"Is the Apple Watch the next huge, medium or mini hit?" Yahoo Finance 7:33 AM
"Taptic, haptics, and the body fantastic: The real Apple Watch revolution" Macworld 7:37 AM
"How the Apple Watch Already Has Success Designed in" The Mac Observer 4:04 PM
"What Apple Pay means for consumers" ComputerWeekly 8:27 AM
"Google's Eric Schmidt: Steve Jobs is my hero/Google and Apple are bitter rivals, but during a talk, Google's executive chairman opens up about his old friend and why 'we could all aspire to be a small percentage of Steve.'" CNET 8:14 AM
"Apple and Google could be in crosshairs of Australian tax inquiry: Major international companies such as Apple and Google could soon have their accounts put under the microscope in Australia as part of a crackdown on corporate tax avoidance." CNET 8:06 AM
"Apple Asks the Music Labels for a Price Cut on Streaming Subscriptions: There are lots of music subscription services that let people listen to all the songs they want for $10 a month. Apple thinks that price is too high." Re/code 7:33 AM
"Apple Reportedly In Talks with Majors for Cheaper Music, Looks to Lower Beats Music Pricing" Billboard 8:19 AM
"Chinese media reports 4 million iPhone 6 reservations, even split between iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus" 9to5Mac 7:37 AM
"Apple will face $350M trial over iPod DRM: Apple's DRM schemes have been long disliked by activists. But are they illegal?" Ars Technica 2:23 PM
"Apple faces trial for allegedly 'locking in' iPod owners with iTunes Music Store DRM" AppleInsider 7:15 PM
"17,000 Macs recruited into malware botnet, with a little help from Reddit" Graham Cluley 8:19 AM
"Thousands of Macs infected with OS X botnet malware controlled via Reddit" TUAW 8:19 AM
"Mac Botnet Uses Reddit Comments For Directions" The Register 9:01 AM
"OS X vulnerability allows 'iWorm' botnet to control Macs" Electronista 2:23 PM
"After legal threat, Google says it removed 'tens of thousands' of iCloud hack pics" ZDNet 8:31 AM
"Apple Seeds iTunes 12 Beta 3 to Developers and AppleSeed Members" Modmyi 8:17 AM
"iTunes 12 Beta 3 Seeded to Devs" FairerPlatform 7:30 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Since I installed Yosemite Public Beta 4, I have been running out of memory: it tells me to quit applications but doesn't actually succeed. Even with no applications running except Activity Monitor, Activity Monitor shows 5.98G of 6G memory in use. Is anyone else seeing this? I didn't have this problem with Yosemite Public Beta 3. Safe Boot does not help. Any other ideas?" MacInTouch 8:23 AM
"I have noticed in the past 3-4 weeks that some incoming email messages are getting scrambled. A message in the sidebar list says it is from XYZ.com with a subject, but when I click on that message in the list what opens is a message from someplace else with a different subject. I look down the list and find a message from that other entity, click on it, and the message is the one from XYZ. I can't recall if this started happening before or after the 10.9.5 update, but it is annoying. Anyone else see this happening or have a suggestion how to fix it? I'm on a mid-2010 iMac. This does not happen in the iPhone mail app, so I know it's not something that's happening on the mail server." MacInTouch 8:22 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Carbon Copy Cloner 4 makes Mac cloning and imaging easier than ever" BetaNews 10:51 AM
"How to create a 'Shell Shock' Bash Update installer for OS X 10.6" MacIssues 8:08 AM
"Ask the iTunes Guy: When a large iOS update won't fit your iPhone" Macworld 7:36 AM
"Two email tips every Mac user should know" Macworld 8:13 AM
"Tim Cook emails employees to reflect on third anniversary of Steve Jobs' death" 9to5Mac 4:08 PM
"Tim Cook Emails Apple Employees Ahead of the Third Anniversary of Steve Jobs' Death" iClarified 4:09 PM
"Tim Cook asks employees to remember Steve Jobs on third anniversary of his passing" iDownload Blog 4:10 PM
"Is Apple about to lose Siri to Samsung? The core technology behind Apple's voice-command assistant Siri may wind up in Samsung phones, which would leave Tim Cook with a whole chicken coop's worth of egg on his face for letting this get away." ITworld 8:09 AM
