"Apple Chiefs Discuss Strategy, Market Share—and the New IPhones" Bloomberg Businessweek 8:03 AM
"Apple's Leadership Is Nerdy and Precise: Grobart/Bloomberg Businessweek's Sam Grobart recaps his sit down with Apple's hierarchy about their focus and goals and CEO Tim Cook's vision for the company and its products." Bloomberg TV 1:56 PM
"Jony Ive: The man behind Apple's magic curtain/The reclusive and prolific Jony Ive, the man behind the Apple iPod, meets with USA TODAY for a rare interview about Apple's once and future mission" USA Today 10:27 AM
"iPhone 5s fingerprint scanner could be mobile security game changer" Macworld 8:59 AM
"iPhone fingerprint scanner earns plaudits" Reuters 7:30 AM
"Touch ID: The future of the Mac" Computerworld 8:25 AM
"Apple Finally Dons Big Boy Business Pants With iOS 7" PC Magazine 9:32 AM
"Apple's Cold and Blustery Crossroads: Those of us who pay attention know Apple is innovating on the things that matter: and ignoring the things that don't, like a major form factor update that falls out of its normal development cycle. That's why the success or failure of the iPhone 5s and 5c is so critically important. Is a major new iPhone invention really needed or not? The storm is raging around Apple." MacNewsWorld 9:23 AM
"Long lines forming at Apple Stores around the globe for iPhone 5s/5c retail launch" 9 to 5 Mac 9:03 PM
"Hordes hungry for the iPhone 5S and 5C line up at Apple Stores: With online orders backordered by several days, the Apple faithful are storming the pavement to wait for the latest from Cupertino." CNET News 9:16 PM
"Apple fans in Japan celebrate with new iPhones" ITV News 9:28 PM
"With Two New Models, How Many iPhones Can Apple Sell in a Weekend?" AllThingsD 8:08 AM
"Analysts predict up to 8 million iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c unit sales for Apple this weekend" Macworld UK 8:06 AM
"Apple Expected to Sell 5 Million to 8 Million iPhones This Weekend" Mashable 9:32 AM
"Piper Jaffray: Apple will sell 5-6 million iPhones this weekend" Electronista 8:44 AM
"iPhone 5c Lead Times Are Starting To Elongate" Forbes 10:36 AM
"Target matching Walmart's $79 iPhone 5c deal, preorders start today" 9 to 5 Mac 1:55 PM
"Target to match Walmart's day-one discount on iPhone 5c" Electronista 1:43 PM
"iOS 7 Adoption Already As High As 35% In One Day, Apple And Developers Reap The Rewards" TechCrunch 1:18 PM
"iOS 7 adoption hits 30 percent in first 16 hours (9to5Mac readers are at 80% though)" 9 to 5 Mac 9:21 AM
"iOS 7 adoption rate: 29% of Apple's customers in first 16 hours" Fortune 8:24 AM
"It's Been Less Than 24 Hours And Apple's iOS 7 Already Has A Faster Adoption Rate Than Google's Latest Version Of Android" Business Insider 8:45 AM
"iOS 7 Adoption So Far: As High as 28%" Mashable 8:40 AM
"Despite Early Criticism, Apple's iOS 7 Quickly Gains Traction" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:54 PM
"Nearly one-third of iOS users upgraded to iOS 7 in the first 16 hours" iDownload Blog 11:11 AM
"Adoption Of Apple's iOS 7 Beats That Of Latest Android OS Within Hours" AppAdvice 8:25 AM
"US prosecutors praise Apple's iOS 7 Activation Lock, urge users to update" Engadget 9:35 AM
"Will phone makers follow Apple's lead on fingerprint tech? Apple has often popularized new features for its gadgets that rivals later decided to adopt. We'll soon see if history repeats itself." CNET News 8:23 AM
"Hackers Set Sights on iPhone 5S Fingerprint Scanner" Mashable 1:21 PM
"iOS 7 Bug Lets Anyone Bypass iPhone's Lockscreen To Hijack Photos, Email, Or Twitter" Forbes 1:42 PM
