Thursday, July 7, 2016





Buy rating for Apple inaugurated by Longbow Research






China's Smartphone Vendors are bracing themselves for the iPhone 7's Market Storm Ahead






Apple's Tim Cook & Eddy Cue return to annual Sun Valley retreat






Apple's CEO and VP of Internet Services are Schmoozing it up at the Media Gathering of the Year






Today in Apple history: Steve Jobs starts Apple's dramatic turnaround






New CAD renderings support rumored features of Apple's 'iPhone 7' and '7 Plus'






A new Apple Patent Covers Flexible LED Display Technology from LuxVue






Apple Invents a Structured-Light Projector for Cameras that Could Capture 3D Data






Safari technology preview 8 paves the way for Apple Pay





The iPad Pro might be Apple's "Back to School" dark horse





iPhone 6s resale values remain strong ahead of Apple's expected 'iPhone 7' launch


With Apple expected to launch its next-generation iPhone in just a matter of months, a new analysis of the secondary iPhone 6s market has found that the flagship handset sells used for 78 percent of its new price, outperforming the iPhone 6 at the same period.





An Apple WATCH story to warm the coldest heart


An Apple Watch story to warm the coldest heart - Philip Elmer‑DeWitt




Man faces off with alligator to retrieve iPhone with baby pics






Tuesday, July 5, 2016



Brexit is no Biggie for Apple, Inc






Actually, there is something new about Apple's upcoming iPhone 7



Apart from iPhone 7 sporting the latest iOS 10 on the most advanced, fastest-ever A10 silicon, with advanced photography features, new display and audio technology and enhanced weatherproofing, the shape of the case doesn't seem to show any big changes.

There's another phone currently on the market that has the same "no new shell" problem, but it's in such demand that it's still hard to find in stock.

iPhone SE.




Samsung not separating OLED business [updated]






Apple Music Presents: Juno – The 'Vision of Harmony' Video






Apple Pushing iPhone Supply Chain Partners for Price Cuts







Huawei caught using DSLR photo to promote dual-lens smartphone camera






Apple counsel attacks Spotify complaints as 'rumors and half-truths'







Spotify's issue with Apple highlights the tech giant's powerful ecosystem 


Competing with Apple may not be easy, but it's not because of its app submission policies. 

It's because it built the iPhone, iOS, and the App Store from the ground up





If this was a rap beef, then Apple Music just dissed Spotify






What the what?!

The senator should have checked the facts before making an ass of herself.

Apple vs. Spotify: Elizabeth Warren got played




Michael Gartenberg:




Like it or not, Apple is right about Spotify (and is bending the rules for it)






This is where the real crime is going down: I don't see Elizabeth Warren standing up for songwriters, just foreign scofflaws, Spotify.

The music industry just lost a big fight with the government over royalties






Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, more petition European leaders






MuchMusic is the homegrown Canadian counterpart to MTV 

Canada's music sales are about 10% the size of the US recorded music market

Apple's 'Beats 1' Canadian Takeover Series Starts Today with Former MuchMusic Host







Batteries not included (nor needed)

Here's what Apple's future Lightning headphones will be able to do that normal headphones can't






It's the ecosystem, stupid: Why Apple's latest OSes complete each other







New third party iOS 10 App Extensions designed to extend Siri, Maps in tandem






Apple Files for 'Night Shift' Trademark & Hints that this Feature Could Expand to Macs, CarPlay & Beyond






Video by drone pilot Duncan Sinfield: Landscaping has begum

Apple Campus 2: July 2016 construction update 



Above: Here are those other trees I saw: It looks like they were just dropped off and are awaiting transplanting.

Below: The roof section immediately to the right of the cafeteria is being covered with solar panels. 


Above: The tunnels inside the ring are also being covered over with foam and dirt like those in the greater campus





Since the trees are starting to arrive at AC2, I thought this was worth reviewing...

A look at Apple's insanely ambitious tree planting plans for AC2






Apple Store, New Town Plaza, Hong Kong







I'm surprised this took as long as it did: They really hung in there amid Apple Store openings.

NYC Apple reseller and community staple Tekserve to close Manhattan store







Major weakness in Google's key storage breaks open Android's Full Disk Encryption






If this is true, it was only a couple of months before Jobs left Apple

Today in Apple history: Steve Jobs visits the Soviet Union






BlackBerry Officially Pulls the Plug on the 'BlackBerry Classic'




Friday, July 1, 2016





Despite appearances, UK customers don't get a raw deal from Apple on product prices






Apple and NASA collaborate on Jupiter-themed short film 'Visions of Harmony'



To commemorate the impending arrival of NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter, Apple and the space agency released a new short film on iTunes and Apple Music on Thursday featuring original music by artists like Weezer and Nine Inch Nails frontman and Apple executive Trent Reznor.




Apple Campus 2 Site aerial construction update






Apple begins planting or trnsplanting of large trees on the perimeter of AC 2 from their Arbor/Nursery.

Apple Campus 2:  New, large tree transplanting has begun



Above: Trees being planted on north perimeter 

Below:  Tantau garage ready for solar panel roof construction





I saw other frames where there appeared to be new tree plantings

Apple Campus 2:  First drone flyover of July (video)






The Invention behind Apple's Force-Sensing Pencil Surfaces






Dell abandons its remaining Android tablets, 6 months after HP






Renderings of Space Black 'iPhone 7' has hints of rumored dark Space Gray option






Nike names Apple's CEO as lead independent director






When the whip comes down Rolling Stones

Apparently China owns the internet now.

China's Media Regulator is Suing Apple over Rights to an Obscure Patriotic Film


It was reported by the Wall Street Journal yesterday that the "colorful internet regulator who helped Chinese President Xi Jinping dramatically tighten controls online is stepping aside for a rising political star believed to be just as strict.


An aggressive former reporter and editor at Xinhua, the 56-year-old Mr. Lu has been a high-profile pitchman for President Xi's vision of the internet. In meetings with global tech CEOs and at press conferences, he has argued forcefully that national borders should extend into cyberspace and governments should be able to control the internet as they see fit. He has overseen a major expansion of censorship and pushed measures to better track individual internet users." This was reinforced just this week in a new report by Bloomberg titled "Apple to Face More Scrutiny as China Cracks Down on Apps."





A growing number of filmmakers say, "Lights, iPhone, action!"






US Senators are 9 years behind 5th graders

This is why we can't have nice things

In Senate, Blackberry era is officially over