"Where the Apple Watch could go from here: The Series 4 is a generational leap, but the Apple Watch still has plenty of room to grow." Macworld 7:44 AM
"Apple in Hollywood: Behemoth or boutique?" Apple 3.0 7:57 AM
"Apple crackdown on 'scam' apps: Apps offering free trials that convert to subscriptions within days targeted by Apple" V3 8:02 AM
"Commission withdraws court action over Apple tax delays: The European Commission has decided to withdraw a European Court of Justice action against Ireland over delays in recovering the €13.1 billion owned by Apple in disputed taxes." RTÉ 9:11 AM
"Apple sued over FaceTime technology" AppleInsider 7:13 PM
"AirPrint or you're on your own: macOS printing changes" ["It's actually far worse than that, because Apple's account doesn't match up to those of printer manufacturers, and you could easily end up abandoning a printer which could still work as well as it ever has done. Between them, Apple and the printer manufacturers have created chaos which will cause many users many problems."] Eclectic Light Company 8:09 AM
"Apple Is Holding Its Fall iPad Event In Brooklyn: It's the first time the world's most valuable company has held a big product announcement in the Big Apple." BuzzFeed News 11:13 AM
"Live Stream Apple October 30 2018 iPad, Mac Event Dubbed There's More In The Making, Here's How" Redmond Pie 8:44 PM
"Apple's holding another big event October 30" TechCrunch 11:19 AM
"Apple to Unveil iPad, MacBook Laptop Overhauls on Oct. 30" Bloomberg 7:44 PM
"Apple Sends Out Event Invites For 'There's More In The Making' October 30th Event" Redmond Pie 11:19 AM
"Apple sends out invites for October 30th event" iDownload Blog 11:19 AM
"Apple invites media to special October 30 event" Apple Must 11:32 AM
"Apple special event on October 30" The Loop 12:00 PM
"Chartbreakers: How spammers are gaming the podcast charts: How did an unknown show about real estate beat out Serial, Dr. Death, and The Daily? Something weird has been happening on the Apple podcast charts lately." Chartable 7:43 AM
"Podcast charts still being manipulated by click farms" 9to5Mac 7:44 AM
"Apple's parental control filter lets children search for bombs but not sex ed" The Verge 4:06 PM
"Apple's accessibility solutions are empowering lives: How much difference do the accessibility tools inside Apple's platforms make?" Computerworld 9:10 AM
"Apple to US users: Here's how you can now see what personal data we hold on you/Apple's privacy tools now go beyond Europe, so more now get to download the personal data it has collected." ZDNet 7:58 AM
"iPhone XS sales strong, split evenly between XS & Max – CIRP" 9to5Mac 7:48 AM
"Tim Cook Highlights 'The Big Draw' Sketching Sessions Taking Place at Apple Stores This Month" MacRumors 9:51 AM
Non-Apple News
"TLDR: LA Clippers & Steve Ballmer unveil augmented reality NBA experience" GeekWire 8:12 PM
"Verizon's Pixel 3 won't work on other carriers unless activated on Verizon first: It's a new policy that applies to all Verizon phones" The Verge 5:37 PM
"Essential Phone maker cuts jobs as it sharpens its focus" CNET 4:34 PM
"Inside Facebook's 'war room' is a battle for public trust" Engadget 9:09 AM
"EBay takes Amazon to court over alleged trader poaching" ZDNet 8:09 AM
"50% of American WhatsApp users don't know it's owned by Facebook" The Next Web 8:01 AM
"Google could finally face serious competition for Android" The Verge 7:45 AM
"A new kind of dark money on Facebook is influencing elections: How unknown parties are exploiting loopholes in Facebook's ad archive" The Verge 7:45 AM
"The new 'world's thinnest phone' slots into a business card case" The Verge 7:45 AM
"When You Can Pre-Order the iPhone XR in Every Time Zone" MacRumors 4:06 PM
"New iPad Pro with USB-C coming this month, new report says" 9to5Mac 8:14 PM
"New iPad Pro again rumored to ditch Lightning for USB-C" AppleInsider 8:43 PM
"USB-C Instead of Lightning Again Rumored for Upcoming iPad Pro Models" MacRumors 9:04 PM
"Apple might launch Macs with proprietary chips by 2020" The Next Web 8:01 AM
"Here's When Apple's MacBooks Could Ditch Intel" LAPTOP Magazine 9:08 AM
"Apple iPhone Helps Give TSMC an Instant Hit: Its latest chipmaking technology has had one of the fastest uptakes in recent history." Bloomberg 7:21 AM
"Apple's A-series chipmaker misses earnings expectations" Cult of Mac 7:44 AM
"iPhone will insulate TSMC from negative financial effects of US trade war with China" AppleInsider 10:05 AM
"Wells Fargo: TSMC news a 'qualitatively positive Apple data point'" Apple 3.0 10:05 AM
"Apple working on high-voltage battery power converters intended for sports cars" AppleInsider 9:08 AM
"Apple continues their work on a Travel App, even if it's at a glacial pace" Patently Apple 10:05 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"iPhone 7 Prompting You to Sign into Random Apple IDs? Here's the Fix" iDrop News 5:37 PM
"3 Things I Like and One Thing I Really Hate About My Apple Watch Series 4" The Mac Observer 8:03 PM
