"Irish PM says future of $1 billion Apple data center uncertain" Reuters 8:32 AM
"Tim Cook Says iPhone X Costs Less Than A Coffee A Day, Attends Launch At Palo Alto Apple Store" Redmond Pie 8:38 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook: If we unveiled iPhone X after iPhone 8, people would have said, 'You hosed me.'" CNBC 10:24 AM
"Qualcomm brings fresh lawsuit against Apple" domain-b 8:55 AM
"Qualcomm Sues Apple For Allegedly Giving Intel 'Unprecedented Access' To Proprietary Chip Tech" Tech Times 10:25 AM
"Apple warns of iPhone X OLED burn-in" SlashGear 10:25 AM
"Why Analysts Are Chasing Apple Even Higher" 24/7 Wall St. 10:23 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook: If we unveiled iPhone X after iPhone 8, people would have said, 'You hosed me.'" CNBC 11/3
"Apple's iPhone X hits the spot as long lines return from Sydney to Shanghai" Reuters 11/3
"Apple engineers the return of iPhone mania as its harvest season begins: Queues form worldwide as consumers vote with their wallets for this year's most anticipated smartphone release. The Apple harvest has begun." Computerworld 11/3
"Long Lines Are Back at Apple Stores for iPhone X" Bloomberg 11/3
"Apple Store Lines Return as iPhone X Debuts: Questions remain about long-term demand for $1,000 device" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11/3
"'Quite a spectacle' — Apple stores worldwide draw huge lines as iPhone X goes on sale" MarketWatch 11/3
"Apple sees strong holiday sales, smooth sailing for iPhone X" Reuters 11/3
"Apple looking to merry iPhone Xmas" USA Today 11/3
"Apple on track for 'biggest quarter ever' after iPhone X launch" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 11/3
"Can Apple Sell 100 Million iPhones?" 24/7 Wall St. 11/3
"Initial iPhone 8 And X Orders Outselling The iPhone 6" Forbes 9:05 PM
"Apple Watch Bug Causing Restarts When Asking Siri About the Weather" MacRumors 7:27 PM
"Apple just made it easy for iPhone X buyers to check in-store availability online" BGR 6:10 PM
"Someone threw an iPhone X in the air to see if a new case would stop it smashing" Metro UK 4:18 PM
"A man was able to use Face ID to unlock his brother's new iPhone X" Quartz 4:16 PM
"iPhone X Dunked In River, Scratch, Burn, And Bend Tested [Videos] Redmond Pie 10:24 AM
"Scalpers reselling the iPhone X outside of Apple Stores: Photos" Business Insider 11/3
"IPhone X crowds prove it's a must-have for Apple fans" Chicago Tribune [Free Registration Required] 11/3
"A new iPhone? Look who's first in line! Standing at the front of the queue is a time-honored art" Bay Area News Group [Free Registration Required] 11/3
"As iPhone X raises the bar and price of smartphones, some consumers opt to switch to 'dumbphones'" CNBC 11/3
"Apple's record services revenue suggests growth in Apple Pay, Apple Music" TechCrunch 11/3
"Munster Sees Apple X as an Issue of Supply, Not Demand" Bloomberg Video 11/3
"iPhone X arriving in stores around the world" Apple 11/3
"Reports that Apple Stores may have more iPhone X stock than expected for walk-in customers" 9to5Mac 11/3
"iPhone X launch draws an enthusiastic line all day at Union Square, San Francisco" AppleInsider 11/3
"iPhone X launch: Apple turns away walk-up buyers in Seattle, tells customers to order online" GeekWire 11/3
"Apple fans line up for iPhone X from Singapore to Palo Alto in first-day buying frenzy" VentureBeat 11/3
"Apple's iPhone X released in Chicago" Chicago Tribune [Free Registration Required] 11/3
"Huge lines form early in Tampa as iPhone X goes on sale" Tampa Bay Times 11/3
"iPhone Xs Are Already Being Bought and Sold on Streets of Hong Kong" Bloomberg 11/3
"iPhone X: New Apple smartphone goes on sale, people queue for days: Photos" Business Insider 11/3
"Apple's iPhone X launches worldwide — in pictures" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 11/3
"Apple Celebrates iPhone X Launch Day as Sales and Deliveries Begin Around the World" MacRumors 11/3
