"Why Apple Will Enter the Home Automation Market" Cult of Mac 6:30 PM
"Apple's iWatch to appear in 2014, will RULE your home – new claim" The Register 1:09 PM
"Apple Eyes 13-Inch iPad Hybrid? 8 Signs: As Mac sales fall, clues mount that Apple is prepping a 13-inch iPad-laptop hybrid. Microsoft, HP and Dell can't be happy about that." InformationWeek 10:05 AM
"Coming from Apple in 2014: 12-inch Retina MacBook, sharper iPad, cheaper iMac?" 9 to 5 Mac 8:36 PM
"Making sense of Apple supply chain rumors: Good supply chain analysts offer speculation based on the best available data." CNET News 5:08 PM
"Apple Store Employee Files Class Action Lawsuit over Lost Wages" Patently Apple 9:25 AM
"iPhone IP Wars: Apple & the thorny issues of patent protection" AppleInsider 9:10 PM
"Apple shows off its Campus 2 project video to Cupertino" 9 to 5 Mac 10:02 AM
"New Video Of Apple's Proposed 'Spaceship' Headquarters In California" Business Insider 12:36 PM
"Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs: Both Estranged From Dads and Wild Tech Successes" ABCNews 12:35 PM
"U.S. Mac shipments shrink 56X more than industry average: IDC estimates Mac Q3 shipments fell 11.2% year-over-year; PC average was just -0.2%" Computerworld 10/11
"5 Charts That Show Apple's Plateau After A Meteoric Rise" Forbes 10/11
"Canonical founder: Apple's 64-bit chip to unify Mac, iPhone/Apple's 64-bit A7 is ultimately aimed at the desktop, Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth opines." CNET News 10/11
"Apple Inc.: Apple Has Many Aces Up Its Sleeve" Seeking Alpha 10/11
"Apps on iPhone 5s Crashing at Twice the Rate as on Other iPhone 5 Models" AllThingsD 10/11
"iPhone 5S apps are twice as likely to crash (and it's not a big deal)" VentureBeat 10/11
"iPhone 5s has 2% app crash rate; crashes half as likely on iPhone 5 & 5c" AppleInsider 10/11
"Study shows apps are twice as likely to crash on the iPhone 5s" GigaOM 10/11
"Job Ad Triggers Heated Apple-China Mobile Speculation: 'Apple understood before many that the job of the iPhone is to push and sell carrier data services,' noted ABI Research analyst Michael Morgan. 'As [LTE] starts to get deployed, China Mobile is going to have to justify the expense of deploying it. The way you justify the expense is by selling data services. To sell data services, you need a phone to drive that. That has always been the iPhone.'" MacNewsWorld 10/11
"Apple's new headquarters: Exclusive images of Cupertino plan" San Jose Mercury News 10/11
"Apple's spaceship HQ goes from drawings to 3D diorama: The tech giant has made mo" CNET News 10/11
"Here Is Apple's Mailer Asking Cupertino Residents To Support Its New Campus Ahead Of City Council Vote" TechCrunch 10/11
"Goodbye, Privacy: Judge Dismisses Safari Tracking Case against Google" The Mac Observer 10/11
"Judge Gives Google An Early Christmas Present, Declares Privacy Suits Must Prove Harm" TechCrunch 10/11
"No harm, no foul: Google wins case over browser tracking" GigaOM 10/11
"Adobe's source code was parked on hackers' unprotected server" IDG News Service 10/11
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"OS X: Active Directory-authorized SMB print queue may display 'hold for authentication'" Apple Support 10/11
"Apple software on Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store" Apple Support 10/11
"Using Msconfig to troubleshoot conflicts in Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8" Apple Support 10/11
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"The Unarchiver: One of the best Mac freebies" ResExcellence 4:55 PM
"How-to: Mark up and caption images using Preview on OS X" 9 to 5 Mac 12:37 PM
"Organize OS X fonts using Font Book smart collections: Unlike standard font collections, smart collections will dynamically update based on search criteria." MacFixIt 10/11
"Mac OS X Mavericks vs Mac OS X Mountain Lion: should I upgrade to the new Mac operating system?" Macworld UK 10/11
"Snapheal lets you repair, enhance photos in a fun way" AppleDailyReport 10/11
