"iPhone Sales Pass 1.2B, Apple Watch Sales Up 50 Percent: Apple beat Wall Street's Q3 2017 revenue forecasts and analyst share price expectations. It looks like the tri-buy of iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods made it happen." PC Magazine 8:01 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook talks Q3 2017 financial results: 7 highlights" Macworld 8:16 AM
"Apple's iPhone Optimism Puts Cook on Path to Hit Top Pay Target" Bloomberg 3:12 PM
"Apple has sold 1.2 billion iPhones since launching the device a decade ago" Quartz 8:18 AM
"Good News for Apple: China Still Wants Pricey Phones/While China's overall smartphone market is flat, the higher-priced market is still growing" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:07 AM
"Apple's China revenues fall 10% as analyst claims iPhone has 'gone out of fashion'" CNBC 8:07 AM
"What Apple's earnings tell us about the iPhone 8: A breakdown of the hints Apple left for the next iPhone and other notable comments from CEO Tim Cook." CNET 7:46 AM
"Apple explains why its Services business is booming" VentureBeat 11:55 AM
"Here's What Wall Street Is Saying About Apple's Earnings" Bloomberg 8:09 AM
"A Super-Expensive iPhone Is Good News, Even If You Can't Afford It" Wired 7:45 AM
"All Apple had to do to sell iPads was make them cheaper: It turns out Apple's customers just wanted was a plain old iPad for not a lot of cash." Engadget 11:55 AM
"How Apple Is Putting Voices in Users' Heads—Literally" Wired 7:44 AM
"Why Apple is Experiencing Another Growth Spurt" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:05 PM
"Cook Suggests Apple Will Invest In, Not Build New US Plants: 'I think there are probably several plants that can benefit from having some investment to grow or expand...in the US,' Tim Cook said during an earnings call." PC Magazine 12:06 PM
"Apple's Tim Cook dances around question over what he promised Trump, if anything" SiliconBeat 1:10 PM
"Samsung Sells Twice as Many Phones as Apple in Q2" 24/7 Wall St. 7:34 AM
"Chinese smartphone makers closing the gap on iPhone, Samsung" TechCrunch 8:14 AM
"Apple chief on Chinese VPN app ban: We always toe the line with other nations' laws" The Register 7:52 AM
"Feds Want To Search Apple Watch -- The First Jailbreak Shows What's Possible" Forbes 8:10 AM
"Influential Apple blogger 'Boy Genius' says the iPhone 8 mockup he got is '99% the phone'" CNBC 8:10 AM
"How Apps Can Use Data To Enhance The User Experience" Forbes 7:50 AM
"Microsoft accidentally reveals its own iPad Touch Cover" The Verge 9:50 AM
"Leader of Microsoft Mixer streaming service wants Apple to enable live screen broadcasts in iOS 11" GeekWire 9:50 AM
"IPhone glitter cases recalled over reports of burns" BBC 8:15 AM
"Victoria's Secret sold glittery iPhone cases that can cause chemical burns" The Verge 9:51 AM
"Accessory producer MixBin recalls glitter-filled iPhone cases over chemical burn risk" AppleInsider 10:24 AM
"Video: Apple Music's 'Carpool Karaoke' broadcasts August 8" Apple Must 10:43 AM
Non-Apple News
"Fitbit says it plans to unveil 'the best health and fitness' smartwatch later this year" 9to5Mac 7:38 PM
"Amazon Echo vulnerability allows hackers to eavesdrop with always-on microphone" AppleInsider 7:37 PM
"HBO data breach included thousands of internal documents: It's always more than you think..." Engadget 4:04 PM
"Government Crackdown of Amazon Is Coming, Netflix Board Member Says" TheStreet 3:13 PM
"Comcast can't evade lawsuit over Broadcast TV and Sports fees: Comcast claims it can tack on Broadcast and Sports fees after order is submitted." Ars Technica 11:21 AM
"Fitbit turns teens off exercising, study finds" TechCrunch 11:05 AM
"Unlimited Data Plans Blamed for Slower AT&T, Verizon Speeds" PC Magazine 9:51 AM
"Senate Bill Calls for Stronger IoT Security" The Mac Observer 9:38 AM
"The return of the long-lasting DDoS attack and the rise of RDoS" BetaNews 8:42 AM
"China chatbot goes rogue: 'Do you love the Communist party?' 'No'" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:42 AM
"Amazon Echo turned into covert microphone" BBC 8:15 AM
"A Solution to Hackers? More Hackers" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:15 AM
"Hampshire inventor puts microchip in hand to unlock car" [Video Report] BBC 8:15 AM
"In the red corner: Malware-breeding AI. And in the blue corner: The AI trying to stop it/Behind the scenes of infosec's cat-and-mouse game" The Register 7:51 AM
