"Apple's response to iPhone glitches is key" ["Apple is held to a higher standard by many consumers, analysts said. But Milanesi said she thought the company suffered more harm a few years ago, when it was slow to acknowledge complaints about poor reception and dropped calls that affected new iPhone 4 models when they were released in 2010. The company eventually offered a fix for the problem, after then-CEO Steve Jobs initially suggested users just needed to hold the phone differently."] Associated Press 8:41 PM
"Apple Defends Against Complaints of Bending iPhones: Tech Giant Says Only Nine Customers Have Complained About Bent Phones" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1:37 PM
"Apple Pulls iOS Software Update: Apple Says Investigating Reports Of Problems with Update" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:11 AM
"Apple apologises for iOS 8 update bug: Apple has apologised after an update to its mobile operating system left some owners of its new iPhones unable to make or receive calls." BBC 8:25 AM
"Apple asks new phone users to reinstall iOS 8 after update glitches" Reuters 11:00 AM
"iOS 8 and Yosemite are the next step in unconstrained computing" Macworld 8:09 AM
"'Bendgate' Warps iPhone 6 Reception" [Video Report] Boston Globe [Free Registration Required] 8:25 AM
"Four of Apple's biggest missteps, from Maps to MobileMe: The Cupertino, Calif., electronics giant doesn't always get it right. CNET details some of Apple's biggest and most recent screw-ups." CNET 8:27 AM
"FBI blasts Apple, Google for locking police out of phones" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 3:07 PM
"The Director Of The FBI Is Worried Apple And Google Are Making Life Easier For Criminals" Business Insider 3:53 PM
"Apple's IPhone Software Snafu Has Links to Flawed Maps" Bloomberg 8:27 PM
"Apple quality control manager responsible for iOS 8.0.1 also tied to Maps app debacle" AppleInsider 8:27 PM
"Former iPhone manager: Apple will struggle to analyze watch data/Former iPhone engineer Andy Grignon questions whether Apple will be able to use the data its watch collects." CITEworld 4:27 PM
"Apple knew of iCloud security hole 6 months before Celebgate" The Daily Dot 8:08 AM
"Apple aware of iCloud brute-force vulnerability six months before 'Celebgate'" 9to5Mac 8:08 AM
"Apple knew of iCloud API weakness months before celeb photo leak broke" Ars Technica 11:07 AM
"Apple Reportedly Aware of iCloud Flaw Six Months Before Hacking of Celebrity Accounts" MacRumors 8:09 AM
"Apple May Have Known About iCloud Security Issues Long Before The Nude Celebrity Photo Hack" Business Insider 8:44 AM
"Battle with Apple 'more brutal than ever' says Google chairman" Fortune 8:29 PM
"Apple Watch Mashups Hint at How the Company Could Go High-Fashion" Wired 8:28 AM
"Apple Watch likely won't see 'early 2015" release due to development issues" The Inquirer 8:30 AM
"New poll suggests iPhone 6, 6 Plus will draw Android switchers" Electronista 8:33 AM
"Brit Apple 'Genius': iPhone 6? We've had no complaints about our bendy iThing" The Register 8:12 AM
"The iPhone 6 Lines Weren't Actually Filled With the 'Chinese Mafia'" Time 8:39 AM
"Back to School: Macs Accounted for 1-in-4 PCs" FairerPlatform 8:05 AM
"Steve Ballmer is ditching iPads at LA Clippers in favor of Windows" The Verge 9:22 AM
"Steve Ballmer Will Institute A No-Apple Policy For The Clippers" Deadspin 1:34 PM
"Let it go, Steve: Ballmer bans iPads from his LA Clippers b-ball team" The Register 3:58 PM
"Al Pacino: who wants to watch films on an iPhone? Al Pacino says films have no place on an iPhone and advises us to stick to cinema" Telegraph 8:43 AM
"Apple is still using Windows XP... in its iPhone 6 testing labs" Neowin 9:13 PM
"Apple still uses Windows XP in its production factories -- It's time to upgrade guys" WinBeta 9:13 PM
Non-Apple News
"Driving while texting with Google Glass as distracting as phone: study" Reuters 8:53 PM
"Samsung has more employees than Google, Apple, and Microsoft combined" Ars Technica 4:25 PM
"Amazon Is Recruiting People For A Secretive Smart Home Project" Digital Trends 4:01 PM
"Samsung, HTC, BlackBerry, and Others Mock 'Bendability' of Apple's iPhone 6 Plus" MacRumors 11:49 AM
"Apple's Phil Schiller says 'go to the Genius Bar' if your iPhone 6 is bent: 'We'll see if your product is having an experience it shouldn't have.'" The Verge 8:26 PM
"Inside the building where Apple tortures the iPhone 6" The Verge 6:50 PM
