"Apple Is Planning a New Low-Cost MacBook, Pro-Focused Mac Mini" Bloomberg 2:27 PM
"Apple will reportedly release a redesigned MacBook Air and new Mac Mini later this year" Business Insider 2:51 PM
"Apple reportedly plans pro Mac mini and Retina MacBook Air for October" VentureBeat 2:51 PM
"Apple Pulls Illegal Apps Targeted by Chinese State Media: Apple offers more than 1.8 million apps in China" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:23 AM
"Apple culls apps in China after state media criticism" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 6:47 AM
"Apple removes illegal lottery apps from China store" Reuters 6:47 AM
"Apple reportedly yanked 25,000 apps from its China App Store" CNBC 6:46 AM
"Apple Confirms Removing as Many as 25,000 Illegal Gambling-Related Apps From App Store in China" MacRumors 6:23 AM
"Apple removes 25,000 'illegal' apps from App Store in China" The Verge 6:24 AM
"Apple Seeds Eighth Beta of macOS Mojave to Developers" MacRumors 12:30 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Mojave: How to make Automator shortcuts for MBP Touch Bar/Apple's macOS Mojave introduces a rather cool new feature: You can add Automator actions to your MacBook Pro's Touch Bar. Here is how to do it." Computerworld 8:43 AM
"Create a Wi-Fi Hotspot With Your Mac" Apple Gazette 11:39 AM
"How to Share Files Stored in Your iCloud Drive" MacRumors 7:13 AM
Press Releases
"Apple has pushed its weekly update to Gatekeeper's data" Eclectic Light Company 6:24 PM
"Excel Software announced AppProtect 5.0 to protect Mac or Windows software. AppProtect applies protection with an offline or automated online activation process to a compiled application in minutes without programming. It supports most application runtime environments including MAX MSP, Unity3D, Xojo, Java, Delphi, C++, C#, Objective-C and Swift." Excel Software 6:16 AM
"Apple Investigating Battery Incident at Amsterdam Store, No Customers or Employees Required Medical Attention" ["MacRumors received the following statement from an Apple spokesperson: We're currently investigating the incident that took place at Apple Amsterdam on Sunday. Our staff were able to evacuate customers quickly and safely and the store re-opened shortly afterwards."] MacRumors 12:30 PM
"Apple sued over claims website is inaccessible to visually impaired users" AppleInsider 9:59 AM
"How a meeting with Steve Jobs in 1998 gave birth to Wi-Fi" Wi-Fi Now 8:43 AM
"Women are 79 percent more likely to spend money on mobile games" The Verge 10:41 AM
"'Exploding' iPad prompts Apple shop evacuation" BBC 6:37 AM
"Apple Store in Amsterdam evacuated after iPad explodes, report says" Mashable 6:31 AM
"Today in Apple history: Apple steals a financial record from Microsoft" Cult of Mac 7:11 AM
Non-Apple News
"Huawei was caught using a pro camera to fake smartphone photos (again): An actor in the commercial accidentally revealed the trick on her Instagram." Ars Technica 6:17 PM
"Double the front camera, double the leak: Google Pixel 3 XL again captured in spy shots" 9to5Google 1:17 PM
"Google just put an AI in charge of keeping its data centers cool" ZDNet 6:49 AM
"Schools Are Mining Students' Social Media Posts for Signs of Trouble" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:38 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"TMO Background Mode Interview with macOS Software Developer Sander Berents" The Mac Observer 6:52 PM
"CPU Throttling on Older Macs – Mac Geek Gab 723" The Mac Observer 6:52 PM
"Fitbit Charge 3 hands-on: Better controls come with a trade-off/A touchscreen is better than onboard GPS. There, I said it." Engadget 8:26 AM
"Logitech MX Vertical review: Tackling mouse ergonomics from a new angle/We wouldn't use it for gaming, but it's a great mouse for commonplace tasks." Macworld 6:23 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"What's new in iOS 12 beta 9! Is this the final beta?" AppleInsider 2:28 PM
"iOS 12 beta: What's the performance and stability like?" ZDNet 4:07 PM
"Hello Weather is my favorite weather app on iPhone and iPad [Review] Cult of Mac 1:05 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"Use Siri Shortcuts to quickly send photos to your family" Cult of Mac 3:40 PM
"iOS 12: How to Set Up Your Bedtime Alarm" The Mac Observer 1:54 PM
"How to restrict account settings and volume control on iPhone and iPad" iMore 12:34 PM
"A new Mac mini and a Retina MacBook Air are imminent, report says: Both could launch alongside or shortly after new iPhone and iPads this year." Ars Technica 9:36 PM
"Gurman: 'Apple Is Planning a New Low-Cost MacBook, Pro-Focused Mac Mini'" Daring Fireball 6:16 PM
"Bloomberg: big changes coming to MacBook Air, Mac mini this year" iDownload Blog 4:09 PM
"Gurman: 'Apple Is Planning a New Low-Cost MacBook, Pro-Focused Mac Mini'" Daring Fireball 4:08 PM
"Rejoice Mac mini pro fans: Apple hasn't forgotten you" ZDNet 4:07 PM
"This year's iPhones might not sell well, and it's all the iPhone X's fault" BGR 6:17 PM
"The road to cyber hell was paved with good intentions" Federal Computer Week 12:31 PM
"Facebook's Flawed DNA Makes It Unable to Fight Misinformation" Monday Note 11:39 AM
"It's Time to End the 'Data Is' vs 'Data Are' Debate: Data is Data is Data is" Motherboard 11:38 AM
"It's really complicated to connect the Home of the Future" The Verge 8:25 AM
"Hey Google, How Do I Optimize For Voice Search?" Forbes 6:37 AM
"Google and banks are being less than truthful about customer tracking: There are good and bad reasons to track someone's movements, but the best way to scream to users that you're spying on them is to lie about or not reveal what you're doing." Computerworld 6:37 AM
"Apple and these other stocks have contributed the most to this historic bull market" CNBC 3:40 PM
Industry News
"Dow, S&P 500's rally supported by gains in energy, materials shares: PepsiCo to buy SodaStream" MarketWatch 1:08 PM
"Dow Gets Lift From Shares of Nike, Dealmaking Activity: Stocks are higher on Monday as investors await trade talks between the U.S. and China later this week." TheStreet 1:08 PM
"Netflix Stock Rebounds But Chips Weigh On Nasdaq; Nike Powers Higher, Buoys Dow" Investor's Business Daily 1:08 PM
"Stocks mostly rise on hope for progress on China trade talks" Associated Press 1:08 PM
"Dow Rises to Highest Level Since February: Investors are optimistic about deal activity and trade developments" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:59 PM
"Asian markets mostly gain on U.S.-China trade-talk hopes: Asian stock markets mostly gained Monday, following advances on Wall Street on Friday after reports that the U.S. and China are drawing a road map to resolve their trade dispute that may culminate in a meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping in November." MarketWatch 8:05 AM
"London stocks rise, buoyed by materials shares and trade optimism: The U.K.'s main stock index pushed higher to its third straight gain on Monday, buoyed in part by optimism over a coming U.S.-China trade meeting." MarketWatch 11:58 AM
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