"Apple's Lawsuit With Media Regulator Points To Broader China Woes" Forbes 8:23 AM
"Apple is being sued in China again: This time, a media watchdog is saying that Apple has infringed on copyright by allowing a propaganda film to be viewed through Youku HD, a streaming app available in the App Store." CNET 8:52 AM
"Apple Sued in China Over Showing of Propaganda War Film From 1990s" MacRumors 8:36 AM
"China's media administrative wing sues Apple over 1990s war film" iDownload Blog 9:14 AM
"Apple is deliberately going into a yearlong lull" Business Insider 1:44 PM
"Here's what Apple thinks about the black market for $1 million iPhone hacks: The U.S. government paid a steep price to hackers to help it break into an iPhone used by a terrorist earlier this year." Business Insider 10:19 AM
"Why wearables will replace your smartphone: Smartphones are about to change completely, then fade away. Here comes the distributed, invisible user interface" Computerworld 8:24 AM
"Actually, there is something new about Apple's upcoming iPhone 7" AppleInsider 7/3
"Like it or not, Apple is right about Spotify" The Next Web 7/3
"Munster: it will cost Apple $500 million to buy Tidal" phoneArena 7/3
"Why Apple Acquiring Tidal Could Be Exactly What The World Needs" Stereophile 7/3
"Apple Rips Spotify For Spreading 'Rumors And Half-Truths' About App Store Policies" HotHardware 7/3
"Apple winning the enterprise security race, Samsung makes push" ZDNet 7/3
"Ex-Burberry CEO has focused on staff T-shirts since joining Apple" Page Six 7/3
"Meet the leaker who reveals Apple's products before they come out" Business Insider 7/3
"AT&T Might Make Apple's TV Dreams Come True: AT&T submitted a proposal to the FCC about new set-top box rules." The Motley Fool 7/3
"Apple Users Spend More On In-App Purchasers Than Their Android Counterparts" Digital Trends 7/2
"Illinois man to plead guilty in celebrity iCloud hacking case" Reuters 7/2
"Apple Maps to gain Japan transit data in iOS 10" AppleInsider 7/2
"Apple's continuing commitment to accessibility" iMore 7/1
"You have to see Apple's spaceship-like campus — it has a 100,000-square-foot gym: New drone footage shows Apple campus as it nears completion" MarketWatch 7/1
"Bon Iver frontman slams 'horrid' Apple Music" Cult of Mac 7/1
"Bad month for Apple repairs as Tekserve to close, Louis Rossman videos likely to disappear" 9to5Mac 7/1
"Apple's Tim Cook May Watch Nike Whiff on Huge 2020 Sales Goal: Nike is on track to miss its ambitious $50 billion 2020 sales target." TheStreet 7/1
"NASA and Apple Music Team Up For Visions in Harmony" MacStories 7/1
"Elizabeth Warren's epic 2015 political rant foreshadowed this year's populist anger: The Massachusetts Senator isn't shy about taking on big targets — be it Trump or tech." Recode 7/1
Non-Apple News
"Google's full-disk encryption in Android can be hacked" BGR 2:54 PM
"Huawei implies that a photo from a $4,500 DSLR was taken by its P9 smartphone" 9to5Google 11:51 AM
"China Bans the Use Of Social Media As a News Source" Slashdot 10:28 AM
"UN condemns internet access disruption as a human rights violation" The Verge 8:53 AM
"Samsung Electronics' US sales account for over a third of global revenue" ZDNet 9:11 PM
"Samsung Display Spins Off Red Hot OLED Business" HotHardware 5:18 PM
"Samsung separates OLED business, allowing an 'exit strategy' from LCD production" AppleInsider 8:51 AM
"How-To: create a macOS Sierra USB install drive [Video] 9to5Mac 8:51 AM
"Israel angered by Facebook hatred rules" BBC 8:47 AM
"New York Falls and Seattle Rises on 'America's Top Tech Cities' List" Slashdot 7/3
"Apple Talk 08: The next iPhone, with Neil Cybart" iMore 7/1
"Instagram's Kevin Systrom, Unfiltered: The CEO of Instagram on the past and future of the popular photo-sharing app" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7/1
"The Dalrymple Report: How Am I Going to Top That?" The Loop 7/1
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-07-01: Apple Music and Tidal, Spotify's App Store Gripe" The Mac Observer 7/1
"Road to Macstock -Matt Hillyer on The Benefits of Virtualization" MacVoices 7/1
"CNET UK podcast 488: Android Nougat, suing Apple for billions and angering Adele" CNET 7/1
"Don't Be Squared - Is It Hip To Not Be Square On iOS?" Apple'n'Apps 7/2
"CSR Racing 2 - How Long Does A Drag Race Last?" Apple'n'Apps 7/2
How-To/Tutorial
"How to hack your iPhone to recover storage space" CRN 9:13 PM
"Take Live Photos with iPhone for Great Action Firework Photos" OS X Daily 1:45 PM
"How to Get Google to Quit Tracking You: On Google Maps, the search giant is with you every step of the way. But you can do something about it." PC Magazine 10:22 AM