"Apple Increases Over-the-Air App Store Download Limit to 100MB" Mashable 8:39 AM
"Aussie Zac catches Apple's eye with LoungeBuddy travel app" Sydney Morning Herald 8:07 AM
"Queues For iPhone 5s Have Already Started To Form Outside Flagship Apple Store In Regent Street London" Redmond Pie 8:58 AM
"Who are the geeks queuing for the new iPhone?" Telegraph 9:36 AM
"Pay someone to wait in line for your new iPhone" CNNMoney 8:08 AM
"Apple's Asia-Pacific Online Stores Go Down Ahead of Staggered iPhone 5s Order Launches" MacRumors 9:24 AM
"Windows Phone overtakes iOS in India but Android still massively dominant" Memeburn 9:15 AM
"Apple chairman Art Levinson to head up Google's new health venture" iDownload Blog 8:54 AM
"Watch A Cat Unlock The iPhone 5s Using Touch ID And The Fingerprint Sensor" TechCrunch 8:42 AM
Non-Apple News
"Tech Columnist Walt Mossberg to Leave WSJ: Dow Jones to Split Ways With AllThingsD Site" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:58 PM
"Pinterest decides it likes money after all by launching ads" VentureBeat 5:29 PM
"The First Leap Motion PC Is a 17-Inch HP Laptop" Techland 8:54 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba Gives Your Mac an Audio Intermission" MacVoices 1:50 PM
"Security Researchers Claim Apple, Others Technically Capable Of Intercepting iMessages" TechCrunch 11:14 AM
"Gold iPhone 5s Models Seeing Little to No Stock for Launch Day in Australia [Updated] MacRumors 11:49 AM
"iPhone 5s Goes On Sale In Australia With 7-10 Day Shipping Estimates" Cult of Mac 1:22 PM
"Extremely Limited Stocks Of Gold iPhone 5S" AppleBitch 2:09 PM
"Aussie Gold iPhone 5s Orders Show 7-10 Day Wait, U.S. Carrier Inventory Low" The Mac Observer 4:50 PM
"Apple's 64-bit A7 chip not quad-core, says chip expert: Apple's A7 appears to be a dual-core design, bucking a quad-core trend in the Android world. But two cores provide plenty of horsepower, says Anandtech." CNET News 8:23 AM
"Apple iPhone: iOS 7 Download Problems" Sky News 8:52 AM
"iOS 7 download glitches infuriate Apple users" The Inquirer 8:08 AM
"iPhone 5s slaughters quad-core rivals in performance tests despite dual-core CPU and just 1GB of RAM" BGR 9:32 AM
"Tests show iPhone 5s A7 chip is dual-core, still beats quad-core Android competitors" GigaOM 1:41 PM
"Fastest Smartphone? iPhone 5S by Wide Margin" Tapscape 8:09 AM
"Apple may offer the iPad Mini 2 in space grey" T3 9:12 AM
"Apple iOS 7 includes 41 security updates for iPhone and iPad" V3 8:52 AM
"iOS 7 now blocking some third-party Lightning cables after earlier warning shot" 9 to 5 Mac 9:02 AM
"An iOS 7 security flaw allows Siri to disable Find My iPhone" TechnologyTell 9:35 AM
"iPhone 5c, 5s teardown by Australian repair shop" TUAW 1:18 PM
"First iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c Teardowns Show Touch ID Home Button, Nearly Identical Internal Layouts" MacRumors 1:18 PM
"Few surprises in iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C teardown: The folks at iExperts, an Australia-based iPhone repair firm, have taken apart the iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, and iPhone 5 to compare their internal components." CNET News 1:18 PM
"A Little-Heralded New iOS 7 Feature: Multipath TCP" Slashdot 9:25 AM
"iCloud can now sync bookmarks with Firefox and Chrome: The latest update to Apple's cloud-based service lets Windows users keep their bookmarks in sync among IE, Firefox, and Google Chrome." CNET News 7:29 AM
"With iOS 7, Windows users can sync their iCloud bookmarks to Chrome and Firefox" The Next Web 8:39 AM
