"Apple's Opportunity: The Payment System's Profits/Apple's plans for a new peer-to-peer payment system could send waves through the payment-processing and card industries." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:55 AM
"Apple Pay: Apple's secret weapon for emerging economies" Computerworld 6:48 AM
"Apple is making a grab for Venmo's turf and might use iMessage to do it" Quartz 7:02 AM
"Apple 'to launch peer-to-peer payment app'" BBC 6:58 AM
"Apple TV and Its Future App Ecosystem" Tech.pinions 7:28 AM
"Apple's Magical Step To iPad Pro Success" Forbes 7:01 AM
"Apple hit with second class action lawsuit over Wi-Fi Assist data overages" AppleInsider 9:16 PM
"Who's Minding the Apple App Store? How a ticking time bomb triggered a massive outage in a neglected corner of the Apple ecosystem." Fortune 9:54 AM
"No One Minding the Mac App Store" MacStories 8:13 AM
"No One Minding the Store: I woke up to an inbox full of e-mails from customers reporting that my apps wouldn't launch. This included new customers who had just purchased from the Mac App Store as well as people who had purchased long ago, hadn't made any changes, and expected that things would just keep working." ["The Mac App Store is supposed to make things easier, but it's also a single point of failure. Not only is it neglected, but sometimes even the existing functionality stops working."] Michael Tsai 7:23 AM
"Here's Tim Cook's Email About The Black Teens Barred Entry From Apple Store" BuzzFeed 3:49 PM
"Tim Cook tells Apple employees there's no room for intolerance after black teens blocked from store: 'Apple is open'" The Verge 3:49 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook Reiterates that 'Apple Is Open" The Mac Observer 7:27 PM
"Apple Store in San Diego hit with pricing accuracy violation, must wear sign of shame" 9to5Mac 3:51 PM
"Apple's App Store Gets A Smarter Search Engine" TechCrunch 3:51 PM
"Publishers are underwhelmed with Apple News app" Digiday 6:59 AM
"Publishers are already growing frustrated with Apple News" Business Insider 10:27 AM
"5 Critically Injured In Tour Bus Crash Near Union Square" ["The bus also hit scaffolding at the future site of the new Apple Store at 300 Post St."] Hoodline 7:32 PM
"Multiple injuries reported as tour bus crashes into flagship SF Apple Store construction site" AppleInsider 7:32 PM
"Watch TechRax Do a Burnout on Top of an iPhone" Apple Gazette 9:09 AM
"Apple highlights the perfect gifts for everyone this holiday season" iMore 9:09 AM
"Apple highlights iPad Pro, new Apple TV alongside popular accessories in holiday gift guide" AppleInsider 9:10 AM
Non-Apple News
"Fossil to acquire wearable startup Misfit for $260 million" ZDNet 7:21 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"The TouchArcade Show - 231 - My, That's a Large iPad" Touch Arcade 9:16 PM
"Two And A Half Geeks 11/13/2015 - Droid Turbo 2, Skylake-U, High Refresh Rate LCDs, Fallout 4, And More: Join us today for another episode of HotHardware's Two And A Half Geeks, when Dave, Marco and Pauly will discuss, Intel's Skylake-U processors for notebooks, Rivet Networks Killer gaming network adapters, Motorola's Droid Turbo 2, Logitech's Harmony Elite Remote, maybe a bit of Fallout 4, ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q super fast LCDs, Tim Cook's ridiculous comments on the PC industry and more..." HotHardware 4:02 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-11-13: iPad Pro, Steve Jobs, and Amazon Listener Comments" The Mac Observer 3:48 PM
"Can iPad Pro really replace your Mac? We discuss (and argue), on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 10:19 AM
"OJ Speaks Edited with Final Cut Pro X FCPX.TV Interview with the Editor" FCPXtv 8:09 AM
"Wolverton: Jumbo-sized iPad Pro lacks purpose" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 9:17 PM
"iPad Pro: Day 2 and already making my work better, easier, and faster" ZDNet 10:26 AM
"iPad Pro diary day 2: The good, the bad & the two issues that concern me most" 9to5Mac 10:19 AM
"A designer's take on the iPad Pro" The Verge 9:09 AM
"Apple Watch: Long-Term Review/It wasn't a sure thing at all, but Apple has managed to create a device worth owning, says Forbes contributor Ian Morris. It's one that you'll want to wear all in place of a traditional watch." Forbes 6:05 PM
"Six months with the Apple Watch: Dan Moren's Apple Watch isn't getting any younger, and it isn't getting any faster either, even with watchOS 2." Macworld 7:04 AM
