"iDevices Wants To Show The Smart Home World How To Play Apple's Game: Apple is building a closed ecosystem for the connected home. If device makers want to play with the Cupertino tech giant, they better be prepared to spend a lot of time and money revamping their entire product to fit into Apple's specifications." Forbes 1:20 PM
"What happened to Apple's once-great ads?" ["The company that won hearts and minds with an Orwellian '1984' spot introducing the Macintosh computer and the enduring 'Get a Mac' campaign has failed to impress with recent ads, according to advertising professionals who discussed the company's approach. Though Apple's gadgets have gotten sleeker and faster in recent years, the ads have lost their bite, they said. ... Some trace Apple's advertising slump back to the death of founder Steve Jobs, who had an extraordinarily influential hand in the company's campaigns."] San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 10:30 AM
"Irish minister expects EU case against Apple to fail" Reuters 2:37 PM
"The Apple Effect: The Leaders Shall Become Followers" TechNewsWorld 8:19 AM
"Apple Pay will generate millions this season" Computerworld 7:57 AM
"Ex-NSA lawyer says encryption will send Apple and Google the way of BlackBerry" The Inquirer 8:38 AM
"Apple Accused of 'Bait and Switch': Sapphire Partner GT Advanced Blames 'One-Sided' Deal for Massive Debts" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1:22 PM
"GT Advanced COO Says Apple Used 'Bait and Switch' Tactic" Bloomberg 4:07 PM
"Apple to sapphire supplier: 'Put on your big boy pants and accept the agreement'" Gigaom 1:15 PM
"Apple to GT Advanced: 'Put on your big boy pants and accept the agreement' [Updated]/Sapphire maker was eager to land an Apple contract that proved too onerous." Ars Technica 8:14 PM
"Unsealed GT Advanced Court Documents Give Insight Into Apple's Business Practices" MacRumors 2:38 PM
"SEC investigating suspicious trading activity of GT Advanced shares" TUAW 10:32 AM
"SEC Launches Investigation into GT Advanced Technologies Trading Activity" The Mac Observer 9:40 AM
"Apple's Angela Ahrendts has increased her visibility" Fortune 2:37 PM
"Mac Hits Market Share Milestone in U.S. (What Post-PC Era?)" Re/code 8:52 AM
"Mac Achieves Highest U.S. PC Market Share Ever In Q3 2014 According To IDC" TechCrunch 1:16 PM
"Final IDC numbers for U.S. PC shipments confirm Mac hit highest ever market share" 9to5Mac 8:06 AM
"iPad Web Usage Share Rises Since July, Down Slightly Year-over-Year – Chitika Q4 2014 Tablet Update" MacPrices 10:23 AM
"Apple blurs lines between online and retail stores with revamped product support service" 9to5Mac 7:32 PM
"Apple integrates Genius Bar reservations to online support options" AppleInsider 9:40 PM
"Window Displays Hypes New iPhone 6" ifoAppleStore 6:00 PM
"The Story Behind The First Thing Design God Jony Ive Made For Apple" Business Insider 1:35 PM
"Spotify is now making some artists more than iTunes" CNBC 8:57 AM
"Apple Says It's Blocking Malware-Infected iPhone Apps: Apple moved quickly to combat a massive iPhone hack from a Chinese app store" Time 10:34 AM
"WireLurker attacks against iOS devices also launched from Windows PCs" PCWorld 8:41 AM
"Apple-Pestering WireLurker Banished for Now" TechNewsWorld 1:35 PM
"WireLurker 1.0 tried, failed to climb from Windows to iThings/Mal-volution: How new version wormed its way into Apple" The Register 8:38 AM
"United Woos Fliers to Newark With IPads: Globetrotter" Bloomberg 10:31 AM
"iPads are mandatory at Newark Liberty International Airport" TUAW 1:34 PM
"Move over, Samsung: Lenovo takes the prize for most shameless Apple ripoff" 9to5Mac 8:36 AM
"Et tu, Lenovo? The blatant iPhone copying game continues" TUAW 2:37 PM
"Apple Suppliers Shunned as GT Bankruptcy Sparks Selloff" Bloomberg 8:56 AM
"Everything we know about the upcoming Steve Jobs movie (updated)" Macworld 11:30 AM
"Aaron Sorkin appears on Studio 1.0, discusses efforts going into Steve Jobs biopic" O'Grady's PowerPage 8:46 AM
Non-Apple News
"'Dark market' websites seized in U.S., European busts" Reuters 3:18 PM
"Facebook says 66% of Android phones it sees have iPhone 4 era specs from 2011 (or worse)" AppleInsider 2:39 PM
"You might not need a mobile carrier by 2020" CNNMoney 1:34 PM
"Cable companies hike broadband prices while losing subscribers" New York Post 9:03 AM
"Cable companies shrug off cord cutters by jacking up broadband prices" BGR 9:02 AM
"The $11M Tool That Could Help Computers Write Their Own Code" Wired 8:42 AM
"This is how your Gmail account got hacked" CNNMoney 8:38 AM
"Coming November 8: Gene Steinberg meets Kyle Wiens and Miro Djuric of iFixit, Mike Bombich of Carbon Copy Cloner, and Bryan Chaffin of The Mac Observer, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 5:46 PM
Publications/Podcasts
"Dan Frakes Talks iTunes 12 Challenges, Office Opportunities Lost and iMac 5K" MacVoices 1:12 PM
"'RPG Asdivine Hearts' Review - Credit Where It's Due, This Is Really Good" Touch Arcade 9:02 AM
"'Bitcoin Billionaire' Review - I'm Ashamed to Love This Game" Touch Arcade 10:31 AM
"Blight's Decay Review: Blight's Decay is a filler game, neither deep nor complex. However, it is still quite fun and excellently presented." 148Apps 1:21 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to make copies of all your old camera's pictures" Macworld 8:37 AM
Tips
"5 Tips to Stay Healthy If You Sit at a Computer All Day" Time 8:52 AM
"Did you pay for Microsoft Office editing on iPad? Here's how to get your refund" BetaNews 8:36 AM
"It really is a new Microsoft: Microsoft's new CEO, Satya Nadella, faced plenty of skepticism when he took the job earlier this year. But even skeptics have to admit that things have changed in Redmond. Here are four things the old Microsoft would never have done." ZDNet 11:31 AM
"Microsoft Kinect-based machines look to re-invent the ATM" WinBeta 11:54 AM
"Market Snapshot: U.S. Stocks End Week Higher; S&P, Dow Hit New Records" MarketWatch 4:09 PM
"Dow, S&P 500 eke out record closes" USA Today 4:09 PM
"Wall Street Closes Flat, Sets New Record Highs" Reuters 4:08 PM
"U.S. Stocks Rise on ECB Stimulus Hopes: ECB Signals Readiness For Further Stimulus" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:08 PM
"Asia Markets: Australian stocks near two-month high, Nikkei resumes its march higher/Australian shares climbed to a near two-month high Friday and stocks in Japan resumed their recent gains, after the European Central Bank reiterated its commitment to stimulate growth in the eurozone." MarketWatch 7:14 AM
"Europe Markets: Stoxx 600 erases weekly gain after choppy day/European stock markets ended a volatile session on a downbeat note on Friday, with the benchmark stock index erasing its weekly gain." MarketWatch 12:32 PM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12:29 PM
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