"Don't Bury the Apple Watch: It's Not Dead Yet: The smartwatch market experiences its first year-over-year decline in shipments, but it's not a fair comparison." The Motley Fool 9:26 AM
"Apple Ranks As World's Top Company In 'Perception Strength' For 2016: FutureBrand Index" Tech Times 7:56 AM
"Hacker who targeted celebrity Apple and Google accounts sentenced six months in prison" AppleInsider 7:34 AM
"Ten months after its release, iOS 9 is now installed on 86% of iOS devices" Neowin 1:02 PM
"Apple weathers anti-U.S. demo in China, where patriotic protests snowball" Reuters 9:15 PM
"Apple to open first Apple Store in Taiwan" Reuters 7/22
"Apple and Microsoft top list of 100 most cherished companies" IT PRO 7/22
"Apple and Microsoft Are the Most Admired Companies in the World: Ranking shows the two are becoming world's favorite brands" Softpedia 7/22
"Wristly confirms 94% Apple Watch customers are 'satisfied" Computerworld 7/22
"Pokemon Go sets Apple App Store record for launch downloads, but US growth slowing" AppleInsider 7/22
"Pokemon Go breaks Apple download records" CNNMoney 7/22
"Pokémon Go breaks App Store record for most first-week downloads in history: Apple hasn't said exactly how many downloads" The Verge 7/22
"Microsoft OneNote Ink Support Comes to the Mac" eWeek 7:35 AM
"Stagefright-Like iOS, OS X Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Code Execution: Update Now" Tech Times 7:57 AM
"Security bugs put Apple devices running iOS and Mac OS X at risk: But the latest versions released earlier this week fix the vulnerabilities." Engadget 7/22
"Stagefright-style vulnerability discovered in OS X and iOS, update for protection" 9to5Mac 7/22
"iOS, Mac vulnerabilities allow remote code execution through a single image" ZDNet 7/22
"Stagefright-like flaw opens up iPhones and Macs to iMessage hack: Cisco research shows executable code can be hidden easily in images" The Inquirer 7/22
"Hackers Could Steal Your iOS Or Mac Passwords Using Nothing But A Single Image" Huffington Post UK 7/22
"New Security Threat Targets OS X, iOS through Graphics" The Mac Observer 7/22
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"OS X 10.11 (El Capitan): New mouse-related bugs" Betalogue 8:13 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How-To: Use Final Cut Pro X's move event feature to archive events and save spaceĀ [Video] 9to5Mac 7/22
"Use Creative Kit On Mac Photos, Forget About Photoshop" TeraTalks 7/22
"This Is Microsoft's Free Gift To Mac Users" Mac360 7/22
"How to erase a Mac that seems to lack erasure options: Older Macs don't have a Recovery partition, so what should you do?" Macworld 7/22
"Use Composition Mode in Scrivener to Write Without Distractions" Kirkville 7/22
"Typinator still makes life easier for Mac users" Apple World Today 7/22
Op/Ed
"What Exactly Is 'Compressed Memory'?" MJ Tsai 7/22
"Should You Upgrade to Apple's iOS 10 or macOS Sierra?" AppAdvice 7/22
"Three reasons to run your own Mac server: Running a server isn't as scary as you'd think. Here are three reasons why you should consider it, too." Macworld 7/22
Press Releases
"Avira launches Mac Antivirus Pro, which is optimized for channel resellers" Apple World Today 7:30 AM
"DEVONthink 2.9 with ultra-fast, robust, and secure next-gen sync" prMac 7/22
"Apple Watch Sales Drop Dramatically Ahead Of Hardware Refresh: The smartwatch market contracted for the first time, thanks to a plunge in Apple Watch sales, according to a report from IDC. However, the report showed that Samsung, Lenovo, LG, and Garmin made gains." InformationWeek 7/22
"FBI Looks for Touch ID Workaround by 3D Printing Fingers" The Mac Observer 7/22
"Police Want to 3D Print a Dead Man's Fingers to Unlock His Phone" Gizmodo 7/22
"We'll Have to Wait Longer for That Apple Car Than We Thought" Gizmodo 7/22
"Edward Snowden designs an anti-snooping iPhone case: A bouquet of barbed wire wrapped around a brick" The Inquirer 7/22
Non-Apple News
"Verizon and Yahoo are set to announce an exclusive $5 billion deal: The terms are still unclear." Recode 9:30 PM
