"Apple's brilliant decision to drop its HDTV plans in favor of a new Apple TV" BGR 7:43 AM
"Judge declines to order Apple to disable security on device seized by U.S." Newsday 9:23 AM
"Obama Won't Seek Access to Encrypted User Data" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12:36 PM
"Obama backs away from law to access encrypted information" Reuters 5:28 PM
"The White House Backs Down On Phone Encryption" TechCrunch 12:35 PM
"Apple Is Said to Deactivate Its News App in China: Apple has disabled its news app in China, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation, the most recent sign of how difficult it can be for foreign companies to manage the strict rules governing media and online expression there." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 12:35 PM
"Report: Apple Blocking Apple News in China/Rather than having to deal with censoring Apple News in China, Apple is just making it impossible to access—for now." PC Magazine 6:29 PM
"Apple News app disabled in mainland China, works fine in Hong Kong" Mashable 5:24 PM
"Apple confirms it is disabling its News App in China" 9to5Mac 5:24 PM
"Apple execs don't want you to believe Steve Jobs' own memories of himself" Business Insider 12:12 PM
"Opinion: Tim Cook is better for Apple than Steve Jobs would be/He's a better executive at a more complex and diverse Apple 2.0" MarketWatch 10/9
"How Might Apple Manufacture a Car? Apple could subcontract the manufacturing required to produce a car and focus on the software, which is becoming ever more important." Technology Review 10/9
"Apple Mac sales down, but the broader PC market is even worse off: Apple is selling fewer MacBooks and iMacs, according to analyst IDC, but declining PC sales across the board means the company actually occupies a larger slice of the market." CNET 10/9
"Mac sales slowest in two years, say researchers, but still well ahead of the rest of the PC industry" 9to5Mac 10/9
"Apple removes some apps from online store over security concerns" Reuters 10/9
"Apple removes apps from store that could spy on data traffic: The company recommends deleting the apps but oddly didn't name them" IDG News Service 10/9
"Apple pulls adblocker that worked on mobile apps such as Facebook" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10/9
"Apple borks Apple News ad-blocking app due to 'privacy concerns': Cupertino claims it is working with the developers to get the apps back in the App Store" The Register 10/9
"Fix iBooks missing after upgrading to OS X El Capitan" MacIssues 10/9
"El Capitan discussion talks about Apple Mail problems, Adobe issues, Apple Photos problems, photo import options, fonts and graphics, iCloud calendar problems, a Brother printer driver update, other compatibility issues, update experiences and more." MacInTouch 10/9
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How to format a startup drive in El Capitan: Disk Utility has a new look in El Capitan, but formatting a storage device is still as easy as it was before." Macworld 7:46 AM
"How to fix five known issues affecting OS X El Capitan" TechRepublic 7:43 AM
"11 things that could be slowing your Mac down" Business Insider 8:02 AM
"Review: Macphun's Creative Kit 2016 makes boring photos beautiful, for a modest price" 9to5Mac 8:10 AM
"'Steve Jobs' film is a 'painting, not a photograph,' moviemakers say: Aaron Sorkin and Danny Boyle on Friday during an advance screening of the movie in San Francisco defended why they stretched the truth about the Apple co-founder's life." CNET 7:43 AM
"Inside 'Steve Jobs,' the movie (pictures)" CNET 7:43 AM
"Meet early Macintosh marketer Joanna Hoffman, who was not afraid to stand up to Steve Jobs" Business Insider 8:08 AM
