"Yes, Apple Is Back In The Disruption Business" Forbes 8:15 AM
"Is Apple Really Dominating the Tablet Wars? Horace Dediu, managing director/founder at Asymco and Carlos Gutierrez, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, examine the competition in the tablet market." Bloomberg TV 8:14 AM
"Apple Stays Premium and Avoids Junk Business" The Motley Fool 8:15 AM
"Apple's iOS 7 launch was so massive it almost broke the Internet: As big as the lines outside Apple stores were for the launch of the company's two new iPhones were last week, the virtual lines to download iOS 7 may have been even more impressive." Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:18 AM
"Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung plead for a patent-troll-free Europe" GigaOM 8:02 AM
"Smartphone patent foes, other tech firms jointly urge Europe to prevent rise of abusive litigation" Foss Patents 8:22 AM
"Apple ordered to pay 330 mil. yen over patent infringement in Japan" Kyodo News (Japan) [Subscription Required for Full Article] 8:13 AM
"Apple Ordered to Pay Y330 Million Over Patent Infringement in Japan -Kyodo" Dow Jones Newswires 8:18 AM
"MIIT China Mobile 4G license in mid-October, followed by TD-LTE launch with 'the strongest iPhone' campaign" Unwired View 8:15 AM
"Apple, China Mobile Deal Seems Imminent" TheStreet 8:15 AM
"IPhone 5c Sells at Discount in China As Sales Lag Far Behind 5s" Caijing (China) 8:12 AM
"Analyst: sales of iPhone 5s, 5c may have been closer to 50/50" MacNN 8:52 PM
"Apple to share iPhone trademark with Brazilian firm" ZDNet 8:59 PM
"Paragon Software's New Portal Prescribes a Cure for Consumer Device Data Exchange Headaches: The Largest Selection of Cross-platform Tools for Users of Incompatible Consumer Electronics on Android, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux" Paragon Software 9:39 AM
"Do Apple Products Belong in Wal-Mart? Horace Dediu, managing director/founder at Asymco and Carlos Gutierrez, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, discuss whether Apple's up-scale products should be available in Wal-Mart and discuss the retailers troubles with inventories." Bloomberg TV 8:17 AM
"Apple to expand iPad's reach with Staples deal next month" 9 to 5 Mac 8:55 PM
"iOS 7 adoption rate much higher than previous releases, now approaching 60 percent overall" 9 to 5 Mac 10:41 AM
"iOS 7 Adoption Rate reaches 60% one week after launching" BGR 8:42 PM
"One Week Later, iOS 7 Powers 52 Percent Of North American iDevices" AppAdvice 8:19 AM
"(RED) Partner Apple Has Raised Over $65M For AIDS Relief In Total" TechCrunch 3:04 PM
"Bono says Apple has raised over $65 million for Product Red AIDS fund" The Verge 3:06 PM
"iOS 7 and motion sickness: What you can do, and where you can learn more" iMore 8:59 AM
"iPhone, iPad owners complain of motion sickness due to iOS 7" CNET News 8:32 AM
"iPhone to soon land at China Mobile, suggests leaked poster" CNET News 8:32 AM
"A history of the iPhone: Six years and six generations later, Apple's smartphone has transformed the way the world interacts with mobile devices. Here's a look at several of its key moments." [Slideshow] Fortune 8:31 AM
"Tim Cook And Carl Icahn Will Meet On Monday In NYC" Business Insider 8:40 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook to meet with investor Carl Icahn in NYC on Monday" AppleInsider 9:36 AM
"Los Angeles may halt iPad rollout because students are using them for fun" The Verge 8:09 AM
"LA students override iPad restrictions, threaten program" TUAW 10:37 AM