"Apple has just about killed the iPhone crime wave" Computerworld 12:54 PM
"Apple Watch Overcomes Design Challenges, Sets New Standard for Functionality" Pyramid Research 7:26 AM
"Roughly Half Of Users Are Finding Apps Via App Store Search, Says Study" TechCrunch 6:55 PM
"Google's Eric Schmidt's shock confession: Steve Jobs is.... MY HERO" The Register 7:40 AM
"Bill Gates: Apple Pay is 'fantastic' and a 'real contribution'" TUAW 9:27 AM
"Bill Gates heaps praise on Apple Pay" CNET 4:09 PM
"Apple Pay receives a most unexpected endorsement" BGR 2:37 PM
"Are mobile payments safe? OCTOBER 3, 2014, 10:15 AM|This year hackers have been able to grab credit card numbers from several major retailers. Now Apple and other tech companies are offering a safe way to pay with your phone. Julie Watts reports for CBS News." CBS News 10:42 AM
"Apple May Have Already Racked Up 4 Million Orders For The iPhone 6 In China" Business Insider 8:27 AM
"iPhone 6 bendgate: Apple left red-faced after giant 'bendy' billboard appears to promote design flaw" Mirror Online UK 8:29 AM
"Digital accounts for nearly 70% of U.S. music revenues" AppleDailyReport 7:35 AM
"Geek out on technology with world's largest collection of Apple prototypes: Design Week Portland (photos)" The Oregonian 7:28 AM
"iPhone 6 Plus Listed on Airtel Website; Official India Launch Imminent" NDTV Gadgets 8:14 AM
"The 20 Schools With The Most Grads At Apple — And Harvard And Yale Didn't Make The List" Business Insider 11:03 AM
"'Turbo Dismount' Review - A Bang Up Good Time" Touch Arcade 9:28 AM
"Smarter Than You Review: Psych-out friends and random players in this simple but psychologically complex game from the makers of 10000000." 148Apps 10:40 AM
"Cloud Knights Review: Cloud Knights is fun and fluffy but also a big mess." 148Apps 8:13 AM
"Nightmares from the Deep: Davy Jones Review/It's business as usual for the last installment in the Nightmares from the Deep series, but it's a fun ride." 148Apps 9:28 AM
"The Moaning Words Review: The Moaning Words is a strange beast, much like Lovecraft's own tentacled monstrosities, but there's a lot of content for a low price of entry." 148Apps 1:25 PM
"Bike Rivals Review: Behind Bike Rivals' flat look and freemium annoyances is a surprisingly creative physics racer." 148Apps 11:36 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How To Mute And Get Out Of Group Texts In iOS 8" Digital Trends 5:24 PM
"How to repair/replace the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus battery, display, & more (Repair Guides)" 9to5Mac 3:11 PM
"How to replace the rear iSight camera in an iPhone 5s" iMore 3:10 PM
"iOS 8 lets you easily hide photos and App Store purchases" AppleInsider 10:46 AM
"Forgot your iCloud Keychain security code? Here's how to change it!" iMore 8:27 AM
"RIP: Disney Pulls 'Tiny Death Star' and 'Star Wars: Assault Team' from the App Store" Touch Arcade 5:25 PM
"Coming October 4: Gene Steinberg meets Kirk Mcelhearn, from Macworld, Jessica Hoffman from SquareTrade, and Avram Pitch from Laptop magazine, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 5:21 PM
"You will not want to hit the brakes with Asphalt Overdrive" TUAW 3:10 PM
"Flic uses Tinder-like swipes to whittle down your iPhone's photo library" AppleInsider 2:41 PM
"The 6 craziest new iOS 8 keyboards in Apple's App Store" BGR 11:32 AM
"iOS App Flic Is Basically Tinder For Your Photo Library" Gizmodo 10:46 AM
"Logitech announces Type+ portfolio for iPad Air, good option for BYOD" ZDNet 8:30 AM
"iPhone 6 BendGate Case – the only case pre-bent and ready for when your phone ... ahem ... matures" The Red Ferret Journal 8:29 AM
"Hulu Plus on iOS looks a lot flatter and cleaner now" Engadget 8:13 AM
"Genii Games Releases Adventures of the Tortoise App for iPads" prMac 10:40 AM
"Conferencia Launches - One Touch Conference Call and Smart Calendar" prMac 7:36 AM
"DreamWalk Makes Waves With The Release of Their New iOS Game Surfy" prMac 7:36 AM