"I want my Apple TV app: The Apple TV's limit of one paired Siri Remote is holding it back...and preventing the iPhone from acting as that second Siri Remote." Macworld 3:51 PM
"The best ways to send money to friends and family instantly with your iPhone" AppleInsider 3:51 PM
"Giving the iOS 9 Keyboard Switcher Another Try" Macdrifter 9:08 AM
"The Last Vikings - Charging On To iOS" Apple'n'Apps 9:16 PM
"'Neo Monsters' Review - The Third Time Isn't Quite The Charm" Touch Arcade 10:27 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"Editing podcasts on iOS with Ferrite" Six Colors 7:33 PM
"How to permanently delete your WhatsApp account" iDownload Blog 6:05 PM
"How to Change 3D Touch Pressure Sensitivity on iPhone 6S" OS X Daily 4:14 PM
"Is the iPhone in Trouble, or About to Take Off Even Higher? What are the chances Apple can sell more than 231 million iPhones this year?" The Motley Fool 7:20 AM
"What you can expect from the much-rumored Apple Car" Macworld 7:03 AM
"If Apple Cares So Much About Design, Why Does the App Store Ignore Artists?" Motherboard 6:59 AM
"iPad Pro And Apple's Growing New Product Rollout Problems" NoodleMac 6:40 AM
"Apple, please fix Music for iOS before rushing to Android" The Inquirer 7:00 AM
"Apple Music, Meet Android Music Lovers" Mac 360 6:40 AM
Non-Apple
"Opinion: Android OEMs have power, but Google making its own phone might be worth the risk" 9to5Google 11:58 AM
"Apple Music (Beta): Now Available On Android [Screenshots] RazorianFly 9:16 PM
"Coming November 14: Gene Steinberg meets ethical hacker Dr. Timothy Summers and The Mac Observer's Bryan Chaffin, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6:03 PM
"Google Chrome gets new iOS beta program: Google is now letting iPhone and iPad users take a cutting-edge version of its browser for a spin." IDG News Service 4:29 PM
"f.lux app available to install via side-loading technique" O'Grady's PowerPage 11:57 AM
"TP-Link's New Dual-Band Wi-Fi range extenders prioritize gaming, 4K" MacNN 10:29 AM
"iPad Pro: 14 apps enhanced for the Apple Pencil" CIO 8:58 AM
"Agenda Woodpost 2.0 – Print On Wood Surfaces From iOS Devices" MacPrices 8:08 AM
"Lux Bands offer elegant, but affordable, Apple Watch options" Apple World Today 7:29 AM
"Gumdrop's Drop Tech offers military-grade protection for your iPad" iDownload Blog 7:28 AM
"Firefox for iOS finally shows up" Digital Trends 7:22 AM
"Digital Comics 3.0 - Available Now" prMac 3:51 PM
"New Ebook: Getting Things Done on iPads and Macs" prMac 10:58 AM
"Great Exchange Rates 1.0 release for iOS - Simple Elegant Exchange Rates" prMac 8:13 AM
"Chechesoft releases Booger Boing for iOS/Android - Flick that Booger" prMac 6:52 AM
"Insights 4.0: Predictive Models for Web, iOS, and OS X Dev Projects" prMac 6:51 AM
"Discover hidden words with Word Trace game" prMac 6:51 AM
"TSpeaker is a Complete new iOS Text-to-Speech App Users Will Love to Use" prMac 6:51 AM
"Yes, Microsoft Will Be Running Digital Black Friday Deals" Pure XBOX 9:17 AM
"Decoding Microsoft: Cloud, Azure and dodging the PC death spiral" The Register 9:11 AM
"The US-based company will offer cloud services in Europe through two data centres located in Magdeburg and Frankfurt am Main, Germany" New Europe 9:09 AM
"Microsoft Simulator Brings Quantum Computing One Step Closer to the Masses" Fortune 9:09 AM
"Three Reasons Why You Might Not Get the Windows 10 November Upgrade" SuperSite for Windows 9:07 AM
"Windows 10 upgrade woes include deleted apps, system hangs" InfoWorld 9:06 AM
"Installing Windows 10 November Release After it Failed" SuperSite for Windows 9:01 AM
"U.S. stocks post biggest weekly loss in 12 weeks: Weak earnings from retailers J.C. Penney, Nordstrom add to pressure" MarketWatch 3:47 PM
"Could December Rate Hike Be Good for Stocks?" TheStreet 3:47 PM
"Stocks End Sharply Lower; Cisco, Fitbit Plunge; Retailers Whacked" Investor's Business Daily 3:47 PM
"Dow loses 203 as stocks snap 6-week win streak" USA Today 3:46 PM
"Wall Street Lower as Retail Stocks Struggle" FOXBusiness 3:46 PM
"U.S. Stocks Fall, Log Big Weekly Decline: Dow and S&P fell more than 3% for the week" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:46 PM
"Asian shares fall sharply as Fed keeps markets on edge: Increasing odds of a December rate increase in the U.S. is pushing Asian shares lower this week, overshadowing global central banks' stimulus cues, which drove a rebound in the region just last month." MarketWatch 7:33 AM
"European stocks on track for 2% weekly decline" MarketWatch 7:27 AM
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