"First Weekend iPhone Sales Top 10 Million, Set New Record: Apple® today announced it has sold over 10 million new iPhone® 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models, a new record, just three days after the launch on September 19. iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are available in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the UK and will be available in more than 20 additional countries on September 26. The new iPhones will be available in 115 countries by the end of the year." Apple 7:54 AM
"First Weekend iPhone Sales Top 10 Million, Set New Record" Business Wire 7:54 AM
"Apple Sells More Than 10 Million New iPhones on First Weekend/Cook: Sales 'Exceeded' Expectations; Year Ago, 9 Million iPhones Sold in First Weekend" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:36 AM
"Wall Street to Apple's record-breaking iPhone sales: Meh/Apple could still see a boost once it begins selling the new iPhones in China, which has been delayed by regulators." CNET 2:12 PM
"Apple Sells More Than 10 Million IPhones in Debut Weekend" Bloomberg 8:07 AM
"Apple sells 10M iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices in first weekend: The bigger-screen iPhones take off at a record-setting pace. Apparently consumers are happy that Apple decided to live large." CNET 8:43 AM
"Apple voted United Kingdom's coolest brand as Twitter slumps: CoolBrands list sees Twitter drop out of the top 20 after three years, while Instagram made its debut at number 14" The Guardian, Press Association 6:46 AM
"Apple Co-ops Media to Spin Unsustainable Narrative" Forbes 7:30 AM
"Apple Plans To Shut Down Beats Music" TechCrunch 2:58 PM
"Report: Apple Is Going To Shut Down Beats Music" Business Insider 3:41 PM
"Months After Beats Purchase, Apple's Plans for Music Service Are Still Unclear" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:19 PM
"Can Apple Pay Trump Starbucks' Mobile App Payment Success?" TheStreet 7:31 AM
"Shanghai authorities ban government officials' use of iPhone: Authorities in Shanghai have banned the use of all foreign smartphones, including Apple's popular iPhone, by government officials, according to a report from the People's Republic of China (PRC)." Macworld UK 5:59 PM
"Evernote for Mac: Better Note Editing, Faster Sync, and 100s of Fixes" Evernote 8:29 PM
"Tidbits: Dosch Design, Lightwave Crossgrade offer and other news..." Architosh 12:29 PM
"Computech, an Award winning FileMaker Platinum partner, have just released their latest version of BusinessMan CRM/ERP software. BusinessMan is one of the most feature rich CRM / ERP systems available for such a competitive price." BusinessMan 6:39 AM
"Three arrested in fight at Apple store" WTNH News 8 8:37 PM
"New Haven police: Fights over iPhones could be driven by rival Chinese groups chasing markups" New Haven Register 8:38 PM
"iOS 8 adoption hits 30% after first weekend of iPhone 6 sales, iPhone 6 usage outpaces 6 Plus" 9to5Mac 12:23 PM
"As Opening Weekend iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Sales Top 10 Million, We Look Back at Previous iPhone Launches" MacStories 8:05 AM
"Apple's Opening Weekend iPhone 6 Sales" Business Insider 8:04 AM
"Apple announces record 10 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus sales in opening weekend" 9to5Mac 8:05 AM
"Apple announces record sales of 10 million iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus units in first 3 days" AppleInsider 8:05 AM
"Apple Tops 10 Million in First Weekend iPhone Sales" Re/code 8:15 AM
"iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus Launch Weekend Sales Hit 10 Million" The Mac Observer 8:28 AM