"Someone already caught all 142 Pokemon in America" BGR 7:33 AM
"Israel is opening an innovation center to showcase Israeli technology and inspire young entrepreneurs" TechCrunch 7/22
"Pokémon Go launches in Japan with McDonald's as first sponsor: The tie-up with McDonald's provides a new revenue stream for the game" Computerworld New Zealand 7/22
"Intel: A Case Study In Obsolescence" Seeking Alpha 7/22
"Spotify Is Now Letting Other Companies Check Out Your Tunes — And You" NPR 7/22
Publications/Podcasts
"The Talk Show: 'Special Bullying Venue', With Special Guest Glenn Fleishman" Daring Fireball 6:54 PM
"Coming July 23: Gene Steinberg meets Josh Centers of TidBITS, and Bryan Chaffin, of The Mac Observer, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7/22
"Latest iPhone 7 Rumor Suggests a New, Larger Model Is Possible" eWeek 10:57 AM
"Apple rumored to launch 'iPhone 7' on week of Sept. 12" AppleInsider 7:31 AM
"iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Launch Predicted to Be Week of September 12th" MacRumors 7:42 AM
"Apple Reportedly Drops Samsung As iPhone 8 Chipmaker: Increased Competition?" Tech Times 7:57 AM
"Apple Wins Two Design Patents for Apple Pencil Replacement Tips" Patently Apple 3:51 PM
"iPhone 7 will be Waterproof, Include Lightning Headphone Dongle" The Mac Observer 7/22
"iPhone 7 Again Said to Ship With Lightning-to-3.5mm Headphone Dongle" MacRumors 7/22
"Lightning EarPods with the iPhone 7? Not happening says Deutsche Bank" TrustedReviews 7/22
"'Solid' forecast from Apple chipmaker Skyworks may bode well for 'iPhone 7' production" AppleInsider 7/22
"Apple to sell limited-edition Apple Watch bands w/ country flags for Olympics" 9to5Mac 7/22
"Apple's limited edition Olympic Apple Watch straps feature national flag motifs, only available in Rio" AppleInsider 7/22
"Here's how Apple makes those special edition Olympic Apple Watch straps" Apple Must 7/22
"Latest iPhone 7 leaks highlights new dual camera, video compares Rose Gold iPhone 7 to iPhone 6s" 9to5Mac 7/22
"Leak Claims To Show The Rumored Space Black iPhone 7 On Video" Redmond Pie 7/22
"iOS 10 release date, features and rumours: Apple releases iOS update to squash critical security bug" IT PRO 7/22
"Future Apple devices could theoretically sport vision-correcting displays" Apple World Today 7/22
"Apple Car Rumor Roundup: Here's Everything You Need To Know About 'Project Titan'/The Apple Car might not hit the streets until 2021" Digital Trends 7/22
"Beyond Ink Pen Review: Stylus, storage, and battery in one" SlashGear 4:41 PM
"Opinion: 2016 MacBook – two months later" 9to5Mac 1:08 PM
"The 7 best Lightning cables for your iPhone or iPad" Digital Trends 10:00 AM
"Samsung Galaxy Note 7 vs Apple iPhone 6S Plus: What's the rumoured difference?" Pocket-lint 7/22
"These New Apple Watch Bands Are Worth a Trip to Brazil" GQ 7/22
"Cycling Ride Pouch is a convenient accessory for iPhone-using bike riders" Apple World Today 7/22
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"ConditionalWiFi lets you block certain apps from having Wi-Fi access" iDownload Blog 7:57 AM
"Just Breathe. Apple's watchOS 3 beta Will Show You The Way." The Mac Observer 7/22
"Teach Your Toddlers That Learning Is Fun With Apple TV Apps" AppAdvice 7/22
"Quik and Splice: Edit your GoPro videos on your iPhone in a jiffy" Pocket-lint 7/22
How-To/Tutorial
"How To Block A Number From Messaging You In iOS 10" AddictiveTips 3:04 PM
"Here's how to quickly and simply update all your Apple devices" ZDNet 7:45 AM
"How to speed up a slow iPhone: Tips to make older iPhones run faster | Speed up iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s" Macworld UK 7:27 AM
"How To Markup Images In The Messages App In iOS 10" AddictiveTips 7/22
"How to Downgrade from iOS 10 Beta and Remove It Completely" Low End Mac 7/22
Tips
"Better Item Selection With iOS Pixelmator" MacSparky 8:45 PM
"What iPhone 7 Needs More Than Anything" Mac360 7/22
"Guess how many smartwatches Apple sold last quarter?" Mobile Choice 7/22
