"Apple buys a Seattle-based AI startup for $200 million: The startup called Turi specializes in machine learning." Engadget 6:32 AM
"Apple Buys Machine-Learning Startup Turi: Business formerly known as Dato offers software to let other companies create machine-learning apps" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:34 AM
"Apple acquires artificial intelligence start-up: sources" Bloomberg 11:49 AM
"Apple's $200 Million Turi Acquisition To Challenge Google, Amazon And Facebook In Pervasive Computing" Tech Times 9:51 AM
"Apple Ups Its AI Game, Acquires Machine Learning Start-Up Turi For $200 Million" HotHardware 4:49 PM
"Apple is looking to boost its AI capabilities by buying a Seattle start-up: We love Siri - but is a new bot on the horizon?" Digital Spy 4:45 PM
"Apple falters in India as Android continues to grow; why iPhones don't sell" International Business Times 8:24 AM
"IBM, Apple launch global development hub in India" Gulf Today 4:44 PM
"Apple Announces 'Bug Bounty' Program: Company will pay hackers who report vulnerabilities up to $200,000 for the most severe bugs" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/5
"Apple's bug bounty program favors quality over quantity: The company will pay between $25,000 and $200,000 for exploits" IDG News Service 8/5
"Apple Finally Launches Bug Bounties: A select handful of researchers can earn up to $200,000 for identifying vulnerabilities in iOS or iCloud." PC Magazine 8/5
"Apple offers reward for finding security flaws" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8/5
"Apple Arrives Late To Bug Bounty Arena, Offers Up To $200K For Serious Vulnerabilities" HotHardware 8/5
"Bloomberg: Tim Cook Isn't Spending Enough Time In India" Benzinga 8/5
"Strategy Analytics: Android Captures Record 97 Percent Smartphone Marketshare in India in Q2 2016" ["Woody Oh, Director at Strategy Analytics, added, 'Apple iOS fell 35 percent annually and shipped 0.8 million smartphones in India in Q2 2016. Apple's smartphone marketshare has halved from 4 percent to just 2 percent in India during the past year. Apple iOS will need to reduce iPhone pricing to cheaper levels, attract more operator subsidies and enlarge its retail presence through Apple stores or online channels if it wants to regrow significantly in the future.'"] Strategy Analytics 8/5
"Apple losing smartphone share in India despite big efforts: The share of iOS phones in the market dropped to 2.4 percent in the second quarter, said Strategy Analytics" IDG News Service 8/5
"The iPhone is struggling in India: Despite a charm offensive in the mega-populous nation, Apple's latest results show a marked drop in sales." CNET 8/5
"Apple Continues to Struggle in India as iPhone Sales Drop 35 Percent in 2016" MacRumors 8/5
"Apple sees disappointing iPhone sales in India" BetaNews 8/5
"Reports of Apple's death in India are greatly exaggerated" Apple Must 8/5
"Apple Sued Over iPhone's Proximity Sensor in New Patent Troll Lawsuit" MacRumors 8/5
"Exclusive: Apple acquires Turi in major exit for Seattle-based machine learning and AI startup" GeekWire 8/5
"Apple acquires Turi, a machine learning company" TechCrunch 8/5
"Apple Acquires Machine Learning and AI Startup Turi" MacRumors 8/5
"Apple buys machine learning startup Turi" The Verge 8/5
"Apple targets AI abilities with Turi deal" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8/5
"Apple Mulls Building in $1 Billion Data Center in Da Nang" BizLive: Vietnam 8/5
"Apple reportedly planning $1B database center and R&D facility in Vietnam" AppleInsider 8/5
"How the New iPhone Could Quash Wireless Price Hikes: Apple's latest phone, due this fall, may force big players to reconsider timing of increases" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/5
"Apple given all-clear to sell energy from solar farm" BBC 8/5
"Apple Gets Approval to Sell Wholesale Energy as Tech Giants Blaze Renewable Trail" The Mac Observer 8/5
