"'Have you tried turning it off and on again?' Only 5% of Mac users ever need to hear this: IBM, the one-time PC king, is now an Apple fanboy. After the two tech giants first announced their landmark partnership last year, the company has been deploying Macs internally at a rapid pace in the last few months—1,900 per week—and it's saving them a lot of money. IBM's workforce has found it a lot easier to use Macs." Quartz 6:54 AM
"Apple and Dropbox join fight against controversial cybersecurity bill" Engadget 6:21 AM
"Apple Takes Public Stance Against 'CISA' Surveillance Bill" The Mac Observer 6:12 AM
"Apple Piles On as Senate Debates Cyber Bill" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:07 AM
"Apple expansion widens in north San Jose: Apple has grabbed a building in north San Jose that's part of a site where the fast-growing company could eventually assemble enough property for 3,000 workers. The 202,000-square-foot building that Apple has leased is located at 2509 Orchard Parkway near Trimble Road, according to multiple sources familiar with the rental deal." San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 11:25 AM
"All eyes on Apple after EU rules on Starbucks and Fiat" Irish Times 9:10 PM
"Apple Releases OS X 10.11.1 El Capitan With New Emoji, Mail Improvements and Office 2016 Bug Fix" MacRumors 11:57 AM
"Apple releases OS X 10.11.1 with new emojis, bug fixes, and more" 9to5Mac 12:00 PM
"Apple Releases iTunes 12.3.1 With Stability and Performance Improvements" MacRumors 12:29 PM
"Apple Releases Xcode 7.1 With Support for tvOS, iOS 9.1, More" iClarified 6:55 PM
"Apple adds Find My Friends app to iCloud on the web" 9to5Mac 2:40 PM
"Find My Friends comes to the Web via Apple's iCloud.com" AppleInsider 3:20 PM
"Apple just banned some versions of Adobe Flash from its computers" BGR 11:07 AM
"Mac and iOS users warned about Apple support scam" BetaNews 6:56 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"About the security content of OS X El Capitan v10.11.1 and Security Update 2015-007" Apple Support 9:11 PM
"About the security content of Safari 9.0.1" Apple Support 9:11 PM
"About the security content of iTunes 12.3.1" Apple Support 9:11 PM
"About the security content of OS X Server 5.0.15: This document describes the security content of OS X Server 5.0.15." Apple Support 7:15 PM
"About the security content of Xcode 7.1: This document describes the security content of Xcode 7.1." Apple Support 7:15 PM
"About the security content of Mac EFI Security Update 2015-002" Apple Support 7:15 PM
"Fix problems with internet accounts after upgrading OS X" MacIssues 11:59 AM
"Facebook is a Background Resource Hog on Your Mac, Too" The Mac Observer 10:44 AM
"El Capitan discussions talk about Google Apps changes with security; a tip for forcing the Finder to retain window settings; Citrix/EPIC; black screens on wake from sleep; restricted folders (e.g. /Utilities); and more about the very confusing Repair Permissions process." MacInTouch 11:54 AM
"Apple's New iTunes Terms & Conditions Add Apple TV, tvOS & Downloadable Content References" The Mac Observer 2:35 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Web Log: Pixelmator is a powerful, affordable Photoshop alternative/For €29.99 you get a powerful image-editing app packed with Photoshop-type features" Irish Times 9:10 PM
"Should You Upgrade Your Older Mac To El Capitan? – The 'Book Mystique" MacPrices 8:33 AM
"Is it worthwhile upgrading to iZotope RX 5 Audio Editor?" IT.Enquirer 6:11 AM
"OS X El Capitan: Append Websites, Documents, & Text to Existing Notes" The Mac Observer 8:02 AM
"Clean out a messy Open With menu in the Finder" Six Colors 3:31 PM
