"Tim Cook: Apple won't create 'converged' MacBook and iPad" Irish Independent 11:43 AM
"'At Apple we always keep raising the bar': Tim Cook is chief executive of Apple - the richest, most powerful technology firm in the world. He also happens to be a fan of Ireland. In a wide-ranging interview, Technology Editor Adrian Weckler talks to him about privacy, diversity, Chinese factories, the future of cars and why he is giving all his money away" Irish Independent 11:45 AM
"Apple boss Cook says gay marriage law will boost FDI: New same-sex marriage law in Ireland 'will attract more business', Apple CEO Tim Cook tells Adrian Weckler" Irish Independent 11:44 AM
"This Is the Best Review of Apple's New iPad Pro I've Seen" Fortune 8:23 AM
"After Outcry, Ireland Adjusts Its Corporate Tax Draw" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:32 AM
"Apple plugs into solar power here: Tech giant will be first firm to rely entirely on solar energy for its operations in S'pore" The Straits Times [Free Registration Required] 3:56 PM
"Apple Moving to 100% Renewable Energy in Singapore, Confirms New Retail Store" MacRumors 9:19 PM
"Apple to Tap Renewable Energy to Power Singapore Operations" Bloomberg 9:19 PM
"Laurene Powell Jobs launches college-support program in Watts" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 6:42 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 11/13
"No One Minding the Mac App Store" MacStories 11/13
"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 11/13
"iPad data entry errors caused plane to strike runway during takeoff: What's a fat—fingered ten tonnes between friends in a QANTAS Boeing 737?" The Register 9:18 PM
"Apple Pay Launching in Canada With American Express on November 17" MacRumors 9:18 PM
"Report: Apple makes big improvements to App Store search results/Recent changes to the App Store's search algorithm means more relevant results, TechCrunch reports." Macworld 4:03 PM
"Apple adds black ribbon to French homepage to commemorate victims of Paris attacks" 9to5Mac 3:17 PM
"Apple Files Multiple Trademarks for 'Apple News' in Europe & More" Patently Apple 11:23 AM
"Tour Bus Crashes into Apple Store Construction Site in San Francisco" The Mac Observer 11/14
"First Apple Store 'feature bay' accessory collection focuses on iPhone photography" AppleInsider 11/14
"Apple Tweaks App Store Search Algorithms" PC Magazine 11/14
"Apple updates App Store search algorithms to display more relevant & intelligent results" 9to5Mac 11/14
"Here's Tim Cook's Email About The Black Teens Barred Entry From Apple Store" BuzzFeed 11/13
"Tim Cook tells Apple employees there's no room for intolerance after black teens blocked from store: 'Apple is open'" The Verge 11/13
"Apple CEO Tim Cook Reiterates that 'Apple Is Open" The Mac Observer 11/13
"Apple Store in San Diego hit with pricing accuracy violation, must wear sign of shame" 9to5Mac 11/13
"Apple's App Store Gets A Smarter Search Engine" TechCrunch 11/13
"Publishers are underwhelmed with Apple News app" Digiday 11/13
"Publishers are already growing frustrated with Apple News" Business Insider 11/13
"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 11/13
"Multiple injuries reported as tour bus crashes into flagship SF Apple Store construction site" AppleInsider 11/13
"The TouchArcade Show - 231 - My, That's a Large iPad" Touch Arcade 11/13
"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 11/13
"TMO Daily Observations 2015-11-13: iPad Pro, Steve Jobs, and Amazon Listener Comments" The Mac Observer 11/13
"Can iPad Pro really replace your Mac? We discuss (and argue), on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 11/13
"OJ Speaks Edited with Final Cut Pro X FCPX.TV Interview with the Editor" FCPXtv 11/13
"Hands-on: Apple Pencil unboxing with iPad Pro [Gallery] 9to5Mac 11/14
"Review: Logitech's Create keyboard case turns iPad Pro into a bone fide laptop" Cult of Mac 11/14
"Review: Satechi's USB-C 3-in-1 Combo for MacBook is the hub you're looking for" The Next Web 11/14
"Review: Aukey wireless sport earphones will stay in your ears, won't break the bank" 9to5Mac 11/14
"Wolverton: Jumbo-sized iPad Pro lacks purpose" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 11/13
"iPad Pro: Day 2 and already making my work better, easier, and faster" ZDNet 11/13
"iPad Pro diary day 2: The good, the bad & the two issues that concern me most" 9to5Mac 11/13
"A designer's take on the iPad Pro" The Verge 11/13
"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 11/13
"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 11/13
"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 11/13
"The best ways to send money to friends and family instantly with your iPhone" AppleInsider 11/13
"Giving the iOS 9 Keyboard Switcher Another Try" Macdrifter 11/13
"The Last Vikings - Charging On To iOS" Apple'n'Apps 11/13
"'Neo Monsters' Review - The Third Time Isn't Quite The Charm" Touch Arcade 11/13
How-To/Tutorial
"iOS 9 How-To: Quickly delete multiple images in Messages to free up space without losing your conversations" 9to5Mac 8:22 AM
"How to wirelessly share photos on your iPhone" Tech Insider 11/14
"iOS 9 How-To: Use the updated multitasking interface on iPhone and iPad" 9to5Mac 11/14
