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Weekend Highlights: Chairman of Pegatron says demand for iPhone 7 is beating their forecasts; Eddy Cue scores a hefty $59 million in vested stock; Reuters reporting that Apple is under antitrust watch in Japan concerning domination of country's smartphone sales; according to Business Insider, Apple has hired an exec from Epic Records to work on exclusive content suggesting "Apple Music is acting like a record label"; Mark Gurman is hearing Apple hard at work on a Siri competitor to Amazon's Echo; TechCrunch thinks Apple is more interested in McLaren Applied Technologies than the racing side of the company; Macworld tells how you can recover a Fusion Drive from a Mac that's been physically damaged; great Time Machine tip to speed it up; iHeartRadio said to be pondering streaming service to compete with Apple, Spotify; hackers say Apple's backup security in iOS 10 has weakened; new Apple TV may be on the horizon, but FCC filing mysterious; Google among possible suitors for Twitter; poor quality phone calls affecting some iPhone 7 owners, possible Verizon issue; iPhone 7, 7 Plus reviews continue from BGR, Alphr, Mashable, and AppleInsider.
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"Pegatron chairman: iPhone 7 demand beating forecasts: The head of a key iPhone assembler in Taiwan has hinted at better than expected demand for the latest smartphone offering by Apple Inc., while expressing doubt that a recent product recall for market rival Samsung Electronics would boost Apple's sales figures." Nikkei 8:28 AM
"Apple's Reported Plans to Challenge Amazon Make Sense, But Won't Move the Needle Much: Apple might have some ways to differentiated its rumored home speaker. But competition will still be stiff, and the addressable market modest for a company of Apple's size." TheStreet 10:09 AM
"Wall Street hasn't factored this into its Apple models: A Siri-based version of Amazon's Echo could be ready in time for Christmas '17." Apple 3.0 1:08 PM
"Apple exec Eddy Cue nets $59M in vested company stock" AppleInsider 8:09 AM
"Phone Makers Could Cut Off Drivers. So Why Don't They? Apple and digital giants have developed potentially lifesaving technology to block texting while driving, but it's still not being deployed." New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:41 AM
"Apple iPhone: An icon revisited" TechnoBuffalo 8:27 AM
"The Evolution of Apple's iPhone" [Slideshow] Computerworld 8:05 AM
"Exclusive: Japan's antitrust watchdog considers action against Apple, carriers - sources/Japanese regulators are considering taking action against Apple Inc over possible antitrust violations that may have helped it dominate the nation's smartphone sales, government sources said, a move that could hit the company's profit margins in one of its most profitable markets." Reuters 9/23
"This is a big sign Apple Music is acting like a record label: Apple just hired a former Epic Records executive who could help Apple Music double down on streaming exclusives. Scott Seviour, a former senior vice president at Epic Records, is joining Apple in Los Angeles to work on original content. At Epic, which he left in 2014, he worked with LA Reid, the CEO of Epic and a veteran music executive most famous for appearing on 'The X Factor.'" Business Insider 9/23
"Another record label honcho joins Apple Music band" Cult of Mac 9/23
"Apple Stepping Up Plans for Amazon Echo-Style Smart-Home Device" Bloomberg 9/23
"Apple 'Pressing Ahead' Into Prototype Testing for Echo-Like Smart Home Device Powered by Siri" MacRumors 9/23
"Apple's Echo rival reportedly has a prototype, complete with cameras" CNET 9/23
"Report: Apple's answer to the Amazon Echo inches closer to reality" ZDNet 9/23
"It's not McLaren Racing, but McLaren Applied Technologies, that Apple is likely lusting after" TechCrunch 9/23
"Apple buys big data and machine learning firm TupleJump: Tech giants continue buying spree" V3 9/23
"Apple Keeps Buying Companies In This Space" Fortune 9/23
"How Apple's hardline privacy policy limits key features in Photos and Siri: Apple should be able to find a middle ground that maintains users' privacy and provides the features that people want." Macworld 9/23
"Nvidia Job Posting for Mac Software Engineer Points To GPU Return and OpenCL Push for Apple" Architosh 4:30 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Troubleshooting macOS Sierra Problems" OS X Daily 5:04 PM
