"Apple's Tim Cook Says Fight for Gay Rights Far From Over" Bloomberg 6:51 AM
"Human Rights Campaign honors Tim Cook with National Visibility Award at Washington D.C. dinner" 9to5Mac 6:39 AM
"Vice President Joe Biden Praised Tim Cook Last Night during a Human Rights Event" Patently Apple 8:04 AM
"Tim Cook's Apple: 7 things I can't imagine Steve Jobs doing" Fortune 2:37 PM
"Apple's Project Titan: 8 Rumors We're Following/Project Titan is either the best-kept or worst-kept secret in Silicon Valley. Whether Apple is or isn't building its own autonomous vehicle is not clear, but here's what we're hearing." InformationWeek 3:21 PM
"The Steve Jobs That Sony Didn't Want Is Now an Oscar Favorite" Bloomberg 9:09 PM
"Tim Cook: A back door for the good guys is a back door for the bad guys" CNET 10/3
"Tim Cook's Apple Has Forced The Whole Tech World To Realign" Wired 10/3
"Google, Apple or Startups -- Who will Lead the Automotive Renaissance?" Forbes 10/3
"Apple Buys VocalIQ To Supercharge Siri: The purchase could give Apple the software it needs to take Siri, and potentially its automotive project, to the next level." InformationWeek 10/3
"Review: 'Steve Jobs' an electric depiction of Apple's enigmatic founder" AppleInsider 10/3
"Apple might have another new campus, and it's in Google's backyard: Three buildings just a few miles from Cupertino" The Verge 10/3
"Microsoft acknowledges Office 2016-OS X El Capitan crashes but lacks ETA for fix: 'We are working closely with Apple to resolve this issue,' says company manager" Macworld 6:59 AM
"Office 2016 apps crash following OS X 10.11 El Capitan upgrade" ZDNet 10/2
"Adblock extension begins whitelisting 'acceptable ads'" IDG News Service 10/2
"Mac OS X: Major and Minor Versions – Updated 2015" Low End Mac 10/2
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Split View not working in El Capitan? Its an easy fix." MacIssues 2:36 PM
"About OS X 10.11 'El Capitan' and Permissions Fixes" MacIssues 10/3
"Timecode window bug with Final Cut Pro X 10.2.2 and El Capitan OS X 10.11" fcp.co 10/2
"El Capitan discussion continues with links to compatibility databases and notes about Apple Mail problems, Secure Delete removal, Time Machine issues, Outlook problems, Adobe apps, Office 2016, mouse support software, music apps, Java, networking issues, Timbuktu and SIP, Panic Transmit, Brother printers, Thunderbolt FireWire adapters, iWeb and much more." MacInTouch 10/2
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"The Logic Pros: Getting the most out of Logic's built-in MIDI Arpeggiator" 9to5Mac 9:18 PM
"How to use gestures in OS X El Capitan Mail" Apple World Today 7:16 AM
"If you delete a photo from iCloud Music Library, is it gone forever? Delete once, delete everywhere with iCloud Photo Library." Macworld 10/3
"El Capitan Boosts Mac Speed, Productivity" TechNewsWorld 10/2
"Fantastical 2.1 for OS X review: An even better Calendar replacement" Macworld 10/2
"The Complete Guide to an OS X Clean Install of El Capitan" The Mac Observer 10/2
"Ask the iTunes Guy: iOS 9 issues, song ratings, syncing videos" Macworld 10/2
"Get Backup Pro makes life easier for owners of multiple Macs" Apple World Today 10/2
"El Capitan's Split View Not Working? Check This Option in System Preferences" TekRevue 10/2
"Photo Extensions come to Photos 1.1" Six Colors 10/2
"Macphun, Tonality and Intensify: El Capitan, Photos Extensions" eXtensions 10/2
"How to Hide OS X El Capitan from Mac App Store" OS X Daily 10/2
"The 10 Mac games you need to play from September 2015" Macworld 10/2
Op/Ed
"The Rise and Fall of Mac OS X Versions, 2009 to 2015" Low End Mac 9:10 PM
"Mobiconf 2015: Mobiconf 2014 was a great success for me, developing and giving two talks. So I jumped at the chance for a reprise. The 2015 edition of Mobiconf was bigger, better and way more fun." Cocoanetics 6:41 AM
