"Apple Reports Record Fourth Quarter Results: iPhone, Apple Watch & App Store Drive Revenue Growth of 22%" ["The growth was fueled by record fourth quarter sales of iPhone®, the expanded availability of Apple Watch®, and all-time records for Mac® sales and revenue from services."] Apple 3:36 PM
"Apple Reports Record Fourth Quarter Results: Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter ended September 26, 2015. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $51.5 billion and quarterly net profit of $11.1 billion, or $1.96 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $42.1 billion and net profit of $8.5 billion, or $1.42 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.9 percent compared to 38 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 62 percent of the quarter's revenue." Business Wire 3:31 PM
"Apple Earnings Lifted by iPhone Sales in China: Apple CEO Tim Cook says he expects iPhone sales to grow again in the current quarter" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:40 PM
"Apple Profit Rose 31% for Its 4th Quarter, Beating Forecasts" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3:41 PM
"Apple revenue jumps 22% to $51.5B, with record iPhone sales of 48M units, but iPad drops 10%" GeekWire 3:58 PM
"Apple posts strong earnings as demand for iPhones in China continues to surge: As industrial stocks slump, the entire market is looking to Apple for a boost" The Verge 3:58 PM
"Apple Posts Record September Quarter with Record iPhone and Mac Sales" The Mac Observer 4:29 PM
"Apple earns record $51.5B revenue on sales of 48M iPhones, 5.7M Macs" AppleInsider 4:38 PM
"Apple beats expectations on strong iPhone sales: Earned $1.91 per share. The street was expecting $1.88." Fortune 3:47 PM
"This may be bigger to Apple than the next iPhone: In the past year, Apple revenue in China has risen by 112 percent." CNBC 7:35 AM
"Apple Doesn't Need Apple Music to Win, Which Is Why It Will" Wired 6:47 AM
"Apple Is The Rodney Dangerfield Of Tech Land" Forbes 6:39 AM
"Apple unlock: Judge compares request to execution order/Ordering Apple to access data against its will would be akin to making a reluctant drug company carry out a lethal injection, a US judge has said." BBC 7:35 AM
"Court orders Apple must pay WARF $234M for infringing CPU patent" AppleInsider 6:55 AM
"Apple motion against Ericsson could result in devaluation of wireless patent portfolios: protocols patent-ineligible under Alice" Foss Patents 10:23 AM
"Apple Seeds First OS X 10.11.2 El Capitan Beta to Developers" MacRumors 3:29 PM
"Apple releases first OS X 10.11.2 beta to developers, focusing on under-the-hood tweaks" 9to5Mac 3:39 PM
"Apple issues first OS X 10.11.2 beta to developers" AppleInsider 4:38 PM
"Clone wars: When the licensed copies were better than Apple's own Macs" Macworld 6:55 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"El Capitan discussion continues on bugs in Apple Mail and Time Machine, plus Finder problems and workarounds, Disk Utility issues, an EyeTV compatibility problem, Set Startup trouble and more." MacInTouch 9:01 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Pages 5.6 review: A lot packed into a tiny version increment for Mac" Macworld 6:54 AM
"IBM saving $270 per Mac in support costs, says Apple's Tim Cook" AppleInsider 6:49 PM
"In the rearview mirror: car designer warns on Google game changer/The days of cheap and cheerful cars like the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla may be numbered as technology firms Google and Apple muscle into the auto industry, and change the way people own and drive cars." Reuters 10:27 AM
"Study: Apple Pay has more Gen X users than Millennials, but adoption slowing" AppleInsider 6:56 AM
"Research study shows Apple Pay adoption is slowing" AppAdvice 8:58 AM
"Apple's iPhone 6s awarded top smartphone sales share in China, outpacing Xiaomi, Huawei" AppleInsider 9:05 AM
"Apple's iPhone reclaims top spot in China market" MacNN 11:21 AM
"Apple Watch Owners Remain Satisfied" Tech.pinions 7:11 AM
"Apple Poaches Another Automotive Technology Expert For Project Titan" Forbes 1:16 PM
"The battle of Cupertino: Jailbreakers do it for freedom, not cash/Shanghai's Pangu Team explain how they work to loosen Apple's iron grip" The Register 6:57 AM
"In one chart: How Microsoft has trumped Apple since Steve Jobs's death/Microsoft's taken a bite out of Apple since 2011" MarketWatch 8:46 AM