"macOS Sierra discussion includes a Messages issue (old messages lost/incompatible); OS X Server problems (lost users); lost HiDPI options for extenal displays; a Safari download date bug (and alternative browsers); Aperture compatibility issues; Siri; a trick to finding macOS Sierra on the Mac App Store; Quicken Essentials incompatible; Apple Mail/Spotlight issues; a Preview print glitch; lost Photos (iCloud checkbox trap), command-line changes and more." MacInTouch 10:29 AM
"How to resurrect a Fusion Drive from a destroyed Mac: When an iMac is physically damaged, how do you get the data from its Fusion Drive." Macworld 9/23
"Users Report Loss of HiDPI Scaling on External Displays in macOS Sierra" MacRumors 9/23
"macOS Sierra discussions include OS X Server problems; a variety of compatibility issues; an AppleScript change (and possible workarounds); secure delete changes; a Keychain alternative; scattered, inconsistent encryption interfaces; USB 3 hub problems; an iCloud file-deletion disaster; installation experiences and more." MacInTouch 9/23
"macOS Sierra Fixes Disk Utility's Typos" 512 Pixels 9/23
"Apple acknowledges iOS 10 security flaw that makes it easier to access protected iTunes backups" 9to5Mac 8:23 PM
"iOS 10.0.2 update fixes bugs in headphones, Photos: A glitch that could cause the controls on Lightning AirPods to time out has been fixed." Engadget 8:17 AM
"With iOS 10.0.2, Apple Squashed The Lightning Headphones Bug And A Few Others" Digital Trends 8:14 AM
"iPhone 7 owners are complaining about poor call quality" The Next Web 9/23
"Sporadic reports of poor phone call quality on iPhone 7, may be linked to Verizon" 9to5Mac 9/23
"iOS 10.0.2 Update Released with Bug Fixes for iPhone & iPad" OS X Daily 9/23
"Apple Releases iOS 10.0.2 With Fixes for Headphone, Photos, and App Extension Bugs" MacRumors 9/23
"Chip orders for new iPhone to fall in 1Q17, sources say" DigiTimes 9/23
"Apple's iPhone 7 costs just $220 to make" Telegraph 9/23
"Apple's Flagship iPhone Keeps Getting More Expensive To Build" Forbes 9/23
"NVIDIA Corporation Could Win Back the Apple Inc. Mac: A job listing on the graphics specialist's website suggests that it's working with Apple on future Macs." The Motley Fool 9/23
"Nvidia Job Postings Suggest an Nvidia Chip Return to Apple Macs" Bloomberg 9/23
"Watch the Apple Watch Series 2 eject water from the speaker in slo-mo [Video] 9to5Mac 9/23
"iPhone 7 apparently takes less than 24 hours to jailbreak" The Next Web 9/23
AppleCare/Helps
"iTunes Backup Passwords 'Much Easier' to Crack in iOS 10, Apple Working on Fix" MacRumors 5:13 PM
"ScanSnap on Sierra Update: Fujitsu Warns of Data Loss In 'Specific Circumstances" The Mac Observer 9/23
"Missing Artist Images in iTunes and the iOS 10 Music App" Kirkville 9/23
"Why aren't people freaking out about glasses that watch everything you do, all the time? Evan Spiegel wants to record your memories, and everyone seems fine with that." Recode 5:15 PM
"It's getting harder to use the iPhone without using TouchID" The Verge 5:13 PM
"iPhone 7: Buyer Beware/Buyer beware: the iPhone 7 is probably the most unspectacular full upgrade yet." Forbes 5:03 PM
"Apple may be shopping for car companies, but Tesla shouldn't be on its list" Business Insider 8:27 AM
"The best smartphone is the one you already own" ["A brand new smartphone is anything but a status symbol. It simply means you've been fooled into valuing a shiny new object over its impact on labor, the environment, or even your own time. And it's not entirely your own fault."] Digital Trends 8:13 AM
"Burying the lede: The headphone non-issue" Macworld 8:10 AM
"Google Allo's Privacy Flaws: Concerning But Not a Dealbreaker/The main threat is the unlikely scenario that Google itself could be hacked, according to security experts." PC Magazine 8:24 AM
"Why you want Google's Allo: Reviews are mixed on Google's latest communication app. Here's what the reviewers aren't telling you." Computerworld 8:04 AM
"This May be The 4K UHD Apple TV We've Been Waiting For" The Mac Observer 9/23
"Apple Music Mixes: Why Doesn't Everyone See the Same Thing?" Kirkville 9/23
"Back in Black: Remembering the high-end MacBook" iMore 9/23
"Well, I never! iOS 10's voicemail transcription has a potty mouth" PCWorld 9/23
"Feature Request: iPhone 7 stereo speakers amplify the need for Music app landscape support" 9to5Mac 9/23
