"Why 2016 is such a terrible year for the Mac: Apple may still care about the Mac, but this year it's been pretty hard to tell." Macworld 6:30 AM
"The Mainstreaming of the Mac" Tech.pinions 6:47 AM
"The cowardly Apple TV: Apple needs to act decisively if it truly intends to shake up TV entertainment; its half-hearted TV app isn't enough." TechHive 6:30 AM
"Apple has no idea what it's doing in the TV space, and it's embarassing" BGR 11:14 AM
"Kohl's Will Sell the Apple Watch in a Major Holiday Season Salvo" Fortune 10:32 AM
"Apple Inc. Really Wants You to Buy Its Watch, Doubles Down on Retail" U.S. News & World Report 10:32 AM
"How Would Apple, Inc. Even Pay for a Massive Media Acquisition? Or any blockbuster megadeal, for that matter." The Motley Fool 7:07 AM
"Apple is facing several big iPhone 7 problems: Apple needs to drag iPhone revenue back from the decline it is in and kick it into growth territory. But this could be a lot easier said than done." ZDNet 1:15 PM
"Apple has a secret Siri lab in Cambridge" Business Insider 8:20 AM
"Apple's R&D office in Cambridge, England, working on Siri – with VocalIQ employees" 9to5Mac 8:19 AM
"Apple is honing Siri's skills in a secret U.K. office" Cult of Mac 9:14 AM
"Apple Campus 2 Officially Looks Like a 'Spaceship'" Fortune 1:55 PM
"Apple Watch still dominates the smartwatch market, but challenges lie ahead: Apple's Watch has taken an early lead but there's still plenty to do." ZDNet 2:20 PM
"Apple iPhone tech helps reinvent the hearing aid: Special hearing aids that meet Apple's specifications can tap directly into iPhones and iPads to stream audio." CNET 8:22 AM
"Apple captures more than 103% of smartphone profits in Q3 despite shrinking shipments" AppleInsider 7:17 PM
"Google Android hits market share record with nearly 9 in every 10 smartphones using it: Google's Android mobile operating system grabbed a record market share in the third-quarter at the expense of Apple's iOS which posted a decline, according to new research." CNBC 6:37 AM
"Android Market Share Pummels Apple" 24/7 Wall St. 8:49 AM
"Android Dominates Rival OSes, But Google Faces Challenges" PC Magazine 11:07 AM
"Cheapo Androids erode iPhone market share globally" Cult of Mac 11:37 AM
"TAG Heuer Invades Apple's Home Turf With Silicon Valley Office" Bloomberg 6:32 AM
"Now you can use an iPhone to take a Virgin train" Apple Must 10:26 AM
"How recorded music revenue could DOUBLE in the next 10 years" Business Insider 8:49 AM
"Belgian show shot on iPhone looks like it was shot on iPhone ..." 9to5Mac 8:48 AM
"Today in Apple history: Apple prepares for Mac App Store's big debut" Cult of Mac 8:20 AM
Non-Apple News
"Google launches counteroffensive in battle with EU" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:01 PM
"Someone Just Used The Mirai Botnet To Knock An Entire Country Offline" Forbes 3:12 PM
"(Another) Hospital Falls Victim to Ransomware" PC Magazine 1:15 PM
"'Bustling' web attack market closed down" BBC 8:19 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Podcast 532: I want my TV app (only better)" Macworld 6:27 PM
"How a money man helped Steve Jobs turn Pixar into a powerhouse" Cult of Mac 2:21 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-11-03: Finding the Touch Bar MacBook Pro's Target Market" The Mac Observer 1:10 PM
"Rebound 110: What's up, Thunderbolt Dock?" Six Colors 11:00 AM
"Happy Hour Podcast 092 | New MacBook Pro tidbits and Apple community criticisms, iOS 10.2 changes, more" 9to5Mac 10:33 AM
"Tablets with Strong Brand Image Less Likely to be Cross-Shopped, J.D. Power Finds: Apple Ranks Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Tablet Devices" PRNewswire 8:32 AM
"Concept imagines OLED Touch Bar on Apple's wireless Magic Keyboard" AppleInsider 9:15 AM
"Rumors suggest OLED screen and wireless charging for next iPhone" AFP Relax News 7:51 AM
"2016 MacBook Pros may not be compatible with currently available Thunderbolt 3 devices" 9to5Mac 6:27 PM
"New MacBook Pros May Not be Compatible With Some Early Thunderbolt 3 Devices" MacRumors 6:27 PM
"New MacBook Pro models reportedly incompatible with certain Thunderbolt 3 devices" AppleInsider 6:27 PM
"Plugable Claims New MacBook Pro Doesn't Recognize Some Thunderbolt 3 Docks" The Mac Observer 8:43 PM
"Renders imagine standalone Magic Keyboard with integrated Touch Bar [Gallery] 9to5Mac 6:27 PM
"New iPhone 8 Leak Promises Magical Power" Forbes 8:58 PM
"Apple Alters an Invention for a Hollow Curved Glass iPhone Embodiment to that of a Transparent Glass Design" Patently Apple 7:51 AM
"Apple patent hints at an upcoming iPhone with a curved display" Apple World Today 8:17 AM
"MacBook Pro parody ad pulls exactly zero punches" Cult of Mac 1:14 PM
"Apple's Phil Schiller explains why the new MacBook Pro doesn't have an SD card slot" Digital Photography Review 1:14 PM
"Dediu: With 7% of market, the Mac captures 60% of profit/But the MacBook Pro is not where the puck is going." Apple 3.0 11:07 AM