"How to start Dictation with a spoken word in OS X El Capitan" Apple World Today 7:03 AM
"How to print a web page as a PDF with links that work" Macworld 7:41 AM
"Hands On: Clipcast 1.2.0 (OS X, iOS)" MacNN 2:18 PM
"How to view and move your iMessage history and attachments to a new Mac" iMore 12:06 PM
"Clipcast for OS X, iOS is more than a clipboard syncing tool" Apple World Today 7:02 AM
"How To Encrypt, Organize, And Store Sensitive Data On A Mac, iPhone, And iPad" NoodleMac 6:13 AM
"There Is Notes On A Mac And There's Ghostnote" BohemianBoomer 6:13 AM
Press Releases
"The Soulmen want you to use Ulysses to write your NaNoWriMo novel -- for free" Apple World Today 4:57 PM
"Apple Store employee used fake credit cards to steal $1 million in Apple gift cards" BGR 9:00 PM
"Apple tells US judge iPhones are 'impossible' to unlock" BBC 11:20 AM
"Apple tells US judge that it ain't unlocking no iPhones" The Inquirer 6:22 AM
"Faced with an iPhone they can't unlock, cops again turn to Apple for help: Cupertino says no. Plus, issue is nearly moot on more secure iOS 8 devices." Ars Technica 8:14 AM
"Apple to Feds: Good Luck Breaking Into a Locked iPhone" PC Magazine 3:39 PM
"Apple Can't Access iPhones Running iOS 8 or iOS 9" Digital Trends 7:00 AM
"Apple doubles down on encryption, tells judge it's 'impossible' to unlock new iPhones" BGR 6:53 AM
"Apple reiterates that it's 'impossible' to unlock newer iPhones for authorities" The Next Web 7:10 AM
"Apple Music refuseniks seemingly head to Spotify, as app hits #1 spot in U.S. App Store" 9to5Mac 6:29 AM
"How many watches did Apple sell last quarter?" Fortune 7:08 AM
"No analyst consensus on Q4 Apple Watch sales, estimates range from 2.5M to 6M" 9to5Mac 7:07 AM
"Ferrari chairman believes Apple will build a car amid growing EV rumors" 9to5Mac 1:43 PM
"An Apple store employee allegedly scammed the company out of nearly $1 million worth of gift cards" Business Insider 7:06 AM
"Apple Store employee allegedly steals $1 million worth of iTunes gift cards" Cult of Mac 7:49 AM
"Mossberg: The Steve Jobs I knew isn't in this movie/Aaron Sorkin made an entertaining movie, but it's not about Steve Jobs" The Verge 8:08 AM
"Attention, Netflix users! Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview is about to be... lost" Cult of Mac 8:04 AM
"Tech giants pay the lowest taxes among U.S. multinationals: Apple, Cisco, Alphabet pay tax rate well below S&P average" MarketWatch 3:52 PM
"Apple, other tech companies pay more than 25 percent lower taxes abroad" Apple World Today 2:35 PM
"The iPhone setting that changed this man's life: Todd Stabelfeldt is sending his wife a romantic text. He taps his chin on a button mounted on his wheelchair, then grins, pleased with his wooing." CNNMoney 3:46 PM
"Apple Adds 'Back to the Future Day' Replies to Siri's Repertoire of Quips" MacTrast 11:32 AM
"Siri Knows it's Back to the Future Day" The Mac Observer 10:44 AM
Non-Apple News
"Samsung Engineering Shares Have Record Plunge After Losses" Bloomberg 9:08 PM
"WikiLeaks posts data from CIA director's email account" ZDNet 5:27 PM
"Skip the Ads With YouTube Red: Watch a lot of YouTube videos? Now you can enjoy the service without ads for $10 a month." PC Magazine 3:39 PM
"EBay Boosts Forecast as Profit Falls Less Than Expected" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:01 PM
"Cassandra: Updated Mac App Store Terms & Conditions in Thai -Not For the Rest of Us" eXtensions 7:42 PM
"How Japanese tea culture influenced Steve Jobs and Apple" AppleInsider 6:53 PM
"Jony Ive on Apple's plans to conquer the fashion and lifestyle industry" BGR 3:40 PM
