"Apple is worth over $900 billion. But it won't be the world's first trillion-dollar company" Fortune 7:23 AM
"Apple's Market Cap Crosses $900B" Investopedia 8:19 AM
"Apple prepares for its biggest holiday season ever" Macworld 7:30 AM
"This is why iPhone X is Apple's most important product: Research from SEMRush shows just how much people are interested in iPhone compared with other Apple products, plus which Apple product is likely to take off." Computerworld 7:08 AM
"$1 Billion Apple Dream Fades for Irish Villagers" Bloomberg 8:19 AM
"In the Loop: Jony Ive on Apple's new HQ and the disappearing iPhone" Wallpaper* 2:23 PM
"Jony Ive talks Apple Park, iPhone X, change, and product evolution in interview" AppleInsider 5:58 PM
"Jony Ive says iPhone X will evolve and be able to 'do things it can't do now' in a year's time" 9to5Mac 5:58 PM
"Apple — Inclusion & Diversity — Open: At Apple, 'open' isn't just a word. It's our culture. One that embraces faiths, disabilities, races, ages, ideologies, personalities, and differences. Because humanity isn't singular. It's plural." YouTube: Apple 2:22 PM
"Apple says it has eliminated the gender pay gap globally" Axios 2:24 PM
"Apple releases first diversity report under new VP of diversity and inclusion" TechCrunch 2:08 PM
"Apple's latest diversity figures show static global gender balance, more US progress" AppleInsider 5:38 PM
"Media alert: iPhone 8 Plus out-ships iPhone 8 in Q3 2017: Apple's iPhone 7 was the world's best-shipping smartphone in Q3 2017, with 13.0 million units shipped. The iPhone 6s was a distant second, after an uptick that resulted in 7.9 million shipments. ... Apple's iPhone 8, which launched in mid-September, did not make the top five." Canalys 7:29 AM
"The iPhone 7 was the most popular smartphone in the world in Q3" CNBC 7:30 AM
"Report: iPhone 7 outsold iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus combined last quarter" BGR 7:08 PM
"iPhone 6S is the World's Most Used Smartphone, and that's OK" Apple Must 12:23 PM
"How do you like them Apples? Farewell sensible sized fones, forever: Plus outsells regular iPhone for the first time" The Register 7:36 AM
"TrendForce Projects Global Smartphone Production for 4Q17 to Grow by 6.3% YoY as iPhone X Drives Quarterly Total to Its Peak for the Year" TrendForce 8:14 AM
"iPhone X Should Push Apple Ahead of Samsung as World's Largest Smartphone Maker" MacRumors 8:16 AM
"Apple offered to help FBI unlock Texas shooter's phone: The FBI apparently didn't ask for its assistance at all." Engadget 7:39 AM
"Apple has already contacted the FBI with help to access the Texas shooter's phone" BetaNews 8:14 AM
"FBI seeks to unlock Texas shooter's iPhone" BBC 10:37 AM
"FBI 'Ignores' Apple Olive Branch To Get Data From Texas Shooter iPhone" Forbes 10:44 AM
"Jennifer Anniston Returns to TV with Reese Witherspoon in Original Apple Series" The Mac Observer 5:55 PM
Non-Apple News
"Turning the specter of internet surveillance into art: The Glass Room wants us to take a second look at privacy and power" The Verge 2:10 PM
"Twitter Halts All Verifications After Verifying Charlottesville Neo-Nazi Rally Organizer" Gizmodo 11:00 AM
"Sean Parker: Facebook is hacking human psychology" Mashable 9:48 AM
"Plugging Into the Brain: Are You Ready? The Techonomy conference featured a talk about the future connections between man and machine." PC Magazine 7:19 AM
"Sen. Al Franken is doubtful Facebook, Google, and Twitter can police their sites — and is calling for 'vigorous oversight' by regulators" Business Insider 4:07 PM
"Sen. Al Franken slams Facebook and Google's control of the press" Engadget 9:48 AM
"Al Franken Just Gave the Speech Big Tech Has Been Dreading" Wired 7:18 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"The MacJury's Deliberations on the iPhone X" MacVoices 4:05 PM
"Steven Soderbergh on Virtual Reality, iPhone Filmmaking, and Harvey Weinstein" Wired 8:17 AM
"Sean Parker: Facebook was designed to exploit human 'vulnerability'" Axios 7:38 AM
"Sean Parker unloads on Facebook 'exploiting' human weakness" Axios 7:38 AM
"Latest iPhone X camera review showcases beautiful images of Guatemala [Gallery] 9to5Mac 8:05 PM
"Apple iPhone X review: Say goodbye to home buttons and bezels, the new iPhone X is the best Apple phone yet... Tested at £1,000" What Hi-Fi? 8:24 AM
"iPhone X review: Apple sheds its skin to introduce the 'future of phones'/Apple's flagship iPhone X marks the 10th anniversary of Steve Jobs' first smartphone" IT PRO 8:23 AM
"Review: Is the iPhone X worth the $1,000 cost? Apple's many refinements help to justify the luxury price tag" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:21 AM
"iPhone X Diary: One week in, and I absolutely love this phone" 9to5Mac 9:59 AM
"Google's Pixel 2 takes better portrait photos with one camera than iPhone X and Note 8 do with two" Mashable 11:55 AM
"Fossil Q Activist review: watch first, smart second" The Verge 8:12 AM
"Intel hires Apple and AMD veteran to lead development of its own graphics chips: Raja Koduri jumps ship to the blue team, becoming the chief architect of Intel's new Core and Visual Computing Group" The Verge 7:38 AM
"Intel Developing Its Own GPU With The Help Of AMD's Graphics Chief" Tech Times 8:24 AM
"Intel Hires Former AMD Exec Raja Koduri To Spearhead High-End Graphics Group" HotHardware 7:14 AM
"Raja Koduri left AMD to head up Intel's new GPU division... and take the fight to Nvidia" PCGamesN 8:40 AM
"Intel hires AMD's RTG boss Raja Koduri to work on high-end discrete graphics: Chipmaker confirms it's taking another stab at developing GPUs" The Inquirer 7:14 AM
"Intel to build discrete GPUs, hires AMD's top graphics guy to do it: Intel is making a third attempt to muscle in on Nvidia and AMD's turf." Ars Technica 1:58 PM
"AMD, Nvidia shares drop after Intel hires AMD's ex-graphics head, starts high-end graphics business" CNBC 8:23 AM
"Apple 10-K Confirms The New Super Cycle" Seeking Alpha 11:59 AM
"Apple is $100 Billion Away From Becoming World's Only Trillion Dollar Company" MacRumors 11:56 AM
Industry News
"Disney Shares Reverse After-Hour Losses on News of New 'Star Wars' Trilogy: Plans for a fourth 'Star Wars' trilogy more than easing investor concerns about its TV business." TheStreet 5:52 PM
"Equifax data breach hacks away at credit-monitoring firm's third-quarter profit" USA Today 5:52 PM
"How 1-year Trump rally stacks up against other presidents" Associated Press 5:53 PM
"Midday Update: Wall Street Unhinged by Delay in Corp Tax Cut" MT Newswires 11:59 AM
"Stocks Drop on Concerns Over GOP Tax Overhaul: Major indexes pared declines in the second half of the trading day, after the Dow industrials had fallen as many as 253 points" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:54 PM
"Nikkei tops 23,000 for first time since 1992, pulls back at close" MarketWatch 8:31 AM
"Halfords profit hit by weaker pound" MarketWatch 8:33 AM
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