"Apple opens its first store in Taiwan: Apple opened its first store in Taiwan on Saturday with more than a thousand shoppers flocking to the site located in the island's landmark skyscraper and tallest building, Taipei 101." Financial Express 4:36 PM
"Apple's iPhone turns 10; bumpy start remembered" The Japan News 7:17 AM
"Apple cuts prices of iPhone, iPad, & Mac in India as part of tax reform rollout" 9to5Mac 1:25 PM
"Apple Inc. Changes iPhone and iPad Chip Strategy: iPad gets new chip manufacturing technologies first, while iPhone follows." The Motley Fool 4:37 PM
"Understanding the Real Innovation behind the iPhone: A decade ago Apple didn't just create a phone with some extra features, it introduced a full-fledged handheld computer that could also make calls and browse the internet" Scientific American 6/30
"iPhone 1: Look Who's Talking/Apple saw its first iPhone being used predominantly as a phone. How times have changed." WSJ Blogs 6/30
"After 10 years, where does the iPhone go next?" Macworld 6/30
"The Least Important Part of the iPhone..." Medium 6/30
"Apple's TV strategy is still an embarrassing joke" BGR 6/30
"Looking Deeper into Apple's Focus on Jobs" Market Realist 6/30
"Coming July 1: Gene Steinberg meets commentator/podcaster Peter Cohen and The Mac Observer's Jeff Gamet, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7:04 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Get Ready for macOS High Sierra Public Beta -TMO Daily Observations 2017-06-30" The Mac Observer 6/30
"Road to Macstock – Kirschen Seah on the Ease of Approach to Automator" MacVoices 6/30
"CNET UK podcast 524: Supersonic excitement and the iPhone's 10th birthday" CNET 6/30
"The iPhone turns 10 and Petya is on the loose: The Vergecast explains" The Verge 6/30
"iOS 11 iCloud Activation Lock Bypass Demoed On Video, But You Shouldn't Worry About It" Redmond Pie 4:50 PM
"Latest renders imagine the iPhone 8 in white, showing glass body + reduced bezelsĀ [Gallery] 9to5Mac 12:52 PM
"Alleged iPhone 8 prototype leaks, but it's probably not the final design" 9to5Mac 6/30
"Possible iPhone 8 prototype sports huge display" Cult of Mac 6/30
"Here's What Apple's iPhone 8 Looks Like, Maybe" TheStreet 6/30
"10 nm Process Rollout Marching Right Along" Tech Insights 6/30
"TechInsights Confirms Apple's A10X SoC Is TSMC 10nm FF; 96.4mm2 Die Size" AnandTech 6/30
"1 Winner From the New Apple Inc. iPad Pro Tablets: And the manufacturer of the A10X chip is... TSMC." The Motley Fool 6/30
"The iPad Pro's A10X Gets Naked, Reveals 10nm TSMC Design" The Mac Observer 6/30
"Samsung Display to Construct World's Biggest OLED Plant" ["In order to supply panels to Apple and Samsung Electronics, it is understood that Samsung Display has secured production capacity of 135,000 panels per month over two years span."] Electronic Times 6/30
"5 More Cool iOS 11 ARKit Demonstration Videos" The Mac Observer 6/30
"Removal of 3D Touch app switching gesture in iOS 11 confirmed as intentional change" 9to5Mac 6/30
"Sprint-Cable Deal Would Be Mixed Picture for Industry, Consumers" Tech.pinions 6/30
"Surface Laptop review: Microsoft's MacBook Air killer nails what students need/Great looks, battery life, light weight. And for the future, there's Windows 10 Pro." PCWorld 6/30
"Windows 7 loses market share in latest reports" Neowin 11:25 AM
"Browser market share reports emphasize that Microsoft Edge just isn't good enough for users" Neowin 1:16 PM
"Microsoft now reminds users to install latest Windows 10 version and review privacy settings" Neowin 7:19 AM
"Microsoft Pushes New Privacy Interface to Older Windows 10 Versions" Thurrott 4:42 PM
"Microsoft now insisting Windows 10 users make data privacy choices" MSPoweruser 7:26 AM
"Microsoft Windows 10 AutoPilot To Delight IT Admins With Zero-Touch PC Deployment" HotHardware 5:31 PM
"Microsoft expands FastTrack to include Azure, available in preview starting August 1st" Neowin 2:03 PM
"How to switch from Windows 10 S to Pro, and back again: It's easy to go from Windows 10 S to Windows 10 Pro. Switching back is harder, but still possible." CNET 7:27 AM
"Windows 10's share has grown by just 5 percent in a year" BetaNews 7:27 AM
"Microsoft and Sony so far failed to broaden the gaming market according to former executive" Neowin 12:52 PM
"Wall St ends bumpy week, strong 1st half with modest gain" Reuters 6/30
"U.S. Stocks Push Higher; Tech Shares Edge Up: Dow industrials, S&P 500 set to post solid gains in first half of 2017; Nasdaq set for double-digit gain" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6/30
"Bond selloff spreads to Asia, with Japanese yields at multimonth high: More central banks may be following the Federal Reserve's hawkish lead, sending bond yields skyrocketing" MarketWatch 6/30
"European stocks inch higher after sharpest selloff in 9 months: European stocks edged higher Friday, with technology and consumer-related shares on the mend after a hefty selloff, but the region's benchmark was still on track to finish June in the red." MarketWatch 6/30
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