"Tim Cook On Apple's Values, Mistakes, And Seeing Around Corners: 'If you're on the outside, why do you want to join Apple? You want to join Apple because you want to change the world.'" Fast Company 8:06 PM
"Apple VR? Don't Hold Your Breath: At this point, I don't believe this is a market in which Apple has a high interest." PC Magazine 8:03 AM
"Apple, Google, Amazon, And The Advantages Of Bigness" The New Yorker 3:31 PM
"Is an Apple TV Guide the Company's Next Big Thing? The tech giant has reportedly been focusing its TV efforts on developing an easy-to-ease content guide, but Apple might be better off just pursuing a skinny bundle of channels." TheStreet 9:24 AM
"Apple Music's Bozoma Saint John: It's About Passion, Not Algorithms/Apple music's head of global consumer marketing, Bozoma Saint John, gives us a taste of the passion powering the streaming service." Fast Company 8:09 AM
"Rumor: Apple working on entirely new, advanced health-tracking hardware for 2017 launch" AppleInsider 7:52 AM
"Rodgers: Apple Could Feasibly Do Banking Extremely Well" Bloomberg Video 8:15 AM
"Apple should know by the end of the month if it can build a data centre in Ireland" Business Insider 8:18 AM
"Apple rejects iPhone price-fixing allegations in Russia" Reuters 7:49 AM
"Apple Gets Nod To Sell Power" Investopedia 10:37 AM
"Apple has begun to stop selling iTunes downloads: Not for the first time, the music industry is about to be well and truly shaken up by Apple. Just three months ago, the tech giant denied rumours that it was going to stop selling downloads from the iTunes store 'within 2 or 3 years'. However, reports are now coming in that music downloads have already been axed in South Korea, suggesting that a worldwide rollout may be imminent." ShortList 5:04 PM
"Rumor: Apple not offering music downloads (as in sales) in South Korea" Apple World Today 5:07 PM
"Apple counters Australian banks' call for iPhone NFC access, cites handset security" AppleInsider 8:11 PM
"Psst! Apple's enterprise iPad plans are coming together: It may go against the way you think the world works but government and enterprise users really do love their iPads, with almost half of all Apple's tablet sales going to enterprise and government folks." Computerworld 10:47 AM
"Nearly half of all iPads are now being bought by corporations and governments" iDownload Blog 8:55 AM
"It's all in the wrist: Apple's tactic for a little Games glory" Reuters 7:49 AM
"How the battle for TV's future could take over your whole house" Business Insider 8:59 AM
"Google's new ad takes a direct shot at Apple over the iPhone's storage space" Business Insider 8:18 AM
"Is Google Dissing Apple Over iPhones' Storage" TG Daily 10:37 AM
"Apple fighting to stem fake Bitcoin apps on App Store" AppleInsider 12:11 PM
"Japan Display, a Maker of iPhone Screens, Seeks Government Financial Help: Japan Display said it lost about $115 million in the April-June quarter" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:01 AM
"Dolphin at SeaWorld leaps up to grab woman's iPad from her hands" Mashable 8:56 AM
"Dolphin snatches iPad of woman taking its photo at SeaWorld" Associated Press 8:54 AM
"Dolphin teaches human that iPad pictures are dumb" BGR 6:08 PM
Non-Apple News
"Google's Inbox by Gmail Gets Github, Trello, Drive Integrations" PC Magazine 9:16 PM
"Samsung Pay Transaction Tokens Can Be Intercepted, But It's All Cool, Bro" The Mac Observer 9:02 PM
"Dota 2 forum breach leaks 2 million user accounts" ZDNet 8:05 PM
"Danny Glover waits out a ticking time bomb in Samsung's new commercial" Mashable 7:06 PM
"900 Million Androids Could Be Easy Prey for QuadRooter Exploits" TechNewsWorld 5:56 PM
"Fossil's new Android Wear smartwatches are available for preorder this week" The Verge 10:50 AM
"'Project Sauron' malware hidden for five years" BBC 7:55 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"The RPG Reload Podcast - 018 - 'A Dark Room'" Touch Arcade 7:25 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-08-09: Apple's Big Future and New Car Patent" The Mac Observer 12:40 PM
"Let's Talk iOS 147: Politically incorrect" iDownload Blog 8:12 AM
"iMore show 520: Equally infuriated" iMore 8:08 AM
"The iPhone Apocalypse And Apple's Doom: 'The Chinese Are Coming! The Chinese Are Coming!" PixoBebo 8:19 AM
