"This new 'Apple SIM' could legitimately disrupt the wireless industry" ["A more compelling, user-friendly scenario might see your phone number and crucial services—messaging, voicemail, etc.—tied to your Apple SIM, and a vibrant marketplace where carriers compete for your business. This is already sort of what Apple is about to offer for the iPad. Imagine booting up your iPhone for the first time and seeing four competing offers for your business from different operators—with short or no contract duration. Or an even deeper integration where Apple bills you as a virtual operator and constantly shops for the cheapest connection—perfect for those who travel overseas frequently."] Quartz 8:51 AM
"The many ways Apple could seize control from the carriers with its new SIM card" Gigaom 4:02 PM
"Apple's Real iPad Surprise: A SIM Card That Lets Users Swap Data Plans/Built-In Chip Allows Customers to Switch Between AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile; Verizon Holds Out" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:09 PM
"Apple's A8X chip opens door to new devices: The chip in the new iPad Air 2 could be used in the next Apple TV, 4K TV, gaming devices and even Macs" IDG News Service 9:08 PM
"Apple's Cook Raises Bar With New Holiday Product Lineup" Bloomberg 9:25 PM
"Apple: Quite believable, actually/Never mind the hyperbole about how 'unbelievable' Apple and its products are. The believable is quite good enough." Fortune 9:45 AM
"How well are Apple's products doing? Here's what we know" Computerworld 12:25 PM
"Apple Failed To Revolutionize The iPad. So What?" Forbes 9:36 AM
"Apple: into thin air/While iPad sales may fall they still help lock users into brand" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 9:36 AM
"Apple: Going all in with the iPad Air 2 and iPhone 6 Plus" ZDNet 9:45 AM
"Touch-screen Mac unlikely, says Apple's Federighi: The head of Apple's software business explains to CNET why we won't be seeing an iMac or other Apple computers with a touch screen." CNET 9:37 AM
"Apple's OS X Yosemite available now: Should you update?" CBS/AP 12:08 PM
"OS X Yosemite Dock Icons, Ranked" Gizmodo 11:11 AM
Press Releases
"GarageBand for Mac Gets Support for OS X Yosemite, Mail Drop, New Voice Template and More" iClarified 6:14 PM
"A List of OS X Yosemite Apps With Notification Center Widgets, Share Support, and More" MacRumors 6:14 PM
"OS X Yosemite: OS X Yosemite is now available, and if you rely upon any Red Sweater apps, you'll be happy to know that we are good shape with compatibility." Red Sweater Software 11:34 AM
"Tumblr launches on OS X, lets you post anything in a window with a share button" VentureBeat 11:11 AM
"1Password 5 for OS X Yosemite released with refreshed design and more" iDownload Blog 12:48 PM
"1Password 5 for Mac Gets OS X Yosemite Revamp" MacTrast 10:30 AM
"Mac Meetup – Yosemite – 6th November – London" Amsys 9:53 AM
"iBooks Author updated with ePub and InDesign importer, new templates, and more" 9to5Mac 8:47 AM
"Winclone and Boot Runner are OS X 10.10 Yosemite-ready" prMac 8:43 AM
"Apple Pay: What to Expect at the Checkout Counter" ABCNews 10:29 AM
"Exclusive video: Apple's new 'spaceship' Campus 2 is figuratively taking off" AppleInsider 9:22 PM
"Big In Asia? Apple's iPhone 6 And iPhone 6 Plus Finally Go On Sale In China And India" TechCrunch 8:44 AM
"iPhone 6 finally goes on sale in China with little fanfare" 9to5Mac 8:45 AM
"Apple's iPhone 6 & 6 Plus met with orderly launch day lines in China" AppleInsider 8:44 AM
"A Store In China Is Selling The iPhone 6, And Has A Tailor On Hand To Make Pants Pockets Bigger" Business Insider 12:48 PM
"Swisher eyeing Apple Pay: Re/code co-executive editor Kara Swisher, discusses prospects for the iPhone 6 launch in China, and Thursday's iPad Air 2 unveil." [Video Report] CNBC 11:34 AM
"Apple removes all Bose products from its online store" AppleInsider 4:09 PM
"VirnetX Files Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc with U.S. Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit" PRNewswire 9:28 PM
"VirnetX files for rehearing of tossed Apple verdict: Claims decision contradicts statutes, Supreme Court precedent" Electronista 9:52 AM
"A Man Invested In An Apple Supplier Wrote A Heartbreaking Letter Protesting The Company's Bankruptcy" Business Insider 6:16 PM
"Cops: Thief steals iPhone 6 from Hackettstown school locker; traced using phone app" Daily Record 8:52 AM
"13 Apple fanboys have made epic pilgrimages to Steve Jobs' childhood home in just the last year" BGR 9:46 AM
Non-Apple News
"Mark Cuban thinks Netflix could be a takeover target, for some reason" Quartz 9:27 PM