"Apple Adjusts 'App Resurrection' Policy, Will Allow Developers To Restrict Versions Offered" TechCrunch 1:55 PM
"Best iPhone 5S and iPhone 5 cases: Looking for a new case for your iPhone 5S (or iPhone 5)? Here are some of the top iPhone 5/5S cases that are available now." CNET Reviews 8:09 AM
"Just Mobile's AluPocket For iPhone: a Good Solution for Neatnicks" The Mac Observer 4:38 PM
"IK Multimedia's iRig PRO review" TechnologyTell 9:35 AM
"Review: Alto Libro Leather Case for iPad Mini from CaseMotions.com" Run Around Tech 9:24 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Don't let me down, Apple: iOS 7 on the iPad 2/The A5 processor is less of a problem than the sad non-retina display." Ars Technica 8:01 PM
"'N Action Video: Angry Birds Star Wars II – Playing On The Pork Side" Apple'n'Apps 1:20 PM
"Tick Tock Task Review: Simple to use and attractive to look at, Tick Tock Task is a great way to organize one's To Do list." 148Apps 9:33 AM
"Perfect Weather Review: Get weather and radar data from NOAA in this beautiful weather app that feels perfectly at home on iOS 7" 148Apps 1:18 PM
"Angry Birds Star Wars II Review: The force is strong with this one." 148Apps 9:33 AM
"I am Box Review: A fast-paced color matching puzzle game that's virtually impossible to beat." 148Apps 10:32 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to use multiple Apple IDs in iOS 7" TUAW 9:04 PM
"iOS 7 lock screen vulnerability reported, and here's how to fix it" TUAW 4:39 PM
"How to disable Control Center access on the iOS 7 Lock screen" iMore 1:54 PM
"iOS 7: how to disable the most annoying new features/Apple's new iOS 7 for iPhone and iPad is the biggest redesign of the mobile operating system since iPhone was first introduced." Telegraph 11:12 AM
"How to use multiple Apple IDs in iOS 7" TUAW 10:26 AM
"How To Hide Stock Apps In iOS 7" AppAdvice 9:33 AM
"How to fix battery life issues with iOS 7" iMore 9:13 AM
"iOS 7 How-To: Use Apple's new (and free) iTunes Radio streaming music service" 9 to 5 Mac 9:11 AM
"iOS 7 How-to: Blocking FaceTime calls, Phone calls, and iMessages" 9 to 5 Mac 9:03 AM
"How to upgrade to an iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c" Macworld 8:08 AM
Tips
"iOS 7: Go Bold for Easy to Read Text" The Mac Observer 11:07 AM
"Flat-out: the best new apps for iOS 7" The Verge 1:43 PM
"iOS 7: the Twitterverse passes judgement" Telegraph 1:41 PM
"The Macalope: Thanks for the 'advice'" Macworld 1:22 PM
"Apple's iOS7: a reupholstered mobile operating system" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 1:21 PM
"Greg's Bite: iOS 7 — stark, spartan and minimalist new skin" AppleDailyReport 1:16 PM
"Apple's iPhone 5c bet: Mass market without lowest pricing: Tim Cook and Apple management have said repeatedly that they don't do cheap. It's unclear whether that bet ultimately backfires" ZDNet 11:44 AM
"Inside Ios 7'S Design Changes" Digital Arts 9:35 AM
"Already, there are over 200 Android apps attempting to ape Apple's iOS 7: If imitation is truly the sincerest form of flattery, Apple is blushing profusely today." MacDailyNews 9:26 AM
"New fear for 'repulsive' Apple iPhone 5c case - pattern triggers trypophobia" Tech Advisor UK 9:23 AM
"Advice to iOS 7 developers: Push your app further with new UI" InfoWorld 9:15 AM
"Businessweek Scores Interviews With Cook, Ive, and Federighi" Daring Fireball 9:33 AM
"Apple CEO Cook on why he doesn't care about cheap phones: 'We're not in the junk business'" VentureBeat 8:53 AM
"Here's How Apple Responds To Critics That Say It Can't Innovate" Business Insider 8:50 AM