"Are Apple's productivity apps nearing their expiration dates? I miss Bento." Six Colors 10/2
"12 'El Capitan' features that Apple totally ripped off from Windows" [Slideshow] PCWorld 10/2
"Where is Final Cut Pro X's Share Monitor App?" FCPXtv 10/2
"What I Like And Really Don't Like About OS X El Capitan On My Mac" Mac 360 10/2
Press Releases
"Just Press Record syncs your audio recordings across all your devices" prMac 10/3
"Cisdem PDFtoTextConverter for Mac Featured Free on StackSocial" prMac 10/3
"Dupin v2.9 -iTunes duplicates manager. Dupin assists with locating, sorting, filtering, and deleting duplicate tracks in iTunes." Doug's AppleScripts 10/2
"Create Booklet, Subtitle Studio and GoodTimes are ready for El Capitan" TheKeptPromise 10/2
"Turn Your Photos into Airbrush Drawings with AKVIS AirBrush 3.0" Architosh 10/2
"File Cabinet Pro 1.0 Brings iCloud Features to the OS X Menubar" prMac 10/2
"Construction Estimator mm 1.0 for OS X - Metric Based Estimating" prMac 10/2
"Amazon bars the sale of Apple and Google TV devices" BBC 10/2
"Facebook developers put Doom on an Apple Watch and new Apple TV" The Verge 10/2
"Social Experiment: iPhone 6s Left Unattended, What Did People Do?" Apple Gazette 10/2
"Dolphin Saves Miami Heat Dancer's iPhone From A Watery Grave" UberGizmo 10/2
Non-Apple News
"Amazon Web Services to Add Analytics: Cloud-computing division enters field designed to make better use of collected data" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:03 PM
"Big change is coming to Google next week" USA Today 10/2
"In Wake Of T-Mobile And Experian Data Breach, John Legere Did What All CEOs Should Do After A Hack" Forbes 10/2
"Peeple Is a Yelp for People—And the Other Peeple Isn't Happy" Wired 10/2
"The 'Apple of China' has run into trouble for claiming its phones are 'the best'" Business Insider 10/2
Publications/Podcasts
"MGG 573: I Yell At Sites That Use Flash" The Mac Observer 12:49 PM
"The Talk Show: 'Peace, Porn, And Privacy', With Guest Marco Arment" Daring Fireball 10/3
"The TouchArcade Show - 225 - Jared's Getting Married" Touch Arcade 10/2
"One Apple Ring to rule them all" CNET [Podcast] 10/2
"Andy Ihnatko on Apple's Responsibilities, Ad Blockers, and Journalism" MacVoices 10/2
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-10-02: Amazon Blocks Apple TV, iFixit Tears One Down" The Mac Observer 10/2
"Our fave El Capitan tricks plus seven days with the 6s on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 10/2
"iMore show 477: iPhones 6s review podcast" iMore 10/2
"AppleInsider podcast goes hands-on with iPhone 6s, talks 3D Touch, music subscriptions, more" AppleInsider 10/2
"Original Mac Team Member Andy Hertzfeld Talks About the Hollywood 'Steve Jobs' (Q&A)" Re/code 10/2
"Speck MightyPack: A bag for all of a student's gear" iMore 10/2
"Review: Spigen Perfect Armor for iPhone 6s, Slim/Tough Armor for iPhone 6s Plus" iLounge 10/2
"Review: Spigen Slim Armor Volt wireless charging case" iDownload Blog 10/2
"Rock Jaw Alfa Genus V2 -- quality earphones at an affordable price [Review] BetaNews 10/2
"Review: Skiva StandCharger 7-Port Multi USB Charging Station" AppAdvice 10/2
"Mini-review: Cloopband, the somewhat pricey but very convenient magnetic cable ties" 9to5Mac 10/2
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Comic-Style Output for iOS Devices with the Free app, Seedling Comic Studio" eXtensions 11:09 AM
"App of the week: Paper review/FiftyThree's sketching tool tears up its history, evolves into something new and brilliant, and gives Apple's Notes a bloody nose" Stuff Magazine 10/3
"iPhone 6s Plus: Living with Live Photos" 9to5Mac 10/2
"Tweetbot 4 for iOS review: Twitter client adds split-view, activity monitor, other improvements" Macworld 10/2
"11 Ways Apple's Health App Is Actually Really Useful" Time 10/2