"Shell script to delete all printers" Mac OS X Hints 10/11
"The Ultimate Font Character Map App Grabs Any Character Or Glyph From Any Font" McSolo 10/11
"A Less Expensive, Less Complicated Alternative To 1Password For Mac Or iPhone" Mac 360 10/11
"FolderToList: It's How To Use Your Mac To Create A List Of Files Inside A Folder" NoodleMac 10/11
"Neatness Freaks Rejoice: Keeping App Windows In Their Place Is A Cinch" BohemianBoomer 10/11
"FruitJuice Manages The Mac's Battery Better" Mac 360 10/11
"Free: How To Control Tabs In Safari On A Mac" Mac 360 10/11
Op/Ed
"My month-old MacBook Pro Retina 15" (MacBookPro10.1) running 10.8.5 with all updates has glitches with power management. I wonder if OS X isn't trying to put chips in power-saving mode too aggressively." MacInTouch 12:58 PM
"Macaw, the Web design tool for programmers, hits Kickstarter. Here's an overview of why it's different" The Next Web 9:49 AM
Press Releases
"Tomb Raider reboot rebooting on the Mac" TechnologyTell 12:37 PM
"Apple issuing credits to recent iOS iApp buyers; problems reported: 'Blue Screen of Death' affecting some with iWork apps on iPhone 5s" MacNN 9:56 AM
"Apple credits new customers who bought apps on the cusp of iOS 7's release: Apple is now giving away its iOS iWorks, iPhoto and iMovie apps to customers who activate new iOS 7 devices; the plan was announced during Apple's September event when the company unveiled the iPhone 5c and 5s." iMore 9:51 AM
"Apple offering iTunes credits to eligible iOS users who purchased iWork and iLife apps after September 1" TUAW 6:05 PM
"iPhone 5s Ship Times Improve to 2-3 Weeks" iClarified 9:53 AM
"Legendary Homebrew Computer Club reuniting for one night only" The Verge 10:31 AM
"RT finds out what Apple's Wozniak thinks of the NSA leaks scandal" RT 6:05 PM
"Apple crediting eligible iOS users who paid for iWork, iLife after September 1st" 9 to 5 Mac 10/11
"Apple offering iTunes credit for eligible customers that purchased iWork, iMovie, iPhoto after September 1" AppleInsider 10/11
"Apple demands news site pull copy of iTunes Radio contract, claims copyright infringement" The Verge 10/11
"Apple now says iPhone 5s ships in 2-3 weeks, customers seeing mid-November deliveries" 9 to 5 Mac 10/11
"Gold iPhone 5s: Where to Get One" ["Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brian White is on a tour of Asia, and recently noted that retailers and resellers in Shenzhen, China, were carrying the champagne gold version of the iPhone 5s. 'Surprisingly, the iPhone 5S was frequently available and in many cases the champagne gold was in stock,' White wrote in a research note. 'In some cases, the space gray colored iPhone 5S was out of stock but the champagne gold was available, exactly the opposite of what we have discussed in the U.S. market.'"] TheStreet 10/11
"iPhone 5s supply declining in US while Apple's iPhone 5c remains fully stocked" AppleInsider 10/11
"iPhone 5s Supplies Tightening in Apple's U.S. Retail Stores Ahead of Upcoming International Launches" MacRumors 10/11
"iPhone 5S supply in US continues to drop, says analyst" CNET News 10/11
"Buying An iPhone 5s Is More Difficult Than Ever Before" AppAdvice 10/11
"iPhone 5s seeing major declines in US availability" Electronista 10/11
"iPhone 5S supply in US continues to drop, says analyst" CNET News 10/11
"Apple 'halves production of iPhone 5c': Apple has halved daily production of the iPhone 5c from 300,000 to 150,000 just weeks after launching, according to reports." Telegraph 10/11
"Apple supposedly cutting iPhone 5c production in half due to low demand" iMore 10/11
"Target to trim price of iPhone 5C to $49: Customers can also slash a further 5 percent off the price tag by using a Target REDcard." CNET News 10/11
"Broadcasters petition Supreme Court to hear case over iPad TV streamer Aereo" AppleInsider 10/11
"Analysts 'confident' that a bigger iPhone (or two) will launch next year: The iPhone 6 could come in two new sizes mid-2014, analysts say" Macworld UK 10/11
"Apple's Foxconn And The Non-Scandal Of The Student Interns On Sony's PS4 Line" Forbes 10/11
