"Apple's Market Cap Hits $1 Trillion: Technology giant hits new milestone that underscores the iPhone maker's explosive growth" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:51 PM
"Apple just hit a $1 trillion market cap: The stock rose nearly 3 percent, briefly hitting a session high of $207.05 in midday trading before falling back below $207." CNBC 11:21 AM
"Apple is worth over $1,000,000,000,000" TechCrunch 10:58 AM
"Apple is Officially a Trillion Dollar Company as Shares Cross $207 Mark" MacRumors 10:57 AM
"Apple Becomes First U.S. Company to Hit $1 Trillion Market Value" Bloomberg 11:24 AM
"Apple reaches $1,000,000,000,000 value" CNNMoney 11:00 AM
"Apple is first public company worth $1 trillion" BBC 2:31 PM
"It's official: Apple is the first U.S. public company to reach a $1 trillion market value/$2 trillion, though, will be tricky." Recode 11:35 AM
"Not All Locals Thrilled With Apple's Trillion Dollar Milestone" CBS SF Bay Area 8:33 PM
Apple News
"Is Apple's iPhone Still the Center of Its Universe? As Apple grows its ecosystem of devices and services, analysts are debating whether the iPhone is still the entry point into Apple's lucrative 'walled garden.'" TheStreet 8:00 AM
"Korea moving to tax Google, Apple, Amazon: The government will move quickly to impose taxes on Google, Apple, Amazon and other global IT companies. This follows policymakers and lawmakers paying greater attention to growing criticism that the firms earn billions of dollars in sales here annually but pay no taxes." The Korea Times 7:40 AM
"Apple Still Has $5.8 Billion to Pay After EU's 2016 Tax Demand" Bloomberg 8:36 AM
"U.S. jury asks Apple to pay $145 million in damages to Canada's WiLan" Reuters 7:30 AM
"Apple ordered to pay $145M in damages for patent infringement: A jury agreed that iPhone models of infringed wireless communications patents." CNET 7:30 AM
"Apple to stop people earning money from affiliate app sales: The move could kill services that focus on testing and recommending the best apps." Engadget 8:05 AM
"Apple kills app affiliate commissions, imperiling small publishers" VentureBeat 9:22 AM
"Apple stops sharing App Store revenue with outside recommendation sites/TouchArcade: 'Apple extending a massive middle finger' to third-party linkers." Ars Technica 10:20 AM
"Apple takes an axe to its App Affiliate Program: Review sites? Who needs 'em! Fanbois need never leave the App Store again" The Register 7:28 AM
"How to move a user account from one Mac to another: It's time for Migration Assistant." Macworld 7:43 AM
"macOS: Show All of the Passwords for an AirPort Base Station" The Mac Observer 8:40 AM
"How to Disable URL Link Previews in Messages for iOS & MacOS" OS X Daily 3:59 PM
"How To Create Animated Charts In Keynote" MacMost 9:02 AM
Op/Ed
"The 10 Mac games you need to play from July 2018: You'll surely find something new to play in last month's diverse Mac games haul." [Slideshow] Macworld 7:43 AM
"How subscriptions, Siri, and Shortcuts in iOS 12 will forever change Apple's App Store: It won't take another 10 years for our apps to evolve." Macworld 7:43 AM
"iPad Putting Pressure on Windows and Android Tablet Competitors, Says Strategy Analytics" MacRumors 7:54 AM
"Tablets Shipments Continue to Decline, Down 13.5% as Apple and Huawei Are the Only Top Companies Showing Growth in the Second Quarter, According to IDC" IDC 1:58 PM
"Apple premieres plans for store and event space in historic downtown L.A. theater" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 1:17 PM
"Apple Shares Details on Planned Tower Theatre Flagship Store in Los Angeles" MacRumors 1:18 PM
"Apple on the tracks: iOS on the railways/A look at how railways around the world are using iPhone and iPad to support operations, training, passenger engagement, and maintenance." Computerworld 9:02 AM
"Apple Hit With Suit Over SC Man's Exploding IPhone" Law360 [Subscription Required for Full Article] 8:04 AM
"Cupertino delays per-employee business tax for Apple and others: The measure won't be put to voters until 2020." Engadget 10:15 AM
