First Apple stock certificate awarded to Steve Jobs on sale for $195,000

First Apple stock certificate awarded to Steve Jobs on sale for $195,000: "As told by Zimet, shortly after the ouster in 1985, Sculley called for Jobs' office to be cleared out. The certificate on sale today was dumped in the trash along with other paraphernalia, but an industrious employee recovered the document and kept it for 31 years."

Glad I'm not John Sculley.

macOS 10.12 Sierra: The Ars Technica review | Ars Technica

macOS 10.12 Sierra: The Ars Technica review | Ars Technica: "It has been a long time since the Mac was Apple's favorite child, and there are places in Sierra (like the Messages app) where it clearly feels like Mac users are getting a second-tier experience compared to people on iOS. Add in the Mac’s stale, aging hardware lineup and Apple’s total lack of communication about it, and there seem to be real problems for the Mac as a platform."

SteveJ would never concede the desktop to Windoze. Ever.

Nikon takes aim at GoPro with new KeyMission line of iPhone-connected action cameras

Nikon takes aim at GoPro with new KeyMission line of iPhone-connected action cameras: "Nikon announced its first three action cameras on Monday ahead of this week's Photokina expo in Germany, looking to claim share of a field largely dominated by GoPro. "

A rapidly emerging field.

Black & Jet Black: Unboxing the new iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus with Lightning headphones

Black & Jet Black: Unboxing the new iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus with Lightning headphonesThe new Black and Jet Black (above) options are front-to-back black with nearly invisible black seams that join the top and bottom to the middle (allowing radio signals through the aluminum case).

You've been unboxed.

Snowden’s bias is blatant—but Gordon-Levitt makes its message powerful | Ars Technica

Snowden’s bias is blatant—but Gordon-Levitt makes its message powerful | Ars Technica: "The first major film event about Edward Snowden did not come this year thanks to Director Oliver Stone. Instead, it came in the form of Citizenfour, the deserving winner of the 2015 Academy Award for Best Documentary."

Did you get the memo?

Apple Watch Series 2 teardown reveals high capacity battery

Apple Watch Series 2 teardown reveals high capacity batterySeries 2 comes with a higher capacity battery to handle the power needs of thirsty circuitry like a new GPS radio and brighter OLED display. The 38mm version gutted by iFixit comes with a 273 mAh cell, up from the original's 205 mAh unit.

Speak for yourself.

Shares of AAPL surge as hype builds for Friday's iPhone 7, Apple Watch Series 2 launches

Shares of AAPL surge as hype builds for Friday's iPhone 7, Apple Watch Series 2 launches: "T-Mobile CEO John Legere said on Monday that preorders for the iPhone 7 at his carrier are four times greater than the iPhone 6 launch"

When I get excited, I burst into flames...

Apple launches iOS 10, tvOS 10 & watchOS 3

Apple launches iOS 10, tvOS 10 & watchOS 3: "Apple on Tuesday made available iOS 10 for iPads, iPhones, and the iPod touch bringing mass enhancements to messages, Maps, Siri, Photos, Apple Music, News, and more. "

Launched in time for lunching. Lunch launch!

The 50-Year Mission reveals the egomania and idealism that built Star Trek | Ars Technica

The 50-Year Mission reveals the egomania and idealism that built Star Trek | Ars TechnicaThe Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek (UK), edited by Mark Altman and Edward Gross, is exactly what it sounds like. It’s the oral history of the franchise, from its earliest gleamings in 1964 to Star Trek Beyond in 2016. The two volumes, clocking in at over 1,700 pages, are overstuffed and prone to clutter and repetition, but they also have some fascinatingly honest assessments of Trek’s history from the people who were there.

Nerd out!