"Landscapes of Ladakh, India/After a week in Ladakh, if you were to ask me to describe the northern-most region of India, I would only use one word: magical. It is Iceland meets Patagonia with all the cultural richness of India. Here is a set of images captured with an iPhoneXSMax or as I like to call it, iPhone MAXimuS." Om 7:40 PM
"Apple TV to PlayStation Vue: You complete me/Vue is the first live TV streaming service with deep Apple TV integration, and it's pretty neat." TechHive 7:40 AM
"Review: Akitio's 10 Gigabit Thunderbolt 3 Ethernet adapter brings high speed networking to MacBook Pro" 9to5Mac 9:08 AM
"Wireless chargers review: Here are two AirPower type products" 9to5Mac 4:54 PM
"Hands-on: HyperX's Cloud Mix headset jumps between desktop gaming & your iPhone" AppleInsider 7:39 AM
"WaterField Air Porter laptop bag review: A carry-on you'll want to carry forever" Macworld 7:45 AM
"The Mujjo Later Case for iPhone Xs Max is a great case, but an average wallet" Apple World Today 7:40 AM
"What to Expect From Apple's iPad, MacBook Overhauls" Bloomberg TV 7:43 PM
"Is Apple dropping a major hint with its iPad event invitation designs?" Mashable 6:03 PM
"The New 'Modular' Mac Pro—Possible Sneak Peak at Apple Event Coming Up" Architosh 3:34 PM
"A new MacBook may be on the way, but I'm not buying one until Apple dumps Intel for its own chip: Gimme an A13-powered MacBook and take my money." Macworld 11:49 AM
"Apple is Likely Announcing New iPads on 10/30" Touch Arcade 11:49 AM
"A new MacBook may be on the way, but I'm not buying one until Apple dumps Intel for its own chip: Gimme an A13-powered MacBook and take my money." Macworld 11:14 AM
"How Apple's iPhone Inspires Chinese Android-Powered Smartphones" Redmond Pie 10:02 AM
"If there's a second Apple event this fall, it's looking like it'll be later than it's been in a decade" ZDNet 8:09 AM
"Virtual Instruments Takes On IBM In $20B Market" Forbes 8:01 AM
"IBM Asia Pacific boss values an inclusive and diverse workplace" ABC CBN News 8:02 AM
"IBM wants to manage your cloud services no matter which ones you run: IBM's new Multi-cloud Manager will manage workloads on Big Blue clouds but also workloads on Amazon, Red Hat and Microsoft infrastructure, as well" Network World 8:02 AM
"Bill Gates Remembers Paul Allen, Microsoft Co-founder and Friend" Time 8:03 AM
"Microsoft's latest Windows 10 19H1 test build enables removal of more preinstalled apps: Microsoft is adding the ability to remove even more of its 'inbox' apps from Windows 10 in its latest test build of the 19H1 feature update." ZDNet 7:21 AM
"Microsoft making more of the Windows 10 built-in apps removable: Sadly, Candy Crush looks set to remain." Ars Technica 12:23 PM
"Microsoft points to a golden future where you can make Windows 10 your own: Or at least uninstall some of the bits you really don't want" The Register 12:23 PM
"Microsoft will let users bin more of Windows 10's pre-loaded junk: But you've got another, er, six months to wait" The Inquirer 8:03 AM
"Microsoft offers to kill more (of its own) bloatware with a new Windows 10 build: Now if we could just figure out a way to kill off Candy Crush Soda Saga for good..." PCWorld 8:04 AM
"Windows Server 2008 Migrations Can Use Azure Site Recovery" eWeek 9:56 AM
"Intel breaks technology and manufacturing into 3 segments" Hexus 7:56 AM
"What Next for 3D XPoint? Micron to Buy Intel's Share in 3D XPoint Fab" AnandTech 4:55 PM
"Lenovo is reportedly making a 13-inch tablet with a foldable screen" BGR 9:56 AM
"Lenovo ThinkPad P1 review: Workstation power in a portable package" ZDNet 12:19 PM
"Ubuntu Plans To Make Updating Graphics Drivers Much Easier For Gamers" Forbes 7:56 AM
"For the First Time Since 2012, PC Shipments Are About to Go Up: Windows 10's constant refreshing and ongoing security concerns are pushing the worldwide market for desktops, laptops, and hybrid PCs to its first year-to-year growth in a long time." PC Magazine 8:07 AM
"Dow ends more than 300 points lower on worries about global growth, interest rates: Blue-chip gauge fell 470 points at session low" MarketWatch 4:09 PM
"Dow Dives Sharply on Rates Fears, Tech Shares Sink Nasdaq: Stocks fall sharply on Thursday after a hawkish set of minutes from last month's Federal Reserve meeting cements the case for near-term interest rate hikes." TheStreet 4:09 PM
"Dow slides 327 points as Mnuchin backs out of Saudi conference" FOXBusiness 4:08 PM
"World shares mixed after Wall St retreat, weaker Japan data" Associated Press 4:08 PM
"U.S. Stocks Finish Slightly Lower: Bank shares help the market recover from most of its early declines, with the financials sector up 0.9%" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:08 PM
"Chinese stock markets hit fresh 4-year low to lead Asian region lower: Nikkei slips, weighed by energy stocks; Korea's central bank stays pat" MarketWatch 8:30 AM
"European bourses edge mostly higher as strong earnings remain in focus: Novartis announces billion-dollar pharmaceutical deal" MarketWatch 8:31 AM
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