"Was Deloitte's 'Project Azalea' really just a paper tiger? A top state official says New York never put an offer on the table for the so-called 'Project Azalea,' the mega computer chip fab project being shopped by Deloitte in upstate New York and elsewhere across the country. News was that it was supposedly being built by Apple or one of Apple's major suppliers. But it appears there may have never been a real customer behind the top-secret proposal, which generated interest across the globe." Albany Times Union 7:56 AM
"Apple Maps Error Leads To Drivers Crossing Runway Of International Airport" Digital Trends 8:08 AM
"Apple Maps directs drivers to Alaska airport runway" AP/Fairfax Media 8:22 AM
"iPhone map leads drivers across airport runway" USA Today 4:45 PM
"'Waterproof iPhone' ad hoax tricked users into destroying their handsets: Fake advert claimed Apple's latest iOS 7 update could make iPhones waterproof by automatically shutting off power supply" The Guardian 8:36 AM
"Pandora Is About To Get Shellacked" Seeking Alpha 8:15 AM
"EE expands 4G LTE to 12 new locations, perfect for that new iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c" iMore 8:33 AM
Non-Apple News
"Nearly 78 percent of American homes have broadband" GigaOM 9:23 PM
"Samsung's own Touch ID is at least a year away" iDownload Blog 9:07 PM
"Apple Releases iOS 7.0.2 With Fix For Security Flaw" AppleBitch 12:53 PM
"Apple Fixes Two iOS 7 Bugs That Allowed Access To Locked iPhones: Comment" Forbes 3:08 PM
"iPad Mini Retina looking iffy to ship with iPad 5" CNET News 9:12 PM
"iPad 5 Smart Covers In Multiple Covers Emerge Ahead Of October Launch [Video] Redmond Pie 3:08 PM
"Freshly Uncovered iPad 5 Smart Covers Highlight a Rainbow of New Colors" PadGadget 3:07 PM
"iPad 5 Smart Cover 'leak' likely just fakes from China" 9 to 5 Mac 8:59 PM
"How Apple makes the iPhone 5s for the same price as the iPhone 5: The newest iPhone flagship packs advanced technology, yet costs just $2 more to build" InfoWorld 8:07 AM
"Apple continues familiar design and pricing strategy with iPhone 5c, says IHS" DigiTimes 8:20 AM
"Apple iPhone 5s carries US$199 BOM and manufacturing cost, IHS says" DigiTimes 8:19 AM
"A Kids' App That Entertains With Talk, Not Taps" AllThingsD 8:32 AM
"Review + Giveaway: Velocity helps you get through your reading list faster" 9 to 5 Mac 3:00 PM
"Appidemic: Infectonator Hot Chase for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" TechnologyTell 8:34 AM
"'Pro Strategy Football 2013" - A Gridiron Strategist's Love-letter" Touch Arcade 10:12 AM
"Trace 2 – Tracing An All New Pathway" Apple'n'Apps 8:59 PM
"Six O'Clock High – Old School Aerial Combat" Apple'n'Apps 8:59 PM
"Trouserheart Review: Simple yet fun, Trouserheart is a charming hack n slasher that's ideal for when one wants to play something a little more casual." 148Apps 9:35 AM
"Bravura – Quest Rush Review: Rushing is the name of the game here, but there's still plenty of time to enjoy this action RPG." 148Apps 10:12 AM
"Chainsaw Warrior Review: Fan of the original tabletop game or total greenhorn, it makes no differece. Chainsaw Warrior is a brutally awesome good time." 148Apps 8:34 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"iOS 7: The ultimate Safari guide" iDownload Blog 12:58 PM
"How to get the most money for your old smartphone" Macworld 8:06 AM
"A simple guide for Android to iPhone/iOS switchers" Computerworld 7:57 AM
Tips
"Burst Out Your Camera With This New iOS 7 Feature" AppAdvice 9:08 PM
"Podcast sort order: A helpful look at the troubled Podcasts app" TUAW 9:00 PM
"iOS 7: How to Use FaceTime for Audio Calls Only" The Mac Observer 4:23 PM
