"Apple rumored to be taking a big bite out of Seattle-area office market with potential expansion" GeekWire 10:19 AM
"Apple Is Still Mulling Over Its Plans for India Stores, Government Says: India's government in June loosened foreign-direct investment restrictions" WSJ Blogs 8:44 AM
"Apple's €850m Athenry data centre finally gets green light" SiliconRepublic 8:47 AM
"Apple granted planning permission for €850m Galway data centre" Belfast Telegraph 8:42 AM
"Apple's €850 million Irish data centre finally gets the green light" Business Insider 7:48 AM
"Apple wins approval to begin first stage of Irish data center" AppleInsider 8:22 AM
"Apple gets go-ahead for €850m Athenry data centre" Examiner 9:13 PM
"Apple really is printing money with Pokemon Go" Apple Must 1:49 PM
"Pokémon Go: 6 million downloads, 5 million players and 1 million paying users since UK launch" YouGov UK 1:50 PM
"Apps, Gwyneth Paltrow and $10m: what's up with Apple's new TV show? The reaction to Planet of the Apps, in which app developers compete for investment under the guidance of Paltrow and Will.i.am, has been lukewarm" The Guardian 8:47 AM
"Apple's iPads open up new worlds for Oakland youth" USA Today 1:51 PM
"Sales of iOS smartphones up in US and EU, down in China in 2Q16, says Kantar" DigiTimes 7:48 AM
"Apple Music Takes 3 Records To The Top Of Billboard Charts" Benzinga 9:02 AM
"Apple celebrates Independence Day by highlighting apps from Indian developers" Business Today 8:42 AM
"A death in the family inspired an iPhone case that monitors your blood pressure" Tech in Asia 8:45 AM
"Early Apple employee Mike Markkula is selling his California ranch for $45 million" Tech Insider 10:03 AM
"Today in Apple history: Apple's war with IBM commences" Cult of Mac 8:33 AM
Non-Apple News
"Forty U.S. Companies Sign on to EU Data Protection Agreement: Successor to Safe Harbor pact lets companies transfer data on European citizens to servers in U.S" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:35 PM
"Samsung press invite hints at IFA debut for Gear S3 smartwatch: No confirmation, but tons of rumors and precedent for a reveal at the German trade show." Engadget 5:41 PM
"Toshiba Begins to Sample eMLC-Based ZD6300 7.68 TB SSDs to Customers" AnandTech 1:16 PM
"Chatty Cortana Lets Strangers Use Your PC" LAPTOP Magazine 12:57 PM
"MIT's DuoSkin turns temporary tattoos into on-skin interfaces" TechCrunch 11:03 AM
"People who post their fitness routine to Facebook have psychological problems, study claims" Business Insider Deutschland 10:04 AM
"CVS Pay Aims to Rival Apple, Google" PC Magazine 9:58 AM
"Hackers Can Now Steal Data by Listening to the Sound of a Computer's Hard Drive" Gizmodo 8:51 AM
"Can't afford the latest smartphone? You can lease one, but it won't be cheap" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:43 AM
"Taiwan's Foxconn Completes Acquisition of Sharp: The iPhone assembler will begin restructuring efforts to turn around Japanese company" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:48 AM
"How Facebook's attack on ad blockers screws publishers" VentureBeat 3:53 PM
"Has Facebook outsmarted Adblock Plus in cat-and-mouse ad blocking game?" ZDNet 7:48 AM
"8 smartphone injuries that can seriously affect your future" Greenbot 7:39 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-08-12: Microsoft's Leaked Encryption Key, Explaining Internet Speed Tests" The Mac Observer 12:57 PM
"Vergecast 216: Apple rumors, wireless headphones, and No Man's Sky" The Verge 12:02 PM
"AppleInsider podcast talks 'iPhone 7,' Apple Watch, potential Health device" AppleInsider 10:37 AM
"Most of the companies similar to Box and Dropbox will be gone in 2 years - Gartner" Tech Insider 2:40 PM
"What to do when your Mac's Wi-Fi hardware is having problems: Here's what to check if you have a wonky wireless connection and you know your Mac is at fault." Macworld 7:57 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:43 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:43 AM
"Apple Music and iTunes Downloads Combine into One Powerful Music Platform" The Mac Observer 5:25 PM
"Apple Pay Rival Systems Will be Costly Failures" The Mac Observer 3:54 PM
"Should you wait for the iPhone 8?" FOXNews 2:07 PM
"Gruber & I disagree about a few issues about Apple" Om Malik 2:06 PM
"The iPhone 7 may not surprise us, but it's still a killer phone" Digital Trends 3:53 PM
