"How Apple Built An iPhone Camera That Makes Everyone A Professional Photographer: How does Apple think about iPhone camera design? Obsessively." BuzzFeed 11:15 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook: iPhone 8 and Apple Watch Series 3 are sold out in some places/Apple CEO Tim Cook continued his tradition on Friday of visiting an Apple Store on the day of a big product launch." CNBC 12:30 PM
"What If Apple's Supercycle Isn't So Super: Early concerns about Apple's iPhone 8 and cell-connected watch provide a rough start to what needs to be a big year" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:43 AM
"Apple faces doubts over demand for iPhone 8: Launch of the new model on Friday could be its weakest in three years" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:35 AM
"Survey Suggests Higher Demand for iPhone 8 and X; but Brace for Short Lines" Loup Ventures 7:07 AM
"This could be worst iPhone launch week ever for Apple's stock" MarketWatch 7:43 AM
"The iPhone 8 has landed" ["Apple's unusual strategy of releasing multiple new phones and staggering the launch dates might not hurt its bottom line, but it could damper launch day excitement for both."] CNNMoney 7:34 AM
"Apple's Latest Products Get Rare Mixed-Bag Reviews: A string of new gadgets fail to wow reviewers. Maybe the iPhone X will do the trick." Bloomberg 8:41 AM
"How Apple is taming the ad biz. Just don't expect Google or Zuck to follow" The Register 7:27 AM
"Apple Is a Bigger Cloud Company Than You Think: Apple is rapidly becoming a cloud company, which is keeping margins high and the stock price up." InvestorPlace 8:44 AM
"Singapore government to trial Apple Pay for public transport in 2018" AppleInsider 9:33 PM
"This Is How Apple Prepares For iPhone Day" YouTube: BuzzFeed 9:42 AM
"Video: This is How Apple Plans for iPhone Launch Days" Apple Must 2:33 PM
"Around the world, a muted launch for Apple's iPhone 8" Reuters 4:09 PM
"What Wall Street's Saying About Apple's New Products on Store Shelves" Bloomberg 8:42 AM
"Hardly anybody showed up at Apple's flagship store in London for the release of the iPhone 8" [Video] Business Insider 7:44 AM
"iPhone 8 is seeing some tiny launch day lines" The Verge 9:58 AM
"Where the iPhone 8 is cheapest and most expensive—in dollars, pounds, and yuan" Quartz 7:38 AM
"Apple Inc. Gets Serious About Other Products" InvestorPlace 8:09 AM
"The Curious, Complicated History of Queen Elizabeth's iPod" Vogue 2:36 PM
"iTunes finally offers 48-hour rentals in the US" TechCrunch 1:32 PM
"Apple extends iTunes movie rentals to 48 hours: You still have 30 days to start streaming them." Engadget 6:13 PM
"IKEA riffs on Apple slogans to promote furniture with built-in wireless charging" 9to5Mac 8:43 AM
"Apple touts 8 new iPhone 8 features in latest ad" 9to5Mac 2:40 PM
Non-Apple News
"Apple GPU provider Imagination sells itself to private equity firm after losing contract: China-backed Canyon Bridge is scooping up the UK company for £550 million" The Verge 7:10 PM
"Trump and Kremlin think political Facebook ads are just a hoax" New York Post 9:42 AM
"T-Mobile and Sprint could announce their merger in October" The Verge 9:07 AM
"Exclusive: T-Mobile, Sprint close to agreeing deal terms - sources" Reuters 7:25 AM
"Tim Cook is 'thrilled' with iPhone 8 sales, says Apple Watch LTE fix is coming" BGR 7:04 PM
"The Intriguing Design of The Steve Jobs Theater Explained" The Mac Observer 6:05 PM
"Early Adopters of iPhone 8 Impressed With Glass-Backed Design and True Tone Display" MacRumors 4:07 PM
"Everyone's waiting for the iPhone X, and that may be bad news for Apple" Mashable 4:07 PM
"Opinion: Constrained iPhone X supply will create a secondary spike in iPhone 8 sales before holidays" 9to5Mac 1:31 PM
"The iPhone X Portends a More Accessible Future" iMore 11:18 AM
"The iPhone X Has a Color Problem" Mashable 10:05 AM
"Now They Want to Dissuade You from Buying an iPhone 8" The Tech Night Owl 8:51 AM
"Why you'll definitely want a case for your iPhone X" Mashable 8:31 AM
"What happened to RSS subscriptions on Safari in iOS 11?" iMore 8:10 AM
"'I'm not going to use it!': Apple fan reveals sweet reason he spent 11 days camping for new iPhone 8" Telegraph 7:44 AM
"Opinion: I bought my first Apple iPhone — and I regret it/I can't figure out why millions of people overspend on such an average smartphone" MarketWatch 7:43 AM
"Strange Days at Apple: Two bizarre things have transpired at Apple of late that calls into question something very basic. In short, what's up with the world's largest tech company?" TheStreet 7:42 AM
"The iPhone's Home button is gone: What's next to go? Last year, it was the headphone jack. This year, it's the Home button. Innovation requires sacrifices sometimes, and in Apple has sacrificed a lot." Macworld 7:39 AM
"Don't Buy an Apple TV 4K if You Don't Have Fast Internet" Kirkville 7:37 AM
Non-Apple
"Why regulating Google and Facebook like utilities is a long shot" Axios 7:38 AM
"Can Amazon truly become a mobile payment power?" Computerworld 7:34 AM
"Cloud washes Dell off perch atop storage market" The Register 8:18 AM
"Intel May Tie Future Core CPUs to VR Trend with Dedicated Features" FARS 8:16 AM
"Huawei teams up with Intel for its latest 5G trials" Mobile Europe 8:17 AM
"Huawei and Intel partner on 5G NR interoperability trials" ZDNet 8:16 AM
"Intel Core i7-8700K Benchmarks With MSI Z370 KRAIT Gaming Motherboard Leaked – Overclocking Detailed, Still Features TIM Instead of Solder" WCCFTech 8:16 AM
"Apple has shed $50 billion — bigger than the entire value of eBay, Target or Ford — since it unveiled the new iPhone" CNBC 6:06 PM
"Apple set for worst week in 17 months, sheds $43bn in market value" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:05 AM
"Apple: Piper Raises Target to $196 as Consumer Wait for iPhone X" Barron's 9:43 AM
"Apple Stock Could Suffer Its Worst iPhone Launch Since 2010 If Friday Flops: Apple shares need a hearty bump Friday." TheStreet 8:32 AM
"Buy Apple because more expensive $1,000 iPhone X will boost its profit: Analyst" CNBC 7:43 AM
"Apple's stock keeps falling, as investors suffer 'short-term pain for long-term gain'" MarketWatch 7:43 AM
Industry News
"Dow, S&P 500 eke out small gains, post second weekly advance: Apple suffers worst week ahead of an iPhone launch; Small-cap Russell 2000 ends at a record" MarketWatch 4:48 PM
"Stocks Claw Back From Session Lows as Markets Digest North Korea Threat: Here's where stocks are trading on Friday morning." TheStreet 4:12 PM
"Wall Street edges up, shaking off healthcare, North Korea worries" Reuters 4:11 PM
"Dow, S&P 500 Post Small Weekly Gains: Stock moves have been muted in recent sessions, something traders attribute to a dearth of corporate news" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:47 PM
"Asian markets rattled by latest North Korean nuclear threat: Yen spikes after mention of hydrogen-bomb test in Pacific" MarketWatch 8:24 AM
"European stocks shaken by North Korea, but strong PMIs keep losses in check: German election on Sunday is also in focus" MarketWatch 8:23 AM
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