"Apple Compromises Utility for Style" AppleBlend 10:26 AM
"Truly disappointing: Getting Apple's strategy wrong" Macworld 9:28 AM
"Why Apple's adaptive Touch Bar will flop: It failed when we did it, Lenovo coughs" The Register 9:13 AM
"MacBook Pro Reviews: Apple's Best Isn't Good Enough" Forbes 8:57 AM
"Mac Notebooks: Simplifying the Product Lineup" The Tech Night Owl 8:50 AM
"Should You Buy The New MacBook Pro? Here's What An Analyst Says" Tech Times 8:50 AM
"An upgradeable Mac Pro and a chasm crossing Touch Bar" The Loop 8:33 AM
"Professionals Have A Problem With Apple" Mac360 8:26 AM
"The options if you don't want a new MacBook Pro" Mac Kung Fu 8:20 AM
"Apple's Problem With 'Pros' And The Xserve Syndrome" McSolo 7:52 AM
"Apple, the company that now sells how many dongles? Technically Incorrect: Just how askew is Apple's new dongle fetish? Compare it with how the company once competed against Microsoft." CNET 6:47 AM
Apple Op/Ed
"I Swear to God Siri Was Messing With Me Last Night About Barbara Bush's Height" Jezebel 1:14 PM
"Opinion: How long before an iPhone completely replaces standalone cameras?" 9to5Mac 11:00 AM
"Will the Galaxy S8 be faster than the iPhone 7?" BGR 8:21 AM
"Explaining Apple: The Rise Of The Surrogates" Mac360 8:17 AM
"Apple Missed The Boat On Television" PixoBebo 8:17 AM
"Apple might introduce a bendable iPhone – but it's a feature, not a bug" The Next Web 6:50 AM
Non-Apple
"Huawei Mate 9 hands-on: meet the new dual-camera phablet" phoneArena 8:58 AM
"Huawei's new flagship is huge and comes with powerful dual cameras" Mashable 8:53 AM
"The Great Tech Wall of China" Tech.pinions [Insider Content] 6:47 AM
"Microsoft announces Outlook availability on Amazon's Fire OS devices" Neowin 1:43 PM
"First Click: Microsoft Teams leaves the office door open for Slack" The Verge 7:13 AM
"Microsoft Research wants to bring high-quality, mobile VR to all of our devices" Neowin 7:13 AM
"Microsoft's HoloLens could power tanks on a battlefield" The Verge 7:48 AM
"Microsoft, Google struggle to dent AWS' cloud dominance" CRN 7:12 AM
"Dell, Lenovo Spotted Working on Surface Studio and Surface Pro Rivals" NDTV Gadgets 6:54 AM
"Dell's futuristic Smart Desk PC will challenge Microsoft's Surface Studio: After more than three years of development, Dell will unveil its version of the Surface Studio early next year." PCWorld 10:51 AM
"NTT Data completes Dell Services acquisition: The organizational structure will be aligned for a vertically-oriented go-to-market strategy, with key leaders, effective from April 1, 2017" techseen 6:53 AM
"Spark meets HAL: Apache's cluster master goes deep/IBM and co: Data for the masses – up the workers!" The Register 7:11 AM
"Thai Kasikornbank, IBM join forces on blockchain network" Reuters 7:22 AM
"IBM Can Reemerge As A Corporate Computing Powerhouse" Seeking Alpha 7:12 AM
"IBM, HP round out Centrelink WPIT panel" iTNews Australia 6:55 AM
"HP Enterprise and Rhode Island meet for hours for mediation" Associated Press 6:27 PM
"HP Labs Reinventing The Future Through Ambitious Projects" iTech Post 6:54 AM
"A fake HP printer that's actual an office-camouflaged cellular eavesdropping device" Boing Boing 6:54 AM
"Intel chases sports viewing in VR with acquisition of Voke: Intel buys Voke, which provides technology to capture live events for viewing on VR headsets" IDG News Service 1:44 PM
"Intel doubles down on VR sports with Voke purchase" PCWorld 2:20 PM
"Intel acquires Voke VR to build out immersive sports business" ZDNet 2:20 PM
"Intel Security sets up strategy, ecosystem, architecture for McAfee independence" ZDNet 7:23 AM
"Intel Security strategy for protecting new digital economy: Enhanced Unified Defence architecture designed to safeguard against threats to trust, time and money" ITP Technology 6:57 AM
"AMD Vega 10, 11 release date, specs rumors: GPUs to be launched in H2 2017; set to replace Polaris architecture" Vine Report 6:55 AM
"Apple Looks Undervalued at These Levels: Here's Why" Zacks 6:33 PM
"With Apple Ruling, European Commission Draws First Blood In Global Tax War" Forbes 2:20 PM
"Where Is Apple Trading Compared with Its Moving Averages?" Market Realist 8:22 AM
"Apple Supplier Dialog Lifts Outlook on Pokémon Go Plus, Smartphones, IoT: Bosch, Panasonic, Samsung are among Dialog's customers." TheStreet 6:32 AM
Industry News
"Stock market falls for 8th straight session: Facebook shares drop nearly 6%, weighing on main indexes" MarketWatch 6:21 PM
"Wall Street Slides in Wait for Jobs Report, Election Day: The S&P 500 dropped for the eighth consecutive session as uncertainty over Friday's jobs reports and the upcoming presidential election comes to a head." TheStreet 6:21 PM
"Stocks Down 8th Straight; Which Ex-Leaders Joined Apple In Round-Trips?" Investor's Business Daily 6:21 PM
"S&P 500 in longest losing streak in 8 years" USA Today 6:20 PM
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