"Apple Announces Record Pre-orders for iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus Top Four Million in First 24 Hours: Available in More Than 20 Additional Countries on Friday, September 26" Apple 7:40 AM
"Apple Announces Record Pre-orders for iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus Top Four Million in First 24 Hours" Business Wire 7:36 AM
"Apple Reports Record Preorders for New iPhone: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Pulled in More Than 4 Million Preorders in 24 Hours" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:22 AM
"Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus pre-orders top 4 million in 24 hours" Macworld 9:27 AM
"Apple receives record pre-orders for new iPhones" Reuters 8:54 AM
"The iPhone 6 Will Make or Break Apple in China" Time 11:46 AM
"Apple IPhone 6 Pre-Orders Top Previous Debuts With 4 Million" Bloomberg 2:56 PM
"Is Apple Watch's Pressure-Sensitive Screen a Bigger Deal Than the Gadget Itself?" Wired 3:56 PM
"Exclusive: Two Apple medical trials shed light on how HealthKit will work/Two prominent U.S. hospitals are preparing to launch trials with diabetics and chronic disease patients using Apple Inc's HealthKit, offering a glimpse of how the iPhone maker's ambitious take on healthcare will work in practice." Reuters 8:26 AM
"Apple HealthKit: Two trials detail how it might work in practice" ZDNet 8:40 AM
"It'll Take a Social Revolution for Americans to Embrace the Apple Watch" Wired 8:24 AM
"Does Apple have a breakout product in its smartwatch? Wearables need an iPhone-style breakthrough, but it's not clear whether the Apple Watch is it" IDG News Service 8:57 AM
"Don't Underestimate Smartwatches: Wearable Devices Are Poised to Become Central to the Tech Ecosystem" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:35 AM
"Apple CEO talks Steve Jobs, TV and the competition" MoneyWatch 8:20 AM
"Tim Cook Says U.S. Government Still Hasn't Gotten Privacy Right" Re/code 7:31 PM
"Tim Cook Holds Firm On iMessage Security: It's Encrypted, We Don't Have A Key" TechCrunch 7:31 PM
"What the Apple Watch Says About Apple" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:22 AM
"Model suing Apple after celebgate photo leak saying she warned them TWICE about security breach months before" Daily Mail (UK) 8:15 AM
"PayPal Slams Apple In Full-Page Newspaper Ads" ReadWrite 3:40 PM
"Apple's Bark Worse Than Bite for PayPal" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:39 PM
"Apple joins secure chip standards and NFC group GlobalPlatform ahead of Apple Pay release" 9to5Mac 3:46 PM
"With eye on Apple Pay, Apple joins secure chip technology non-profit GlobalPlatform" AppleInsider 4:46 PM
"Apple Sells Record 4 Million iPhone 6 in Single Day" Tom's Guide 8:41 AM
"iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus pre-orders passed 4 million in 24 hours" The Next Web 8:31 AM
"Apple sold a record 4 million iPhones in 24 hours" The Verge 8:30 AM
"iPhone 6 Plus sells out online as customers face wait: The iPhone 6 Plus has sold out online, with pre-orders estimated to take between 3-4 weeks to ship" Telegraph 8:57 AM
"iPhone 6, 6 Plus Pre-orders Top 4 Million in First Day" The Mac Observer 8:31 AM
"Apple Sold More Than 4 Million New iPhones in First 24 Hours" Mashable 8:34 AM
"Apple said four million iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus pre-orders in first day" ZDNet 8:40 AM
"Analyst: Apple on Track to Top 10M iPhone 6 Launch Sales" The Mac Observer 11:40 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook: TV is terrible and stuck in the seventies" The Register 8:29 AM
"Tim Cook: Existing TV Interface Is 'Terrible'" PC Magazine 12:09 PM
"Apple names Apple Watch Marketing and Medical VPs as it puts out first job listing" 9to5Mac 3:37 PM
