"Apple, Microsoft And Google Are World's Most Valuable Brands" Forbes 8:44 AM
"Apple replaces Samsung as top mobile brand in China: Apple has taken over Samsung's top spot as the most powerful brand in the Chinese mobile market, a research report shows." CNET 8:01 AM
"Six Clicks: Six systemic factors that may hinder Apple Pay's success" ZDNet 8:12 AM
"Google Wallet use grows after Apple Pay launch: And CVS and Rite Aid might reinstate NFC in 'months.'" Ars Technica 8:02 AM
"Apple's latest innovation: Borrowing money from Europe" CNBC 8:51 AM
"Trent Reznor talks Beats Music and Apple's secret project: The Nine Inch Nails frontman explains why he's 'on side of streaming music' and how he's taking a creative bite out of Apple." CNET 4:25 PM
"iMessage and FaceTime Ranked as Most Secure Mass-Market Messaging Options" MacRumors 2:53 PM
"EFF: Apple's iMessage most secure 'mass-market' messaging, lacks complete protection from targeted surveillance" 9to5Mac 3:06 PM
"The EFF ranks iMessage and FaceTime as most secure mass-market messaging options" iDownload Blog 4:18 PM
"Apple security checks may miss iWorm malware: Apple's security technologies for Mac OS X may still miss iWorm, a piece of malware discovered in late September that infected thousands of computers." IDG News Service 8:29 AM
"RIP Mac OS X Hints, Nov 4 2000 – Nov 4 2014" The Robservatory 7:54 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"OS X 10.10 discussion includes a Keynote compatibility trap; tips about Spotlight problems and Apple Mail; Bonjour bugs and duplicate Mac names on network; Yosemite-only apps; printer compatibility; performance; Continuity and more." MacInTouch 4:20 PM
"How To Manage All Those Cloud Services From One Mac App" Mac 360 7:56 AM
"Do Mac Users Need Another Text Editor?" BohemianBoomer 7:56 AM
"Despite Cloud Services, You Can Still Do CD And DVD Labels On Your Mac" Mac 360 7:56 AM
"One Mac App To Tame 'Cloud Services Gone Wild' (except for the new kid on the block)" NoodleMac 7:56 AM
Op/Ed
"Statements like Matias Duarte's justification for not using the iOS share icon in Google's iOS apps are why I don't think much of Google:" Marco Arment 8:56 PM
"Malicious Software Campaign Targets Apple Users in China" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:25 PM
"Chinese Mac and iOS users targeted by new 'WireLurker' malware capable of infecting non-jailbroken devices" 9to5Mac 8:25 PM
"New 'WireLurker' malware targets Chinese Apple users, hops from OS X to iOS via USB" AppleInsider 8:28 PM
"New AppleCare for Enterprise website features IBM IT support, suggests imminent rollout" AppleInsider 8:29 PM
"Korean retailers are breaking the law to sell you a cheaper iPhone 6" BGR 8:56 PM
"Report: Spotify overtakes iTunes in European royalty earnings for musicians as shift to music streaming continues" 9to5Mac 8:01 AM
"Spotify royalties surpass Apple's iTunes in Europe by 13%, report says" AppleInsider 8:01 AM
"Apple now accounting for 86 percent of smartphone profits" Electronista 8:30 AM
"Report: US carriers experience huge surge in VoLTE with iPhone 6/6Plus, 3G calls down one-fifth" 9to5Mac 10:09 AM
"CNN election commentators use Microsoft Surface ... to hide iPads" GeekWire 8:25 AM
"Microsoft Surface loses on election night as CNN commentators use it as iPad kickstand" The Verge 9:45 AM
"Microsoft's TV product placement horror: CNN mistakes Surface tabs for iPad stands" The Register 3:05 PM
"Microsoft's Surface Pro stunt fails as CNN election commentators stick to iPads" AppleInsider 2:54 PM
"Google has been killing Apple on the advertising front lately" TUAW 2:41 PM
"iPhone 6 sees illegal handset subsidies strike back in Korea" CNET 8:01 AM
"Russia to ban iCloud.. to protect iPhone fiddlers' pics 'n' sh*t" The Register 8:41 AM
"Former Apple chief John Sculley says Steve Jobs 'never forgave him': Dublin crowd told Jobs held grudge after being pushed out" The Register 8:40 AM
"Apple-1 sold by Steve Jobs goes up for auction at Christie's" The Inquirer 8:45 AM
"Intimate Photos From the Golden Age of Silicon Valley" Wired 8:35 AM
"Discovered: Here's where Apple's temporary Seattle office is located" GeekWire 7:11 PM
Non-Apple News
"MCX CEO compares CurrentC rollout to original iPhone, reiterates exclusivity to end in 'months'" AppleInsider 6:04 PM
"Gadgets That Are Geared for Winter: With the Fugoo Bluetooth speaker, Kodiak backup battery and touch-screen mittens from Gordini, severe winter weather won't put a chill on your tech-centric lifestyle" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:18 PM
"Amazon Cloud Guru Comes Out With A Star Trek Communicator Device For Group Voice Chat" Forbes 8:44 AM
"Electronic Frontier Foundation finds Skype, WhatsApp and more are disappointingly insecure" BetaNews 8:19 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"YML Archives for November 5th, 2014!" Your Mac Life 10:17 PM
"ACM 279: Apple Watch Price Check, and the New Microsoft Philosophy" The Mac Observer 4:55 PM
"IBM's next pivot is into cybersecurity/Gartner: IBM's security business is worth $1.14 billion" MarketWatch 3:51 PM
"IBM unveils industry's first intelligent security portfolio" telecompaper 3:57 PM
"IBM introduces new cloud platform for threat analytics" SearchCoudSecurity 3:57 PM
"IBM Launches Cross-Cloud Security Protection: IBM's Dynamic Cloud Security can monitor and analyze data access activity and applications in IBM SoftLayer, Salesforce.com, and Amazon." InformationWeek 8:59 AM
"2 IBM workers exposed to cyanide in Yorktown" The Journal News 3:57 PM
"Form 8-K for International Business Machines Corp" EDGAR Online 3:50 PM
"How Intel Plans To Get Into Every Device That Comes After PCs, Smartphones And Tablets" Forbes 8:43 AM
"The Bloomberg Advantage: Intel's Holmes on Future in Wearables" Bloomberg 3:50 PM
"Intel's PC Chief Sees Big Changes Coming in 2015" WSJ Blogs 8:50 AM
"Intel Capital invests US$62 million in 16 innovative companies" DigiTimes 8:21 AM
"Dell launches beta Cloud Marketplace" ZDNet 8:12 AM
"Dell celebrates first year of 'freedom' with growth" ZDNet 8:15 AM
"Dell brings affordability to enterprise storage for midmarket" ZDNet 8:11 AM
"Dell customers get server building blocks with PowerEdge FX" ZDNet 8:11 AM
"Dell's premier Windows tablet speeds up in the chase after Microsoft's Surface" The Verge 8:51 AM
"Dell adds Core M to the Venue 11 Pro tablet" CNET 9:05 AM
"Dell's new Venue 11 Pro tablet is thin and light enough to take on the Surface Pro 3" Engadget 8:50 AM
"Dell to put depth-sensing 3D cameras in more Android, Windows devices: The first tablet with a depth-sensing 3D camera is expected out by the end of the month" Computerworld New Zealand 4:56 PM
"Two Standard Data Tools to Rethink in Big Data Era" ITBusinessEdge 3:58 PM
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