"How the new iOS 10 lock screen puts privacy in the backseat: The new lock screen in iOS 10 gives you unprecedented use of your iPhone. But if you can get this much access without unlocking it, so can anyone else." Macworld 8:13 AM
"Bozoma Saint John on Apple Music" MacStories 8:03 AM
"iPhone vs. Android: A Ridiculous Security Game" McSolo 7:47 AM
"The first Windows 10 Redstone 2 build could arrive for Insiders this week" Neowin 6:40 AM
"Microsoft releases August 2016 edition of evaluation Windows developer virtual machines" Neowin 6:41 AM
"Microsoft: Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update won't be released today" Neowin 10:09 AM
"Microsoft looks to bolster trust in Office 365" TechRadar UK 6:52 AM
"Linux subsystem could cause Windows 10 Anniversary Update to eat itself: Though only if your guard is way down low" The Inquirer 7:13 AM
"Microsoft: What's The 2016 Dividend Raise?" Seeking Alpha 12:26 PM
"This $200 HP backpack can recharge your laptop, smartphone while travelling" Express Tribune 6:45 AM
"New HP power booster backpack can charge both Smartphone and laptop" The TeCake 6:45 AM
"HP Powerup Backpack Charges Your Devices On The Go" TechFrag 6:45 AM
"HP Elite x3 retail date clarified yet again" SlashGear 6:45 AM
"Intel, Apple Add to Artificial-Intelligence Deal Wave: Chip giant to buy Nervana Systems on heels of iPhone maker's Turi acquisition" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:07 PM
"Intel is paying at least $350 million to buy deep-learning startup Nervana Systems" Recode 3:08 PM
"AMD Radeon RX 460, RX 470, Pro WX, RX 480 price and availability details in India" PC Tablet 6:46 AM
"Oracle Reports Breach With Micros Systems: Business-software maker requires users of point-of-sale systems to reset passwords, cites 'malicious code'" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:16 PM
"Oracle's MICROS point-of-sale division has suffered a massive data breach" Fast Company 6:52 AM
"Oracle data breach opened credit card payment systems to attack: Intruders might have had a gateway to stealing your payment details." Engadget 6:35 AM
"Oracle source code and more than 700 systems compromised in Russian attack: Firm admits it was hit by notorious Carbanak cyber crime gang" The Inquirer 6:36 AM
"Driven to distraction: Why IBM's Watson is getting onboard with self-driving vehicles and impatient passengers" ZDNet 6:51 AM
"Vodafone, IBM Sign 5-Year Contract To Boost Customer Engagement" CXO Today 6:51 AM
"IPv6 router bug: Juniper spins out hotfix to thwart DDoS attacks/Vulnerability common to devices routing IPv6; Cisco offered partial fix in July." Ars Technica 10:05 AM
"Quadruple Threat: Qualcomm Chips Ramp Up Rooting Risk of 900 Million Androids" Security Intelligence 6:51 AM
"Qualcomm Vulnerabilities Put 900 Million Android Devices at Risk" eWeek 12:33 PM
"Black Hat USA Shows Enterprises Fail to Learn Security 101 Lessons" eWeek 7:14 AM
"Micron's super-fast 3D Xpoint SSDs will ship through storage partners: Micron says its 3D Xpoint drives: with a QuantX brand name: should be available next year" IDG News Service 7:30 AM
"Micron aims to cram more storage in smartphones with 3D NAND flash: Micron's first 3D NAND flash chips will have a 32GB capacity" IDG News Service 7:30 AM
"Global IT Security Spending Will Top $81 Billion In 2016: Gartner predicts worldwide spending on information security products and services will reach $81.6 billion in 2016: an increase of 7.9% from last year." InformationWeek 12:31 PM
"Apple is squeezing suppliers to keep its profits high, says analyst" Business Insider 2:42 PM
"Can Apple Break Loose and Climb Back to the November Highs?" RealMoney 8:40 AM
"Apple Likely Pressuring Suppliers on Price, Says RBC; Broadcom, ADI Best Positioned" Barron's 9:24 AM
Industry News
"Nasdaq closes at all-time high as stocks eke out small gains: Energy stocks slump, Valeant jumps after confirming plans for reorganization" MarketWatch 3:32 PM
"S&P 500 Pulls Back From Records on Crude Drop: The S&P 500 pulls back from records on Tuesday as a surprise reversal in crude keeps investors wary to make big moves." TheStreet 3:32 PM
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