"Selfie:Wars turns the Photo Trend into an Outrageously Fun & Risque Game" prMac 7:36 AM
"Big Monk Games announces Tribal Fruit for iOS" prMac 7:36 AM
"Polyes! A More Advanced 3D Printing Pen from Future Make LLC" prMac 7:36 AM
"Colorful Keyboard - Custom keyboard for iOS 8" prMac 7:36 AM
"Samsung Paid Microsoft $1 Billion Last Year for Android Royalty, Filing Says" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:09 PM
"Microsoft Says Samsung Owes It $6.9 Million in Contract Dispute" Re/code 6:57 PM
"Microsoft Divulges Diversity Numbers: Redmond is predominantly male, White, and Asian--just like many of its tech peers." PC Magazine 9:26 PM
"Microsoft releases diversity Stats, says 'much work' still to be done" CNET 8:40 PM
"Flashback Friday: How two university dropouts created Microsoft" BetaNews 12:32 PM
"Bill Gates very happy with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's work, advises him to focus on Office" WinBeta 9:10 AM
"Windows 10: Command Prompt's experimental new features are genuinely useful" BetaNews 12:33 PM
"Windows 10: Top 10 insights on Microsoft's latest OS" V3 9:13 AM
"Windows 10 Review: Microsoft's Latest OS Isn't Revolutionary, But That's The Point" International Business Times 9:13 AM
"Microsoft's Windows 10 Preview has permission to watch your every move" The Inquirer 9:13 AM
"An Early Look at Windows 10 for Business" PC Magazine 9:12 AM
"Windows 10: release date, price, news and features" TechRadar UK 9:12 AM
"How to Download and Install Windows 10 Using Parallels" Softpedia 9:12 AM
"Friday Poll: Will you try Windows 10? Early birds are getting a crack at a preview version of Windows 10. Microsoft is emphasizing how far the new OS is from Windows 8. Are you curious enough to give it a shot?" CNET 9:11 AM
"Thanks to Windows 8, Windows 10 need only be good enough" InfoWorld 8:28 AM
"Windows 10 Technical Preview for ARM tablets, smartphones will only come next year" BetaNews 8:21 AM
"Microsoft Research leaves Silicon Valley: Why big companies aren't startups" VentureBeat 8:06 AM
"Microsoft's Cloud + Enterprise team reveals updates to Azure and more" WinBeta 9:13 AM
"Is International Business Machines Corp. Stock 'Stuck In The Middle With You'?" benzinga 10:37 AM
"IBM set to sell Elastic Storage in a Power-based box" PCWorld 9:26 PM
"IBM rolls out new server with help from Nvidia and the OpenPower Foundation" Gigaom 7:13 AM
"Hewlett-Packard Looks to the Cloud with its M&A Ambition" TheStreet 9:03 AM
"Intel, AMD to offer new tablet platforms in 2015" DigiTimes 10:57 AM
"Cisco, Acer, others join Intel-backed IoT standards group: The Open Interconnect Consortium is the latest IoT body to boast about its progress" Techworld 10:57 AM
"Intel-backed IoT standards group gains support from Cisco and Acer" PCWorld 10:56 AM
"Intel is 'not taking sides,' but keeps ads off of Gamasutra" Engadget 9:26 PM
"Intel, AMD to offer new tablet platforms in 2015" DigiTimes 8:10 AM
"Oracle Pops After Analyst Day: What Wall Street's Saying" TheStreet 10:39 AM
"Larry Ellison On Why He Stepped Down" WSJ Blogs 7:15 AM
"3 lessons from the big cloud reboot" InfoWorld 8:30 AM
"Questions Surround Lack of Diversity of Wall St. Arbitrators" Reuters 12:39 PM
"Dow jumps 200 points following surge in hiring" Associated Press 4:12 PM
"U.S. Stocks Rally on Jobs Data: Strong Payrolls Report Reassures on Economy" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:12 PM
"Asia Markets: Hong Kong stocks snap losing streak as China Mobile rallies/Hong Kong stocks closed higher on Friday, snapping a four-day losing string, as China Mobile Ltd. rallied on separate reports the carrier recorded robust growth in 4G subscribers." MarketWatch 6:56 AM
"Europe Markets: Woeful week overshadows European stock rebound on Friday/European stocks finished higher Friday, but the positive move came in the backdrop of the markets suffering their biggest weekly fall in about two months." MarketWatch 12:02 PM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 5:22 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 5:22 PM
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