"Why the iPhone 7 Plus proves Apple is gearing up for augmented reality: The dual-camera technology can be used for a lot more than creating a cool bokeh effect." Macworld 7:08 AM
"iTunes may be bad—but years and years of it are what's making Apple Music so good" Quartz 10:32 AM
"Cramer: Apple's opportunity for enormous market share right now" CNBC 8:23 AM
"Your Apple Watch Will Soon Play An Even Bigger Part In Maintaining Your Well-Being" Digital Trends 1:32 PM
"iPhones 'emit double the radiation' of Galaxy handsets: Korean agency/Apple's iPhones have double the electromagnetic waves absorption rate of Samsung's Galaxy series, according to data from South Korea's National Radio Research Agency presented during a committee hearing." ZDNet 7:59 AM
"macOS Sierra iCloud features aren't ready yet: Last week I warned users to be skeptical of the new macOS Sierra storage features. Prominent blogger Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo gave an object lesson in a post describing the disappearance of all his home Mac Desktop and Documents folders, thanks to a bug. Here's what happened." ZDNet 2:36 PM
"This tech giant is giving Apple a run for its money: When it comes to computers, consumers have consistently ranked Apple at the top of the list. But now another computer maker is rising in consumers' estimation -- and giving Apple a run for its money -- according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index. The runner-up is Samsung, the Korean manufacturer that among many other things produces laptops, Chromebooks and monitors. In many cases, the Samsung products are considerably less expensive than Apple's." Moneywatch 8:22 AM
"ACSI: Customer Satisfaction With PCs Rebounds as Tablets Improve" ["Apple remains the overall leader in the PC industry, unchanged at 84, but Samsung leaps 6 percent to 83 in its second year of ACSI tracking. Amazon, which manufactures only tablets, gets a 3 percent boost to 80, while Acer, ASUS and Dell tie for the next spot at 78."] PRNewswire 9:02 AM
"iPhones Dominate Smartphone Market Share for Internet Usage" WebpageFX 2:02 PM
"Apple still leads in smartwatch sales, but sector growth slow, says Kantar Worldpanel" DigiTimes 7:59 AM
"Aetna Will Subsidize Apple Watch in First U.S. Insurer Deal" Bloomberg 2:36 PM
"Aetna to offer Apple Watch at a discount to certain customers" Reuters 4:19 PM
"Aetna to Provide Apple Watch to 50,000 Employees, Subsidize Cost for Customers" MacRumors 1:33 PM
"Health insurer Aetna to offer customer & employee discounts on Apple Watch" AppleInsider 12:57 PM
"Stan (and Eclaire): The Blind Apple Employee Who Upgraded My iPhone" Jeff Reifman 2:32 PM
"Apple Music's Partnership With Drake Continues to Flourish" AppAdvice 11:10 AM
"Cupertino Finally Opens up About Apple Music's Biggest New Feature" AppAdvice 10:42 AM
"Mary J. Blige will interview Hillary Clinton in potentially awkward Apple Music show" The Verge 8:23 AM
"Hillary Clinton Alienates the Spotify Vote: Hillary Clinton appears to be Apple Music's new spokesperson." Gizmodo 7:11 AM
"Can Anything distract these 6-year-old girls from their iPads?" Today 10:32 AM
"Today in Apple history: Steve Jobs and Jef Raskin clash over the Mac" Cult of Mac 8:27 AM
Non-Apple News
"Elon Musk will need one million Mars colonists to get the ticket price down to $200,000: Space travel isn't profitable — not yet anyway." Recode 9:15 PM
"Roku Unveils 5 New Streaming Video Devices" eWeek 6:27 PM
"Password breach could have ripple effects well beyond Yahoo" Associated Press 10:05 AM
"New Galaxy Note 7 fire raises worries Samsung didn't fix battery problems" AppleInsider 9:55 AM
"Google announces Google Station to offer fast Wi-Fi services everywhere" Mashable 8:07 AM
"Google wants to bring affordable, public Wi-Fi to the world: The company is seeking out partners happy to spread the Google Station initiative to more countries." ZDNet 7:59 AM
"This Was the Most Tweeted Presidential Debate Ever" Time 7:10 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Full transcript: Walt Mossberg and Dan Frommer talk Apple on Too Embarrassed to Ask/Mossberg and Frommer joined Recode's Kara Swisher and The Verge's Lauren Goode on this special Apple Event episode of Too Embarrassed to Ask." Recode 9:06 PM
