"The most personal technology must also be the most private. As you add photos, messages, contacts, and credit cards to your Apple devices, they become more personal. So we design innovative ways to protect that data. And we build powerful safeguards into our operating systems, our apps, and the devices themselves. Because the things you rely on every day should keep your personal information safe." Apple 7:08 AM
"How Apple is trying to protect your privacy as its products get more personal" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 7:07 AM
"If you read nothing else today please read Apple's new privacy policy: Apple's updated privacy policy promises personalization without sacrificing privacy -- and you should insist on this from every tech firm" Computerworld 6:49 AM
"Apple, Microsoft wield privacy as marketing tool" IDG News Service 11:31 AM
"Apple updates privacy policy pages, takes swings at data-guzzling rivals like Google" ZDNet 8:13 AM
"Apple Blows Up The Concept Of A Privacy Policy" TechCrunch 7:20 AM
"Apple continues to market privacy in its battle with Google" The Verge 7:07 AM
"What it means to be great" ["Apple is a company that builds greatness because they built a process to make their customers better. They do it without permission and they do it without offense. But when the buyer perceives the change they feel in debt to the object. Getting payments on that debt of gratitude is how Apple is rewarded."] asymco 8:17 AM
"Zane Lowe: 'I'm not sure that Apple Music needs Beats 1'/The Beats 1 and former BBC DJ said he is uncertain as to why Apple's streaming service Apple Music needs his station Beats 1" Telegraph 8:09 AM
"Judge sends Apple, Samsung to mediation with Nov. 15 deadline -- #1 problem: Apple's self-righteousness" Foss Patents 8:16 AM
"Apple Brings Apple Music, iTunes Movies & iBooks to Customers in China Starting Today" Apple 8:42 PM
"Apple Music, iTunes Movies and iBooks debut in China" AppleInsider 8:43 PM
"Tim Cook wants to play nice with Microsoft, get into businesses: Apple is not working on an airplane, but it does want to take over the business world." CNNMoney 2:09 PM
"Apple CEO says life is too short to hold grudges against Microsoft" Mashable 2:09 PM
"Apple made $25B from enterprise business in a year, Cook says" CNET 12:22 PM
"Apple's enterprise business made $25B in past 12 months, Tim Cook says" AppleInsider 7:13 PM
"Tim Cook On Apple's Strategy: 'Life Is Short, It's Better To Have Friends'" ReadWrite 12:38 PM
"Review: Samsung Pays Where Apple Can't/Samsung Pay leaps past Apple Pay by letting newer Galaxy phones work with old-school credit card readers" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:32 AM
"Apple and subscriptions: Time to face the music/The all-you-can-eat Apple Music streaming service has been essentially free: until now. As the first wave of free trials expires, the true test begins for the subscription model." CNET 8:05 AM
"Will Apple, Amazon make smart TVs obsolete? Despite increased competition in the set-top box market, smart TV numbers are set to grow in the coming years, say analysts." Fortune 8:32 AM
"Apple buys more land in Prineville: Tech giant purchases nearly 200 acres from Crook County" The Bulletin 4:17 PM
"Apple buys nearly 200 acres of land for Oregon data center expansion" AppleInsider 7:14 PM
"L.A. schools to receive $6.4m from botched iPad deal" Cult of Mac 8:11 AM
"Apple to hand back $4.2M to LAUSD to settle failed 'iPad for every student' program" 9to5Mac 8:46 AM
"Apple set to pay LA school district $4.2 million after failed iPad deal: Lenovo may also credit the district with $2.2 million in purchased laptops" The Verge 10:01 AM
"Live blog: Tim Cook's fireside chat with Box CEO Aaron Levie at BoxWorks" 9to5Mac 11:31 AM
"Liveblog: Tim Cooks talks biz at Box conference" Cult of Mac 10:56 AM
"Apple Pay All Set to Enter the Chinese Market" Market Realist 10:57 AM
"Apple Maps adds its 3D flyover view to new cities, towns, and castles" The Verge 7:12 AM
"Thanks to Apple, US will buy Chinese phones: ZTE" CNBC 7:21 AM
"IHS, ABI Research offer predications for 2015 iPad Pro sales" Apple World Today 8:02 AM
"Apple sends notifications to encourage Apple Music renewals as first trials expire" 9to5Mac 10:18 AM
"First free Apple Music trials end this week—now what? Trial users of the music streaming service can cancel before paying up." Ars Technica 9:18 AM
"Apple aims to clear up the mysteries of Apple Music via how-to videos" CNET 9:12 AM
"Apple Music 'Guided Tour' videos land as first free trials end" Digital Trends 8:10 AM