"Apple fans form long lines for iPhone X release" CNBC Videos 11/3
"Apple's new iPhone X makes global debut" CNBC Videos 11/3
"People stood outside the Apple store to resell their brand new iPhone X within minutes" Mashable 11/3
"Are people buying the iPhone X just to sell it?" [Video Report] USA Today 11/3
"iPhone X launch day Apple Store queues drastically different from iPhone 8" 9to5Mac 11/3
"Over 300 iPhone X models stolen from San Francisco Apple Store" CNET 11/3
"Hundreds of iPhone X Stolen from UPS Truck: 313 handsets were grabbed worth over $370,000." PC Magazine 11/3
"After report that Apple will drop Qualcomm chips, Qualcomm files a breach-of-contract lawsuit" Foss Patents 11/3
"Qualcomm sues Apple again, accuses it of sharing intel with, er, Intel: Chipmaker claims firm gave Intel access to key information about its technologies" The Inquirer 11/3
"X Marks The Clot: The £999 Apple iPhone Xs are already breaking as clumsy users share pics of their shattered phones less than 24 hours after going on sale" The Sun 11/3
"Apple Says 'Face With Tears of Joy' is Most Popular Emoji in United States Among English Speakers" MacRumors 11/3
Non-Apple News
"T-Mobile is ending merger talks with Sprint" Axios 1:56 PM
"T-Mobile and Sprint end merger talks, saying they were 'unable to find mutually agreeable terms'" GeekWire 1:22 PM
"Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sold more than $1 billion worth of stock this week" The Verge 11/3
"StarCraft II will be free to play starting November 14" TechCrunch 11/3
"Broadcom could make offer for Apple foe Qualcomm this weekend" AppleInsider 11/3
"Chipmaker Broadcom plans unsolicited bid for Qualcomm: source" Reuters 11/3
"Broadcom plans unsolicited $90B bid for Qualcomm" FOXBusiness 11/3
"How OnePlus became a force to be reckoned with in the mobile world" Mashable 11/3
"US Court sides with Google against Canadian de-indexing order" ZDNet 11/3
"Google Docs lockout: Sorry, we were just trying to protect you from malware/Google says no humans at Google actually look at your files in Docs and Drive." ZDNet 11/3
"CNN is launching a subscription tier, the era of free stuff on the internet is officially over" Mashable 11/3
"EFF destroys the podcasting patent, one last time" Ars Technica 11/3
Publications/Podcasts
"The Tech.pinions Podcast: Thoughts on Using the iPhone X" Tech.pinions 1:56 PM
"iPhone X secrets revealed: The phone has two batteries and two logic boards" BGR 11/3
"iPhone X teardown puts a spotlight on crazy small motherboard, two-cell battery, decent repairability" Pocketnow 11/3
"The iPhone X Has the Weirdest Battery We've Ever Seen" PC Magazine 11/3
"What Apple Won't Tell You About iPhone X Apps: Many apps need to be updated to look good, or even to work at all, on the iPhone X." PC Magazine 11/3
"Here's why some apps will look bad on the iPhone X" Mashable 11/3
"Tablet Market Declines 5.4% in Third Quarter Despite 4 of Top 5 Vendors Showing Positive Year-over-Year Growth, According to IDC" ["Although Apple still enjoys a substantial premium over competitors, the lower-priced iPad has helped it to cement the first-place position. The latest version of iOS has helped make iPads a more serious PC competitor than ever before but the need for legacy apps (especially in the commercial segment) and strong value offerings from other PC and mobile vendors has prevented iPads from becoming the primary computing device for the masses."] Business Wire 11/3
"Is Apple Ditching Qualcomm Components Next Year?" Market Realist 11/3
"Here Are the Suppliers Powering the iPhone X" Bloomberg 11/3
"First impressions of Apple's iPhone X: Does the iPhone X warrant all the hype, long lines, and expensive price tag? It's too early to say, but it's off to a strong start." ZDNet 11/3
"iPhone X review: The future takes getting used to" CNNMoney 11/3
"iPhone X: Some Early Impressions – Om Malik" Om Malik 11/3