"How the Apple Watch Can Monitor Your Baby's Heart Rate" FOXBusiness 6:51 AM
"Apple Finally Rolls Out Carrier Billing For iTunes, Starting In Germany With O2" TechCrunch 8:45 AM
"Apple Adds Carrier Billing to iTunes, Starting With O2 in Germany" MacRumors 8:45 AM
"Apple tests carrier billing in Germany, signaling wider rollout" The Next Web 9:23 AM
"A look inside what's reported to be the world's largest Apple Store, in Dubai (Video & photo gallery)" 9to5Mac 8:45 AM
"Google Brings Podcasting to Play Music, Swinging at Apple's Dominance" Re/code 1:06 PM
"Indonesia's president is skipping a meeting with Tim Cook" Quartz 10:27 AM
"Apple Showcases Its VR Dreams—With a U2 Video" Wired 9:22 AM
"Siri doing hard sell on Apple Music if you ask certain music-related questions" 9to5Mac 6:55 AM
"Siri Reserves Some Answers for Apple Music Subscribers Only" Time 6:58 AM
"NBA star Stephen Curry shows off Live Photos in iPhone 6s ad" Cult of Mac 6:58 AM
"Motorola destroys some iPhones in its new shatterproof Droid Turbo 2 ad" The Verge 3:30 PM
"Sorkin 'Steve Jobs' biopic wavers at national release" MacNN 7:02 AM
"Ex-Planet Fitness worker admits fraud in sale of 1,800 iPads" Associated Press 3:35 PM
Non-Apple News
"Senate Passes Cybersecurity Legislation in 74-21 Vote: Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act would encourage businesses to share more information about cyberattacks" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:59 PM
"Old Internet Flaw Causes New Problems: Secure information is subject to exposure as hackers are able to manipulate the language shuttling Web traffic" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:59 PM
"Copyright exemption lets you modify old games to keep them running" Engadget 6:49 PM
"Chase Bank Takes on Apple Pay with CurrentC" The Mac Observer 10:32 AM
"Mobile Industry Generates $670 Billion in North America" Re/code 8:48 AM
"Snapdragon 820 Plagued By Overheating After All? Samsung To The Rescue?" G for Games 7:03 AM
"Your Facebook Notifications Are About to Look Very Different" Time 8:59 AM
"Israelis sue Facebook for not cracking down on 'terror' activities" New York Post 6:47 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Upgrade #60: Very Nice Button" Six Colors 7:23 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-10-27: Unraveling Wi-Fi Assist with Alf Watt" The Mac Observer 12:35 PM
"iPhones may 'revolutionize' healthcare, says iOS developer" Computerworld 10:45 AM
"Let's Talk iOS 106: Apple TV pre-hoarders" iDownload Blog 8:44 AM
"Apple debuts amusing new 'Hey Siri' iPhone 6s ad featuring Bill Hader" 9to5Mac 8:00 PM
"Apple posts hilarious new iPhone 6s ad with actor Bill Hader" iDownload Blog 9:02 PM
"Apple Teams with American Express to Expand Apple Pay Presence" The Mac Observer 4:39 PM
"Swingy lets you play iPad games with your feet: Twin balance boards let you take a physical approach to iPad gaming." Macworld 2:18 PM
"The best Thunderbolt 2 dock for your Mac" 9to5Mac 2:14 PM
"IBM Providing Employees With Free or Reduced Cost Apple Watch as Part of Health Insurance Plan" MacRumors 1:52 PM
"IBM adopts Apple Watch for internal fitness initiative & Watson-linked health app [u] AppleInsider 4:37 PM
"Telogis and Apple partner to improve the iPhone's enterprise chops" IDG News Service 1:38 PM
"Kohl's begins accepting store-issued credit cards via Apple Pay" AppleInsider 1:07 PM
"BadgeBox is a tool for freelancers and companies which allows you to calculate in a precise, intuitive and simple way the number of hours worked. Thanks to check-in and check-out functionalities, it is possible to keep track of hours worked and places visited for each client. All the data is in cloud and accessible in cross-platform." BadgeBox 12:32 PM
"Groovv Makes Apple Pay for Small Business Easy and Inexpensive" The Mac Observer 12:04 PM
"Drop's Bluetooth kitchen scale now works with iPhones" Macworld 8:45 AM
"Edmunds.com Launches New App for Apple TV" PRNewswire 7:37 AM
"Alligator Bands for the Apple Watch from Bianca Mosca" PRNewswire 7:37 AM
"Six great apps to find a date (and maybe love) on your iPhone or iPad" 148Apps 7:06 AM
"QuickerTek Inc. announces Wi-Fi and BT upgrades for Unibody Macbook Pro" prMac 11:21 AM
"Jumble Zoo app launch at Apps World, London: Hybrid Animal Guessing Game" prMac 8:46 AM
"Plaaying offers a new way to control and share iTunes, Spotify and Rdio" prMac 6:53 AM
"EZ One-Hand Keyboard 1.0 - Easy One-Handed Text Entry for the iPad" prMac 6:53 AM