"HomePod Estimated to Have 3 Million Sales and 6% Market Share in United States" MacRumors 8:25 AM
"Apple's HomePod so far an also-ran with 6 percent of smart speaker market: It's still early, but Apple is currently far from dominating the smart speaker world." CNET 12:00 PM
"Apple in touch with Chinese telcos on ways to cut spam" Reuters 7:26 AM
"Apple working to cut down iMessage spam in China" AppleInsider 7:51 AM
"Apple helping China fight back against iMessage spam" Cult of Mac 8:34 AM
"'You're getting nothing': Steve Jobs' daughter wrote a heartbreaking memoir about their often brutal relationship" Business Insider 7:40 AM
"Apple Closes Apple Watch Heart Rate Study to New Participants" MacRumors 6:15 PM
"Apple closes enrollment to Apple Heart Study" AppleInsider 6:59 PM
"Renowned film director Wim Wenders hits out at 'phone photography'" BBC 8:11 AM
"The three reasons a film director claims iPhone photography isn't really photography" 9to5Mac 8:11 AM
"Food is actually being served on iPads and it's my nightmare" Mashable 12:10 PM
"Newton launched August 2, 1993 setting the stage for what would become the iPad and iPhone" AppleInsider 7:51 AM
Non-Apple News
"Amazon Removes Products Featuring Nazi Symbols" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:26 PM
"Google Maps added a new feature that's equal parts genius and creepy" BGR 6:07 PM
"FCC loosens utility pole rules to accelerate 5G rollouts: They might also help Google Fiber, although there are catches." Engadget 3:23 PM
"FCC announces rules for 5G spectrum auction" Reuters 2:29 PM
"There's more: Google is also said to be developing a censored news app for China" TechCrunch 7:54 AM
"Google in China: Internet giant 'plans censored search engine'" BBC 7:51 AM
"Google Maps Says 'the East Cut' Is a Real Place. Locals Aren't So Sure." New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:43 AM
"Senate warns tech companies on foreign interference: 'Time is running out'/Meanwhile, Facebook's chief security officer quits" The Verge 7:42 AM
"Facebook wishes it could 'hit delete' on the notorious Andrew Bosworth memo justifying growth at all costs" Business Insider 7:40 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"iPad Refresh, Mac Sales, and App Store Affiliate Program -ACM 473" The Mac Observer 8:35 PM
"9to5Mac Happy Hour 184: iPad Pro design leaks, upcoming HomePod features and AAPL earnings" 9to5Mac 2:29 PM
"Apple's $1 Trillion Market Cap -TMO Daily Observations 2018-08-02" The Mac Observer 2:15 PM
"198: Troubleshooting with Doctors Moltz and Moren" The Rebound 10:16 AM
"The Information's 411 — The Jobs Tapes: Sarah and Martin explain why Facebook and Twitter's earnings set off a panic among investors. Nick reflects on his interview with Steve Jobs, which took place a decade ago at the dawn of the App Store." The Information [Subscription Required for Podcast] 7:59 AM
"Comment: Apple's ambitious target for Services growth may have unintended consequences" ["By continuing to offer an inadequate free tier, Apple is forcing customers onto the paid tiers, thereby generating Services revenue. But it's money gained at the expense of customer satisfaction with the company. Many people pay the fee, but grumble as they do so, and feel that Apple isn't behaving as it should."] 9to5Mac 9:22 AM
"HomePod Multi-room Control" ["There's really no app for controlling the HomePod."] Macdrifter 8:14 AM
"Cool runnings: Apple schools while being uncool" Macworld 8:11 AM
"Apple Will Soon Remove iOS and Mac Apps From Affiliate Program" ["I don't know what the explanation is, but sites like TouchArcade that are currently dependent on App Store affiliate program revenue. I'd love to know why Apple made this decision."] Daring Fireball 1:43 PM
"Apple ending the App Store affiliate program is bad for the community" iMore 11:00 AM
"Apple Announces Apps and In-App Purchases Will Be Removed from its Affiliate Program October 1st" MacStories 8:17 AM