"Think different: Apple plans AI 'for the rest of us" Apple Must 9/23
"Apple's Tuplejump Purchase Hints at a Smarter Siri and Echo Competitor" The Mac Observer 9/23
"Report: Apple looking to beef up smart home, Siri" Six Colors 9/23
"Apple's home hub and the challenge of making Siri multi-personal" iMore 9/23
"Apple Hates Music Lovers Who Want to Own Their Music" The Mac Observer 9/23
"How Apple Watch Is Getting Stomped" BohemianBoomer 9/23
"Apple Deleting the iPhone's Audio Jack Is Good News for Marketing Companies" Motherboard 9/23
"Why Apple Should Buy McLaren Automotive, Even Though It Probably Won't" Green Tech Media 9/23
"Missing the iPhone 7 headphone jack? Whatever you do, DON'T do this: 'SECRET hack' leaves Apple fans fuming after offering them the chance to reclaim their iPhone 7 headphone jack." Express UK 9/23
"The App Store is broken, long live apps" The Next Web 9/23
"It may be time for Apple to get into the cellular network business" Apple World Today 9/23
"Oi, Apple fanbois. Your beloved Jesus Phones are pisspoor for disabled users: An Apple user with muscular dystrophy writes" The Register 9/23
Non-Apple
"If Google Is Not A Technology Company (it is not), Then What Is it? An Online Stalker?" NoodleMac 9/23
Humor/Cartoons
"Parody video shows new use for Samsung's Note 7 as mobile meat griller" Cult of Mac 9/23
"Apple's latest AirBag product, revealed by Conan O'Brien" CNET 9/23
"AG Drive is Apple's free app of the week" phoneArena 9:07 PM
"Pokémon GO update shows where Pokémon were caught, adds Go Plus features & bug fixes" iDownload Blog 8:16 AM
"Coming September 24: Gene Steinberg meets Macworld feature writer Kirk McElhearn, and Jeff Gamet of The Mac Observer, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 9/23
"Apple's iMessage App Store already has over 1,650 apps, majority are sticker packs" TechCrunch 9/23
"Shazam's Interactive Notifications on iOS 10" MacStories 9/23
"Computer Scientists Close In on Perfect, Hack-Proof Code" Wired 8:08 AM
"The Long War on Encryption: Should the FBI be able to access any communication? And will quantum cryptography break all of security?" PC Magazine 8:27 AM
"Facebook has built a world-class, murderous, Doom-playing AI" Business Insider 8:09 AM
"Could an entire city be hacked?" CBS News 10:11 AM
"It's not easy being green, but Microsoft promises to use 50% renewable energy by 2018" Neowin 9/23
"Microsoft: We're hugging trees to save the 'world'" Channel Register 9/23
"Microsoft lights up German data centres to address data residency" Computer Business Review 9/23
"Microsoft vows to 'solve cancer' in a decade. Hubris ensues." Science Blogs 9/23
"Microsoft focussed on closing digital divide in India, says Global VP Alvaro Celis" The Economic Times 9/23
"Users Rush to Install Windows 10 Anniversary Update on Both Phones and PC" Softpedia 9/23
"Viptela Extends SD-WAN to Microsoft Azure" Converge 9/23
"BT to Offer Microsoft Azure Services" Converge 9/23
"IBM, Microsoft Tap New European Markets With Cloud Data Centers" WHIR 9/23
"MarTech Today: IBM's Watson works for Hollywood and Chevrolet, xAd launches GeoBlocks & more" Marketing Land 9/23
"Report of buyout interest from Cisco, IBM sends Imperva shares soaring" CNBC 9/23
"IBM shows how fast its brain-like chip can learn" PCWorld 9/23
"Australian Bureau of Statistics lays blame for census bungle on IBM" The Guardian 9/23
"#Censusfail inquiry: Attackers still unknown, IBM blamed for failures" SBS 9/23
"IBM lambasted by ABS for failing to handle Census DDoS" ZDNet 9/23
"Companies say IoT matters but don't agree how to secure it: An IDC survey shows a majority of enterprises consider IoT strategic to their future" IDG News Service 9/23
"The 5 technologies that are going to define the next decade in cities" TechCrunch 9/23
"Nasdaq notches another closing high, Dow up 99" USA Today 9/23
"Stocks End Lower, Cap Week in the Green" Reuters 9/23
"U.S. Stocks Fall Along With Oil Prices: But equity market posts weekly gains" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9/23
"Stronger yen weighs on Nikkei, as most Asian markets rise: Asian shares were mixed, some markets boosted by central banks' deciding to stick with easy-money policies, with Japanese stocks weighed down by a strong yen." MarketWatch 9/23
"European stocks end lower, falling from 2-week high after tepid data: MarketWatch" MarketWatch 9/23
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