"Apple's iPhone Encryption Is a Godsend, Even if Cops Hate It" Wired 8:27 AM
"Munster: Teens still keen for iPhones, iPads, 'tepid' on Apple Watch" Electronista 7:53 AM
"Apple fighting Samsung in two U.S. courts in parallel in quest of prospective patent remedies" Foss Patents 7:53 AM
"Will Apple Pay Really Help Jumpstart Mobile Payments? Executives from Pizza Hut and other companies debate whether Apple Pay will be the force making mobile payments mainstream." InformationWeek 10:57 AM
"PayPal's Online Business Is Safe From Apple Pay: Harris" Bloomberg TV 9:58 AM
"Apple releases OS X Server 4.0 Preview for Yosemite to developers" iMore 10:18 PM
"OS X Yosemite Gold Master Candidate 2" FairerPlatform 6:49 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Duplicate Tracks in iTunes Cause Problems Syncing iOS Devices" Kirkville 7:59 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Four useful hidden features of OS X that everyone could use" MacIssues 7:59 AM
"Ondesoft utility good for audio recording on a Mac despite rudimentary editing features" Apple Daily Report 7:38 AM
"How To Manage The Mac's Clipboard" Mac 360 6:48 AM
"The New Twist In Stickies Notes On A Mac Involves Ants" TeraTalks 6:48 AM
"Cut Out The Photo Background With Digital Scissors On A Mac" Mac 360 6:49 AM
"How Can You Not Like A Mac App That Does All This And Does It For Free?" NoodleMac 6:48 AM
"Use This Cheap And Easy App To Find And Create More Free Space On A Mac" BohemianBoomer 6:49 AM
Op/Ed
"The Free Ouistee And The Death Of Personal Databases On The Mac" Mac 360 6:49 AM
Press Releases
"Sol Robots Introduces Pixel Tools 1.4: Now with Photoshop and Illustrator Support!" Sol Robots 9:33 AM
"Syncro Soft, the developer of the Oxygen XML suite of products, announced the immediate availability of version 16.1 of its Oxygen XML Editor, Oxygen XML Author and Oxygen XML Developer products containing a comprehensive set of tools supporting all the XML-related technologies." <oXygen/> 8:30 AM
"FireEye warns of 'insecure' Apple Mac OS and iOS systems" V3 8:15 AM
"PDFKey Pro locks and unlocks password-protected PDF documents" prMac 6:52 AM
"Bokeh Wallpapers for Your Yosemite, Retina Macs" FairerPlatform 6:49 AM
"Apple Invites Media to October 16 Event: 'It's Been Way Too Long'" MacRumors 12:47 PM
"Apple Sends Out Media Event Invitations for October 16th" The Mac Observer 12:44 PM
"It's been way too long: Apple to hold iPad event Oct. 16" Macworld 12:48 PM
"Apple sends out invitations for Oct. 16 iPad event: 'It's been way too long'" AppleInsider 12:47 PM
"Apple Sends Out Invites For October 16 iPad And Mac Event" TechCrunch 12:47 PM
"Global PC Shipments Exceed Forecast with Mild Improvement in Consumer Demand, While Apple Moves to #5 Spot, According to IDC" ["Apple moved into the number 5 position on a worldwide basis, slightly overtaking ASUS. The company's steady growth, along with recent price cuts and improved demand in mature markets, has helped it to consistently outgrow the market."] Business Wire 4:06 PM
"Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments in the Third Quarter of 2014 Declined 0.5 Percent" ["HP maintained the No. 1 position in the U.S. market accounting for 27.8 percent of PC shipments in the third quarter of 2014 (see Table 1). Dell increased its share to 24.1 percent, followed by Apple with an estimated 14.3 percent share of PC shipments in the U.S."] Business Wire 4:10 PM
"comScore: Apple's iPhone Still King of U.S. Smartphone Sales/Apple holds 42% of the market, while Samsung takes 28.9%" DailyTech 8:13 AM