"The Talk Show: 'You've Got The Nubbin', With Special Guest Serenity Caldwell" Daring Fireball 8:46 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-09-27: HealthKit for Diagnosis, Roku vs Apple TV" The Mac Observer 1:17 PM
"'Firmware Fantastic' - Digital Photography Podcast 551" The Digital Story 10:33 AM
"Let's Talk iOS 154: These guys have no idea" iDownload Blog 8:04 AM
"'Bendgate' is still causing headaches for iPhone 6 users two years later" Business Insider 3:12 PM
"Apple is reportedly working on a sleep tracker for the Apple Watch" The Verge 8:23 AM
"Here's a video of in-screen fingerprint reader technology that Apple could use for iPhone 8" 9to5Mac 8:23 AM
"Jet Black iPhone Difficult to Manufacture; Scratches Easily" AppleBlend 9:56 AM
"Nvidia graphics may return to Apple Macs, hints new job listings: Two new Nvidia jobs wanted candidates to help shape Apple's 'next generation' devices." Ars Technica UK 10:33 AM
"Belkin and Incase reveal their first official leather & NATO-style Apple Watch bands" 9to5Mac 4:10 PM
"Google iOS update lets you get ultra-sneaky with search: Incognito mode comes to Google's iOS app, along with video integration for your secret search sessions." CNET 2:40 PM
"DJI's tiny Mavic Pro drone will land at Apple Stores" Cult of Mac 12:28 PM
"Honeywell intros Lyric T5 thermostat ready for Apple's HomeKit" AppleInsider 11:46 AM
"Lyric T5 Smart Thermostat Works With Apple HomeKit" PC Magazine 9:03 PM
"Our 5 Favorite iMessage Sticker Packs" 148Apps 8:27 AM
"Upcoming YouTube Go app minimizes data usage with previews, quality controls, phone-to-phone transfer" 9to5Mac 7:07 AM
"MLB At Bat app adds video highlights in Notification Center, club stickers, more" 9to5Mac 7:07 AM
"Create your own voxel stickers with DIY Blocky Stickers for iMessage" prMac 7:07 AM
"Intellipath Games releases DetecThink for iOS - Fun Detective Games" prMac 7:07 AM
"Haiti Radio Live (Online Radio) 2.0 for iOS - Release Info" prMac 7:07 AM
"Microsoft Azure networking is speeding up, thanks to custom hardware: FPGAs give customers the ability to get speed boosts in networking and soon in AI and deep learning" IDG News Service 11:11 AM
"Microsoft's Azure-based Project Springfield uses AI to squash 'million dollar' bugs" The Inquirer 6:58 AM
"Microsoft, Workday announce productivity partnership" Seeking Alpha 10:18 AM
"Microsoft and Disney said to be considering bids to acquire Twitter" Neowin 9:21 AM
"Microsoft Recruited Adobe To Defect From AWS To Azure" Seeking Alpha 6:24 AM
"Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update and new firmware roll out to HP Elite x3" Neowin 8:17 AM
"Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update and new firmware roll out to HP Elite x3" Neowin 9:22 AM
"The EFF calls on HP to remove DRM from its printers" TechCrunch 10:06 AM
"Meg Whitman and HP Five Years Later: Mission Accomplished?" Fortune 8:17 AM
"The EFF calls on HP to remove DRM from its printers" TechCrunch 9:12 AM
"Will HP's Efforts to Revamp Printer Business Yield Results?" Zacks 8:12 AM
"Long Term Growth Review Of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE:HPE)" Newburgh Press 9:11 AM
"What Does The New Dell EMC Mean For The Enterprise Storage Market?" Forbes 9:10 AM
"IBM releases DataWorks to give enterprise data a home and a brain" TechCrunch 9:10 PM
"IBM promises a one-stop analytics shop with AI-powered big data platform: It can ingest data faster than any other data platform, IBM said" IDG News Service 6:56 AM
"Automakers Cozy Up to Intel, Qualcomm for 5G Standards" PC Magazine 2:03 PM
"Intel Core i5 vs. Core i7: Which processor should you buy?" ExtremeTech 3:57 PM
"AMD Zen News: Next Gen Processors Performing Better Than Expected?" Breathe Cast 9:12 AM
"Stocks, politics and debates: It's about the economy" USA Today 8:36 AM
"U.S. Stocks Edge Up, Despite Slide in Oil Prices: Investors appear to be betting that the presidential debate shifted support toward Hillary Clinton" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:23 PM
"Asian shares close higher in wake of U.S. presidential debate" MarketWatch 8:37 AM
"European stocks slide as U.S. debate cheer fades" MarketWatch 8:37 AM
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