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"Exclusive: Apple Nabs Amazon A9 Exec Stasior to Run Siri — But Does Hire Signal a Bigger Move Into Search?" AllThingsD 3:21 PM
"'Siri, why did Apple hire Amazon's William Stasior to run you?'" GigaOM 3:59 PM
"Apple Hires Amazon Exec to Take Control of Siri" Mashable 3:59 PM
"Siri hears her new boss is ex-Amazon exec, report says" CNET News 4:26 PM
"Is this why Apple moved its iPad mini launch? Cupertino just might be playing hard ball with one of its major rivals." ["So what happened this time? My guess is Microsoft happened. Apple's event is now rumored to be two days before the respective Windows 8 and Surface tablet launches. Is this is coincidence? No way. Not in my opinion."] Fortune 7:57 AM
"How Apple's iPad Mini Will Steal Microsoft's Windows 8 Tablet Thunder" PC Magazine 12:24 PM
"What An iPad Mini Really Means For PC Sales" Seeking Alpha 8:00 AM
"iPad Mini Pricing Framed In Light Of Apple's Dedication To Margins" TechCrunch 8:05 AM
"Apple Appeals Tokyo Court's Ruling for Samsung in Lawsuit" Bloomberg 8:42 AM
"Moving from love-hate to hate-hate: Apple gets serious about reducing Samsung reliance on smartphone chips" The Korea Times 8:17 AM
"Samsung official cites serious chip rift with Apple -- report" CNET News 8:17 AM
"Source: Apple, Samsung supply relationship near collapse" Electronista 8:17 AM
"Samsung Gets Bigger Payday From Apple's A6 Processor Production, But Kept Out Of Design" TechCrunch 8:43 AM
"Apple Announces Grand Opening of New Beijing Apple Store, Opening This Saturday" M.I.C. Gadget 8:22 AM
"iPhone Sales Are Messing Up Economic Data All Over The World ... In A Good Way" Business Insider 8:15 AM
"As iPhone Mobile Data Usage Soars, Voice Calls Dive" Forbes 9:45 AM
"Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments decline 4.5% sequentially in 3Q12" ["Apple had the best performance in the quarter with a sequential growth of nearly 30%. The vendor's new products announced in June have received good feedback from the market, and the company was able to maintain a stable orders each month in the third quarter."] DigiTimes 8:11 AM
"Apple jump in global slump: Macbook sales up 30%, overall notebook sales down 4.5%" VentureBeat 11:55 AM
"Apple, Other Ultrathin Notebooks Get Green Grade: EPEAT says Apple, Lenovo, Samsung, and Toshiba notebooks meet its environmental standards." InformationWeek 9:50 AM
"iOS Gains 5 Percent Market Share Over Android in September Following iPhone 5 and iOS 6 Launch, According to Velti Report" MacPrices 1:40 PM
"iPhone 5 popular in Gaza despite poverty: Apple's new phone reaches the Strip via smuggling tunnels and is selling well despite inflated prices." Reuters 3:09 PM
"iPad voice app back after patent spat: Mute kids get 'voices' back" The Register 8:39 AM
"Apple Is Reportedly Turning Passbook Into A Way To Buy Things At Its Stores" Business Insider 12:35 PM
"Apple Store Payment Card Heading To Passbook" App Advice 3:05 PM
"Apple Stores reportedly set to support Passbook-based purchases" AppleInsider 6:56 PM
"Can I Interest You in an Accessory for That Unannounced iPad Mini?" AllThingsD 8:30 AM
"More car companies link iPhone nav apps to dashboard displays" TUAW 8:28 AM
"Felix Baumgartner skydives from 24 miles above earth; Uses MacBook to assist his efforts" Edible Apple 11:27 AM
"Mischievous Monkey Destroys Tourist's iPhone in China" M.I.C. Gadget 8:22 AM
"Teen's iPod Exposes Racial Profiling And Violence In NYPD's Stop & Frisk Interrogations. Watch The Video" TechCrunch 6:29 PM
Non-Apple News
"Ever Wondered What a Live Botnet Looks Like? A visualization of the ZeroAccess botnet reveals a vast empire of fraud." Technology Review 4:33 PM
"Consumers Aggressively Migrate Data to Cloud Storage in First Half of 2012" iSuppli 3:59 PM
"Amazon Phasing Out Kindle DX [Report] Mashable 10:02 AM
"9 Breathtaking Places You Can Explore With Google Street View" [Slideshow] Mashable 9:57 AM
"Affected by ebook price-fixing? Amazon has a few shiny pennies for you" The Register 9:47 AM
"AT&T set to start six-strike anti-piracy campaign?" CNET News 9:12 AM
"New Gadgets Assist the Blind: Companies Are Developing Technologies That Allow Visually Impaired Users to Feel More Connected to Society" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:31 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Apps gone free (mostly)! We review a bunch of iOS apps this week." The MT Show 7:36 AM
"Get Great Deals on Wine and Doorstep Delivery with Lot18 Wine for iPad – iPad App Review" PadGadget 6:30 PM
"A look at The Week's new iPhone app: Dennis Publishing's The Week launches new iPhone edition with the same content and features as the title's award-winning iPad app" Journalism UK 8:07 AM
"Appidemic: Clone Camera for iPhone, iPod touch" AppleTell 8:23 AM
"6 Reasons iOS 6 Jailbreaks Will Be Tough: Glory hounds hoping to jailbreak Apple's newest devices won't have an easy time of it. Security experts detail the challenges." InformationWeek 8:55 AM
"The iPhone is massive in Japan – but it really shouldn't be" Know Your Mobile 8:54 AM