"Here's a young Steve Jobs giving the best advice on hiring, success and failure" Business Insider 2:46 PM
"HTC One A9 dummy leak gives our best look yet at the unreleased iPhone copy" 9to5Mac 11:55 AM
"Filmmakers Shoot Portrait of London in 4K on iPhone 6s" MacTrast 7:44 PM
"iPhone 6s/Plus goes on sale in 36 more countries today, with a further 6 tomorrow" 9to5Mac 10/9
"Apple now sells SIM-free unlocked iPhone 6s, 6s Plus in U.S." ZDNet 10/9
"Using Apple Pay at Starbucks, KFC and Chili's" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10/9
"Why The Steve Jobs In Aaron Sorkin's Movie Could Never Have Saved Apple" Fast Company 10/9
"What Everyone Is Missing About Elon Musk's Swipes at Apple: The most important thing Elon Musk said about Apple has been buried." The Motley Fool 10/9
"Tesla vs Apple: Talent war or sour grapes? Silicon Valley recruiters reveal which jobs elite engineers really crave" CNBC 10/9
"Elon Musk: Here's why we call Apple the 'Tesla graveyard'/Apple hires engineers Tesla has fired, Musk tells German newspaper" MarketWatch 10/9
"Elon Musk: 'If you don't make it at Tesla, you go work at Apple'" Mashable 10/9
"Panic over: iOS adblockers fail to trigger the 'adblockolypse'" BetaNews 10/9
"Apple search partner DuckDuckGo takes shots at Google, says tracking isn't needed to profit" AppleInsider 10/9
"The big Hollywood movie 'Steve Jobs' is out today and the critics are loving it" GeekWire 10/9
"How did Steve Jobs' biographer like the new movie?" Fortune 10/9
"Former Apple CEO on making of Steve Jobs movie: Former Apple CEO John Sculley is a long-time fan of Aaron Sorkin. So when the legendary screenwriter approached him for script research on 'Steve Jobs,' Sculley was very happy to help." CNNMoney 10/9
"Aaron Sorkin tells Conan O'Brien he understands why Tim Cook called his movie 'opportunistic' [Videos] 9to5Mac 10/9
"Watch this 2:20-minute scene from the new 'Steve Jobs'" Fortune 10/9
"Apple expands localized YouTube channels to France, Germany, Italy, & Spain" 9to5Mac 10/9
Non-Apple News
"Report: 65% of Adults Now Use Social Media (From 7% in 2005)" PC Magazine 8:46 PM
"Kemoge Adware Can Root And Infect Your Android Device On Its Own" Redmond Pie 12:14 PM
"Cortana appears on Xbox One preview a little early" The Verge 9:23 AM
"3D printing is a cool, futuristic concept that's not making a lot of money" Mashable 8:42 AM
"While You Were Offline: Who Run the Web? Girls!" Wired 7:46 AM
"Edward Snowden says UK spies can send 'Smurfs' to hack into your phone and gain 'total control' over it" Business Insider 7:44 AM
"Twitter Shares Slip on Report of Impending Job Cuts" Bloomberg 10/9
"Amazon wants to know why many of its employees are desperately miserable" BGR 10/9
"Meet the virtual woman who may take your job: Cognitive systems are becoming a part of the workforce" Computerworld 10/9
"Obama administration opts not to force firms to decrypt data — for now" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 10/9
"It Doesn't Matter Which A9 Chip Your iPhone Has. Get Over It" Wired 7:45 AM
"Bluetooth 4.2 support comes to iPhone 6, 6 Plus and iPad Air 2" AppAdvice 12:01 PM
"Just how waterproof is the new iPhone 6s?" ZDNet 9:25 AM
"Analyzing Apple's Statement on TSMC and Samsung A9 SoCs" AnandTech 10/9
"Apple shoots down 'Chipgate' claims that its new iPhones have huge differences in battery life" Business Insider 10/9
"iPhone 6s chips from TSMC and Samsung have similar battery life, says Apple" Macworld 10/9
"iPhone 6S chip controversy over battery life" CNET 10/9
"iPhone 6s battery life varies by just 2 to 3 per cent, Apple says" Telegraph 10/9
"Battery life differences observed between iPhone A9 chip makers" Insanely Great Mac 10/9
"Apple adds Bluetooth 4.2 to iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and iPad Air 2" 9to5Mac 10/9
