Cloud Business" Re/code 4:01 PM
"Microsoft's Q2 2016: Surface strong and phones weak" The Verge 4:01 PM
"Microsoft beats revenue and profit expectations, lifted again by the cloud" GeekWire 4:01 PM
"Microsoft Shares Running on Profit Beat" 24/7 Wall St. 4:01 PM
"Microsoft's Surface sales up 29 percent, phones down 49 percent" Engadget 6:58 PM
"Microsoft shares rally on earnings beat" MarketWatch 4:03 PM
"Microsoft Earnings: What to Watch" WSJ Blogs 9:39 AM
"What to expect from Microsoft's earnings report: Report due out at close of day Thursday" WinBeta 11:54 AM
"What to Expect From Microsoft Earnings" 24/7 Wall St. 12:21 PM
"Earnings: Microsoft Transition Story; Chevron Deals with Prices" Forbes 11:54 AM
"Microsoft Edge browser's InPrivate mode may not be as private as you thought" Neowin 7:12 AM
"Microsoft Edge is storing your InPrivate browsing history: Now she'll know you've bought her that lovely porn subscription as a present" The Inquirer 7:14 AM
"Microsoft now preloading TripAdvisor bloatware into Windows 10" ExtremeTech 8:42 AM
"Microsoft Azure Stack eyes AWS and HPE as Technical Preview launches: Lets customers test platform that puts Azure inside their data centre" The Inquirer 7:15 AM
"Microsoft Issues Long-Overdue Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 Firmware Updates" Thurrott 7:36 AM
"Microsoft rolls out firmware updates for Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book" Neowin 7:12 AM
"Windows 10 Updated for Regular Release Users and Windows Insiders" SuperSite for Windows 7:21 AM
"Millions of Diet Coke Bottles Are Getting Some Love From HP" Fortune 8:11 PM
"Oracle is planning to kill an attacker's favorite: the Java browser plug-in/The browser plug-in will be retired in Java 9, but older versions will likely linger on for years" Computerworld New Zealand 7:00 AM
"Oracle will soon lay the Java browser plug-in to rest: Not that we'll miss it." Engadget 7:01 AM
"Java browser plugin to be sent to death row in September" ZDNet 7:13 AM
"Oracle's finally killing its terrible Java browser plugin" The Verge 7:25 AM
"Oracle to retire Java plug-in while Flash could be gone in two years: Flash dot dash dot flash dot gone" The Inquirer 7:15 AM
"Dell, Bloomberg Discuss a Changing Business World" Bloomberg 7:16 AM
"Hewlett Packard Enterprise declares $0.055 dividend" Seeking Alpha 7:49 AM
"IBM CEO Rometty Getting $4.5 Million Bonus for 2015: Revenues at IBM have dropped for 15 straight quarters and its shares declined more than 15% last year" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:52 PM
"IBM Buys Digital Agency Resource/Ammirati In Bid To Boost Its Design Business" Forbes 4:00 PM
"Why International Business Machines Corporation's Top Line Dropped for 15th Quarter in a Row: Why IBM's stuck in a rut, and how it's trying to dig itself out." The Motley Fool 7:58 AM
"Acer announces the TravelMate B117, a notebook designed for the classroom" Neowin 7:22 AM
"Dow up 125 as oil gains for a third straight day" USA Today 4:13 PM
"Weak 4Q GDP Will Fuel Recession Fears" FOXBusiness 6:59 PM
"U.S. Stocks Climb, Along With Oil: A decline in health-care shares and lackluster earnings reports cap the gains" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:13 PM
"European stocks fall as earnings, Fed weigh: Eurozone economic confidence declines" MarketWatch 7:56 AM
"China closes at lowest level in over a year as Fed unnerves investors: Investors still wary of hike in U.S. interest rates" MarketWatch 7:56 AM
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