"Stuff Magazine Gushes Over Apple's iPhone 5S: 'Ingenious, Forward-Thinking and Powerful.' – [Video] RazorianFly 8:35 AM
"Apple's Blowout Launch Weekend Wasn't About the Phones" MacNewsWorld 8:35 AM
"7 Areas Where the iPad Falls Short: Here are seven ways Apple's iPad falls short of its competitors, followed by my assessment of how problematic each 'shortcoming' truly is." Techland 8:34 AM
"iOS7: three game-changers hidden in plain sight" Memeburn 8:33 AM
"10 apps that look amazing in iOS 7" Gearburn 8:33 AM
"The iPhone 5s secret weapon: the camera: While the fingerprint scanner in the new iPhone 5s gets all the glory, the real killer feature in the flagship iPhone is its camera." ZDNet 8:23 AM
"Instagram for iOS 7: Call That An Update? [Opinion] Cult of Mac 8:11 AM
"It may be time for Apple to get into the cellular network business" AppleDailyReport 7:57 AM
"Apple's October Surprise: TV, iPads, OS X Mavericks, And One More Thing?" Mac 360 7:54 AM
Non-Apple
"How To Make Jaw Droppingly Awesome Looking Characters Using Unreal Engine 4" Digital Trends 9:08 PM
"Goodbye, Consumers: BlackBerry's Latest Death Spiral Spin" The Mac Observer 9:50 AM
"Review: Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX slimmer, sharper" Associated Press 8:22 AM
"Meet Amazon's New iPad Killer. Again." Mac 360 7:54 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Conan mocks gold iPhone 5s shortages with return of the 'VP of Gold'" 9 to 5 Mac 8:33 AM
"Nest Announces Developer Program" Business Wire 9:37 AM
"3D Scanning Opens Up Opportunities in iPad Accessories Market" Business Wire 9:37 AM
"Phorus Announces National Distribution with RadioShack and Adds iOS Compatibility for Breakthrough Whole-Home Wireless Audio System" Business Wire 9:37 AM
"PadGadget's Sound Stage: STIX Electronic Drum Synthesizer Turns Your iPad Into A Drum Kit" PadGadget 8:58 AM
"Rent The Runway Begins Mobile Push With The Launch Of Its First App" TechCrunch 8:41 AM
"Steve Ballmer says farewell to being Microsoft CEO" Reuters 8:50 PM
"Ballmer goes out punching at last Microsoft employee meeting" Reuters 8:50 PM
"Ballmer bids tearful farewell to Microsoft, promises it will 'deliver the next big thing'" The Verge 8:45 PM
"Ford CEO Mulally in lead for Microsoft CEO job?" CNET News 9:21 PM
"Ford CEO Alan Mulally Is Now In The Lead To Be Microsoft's CEO — Report" Business Insider 8:50 PM
"There's reason to hope Windows 9 will be better: Microsoft's new head of operating systems group, Terry Myerson, gets it. But will he have the fortitude: and backing: to build a better Windows?" InfoWorld 7:20 AM
"Could 'Nokia-Alcatel Networks' emerge after the Microsoft deal? Summary: Nokia is weighing up its next steps after funds from the Microsoft deal improve its credit rating." ZDNet 7:19 AM
"Here's a Good Reason Why Microsoft is Buying Nokia" Tom's Hardware 7:19 AM
"Microsoft sails past Oracle in bringing Java SE to cloud: Microsoft's Windows Azure now offers a certified version of the Java OpenSDK as a cloud service" Computerworld 7:39 AM
"Microsoft Late Again To Gaming Market With JV" Seeking Alpha 10:50 AM
"Doubling Down On Microsoft Surface: Second Time A Success?" Seeking Alpha 7:26 AM
"Microsoft Store site currently not taking pre-orders for 512 GB Surface Pro 2" Neowin 1:40 PM
"As Dell drops out, Microsoft still doesn't give buyers a reason to pick Windows RT" Ars Technica 9:13 PM
"Dell announces 300 new jobs for Dublin" RTE News 7:10 AM
"Dell to create 200 jobs in Dublin as it opens finance unit: Number of new jobs expected to rise to 300 as Dell Financial Services expands" The Irish Times 7:10 AM
"Dell's financial services arm to set up Europe headquarters in Ireland" Reuters 7:11 AM