"Apple takes press on tour of iPhone test facility to address 'Bend-gate'" AppleInsider 8:18 PM
"Apple provides a look inside its iPhone stress-testing facility following 'bendgate' controversy" 9to5Mac 8:18 PM
"Apple Invites Reporters Into Testing Lab, Details iPhone 6 Plus Durability Tests" MacRumors 8:20 PM
"Apple support says bent iPhones must pass a visual inspection to qualify for warranty replacement" The Next Web 8:08 AM
"Apple says some bent iPhone 6/Plus phones will be replaced under warranty" 9to5Mac 8:08 AM
"Apple will probably replace your bent iPhone 6 Plus" AppAdvice 8:43 AM
"Apple Apologizes For iPhone Update Bug And Releases New iOS 8.0.2" TechCrunch 8:41 PM
"Apple Issues Fix for iPhone Users Who Lost Service With iOS 8 Update" Re/code 8:07 AM
"Apple Details Official Fix For iOS 8.0.1 Woes, Will Release iOS 8.0.2 'In The Next Few Days'" TechCrunch 8:06 AM
"Apple: iOS 8.0.2 update will be released within a 'few days'" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:26 AM
"Apple, Samsung Usher in the 20nm, 64-bit Smartphone Generation" PC Magazine 8:26 AM
"12.9-inch iPad Pro Rumored To Use An Improved A8X SoC" G for Games 10:58 AM
"Rumored 12.9-Inch 'iPad Pro' May Include More Powerful A8X Processor" MacRumors 10:58 AM
"New Mac Mini Finally Coming in October Alongside New iPads?" MacRumors 6:48 PM
"New Mac Mini Finally Coming in October Alongside New iPads?" MacRumors 3:54 PM
"Report claims rumored refreshed Mac mini could launch next month" 9to5Mac 3:59 PM
"Fake fingerprint fools iPhone 6 Touch ID" Ars Technica 8:40 AM
"Download iOS 7.1.2 for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch" FairerPlatform 8:04 AM
"Do the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus bend? We plan to find out for sure.: We're designing an authoritative test to find out whether Apple's new phones have structural issues." Consumer Reports 3:22 PM
"Apple works on making iOS devices more durable with 'fused glass device housings" Apple Daily Report 8:00 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"Loss of cellular service or ability to use Touch ID after updating to iOS 8.0.1 on iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus" Apple Support 8:07 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Invasion Strike For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 10:57 AM
"Rope'n'Fly 4 For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 10:57 AM
"Angry Zombies 2 HD For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 10:57 AM
"The WIRED iPhone 6 Plus Review: Too Big to Fail, But Not to Bend" Wired 8:29 AM
"The WIRED iPhone 6 Review: Bigger, Better...and a Little Buggy" Wired 8:29 AM
"In-depth review: Apple's iPhone 6 Plus running iOS 8" AppleInsider 8:09 AM
"iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus Review Part 1" Electronista 8:43 AM
"My only iPhone 6 regret: Battery life/Living with the iPhone 6, part 5, Scott Stein finds there's only one thing he really envies about the larger 6 Plus...and it's not the bigger screen." CNET 8:24 PM
"Appidemic: Surfy for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" TechnologyTell 8:35 AM
"'Ninja Raft' Review - These Towers are Taking a Trip Downriver" Touch Arcade 3:53 PM
"Cursed Treasure 2 Review: It's a dependable and fun Tower Defense game, but Cursed Treasure 2 lacks a certain original spark that would have truly made it special." 148Apps 11:35 AM
"Epic Island Review: Colorful and not without potential, Epic Island is too slow going when it comes to offering up its wonders." 148Apps 9:22 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"iOS 8: Using Handoff on Mobile Devices" The Mac Observer 6:45 PM
"Six Dos and Don'ts for Taking Care of Your New iPhone 6" 148Apps 1:37 PM
"How to Get Rid of iOS 8.0.1, Restore iOS 8" PC Magazine 11:00 AM
Tips
"Increase the chances of recovering your lost iPhone by enabling 'Send Last Location' in iOS 8" AppleInsider 10:59 AM
"Ten smart cheap uses for your old iPhone" Reuters [Free Registration Required] 9:21 AM
"How You Nomophobes Can Cope With iOS 8 Bugs in Apple iPhone" ABCNews 3:21 PM
"No need for iOS 8 hate. Here are fixes for Wi-Fi and battery drain bugs" TechRadar UK 8:33 AM
"Steve Ballmer: Nadella off to fantastic start" CNBC 8:53 AM
"CEO: Microsoft ready to work with antitrust officials" China Daily 9:10 PM
"Steve Ballmer is ditching iPads at LA Clippers in favor of Windows: Windows, Windows, Windows" The Verge 8:55 AM