"Android fans agree: iPhone 6s is the world's best smartphone camera" BGR 11:32 AM
"iOS 9 bugs are making me eye Android: Do I use my iPhone a lot? Sure do. Do I love it? Absolutely. Am I in love with it? Well, I have to admit that since upgrading to iOS 9 the shine had definitely started to wear off." ZDNet 11:27 AM
"Six reasons to consider the HTC One A9 instead of the Apple iPhone 6: HTC just revealed its Android iPhone clone yesterday and despite the stark similarity, there are plenty of reasons to still consider an HTC One A9." ZDNet 11:26 AM
"EU rulings against Fiat & Starbucks tax breaks could foretell Apple paying back taxes" AppleInsider 11:26 AM
"Apple's power is its attention to detail, down to the power cable: 'Let me tell you about my favorite power cable.'" Macworld 6:29 AM
"Massive Change' Coming To The Auto Industry: Will Apple Follow? Or, Lead?" Mac 360 6:13 AM
"Let's Do Some Math On Apple Music" Mac 360 6:13 AM
"2 More Industry Disruptions From Apple, 2 More To Come Soon" TeraTalks 6:13 AM
Non-Apple
"Why Yahoo is worth less than nothing" I, Cringely 9:01 PM
"A first look at the ad-free YouTube Red subscription service" The Verge 4:38 PM
"Amazon, NYT Revive Workplace Culture Brouhaha" TechNewsWorld 3:52 PM
"Microsoft has been quietly laying the groundwork to build its own version of Android" Business Insider 3:23 PM
"Welcome to the internet of paranoia" The Verge 2:02 PM
"Here's why Western Digital is buying SanDisk" Computerworld 1:44 PM
"Write an Amazon Review, Go to Jail? Amazon's being a bully, ready to sue 1,000 people individually rather than spend the money to clean up its own site." PC Magazine 7:48 AM
"How can SD cards be faster than SSDs?" ZDNet 7:13 AM
"Why A Swimming Pool Needs An Internet Connection: Regal Beloit, a global manufacturer of electric motors and mechanical products based in Wisconsin, is taking the leap from analog products to the data-driven, digital world of connected devices. Yes, that means the Internet of Things is coming to a backyard swimming pool near you." Forbes 7:02 AM
"What Back to the Future II got right and wrong about 2015" BetaNews 6:55 AM
"Why we need Nexus phones more than ever" Greenbot 6:25 AM
"You Wouldn't Think It, But Typeface Piracy Is a Big Problem" Wired 6:24 AM
"Apple debuts several new Apple Watch ads highlighting Siri, third-party apps and more" 9to5Mac 9:09 PM
"Google Voice adds resolution support for Apple's larger phones" iMore 3:00 PM
"Zombify your iOS device in time for Halloween with Zemoji" AppAdvice 2:40 PM
"Track & Treat lets you keep tabs on your kids for Halloween" iMore 2:40 PM
"Sprint iPhone Customers Take Full Advantage of Wi-Fi Calling with Apple's Latest Software Update: Seamlessly start and end calls to your primary number with your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple Watch or Mac" Business Wire 12:33 PM
"NBC and CBS All Access arrive on Apple TV (yes, the old one)" Macworld 11:13 AM
"Pangu Releases Updated iOS 9 Jailbreak Utility With Improved Success Rate" iClarified 11:07 AM
"We have developed the Virtual Architecture Museum app for iOS & Android, which - for the first time - lets you see previously unrealized or lost projects of great architects in a three-dimensional interactive form. Three-dimensional models of projects have been recreated using thousands of unique archival documents previously unavailable to anyone except the staff of the architecture museum." 3Dreamteam 10:44 AM
"Perfect365® Confirms Current Availability in Apple App Store" Business Wire 8:25 AM
"FULL FX: Pioneer DJ Launches the RMX-1000 for iPad" Business Wire 8:25 AM