"Apple iOS 9.0.2 Has Three New Nasty Surprises" Forbes 10/9
AppleCare/Helps
"About Wi-Fi Assist: With iOS 9, you can use Wi-Fi Assist to automatically switch to cellular when you have poor a Wi-Fi connection." Apple Support 10/9
"iOS 9 Users Having Issues With POP Email Accounts and Attachments" MacRumors 10/9
"iOS 9 Users Getting 'Message Not Yet Downloaded' Error For POP Mail Accounts" Redmond Pie 10/9
"Fix a Missing Camera Icon on iPhone After iOS Update" OS X Daily 10/9
"iPhone/iOS discussion includes obscure settings to control unwanted ringing on non-phone devices, a Recent Calls bug, activation problems, call blocking, unlocked iPhone 6s availability and camera questions." MacInTouch 10/9
"Sorkin's 'Steve Jobs' Is a Tart Apple: This caffeinated quasi-biopic casts Apple's co-founder more as one-dimensional perfectionist than nimble genius." PC Magazine 10/9
"In 'Steve Jobs,' Tolerating Tech's Unpleasant Visionaries" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10/9
"How to Create a Checklist in iOS 9 Notes" Tom's Guide 10/9
"How to mute Activity reminders on Apple Watch for the rest of your day" iDownload Blog 10/9
"Find out if your iPhone 6s or 6s Plus has a TSMC or Samsung chip" CIO 10/9
"How to remove root certificates from your iPhone or iPad: Root certificates, when not required, can jeopardize your security and expose your private information." iMore 10/9
Tips
"Can't use AT&T's Wi-Fi calling with your iPhone? This could be why" The Verge 8:16 AM
"Why force quitting apps to save battery life is a terrible idea" iDownload Blog 10/9
"Magid: Samsung unveils new smartwatch" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 6:09 PM
"Should You Use Microsoft Word Or Google Docs?" Digital Trends 5:24 PM
"How to tell if your kid should become a programmer" Business Insider 12:13 PM
"I had to help my dad uninstall Windows 10 over the phone" BetaNews 11:54 AM
"Microsoft's Surface Book commercial doesn't do the product justice" The Next Web 7:59 AM
"Stop hoarding: How to clean up your digital life" ZDNet 7:35 AM
"No, Your Children Aren't Becoming Digital Zombies: Should parents be worried about smartphones and social media? A new survey of research provides encouraging news" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10/9
"Get the Beautiful Live Wallpapers from iPhone 6s as Still Wallpapers" OS X Daily 2:26 PM
"Mountek nGroove: a dashboard mount that uses your outdated CD player" iDownload Blog 12:23 PM
"Kibo iOS App Lets You Hide Messages In Your Messages" TechCrunch 12:14 PM
"Coming October 10: Gene Steinberg meets columnist Kirk McElhearn, Adam Engst from TidBITS, and Dr. Timothy C. Summers, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 10:08 AM
"DynamoLogic Solutions launches Scanify 1.0 for iPhone and iPad" prMac 7:42 AM
"Dark Castle and System 6 Emulator in Your Browser" The Mac Observer 10/9
"Google's app indexing links coming to Safari on iOS by end of month" 9to5Mac 10/9
"Google enables app indexing with deep linking for Safari in iOS 9" AppleInsider 10/9
"Microsoft Is Copying Apple's Strategy, And It Will Work" Seeking Alpha 7:47 AM
"Will Microsoft reemerge as a major mobile platform after losing out to Apple and Google in the first wave?" Business Insider 8:00 AM
"Did Microsoft's Windows 10 Mobile Gain Alphabet Inc's Blessing? Rumor has it that Google is going to bring its core apps to Windows 10 Mobile. That'll be good for consumers, but which company has more to gain by the move?" The Motley Fool 7:45 AM
"Microsoft Doesn't Really Want to Sell Windows Phones in the U.S." PC Magazine 7:45 AM
"New Microsoft Surface tablets: Is Lenovo screwed?" TechSpective 8:13 AM
"Dell offering EMC $27.25 per share and special VMware stock" Rapid News Network 8:12 AM
