Who is John Galt?

Manipulation:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-28/stiglitz-calls-apple-s-profit-reporting-in-ireland-a-fraud

Response:
http://www.cultofmac.com/440244/tim-cook-to-host-fundraiser-for-hillary-clinton/

You can be sure that many other companies in the military-industrial complex have similar tax arrangements. Probably with the same tax attorneys and corporate counsel.

Apple bolsters 'Project Titan' self-driving software team with former QNX CEO

Apple bolsters 'Project Titan' self-driving software team with former QNX CEO: "Dan Dodge, founder and former CEO of QNX, left BlackBerry for Apple earlier this year, according to Bloomberg. Sources indicated that Dodge works on Apple's "Project Titan" electric vehicle team, which is under the supervision of Bob Mansfield, a hardware engineer and former executive at the company."

QNX, probably the best embedded OS ever developed.

Apple has sold more than 1 billion iPhones

Apple has sold more than 1 billion iPhones: "Last week we passed another major milestone when we sold the billionth iPhone," Cook said. "We never set out to make the most, but we've always set out to make the best products that make a difference. Thank you to everyone at Apple for helping change the world every day."

Helluvalotta ARM chips. Robot Army.

Windows surprisingly strong in Microsoft’s $20.6B fourth quarter | Ars Technica

Windows surprisingly strong in Microsoft’s $20.6B fourth quarter | Ars Technica: "The non-Pro Windows revenue, representing consumer sales, was up a substantial 27 percent; this outpaced the moribund consumer PC market and was helped by a skew toward more expensive licenses."

The king is dead, long live the king!

Latest iOS 10 beta enables support for live broadcasting

Latest iOS 10 beta enables support for live broadcasting: "At WWDC Apple introduced ReplayKit, a framework that will support both live broadcasting and saving videos for later viewing and sharing. The technology is primarily gaming-oriented, reflecting the popularity of games on broadcast-ready services like Twitch and YouTube.">

Turns out that XPC (fka as Distributed Objects buffed with some security tweaks) is going to revolutionize iOS. I'm sure that's exactly what the architects of DO at NeXTSTEP had in mind when they made it.

LucasArts’ long lost, 30-year-old MMO is now preserved on Github | Ars Technica

LucasArts’ long lost, 30-year-old MMO is now preserved on Github | Ars Technica: "The revived Habitat could also set important legal precedents. As Handy points out, the game's mere existence "has already been used to invalidate software patents around massively multiplayer online gaming.""

"You can't say 'hello', I wrote 'hello'."

Review: Garmin's Fenix 3 HR is an iOS-connected smartwatch for fitness fanatics

Review: Garmin's Fenix 3 HR is an iOS-connected smartwatch for fitness fanatics: "Garmin's highest-end smartwatch in some ways sets a gold standard for fitness trackers, but for the layman, it can be simultaneously overwhelming and lacking in creature comforts."

Can't wait to get one of these! Somebody did their customer research well.