"The iPhone 7 is going to be so much more exciting than you think" BGR 11:32 AM
"The new MacBook Pro: Will it solve the Apple laptop shopper's dilemma? Commentary: With new MacBook Pro models on the horizon, where does Apple's laptop lineup current stand?" CNET 11:03 AM
"How a digital-only smartphone opens the door to DRM (and how to close the door): Fast Company's Mark Sullivan asked me to explain what could happen if Apple went through with its rumored plans to ship a phone with no analog sound outputs, only digital ones: what kind of DRM badness might we expect to emerge?" Boing Boing 10:34 AM
"All The Dumb Ideas In Apple Watch" Mac360 8:29 AM
"How Apple's new privacy settings in iOS 10 will impact mobile advertising" Marketing Dive 8:29 AM
"How Apple And Microsoft Teamed Up To Punch Google Where It Hurts" NoodleMac 8:24 AM
"The IBM PC turns 35, can now run for president" TechCrunch 12:10 PM
"IBM celebrates 30 years of innovation at Almaden Research Center" VentureBeat 12:30 PM
"IBM's Watson will be used in 21 Chinese hospitals to aid cancer treatment" The Drum 12:41 PM
"Samsung uses IBM's brain-inspired chip to recognize gestures" The Verge 3:50 PM
"HPE Doubles-Down On HPC With SGI Acquisition" InformationWeek 4:04 PM
"HP upgrades Stream laptops to take on Chromebooks" Tech Central 8:10 AM
"HP's affordable Stream laptops get updated with faster Wi-Fi and colorful shells" TechShout 8:10 AM
"HP offers Stream 14, a budget laptop for under Rs 15,000" The Asian Age 8:09 AM
"HP Elite x3 ads, Workspace app pop up to 'reinvent mobility'" SlashGear 8:09 AM
"HP leaks some details on Intel's Kaby Lake and Apollo Lake chips: Intel's Skylake successor Kaby Lake, described in a maintenance document for the upcoming Pavilion x360 m1 laptop, will be capable of DirectX 12 gaming" IDG News Service 5:31 PM
"Intel Reinvents Itself To Stay King In A Changing World" Wired 8:06 AM
"Intel: Ransomware Could Lock Your Brakes ... At 75 MPH; Security Issues Evolve" Investor's Business Daily 8:06 AM
"Intel Atom is dead! Long live Atom for IoT, cars!" SlashGear 8:02 AM
"AMD ZEN Engineering Sample AOS - Further Performance Analysis" The Guru 3D 7:59 AM
"AMD Downgrades ARM Strategy For Servers" CDR Info 8:00 AM
"AMD revisits x86 for server reboot, downgrading ARM" Tech Central 7:59 AM
"When to Expect When Cisco Reports Q4 Earnings" TheStreet 2:40 PM
"How Could Cisco's Security Segment Perform in Fiscal 4Q16?" Market Realist 2:39 PM
"Oracle targets B2B marketers with a new trove of audience data: B2B marketing lists need to be tested for contact-level accuracy, one analyst warns" IDG News Service 5:36 PM
"How Many iPhones Will Apple, Inc. Sell This Quarter? Here's what to expect this quarter from Apple's most-important segment." The Motley Fool 9:12 PM
"Apple's Chairman and Top Lawyer Cash in Combined $10M in Stock Bonuses" MacRumors 11:03 AM
"Apple's board chair & general counsel sell over $10M in personal stock" AppleInsider 1:48 PM
Industry News
"U.S. stocks post modest weekly gains; Nasdaq hits record: Weak data on retail sales, wholesale prices weigh on the benchmarks" MarketWatch 4:02 PM
"Stocks Close Mixed as Crude Enjoys Best Weekly Gain Since April: Stocks ended the day mixed, coming off of the worst of the session's lows, after another increase in crude prices gave oil the best weekly close since April." TheStreet 4:02 PM
"Stiocks end mixed as Nasdaq sets new closing high" USA Today 4:02 PM
"Oil Climbs in Volatile Trading, Propped up by Weaker Dollar: Oil prices rose about 1 percent in choppy trading on Friday, a day after its biggest gains in a month, as a weaker denominating currency, the U.S. dollar, helped support crude." Reuters 11:41 AM
"U.S. Stocks Slip After Hitting Record Highs: S&P, Dow end week slightly higher" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:02 PM
"Asian stocks come out strong after record day for U.S. indexes: Stocks rose sharply across the board in Asia on Friday, catching an updraft from record highs in the U.S. that offset disappointing economic news from China." MarketWatch 9:34 AM
"European stocks finish lower after lackluster U.S. retail data: European stocks ended a choppy session in the red on Friday after weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales cast doubt on the health of the world's largest economy." MarketWatch 11:36 AM
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