"Apple Kills the App Store Affiliate Program, and I Have No Idea What We Are Going to Do." Touch Arcade 8:16 AM
"Apple Overestimates Its App Store Search" Macdrifter 8:16 AM
"Apple is ignorantly killing the App Store affiliate program" Cult of Mac 8:08 AM
"Fitbit gives Apple Watch its only real competition" Cult of Mac 8:08 AM
"Opinion: Why a trillion-dollar Apple is nothing to celebrate/Chances are good that the company will underperform" MarketWatch 8:00 AM
Non-Apple
"Apple unlikely to include Lightning-to-headphone jack converter with 2018 iPhones, analyst says" AppleInsider 9:26 PM
"Review: Microsoft Surface Go/Surface Pro's fun-sized sibling proves that good things come in small packages." Wired [Free Registration Required] 8:10 AM
"Google might return to China. Here's why that's so controversial" CNNMoney 7:30 AM
"HP Ink splashes out on Brit print provider Apogee: Acquisition-happy services slinger to become inky tentacle of globocorp" The Register 6:44 AM
"HP acquires MPS player Apogee to advance A3 printer strategy" Channel Pro 6:44 AM
"HP announce a new retail Kiosk and POS solution based on Windows 10" MSPoweruser 6:44 AM
"Microsoft Edge adds WebAuthn as passwords near the end" Sophos 8:18 AM
"Microsoft Edge Flaw Lets Hackers Steal Local Files" Bleeping Computer 8:18 AM
"AMD Ryzen and Intel Coffee Lake CPU Market Share at 50% Each in July — Strong Ryzen Sales, Intel CPUs Still Report Higher Revenue" WCCFTech 7:21 AM
"Intel starts talking real 5G data center use cases" Diginomica 7:47 AM
"MSI releases Z370 motherboard BIOS files for Intel 9K support" Hexus 7:21 AM
"HPI Puts Intel's Optane Chipset to Work in New Retail POS Devices: These new machines will be able to handle natively all sorts of mobile payment apps, such as Apple Wallet, Samsung Pay, Google Pay, a number of separate banking apps, and others." eWeek 7:22 AM
"MSI to releases bios updates with Core i-9000 support for Z370 motherboards" Guru3D 7:22 AM
"Dell XPS 2-in-1 15-inch review: Hybrid laptop is flippin' great" Pocket-lint 6:42 AM
"HP Envy x2 Always Connected PC: A mixed bag but a worthwhile travel companion" ZDNet 6:28 AM
"Amazon will ditch Oracle by 2020, despite what Larry Ellison says: Amazon is about to compete heavily with its former suppliers" The Inquirer 6:27 AM
"Amazon, ditch us? But they can't do without us - Oracle: Battle of database rivals fuelled by reports marketplace monster is flying off Big Red" The Register 8:19 AM
"Qualcomm Demands Information About Intel's Chips in 2018 iPhones" MacTrast 6:28 AM
"Cisco buys Duo Security for $2.35 billion, adds cloud-based authentication to security lineup" ZDNet 7:28 AM
"Skynet Takes on Qualcomm Engineers" EE Times Asia 6:25 AM
"Microprocessor Market 2018 Global Forecast and Share: Nvidia, Intel, AMD, Apple, MediaTek, Freescale and Qualcomm" Energy News 6:45 AM
"This is What Apple Needs to Reach a $1 Trillion Market Cap" Investing 8:01 AM
"Should You Bet on Apple Reaching $1 Trillion?" Investopedia 8:00 AM
"Apple Stock Buyback Tops $20B In Second Quarter" Investopedia 8:01 AM
"Apple at $201.50: Look who's underwater now" Apple 3.0 8:14 AM
"If you invested $1,000 in Apple 10 years ago, here's how much you'd have now" CNBC 1:16 PM
Industry News
"Apple's romp to $1 trillion market cap helps S&P 500, Nasdaq notch gains: Apple has gained more than $80 billion in value over the past two sessions" MarketWatch 5:18 PM
"Apple Makes History, Becomes First U.S. Firm to Achieve $1 Trillion Valuation: Apple's valuation surged past the historic milestone following the company's latest positive earnings report." TheStreet 5:18 PM
"Asian stock markets drop, weighed by pullback in China: Trade-war fears sink indexes in Shanghai, Shenzhen; Nikkei retreats from recent highs" MarketWatch 8:30 AM
"Europe's stock benchmarks log second straight loss as trade worries weigh: Bank of England hikes rates as expected in unanimous decision" MarketWatch 5:21 PM
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