"Swap your old iPhone for a new one, Tim Cook tells British fanbois" The Register 10/11
"Apple's Jony Ive describes his 'fanatical' approach to design in new interview: In interview with Vanity Fair about (RED) charity auction, Ive says that the most important thing in design is to really care" Macworld UK 10/11
"Jony Ive and Marc Newson create the MacBook Air of desks" The Verge 10/11
"Aluminum desk designed by Ive, Newson revealed ahead of RED auction" MacNN 10/11
"Google Earth and drones help save Kenya's elephants: A fleet of iPad-controlled drones – and chilli powder – is helping conservationists keep elephants away from danger" Bloomberg, The Guardian 10/11
"iPad Controlled Drones Help Save African Elephants: Does the Work of 50 Rangers" PadGadget 10/11
Non-Apple News
"Chip advance could boost thumb drive speed by 50%" PCWorld 1:09 PM
"Cars become mobile gadgets, with all the joys and flaws" CSO 12:31 PM
"Mobile ads double, hit $3 billion in first half of 2013, IAB says" TechHive 12:30 PM
"Don't be fooled by that nice blog post, Facebook's latest privacy change is a big deal" Digital Trends 12:29 PM
"Sony Eyes Wearables as Real Estate Game" WSJ Blogs 10/11
"Smartwatches pose real estate challenges, says Sony CEO: 'The jury is still out on what the consumer expects from a wrist device,' admits Sony's Chief Executive Officer." CNET News 10/11
Publications/Podcasts
"Coming October 12: Gene Steinberg meets The Loop's Jim Dalrymple and Peter Cohen this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 10/11
"This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: BlackBerry, FitBit Force, The New iMac, And Pokemon?" TechCrunch 10/11
"Apple expected to offer more affordable 'budget' iMac next year" AppleInsider 8:36 PM
"9to5Mac: Apple will 'Redefine Laptop Computing' in 2014 Forums" The Verge 9:09 PM
"Apps Crash Twice As Often on iPhone 5S Compared to iPhone 5" Mashable 5:00 PM
"Microsoft's 'Blue Screen of Death' appears on iPhone 5s" Irish Independent 11:00 AM
"Apple's iPhone 5S Has This Unwanted Windows Feature" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 8:39 PM
"Apple Patent Covers New Machinery for Cover Glass Coatings for Anti-Smudge, Anti-Scratch & More Importantly Anti-Reflection" Patently Apple 12:55 PM
"iPhone 5S users report 'Blue Screen Of Death' reboots" The Verge 10/11
"iPhone 5s Owners Reporting Blue Screen of Death" LAPTOP Magazine 10/11
"Some iPhone 5s users sing the blues over iWork bug" Macworld 10/11
"Apple iPhone 5s Users Complain About 'Blue Screen Of Death' Error" Forbes 10/11
"The iPhone 5S Has A 'Blue Screen Of Death' Just Like A Windows PC" Business Insider 10/11
"Apps on iPhone 5S more crash-prone than other models: Apps crash twice as often on the iPhone 5S, compared to the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5C." CNET News 10/11
"Apps Are Twice As Likely To Crash On The New iPhone 5s [Report] Cult of Mac 10/11
"Apple wants to simplify the sharing of Videos between iDevices" AppleDailyReport 10/11
AppleCare/Helps
"Top 10 Apple iOS 7 problems and complaints" V3 10/11
"Apple Releases MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.7" MacPrices 10/11
"Perfect Shot Review: Perfect Shot automatically counts the number of people in the frame and detects smiles and blinking to ensure that photos are always perfect." 148Apps 10/11
"Type:Rider Review: Even floaty physics and control issues can't derail this absolutely stunning interactive history of typography/platformer." 148Apps 10/11
"Office Story Review: Lovers of Game Dev Story will love Office Story; a simulation management game where players can create games and apps to try to conquer the mobile market." 148Apps 10/11
"Zaccaria Pinball Master Edition Review: A great core simulation is held back by a less than stellar micro-transaction model." 148Apps 10/11
"'Soul Grinder' Review - A Challenging and Fun Shooter" Touch Arcade 10/11
"'Galaxoid' Review – A Space Invasion for Today's Gamers" Touch Arcade 10/11
