"Meet Deirdre O'Brien, the Apple Executive Bringing a Human Touch to the Tech Giant: Badass Women celebrates women who show up, speak up, and get things done." InStyle 8:19 AM
"What the AirPods Pro hint about Apple's wearable AR philosophy: As Apple's newest wearable device, the AirPods Pro may point to how Apple thinks about other wearable devices, like an AR headset." Macworld 8:23 AM
"Apple's Gadgets Co-Star in Its New TV Drama: iPhones, iPads and Macs share the screen with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in 'The Morning Show'" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:16 AM
"The Virtuous Circle of Product Placement in Apple's TV+ Shows" MacRumors 8:17 AM
"Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon are putting billions of dollars toward affordable housing — but that money may be too little, too late" MarketWatch 9:58 AM
"Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Rise by 0.8% in the Third Quarter as Huawei Went Full Steam in China, According to IDC" ["Apple shipped 46.6 million iPhones in 3Q19, which was a slight decline year over year but still better than most expectations. Apple continues to sell some refurbished iPhones via its own channels, which sustain and possibly grow the installed base, but also impact iPhone revenues. Newer iPhones, specifically the iPhone 11s and XR, did very well this quarter, capturing strong share in important markets like the U.S. and Western Europe."] Business Wire 8:29 AM
"Hundreds of thousands of iPads will be used with smart AR security glasses" AppleInsider 11:06 AM
"Apple Tower Theatre: Checking in on the restoration" 9to5Mac 10:43 AM
"'Dickinson,' 'See,' 'For All Mankind' Officially Renewed for Second Seasons at Apple TV+" The Hollywood Reporter 8:15 AM
"New episodes of The Morning Show, See, and For All Mankind are up" Cult of Mac 8:16 AM
"Apple confirms its launch TV+ series will return for second seasons" Engadget 8:33 AM
"Adam Scott to Star in Thriller From Ben Stiller for Apple TV+" The Hollywood Reporter 10:41 AM
"SEE — Creating the World Featurette | Apple TV+" YouTube 8:41 AM
"Apple donates to the conservation of elephants for all views of 'The Elephant Queen' in 2019" iDownload Blog 12:14 PM
"Apple Watch fall detection makes hilarious appearance on James Corden's 'Late Late Show'" 9to5Mac 3:41 PM
"Apple Store employee fired after stealing personal photo from customer's iPhone" Cult of Mac 9:56 AM
"Apple Store employee accused of sending himself photos from customer's phone" Mashable 12:14 PM
Non-Apple News
"Facebook faces AI gap on policing" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 12:11 PM
"Google: Margrethe Vestager Continues to Find Faults" Market Realist 11:49 AM
"High Schoolers Are Flooding Their Schools' Google Maps With Memes" BuzzFeed News 11:49 AM
"Five years ago Amazon introduced Alexa. The name may never be the same." Seattle Times 11:48 AM
"T-Mobile's quid pro quos for the Sprint deal" Axios 10:00 AM
"Here's how easy it is to get your data off Yahoo Groups" GearBrain 8:44 AM
"Pixel 3 sales by the numbers: Google's flagship phone was a flop" ZDNet 8:25 AM
"Tech billionaires' net worth has skyrocketed, and it looks like they'll only get richer" Business Insider 8:16 AM
"Did You Get Random Valentine's Day Texts This Week? You're Not Alone" PC Magazine 7:41 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"MacVoices #19240: Briefing - Using the Flow Transition in Final Cut Pro X - MacVoices" MacVoices 3:56 PM
"Spotting Fake News, MacBook Complaints – TMO Daily Observations 2019-11-08" The Mac Observer 12:51 PM
"The Dalrymple Report: Apple TV+ and HomePod" The Loop 12:01 PM
"Vergecast: Adobe Max 2019, AirPods Pro review, and missed texts from Valentine's Day" The Verge 10:43 AM
"9to5Mac Daily: November 08, 2019 – iOS 13.2.2 bug fixes, Apple Watch keeps growing" 9to5Mac 10:43 AM
"9to5Mac Happy Hour 250: AirPods Pro review and Apple TV+ launch" 9to5Mac 9:59 AM
"iPad vs. MacBook: is iPadOS a game changer?" Intego Mac Podcast 8:44 AM
"The PhotoActive Podcast, Episode 55: Photos App in iOS 13 and macOS Catalina" Kirkville 8:42 AM