"FCC looks to boost next-gen wireless networks with 24GHz study" The Register 9:24 PM
"Love Comic Sans? Then this is the typewriter for you" Engadget 12:11 PM
"MasterCard Will Borrow A Touch ID Trick For Fingerprint Scanning Credit Card" TechCrunch 9:40 AM
"Google's product strategy: Make two of everything" Ars Technica 8:57 AM
"Beginning today, you can finally buy the best phablet on the planet" BGR 8:55 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Q&A: John Sculley, ex-Apple CEO, on his new smartphone venture" Silicon Valley 9:20 PM
"The TouchArcade Show - 177 - The Same as Last Week's Episode, But We Added Touch ID" Touch Arcade 6:45 PM
"Joe Kissell Updates Take Control of Upgrading to Yosemite to v1.1" MacVoices 6:09 PM
"The MacJury Judges The Apple iPad, iMac, Mac mini and Yosemite Event" MacVoices 12:58 PM
"iMore show 426: iPad + Mac event analysis" iMore 12:47 PM
"Apple's iPad Air 2 on preorder at Walmart for $489: The retail giant nudges down the price for Apple's two new tablets: the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3: while also cutting the cost of the iPad Mini original." CNET 9:00 PM
"Silicon vs Leather: Apple's iPhone 6 cases compared" Macworld UK 8:52 AM
"Seidio Tetra for iPhone 6: a Rigid, Gorgeous Metal Bumper Case" The Mac Observer 1:13 PM
"Griffin's Survivor All-terrain Case For iPhone 6 Plus is Resistant to the Elements" Modmyi 9:43 AM
"Review: Power Support Air Jacket Clear Case for the iPhone 6" Run Around Tech 9:48 AM
"iPhone 6 case review: Evutec Brigandine Karbon S Series" TechnologyTell 8:56 AM
"Apple's new 27-inch iMac has a retina screen that lets you see a blade of grass on a giant landscape (hands-on) | Gadgets | by Dean Takahashi" VentureBeat 9:39 AM
"A Resolution and Pixel Density Comparison of Apple's Retina Displays to Date" TekRevue 8:22 AM
"iPhone 5 Review... And How It Handles iOS8" Low End Mac 11:11 AM
"Braven BRV-X Bluetooth speaker review" The Gadgeteer 10:20 AM
"Best Calculator For Mac, iPhone, iPad" Mac 360 8:19 AM
"Helix Review: Helix is a unique action/arcade game that should keep you busy for ages - and then some." 148Apps 9:46 AM
"Cars: Fast as Lightning Review/Cars: Fast as Lightning is a good city-building/racing game, though it's probably too simplistic for anyone except youngsters." 148Apps 10:38 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"Ask: How to Save & Export Voicemail" Mac|Life 4:08 PM
"How to edit photos with iOS 8's Photos app" Macworld 8:46 AM
Tips
"This secret iOS 8 trick makes typing on the iPhone much easier" BGR 10:37 AM
"iPad: Apple's Size Selection and Design" Bloomberg TV 9:26 PM
"Apple: Meet Their Number One Fan" Bloomberg TV 9:26 PM
"The Retina iMac Versus the Mac Pro, on Paper" Daring Fireball 9:24 PM
"iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3 Reviewed, Compared" Tapscape 9:21 PM
"Tablets: Quest For The Enterprise" BetaNews 9:09 PM
"Thoughts on Apple's 2014 iPad and Mac event" iMore 9:00 PM
"Eek! How Did I Ever Live With an iPhone 5s?" The Mac Observer 6:09 PM
"Apple Pay – Making Changes to how you Charge" Coolest Gadgets 4:02 PM
"Apple's biggest security threat is you" Cult of Mac 4:02 PM
"Apple's new iPads are here, but one of them is not a good buy" GeekWire 4:02 PM
"Why this German company spells good things for Apple in US construction" Architosh 3:33 PM
"Sales Prospects for Apple's iPad Air 2 Look Good" The Mac Observer 3:32 PM
"Nine Reasons to Upgrade to the iPad Air 2" Bare Feats 3:28 PM
"Seven things you need to know about the 2014 Mac mini" iMore 1:12 PM
"Spell Check Fail Strikes Apple Event" Bloomberg TV 1:11 PM
"Here's How the Apple Watch Could Transform iOS Gaming" 148Apps 12:49 PM
"Here's why Apple doesn't have a MacBook Air with a Retina display" Engadget 12:46 PM
"Christian Bale's 'Batman' Would Be an Amazing Steve Jobs" Mashable 12:10 PM
"No touchscreen Mac? Apple has at least considered the possibility" AppleDailyReport 11:33 AM
"How the new Apple SIM could upend the wireless industry" GeekWire 10:40 AM
"Apple aesthetics: A look at the iMac's design history" Engadget 10:39 AM
"The iPad Air 2 is why tablet sales are falling: So yesterday Apple announced the latest iteration of its hugely popular iPad. I own a fourth gen model, and as someone who likes to be on the cutting edge, I was all set to snap up the new device. Except, what I saw didn't excite me or give me a killer reason to drop $600+." BetaNews 9:54 AM
"iPhone 6 shunned by fanbois in Apple's great fail of China: Just 100 Beijing fanbois queue to pick up new mobe" The Register 9:48 AM
"How not to cover an Apple press conference. Or why I hate batteries." VentureBeat 9:39 AM
