"Apple & Deloitte Team Up to Accelerate Business Transformation on iPhone & iPad: Deloitte Introduces New Apple Practice to Help Businesses Design & Implement iPhone & iPad Solutions" Apple 1:24 PM
"Apple & Deloitte Team Up to Accelerate Business Transformation on iPhone & iPad" Business Wire 1:24 PM
"Apple deepens enterprise push with Deloitte partnership" Reuters 1:27 PM
"Apple pushes deeper into corporate IT" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 1:28 PM
"Apple Logs Your iMessage Contacts — and May Share Them With Police: Apple promises that your iMessage conversations are safe and out of reach from anyone other than you and your friends. But according to a document obtained by The Intercept, your blue-bubbled texts do leave behind a log of which phone numbers you are poised to contact and shares this (and other potentially sensitive metadata) with law enforcement when compelled by court order." The Intercept 11:51 AM
"Don't worry, Apple isn't intercepting all your iMessage contacts for police" 9to5Mac 2:47 PM
"Apple logs every iPhone user's text message contacts, new leak claims" BGR 7:58 PM
"Apple keeps track of all the phone numbers you contact using iMessage" Macworld 2:48 PM
"Apple Tracks Who You Contact on Messages, Stores Logs for 30 Days" MacRumors 2:47 PM
"Apple To Abandon Lightning Port? iPhone's Next Massive Gamble" Forbes 6:16 AM
"Revealed: Apple to create stunning new HQ at Battersea Power Station: Apple is to create a spectacular new London headquarters at Battersea Power Station in a massive coup for the developers behind the £9 billion project." London Evening Standard 7:32 AM
"Apple to Move Into London's Battersea Power Station: iPhone maker said it is planning to move into the site in 2021" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:30 AM
"Apple to make landmark Battersea Power Station its new London home" Reuters 1:27 PM
"Apple chooses Battersea Power Station for new London HQ" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:01 AM
"'Social' Becomes Key Battleground for Streaming Music Providers: J.D. Power Finds Customer Satisfaction Highest When Listeners Share Playlists, Follow Other Users" ["Apple Music ranks highest among the streaming music brands included in the study, with an overall score of 834. Apple leads with the highest score in three of the six measures, performing particularly well in performance and reliability, content and ease of use. Rhapsody ranks second with an overall score of 826 and performs particularly well in the cost of service and communication measures."] PRNewswire 7:29 AM
"Why AirPods Are The Best Place For Siri, According To Apple Legend Bill Atkinson: In a Bluetooth speaker? In a messaging app? In a desktop OS? No. Your personal assistant should be in your ear. Here's why." Fast Company 11:01 AM
"macOS Sierra Siri Tip: Conversions and calculations" Apple World Today 3:44 PM
"How to disable macOS's hotspot login float-over window" Macworld 7:20 AM
"How to turn on/off read receipts in macOS Sierra's Messages: Read Receipts let the person you are communicating with know when you have received and read their message." Macworld 6:57 AM
"System Preferences in macOS, Sierra: Date & Time" eXtensions 8:49 AM
"iOS 10: Managing Siri's Third Party App Voice Control" The Mac Observer 10:20 AM
"Share a Live Feed of Your Keynote Presentation" MacMost 10:12 AM
"How to make your hard drive icons show up in macOS Sierra" Apple World Today 7:04 AM
"Unlock Your Mac With Your iPhone" BohemianBoomer 7:35 AM
"Apple: iPhone 7 Is Seeing Flat To Lower Demand" Seeking Alpha 11:07 AM
"iPhone 7 to launch in South Korea on October 14" ZDNet 7:13 AM
"Drake's 'Views' is the first album to hit 1 billion Apple Music streams" CNET 6:54 AM
"A 'safe' Note7 exploded and destroyed this guy's MacBook Pro with it" Mashable 6:50 AM
"Today in Apple history: 'Here's to the crazy ones...'" Cult of Mac 9:09 AM
Non-Apple News
"Report: Spotify in 'advanced talks' to acquire SoundCloud as music streaming war continues" 9to5Mac 5:10 PM
