"Apple Goes Without a Lobby Into European Fray" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:28 PM
"iPhone 7 Year-Over-Year Sales On Launch Weekend Down 25%" UberGizmo 8:50 AM
"Apple's iCar dreams rev their engines: Rumors have been swirling around Apple purchasing automakers McLaren and LIT Motors, but there's no word yet on a software platform for their self-driving car program." Inc. 10:07 AM
"Forget racing, this is what's really driving Apple's interest in McLaren" BGR 8:44 AM
"If Apple built a car, here are the companies it would probably work with" Business Insider 8:36 AM
"Apple Is Now Boring Enough to Buy for $37 Billion Stock Sifter" Bloomberg 8:42 AM
"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 9/24
"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 9/24
"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 9/24
"Apple exec Eddy Cue nets $59M in vested company stock" AppleInsider 9/24
"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] 9/24
"Apple iPhone: An icon revisited" TechnoBuffalo 9/24
"The Evolution of Apple's iPhone" [Slideshow] Computerworld 9/24
"Nvidia Job Posting for Mac Software Engineer Points To GPU Return and OpenCL Push for Apple" Architosh 9/24
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"macOS Sierra accidentally kills app piracy" Mac Kung Fu 8:44 AM
"Beware Desktop and Documents Folder Syncing on MacOS Sierra" Daring Fireball 8:43 AM
"Troubleshooting macOS Sierra Problems" OS X Daily 9/24
"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 9/24
"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
"IBM announces next implementation of Apple's Swift developer language" 9to5Mac 9:35 PM
"Apple acknowledges iOS 10 security flaw that makes it easier to access protected iTunes backups" 9to5Mac 9/24
"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 9/24
"With iOS 10.0.2, Apple Squashed The Lightning Headphones Bug And A Few Others" Digital Trends 9/24
"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 9/24
"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 9/24
"It's getting harder to use the iPhone without using TouchID" The Verge 9/24
"iPhone 7: Buyer Beware/Buyer beware: the iPhone 7 is probably the most unspectacular full upgrade yet." Forbes 9/24
"Apple may be shopping for car companies, but Tesla shouldn't be on its list" Business Insider 9/24
"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 9/24
"Burying the lede: The headphone non-issue" Macworld 9/24
"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 9/24
"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 9/24
"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
"The wait for Nintendo's next console is testing the company's most passionate fans" Business Insider 8:36 AM
"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
"LastThink Releases Online Nicaragua TV 4.5 for iOS" prMac 8:36 AM
"AG Drive is Apple's free app of the week" phoneArena 9/24
"Pokémon GO update shows where Pokémon were caught, adds Go Plus features & bug fixes" iDownload Blog 9/24
"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
"Microsoft challenged in the U.K. to compensate failed Windows 10 installs" iTWire 8:55 AM
"Microsoft Garage's Project Córdoba is an Excel add-in for working with IoT data" VentureBeat 8:58 AM
"Analyst Perspectives On Microsoft Corporation" Markets Daily 8:58 AM
"Intel to build 'smart' Israel development center: Intel Israel has laid the cornerstone for its Petah Tikva campus, based on IoT technology, to house 2,500 development personnel currently working in 13 buildings." Globes Israel 8:54 AM
"HP Elite x3 release delayed until mid-October due to camera issues" Windows Report 8:53 AM
"AMD No Longer Coming Up Short: The chip maker's improving prospects have made the stock a less appealing short target" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:34 PM
"Even More Analysts Chasing AMD Higher After Financing" 24/7 Wall St. 9:41 AM
"Cisco Systems, Inc. and Salesforce Agrees to Provide Joint Platform to Their Users" SmartStock News 8:52 AM
"Big Software is the next, er, big thing: Canonical on OpenStack dev" The Register 8:23 AM
"Here's why Microsoft is the 'new' cool kid on the block" Yahoo! Finance 9/24
"Microsoft Patents Big Brother AI To Monitor Everything You Do In Windows Then Feed Bing For Search Results" HotHardware 9/24
"Microsoft has added some new key members to its HoloLens team" WinBeta 9/24
"Computer Scientists Close In on Perfect, Hack-Proof Code" Wired 9/24
"The Long War on Encryption: Should the FBI be able to access any communication? And will quantum cryptography break all of security?" PC Magazine 9/24
"Facebook has built a world-class, murderous, Doom-playing AI" Business Insider 9/24
"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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