"Connnecticut AG asks Apple CEO Tim Cook to address Watch security" Electronista 4:45 PM
"7 Steve Jobs stories we learned this month" Computerworld 10:22 AM
"The life of Steve Jobs, in an Infographic" BetaNews 8:37 AM
"Can't Find Your Keys? Just Look at Your Phone: Growing Number of Apps Let Users Locate Misplaced Items With Their Smartphones" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:48 PM
"Apple's employee reservation system seemingly excludes iPhone 6 Plus, lends weight to short supply rumors" 9to5Mac 9:16 AM
"Doximity: Doctors a prime market for fast iPhone 6 adoption" MacNN 8:15 AM
"Apple: 33 Million People Have Listened to U2's Free Album" Mashable 9:39 PM
"T-Mobile to add iPhone 6 to 'Test Drive' program" iDownload Blog 12:08 PM
"T-Mobile confirms it will upgrade 'Test Drive' iPhones to iOS 8" Electronista 9:24 PM
"More than 75% of mobile applications will fail basic security tests through 2015, says Gartner" DigiTimes 8:37 AM
"Sir, I don't think we service that device any longer" TUAW 7:31 PM
Non-Apple News
"Sprint Prepaid plans revamped with new data options" CNET 2:56 PM
"China Herds Tech Addicts to 'Mobile Phone Sidewalk'" PC Magazine 9:59 AM
"Infosec geniuses hack a Canon printer and install DOOM" The Register 8:28 AM
"Android One: Google's push to rule the smartphone world/The search giant is aiming to bring phones that cost less than $100 to 'the next five billion' in the emerging markets. First stop: India." CNET 8:20 AM
"Where the Money is: How and why does Apple get paid for Apple Pay? Anders and Horace dive into the payments value chain and break it all down for you: what's in it for users, merchants, issuing banks and payment networks. What are the risks and opportunities for Apple? Is there a disruption about to happen?" 5by5 11:47 AM
"Luxury Watch Industry Leader Reacts To Apple Watch: Jean-Claude Biver Speaks" [Interview] Forbes 8:18 AM
"Apple's event this week announced less new products than we had hoped." The MT Show 7:50 AM
"If Jesus Were Alive Today He'd Engineer Wearable Technology" Forbes 8:44 AM
"Six big iOS 8 issues for enterprises/Summary: The new Apple software and new hardware for it have many features that could present problems for enterprises if IT doesn't prepare." ZDNet 8:39 AM
"Three Things Apple Can Do to Fix iCloud's Awful Security" Wired 8:24 AM
"Can Apple Sell 92 Million iPhones?" 24/7 Wall St. 8:17 AM
"Cassandra: Security Comment on Apple's Development of Multi-factor Authenticated Payment System" eXtensions 7:51 AM
"Everybody Else On Planet Earth Has An Opinion On This, So Here's Mine" BohemianBoomer 7:48 AM
"Microsoft quietly launches Dynamics NAV ERP apps for iPad, Android, Windows 8" ZDNet 8:39 AM
"Smartphones, tablets revolutionize online content consumption" AppleDailyReport 8:17 AM
"Fun Bugs - Kids can play with Bugs" prMac 9:17 AM
"RollOnBy Social Aggregator for Chromecast brings social lives to the TV" prMac 8:12 AM
"Date Special Ops released for iOS - Party or Work?" prMac 8:12 AM
"SwiftKey Keyboard Finally Coming To iPhone And iPad September 17" MacPrices 8:12 AM
"Football Race App, the Revolution of Running, Arrives in the UK" Business Wire 7:53 AM
"Macy's, Inc. Outlines New Developments in Omnichannel Strategy and Technology: Macy's and Bloomingdale's to help launch Apple Pay; same-day delivery to be piloted in fall 2014; new POS technology and customer service enhancements in testing; new apps, web functionality and mobile wallet launched; RFID being expanded to fashion categories" Business Wire 7:53 AM
"Bed / Kitchen Stand for iPhone / iPad Air / iPad Mini / Galaxy Notes / Galaxy Tabs / Smartphones" Allputer 7:50 AM
"The MUG Event Calendar for the Week of September 15: Joe Kissell, Blogging, WeMo Home Automation" The MUG Center 7:49 AM
"Yes, we're being bought by Microsoft" Mojang 8:33 AM