"Dell Inc. to acquire EMC Corp. in a bid to shift its focus away from declining PC market" Street Register 8:12 AM
"How HP's Enterprise Services Performed in 3Q15" Market Realist 9:21 AM
"Intel and the $16.7 Billion Altera Deal" Hacked News 2:28 PM
"More chipmakers to join AMD with heterogeneous designs" ZDNet 5:27 PM
"Europe could lead the way on Android's great unbundling" VentureBeat 8:10 AM
"Hackers exploit serious unpatched Netgear router DNS vulnerability" BetaNews 7:48 AM
"Microsoft's strategy for the PC hardware business may finally be working" The Economic Times 10/9
"Microsoft to PC Partners: We Still Love You" Re/code 10/9
"Windows 10 Beats Windows 7 in Two-Month Adoption Race" Softpedia 10/9
"Microsoft's Windows 10 giveaway fails to spark a spike in PC sales" Computing 10/9
"The man behind the Microsoft Surface admits he made one big mistake when revealing it" Business Insider 10/9
"Microsoft Devices: PC Potential, Mobile Struggle" InformationWeek 10/9
"Finnair selects IBM for cloud transformation" ComputerWeekly 10/9
"How IBM Watson Taps Into Today's World of Cognitive Computing" eWeek 10/9
"IBM Power-based Linux servers to be sold over the Web" Tech Central 10/9
"HP split causing 'no drama' for partners" CRN UK 10/9
"HP, SanDisk partner to bring storage-class memory to cloud" InfoWorld 10/9
"HP, SanDisk partner on memristor, ReRAM technology" bit-tech 10/9
"HP and SanDisk partner to develop Storage Class Memory" Hexus 10/9
"Dell Files Confidentially for IPO of Cybersecurity Unit SecureWorks: SecureWorks could begin trading by year-end and may be worth as much as $2 billion" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10/9
"Dell Files IPO for Cybersecurity Unit" TechCrunch 10/9
"Dell to use VMware to help pay for EMC deal: sources" Reuters 10/9
"Dell offering EMC $27.25/share and special VMware stock: Re/code" Reuters 10/9
"Succession for EMC Chief Joe Tucci in Focus Amid Dell Talks: The 68-year-old has flirted with giving up the CEO spot for several years, but stayed at the helm" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10/9
"PC giant Dell seeks to raise $40 billion to buy EMC" Irish Times 10/9
"Dell Is in Talks With EMC Over Possible Merger" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10/9
"EMC-Dell talks highlight Elliott's clout across tech sector" The Star: Malaysia 10/9
"Dell looks to EMC deal to boost corporate presence" Reuters 10/9
"EMC-Dell talks highlight Elliott's clout across tech sector" Reuters 10/9
"Why Jabil Circuit, Inc. Gained 15.6% in September (Hint: Can You Say 'iPhone 6s'?)" The Motley Fool 6:09 PM
"Apple Stock Valuation Visualized: Buy, Sell, or Hold?" The Motley Fool 8:05 AM
Industry News
"S&P 500 notches best weekly gain for 2015 as stocks rise for 2nd week: Gap slumps on weak sales; Alcoa drops after downbeat results" MarketWatch 10/9
"Stocks Crawl Into the Weekend as More Earnings Loom" TheStreet 10/9
"Stocks Rally For Week As Earnings Loom; Tesla's Loss Is Apple's Gain" Investor's Business Daily 10/9
"Stocks end higher, Dow notches 6-day win streak" USA Today 10/9
"Wall Street Mixed, Looks to Book Solid Weekly Gains" FOXBusiness 10/9
"Global Stocks Rise as Fed Appears Cautious: Major indexes notch best weekly performance in months" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10/9
"Asia Markets: Asian markets rise after Fed minutes cast doubt on rate hike/Markets across Asia rallied Friday after details from the U.S. central bank's latest meeting cast further doubt on the prospect of higher interest rates this year." MarketWatch 10/9
"Europe Markets: European stocks log longest win streak since July - MarketWatch" MarketWatch 10/9
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