"Apple hires one of Nike's top Fuel Band designers to work on wearable devices" 9 to 5 Mac 1:32 PM
"What's Behind Apple's Epic Memory Markup" ["While the cost of smartphone memory has fallen 71 percent in the last four years—to about 60¢ per gigabyte, according to researcher IHS iSuppli—'Apple has never followed the trend in passing along the savings,' says IHS analyst Michael Yang. Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris declined to comment."] Bloomberg Businessweek 7:45 AM
"What Apple's Ex-Design Guru Thinks of iOS 7, iPhone: Robert Brunner, founder of Ammunition Design Group, discusses Apple's entry into wearable computing and what he thinks of iOS 7 and the iPhone." Bloomberg TV 9:04 AM
"How much $AAPL has Apple eaten with its $44 billion buyback appetite?" AppleInsider 8:37 AM
"Video of Steve Jobs's iPhone presentation kills Apple's photo gallery touch patent in Germany" Foss Patents 8:30 AM
"Steve Jobs' original iPhone keynote video used to invalidate Apple patent in Germany" AppleInsider 8:30 AM
"German Court Uses Apple Video to Kill Bounce Back Patent" The Mac Observer 9:17 AM
"Apple named most innovative company in the world ... again" Electronista 8:38 AM
"Apple yet again is most-innovative company, leading Samsung and Google" iDownload Blog 8:58 AM
"Apple's iPhone 5S in-store pickup said to resume next week: The option to buy the iPhone 5S online and then pick it up at an Apple store was pulled soon after the device went on sale. Now that option is reportedly coming back." CNET News 8:27 PM
"iOS7 Adoption Estimated To Be 60%: Apple fans are adopting iOS 7 at enough of a clip to jam up Web traffic." InformationWeek 9:58 AM
"Fiksu: iOS 7 adoption rate at 58 percent after one week" TUAW 10:22 AM
"The 2 percent: iPhone 5S, 5C find a fast foothold/And while the iPhone 5S is still outpacing the iPhone 5C, the gap between the two has narrowed since last week." CNET News 8:56 AM
"US Customers Prefer iPhone 5S Over 5C By Three-To-One Margin: 85% of buyers in San Francisco chose the iPhone 5S this week, leading a national trend of 5S over 5C." ReadWrite 9:17 AM
"iPhone 5s Is Three Times More Popular Than The 5c" Forbes 11:24 AM
"Apple reportedly hires Nike design director Ben Shaffer to work on wearable devices" The Verge 2:06 PM
"Apple to pay $40 to iPad 3G owners shut out of all-you-can-eat data plans" GigaOM 4:27 PM
"Judge Approves Settlement for Apple to Send $40 to Some iPad 3G Customers" The Mac Observer 8:39 PM
"Martha Stewart: 'I'm not having a feud with Apple'" Today 9:17 AM
"Martha Stewart Takes on Apple on Twitter: A series of tweets by business magnate Martha Stewart about her broken iPad: which she said was given to her by Apple's founder Steve Jobs: has gone viral." DailyFinance 7:51 AM
"Martha Stewart needs her iPad fixed right now" The Verge 9:24 AM
"(RED) Apple Products Earn $65M for AIDS Prevention" PC Magazine 9:23 AM
"Apple has raised over $65 million for (RED) in fight against AIDS" Macworld UK 7:53 AM
"'200 million' fanbois using iOS 7 just a week after release - study" The Register 8:54 AM
"MLB using Apple's iBeacons to create interactive stadium experiences" GigaOM 8:45 AM
"MLB to use iOS 7's iBeacons for customized stadium experiences" TUAW 8:42 AM
"MLB tests Apple's iBeacon at Citi Field" CNET News 4:29 PM
"Bluetooth beacons coming to ballparks" CNET News 4:29 PM
"L.A. Unified reports 71 iPads are missing: The lost iPads are from a trial program last year, the district says. L.A. Unified officials say security is being tightened and that student hacking is also being addressed." Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:10 AM
"Law enforcement: iPhone theft isn't the only crime iOS 7 could help reduce" Macworld 8:46 AM
"The Verizon iPhone 5s comes unlocked just like the Verizon iPhone 5" iDownload Blog 8:45 AM
"Virgin Mobile USA to carry iPhone 5c and 5s starting October 1st" iMore 9:58 AM
"Contract-free iPhone 5s/5c launching on Virgin Mobile next Tuesday" iDownload Blog 10:29 AM
"Gold iPhone 5S Can't Withstand Being Shot With a Sniper Rifle — But It Still Looks Good Trying" The Blaze 10:21 AM
"No, the iPhone 5S will not stop a 50-cal sniper bullet" VentureBeat 11:05 AM
"Microsoft now wants to buy your iPhone for at least $200" The Verge 11:25 AM
"Ex-iPod Engineer Designs Touch-Operated Standing Desk" Cult of Mac 7:53 AM
"Delta pilots swapping iPad for Surface 2 tablet" GeekWire 11:11 AM
Non-Apple News
"F.T.C. Targets Patent Companies: The Federal Trade Commission voted to begin an inquiry into 'patent assertion entities,' businesses whose only purpose is to stockpile patent portfolios and use them to sue companies like software designers and smartphone makers, the agency announced Friday." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 2:56 PM