"Bigger is bigger: Apple sells record 10M iPhone 6, 6 Plus handsets in first weekend, sans China" Gigaom 10:24 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook shares 'optimistic' views on reversing climate change & selling green products to consumers" AppleInsider 2:28 PM
"Apple IPhone 6 Plus Outselling Smaller Model, Survey Says" Bloomberg 8:07 AM
"Booting Up: 6 is Apple's perfect fit/With the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus, Apple has acknowledged that great phones don't need to be a piece of jewelry. Two of their predecessors — the iPhone 5 and 5s — were just that: more like a gorgeous accessory, too stunningly delicate for daily wear." Boston Herald 7:34 AM
"iPhone 6 is much more popular than the 6 Plus" BetaNews 6:45 AM
"Sprint says iPhone 6 debut was its most successful iPhone launch yet" 9to5Mac 11:23 AM
"iPhone 6s being sold for insane amounts of money in China" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 6:47 AM
"New iPhones Come Up Big in SquareTrade Breakability Tests: iPhone 6 Earns Best Score Ever, iPhone 6 Plus Not Far Behind" Square Trade 10:43 AM
"iPhone 6: More Durable Than Galaxy S5? SquareTrade ran Apple's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus through 'everyday accident' tests to measure their stamina." PC Magazine 10:43 AM
"iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are some of the most durable phones ever, SquareTrade finds" VentureBeat 12:01 PM
"Foxconn CEO unimpressed by his iPhone-building robot army" Cult of Mac 8:37 AM
"Tim Cook Confirms The Apple Watch Can Be Used To Track You As You Walk Around" Business Insider 7:20 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook Says Tech Companies Should Accept No Compromises On Climate Change Issues" TechCrunch 12:21 PM
"Apple CEO speaks out on climate change, calls new HQ 'greenest building on the planet'" Gigaom 2:26 PM
"Watch Apple CEO Tim Cook speak at 12 PM EST as part of Climate Week 2014" 9to5Mac 6:36 AM
"Tim Cook will talk about clean energy at Climate Week NYC today" iMore 8:05 AM
"iPhone 6 soaked in liquid-nitrogen shatters like a Terminator T-1000" Gizmodo 7:04 AM
"Here's what happens when you put a brand new iPhone 6 Plus in a blender" BGR 10:42 AM
"Don't try this at home: How to fix protruding lens on iPhone 6" Cult of Mac 12:21 PM
"Apple Cofounder Steve Woz Cracked Up When He Saw This $7 iPhone 'Alternative'" Business Insider 3:40 PM
"A Former NBA Player Was Arrested For Stealing $14,000 Worth Of Apple Products And Reselling Them At A Pawn Shop" Business Insider 10:38 AM
Non-Apple News
"Google will stop supporting climate change science deniers, calls them liars: Controversial group also opposes net neutrality and municipal broadband." Ars Technica 5:31 PM
"Adobe acquires photo editing platform Aviary" The Next Web 3:42 PM
"Apple iPhone 6 Plus: My First Weekend/After a few days of heavy use, Apple's big-screened iPhone 6 proves to be the right choice." InformationWeek 2:10 PM
"iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus: Preliminary Results" AnandTech 8:08 AM
"iPhone 6 and 6 Plus vs. Samsung, HTC, and LG: Battle of the benchmarks!" iMore 10:39 AM
"iPhone 6 vs iPhone 6 Plus vs iPhone 5s: Full comparison (Video)" 9to5Mac 10:20 AM
"Camera test: The iPhone 6 still won't beat a DSLR (but it's close)" Macworld 8:21 AM
"iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus speaker sound challenge!" iMore 10:19 AM
"The best Time-lapse, 240-fps Slow-mo, & 60-fps HD videos from the first weekend of iPhone 6" 9to5Mac 10:21 AM
"SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD – courting speed freaks and gamers: 10-year warranties are the new black" The Register 7:20 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"iOS 8: A Brief Introduction" Low End Mac 11:55 AM
"Reachability: A gimmick or an effective way to use the bigger iPhone 6 with one hand?" Gigaom 11:21 AM
"iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus: Can you use them one-handed?" iMore 11:20 AM
"Awesome Screenshot now available as Safari extension on iOS 8" iDownload Blog 8:36 AM
"Forget SwiftKey; Swype is the iOS keyboard to get: It's a little limited and a little buggy, but when it comes to fast and easy typing, nothing beats swiping." CNET 2:12 PM
"iOS 8: The Best Apple Keyboard Replacements" Forbes 10:26 AM
"TextExpander is my Favorite 3rd Party Keyboard of iOS 8" Best App Site 7:23 AM
"Health and Fitness Apps in Thailand: The Pizza Company -Nicely Designed with Technical Flaws" eXtensions 10:14 AM
"Increased Health Awareness: DrinkWater App -Monitoring Daily Fluid Intake" eXtensions 10:15 AM
"'Goat Simulator' Review - You Either Love Jetpack Goats or You Don't" Touch Arcade 11:22 AM
"'WWE SuperCard' Review - Playing Cards 3:16" Touch Arcade 10:38 AM
"TGS 2014: Hands-On With 'Ninjin: Clash Of Carrots'" Touch Arcade 8:38 AM
"The Strongest Review: It's only human nature that we all face a certain point in our lives when we just want to punch something. Anything." 148Apps 10:18 AM
"Veditor Review: Want to add stickers and music to your videos? Veditor can do that easily." 148Apps 12:23 PM
"Goblin Sword Review: Fun visuals, good music, engaging level design, and lots of content make Goblin Sword an excellent little game." 148Apps 2:24 PM
"Daniel Tiger's Grr-ific Feelings Review: Daniel Tiger's Grr-ific Feelings includes activities that allow young children explore different emotions." 148Apps 11:22 AM
"Partyrs Review: Partyrs makes party planning as fun as partying itself." 148Apps 8:36 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"iOS 8: Hide and Unhide Images in Photos App" The Mac Observer 6:01 PM
"How to improve your MacBook: MacBooks are great, but not perfect. However that doesn't mean you can't improve yours in significant ways." CNET 2:13 PM
"How to activate your iPhone 6 on T-Mobile: If you went the prepaid route and ordered T-Mobile's no-contract iPhone 6, you may have no idea what to do once it arrives." CNET 2:11 PM
"How to Downgrade iOS 8 to iOS 7.1.2" Tapscape 11:53 AM
"How fast is that iPhone 6 processor?" Six Colors 8:30 PM
"Desperate Microsoft, Google, Samsung on an Apple Bashing Spree" Three Guys And A Podcast 6:53 PM
"iPod Mastermind Tony Fadell On The Death Of The iPod: 'You Can't Get Too Nostalgic' After 13 Years, The iPod Classic Is Dead. Google's Tony Fadell Tells Us What Killed The iPod, And Why We Shouldn't Be Bummed About It." Fast Company Design 5:00 PM
"iPodFather Tony Fadell discusses the recent death of the iPod classic" 9to5Mac 5:01 PM
"Bejeweled 'Alibaba' iPhone 6 a steal at just $2 million: We've seen a $48 million iPhone 6, but what if you're a little more thrifty when it comes to multimillion dollar luxury gadgets sure to become obsolete in two years? We've found just the thing for you." CNET 4:10 PM
"Apple Shutting Down Beats Music? Of Course; They'll Roll It into iTunes" Kirkville 3:42 PM
"With Apple reportedly ditching Beats Music streaming service, Android app future is uncertain" 9to5Google 3:41 PM
"Apple's software updates are like changing the water in a fish tank. I'd rather let the fish die: The all-new iPhones and Apple Watch can be easily avoided but there's no escaping iOS 8" The Guardian 3:40 PM
"Is Apple Stalled On iPhone 6 Release?" Seeking Alpha 2:28 PM
"5 of the Greatest iOS 8 Features" OS X Daily 2:25 PM
"Teardown.com Analysis: Apple iPhone 6 Plus" EE Times 2:11 PM
"Why Apple needs to ship the iPhone 6 to emerging markets sooner" Market Realist 12:22 PM
"The iPhone 6 is a gift for Best Buy" CNNMoney 11:20 AM
"Apple iPhone 6 Plus: Does the world need an Apple phablet?" PCWorld Australia 8:42 AM
"No, the iPhone 6 doesn't charge wirelessly inside a microwave" BGR 8:38 AM