"Neoappz Introduces Instant Translator 1.0 for iOS" prMac 6:53 AM
"Applicaster Launches 'The Broadcaster Fast Track App to Apple TV'" Business Wire 6:51 AM
"Where To? 9.0 Local Search App Now Offers iOS 9 and iPhone 6s Features" FutureTap 6:48 AM
"Microsoft's Office Lens scanner app levels up on iOS and Android" Computerworld 6:47 AM
"IBM Nearing Acquisition of Weather Co.'s Digital and Data Assets: Deal could be announced as early as Wednesday" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:15 PM
"Virginia Rometty's Vision of How IBM Will Thrive: CEO says it's about succeeding in big data, the cloud and mobility" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:30 AM
"IBM Launches Data Insight Services With Twitter, The Weather Company" eWeek 8:08 AM
"IBM Redesigns Cognos Analytics to Resemble Watson Analytics" eWeek 6:17 AM
"IBM unveils behavioural data product" research 6:57 AM
"IBM Reveals Blue Box On-Premise OpenStack Cloud" TechWeekEurope 6:57 AM
"Now IBM unveils Blue Box Local on-prem OpenStack private cloud service" ZDNet 6:24 AM
"IBM, Jasper connect IoT devices in the field to analytics behind the scenes: Integration between Jasper's Control Center and IBM's IoT Foundation should simplify enterprise IoT" IDG News Service 4:12 PM
"Jasper aligns with IBM on IoT platform" ZDNet 6:35 AM
"Oracle, Intel team up to take on IBM Power systems" V3 6:55 AM
"Oracle, Intel Target IBM Power With Migration Program" eWeek 6:17 AM
"Oracle Gears Up to Face Amazon: Database giant putting people and technology together to challenge AWS in corporate market" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:29 AM
"Oracle Will Not Build a Giant Cloud System Like A.W.S." New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 5:25 PM
"Rimini Street, Oracle Spar Over Lawsuit Outcome: Oracle declares it won a significant victory, but Rimini Street sees silver lining in jury's $50 million damage award." InformationWeek 5:25 PM
"Oracle's Larry Ellison: IBM And SAP Were Our Biggest Competitors But 'We No Longer Pay Any Attention' To Them/Ellison: 'I can make the case that IBM was greatest company in the history of companies, but they are just nowhere in the cloud. SAP is the largest applications company that ever existed. They are nowhere in the cloud.'" Jewish Business News 6:57 AM
"INSIGHT: Oracle's Ellison heralds a generational shift in computing/'Oracle has gone all in for the cloud over the last 12 months, and its portfolio is impressive.'" Computerworld New Zealand 2:39 PM
"Heavy cloud covering at Oracle OpenWorld 2015: Ellison and Hurd both use keynotes to push vendor's ambitious cloud agenda at San Francisco event taking place this week" CRN UK 6:58 AM
"Oracle finally launches Elastic Compute Cloud, 9 years after Amazon debuted EC2" VentureBeat 4:12 PM
"Oracle to build high school on its Silicon Valley campus" Associated Press 5:19 PM
"Cisco Beefs Up Security, Buys Lancope For $453M" TechCrunch 10:57 AM
"Cisco to Buy Network-Security Firm Lancope for $453 Million: Acquisition is the latest move by networking giant to boost its security business" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:39 AM
"Cisco Bolsters Security Portfolio With Lancope Acquisition" eWeek 10:58 AM
"Cisco Beefs Up Security With $453 Million Lancope Deal" Re/code 4:08 PM
"Cisco Exposes, Helps Patch Multiple NTP Vulnerabilities" eWeek 6:17 AM
"Cisco Is Connecting on Strategy: Why You Need to Own This Stock" TheStreet 6:54 AM
"Is OpenStack ready for mass adoption?" ComputerWeekly 6:52 AM
"ARM out CCI-550 interconnect and Mimir GPU" Semi Accurate 6:35 AM
"U.S. futures lower ahead of Fed meeting" USA Today 7:09 AM
"Stocks Edge Lower as Oil Prices Fall and Fed Meeting Looms: Federal Reserve's statement will be eyed for clues about future action on interest rates" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:28 PM
"Asia Markets: Chinese shares edge higher, as investors wait for 5-year plan/China shares wavered Tuesday, before edging higher, as investors grew jittery awaiting the outcome of a Chinese five-year economic planning meeting." MarketWatch 7:09 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks on track for second day in the red/European stocks fell Tuesday, with a mixed round of corporate earnings reports and a drop in oil prices putting the market on course for a second straight losing session." MarketWatch 7:10 AM
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