"iPhone X first impressions: Apple's best by far" Cult of Mac 11/3
"I Hate How Much I Love the iPhone X" Gizmodo 11/3
"Review Apple iPhone X is no slam dunk" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 11/3
"iPhone X review: Early adopting the future/The most expensive iPhone ever is Apple's proposal for the future of mobile." Ars Technica 11/3
"iPhone X review: hands-on/Find out whether the iPhone X is the phone you always wanted or not in our hands-on review of Apple's new handset." Macworld UK 11/3
"iPhone X review: Finally, the rebooted iPhone we've been waiting for" TechRadar UK 11/3
"iPhone X: My Week With the Future of the iPhone" Tech.pinions 11/3
"Apple iPhone X review/iPhone X: The best iPhone challenges you to think different" CNET 11/3
"iPhone X review: If any phone is worth £1,000, this is it" Telegraph 11/3
"iPhone X Review: All Up In Your Face ID" Wired 11/3
"Beating the iPhone X Face ID Is Hard. We Know, Because We Tried" Wired 11/3
"I spent five minutes with the iPhone X – here's my review" BGR 11/3
"I chose the iPhone 8 Plus instead of waiting for iPhone X and I don't regret it." iMore 11/3
"Apple's extremely wealthy CEO insists that the $1,000 iPhone X is affordable" BGR 11/3
"Tim Cook says spending $999 on the new iPhone X is like buying high-quality coffee" CNBC 11/3
"Why the Long-Term Case for Apple Inc. Depends on Services Revenue: Apple earnings blew past expectations, but Apple Services is the star, not iPhone sales" InvestorPlace 11/3
"The significance of the iPhone X and the return of Apple Store lines" The Loop 11/3
"iPhone X: Why did people queue up overnight?" BBC 11/3
"With iPhone X, Apple reinvents the camera. Again." Cult of Mac 11/3
"IKEA's head of design said Apple has become 'less exciting'" ["Engman, who first joined the Swedish company in 1983, added that the Californian tech giant is failing to 'push and nudge people to behaviours in the way that they did before.' ... 'I'm not here to judge Jonathan Ive and his team at all actually,' he said. 'What they've done is truly great stuff. It's changed the world. Myself, I'm not waiting in line anymore for those things.'"] Business Insider 11/3
"Screw it, I'm pronouncing it 'iPhone eX'" Mashable 11/3
"The 57 Most Important Numbers from Apple's Q4 2017 Earnings" Apple Must 11/3
"Apple's Financials Expose Flawed Mac Sales Estimates" The Tech Night Owl 11/3
"Comment: Apple's earnings report & guidance show that its three-model strategy has paid-off" 9to5Mac 11/3
"If Face ID is Apple's future, where will we see it next? iPhone X is the first Apple device to incorporate Face ID, but it's a solid bet that it won't be the last." Macworld 11/3
"I Was Wrong About Apple, Inc. Earnings" The Motley Fool 11/3
"Cassandra: A Meantime Man -Apple Watch 3 GPS and Other Bangkok Notes" eXtensions 11/3
"Why searches for 'iPhone problems' spike near new releases" Axios 11/3
"How Apple's unconventional iPhone X marketing strategy will make you want one at any cost" Macworld 11/3
"iPhone X: What the Analysts are Saying" Apple Must 11/3
"Apple's boffo Q4: What the analysts are saying" Apple 3.0 11/3
Non-Apple
"How Google and Amazon are hooking kids from an early age" VentureBeat 1:04 PM
"Can computers detect emotion and predict how people will react?" ZDNet 11/3
"Xbox One X review: A surprising amount of power in a very small box" PCWorld 11/3
"Xbox One X review: This is the ultimate Xbox" TechCrunch 11/3
"Xbox One X review: A console that keeps up with gaming PCs" Engadget 11/3
"The Xbox One X Is the Perfect Console for Lazy PC Gamers" Gizmodo 11/3
"Xbox One X Review: Unremarkably remarkable" The Next Web 11/3
"Xbox One X review — wait and see" VentureBeat 11/3
"Xbox One X review: Does the 'world's most powerful console' live up to its name?" Telegraph 11/3
"Xbox One X First Impressions: The 4K Era Arrives" Thurrott 11/3
Humor/Cartoons
