"The iTunes Era Is Over: Apple Music is here, and you might never buy a song again." Slate 9:14 PM
"Beats 1 is the New iPod and Apple's Latest Bet" Above Avalon 11:19 AM
"Apple Music isn't revolutionary, but it might help launch the next big thing: Apple Music is hardly the world's first streaming service. It might not even be the best. But it also doesn't feel like a 1.0 product." Macworld 7:44 AM
"Apple Music: the spirit of the iPod" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:36 AM
"Apple will unleash its vehicle fleet across more US cities to improve its Maps app" The Next Web 7:44 AM
"Apple rides into 24 U.S. states to collect Maps data" Digital Trends 8:12 AM
"New Steve Jobs biopic is shaping up to be Apple's worst nightmare" ["The first official trailer released yesterday for Steve Jobs depicts the legend in full jerk mode. Humiliating employees, alienating co-founder Steve Wozniak, and denying paternity of his daughter, Lisa."] VentureBeat 8:09 AM
"Apple's Swift creeps up dev language survey – but it's bad news for VB" The Register 8:08 AM
"Windows 7 and 8.1 market share surge, XP falls behind OS X" ["Apple can now claim 10.17 per cent of the desktop OS market, the outfit says, although Netmarketshare has all versions of Apple's OS at just 6.73 per cent of the market."] The Register 7:27 AM
"Safari 9 brings Responsive Design preview mode" MacIssues 11:40 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"How to fix corrupted iTunes libraries after enabling Apple Music" MacIssues 10:06 AM
"Get help signing in to Messages, FaceTime, and Game Center" Apple Support 9:56 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Little Snitch keeps an eye on your Mac's Internet connections" Macworld 7:43 AM
"How to get AirPlay working with Beats 1 on the Mac" iMore 12:18 PM
"How to check if your Mac's songs are uploaded, matched, purchased, or Apple Music DRM-laden" iMore 9:03 AM
"How Do You Tweak Apple Music's For You Recommendations in iTunes?" Kirkville 9:56 AM
"Dictating notes directly into Final Cut Pro X with FCPXTRA" fcp.co 8:17 AM
"Creating 3D items from symbol fonts in FCPX and default locations and presets in Compressor" fcp.co 8:17 AM
"PixelShop: A Simple, Entry-Level, Inexpensive Photo And Image Editor For Macs" McSolo 7:21 AM
Op/Ed
"The iTunes 12.2/iCloud Music Library continues Apple's disastrous streak with cloud services" Apple Daily Report 12:17 PM
"iTunes 12.2 and iCloud Music Library: A Disaster for Your Music Collection" The Mac Observer 11:18 AM
"Apple's History of Skeuomorphism" Egg Freckles 8:17 AM
"Cause and (plug-in developer) effect of the Adobe Creative Cloud ecosystem" Macworld 7:42 AM
Press Releases
"E-on Software Ships Free Versions of VUE and PlantFactory 2015.2!" Architosh 12:16 PM
"Logo Pop Free Vector Logo Design App For OS X Updated to Version 1.2 – Still Free" MacPrices 9:24 AM
"Zerodebug releases audiomux 2.0 - Adding tons of new features" prMac 7:38 AM
"Tune Sweeper 4 released for Mac OS X - iTunes Cleaner Software" prMac 7:38 AM
"Should I buy an Apple Watch for my child?" The Next Web 1:07 PM
"The state of the 64-bit transition in iOS, and what's left to be done: Just two years later, iOS is well on its way to an all-64-bit future." Ars Technica 1:07 PM
"An iPhone case shaped like a gun is probably a bad idea" Mashable 12:19 PM
"How iTunes Match and Apple Music work together" Macworld 11:41 AM
"Woz's Early Impressions: jOBS vs Steve Jobs" FairerPlatform 12:17 PM
"The second coming of Steve Jobs, trailer edition" Six Colors 11:40 AM
"Will Apple Music Eat Through Your Data Cap?" BGR 11:36 AM
"Past tense: All about the Apple Watch failure" Macworld 9:27 AM
"Apple Music's biggest problem: it's not iTunes Match" AppAdvice 9:38 AM
"Apple's new Music and iTunes icons stink" CIO 9:24 AM
"Microsoft's Office 2016 preview gets real-time editing in Word and more" Computerworld 7:03 AM
"Microsoft Agrees That Xbox One Needs To Perform Better In Europe" UberGizmo 7:01 AM
"Xbox One, PS4 sales in China could be disappointing: Niko Partners expects sales of the consoles to be less than 550,000 units in 2015" IDG News Service 6:07 AM
"Microsoft Surface Pro 3 gets a cheaper variant with Intel Core i7 CPU" GSM Arena 7:03 AM
"Global IT giants Microsoft, Oracle hail Digital India" FirstPost 7:01 AM
"Oracle Stock Earnings Estimates Lowered at Canaccord" TheStreet 4:07 PM
"Intel President Renée James to Leave: Ms. James to stay until January; no successor named" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:15 AM
"Intel president James, three other execs leaving" Seeking Alpha 8:32 AM
"Intel President Renée James Stepping Down" Re/code 9:55 AM
"Intel shuffles ranks, President Renée James to exit: James will pursue a CEO role elsewhere" Computerworld New Zealand 10:45 AM
"Intel reveals why the desktop is still an important part of its business" PCR 6:59 AM
"Intel Delays Atom x3 4G 'SoFIA' to Early 2016: Further QA delays can put Intel in uncomfortable situations" Softpedia 6:59 AM
"Intel: PC Weakness Priced In" Seeking Alpha 6:59 AM
"Dell's Cheryl Cook talks marketing with CMO Innovation" CMO Innovation 6:57 AM
"IBM gets green light to sell off chips biz to GlobalFoundries: US regulators furrow brows, frown, nod" The Register 7:02 AM
"GlobalFoundries adds two IBM chip plants, Malta potential growth status quo" Albany Times Union 7:02 AM
"Wall Street Caps Wild Week on Muted Note" FOXBusiness 4:09 PM
"US stocks lower after mixed US job report, new Greek fears" Associated Press 1:09 PM
"U.S. Stocks End Slightly Lower After Rally Fizzles Out: U.S. jobs report fails to give direction, and Greece remains a worry" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:08 PM
"Asia Markets: Chinese shares slide as Beijing's moves to calm markets fall short/Chinese shares plunged Thursday, even as Beijing grasped for solutions to stem the selling, including relaxing rules on the use of borrowed funds to invest in stocks." MarketWatch 7:08 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks edge up as Greece keeps investors wary/European stocks swung between small gains and losses Thursday, with investors still nervously watching Greece's negotiations with its creditors." MarketWatch 7:08 AM
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