"'Fading Fairytales' Review - An Intro to Strategy Games" Touch Arcade 10/11
How-To/Tutorial
"6 Problems With iPhone 5S, And How To Fix Them (Including The Blue Screen Of Death!)" Digital Trends 10:23 AM
"How to Block Unwanted Phone Calls, FaceTime Calls, and Messages in iOS 7" MacTrast 10/11
"How to fix iOS 7 glitches: Whether it's iMessages that won't go through, a laggard keyboard or motion sickness from the new parallax effect, you might be hitting a bump or two. Here's how to get the new OS running more smoothly." Computerworld 10/11
"How to improve iPhone battery life in iOS 7 and iOS 6: power-saving tips/How to keep your iOS device running all day. Maximise battery life with our iOS 7 tricks" Macworld UK 10/11
"How to fix a water-damaged Apple iPhone: hoax ad warning/Water damage solutions and advice to save a drowned iPhone, plus fake 'waterproofing' iOS 7 ad tricks users" Macworld UK 10/11
Tips
"Should You Wait for an iPhone 5s, or Trade Down to a 5c?" The Motley Fool 6:05 PM
"How to Manage Your iOS Device Backups" The Mac Observer 4:55 PM
"Can I put a prepaid US SIM card in my iPhone 5? Rick Maybury says the safest option for most iPhone users is a pre-paid SIM card from AT&T." Telegraph 10:31 AM
"Moving Into a New MacBook Air" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10/11
"Get a Text Alert When the iPhone 5s is in Stock" GottaBeMobile 10/11
"iOS 7: Set Default Navigation Directions in Maps" The Mac Observer 10/11
"7 Ways to Stop iOS 7 From Killing Your iPhone Battery" Mashable 10/11
"Advice from an Apple tech: Battle the dust bunnies" Macworld 10/11
"Prometheus Unfound: With the new iPhone 5S out, the silent majority of those who don't find an incremental update release of a smartphone to be headline news are flanked on two sides by rather more colorful claims." Lapsus Lima 9:43 PM
"This Is The Only Mobile Payment System I Could Actually See Myself Using" Business Insider 12:50 PM
"A Guide To Fixing The Latest Privacy Attacks From Facebook And Google" Forbes 12:37 PM
"The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX: A tablet apart/The right display, the right silicon, and, maybe, the right tablet." Ars Technica 10:03 AM
"Google Plans to Use Our Pictures to 'Endorse' Ads, Here's How to Opt-Out" The Mac Observer 10/11
"Why I ditched the Galaxy Gear for the Fitbit Force: My wrist has only so much room and the Fitbit Force has won the shoving match against the mighty Galaxy Gear." CNET Reviews 10/11
"Is The Microsoft Board Headed For A Steve Jobs Moment?" Forbes 10/11
"Your doctor is going digital: What the rise of medtech means for you" GigaOM 10/11
Humor/Cartoons
"Steps to successful selling on Craigslist" The Joy of Tech [cartoon] 10/11
"Google Is Working on Ingress for iOS, but It Won't Be Ready Until 2014" AllThingsD 6:06 PM
"Yelp Overhauls iOS App, Adds Mobile Reviews to Android" PC Magazine 8:39 PM
"Yelp updates iOS app's interface, launches mobile reviews for Android" Engadget 12:36 PM
"Runtastic Releases New App To Help You Get A Nice Set Of Six-Pack Abs" AppAdvice 12:35 PM
"Latest Update To Popular Delivery-Tracking App Parcel Delivers iOS 7 Enhancements" AppAdvice 12:35 PM
"5 Tech Tools For Pet Lovers: You won't find dog-walking robots here, but there are plenty of other technologies pet lovers should, well, love." ReadWrite 10:31 AM
"Unity 4.2.2 brings iOS Game Controller support" Unity 10:23 AM
"Papernomad Tootsie Folio for iPad and iPad mini now available" TechnologyTell 10:22 AM
"The Week in iPad Cases: Artsy" [Slideshow] Macworld 9:45 AM
"Think You Know Your Logos? Prove it with Logos Pop Quiz" prMac 9:36 AM
"Balls Fun 1.0 introduced for iOS - Fun, Addictive and Unique Balls Game" prMac 9:35 AM
"Right Wrong Word Game now available on iPad" prMac 9:34 AM
"Dive into a crochet filled ocean with fun new educational kids app" prMac 9:34 AM
"NuMac LLC announces Optical Disc Burning solution for new Mac Pro" prMac 9:33 AM
"Build 16 exceptional models with 3D bricks" prMac 9:33 AM
"Gumstick™ – The World's most flexible iPhone stand – nearing Kickstarter success" 7/Apps 9:09 AM