"Pac-Man Bounce - Can Pac-Man Be A Puzzle Star?" Apple'n'Apps 10/2
"The Balloons - Does It Sky High, Or Deflate?" Apple'n'Apps 10/2
How-To/Tutorial
"How to fix iOS 9 problem iPhone stuck screen, unresponsive, no swipe, frozen, can't turn off: Has your iPhone screen stopped working after installing iOS 9? Finger tapping not working on frozen screen? Here's how to fix it." Macworld UK 7:00 AM
"How to multitask more efficiently with 3D Touch on iPhone 6s" AppleInsider 10/3
"How to quickly access Wallet and Apple Pay on the Lock screen" iDownload Blog 10/2
"How to view Live Photos on older devices" iDownload Blog 10/2
"How to save your iPhone voicemails as notes or voice memos, or share them with others" iDownload Blog 10/2
"Switch To iPhone From Android: How to switch to iPhone 6s from Android" BGR 10/2
"iPhone 6s/6s Plus: Turning Off Individual Live Photos" The Mac Observer 10/2
"How to get started with 3D Touch, Live Photos, and 4K Video on the iPhone 6s" Macworld 10/2
Tips
"iOS 9 tips: How to re-enable the all-caps virtual keyboard display" AppleInsider 10/2
"Pro Tip: How to properly decommission iOS devices/Upgrading your iOS device? Learn how to properly wipe all personal data from your current device before selling or giving it away to protect it from data loss." TechRepublic 10/2
"10 3D Touch tips for the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus" CIO 10/2
"Drama from Steve Jobs Movie Director: Companies like Apple are so Powerful that even Governments are Unable to Hold them to Account" Patently Apple 8:03 PM
"Cassandra: Phishing in Apple's Name -Still out There" eXtensions 8:01 PM
"Why People Love Apple Products No Matter How Expensive They Are?" Social Barrel 6:29 PM
"'Universal Search' on the Apple TV will be a lot more helpful than we thought" BGR 3:13 PM
"Apple's Tim Cook on Why He Came Out: 'Sometimes You Just Have to Be Loud'" Re/code 3:12 PM
"Chrisann Brennan: Steve was a haunted house of brokenness; cold, ruthless, and obsessive" MacDailyNews 11:09 AM
"The new Steve Jobs biopic is a travesty, says his ex. Cold? Ruthless? Obsessive? No, he was FAR worse than that. He denied he was the father of our child and was...ROTTEN TO THE CORE" Daily Mail (UK) 11:10 AM
"What Does This Music Industry Report Mean for Apple Inc., Pandora, and Spotify? Parsing a music industry authority's recent report to see what the current industrywide sea change could hold for these companies." The Motley Fool 6:59 AM
"Wall Street thinks newspapers can save themselves by giving away iPads and becoming the 'Netflix of news'" Tech Insider 6:59 AM
"We should be able to leave our digital goodies to our children" Apple World Today 6:41 AM
"The Hypocrisy of 'Helping' the Poor" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:58 AM
"Amazon pulled Apple TV from their store, so Apple should pull Amazon apps from their App Store" MacDailyNews 10/3
"Apple, Inc. Quietly Steals Sony's Waterproof Thunder: Sony's aggressive waterproofing strategy has fallen flat, but Apple is quietly improving its water-resistance game." The Motley Fool 10/3
"The ad industry may gripe about adblockers, but they broke the contract – not us" The Conversation 10/2
Non-Apple
"Can we keep our technology from slipping out of control?" Ars Technica 12:56 PM
"Are insurers underestimating upcoming digital disruption? Life insurers underestimate the disruption coming from future industry conditions and are not prepared to respond to new threats." Computerworld New Zealand 12:58 PM
"New HomeKit-enabled Philips Hue lights and bridge box already available to buy online" 9to5Mac 9:16 PM
"Google updates Photos for iOS, but no Chromecast support just yet" Engadget 10/3
"'The Martian' gets official iOS/Apple Watch game as movie hits theaters" 9to5Mac 10/3