"Canon U.S.A. Announces AirPrintTM Support for New imagePROGRAF PRO-1000 Professional Inkjet Printer" Business Wire 8:24 AM
"Curious World gives young kids a safe mobile library of games, videos, and ebooks" VentureBeat 7:48 AM
"MCE Complement is a fantastic all-in-one accessory for a new Mac" Apple World Today 7:38 AM
"10 iPhone Apps Only An IT Pro Could Love: The Apple iTunes store is chock-full of apps that are equally useful to IT and business users. Here, we're focusing on 10 iPhone apps that only IT professionals could love. See what we've uncovered." InformationWeek 7:14 AM
"Rugged Folio Case for iPad Mini 4 by Urban Armor Gear" Apple Gazette 7:05 AM
"Misfit's Shine 2 packs vibration motor, upgraded internals, more into thinner design" AppleInsider 6:25 AM
"DRCongo Online Radio Live 1.0 Customized for iOS App" prMac 6:30 AM
"Apple Magic Keyboard and TrackPad Get Custom-fit Cases from WaterField" prMac 6:24 AM
"How Intel's Unexpected Move Could Decimate Micron Investors' Profits" Benzinga 11:19 AM
"HP Sells TippingPoint Security Division to Trend Micro for $300M" eWeek 4:47 PM
"HP is officially shutting down its Helion public cloud in January 2016" VentureBeat 6:52 PM
"For whom Amazon tolls: HP shutting down public cloud services ops" Seeking Alpha 6:51 PM
"IBM forges sports partnerships for Watson efforts: IBM bolsters its Watson ecosystem with a trio of app partnerships with sports technology vendors." ZDNet 11:19 AM
"IBM partners with Spare5 to use Watson technology for golf advice app" GeekWire 5:26 PM
"IBM sales shrink for 14th consecutive quarter" CNNMoney 11:20 AM
"Dell Says He Plans 'Pretty Rapid' Reduction of EMC-Related Debt" Bloomberg 11:19 AM
"Michael Dell says HP CEO Meg Whitman 'has her facts wrong' about EMC buyout" The Inquirer 6:22 AM
"Dell steps up analytics push with Statistica 13, new vertical services" IDG News Service 6:30 AM
"Dell, Microsoft Move to Reduce Risks of Hybrid Cloud Adoption" eWeek 4:46 PM
"Dell looks to become 'enterprise solutions powerhouse' with raft of products and services: Outlines a number of changes to help businesses make their IT strategies 'future ready'" The Inquirer 4:39 PM
"Dell delivers raft of servers, storage and services for the enterprise" V3 6:53 AM
"Dell Brings IoT Analytics to the Network Edge" eWeek 4:46 PM
"Can Dell Make Analytics At The Edge A Reality?" Forbes 8:13 AM
"Exclusive: Michael Dell to buy home in Boston" Fortune 11:20 AM
"AMD Launches Excavator Based R-Series APUs for Embedded with DDR4 Support" AnandTech 8:18 AM
"Oracle's critical security update: 154 problems fixed in latest patch" ZDNet 6:31 AM
"Oracle's October security patch frenzy delivers a whopping 154 fixes" The Inquirer 6:22 AM
"Arm's rising profits and revenues reinforce forecasts" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 6:16 AM
"Handy results put ARM on track for a muscular year" The Register 6:14 AM
"Stocks end lower as earnings season rolls on" USA Today 3:57 PM
"Wall Street Loses Steam Amid Pressure from Energy, Biotechs" FOXBusiness 3:57 PM
"S&P 500 Dragged Lower by Losses in Health-Care Sector: Valeant Pharmaceuticals shares fall on critical report" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:53 PM
"Asia Markets: China stocks post biggest daily loss in more than a month/Exports in Japan fall short of expectations" MarketWatch 8:30 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks rise in topsy-turvy trade/European stocks swung between gains and losses Wednesday, as investors wade through a tide of corporate earnings, staying cautious ahead of the European Central Bank meeting later this week." MarketWatch 8:30 AM
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