"Is Apple Too Far Behind Samsung? iPhone 7 Pre-release Survey May Surprise" Forbes 7:31 AM
"Is Samsung far ahead of Apple? Marc Benioff appears to think so/Technically Incorrect: The Salesforce CEO retweets something highly critical of Apple's innovation and highly complimentary to Samsung." CNET 8:24 PM
"How virtual and augmented reality could play a role in Apple's future" AppleInsider 6:02 PM
"Why Does Apple Repurchase So Much Stock? Apple has emerged as a stock buyback powerhouse in recent years, but why does the company choose to reward its shareholders this way?" The Motley Fool 7:32 AM
"Pegatron is exploiting workers making Apple iPhone 7's in China - report" ZDNet 6:03 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook Cashes In On A Cool $36 Million In AAPL Shares" HotHardware 5:56 PM
"3 Reasons Apple Isn't Buying Sirius XM: Jim Cramer thinks Apple should buy Sirius XM, but there are a lot of good reasons that's not going to happen." The Motley Fool 10:35 AM
"Tim Cook Pivots to Play Active Role in Shaping Apple Narrative" The Mac Observer 8/27
"Apple's Tim Cook Gets an A-Minus from Barron's: The CEO has defied skeptics and led the company admirably in the post-Jobs era. But he needs a smarter strategy for the cloud." Barron's 8/27
"It Doesn't Matter That Tim Cook Returned $200B To Apple Via Buybacks And Dividends" Forbes 8/27
"Apple CEO Tim Cook Collects $36 Million in Stock Sale" Fortune 8/27
"The EU could hit Apple with a $19 billion tax bill next week" Business Insider 8/27
"Apple issues update after cyber weapon captured" AFP 8/27
"Apple is making life terrible in its factories – labor rights warriors: Manufacturers buckling under demands for cheaper iStuffs" The Register 8/26
"Report: Unfair Working Conditions Persist at Apple Supplier/Workers at one Chinese company make an average of $2 per hour, according to a workers' rights watchdog." PC Magazine 8/26
"How Apple's Nifty Compensation Tweak Saved Tim Cook's $373 Million Payday" Fortune 8/26
"Apple gets permission for expansion at Cork plant: Move will create up to an additional 1,000 jobs in Hollyhill over the next 18 months" Irish Times 8/26
"Apple's huge European HQ in Ireland is about to get even bigger" Business Insider 8/26
"1.5m US iPhone users are about to switch to Android: But almost 4 million Android users will switch to iPhone" Computerworld 8/26
"'Carpool Karaoke's' producer tells us how Apple's version will differ to 'The Late Late Show With James Corden'" Business Insider 8/26
"Sent From My iPhone: how a humblebrag became a key piece of net etiquette/Once considered a crass way of showing off, now the sign-off is a nod of acknowledgement that we are doing the best we can" The Guardian 8/26
"Apple, Target and others sign White House equal pay pledge: A group of 29 large companies have signed a White House pledge to help close the wage gap between men and women." CNNMoney 8/26
"Spotify Said to Retaliate Against Artists With Apple Exclusives" Bloomberg 8/26
"Spotify Punishing Artists Who Offer Apple Music Exclusives" MacRumors 8/26
"Report: Spotify punishing artists that take Apple Music exclusives by limiting promotion" 9to5Mac 8/26
"Report: Spotify punishes artists who give exclusives to Apple Music" BGR 8/26
"Apple CEO Tim Cook Sells $36 Million From Block of Compensation Stock: Received 1.26 million shares, valued around $135 million, previously were restricted" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/26
"Apple CEO Tim Cook sells $36M in Apple stock after receiving 5-year RSU bonus" AppleInsider 8/26
"What it's like to win a bidding war for Apple's one-of-a-kind 'unicorn' computer" Business Insider 7:49 AM
"Microsoft Continues Attacks On Apple" Forbes 8:24 PM
"Around the world in an iPhone: Traveling in China, I spoke the universal language of app" The Verge 1:16 PM
"First Apple Computer Auctions for $815,000" DailyTech 8/27
"Apple Falls Short in India: According to a newly released report from IDC, the Apple iPhone SE is not selling well in the massive smartphone market in India." Capital Market Laboratories 8/27
"Apple launches Apps et jeux en français on the Canadian App Store" Canadian Reviewer 8/27
"Apple may face iPhone 7 supply shortage at launch: source" Nikkei 8/26
"iPhone 7 Facing Supply Shortages as Production Ramps Up Ahead of Launch" MacRumors 8/26