"Bono talks 885 million iTunes accounts, new music format, and 'haters'" TUAW 8:29 AM
"Apple's iPhone 6 Plus: Why millions are missing in action" Fortune 8:09 AM
"Are long queues for iPhone 6 a marketing ploy?" Telegraph 8:06 AM
"The debt we owe the iPod: The now-dead iPod Classic put Apple on top of the tech world, and paved the way for bigger, brighter things. Here's our tribute to a tech icon." CNET 8:05 AM
"Consumer Cellular to Offer iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus on September 26" Business Wire 3:24 PM
"Pelican Products, Inc. Debuts Elite Roster of Pelican ProGear™ Phone Cases for iPhone® 6 & iPhone® 6 Plus" Business Wire 3:23 PM
"Tiggly, An iPad Learning Toy For Babies And Toddlers, Raises Series A" TechCrunch 2:58 PM
"Timetraveler App Allows You To See The Berlin Wall Story In Augmented Reality" TechCrunch 12:01 PM
"Awesome new website notifies you when the iPhone 6 or 6 Plus you're waiting for is in stock" BGR 12:01 PM
"Skype for iPhone update lets users respond to calls from lock screen" GeekWire 12:01 PM
"Microsoft Targets iCloud With 30GB of Free OneDrive Storage: Sign up for an account and activate the auto-upload feature for your camera roll to earn 30GB of free storage." PC Magazine 11:22 AM
"Griffin announces latest Crayola iMarker and Trace & Draw iPad accessories" Coolest Gadgets 11:20 AM
"Halfbrick Teases Big 'Fruit Ninja' Update" PC Magazine 10:43 AM
"EMC Held Talks with HP, Dell" Boston Globe [Free Registration Required] 12:04 PM
"Opinion: EMC-HP merger rumors a microcosm of an industry in crisis" SiliconANGLE 12:04 PM
"HP is now the biggest contributor to Openstack Juno" The Inquirer 12:00 PM
"Oracle CEO reshuffle - how will it impact customers? Product roadmap unlikely to change but action needed on cloud" Computerworld UK 12:03 PM
"Oracle Co-CEOs Meld Catz the Dealmaker With Salesman Hurd" Bloomberg 7:26 AM
"Ellison & 7 Other Tech Lions Still Roaring: Larry Ellison's non-retirement reminds us of a few other tech industry elder statesmen still in the thick of running their companies." InformationWeek 2:11 PM
"Oracle and Switzerland's Myriad Group settle four-year-old dispute over Java licensing" Foss Patents 12:21 PM
"Microsoft pushes back Xbox One release date in China" PCWorld 7:52 AM
"Microsoft delays launch of Xbox in China" AFP 7:26 AM
"Israel approves Intel's $6 billion investment in chip plant" Reuters 8:13 AM
"Intel's $6B Israeli fab upgrade gets government approval, probably paving way for 10nm move" Gigaom 10:19 AM
"Intel's $6 Billion Investment Plan Approved by Israeli Ministry" Bloomberg 11:59 AM
"Intel to spend $6B to upgrade Israel manufacturing plant" CNET 2:12 PM
"Intel set to release a wireless charging bowl later this year" BetaNews 7:32 AM
"Digitimes Research: Intel, Rockchip look to expand x86 presence in tablet AP market" DigiTimes 6:57 AM
"Banks, Credit Card Companies Could Ensure Apple Pay Becomes A Dominant Platform" Seeking Alpha 6:30 PM
"Apple's Record Breaking Weekend In Context" Business Insider 4:06 PM
"Strong iPhone 6 Sales Boost Canaccord's AAPL Target to $115" The Mac Observer 2:06 PM
"Will Apple Stock Be Helped By This Analyst Action?" TheStreet 2:28 PM
"Trading Apple & Alibaba records" CNBC Videos 11:20 AM
"Here's What Happens To Apple's Stock After It Starts Selling A New iPhone" Business Insider 8:37 AM
"Apple's Stock Price Matches Its High From 2 Years Ago. What's Next?" Forbes 6:47 AM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: iPhone 6 sales help Apple sidestep broad tech losses: Alibaba shares pull back by more than 4% following its U.S. IPO on Friday" MarketWatch 4:12 PM
"Stock Market Today: Stocks End Lower but Top Not Yet In Sight, Analysts Say" TheStreet 4:12 PM
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