"Hewlett Packard Fires Fort Lauderdale-Based Company in Wake of Navy Yard Shooting" NBC 6 South Florida 7:12 AM
"Smartphone patent foes, other tech firms jointly urge Europe to prevent rise of abusive litigation" Foss Patents 7:40 AM
"Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung plead for a patent-troll-free Europe" GigaOM 6:49 AM
"IBM Debuts Educational Network For Pediatricians, Nurses" InformationWeek 4:27 PM
"AMD introduces five new graphics cards in Radeon R7 and R9 series" Hardware.Info 7:14 AM
"AMD announce Mantle, a direct access graphics API that will debut in Battlefield 4" PC Gamer 7:15 AM
"Sony and Microsoft likely to be 'hostile' to AMD's Mantle, says Carmack: id Software co-founder and Doom creator John Carmack believes AMD's new tech poses a threat to PS4 and Xbox One." VideoGamer.com 7:15 AM
"Understanding AMD's Mantle: A Low-Level Graphics API For GCN" AnandTech 7:14 AM
"Nvidia and AMD upgrade Linux support" Fudzilla 7:14 AM
"AMD Completes Sale and Lease-Back of AMD Singapore Facility to Sabana Shari'ah Compliant Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust" BWWGeeksWorld 7:14 AM
"AMD's cross-platform gaming strategy: Finding a lever" TG Daily 6:50 AM
"AMD and Raptr create PC gaming suite to tweak settings, dole out prizes and stream over Twitch" Engadget 6:49 AM
"Intel: Stop Worrying About The Dividend" Seeking Alpha 1:27 PM
"Review: Intel SSD DC S3500 Series (600GB)" Hexus 7:17 AM
"Intel says Internet of Things is the next IT game changer: Quark chip means more than smart watches and wearable technology" The Inquirer 7:17 AM
"Oracle pushes Java as the answer to IoT front line" EE Times Asia 6:44 AM
"Oracle CEO pay stirs mounting discontent: Report" CNBC 7:27 AM
"Oracle Team USA pulls off stunning America's Cup win: Ellison's team won nine consecutive races in stunning effort to take the America's Cup" Computerworld 7:40 AM
"Cisco Systems Stock Rating Reaffirmed by TheStreet (CSCO)" Zolmax News 7:16 AM
"Cisco Unveils Software-Defined Router for the Internet of Things" SiliconANGLE 7:16 AM
"Is Apple ripe for another massive stock buyback? Tim Cook spent a record $16 billion last quarter. Carl Icahn wants him to spend more." Fortune 4:45 PM
"Just Apple's First Weekend iPhone Sales Alone Would Put iPhone Inc Into The S&P 500" Forbes 9:35 AM
"Apple's iPhone Sales Alone Are Bigger Than All Of Procter & Gamble" Business Insider 8:39 AM
"Opening weekend iPhone 5s, 5c sales may have been split 50-50, insider says" AppleInsider 8:34 AM
"Production analysis disputes claims of 5s outselling 5c; forecasts combined sales of 50-55M in Q4" 9 to 5 Mac 8:34 AM
"U.S. Stocks Snap Losing Streak: Gains Shallow But Broad; S&P 500 Breaks Five-Session Skid" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:47 PM
"Stocks: About to snap the losing streak?" CNNMoney 7:47 AM
"Asia Markets: Japan's Nikkei rises, but Shanghai falls/A sudden reversal in the yen lifted Japanese shares Thursday, while a looming weeklong holiday weighed on stocks in China." MarketWatch 7:48 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks weak ahead of U.S. jobs, homes data/ European stock markets moved slightly lower on Thursday as investors awaited U.S. jobs and housing data, amid worries over budget wrangling and debt-ceiling negotiations in Washington." MarketWatch 7:48 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:01 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:02 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at 1 p.m." Associated Press 1:28 PM
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