"Report: Apple Developing Universal Digital Television Guide for Apple TV" MacTrast 8/5
"Report: Apple Prepping TV Guide for Streaming Apps" PC Magazine 8/5
"Microsoft is changing its toy gun emoji to a revolver — the exact opposite of Apple" Business Insider 8/5
"Microsoft's new emojis include different skins tones and families. And a gun" CNET 8/5
"Calvin Klein, Designers Back Apple in Samsung Patent Fight: More than 100 designers and educators signed an amicus brief showing support for Cupertino." PC Magazine 8/5
"The iPhone 7 Could Ship With Low Power Bluetooth EarPods Claim Those Close To Matter" WCCF Tech 9:10 PM
"4K Video Emerges Online Depicting Three Versions of iPhone 7" MacRumors 12:45 PM
"iPod touch 7th-gen release clues point to 2017 10th Anniversary" Product Reviews Net 8:24 AM
"Apple Loop: iPhone 7 To Launch September 9th, On Sale During September, Here Are The New Features" Forbes 7:18 AM
"New tvOS 10 update release date & new features: 8 cool new features coming to your Apple TV soon | tvOS 10 Beta 4 rolls out: all the details | Upgraded Remote app" Macworld UK 11:28 AM
"Apple Considers Advancing the iPad's Smart Keyboard with a Secondary Touch Display" Patently Apple 2:42 PM
"Video shows working version of what appear to be official Apple Lightning Earpods" 9to5Mac 8/5
"Another hands-on video shows genuine-looking, working Lightning EarPods in action" iDownload Blog 8/5
"Video Shows Apple's Lightning Earbuds in Action" The Mac Observer 8/5
"Report: Apple developing custom low-energy Bluetooth chip for its own wireless headphones, may launch with iPhone 7" 9to5Mac 8/5
"Apple's 'iPhone 7 Plus' predicted to face supply constraints due to new dual-lens camera" AppleInsider 8/5
"There's no such thing as iPhone ransomware, but hackers are still making people pay" BGR 8/5
"iOS Hacker Luca Todesco shows off device jailbroken on iOS 9.3.4" iDownload Blog 8/5
"Apple slams door on jailbreakers with iOS 9.3.4 update" ZDNet 8/5
"Apple iOS 9.3.4 Breaks Pangu's Jailbreak: Install Now Before It's Too Late" Forbes 8/5
"Apple iOS 9.3.4 Is Now Available: What Is Included In The Update?" Forbes 8/5
"If you only do one thing today - update your iPhone right NOW" Express UK 8/5
"Here's why Apple doesn't care about updating Macs" ZDNet 8/5
"Apple And Talking Smack About Security" Mac360 8/5
"Reading the Apple tea leaves for what's coming this fall: A new iPhone and Watch are almost certain this fall, but how about a Mac with Touch ID?" Computerworld 8/5
"New emoji add gender parity and a more realistic drawing style in iOS 10 and macOS Sierra" Macworld 8/5
"Samsung designers must love their Apple Watch" Computerworld 8/5
Non-Apple
"Why we'll be stuck with low-accuracy AR for a while" VentureBeat 4:45 PM
"Snapchat's biggest threat is its own design: Why Snapchat needs to start stealing from Instagram" The Verge 4:43 PM
"History of the World Wide Web - 25 years in 25 pictures" Telegraph 6:35 AM
"For a Relaxing Vacation, Look to the Data: People are using Fitbits, smartphones and other wearable technology to track leisure goals like limiting computer use and working out more" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/5
"Eventually, AI Agents Will Put Even Authors Out of Work" The Mac Observer 8/5
"Knocking down the data silos to build better data systems" ReadWrite 8/5
"This is how I know Samsung will ditch the headphone jack" iDownload Blog 8/5
"MSI's desktop GPU-equipped laptop is one helluva gaming and VR rig" VentureBeat 8/5
"LastThink Releases Online Tunisia TV 4.5 for iOS" prMac 6:10 PM
"In anticipation of the iPhone audio jack apocalypse, Audeze have launched a brilliant set of headphones that connect through the charging port" Daily Mail (UK) 4:44 PM
"Apple Launches Official 'Rio 2016' App Store Section" MacRumors 9:51 AM
"The Week in iPad Cases: Design your own DODOcase folio" Macworld 9:51 AM
"Coming August 6: Gene Steinberg meets blogger/podcaster Kirk McElhearn and TechnoBuffalo's Sean Aune, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 8/5