"How to Remotely Erase your iPad" iPad Insight 8:37 AM
"How Using an Ultrawide Monitor Boosted My Productivity (and Can Boost Yours)" Lifehacker 7/1
"How to Use 72 New Emoji Icons Right Now from Unicode 9" OS X Daily 7/1
"Video: See how widgets in iOS 10 offer quick access to app data" AppleInsider 7/1
Tips
"Get the most out of America's largest July 4 fireworks shows with your iPhone" AppleInsider 9:12 AM
"How To Pay Just $7.99 Or Less For Your Apple Music Membership" Forbes 7/2
"Does Playing Loud Music Kill Your Battery Faster?" Gizmodo 7/1
"iOS 10 tidbit: managing read receipts on a per-conversation basis" iDownload Blog 7/1
"10 ways to make your summer photos amazing" Macworld 7/1
"Apple's 'next big thing' might already be here" ZDNet 7/1
"Invention idea: a scanning stand for iOS devices" Apple World Today 7/1
"With iPhone 7 Likely To Disappoint, This Fall Is Samsung's Time To Strike" Forbes 7/1
"This crazy graphic charts all of the scientific advancements behind the iPhone" BGR 7/1
Non-Apple
"Don't call them chatbots, call them intelligent assistants" VentureBeat 7/3
"It's Possible! How To Build A VR-Ready Gaming PC For $600" Digital Trends 7/2
"How Doom reveals its secrets like a Frank Frazetta painting" VentureBeat 7/2
"The skinny on super-slim laptops: Full-power processors and high-res screens hit a new generation of laptops just 10mm to 13mm thick." CNET 7/2
"Android's full-disk encryption just got much weaker—here's why: Unlike Apple's iOS, Android is vulnerable to several key-extraction techniques." Ars Technica 7/1
"Is the 'rugged' Galaxy S7 Active worth the extra $100?" CIO 7/1
"After a fatal Tesla crash, the debate over the safety of semi-autonomous technology continues" Recode 7/1
"Tesla Autopilot Death a Stark Reminder that Autonomous Vehicles Are Still Early" The Mac Observer 7/1
Humor/Cartoons
"We welcome our new robot caregivers!" The Joy of Tech [cartoon] 10:41 AM
"Spotify gives Apple an earful!" The Joy of Tech [cartoon] 7/1
"Download & Install iTransmission 5 Torrent App On iOS" Redmond Pie 7/2
"iTransmission 5 launches in Cydia, enables Bittorrent downloads on iPhone or iPad" iDownload Blog 7/2
"Coming July 2: Gene Steinberg meets Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' and author Bob 'Dr. Mac' LeVitus, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7/1
"3 Ways for Apple to Get Back to $100: The world's leading consumer-electronics company is out of favor, but that may not last long." The Motley Fool 7/3
"Apple Investor Weekly: iPhone Under Pressure In Japan, Lower EPS Estimates But 2017 Setting Up Well" Forbes 7/3
"Apple's Fate Depends On Product, Not Hardware Innovation" Seeking Alpha 7/1
Industry News
"U.S. stock futures climb as focus turns from Brexit to central banks: U.S. stock futures advanced on Monday, as investors continued to shake off Brexit worries and instead focused on the outlook for more monetary stimulus from global central banks." MarketWatch 7:38 AM
"Week Ahead: Eyes on June Jobs Report After Dismal May Reading/Top of the list is the U.S. jobs report for June which will be closely scrutinized for signs that weakness in May was momentary." TheStreet 7:37 AM
"Brexit Britain: Scotland's smallest distillery fears for the future/Andrew Symington likes to say that single malt has a simple formula: water, malted yeast, an oak cask and the spirit of its maker." CNNMoney 11:25 AM
"Ex-Barclays employees guilty of Libor rigging: Three former Barclays bank (BCS) employees have been found guilty of conspiring to manipulate a global financial benchmark used to set rates on trillions of dollars of mortgages and other loans, Britain's Serious Fraud Office said Monday." USA Today 11:24 AM
"4th of July By the Numbers: Every Independence Day, families across America fire up their grills, light sparklers, and don their red, white, and blue in celebration of the nation's freedom, heating up the U.S. economy in the process." FOXBusiness 10:04 AM
"European Stocks Edge Down After Winning Streak: European stocks slipped Monday following a strong session in Asia, while U.S. markets were closed for the Independence Day holiday." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:23 AM
"Asian stocks gain as focus turns from Brexit to central bank easing: Shares in Asia rose Monday as investors bet that global central banks would introduce easing measures to encourage economic growth." MarketWatch 10:03 AM
"European stocks end lower as Italian banks, Volkswagen weigh: Stocks in Europe slipped Monday, with losses among Italian banks helping to hand the pan-European benchmark its first loss in four sessions." MarketWatch 11:21 AM
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