"Millions of Americans would buy an Apple VR headset, survey suggests" Apple Must 8/26
"Over half of existing Apple Watch users will buy the new model" Apple Must 8/26
"Fluent's survey bodes well for the 'iPhone 7,' 'Apple Watch 2" Apple World Today 8/26
"Apple sees iPhone sales decline in Brazil: Apple has seen a drop of 40 percent in iPhone sales in Brazil during the first quarter in comparison to the same period last year, according to data from research firm Gartner." ZDNet 8/26
"Apple reportedly working on a Snapchat clone" Memeburn 8/26
"Apple to add tap-to-pay support to iPhones in Japan (not NFC)" The Next Web 8/26
"Apple to Bring FeliCa Support to iPhones in Japan?" iClarified 8/26
"Aloft hotels will let you control your room with Siri: These 'smart hotel' rooms will debut in Boston and Santa Clara, California." CNET 8/26
"Aloft Hotel Adds Siri-Equipped Rooms" PC Magazine 8/26
"Apple: VirnetX can't raise willfulness in patent saga now" Apple World Today 8/26
"UK carrier EE offering six months free Apple Music, Kevin Bacon & Britney Spears promoting [Video] 9to5Mac 8/26
"Samsung Is Launching An iOS Beta Test For The Gear S2 And Gear Fit 2 In South Korea" Digital Trends 8/26
"Video: Steve Wozniak discusses the importance of education" The Next Web 8/26
"Barbra Streisand once called Steve Jobs for tech support" Cult of Mac 8/26
"Today in Apple history: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates talk, 'The Future of the PC'" Cult of Mac 8/26
Non-Apple News
"Inside Facebook's (Totally Insane, Unintentionally Gigantic, Hyperpartisan) Political-Media Machine" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:05 PM
"Coming August 27: Gene Steinberg meets columnist and podcaster Kirk McElhearn, and The Mac Observer's Bryan Chaffin, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 8/26
"Arguably Ahead on Technology—GRAPHISOFT Aims For The Future of Practice" Architosh 8/26
"Kirk McElhearn Updates Take Control of Scrivener for iOS Version" MacVoices 8/26
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-08-26: Interview with Fling's Dave Hamilton" The Mac Observer 8/26
"On The CultCast: iPhone 8 Plus Edge? Analysts say it's on the way" Cult of Mac 8/26
"CNET UK podcast 495: Android Nougat arrives, Pokefever on the wane and five years of Tim Cook/How has Apple changed after half a decade with Cook at the helm? Plus, Pokemon Go shows signs of decline: but is that so surprising, or even a big problem?" CNET 8/26
"Next Year's iPhone Won't Have a Home Button [Report] iClarified 8/26
"Apple issues 8th developer beta of iOS 10, 7th public release" AppleInsider 8/26
"iOS 10 dev beta 8/Public Beta 7 now available" Macworld 8/26
"Apple seeds tvOS 10 beta 7 for Apple TV to developers" 9to5Mac 8/26
"Apple patents technique for grabbing iPhone thieves' fingerprints and photo" ZDNet 8/26
AppleCare/Helps
"My schizophrenic iPhone storage numbers: When it comes to available space, my iPhone says one thing, but iTunes says another. And it's maddening." Macworld 8/26
"Everything we expect Apple to announce at its event on in September" Business Insider 8/27
"Will Machine Learning Outperform Human Curation in Apple Music?" Backchannel 8/27
"Apple's very bad, awful week: Say what?" Macworld 8/27
"How Young Is Too Young For A Smartphone? We Asked The Experts" Digital Trends 8/27
"The 'Sent From My iPhone' Signature Has Evolved Past Crass Bragging, According To Research" Redmond Pie 8/27
"WhatsApp's New Privacy Policy is a Big Trust Killer" The Mac Observer 8/26
"Is Apple wasting its time trying to fight Snapchat? [Friday Night Fights] Cult of Mac 8/26
"The age of the dramatic Apple event reveal is over, and that's okay" iMore 8/26
"Comment: The Catch-22 position Apple is in regarding the iOS 9.3.5 security fix" 9to5Mac 8/26
"I Know This Sounds Crazy, But I Want My iPhone On My Mac's Screen" Mac360 8/26
"Be Like Microsoft: Why Apple Needs A Lease Program" TeraTalks 8/26
"Apple Hasn't Given Up On Social Network Options (but maybe it should)" Mac360 8/26
"Why Apple Watch 2 doesn't need cellular anyway: Adding a cellular radio should be a low priority for Apple, at least in the next version of Apple Watch." Macworld 8/26
"Apple Will Reportedly Kill the Home Button and That Sucks" Gizmodo 8/26
"The 2017 iPhone will reportedly not have a home button" Mashable 8/26