"LastThink Releases Online Jamaica TV 4.5 for iOS" prMac 8/5
"You can finally buy a rainbow Pride Apple Watch band just like Apple's exclusive employee bands" 9to5Mac 8/5
"Incipio acquires Griffin, another popular Apple accessory maker following Incase purchase" 9to5Mac 8/5
"Here are all of the banks that currently support Apple Pay" iMore 8/5
"Apple Music arrives in Korea and Israel ahead of competition" Mashable 8/5
"Battery pack sales doubled after Pokémon Go's release" The Verge 8/5
"Best lenses and lens kits for shooting video on your iPhone" iMore 8/5
"Disney launches child-focused messaging app w. built-in games & safety features" 9to5Mac 8/5
"Matias Tactile One: it's a Mac keyboard, it's an iPhone keyboard" Apple World Today 8/5
"Xbox One controllers and Windows 10 PCs: It's all a mess right now/Issues with Windows Anniversary update, Bluetooth limits on new Xbox One S pads." Ars Technica 12:54 PM
"Windows 10 Rollback Window Drops To Just 10 Days Instead Of 31" Tech Times 6:52 AM
"Decades Old Windows Password Flaw Is Still Haunting Windows 10 Users" HotHardware 5:08 PM
"Ransomware Mimics Windows Activation Screen, Uses Poisoned Search Results: Unlock code discovered, users can bypass the scam" Softpedia 8:29 PM
"Microsoft makes it easier to convert Chrome extensions for Edge with new tool" Neowin 6:35 AM
"Shoot the messenger: Microsoft reignites emoji gun debate with new pistol icon" Digital Trends 11:28 AM
"HP Elite x3 expected to be available for online orders in US early next month" GSMArena 6:52 AM
"A supercomputer is taking on humans in a hacking contest at DEF CON: The supercomputer, called Mayhem, is taking part in this year's Capture the Flag contest" IDG News Service 8:10 PM
"Why Microsoft stored 200MB of data in DNA strands, and what's next" TechRepublic 8/5
"Windows 10: Microsoft is working on another two major updates, and here's what to expect" Express UK 8/5
"Microsoft confirms two more major Windows 10 updates for 2017" TechRadar UK 8/5
"Windows 10 release date, features, devices and free upgrade: Next Windows 10 update not until 2017" IT PRO 8/5
"Microsoft Confirms Windows 10 Redstone 2 and 3 Will Launch in 2017" Softpedia 8/5
"Amazon and Microsoft are the cloud kings" Channel Eye 8/5
"Apple Stock Up After Announcing 'Security Bounty' Program" TheStreet 8/5
"Apple Issued the Most High-Grade Bonds Last Wrek" Market Realist 8/5
"Where Is Apple Trading Compared to Its Moving Averages?" Market Realist 8/5
Industry News
"S&P 500, Nasdaq ring up records after stellar jobs report: Dow component Merck & Co surges to close up 10% after its rival failed a late-stage drug trial" MarketWatch 8/5
"S&P 500, Nasdaq Score New Record Highs as Jobs Report Supports Economic Recovery: Stocks secure robust gains by market close Friday after the latest labor market snapshot breezes past expectations, providing solid evidence for the U.S. economic recovery." TheStreet 8/5
"Nasdaq beats its year-old closing high, S&P 500 hits record, too" USA Today 8/5
"Strong Jobs Data Catapults S&P to Record High: U.S. stocks surged on Friday, with the S&P 500 touching a record intraday high after a second straight month of robust labor market data brightened the economic outlook." Reuters 8/5
"Nasdaq, S&P 500 Hit Records as Strong Jobs Report Fuels Stocks: Nonfarm payrolls up 255,000 in July, unemployment rate at 4.9%" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/5
"Asian markets rev up after BOE's aggressive moves: Asian shares gained moderately Friday following aggressive easing by the Bank of England. However, many investors held fire on trades as they awaited U.S. jobs data, which will offer another clue to the timing of rate increases by the Federal Reserve." MarketWatch 8/5
"European stocks rise the most in 3 weeks, but ends week lower: MarketWatch" MarketWatch 8/5
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