"Just Content - Open Transparent Ad Blocker for iOS 9" prMac 10/3
"iPhone 6s Guidebook - Guide book released for iPhone 6s / iPhone 6S Plus" prMac 10/3
"Innovative ShutOff App is the Family Digital Solution You've Waited For" prMac 10/3
"DiNiCo releases tinyCalc FREE - Tip Calculator for iPhone and iPad" prMac 10/3
"Compete Golf App Includes watchOS 2 Features and iOS9 Compatibility" prMac 10/3
"Trick and Treat Yourself to a Fun Kid Friendly Halloween Puzzle Game" prMac 10/3
"Coming October 3: Gene Steinberg meets Bryan Chaffin of The Mac Observer, and Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's iTunes Guy, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 10/2
"Apple Faces: a website for Apple Watch wallpapers" iDownload Blog 10/2
"EasyDocScan Turns your iPhone or iPad into a Portable Document Scanner" MacPrices 10/2
"Moleskine Timepage now offers cool complications and widgets" AppAdvice 10/2
"Microsoft Lowers Its Expectations for Phones: As launch near for its Lumia smartphones, firm turns focus to niche customers" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:27 PM
"It Seems Apple Doesn't Like Microsoft's Windows Logo, Designs Its Own" Redmond Pie 6:22 AM
"Microsoft: No Cortana on Xbox One Until 2016" PC Magazine 3:21 PM
"Why Microsoft Bought A Game Engine From Intel" Seeking Alpha 11:10 AM
"Surface Pro 4? Lumia Phones? What Microsoft Has In Store: Specs for the Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950 XL have already leaked, but what else is in store for Oct. 6? Is it time for the Surface Pro 4?" InformationWeek 3:21 PM
"Windows 10 build 10558 leaks online, includes new Messaging and Skype Video apps" Neowin 6:45 AM
"HP and Dell stretch lead in cloud infrastructure market in Q2: Traditional IT infrastructure recedes as cloud sales boom worldwide" Channelnomics 6:55 AM
"Intel Will Make 'Skylakes' More Secure to Hacks" Softpedia 7:00 AM
"AMD To Cut Roughly 500 Jobs and Outsource Development Services" NYSE Post 6:56 AM
"Oracle vs. Rimini Street nears finale, but third party maintenance blueprint far from set" ZDNet 9:08 PM
"The Blockchain Might Be The Next Disruptive Technology" TechCrunch 6:46 AM
"Tech Giants Top Best Global Brands List" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:18 PM
"Chinese Consumer Apps Burn Out in Price War: Scores of 'online-to-offline' apps fold after running out of cash and failing to raise more" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:19 PM
"Cortana won't help you on Xbox One until next year" Engadget 10/3
"Windows 10 Build 10558 for PCs Leaks" Thurrott 10/3
"Build 10559 for Windows 10 Mobile Fast ring is currently being tested internally" Neowin 10/3
"New images show off Microsoft's next flagship phones" TechRadar UK 10/3
"Microsoft Reportedly Is Preparing a Lumia 550 Windows 10 Phone" eWeek 10/3
"Report claims Surface Pro 4 has a killer feature iPad users can only dream of" BGR 10/3
"Intel Jetisons Havok 3D Physics Engine To Microsoft For Maximum Impact" HotHardware 10/3
"Turnaround! Stocks stage massive swing" USA Today 10/2
"Wall Street Erases Losses After September Jobs Report" FOXBusiness 10/2
"U.S. Stocks Rise, Reversing Losses That Followed Jobs Report: A rally in oil prices boosts energy, materials sectors" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10/2
"Asia Markets: Asian shares mostly lower ahead of U.S. jobs data/Asian stock markets were mixed Friday, as investors looked to a coming jobs report in the U.S. for clues about when the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates." MarketWatch 10/2
"Europe Markets: European stocks shrug off U.S. jobs report to end higher/European stock markets on Friday snapped back after firm losses fueled by a disappointing U.S. jobs report." MarketWatch 10/2
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