"Tacking Age Discrimination in Silicon Valley" Wired 7:45 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"AAPL Conference Call Quirks and Can Apple Be the Microsoft of Cars? -ACM 422" The Mac Observer 5:25 PM
"Apple is Doing Terribly in Education. Doing Well. Which?" The Mac Observer 7:24 PM
"Opinion: Apple might be a money maker, but it's behind the curve on almost all of its products" MarketWatch 1:18 PM
"Apple's Tim Cook Is No Steve Jobs -- And That's Fine: Tim Cook has always carried the burden of being compared with Steve Jobs. Isn't it about time we gave Jobs' successor his due?" TheStreet 1:10 PM
"Is the MacBook Air The Last Classic Apple Notebook? – The 'Book Mystique" MacPrices 12:06 PM
"Apple's $261B cash pile: How will CEO Tim Cook spend it? [Video] Fox Business Videos 11:05 AM
"Why the iPad is making a comeback" Apple 3.0 9:50 AM
"By targeting the mid-market, Apple has struck gold with the $329 iPad" 9to5Mac 9:27 AM
"Apple's iPhone 8 drives sales slump in an expanding market" Apple Must 12:33 PM
"Comment: Apple's guidance suggests iPhone 8 will go on sale in September, with constrained supply" 9to5Mac 9:27 AM
"Why are analysts deaf to Apple's enterprise growth story?" Computerworld 9:05 AM
"'Goodbye, iPhone; Android Is Good Enough'" Mac 360 8:36 AM
"Everything we know about the new iPhone that Apple will announce in September" [Video] Business Insider 8:21 AM
"Apple Posts Some Surprising Quarterly Results" The Tech Night Owl 8:36 AM
"Cook: Apple has 'a large project going' in terms of autonomous systems" iDownload Blog 8:21 AM
"Rev's Forum: Is Apple a Market Leader or Just a Big Index Component?" TheStreet 8:07 AM
"Can Apple sustain its performance?" CNBC Videos 8:06 AM
"It turns out the iPad was just too expensive after all" ZDNet 8:00 AM
"eXtensions -The Wednesday File (16): Steam Railways -Putting Technology in Context; Plus Apple Q3 2017 results" eXtensions 7:33 AM
Non-Apple
"The Benefits of HDR 10 and Dell HDR Monitors Explained" DABCC 3:17 PM
"Opinion: Motorola's cluttered lineup marks a disappointing shift for a once consumer-friendly brand" 9to5Google 3:13 PM
"Review: The Moto E4 Plus is Motorola's new battery champ [Video] 9to5Google 10:48 AM
"One giant reason why tech bubble talk may simply be overblown" MarketWatch 8:07 AM
"Apple's Stock Opened at Record of Nearly $160 Per Share With $830 Billion Valuation" MacRumors 10:23 AM
"Apple just added a Ford. Stock up $48 billion in a single day: Apple adds more value in a single day than the worth of nearly 400 individual S&P 500 companies." CNBC 10:24 AM
"Apple hits a record high after crushing earnings" Business Insider 8:41 AM
"Apple Will Be Worth $2 Trillion and Billionaire Warren Buffett Will Be Smiling" RealMoney 8:07 AM
"Watch: Apple beats Street estimates with strong Q3" AppleInsider 4:04 PM
"The Key Trends From Apple's Q3 Earnings" Forbes 1:18 PM
"For Apple Investors, All Eyes Are On The Next iPhone" Forbes 9:27 AM
"Apple Is a Secret Undervalued Bank, and Billionaire Warren Buffett Will Be Laughing All the Way" TheStreet 8:09 AM
"Apple's Resilient iPhone Demand Boosts Revenue Forecast" Bloomberg Video 8:09 AM
"Apple Inc.'s iPad Biz Delivers Double-Digit Unit Growth" The Motley Fool 8:10 AM
"Apple gains could power Dow past 22,000" Reuters 8:01 AM
"It's not just AAPL stock that's up – its suppliers are also reaping the benefits" 9to5Mac 10:24 AM
"Asian tech shares boosted by Apple's robust earnings" Reuters 8:01 AM
Industry News
"Dow ends above 22,000 milestone with help from Apple: Broader market struggles; telecom shares suffer" MarketWatch 4:01 PM
"Beneath Dow 22,000 and Apple Euphoria Lurks Turmoil, Jim Cramer Reveals: What you need to know about the red-hot stock market right now." TheStreet 4:01 PM
"After tease, Dow again takes aim at 22,000" USA Today 8:03 AM
"Dow cracks 22,000, Apple hits record high" Reuters 4:00 PM
"Dow Industrials Close Above 22000 for First Time: Major indexes pressured by drop in other technology company stocks" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:00 PM
"Asian markets get boost from Apple's strong earnings: Apple suppliers listed in Taiwan, Hong Kong post gains" MarketWatch 8:02 AM
"European stocks struggle as oil and bank shares are dragged down: Apple shares rise in Frankfurt after earnings beat" MarketWatch 8:02 AM
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