"Tim Cook not worried on Bloomberg Businessweek cover" Bloomberg 8:48 AM
"The Four Ways Apple's Top Execs Just Blasted Android" Business Insider 8:48 AM
"Apple CEO Cook: If we don't innovate, we'll end up like Nokia/The Apple CEO says that while Nokia was once a dominant force in mobile, it's now far behind because it failed to innovate." CNET News 8:26 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook Says The Windows/Mac Comparison To Android/iOS Doesn't Fit" TechCrunch 8:26 AM
"Tim Cook says Nokia died because it didn't innovate, Microsoft now copying Apple's strategy" The Verge 8:26 AM
"Apple's Cook, Ive, and Federighi on Android, Microsoft, and 'new' versus 'right'" The Verge 8:26 AM
"Apple CEO Cook: 'We never had an objective to sell a low-cost phone'" BGR 8:26 AM
"The iPhone 5C Number Apple Doesn't Want You To Know" The Huffington Post 8:22 AM
"A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Apple's iPhone 5S And iPhone 5C" PixoBebo 8:11 AM
"One operating system to rule them all?" AppleDailyReport 8:10 AM
"Could the iPad become the 'hub' of your computing experiences?" AppleDailyReport 8:10 AM
"HP fills out its tablet lineup with four Android slates and two Windows models" Engadget 7:54 AM
"HP ENVY17 Leap Motion SE first to market with embedded micro sensor" Slash Gear 7:58 AM
"First HP Computer With Embedded Leap Motion Tech Will Ship This Fall For $1,049.99" TechCrunch 7:55 AM
"The First Leap Motion PC Is a 17-Inch HP Laptop: The HP Envy 17 Leap Motion SE ships in October for $1050." Techland 8:04 AM
"HP adds Leap Motion's gesture controller tech into its Envy 17 laptop, available soon for $1049.99" The Next Web 8:07 AM
"HP packs cool tech into its fall line-up of tablets and laptops" VentureBeat 8:08 AM
"HP upgrades Envy 17 Touchsmart with Leap Motion, not much else (hands-on)" CNET 8:18 AM
"HP lays claim to the first fanless Haswell PC and the first Leap Motion laptop" Engadget 7:55 AM
"Leap Motion and HP unveil world's first laptop with Kinect-like 3-D gesture control" VentureBeat 8:09 AM
"HP unveils new high-res laptop with crazy-wide touchpad, Windows 8.1 convertibles: Spectre 13 Ultrabook leads a refined lineup of ultraportable machines" The Verge 8:03 AM
"HP's new Chromebook 14 built from the ground up, costs $299 (hands-on)" CNET 8:18 AM
"HP SlateBook x2 review: HP takes on ASUS with a dockable Android tablet" Engadget 1:26 PM
"HP's first Windows 8.1 tablet among those to hit stores in November: HP also will roll out two new Android tablets" IDG News Service 4:51 PM
"HP's 4 new Slates are BFFs with Android" GigaOM 11:11 AM
"HP reveals five new tablets, but the company's most exciting Slate is built by someone else" The Verge 8:03 AM
"Hewlett-Packard Receives Hold Rating from TheStreet (HPQ)" Zolmax News 8:29 AM
"The Case For Hewlett-Packard" Seeking Alpha 10:10 AM
"HP offers support for Apple iPads: HP has expanded its SmartFriend service to support iOS devices" Computerworld New Zealand 5:36 PM
"Ballmer sees Microsoft's 'almost no share' in mobile as an opportunity, regrets mistakes" The Verge 8:03 PM
"Ballmer: I'm long on Microsoft and remain a big believer/In his last appearance at a Microsoft analyst gathering, Steve Ballmer offers full-throated endorsement of the company he's led during a time of transition." CNET News 8:48 PM
"Microsoft Talks Tech Trends, Not CEO Search" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:00 PM
"Microsoft execs make their 'One Microsoft' pitch to Wall Street/Summary: Microsoft execs are continuing to drill home the message that Microsoft needs to be in consumer and enterprise, as well as hardware plus devices. Do you buy it?" ZDNet 9:29 PM