"Google Translate Has Reached Human-Like Accuracy Thanks To Neural Machine Translation Engine" HotHardware 3:53 PM
"A Georgetown professor says the mindset that led us all to embrace Facebook could ultimately stall your career" Business Insider 11:45 AM
"Cable TV companies could lose nearly $1 billion to cord-cutters in the next year" Business Insider 11:01 AM
"Mobile phones deliver infection risk in the workplace according to new study" ZDNet 10:16 AM
"Snap's Spectacles come with an impressive pedigree" CNET 9:05 AM
"BlackBerry is done making smartphones: But the brand will still be attached to handsets." Engadget 6:57 AM
"Samsung may have an exploding washing machine problem" Business Insider 3:40 PM
"Samsung Looking Into Complaints About Replacement Galaxy Note 7s" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:49 PM
"Samsung still has a problem with exploding phones in China" Business Insider 7:04 AM
"Here's why Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 recall will have a temporary impact on earnings" CNBC 6:53 AM
"Brad Pitt isn't dead, so don't click that dodgy link on Facebook" The Next Web 6:10 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Clockwise #156: Right, That's Still Going On!" Six Colors 3:44 PM
"MacVoices Briefing on The Anker SoundCore Sport Bluetooth Speaker" MacVoices 1:16 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-09-28: Blackberry Ditches Smartphones, Apple's Think Different Ads" The Mac Observer 12:50 PM
"Connected #110: Swimsuits and Sunglasses For Dogs/This week Federico struggles to use the new W1-enabled Beats with his new iPhone 7, Myke shares some thoughts on Snapchat Spectacles, and Stephen is away so the Europeans join Snapchat on-air." Relay FM 9:09 AM
"The Committed Podcast on the iPhone 7's Portrait Mode and macOS Sierra" Kirkville 7:10 AM
"The new Memories feature in Apple Photos is a great way to organize, watch and share your photos. It's also a good way to check if your photo metadata is correct." The MT Show 6:50 AM
"Apple Likely Aiming for Late October Launch of Redesigned MacBook Pro" MacRumors 3:04 PM
"Apple planning to launch new MacBook Pro with OLED touch bar in late October - report" AppleInsider 3:44 PM
"Apple is quietly developing 'iPhone 8' hardware in Israel: Apple is using an office in Israel to develop hardware for the 'iPhone 8,' which is expected to be released next year with a radical redesign, according to an employee at the site." Business Insider 6:54 AM
"Sketchy report from Apple offices in Israel says 2017 phone is being referred to as the iPhone 8" 9to5Mac 6:53 AM
"Apple Employee Mentions Work on 'iPhone 8' is Ongoing in Israel Offices" MacRumors 7:32 AM
"Inside Apple's 'Secret' iPhone 8 Production in Israel" Fortune 2:17 PM
"iOS 10 Overtakes iOS 9, Now Installed on 48% of Devices" MacRumors 12:50 PM
"iPhone 7 camera loses to Samsung in expert tests" Cult of Mac 11:54 AM
"Apple increasing part and component orders for iPhone 7, say touch panel makers" DigiTimes 6:07 AM
"Apple reportedly increasing iPhone 7 component orders heading into Q4 2016" 9to5Mac 6:07 AM
"Apple continues to boost iPhone 7 orders" Cult of Mac 9:10 AM
"Beats Solo3 test finds Apple W1 audio chip boosts battery life & simplifies pairing" AppleInsider 12:49 PM
AppleCare/Helps
"Multiple Android Wear smartwatches are not pairing correctly with the iPhone 7" 9to5Mac 2:47 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:54 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:54 AM
"Moscow to Microsoft: We're ditching Outlook, Exchange on 600,000 machines/Putin's edict for Russian government authorities to buy local rather than foreign software appears to be taking effect." ZDNet 6:12 AM
"Microsoft is no longer Russia's first choice of software provider" The Next Web 6:09 AM
"Moscow to replace Microsoft with home-grown email system" V3 7:01 AM
"Moscow Dumps Microsoft Products And Services, Shacks Up With Domestic Software Providers" HotHardware 3:54 PM