"The iPad mini 3 is Not Worth the Money" Kirkville 9:09 AM
"No new Apple TV? Here's why we must Watch and wait" Macworld 8:47 AM
"Recap: Everything you need to know about iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3, and iMac with Retina 5K display (Video)" 9to5Mac 8:45 AM
"Analysts remain positive about AAPL following event, focused on iPhone and Apple Pay" 9to5Mac 8:45 AM
"Apple: just breaks/The real pleasure of using a Mac was that you took it out of the box, asked for your previous Mac personality to be transferred over, and you were in business. Things generally work, and that also runs to UNIX-style development, as is typical of many academic projects." Opinionations 8:17 AM
"My crystal ball was a bit cloudy for yesterday's Apple media event" Apple Daily Report 8:15 AM
"So What Exactly is the Best Start in iPhone History?" The Tech Night Owl 8:14 AM
"I Think Apple Has An HR Problem" TeraTalks 8:11 AM
"BendGate is No Match For the gTool PanelPress" PRNewswire 9:28 PM
"Lavu iPad POS Single Terminal Bundles for Restaurants Now Available on Staples.com" PRNewswire 9:28 PM
"Coming October 18: Gene Steinberg meets Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' and Daniel Eran Dilger, from AppleInsider, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7:47 PM
"You can now watch Jony Ive's full Vanity Fair interview online" iDownload Blog 6:45 PM
"American Express prepares customers for Apple Pay launch, details setup procedure" AppleInsider 6:17 PM
"American Express publishes new web page explaining Apple Pay setup and purchases" 9to5Mac 6:17 PM
"'Surgeon Simulator' Developer's Next Game is a Bread Simulator, Please Lord Let It Come to Mobile" Touch Arcade 12:49 PM
"Wells Fargo Previews IBM Ahead Of Q3 Earnings" benzinga 10:45 AM
"Bank Of America Reinstates Coverage Of IBM" brnzinga 10:44 AM
"Lenovo Defies International Expectations" Forbes 9:05 AM
"Opinion: Intel Corp.needs consumers to shop for PCs and notebooks this holiday season, and whether or not that is a reasonable expectation is a big question among investors in a changed tech landscape." MarketWatch 7:26 AM
"AMD Trades Higher After Investors Mull Results" 24/7 Wall St. 10:47 AM
"Morgan Stanley Sees Continued Challenges For Advanced Micro Devices" benzinga 10:46 AM
"Google and AMD results miss; free coffee for life? Google and AMD both report weaker than expected results; Charlie Turner reports" MarketWatch 7:25 AM
"Will This Ratings Downgrade Hurt Advanced Micro Devices Stock Today?" TheStreet 9:03 AM
"Advanced Micro Misses Q3 Earnings; To Downsize by 7%" Zacks 9:03 AM
"AMD Q3 misses expectations: New CEO orders restructuring, global job losses; outlook bleak/Summary: The chipmaker announced on Thursday at its fiscal third-quarter earnings its restructuring plan, which will lead to a 7 percent drop in global headcount." ZDNet 7:46 AM
"Joyent staves off talk of a Node.js fork" InfoWorld 8:02 AM
"You can rise with public clouds or sink with private: How's the private cloud working for your enterprise? Maybe it's time to take another look at public clouds" InfoWorld 8:04 AM
"The cloud is ubiquitous -- and so is its security" BetaNews 7:59 AM
"The Spirit Of Coopetition Is Alive And Well In The Cloud" TechCrunch 7:32 AM
"Private, hybrid clouds may only be temporary stepping stones to public cloud/Summary: GE, the world's sixth-largest company, reveals it plans to go public: to the public cloud, that is." ZDNet 7:53 AM
"US stocks sharply higher following good news on corporate earnings; GE, Morgan Stanley gain" Associated Press 6:25 PM
"U.S. Stocks Surge After Recent Selloff: Dow Industrials Cap Volatile Week With 263-Point Jump" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:24 PM
"Asia Markets: Japanese stocks drop into correction territory/Japan shares fell into correction territory Friday, pressured by global market volatility, but stocks in Indonesia jumped ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joko Widodo." MarketWatch 7:04 AM
"Europe Markets: Stoxx 600 snaps longest losing streak since 2003/European stocks surged Friday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 breaking its longest losing streak in more than a decade, but the benchmark still fell for the week in which heightened fears about slowing global growth led investors to flee equities worldwide." MarketWatch 12:05 PM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:14 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:14 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12:58 PM
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