"Microsoft Gets 'Minecraft' Not Founders: Firm Bets $2.5 Billion That Popular Game Will Attract More Users to Its Mobile System" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:25 PM
"Microsoft Agrees to Buy 'Minecraft' Creator for $2.5 Billion: Mojang Team to Join Microsoft Studios, But Founders Plan to Leave for New Projects" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:34 AM
"With Mojang, Microsoft buys its fourth non-U.S.-based company in 2014" ZDNet 8:39 AM
"Microsoft to acquire Minecraft maker Mojang for $2.5 billion" Reuters 8:54 AM
"Microsoft to acquire Minecraft maker Mojang for $2.5B" USA Today 8:49 AM
"Microsoft to Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang for $2.5 Billion. This Is Why" Bloomberg 8:49 AM
"Microsoft is buying 'Minecraft' and its development studio for $2.5 billion" Engadget 8:33 AM
"Microsoft to buy Minecraft maker Mojang for $2.5B: The tech giant is taking control of one of the world's most popular games." CNET 8:44 AM
"Microsoft Has Acquired Minecraft For $2.5 Billion" TechCrunch 8:46 AM
"Microsoft Acquires Minecraft Developer Mojang For $2.5 Billion" ReadWrite 9:59 AM
"'Minecraft' could boost Microsoft's mobile reach" Associated Press 3:51 PM
"Why parents are raising their kids on Minecraft: Microsoft's latest purchase has remarkable intergenerational appeal" The Verge 12:07 PM
"Minecraft Creator Notch Is Leaving Mojang" WSJ Blogs 8:35 AM
"Latest Windows 9 leak shows unified notification center: Windows 9 will include a one-stop shop for system notifications if a leaked video is any indication" PCWorld 8:58 AM
"IBM Watson: A Pioneer In The New Era Of Computing" Forbes 9:29 AM
"Damir Zec: IBM Helps Croatian Gov't Build Mobile Public Service Delivery IT" ExecutiveBiz 9:29 AM
"What HP Gains In Eucalyptus Cloud Deal" InformationWeek 2:55 PM
"HP-Eucalyptus: Buying an edge in a busy, complex market" ZDNet 8:40 AM
"Intel appoints Gregory Bryant to handle global desktop platform business" DigiTimes 8:38 AM
"Intel Is Helping Designers Build Smarter Devices With Better Hardware And Software" Business Insider 12:02 PM
"How Intel's Core M Processors Could Hurt ARM Holdings and Help Microsoft" The Motley Fool 3:42 PM
"What Does Intel's Partnership With Fossil Mean For Smartwatches?" The Motley Fool 9:42 PM
"Oracle to acquire content storage management company Front Porch Digital: Front Porch Digital technology is used by media companies, government agencies, and sports organizations for a variety of applications" IDG News Service 8:58 AM
"Oracle Is Large, Liquid and Defensive" Barron's 8:48 AM
"Oracle picks up Front Porch Digital for media management" The Inquirer 8:43 AM
"AMD's Power Pack: 6 APUs in a Box for System Builders" AnandTech 11:50 AM
"Salesforce.com CEO Leaks Analytics Cloud Plan" InformationWeek 2:56 PM
"Big Tech at Bay: Silicon Valley's era of untrammelled global expansion is over, as backlash grows against the power and reach of US technology companies" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:21 AM
"Tech stocks fall; Microsoft among decliners: Tech stocks started the week with broad losses Monday. Microsoft Corp. was among the decliners after the company said it would acquire the maker of the popular 'Minecraft' game franchise for $2.5 billion." MarketWatch 4:21 PM
"U.S. Stocks Hit By Drop in Technology Firms: Investors Pause Ahead of Federal Reserve Policy Meeting This Week" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:22 PM
"Asia Markets: Hong Kong stocks continue losing streak after weak Chinese data" MarketWatch 8:47 AM
"Europe Markets: SABMiller rallies; TDC slumps: Europe's big stock moves" MarketWatch 8:47 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 7:25 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 7:25 PM
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