"iPhone 6 users encounter a painful new problem -- hairgate" BetaNews 7:37 AM
"Japan's Murata unconcerned about reliance on Apple for sales: CEO" Reuters 8:23 AM
"Woz Talks Engineering Passion At Gartner Symposium: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak wants to see engineers get more respect, have more fun, and play nice." InformationWeek 10:57 AM
"Just for fun: Show us your best QuickType poetry" Macworld 6:55 AM
"How Much Is an Apple I Motherboard Worth Today?" Apple Gazette 7:37 AM
"Man Tries to Trade Detroit House for iPhone 6" Digital Trends 8:43 AM
"Detroit Homeowner Will Trade House for iPhone 6" PC Magazine 9:38 AM
"Google Chromecast Is The Top 'Connected Device' App" TechCrunch 10:23 AM
"Samsung Picks Up Share in US Smartphone Market" 24/7 Wall St. 8:44 AM
"Meet the 21-year-old YouTuber who made millions playing video games: Olajide Olatunji - better known as KSI - is one of the world's most influential and bankable YouTube stars. Josh Warwick meets him" Telegraph 8:18 AM
"The gods of the internet: DDoS is a tool to be wielded to keep corrupt corporations honest, according to an anonymous member of DerpTrolling, who gives us an inside look at the self-proclaimed gods of the internet." CNET 8:03 AM
"Rest in Peace, Google Glass: 2012-2014/Glass has disappeared almost overnight, and there's a reason: Google's ham-fisted approach to privacy." PC Magazine 8:03 AM
"Woman sues US government over fake Facebook page: A woman is suing the US government after it created a fake Facebook page containing photos of her, including one that showed her half-clothed." BBC 8:00 AM
"Demand for non-Apple notebooks, tablets may remain weak until 2Q15, say Taiwan makers" DigiTimes 7:53 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"YML Archives for October 8th, 2014!" Your Mac Life 10:13 PM
"ACM 275: Apple's Oct 16 Media Event, GTAT, and Plastc vs Coin vs Apple Pay" The Mac Observer 8:36 PM
"Apple fan who mocked 'Bendgate' finds that his iPhone 6 Plus bent during regular use" BGR 10:24 AM
"What Does Teen Survey On iPhone, iPad And Watch Mean For Apple" Forbes 10:22 AM
"Is There Really a Serious Problem with iOS 8?" The Tech Night Owl 8:47 AM
"Here's How Apple Might Be Able To Justify Charging $10,000 For A Top-Of-The-Line Apple Watch" Business Insider 8:43 AM
"Privacy vs. User Experience: Apple is going to realize very soon that it has made a grave mistake by positioning itself as a bastion of privacy against Google, the evil invader of everyone's secrets." Dustin Curtis 8:39 AM
"Will Apple Inc. Release a New MacBook Air on October 16?" The Motley Fool 8:37 AM
"The Empire Reboots: Over the last decade, as the biggest force in tech history hurtled toward irrelevance (albeit lucratively), a few blamed Microsoft' s woes on founder Bill Gates, while most pointed to his successor as C.E.O., Steve Ballmer. Bethany McLean charts the breakdown of their relationship, the growing dissatisfaction with Ballmer, and the challenges and opportunities facing its third C.E.O., Satya Nadella, as Gates returns to the fold." Vanity Fair 7:55 AM
"Microsoft's Nadella Talks Windows 10, Cloud-First World" PC Magazine 8:02 AM
"Samsung Seeks Arbitration Against Microsoft in Hong Kong" Bloomberg 8:35 AM
"HP's big split: The good, bad, and potentially ugly" Fortune Magazine 8:17 AM
"HP split is timely, says HP Taiwan head" DigiTimes 7:54 AM
"Opinion: Is Hewlett-Packard's breakup a sign of a stock-market top?" MarketWatch 8:17 AM
"IBM Stock Collapse Under CEO Ginni Rometty" 24/7 Wall St. 6:47 AM