"Why Edward Snowden created a device to tell if your iPhone's radios are spying: The device, created by Edward Snowden and hardware hacker Andrew 'Bunnie' Huang, is particularly aimed at journalists working overseas." Christian Science Monitor 7/22
"Spotify Is Now Letting Other Companies Check Out Your Tunes — And You – NPR" Kirkville 7/22
Non-Apple
"Here's What's Wrong with Classical Music on Streaming Services (Part Whatever)" Kirkville 3:05 PM
"The quest to get a unique SNES CD-ROM prototype working again" Ars Technica 2:37 PM
"Is China Stealing Jobs? It May Be Losing Them, Instead" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:35 PM
"The real reason Netflix's subscriber growth is falling" BGR 7:28 AM
"One Step Closer to the Final Build of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update" SuperSite for Windows 3:52 PM
"Microsoft Can't Shield User Data From Government, U.S. Says" Bloomberg 7:27 AM
"Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 grab new camera drivers for Windows Hello and more" Windows Central 5:30 PM
"AMD mulls a CPU+GPU super-chip in a server reboot: AMD wants to reinvigorate its server business and could get creative with its Zen CPUs" IDG News Service 7:28 AM
"Silicon chip breakthrough promises genuinely smart devices: Next-gen devices enabled by integrating novel materials on silicon" The Inquirer 7:42 AM
"Vast Influx of Pokémon Go Players Causes Security Threats to Proliferate" eWeek 1:09 PM
"Apple and Microsoft top list of 100 most cherished companies" IT PRO 7/22
"Apple and Microsoft Are the Most Admired Companies in the World" Softpedia 7/22
"Most EMEA businesses are happy with Windows 10" BetaNews 7/22
"Free Windows 10 upgrade: Time is running out... should you do it?" The Register 7/22
"Apple investors braced for rotten results: The firm is struggling in the face of stiff competition, especially in Asia, ahead of its third-quarter numbers on July 26." News.Markets 7/22
Industry News
"S&P 500 gathers momentum as telecom rallies; Dow industrials waver: The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were seeing tepid gains late-morning Friday, but the Dow industrials were under pressure from losses in General Electric Co. and Boeing Co." MarketWatch 7/22
"S&P 500 Clinches Record High as Wall Street Shrugs Off Earnings: The S&P 500 manages to clinch a new record high on Friday even with a number of factors trying to pull it into the red."z" TheStreet 7/22
"Markets notch record highs one month after Brexit" FOXBusiness 7/22
"Can tech's Four Horsemen live up to the hype? Call it the Nasdaq's $1.8 trillion question. Can the new Four Horsemen of Tech deliver strong results and a solid outlook for the rest of the year?" CNNMoney 7/22
"Market Close Report: NASDAQ Composite index closes at 5,100.16 up 26.26 points" Nasdaq 7/22
"Stocks Rally For 4th Week; Dow's Apple, Caterpillar, McDonald's On Tap" Investor's Business Daily 7/22
"Stocks flat as week draws to close: U.S. stocks were flat in listless trading Friday a day after a pause ended the Dow's nine-day winning streak as investors continue to analyze incoming quarterly earnings reports and the release of the first post-'Brexit' economic data in Britain and Europe." USA Today 7/22
"U.S. Stocks Rise; S&P 500 Hits Record: Slow trading week; GE, Honeywell fall after earnings reports" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7/22
"Asian markets drop as central bank stimulus falls short of expectations: Asian shares ended lower Friday as central banks poured cold water on traders' hopes for monetary easing." MarketWatch 7/22
"European stocks slip as earnings reports roll in: European stocks slipped Friday, as investors sifted through corporate earnings reports for reasons to cheer after the European Central Bank failed to deliver a boost the previous day." MarketWatch 7/22
"European stocks book weekly gains amid earnings: European stocks ended Friday little changed, but posted weekly gains, as investors sifted through corporate earnings reports for reasons to cheer after the European Central Bank failed to deliver a boost the previous day." MarketWatch 7/22
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