"Netflix Caves To Apple – iOS Subscription Now Available" RazorianFly 9:53 AM
"iPhone app may push New York Powerball lottery jackpot to new record" 9to5Mac 7:01 AM
"Here are the secret apps that only Apple employees get to use" Business Insider 7:26 AM
"11 British companies that give employees a free Macbook" Business Insider 7:24 AM
"Scam victim finds the s in iPhone 6s stands for 'sugar'" Cult of Mac 6:59 AM
"Behind-the-Scenes Moments & Cast Interviews From Upcoming 'Steve Jobs' Film" MacRumors 10:17 AM
Non-Apple News
"AT&T adds 2M customers, keeps pace with T-Mobile" CNET 8:29 PM
"Windows 10 and privacy: Whom should you trust?" InfoWorld 7:05 AM
"Accepting Microsoft's Windows 10 privacy stance at face value is sheer folly" BetaNews 7:06 AM
"Microsoft promises that Windows 10 doesn't violate your privacy" Engadget 7:43 AM
"Microsoft sets out stall on privacy but admits there's more to do: Stops short of actually taking swipe at Google" The Inquirer 6:57 AM
"Microsoft Built Its Own Linux Because Everyone Else Did" Wired 6:47 AM
"Microsoft's Phil Spencer wants Xbox to be bold once more: Dawn of a new Xbox" The Verge 9:55 AM
"China hands Microsoft administrative fine over Xbox venture" Reuters 6:36 AM
"Microsoft's New Financial Reporting Structure Highlights Strategy Shift" TechWeekEurope 7:05 AM
"Microsoft reorganizes its financial results reporting" Reuters 6:37 AM
"Microsoft announces changes to its financial reporting structure" Neowin 8:54 PM
"Microsoft abandons Project Spark plans" bit-tech 7:06 AM
"Microsoft cuts out the microtransactions from Project Spark game creation engine" VentureBeat 6:35 AM
"Microsoft launches services from 3 data centres in India: Tech giant Microsoft today launched commercial cloud services from its three data centres in India, giving companies an option to store their data locally." Financial Express 7:06 AM
"Microsoft Azure Gets India Regions, Container Management Service, GPU-Centric Virtual Machines And More" TechCrunch 9:31 AM
"Microsoft's Azure IoT Suite Is Now Available: Azure users now have the option of joining the Internet of Things and collecting and analyzing their machine data with Microsoft's IoT Suite." InformationWeek 10:22 AM
"New Azure Container Service to bring together Mesos, Docker and Azure cloud" ZDNet 1:53 PM
"Microsoft bolsters Azure in containers, security: The new Azure Container Service taps Microsoft's partnerships with Docker and Mesosphere" IDG News Service 5:11 PM
"Intralinks collaborates with HP, CDC to open first Australian datacentre" ZDNet 7:03 AM
"HP Announces New Windows 10 PCs for Businesses" Thurrott 1:39 PM
"HP Revamps Elite Business PCs for 2015" PC Magazine 4:35 PM
"HP adds new Windows 10 laptops, desktops to Elite business PC lineup" ZDNet 8:38 PM
"Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Silver Lake Talks Said to Stall" StreetInsider 7:03 AM
"AMD Unveils New GPUs for Embedded Systems" eWeek 3:28 PM
"PCs, Not Profits, Drive Chip Companies: Intel, AMD hope for PC design wins in a matured market" EE Times 7:03 AM
"Intel-Powered Dual OS Windows 10/Android Smartphone Is Coming Soon" Seeking Alpha 7:04 AM
"Intel Security names a Dutch DJ the world's most dangerous celebrity: We're in the gutter, some of us are looking at the stars" The Inquirer 9:30 AM
"IBM just named this woman to its board" Fortune 7:04 AM
"IBM Buys Meteorix, Bolsters Cloud Service Offerings: With its acquisition of Workday consultant Meteorix, IBM bolsters both its IT services and cloud services portfolios." InformationWeek 4:14 PM
"IBM, Actiance Team on Information Lifecycle Governance" eWeek 4:35 PM
"How Cisco Is Teaching Clients to CHILL" PC Magazine 10:30 AM
"UFS based UC cards to replace SD soon: If you want the specs, features and roadmaps, read on" SemiAccurate 4:13 PM
"Stocks mixed: Nasdaq deeper into red for 2015" USA Today 4:02 PM
"Stocks Show Signs of Steadying: Dow, S&P 500 eke out gains; Nasdaq Composite slips" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:02 PM
"Asia Markets: Asian shares slide; Nikkei gives up gains for the year/Markets across Asia plummeted Tuesday, with commodities and related sectors bearing the brunt of worries that China's slowdown is spilling into global markets." MarketWatch 7:08 AM
"Europe Markets: Stoxx Europe 600 heads for lowest close since January/Investors dumped European stocks for a second straight day on Tuesday, as fears about a slowing global economy continued to hang over trading sentiment." MarketWatch 7:09 AM
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