"Understanding Microsoft's cloud application platform" CIO 6:51 AM
"Microsoft agrees to provide more financial data on cloud, games and Windows" GeekWire 3:06 PM
"Here's how Microsoft's chairman is fighting hackers" CNBC 7:12 AM
"HP promises fix for update that broke printers using outside ink" Seeking Alpha 6:31 PM
"HP to issue 'optional firmware update' allowing 3rd-party ink: HP will disable 'security' feature this time but makes no promises about future." Ars Technica 2:47 PM
"HP Ink COO: Sorry not sorry we bricked your otherwise totally fine printer cartridges" The Register 3:59 PM
"HP told: Disarm printer ink 'self-destruct sequence' blocking third-party cartridges/Digital rights group EFF has launched a campaign to get HP to reverse its new technical block on non-HP and refilled ink cartridges." ZDNet 10:15 AM
"HP Inc: No DRM in our 3D printers, we swear (unlike our 2D ones)" The Register 6:57 AM
"EFF slams HP's printer DRM that forces the use of official ink cartridges" BetaNews 7:09 AM
"IBM Watson's new job: third grade math teacher" Engadget 6:57 AM
"IBM rolls out advertising campaign powered by artificial intelligence" Business Insider 2:48 PM
"IBM Watson will help educators improve teaching skills: The IBM Foundation has teamed with teachers and the American Federation of Teachers union to create an AI-based lesson plan tool called Teacher Advisor." ZDNet 10:15 AM
"IBM hopes its tailored Swift will lure you onto BlueMix cloud" The Register 6:57 AM
"IBM, Cloudera join Rstudio to create R interface to Apache Spark" Computerworld 1:32 PM
"How AMD's powerful Zen chip flouts the SoC stereotype" PCWorld 6:47 AM
"AMD has its eyes on Las Vegas with Polaris GPUs" IDG News Service 3:05 PM
"Oracle denied new trial in copyright dispute with Google over Java" IDG News Service 6:47 AM
"Oracle Receives U.S. DOJ Clearance for Netsuite Takeover" Zacks 8:57 AM
"Cloud Hangs Over Oracle Conference: We're skeptical of the company's embrace of infrastructure as a service." Morningstar 6:14 AM
"Cisco Battles Shadow Broker Exploits" TechNewsWorld 11:07 AM
"SAP to invest 2 billion euros in Internet of Things by end 2020" Reuters 6:15 AM
"Biggest ever quantum chip announced, but scientists aren't buying it" The Verge 7:09 AM
"Google, Facebook, Amazon join forces on future of A" BBC 6:14 PM
"Apple: The Free Cash Flow Behemoth - Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) | Seeking Alpha" Seeking Alpha 6:05 PM
"Jim Cramer -- Apple Shares Will Go Higher" TheStreet 10:11 AM
"Cramer's Stop Trading: Apple/CNBC's Jim Cramer explains why he is watching Apple." CNBC Videos 10:11 AM
"Analyst: iPhone 7 points to price jump" The Register 11:21 AM
"Apple's New Storage Pricing Could Hurt Average Selling Prices" The Motley Fool 8:59 AM
"Get out of Apple stock before it slides 20% this year, analyst says" CNBC 7:32 AM
"Why Apple Stock Is Higher Today: Apple stock was advancing Wednesday afternoon after two firms issued bullish notes about iPhone sales." TheStreet 12:02 PM
Industry News
"U.S. stocks gain as OPEC agrees on need to limit oil output: Yellen testifies in front of House Financial Services Committee" MarketWatch 3:59 PM
"Report of OPEC Deal Boosts Stocks, Pushes Oil Into Rally Mode: A largely-unexpected production freeze agreement between major oil-producing countries sent stocks and crude into rally mode late in the session." TheStreet 3:59 PM
"Stocks Rally, Oil Surges As S&P 500 Retakes Key Support; Nike Falls 4%" Investor's Business Daily 3:59 PM
"Stocks end higher on reports of OPEC output cut" USA Today 3:58 PM
"U.S. Stocks Rise as Oil Prices Rally: Energy shares in the S&P 500 outperform, biotech falls" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:58 PM
"Bank jitters pull Nikkei lower, as Asian markets lose ground: Oil prices also weigh on stocks" MarketWatch 8:57 AM
"European stocks gain and trim monthly loss as oil companies, Deutsche Bank rally: Embattled German bank strikes deal to sell insurance unit" MarketWatch 8:57 AM
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