"The iPad Mini Hits Windows 8 Where it Ain't" Tech.pinions 1:41 PM
"Leaked iPad Mini pricing: high vs Android (but low vs Windows Surface tablets)" VentureBeat 12:44 PM
"Where Apple Maps App Shines: Offline" Mashable 8:02 AM
"Galaxy S3 Faster than iPhone 5 on LTE, iPhone 5 a Miracle, How to Use Safari Offline Reading, and More" Low End Mac 7:55 AM
"Why Is iPad Mini Headphone Jack On Top?" BYTE 7:46 AM
"It's An App World: How Apple's Class Warfare Is Destroying Google And Amazon" Mac 360 7:39 AM
"How Long Can Apple's Competition Continue To Sell Products At Cost?" PixoBebo 7:38 AM
Non-Apple
"Microsoft's entertaining Surface Stomp commercial still doesn't show how it works [Video] 9 to 5 Mac 9:18 PM
"Microsoft airs first Surface ad as part of $1B Windows 8 marketing campaign" AppleInsider 9:18 PM
"Microsoft's new Surface TV ad: It's surface deep" CNET News 9:12 PM
"Microsoft's first national ad for the Surface tablet is seriously weird stuff" The Next Web 9:11 PM
"Warning: New SimCity will take over your life" TG Daily 8:40 PM
"Top 5 sites for buying FLAC music: If you're looking to buy lossless music in FLAC format, from indie to classical to jazz, here are our five favorite sites." CNET Reviews 4:36 PM
"Keen On... The Daily Dot: Does The Internet Really Need A Daily Newspaper About Itself? [TCTV] TechCrunch 4:33 PM
"How Secure Is Google's Data Bank? Google knows more about you than you know, but that information could easily be stolen or fabricated." PC Magazine 3:59 PM
"How to Opt out of PayPal's 'Agreement to Arbitrate" Your Mac Life 1:08 PM
"Microsoft Makes New Push Into Music" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:47 AM
"Microsoft Unveils Xbox Music to Compete With Apple's iTunes: The new service will replace Zune on the Xbox 360 console Tuesday, followed by a launch on PCs, slates and Surface devices 10 days later." The Hollywood Reporter 8:13 AM
"Xbox Music to offer on-demand music free on tablet" Associated Press 8:01 AM
"Microsoft Hits the Restart Button With Xbox Music" AllThingsD 8:01 AM
"Microsoft to launch Xbox music service" Telegraph 8:15 AM
"Microsoft debuts Xbox music service to take on Apple" Reuters 7:47 AM
"Microsoft's Windows 8 a Turnoff for Some Corporate Users" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:56 PM
"Microsoft Surface tablet goes all a Twitter: The upcoming Windows 8 tablet is receiving some social media action with its own new Twitter account." CNET News 7:49 AM
"Microsoft gets crazy with its first Windows 8 TV ad" PCWorld 3:00 PM
"Microsoft's New Windows 8 Commercial Has Lift-Off" TechCrunch 8:05 AM
"Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard Battle Over Title of No. 1 PC Seller" Minyanville 12:39 PM
"How HP Could Reinvent 3D Printing...and Itself" Forbes 9:08 AM
"What Many People Are Missing About HP" Forbes 8:00 AM
"A Deeper Look at the PC Industry and H-P's Desperation" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 8:47 AM
"Apple Concerns Appear Overdone and 3 Stock Analyses to Eye" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 9:47 AM
"AAPL Vs. GOOG: The Case for a Long-Term Investment" TheStreet 9:11 AM
"Apple: A Match Or Mismatch For Calendar Spreads?" Seeking Alpha 8:31 AM
"Tech ETFs See Outflows as Apple Slips" ETF Trends 9:47 AM
"Wolfson coy on Apple rumours, but analysts unanimous: Wolfson Microelectronics, which makes semiconductors for consumer electronic products, has risen on rumours it is doing business with Apple again." Digital Look 8:29 AM
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks climb as Japan leads gains/Japanese shares jumped to lead broad gains in Asia on Tuesday, with exporters and banks notably advancing after some surprisingly strong U.S. economic data and earnings." MarketWatch 9:21 PM
"Tech Stocks: Microsoft up on music play; TI leads techs/Software titan reveals iTunes competitor ahead of Windows launch" MarketWatch 12:36 PM
"U.S. Stocks Rise as Retail Sales, Citigroup Top Estimates" Bloomberg 8:49 AM
"Stock Futures Rise as Retail Sales Jump" TheStreet 8:28 AM
"Stock Futures Climb After Choppy Week" FOXBusiness 8:46 AM
"Stocks head higher after retail sales improve" Associated Press 12:24 PM
"Stocks look to start week higher" CNNMoney 8:46 AM
"Sprint deal drives Clearwire, tower stocks: AT&T, Verizon and MetroPCS fall as Softbank makes deal official" MarketWatch 12:36 PM
"Asia Markets: Most Asian markets slip after China data/Most of the major Asian markets fell on Monday after a set of Chinese economic data offered mixed signals to investors and led to doubts Beijing would act soon to further loosen its policies." MarketWatch 8:46 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks rise after Chinese data; banks up/European stock markets moved higher on Monday, with banks and drug makers in the lead, as investors digested a raft of data out of China, including better-than-expected export numbers." MarketWatch 8:46 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:45 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:46 PM
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