"Apple's iPhone 8 will feature the radical redesign we've been waiting for" BGR 8/26
Non-Apple
"Say hello to the Internet of Robotic Things" ReadWrite 1:14 PM
"Microsoft rejected this guy for not showing 'passion' — so he built his own version of Pokémon Go from scratch" Tech Insider 11:33 AM
"Are AT&T's and Verizon's no-overage policies really a good deal? In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon explains why Verizon's Safe Mode feature may not be all it's cracked up to be." CNET 7:26 AM
"Phones should be better at predicting what we're about to do: Features like Samsung's 'screen off memo' are the future — I hope" The Verge 8/27
"John Ellenby dies at 75: I wouldn't normally be writing a column early on a Saturday morning but I just read that John Ellenby died and I think that's really worth mentioning because Ellenby changed all our lives and especially mine." I, Cringely 8/27
"The monetization promise and pitfalls of Pokémon Go" TechCrunch 8/26
"Android 7 Nougat Review: Small Update, Big Time Saver/Google's latest mobile OS is focused on productivity with split-screen apps, notification-screen replies and, yes, new emojis" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/26
"An Internet Giveaway to the U.N.: If the U.S. abdicates internet stewardship, the United Nations might take control." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:25 PM
"HP, HP Enterprise Accused of Age Discrimination in Suit: Suit filed in California seeks class-action status on behalf of other workers" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:24 PM
"Is Microsoft Corporation's 'One Windows' Dream Dead? The tech giant probably won't fulfill its dream of creating a unified OS for mobile devices, PCs, and gaming consoles." The Motley Fool 11:33 AM
"Microsoft is trying harder to silence internet haters" Business Insider 6:02 PM
"Microsoft looks unlikely to hit its end of summer Outlook.com migration deadline" ZDNet 9:05 PM
"IBM's Almaden lab offers A glimpse into the future" Associated Press 10:54 AM
"Can Intel Corporation Meet Analysts Expectations?" Stocks Daily 10:58 AM
"Intel Optane SSD Finally Shown in Images but Capacity Is Only Limited to 140GB" MobiPicker 10:58 AM
"Intel delivers new 3D NAND SSDs for PCs, data centers, Internet of Things" ZDNet 1:39 PM
"Thin And Light Intel Apollo Lake Notebook Designs May Do Away With Replaceable RAM" HotHardware 5:57 PM
"AMD now has over 100 FreeSync monitors in its arsenal" TweakTown 10:56 AM
"AMD Vega to Launch in First Half of 2017" MobiPicker 10:56 AM
"Does knowledge matter in the age of Google? There are drawbacks to outsourcing our memory and knowledge to the internet, says William Poundstone" The Guardian 7:32 AM
"Up close with HP's new Omen gamer PCs and a crazy VR laptop backpack" VentureBeat 8/27
"Microsoft unveils new tools to curb hate speech" IANS 8/27
"Microsoft combats hate speech based on gender, disability, religion, age, and more" BetaNews 8/27
"Microsoft Ramps Efforts To Fight Internet Trolls With New Reporting Tools" Digital Trends 8/27
"Microsoft Previews Office Accessibility Enhancements: New features include improved Editor functionality that assists users with dyslexia, a high-contrast mode in Excel and an expanded Accessibility Checker." eWeek 8/27
"Microsoft Cancels 'Halo Online' Multiplayer PC Game After A Single Year" Tech Times 8/27
"Stocks drop for 2nd day as Yellen speech looms" USA Today 8/26
"Wall St Declines After Fischer's Hawkish Stance on Rates" Reuters 8/26
"U.S. Stocks Lower After Janet Yellen's Remarks on Interest Rates: Federal Reserve chairwoman says case for increase has strengthened recently" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/26
"Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen Sees Stronger Case for Interest-Rate Increase: Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen signaled growing conviction that the central bank will raise short-term interest rates in the weeks or months ahead." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/26
"European stocks push higher as Yellen's remarks point to confidence in growth: European stocks swung higher Thursday, with investors taking remarks from Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen as a signal of confidence in economic growth worldwide." MarketWatch 8/26
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