MacBreak Weekly 518

Apple sold its billionth iPhone this week, but is competition from $400 flagship phones going to hurt? Apple wants you to think that the iPad Pro can replace your laptop. And today, Samsung released the Galaxy Note 7 complete with iris scanner.

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Links

• Apple Sales Top Estimates as Consumers Warm to Cheaper iPhone
• Apple - Every Second
• The Samsung Galaxy Note7 is official with a Snapdragon 820, 5.7-inch curved AMOLED, iris scanner, and more
• Murder victim's phone unlocked with paper fingerprint after 3D printing fails
• Apple Finalizes $7 Billion Five-Part Bond Sale
• Nobel-Winning Economist Calls Apple's Irish Tax Arrangement 'Fraud'
• Judge voids VirnetX's $625.6 million Apple verdict; VirnetX plunges | Reuters
• Apple counters Samsung in Supreme Court struggle - CNET
• Apple’s billionth iPhone is a rare milestone in tech
• Apple has sold enough iPhones that, if stacked flat, they would go from the Earth to the ISS and back NINE times.
• iPhone 7 preorders could start September 9 - CNET
• Video appears to show official Lightning to 3.5mm adapter for iPhone 7 without headphone jack
• Apple Taps Bob Mansfield to Oversee Car Project
• Apple’s ‘Titan’ car project reportedly shifting focus to automated car software
• Smart Cities Challenge
• Apple Hires BlackBerry Talent With Car Project Turning to Self-Driving Software
• Apple hasn’t updated the MacBook Pro in 440 days because it forgot what computers were
• Apple's new ad really wants you to believe the iPad Pro is a full computer
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• Pick: GoComics Pro subscription
• Pick: Pokemon Poke Ball 16 inch Backpack