"Editing podcasts on iOS with Ferrite" Six Colors 11/13
"How to permanently delete your WhatsApp account" iDownload Blog 11/13
"How to Change 3D Touch Pressure Sensitivity on iPhone 6S" OS X Daily 11/13
"How to Disable iPhone's Frequent Locations Tracking Map" Wired 11/13
"Tim Cook says Apple has no plans to release a MacBook/iPad hybrid device" BGR 6:55 PM
"Apple's Tim Cook Sees No Future For 'Compromised' MacBook, iPad Hybrid" HotHardware 4:50 PM
"Woz says he's still a laptop guy, despite Tim Cook's comments/Technically Incorrect: Not going along with Tim Cook's feeling that PCs are dead, the Apple co-founder says it's laptops for him and he's not in love with the Apple Watch." CNET 4:05 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 11/13
"What you can expect from the much-rumored Apple Car" Macworld 11/13
"If Apple Cares So Much About Design, Why Does the App Store Ignore Artists?" Motherboard 11/13
"iPad Pro And Apple's Growing New Product Rollout Problems" NoodleMac 11/13
"Apple, please fix Music for iOS before rushing to Android" The Inquirer 11/13
"Apple Music, Meet Android Music Lovers" Mac 360 11/13
Non-Apple
"Can Facebook Messenger kill off apps? Messenger's head David Marcus tells Madhumita Murgia why conversations could replace apps, and be the future of Facebook's business" Telegraph 10:31 AM
"Can HBO keep up? Netflix will spend $5 billion on content in 2016" BGR 11/14
"Opinion: Android OEMs have power, but Google making its own phone might be worth the risk" 9to5Google 11/13
Humor/Cartoons
"Comic: The Unread Side of the Force" iMore 11:58 AM
"Apple HomeKit Gets First Smoke Detector: First Alert rolls out the first smoke/carbon monoxide detector using HomeKit, Apple's smart home platform." InformationWeek 11/14
"acops Introduces New Area Measuring App: Best Area Pro" prMac 11/14
"24U announces 24U Phidgets Remote for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch" prMac 11/14
"Apple Music (Beta): Now Available On Android [Screenshots] RazorianFly 11/13
"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 11/13
"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 11/13
"f.lux app available to install via side-loading technique" O'Grady's PowerPage 11/13
"TP-Link's New Dual-Band Wi-Fi range extenders prioritize gaming, 4K" MacNN 11/13
"iPad Pro: 14 apps enhanced for the Apple Pencil" CIO 11/13
"Agenda Woodpost 2.0 – Print On Wood Surfaces From iOS Devices" MacPrices 11/13
"Lux Bands offer elegant, but affordable, Apple Watch options" Apple World Today 11/13
"Gumdrop's Drop Tech offers military-grade protection for your iPad" iDownload Blog 11/13
"Intel Corporation (INTC) To Bring 10 Core Processor By 2016: Intel plans to launch a 10 core processor as part of its Broadwell-E line of chips" Bidness Etc 7:28 AM
"Intel Announces New Products, Partnerships for More Agile, Cloud-Ready Communications Networks" IT News Online 7:28 AM
"Microsoft is terminating Zune services today" Neowin 8:27 AM
"Microsoft Zune's Services Will Be Retiring Today" UberGizmo 8:42 PM
"Microsoft signals a slower Windows 10 upgrade tempo" Computerworld 7:30 AM
"Why Microsoft's 'Data Trustee' Model is a Potential Game-changer in the Privacy War" The Wire 7:31 AM
"Microsoft Launches A Preview Program To Showcase Newer Office 365 Features" The Tech Portal 7:29 AM
"Microsoft To Offer Cloud Services From Germany" OR-Politics.com 7:30 AM
"IBM: From analytics to cognitive" SunStar 7:26 AM
"Oracle CEO Safra Catz Headlines Diversity And Leadership Summit" Forbes 7:31 AM
"Why Silicon Valley needs to start internships for high schoolers" VentureBeat 7:51 PM
"Microsoft Delivers Promised Business Features in Windows 10 Update" eWeek 11/14
"Windows 3.1 crash brought a French airport to its knees" Neowin 11/14
"Microsoft OneNote Gets Hefty Updates With Great Features For iOS, Android And PCs" Tech Times 11/14
"Windows 10 disk images let users skip wait for November upgrade" Computerworld 11/14
"Maybe Android apps aren't coming to Windows 10 after all?" Liliputing 11/14
"IBM's Design-Centered Strategy to Set Free the Squares" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 11/14
"Intel Reportedly Prepping 10-Core Broadwell-E Processors with 25MB L3 Cache" FARS News Agency 11/14
"Hewlett Packard Enterprise Coverage Initiated at Morgan Stanley (HPE)" Storm Investor 11/14
"Cisco Systems Given 'Overweight' Rating at Pacific Crest (CSCO)" InterCooler 11/14
"Cisco banks on big-name partnerships as Q2 growth set to dry up: CEO flags up importance of Apple, Ericsson, and Inspur alliances" Channelnomics 11/14
"The direction of computing is only going in one way—to the cloud: After a rocky start, open-source and hybrid cloud initiatives have righted the ship." Ars Technica 11/14
"Dow loses 203 as stocks snap 6-week win streak" USA Today 11/13
"Wall Street Lower as Retail Stocks Struggle" FOXBusiness 11/13
"U.S. Stocks Fall, Log Big Weekly Decline: Dow and S&P fell more than 3% for the week" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11/13
"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 11/13
"European stocks on track for 2% weekly decline" MarketWatch 11/13
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