"Yelp iOS app replaces Home tab w/ new toolbar for quick access to reviews, photos, and check-ins" 9 to 5 Mac 10/11
"Halloween - Dementia Has Players Using Their Supernatural Powers as They Travel To Haunted Locations" 148Apps 10/11
"Dots for iOS and Android gets a new endless mode for $1.99 in-app purchase" The Next Web 10/11
"This App For iOS Lets You Customize Your iPhone 5c Case With 100% Less 'hon' [Video] Redmond Pie 10/11
"Don't Despair Over The Ugly iPhone 5c Case Any Longer" TechCrunch 10/11
"The Super Simple M7-Powered Pedometer++ Gets Smart In Latest Update" AppAdvice 10/11
"Roon Updated With iOS 7 Design, Rich Markdown Text Editing And iPad Support" AppAdvice 10/11
"Microsoft shells out $100,000 for Windows bug-finder bounty" IDG News Service 12:31 PM
"What Microsoft Didn't Say on Patch Tuesday" PC Magazine 12:55 PM
"Microsoft CTO slams UK government for prioritising HS2 over broadband" Digital Spy 12:59 PM
"Building the Cloud: Who Wins, Who Loses/Traditional IT suppliers, including EMC, Cisco, and NetApp, are under siege from cloud operators like Amazon and Google. Pricey start-ups abound. A second chance for VMware." Barron's 10:53 AM
"Internet of Everything drives Cisco's focus for Gitex 2013" Oman Observer 10:52 AM
"Web's future taking shape: Cisco UAE chief speaks on the concept of 'Internet of Everything'" Khaleej Times (UAE) 10:55 AM
"Dell to run month long sales promotion campaign 'Dell Se'" IndiaTimes 10:58 AM
"IBM to help doctors fight heart disease with smarter use of data" CITEworld 10/11
"The State of HP, As Told by Meg Whitman" IDG News Service 10/11
"HP and Meg Whitman's Vision for Its Future" ITBusinessEdge 10/11
"HP: Microsoft and Intel Are Competitors Now, Not Partners" Softpedia 10/11
"HP celebrates 20 years of HP Indigo press with Indigo 10000 success" Print Week 10/11
"Nirvanix Shutdown: HP Steps In To Move Data" InformationWeek 10/11
"Samsung UK computing chief leaves for HP PC biz" Channel Register 10/11
"Microsoft CEO Search Reveals Board Rifts: Directors Have Approached at Least Two Microsoft Executives and Eight Outsiders, Including Ford's Mulally" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10/11
"Microsoft Board Motivated to Hire New CEO Before Activist Joins in Early 2014" CIO 10/11
"Is The Microsoft Board Headed For A Steve Jobs Moment?" Forbes 10/11
"Microsoft PC market share drops 60% in 5 years" TrustedReviews 10/11
"The cookie crumbles: Microsoft, Google and Facebook plot the demise of third-party trackers" Computing 10/11
"Microsoft Eyeing Alternative to Web-Tracking 'Cookies'" PC Magazine 10/11
"Microsoft working on cookie replacement" Telegraph 10/11
"Microsoft Developing Cookie Alternative To Track Across PCs, Smartphones, Tablets, Xbox" redOrbit 10/11
"Microsoft: the Surface RT brand confused customers" PC Pro [Free Registration Required] 10/11
"Windows 8.1-based Bay Trail tablets to hit stores next week: Starting prices for tablets running Intel Atom chips will range from $300 to $350" Computerworld 10/11
"Oracle's role in communications infrastructure" Network World 10/11
"Why Oracle Corporation Is An Immediate 'Buy'" Trade Media 10/11
"Oracle Retail Global Business Unit -- Financial Analyst Webcast" Marketwired 10/11
"Oracle Retail Global Business Unit -- Financial Analyst Webcast" Broadway World 10/11
"Teching On The Future: Intel Developer Forum 2013" Business World 10/11
"Stock Downgrades: All Is Not Well Inside Intel" Nasdaq 10/11
"Valve Confirms Official AMD-Powered Steam Machines For 2014" Forbes 10/11
"AMD Will Be Coming To Steam Machines, Says Valve" Gamerfront 10/11
"AMD hardware to power upcoming Valve Steam Machines" ITProPortal 10/11
"Valve's Steam Machines will support AMD, Nvidia and Intel" Polygon 10/11
"Huge call spread takes aim at AMD" Option Monster 10/11
"Akamai and Cisco working together to optimize application delivery over hybrid WAN" CIOL 10/11
"General Electric Company Collaborates With Cisco, AT&T And Intel" Tradfe Media 10/11
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