"The Engadget Podcast: The streaming wars have begun" Engadget 8:33 AM
"Apple privacy, Qualcomm & iPhone 5G, Facebook and more on the AppleInsider Podcast" AppleInsider 8:17 AM
"Apple Mail on macOS leaves parts of encrypted emails in plaintext: Apple has known since July, but a fix is still not available" ZDNet 10:54 PM
"A5X: How Apple took iPad to a luxury tier rivals couldn't match" AppleInsider 12:07 PM
"iOS 13.2.2: Does it fix the multitasking problem? Does it bring new bugs? Apple has released an iOS update to fix a multitasking bug introduced in iOS 13.2. But does it work?" ZDNet 8:22 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:37 AM
"13" MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:37 AM
"Pixel 4 XL & iPhone 11 Square off in Latest Battery Test, With Google's Flagship Displaying Almost Impressive Results" WCCFTech 11:00 PM
"iPhone 11 Pro: Is it good enough to replace a professional video camera? We challenged award-winning filmmakers to shoot a film using only the iPhone 11 Pro." CNET 6:58 PM
"Dan vs. the AirPods Pro: I badly want to love AirPods Pro." Six Colors 12:02 PM
"Apple's new AirPods are a huge leap forward" Stuff: New Zealand 10:41 AM
"AirPods Pro review: Apple at its best/Not the best-sounding wireless earbuds you can buy, just the most effortless and delightful." Macworld 8:15 AM
"The Morning Show Episode 4 Review" iDownload Blog 10:56 PM
"Should Apple Acquire Sonos to Boost the HomePod?" Market Realist 12:47 PM
"Deidre O'Brien Admits: 'At Apple, Most People Had Written us Off' in Early 2000s" The Mac Observer 12:46 PM
"Apple's TV+ Launch Shows Are on a Roll, But What's Coming Up Next?" iDrop News 11:48 AM
"Photoshop for iPad — what happened?" iDownload Blog 10:43 AM
"Please Stop Trying to Pay Me to Advertise Fake iOS Jailbreak Websites" Vice 8:45 AM
"Why you should begin using Sign in with Apple" Computerworld 8:36 AM
"New Emoji Are So Boring—but They Don't Have to Be: A new data set on the popularity of emoji reveals a problem with Unicode's approval process, along with a way to fix it." Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:59 AM
Non-Apple
"Will AI ever 'understand' satire?" ZDNet 12:03 PM
"Google's Android Branding, Somewhat Similar To Apple's Mac OS X, Results In 'Pie' On Its Face" MacPrices 7:37 AM
"Roku launches an Apple Watch app" iDownload Blog 10:56 PM
"Roku launches Apple Watch app with voice controls and a remote locator" VentureBeat 1:56 PM
"Just paid for your iPhone 11? Now you need one of these 12+ cases..." Apple Must 11:05 AM
"Without Netflix and Apple TV+, your old Roku needs upgrading" GearBrain 10:43 AM
"Apple Arcade adds Takeshi & Hiroshi, Discolored, Marble It Up: Mayhem, UFO On Tape: First Contact, Sociable Soccer, and Guildings" iDownload Blog 10:01 AM
"HP Feels No Pressure to React Quickly to Xerox Takeover Bid" Bloomberg 8:22 AM
"Smaller Xerox Wants To Buy Out Bigger Rival HP Inc" Business Times 9:03 AM
"HP offered to purchase Xerox" Seeking Alpha 9:03 AM
"Hewlett Packard Enterprise explains why it gave up on quantum computing right as it was splitting off from HP Inc" Business Insider 8:29 AM
"IBM touts first financial services-specific public cloud after Bank of America collaboration" CloudTech 9:05 AM
"Indeed says Deloitte, IBM, Accenture top hirers for blockchain staff" Ledger Insights 9:05 AM
"IBM Unveils Public Cloud for Financial Services: Bank of America partnered in creation of industry-specific platform" Channelnomics 9:06 AM
"IBM's DRAM inventor Bob Dennard gets chip industry's highest honor" VentureBeat 9:05 AM
"Microsoft Confirms Windows 'BlueKeep' Attack: Users Told To Patch Now" Forbes 8:00 AM
"Microsoft Looks to AI, Defense Health" MoneyShow 12:13 PM
"Microsoft bet against Intel with its new Surfaces — and lost: The chipmaking king keeps its crown, for now" The Verge 9:06 AM
"Microsoft's Surface Pro X now steers you away from buying apps that don't work: But some incompatible games still slip through the cracks" The Verge 3:44 PM
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