"IBM Watson: 29 Signs Of Progress/IBM's Watson Group touts customer successes, new partners, APIs, and cloud services as it opens headquarters in New York City." InformationWeek 8:23 AM
"IBM's Watson lands new partners and open's NYC office" ZDNet 8:29 AM
"IBM's Watson sets up home in NYC to learn new tricks" Engadget 7:55 AM
"IBM's Watson Moves Beyond Jeopardy (and Learns Spanish)" PC Magazine 9:39 AM
"Breaking: AMD's Rory Read Steps Down As CEO, Dr. Lisa Su Appointed President And CEO" HotHardware 5:49 PM
"AMD Promotes COO Lisa Su to Replace Rory Read as CEO" Re/code 10:18 PM
"Chipmaker AMD names Lisa Su its new CEO" Gigaom 6:28 PM
"AMD promotes COO Dr. Lisa Su to CEO, replacing Rory Read" ZDNet 6:29 PM
"'AMD needs to respond or Nvidia will own Christmas'" PCR UK 8:36 AM
"Intel execs on big data and privacy: It's a balancing act/Summary: When it comes to big data and privacy, mistakes are inevitable. But it's how you respond that will most affect your reputation and bottom line, stress Intel privacy officers." ZDNet 7:36 PM
"Oracle Launches Capacity-Building Programme to Close IT Skills Gap in Africa" PC Tech Magazine 8:38 AM
"Oracle launches initiative to up IT skills in Africa" Telecompaper [Paid Membership Required] 8:38 AM
"After successful Oracle appeal, Google asks Supreme Court to hear Android-Java copyright case" Foss Patents 8:38 PM
"SAP Plunges Most Since 2011 After Report on Pipeline" Bloomberg 9:58 AM
"Digital Business Is Driving Big Change" PC Magazine 8:02 AM
"Google, Facebook to discuss online extremism at dinner with EU officials" PCWorld 8:04 AM
"Big data burn-out looms as data scientists hit by work-related stress" ZDNet 8:29 AM
"PC shipments dip 1.7 percent, less than expected" Reuters 4:13 PM
"PC shipments down just slightly in the third quarter, IDC says" PCWorld 4:05 PM
"Global PC sales down 1.7% in third quarter: IDC" MarketWatch 4:05 PM
"Decline in PC Sales Starts to Slow; Largest Makers See Growth" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:12 PM
"Icahn tweets he will send open letter to Apple" Reuters 4:13 PM
"Carl Icahn says he's sending an 'interesting' letter to Apple on Thursday: The billionaire activist investor has a history with Apple, including getting CEO Tim Cook to take steps such as boosting the company's share repurchases." CNET 3:58 PM
"Carl Icahn teases 'interesting' open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook" AppleInsider 3:55 PM
Industry News
"Tech stocks turn it around and record big gains" MarketWatch 4:05 PM
"Stock Market Today: Stocks Spike as Fed Minutes Allay Fears of Rate Hike" TheStreet 2:20 PM
"Dow scores biggest gain of 2014 on Fed minutes" USA Today 4:15 PM
"U.S. Stocks Rally After Fed Minutes" Nasdaq 2:20 PM
"US stocks rise sharply as Federal Reserve signals no rush to raise interest rates" Associated Press 2:19 PM
"U.S. Stocks Rally After Fed Minutes: FOMC Minutes Point to Caution on Interest Rates" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:19 PM
"Asia Markets: Hong Kong stocks snap three-day recovery run/Hong Kong stocks closed lower on Wednesday, keying off a selloff in the U.S. markets overnight, and ending a three-session run of gains." MarketWatch 8:31 AM
"Europe Markets: Germany's DAX slides below 9,000/German stocks continued to slide Wednesday on the back of lackluster data the prior day, with the DAX 30 index flirting with its lowest level since December last year." MarketWatch 8:30 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 2:19 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at the close of trading" Associated Press 5:35 PM
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