"Windows 7's slow sunset continues with October 31st deadline" BGR 7:36 AM
"Microsoft's Windows 8 successor isn't called Windows 9, honest" The Inquirer 7:38 AM
"Windows 9 changes and new features: Everything we know so far" ExtremeTech 11:39 AM
"Microsoft exec: 'Windows 9' to be announced next week" PCWorld 8:54 AM
"Xbox One's Japanese sales go from bad to worse: Newly launched system is selling just over 1,000 consoles a week." Ars Technica 10:04 AM
"Xbox One sales in Japan sink even lower: Microsoft's latest game console racked up only 1,314 unit sales in the country last week, says a Japanese gaming news site." CNET 12:44 PM
"Microsoft pushes collaboration with Groups for Office 365" VentureBeat 12:25 PM
"Insteon integrates with Microsoft Cortana for voice control in the home" Gigaom 10:11 AM
"Microsoft Details What's New in Cortana for Windows Phone" Softpedia 8:55 AM
"Surface Pro 3 cleared for take-off, with FAA/EASA Electronic Flight Bag certification" Neowin 9:53 AM
"Intel taking stakes in China mobile chipmakers" Reuters 1:39 PM
"Intel, Dow's Best Performer, Seeks to Copy Server Success" Bloomberg 8:48 AM
"How Intel is using smartwatches and big data to fight Parkinson's disease" TechRepublic 8:48 AM
"Intel, Rockchip look to expand x86 presence in tablet AP market" ET Mag 8:48 AM
"HP Readies SDN App Store for Launch" eWeek 12:20 PM
"HP launches software-defined networking app store/Summary: Companies running HP's software-defined networking compliant infrastructure will be able to buy apps to implement network services ranging from security to orchestration." ZDNet 7:42 AM
"EMC, HP in blockbuster Borg: Heady potential or TOTAL CATASTROPHE? EMC plus HP – pundits do the sums" The Register 9:28 AM
"Oracle releases its Openstack cloud computing framework for Oracle Linux" The Inquirer 8:39 AM
"Why Oracle wins by Larry Ellison stepping down" VentureBeat 7:56 AM
"Oracle trots out new Box integration, enterprise management updates/Summary: Oracle said that starting in the spring of 2015, Box's content collaboration platform will seamlessly mingle with the Oracle Marketing Cloud." ZDNet 8:55 AM
"Cloud will be key for Oracle at OpenWorld" PCWorld 4:27 PM
"Samsung ramps up production for 3.2TB NVMe SSDs for enterprise servers" ZDNet 7:38 AM
"Samsung pulls out of laptop market in Europe" Digital Trends 9:27 AM
"Lenovo updates Thinkserver line as it aims for market dominance: Looks to build on its PC market strength to gain server market share" The Inquirer 11:36 AM
"How the tech elite teach Stanford students to build billion-dollar companies (in 11 quotes)" VentureBeat 12:26 PM
"Make Internet-Ready Products, Or Else: Internet of Things pioneers say the fourth industrial revolution looms: like it or not." InformationWeek 8:24 PM
"Apple's Removal of iOS 8 and 'Bendgate' Offer Buying Opportunity" TheStreet 1:40 PM
"Shares of Apple drop significantly after string of bad news" AppAdvice 11:35 AM
"Apple Insiders Sold $143M in Stock Through Plans" Barron's 8:34 AM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Apple losses stand out as tech stocks slump/iPhone issues hit Apple and the tech sector staggers" MarketWatch 3:55 PM
"Stock Market Today: Dow Falls 200 Points as Traders Take Profits" TheStreet 3:56 PM
"Apple bites stock market: Technology stocks swoon, leading to market's worst day since July; Apple sinks on iPhone woes" Associated Press 3:55 PM
"Dow drops 200 as tech leads a decline in US stocks" Associated Press 12:34 PM
"Geopolitical Jitters Spark Wall Street Selloff" FOXBusiness 3:57 PM
"U.S. Stocks Sharply Lower: Stocks Post Biggest One-Day Drops Since Late July" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:57 PM
"Asia Markets: Japanese stocks turn positive for the year as yen drops/Stocks in Japan turned positive for the year Thursday, with the Japanese yen weakening further, to the benefit of the country's auto makers and other exporters, while investors elsewhere in Asia focused on the prospect for further reforms in China." MarketWatch 8:50 AM
"Europe Markets: H&M slides; Telecom Italia rises: Europe's big stock movers/Here are some of the companies whose shares are making notable moves in Thursday's European trading session." MarketWatch 8:50 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 9:09 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at the close of trading" Associated Press 9:09 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12:33 PM
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