"Also, Alexa, please stop addressing me as 'fragile meatbag'" Noise to Signal Cartoon 8:00 PM
"Coming November 4: Gene Steinberg meets Jeff Butts of The Mac Observer, and Adam Engst of TidBITS, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 8:43 AM
"Phil Schiller Kicks In $25 Million to Boston College for Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society" The Mac Observer 11/3
"Best wallpaper to show off your iPhone X screen" iMore 11/3
"The Best Games for the New iPhone X" Touch Arcade 11/3
"Halide 1.5: The camera app designed from scratch for iPhone X" prMac 11/3
"Why Billionaire Warren Buffett Made the Right Play on Apple: While billionaire investor Warren Buffett has always stayed away from investing in tech companies, he made his first foray into Apple last year and the company's third quarter earnings beat forecasts and proved the largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway right." TheStreet 11/3
"Analyst Mendez Says Apple's Forecast May Be Conservative" Bloomberg 11/3
"Apple firmly on course for $1 trillion valuation: analysts" Reuters 11/3
"Apple crosses $900 billion. Next stop: $1 trillion? Apple's market value on Friday briefly topped $900 billion for the first time." CNNMoney 11/3
"IPhone X Demand Sends Apple Value Past $900 Billion" Bloomberg Videos 11/3
"Apple's market cap comes up just short of $900 billion at the open" MarketWatch 11/3
"Apple is $20 a share away from being the first $1 trillion company" Business Insider 11/3
"With iPhone X Demand 'Off the Charts', What About Apple's Own Chart?" RealMoney 11/3
"iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are hits as Apple sells 46.7 million smartphones in Q4" Ars Technica 11/3
"Apple shares hit record as iPhone X launches" BBC 11/3
"Apple sells 47 million iPhones to achieve record-breaking quarterly results" Digital Trends 11/3
"One of the biggest beneficiaries to GOP's tax reform could be Apple" CNBC 11/3
"As Apple's cash hoard grows to $268 billion, Republican tax plan would make it cheaper to return funds to US" AppleInsider 11/3
"Frankfurt-listed Apple shares up four percent on third-quarter, iPhone X prospects" Reuters 11/3
"Apple hauls in $52.6bn in Q4, iPhone, iPad and Mac sales all up" The Register 11/3
"Analysts are bullish about Apple's strong Q4 earnings" Business Insider 11/3
"Apple Gives Rare Bullish Outlook As iPhone X Hits Stores; Stock At Record" Investor's Business Daily 11/3
"Apple optimism boosts European suppliers" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 11/3
"Sorry Starbucks, but Apple Will Destroy You in Race to $1 Trillion Valuation" TheStreet 11/3
"If You Had Invested Right After Apple's IPO" Investopedia 11/3
Industry News
"Stocks end at records as Apple results cap strong week of earnings: October jobs report comes in below forecasts, but ISM strong" MarketWatch 11/3
"Apple Rally Drives Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq to New Records: Apple carries the Dow Jones Industrial Average and broader markets to records to close out the week." TheStreet 11/3
"Stocks end at records as Apple results cap strong week of earnings" Dow Jones Newswires 11/3
"Apple Results, Jobs Report Buoy Stocks: Friday's rise helps all three major U.S. indexes notch gains in a data-heavy week" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11/3
"Australia stocks near 10-year high as Asia-Pacific markets stay largely flat: Asia-Pacific equities struggled for direction Friday, following a lack of movement in most U.S. stocks overnight, as investors seek new drivers after an October to remember." MarketWatch 11/3
"European stocks look for weekly win as German, U.K. shares aim for records: European stocks clung to modest gains Friday, with German and British blue chips trading a record highs, but a clutch of corporate earnings reports and developments limited the gain for the region's benchmark." MarketWatch 11/3
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