"What Microsoft's new financial structure says about the company's future" CITEworld 9:29 PM
"Microsoft Aims to Reintroduce Itself to Wall Street" AllThingsD 8:11 AM
"Microsoft: Touch-first Office apps will come to more devices/Summary: Microsoft is committed to bringing touch-first Office apps to not just Windows devices, but 'other devices,' as well, officials say." ZDNet 6:57 PM
"Microsoft: Is The Higher Dividend Sustainable?" Seeking Alpha 8:24 AM
"Farewell to the Windows Experience Index" PC Pro [Free Registration Required] 8:35 AM
"Microsoft Details Windows 8.1 Pricing" PC Magazine 10:12 AM
"Will Microsoft's $40B Buyback And Dividend Increase Boost Its Share Price?" Seeking Alpha 4:50 PM
"Nokia's Elop set for big payday thanks to Microsoft deal: Elop, seen as a potential successor to departing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, is set to get roughly $25.5 million in compensation following the close of the deal." CNET News 11:23 AM
"Nokia's Elop to get $25 million as part of Microsoft acquisition deal" ZDNet 12:26 PM
"Dell wants to help companies manage the gathering storm of multiple clouds" GigaOM 7:25 AM
"Intel Releases a New Graphics Driver as Well – Version 15.33.2 Build 3282 Beta for Windows 8.1" Softpedia 8:32 AM
"Ivy Bridge hardware trojan is nearly impossible to detect" TechSpot 8:32 AM
"The Dark Side of the Cloud: IBM Partner Gives Folks Two Weeks to Move Data" Wired Magazine 8:03 AM
"IBM gets the big picture with Daeja buy: Daeja's ViewONE software allows ECM systems to easily render large documents in hundreds of formats" IDG News Service 12:34 PM
"IBM acquires UK business software maker Daeja" Associated Press 12:04 PM
"Cisco email accidentally sent to 1000s of employees causes EMAIL STORM" The Register 8:31 AM
"Oracle Earnings Rebound: All Eyes On OpenWorld" InformationWeek 9:15 AM
"No new news: Oracle hardware revenue falls again" GigaOM 8:15 AM
"Apple Versus Intel: What's Going On Here?" Seeking Alpha 1:55 PM
"Lessons From Lehman And Defending Apple" Forbes 1:22 PM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Apple, Agilent, Groupon rise; Oracle slips/AOL rallies on Topeka upgrade; Cisco slips on underperform rating" MarketWatch 9:42 AM
"U.S. Stock Futures Rise, Signaling Fresh S&P 500 Record" Bloomberg 8:40 AM
"Is the epic boom in commodities over?" Fortune 8:22 AM
"Stock Futures Higher as Fed Stays With Stimulus" TheStreet 8:20 AM
"Stocks waver a day after record-setting run" Associated Press 10:11 AM
"Wall Street Extends Fed-Fueled Gains, Eyes Fresh Records" FOXBusiness 8:20 AM
"U.S. Stocks Pause Post-Fed Rally/ Defensive Sectors Sink; Jobless Claims Lower Than Expected" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:20 PM
"Asia Markets: Big gains in Asian stocks after Fed holds pat/Southeast Asian stocks and currencies rose sharply to lead robust gains across the region as investors returned to emerging markets in droves after the Federal Reserve's surprise move to leave its stimulus measures intact." MarketWatch 8:21 AM
"Europe Markets: German DAX at record as Europe stocks rally/Europe's benchmark stock index was on track for its highest close in more than five years Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve, in a surprise move, didn't announce a cut in its monthly asset purchases." MarketWatch 8:21 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12:37 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 9:11 PM
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