Publications/Podcasts
"Coming September 28: Gene Steinberg meets iFixit's Kyle Wiens, AppleInsider's Daniel Eran Dilger, and The Mac Observer's Bryan Chaffin, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6:18 PM
"Bryan Chaffin on Steve Balmer's Retirement, Tim Cook as Rock Star and the new iPhones" MacVoices 2:04 PM
"GigaOM Show: Amazon Fires, should comments be fired? And iPhone sales are on fire" GigaOM 10:24 AM
"Podcast: iPhone 5s, New iMacs, iOS 7, Infinity Blade III" Insanely Great Mac 7:41 AM
"Inside the Apple A7 from the iPhone 5s" Chipworks 8:20 PM
"iPhone 5S gets quad-core graphics, analysis shows: The 5S is the first iPhone to pack quad-core graphics silicon. This gives the 64-bit chip plenty of horsepower for games." CNET News 8:21 PM
"Apple rolls out software patch for iPhone bug in record time" Relax News 7:51 AM
"iOS 7.0.2 released, fixes lock screen bug" Digital Trends 8:45 AM
"Bad news: iOS 7's HTML5 is full of bugs/'This is the buggiest Safari version since 1.0,' says one HTML5 development expert" InfoWorld 7:46 AM
"Hands-On With the iPad Mini 2 in Space Gray!" Sonny Dickson 7:39 AM
"iPad Mini 2 to come in gold and space gray, claim latest leaks" CNET News 8:57 AM
"Rumor: iPad Mini 2 To Come In Gold And With Fingerprint Sensor Touch ID" Apple Bitch 7:53 AM
"Goldfinger 2: Asian Site Leaks Rumored Gold iPad Mini 2 With TouchID Sensor" TechCrunch 8:37 AM
"iPad Mini 2 Gold Photos: Gold iPad mini pictured with Touch ID" BGR 8:39 AM
"Leaked photos show alleged gold iPad Mini 2 with Touch ID sensor" VentureBeat 10:29 AM
"Schematics show expected thinner-bezel design of Apple's fifth-gen iPad" AppleInsider 10:39 AM
"Leaked Specs Reveal A Thinner Bezel Design For Apple's iPad 5" AppAdvice 10:39 AM
"iOS 7: Apple solves lockscreen security bug following hacking fears" Telegraph 7:33 AM
"Apple's Maps Team Hiring Web UI Designer for 'New Secret Project'" MacRumors 4:08 PM
"Apple Wants UI Designer for 'New Secret Project' for 'Advanced Web Platform'" The Mac Observer 7:30 PM
"Maps roundup: Early Placebase founder leaves for startup, Alaska airport directions disabled, & secret project job listing" 9 to 5 Mac 4:08 PM
"Point, shoot, share: 10 alternatives to Instagram and Facebook" Macworld 8:46 AM
"Add The Photographer To A Group Photo With groopic For iPhone" AddictiveTips 8:43 AM
"Cassandra: VRZO Sticker - Imaging App from a Young Thai Media Group" eXtensions 12:18 PM
"Chainsaw Warrior review: save the world from the Darkness" iDownload Blog 8:46 AM
"OmniOutliner 2 Review: While this app will let users organize their notes to their heart's content, they'd better be prepared to pony up some cash to use it." 148Apps 2:42 PM
"Nice-Weather Review: Nice-Weather has a beautifully designed interface, but it needs more features to make it stand out from the crowd." 148Apps 12:26 PM
"DuckTales: Scrooge's Loot Review/Take one beloved Disney franchise, add some multiplayer shooting, and watch as it turns into a fairly unsurprising Capture the Flag type game." 148Apps 10:24 AM
"ReKillers Review: Had enough of zombies? I don't think so. The undead live on in hair-raising fashion in this grotesque zombie apocalypse scenario by Fossil Software. Pick up a chainsaw and join the mayhem!" 148Apps 11:11 AM
"Finding Microsoft's New CEO" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:12 AM
"Meet the Man Picking Microsoft's Next CEO: John Thompson, Lead Independent Director, Vows Not to Be 'Pawn' for Gates" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:52 AM
"Microsoft considering CEO of EMC's Pivotal as Ballmer replacement (report)" Boston Business Journal 9:33 AM
"Rumor: Ford CEO Tipped as Microsoft Front-Runner" PC Magazine 9:11 AM
"Report: Ford's Mulally Likely Next Microsoft CEO" Bloomberg TV 9:28 AM
"Could Ford's Mulally Run Microsoft?" 24/7 Wall St. 9:24 AM
"CEO Mulally 'focused' on setting Ford's long-term vision: executive" Reuters 10:52 AM
"CEO Mulally 'Absolutely Focused' on Ford, Fields Says" Bloomberg 9:16 AM
"Bill Gates admits that Ctrl Alt Delete was a mistake" The Inquirer 8:54 AM
"Silver Lake Executive: Microsoft Will 'Get Its Groove Back'" Business Insider 10:54 AM
"Bill Gates: 'Control+Alt+Delete' Was a Mistake" PC Magazine 9:10 AM
"Dell Stops Selling XPS 10 Windows RT Tablet" Maximum PC 9:34 AM
"Dell Still Offers Ubuntu Amid Microsoft Loan, Windows 8.1" The VAR Guy 9:37 AM
"Suppliers need to prepare for Dell strategy change" DigiTimes 8:54 AM
"Larry Ellison Is Getting Pay Heat from Oracle Investors" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 10:50 AM
"Oracle chief Larry Ellison under pressure over $76m pay" IT PRO 9:41 AM
"The Larry Ellison Compensation Hoopla Is Overblown" Seeking Alpha 11:26 AM
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