"New iPad Pro with all-screen design is most advanced, powerful iPad ever: 11-inch and 12.9-inch Models Feature Liquid Retina Display, Powerful A12X Bionic Chip and Face ID" Apple 10:54 AM
"New iPad Pro with All-Screen Design is Most Advanced, Powerful iPad Ever" Business Wire 10:56 AM
"Lightness strikes againThe most loved Mac is about to make you fall in love all over again. Available in silver, space gray, and gold, the new thinner and lighter MacBook Air features a brilliant Retina display, Touch ID, the latest-generation keyboard, and a Force Touch trackpad. The iconic wedge is created from 100 percent recycled aluminum, making it the greenest Mac ever.1 And with all-day battery life, MacBook Air is your perfectly portable, do-it-all notebook." Apple 10:56 AM
"All-new MacBook Air takes flight: Apple today introduced an all-new MacBook Air, bringing a stunning 13-inch Retina display, Touch ID, the latest processors and an even more portable design to the world's most loved notebook." Apple 9:36 AM
"All-New MacBook Air Takes Flight" Business Wire 9:37 AM
"Introducing the new MacBook Air — Apple" YouTube 9:40 AM
"The secret world of Mac mini: Helping to Power Dierks Bentley, Peter Pan and the Apps in Your Pocket" Apple 9:37 AM
"Behind the Mac — Make Something Wonderful — Apple" YouTube 9:41 AM
"Introducing the all‑new Apple Pencil." Apple 10:55 AM
"Highlights from Apple's keynote event" Apple 4:35 PM
Apple News
"Apple sprinkles iPhone X magic on iPad Pro, MacBook Air, but challenges remain" CNET 10:54 AM
"Apple revamps iPad Pro and breathes new life into MacBook Air" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 3:54 PM
"Apple gives aging Macs, iPad Pros an update in New York" Reuters 10:54 AM
"Apple Unveils New iPad and MacBook Air" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3:54 PM
"Apple spruces up Macs, iPad Pros and raises prices" Reuters 3:54 PM
"Apple gives the iPad its biggest update since the original in 2010" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:54 AM
"What is the future of the Mac? Apple will set the fate of both of its main creative platforms – the Mac and iPad Pro – at its event in New York today. The future of both is at stake." Computerworld 7:19 AM
"The stakes for the new MacBook are much higher than for the iPad: Two futures will be defined today" The Verge 7:30 AM
"Apple expected to unveil iPads with facial recognition" Reuters 7:22 AM
"Apple expected to unveil new iPads, Mac in New York" Associated Press 7:28 AM
"Apple to launch new iPad Pro two days before fourth-quarter results" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:28 AM
"Trump reportedly planning tariffs on remaining China imports, including Apple products" AppleInsider 7:27 AM
"Possible China tariffs could drive up the price of all Apple products" Cult of Mac 7:27 AM
"Apple Releases macOS 10.14.1 With Group FaceTime and New Emoji" MacRumors 3:39 PM
"macOS Mojave 10.14.1 makes Group FaceTime available to all" Cult of Mac 3:50 PM
"Apple has released Mojave 10.14.1 update, and Security Updates for Sierra and High Sierra" Eclectic Light Company 4:42 PM
"Apple passes 100 million active Mac users" VentureBeat 9:32 AM
"Apple says total Mac active base has hit an impressive 100 million units" iDownload Blog 9:32 AM
"Mac users burned after Nuance drops Dragon speech to text software: Dictation tool was more than just another app for those with disabilities" The Register 7:25 AM
"CoinTicker Mac app contains malware, likely to steal coins" 9to5Mac 7:31 AM
"PSA: Buggy cryptocurrency price ticker exposes Mac users' funds to theft" The Next Web 7:51 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Use sync software to backup your Mac Photos Library" Macworld 7:28 AM
"How to Change Mojave's Default Screenshot Location" The Mac Observer 8:29 AM
Op/Ed
"Scientific Applications under Mojave Update 6" Macs in Chemistry 7:18 AM
Press Releases
"Divinity: Original Sin 2 is coming to Mac!" Mac Gamer HQ 5:04 PM
"Microsoft Office is getting a dark mode for macOS Mojave" The Verge 3:50 PM
"Red Giant Releases Trapcode Suite 15 with Dynamic Fluids™" RedGiant 3:38 PM
"24U releases 24U Toolbox Plug-In 3.0 for FileMaker 17" prMac 8:38 AM
"Apple adds 60 more 'Today at Apple' sessions covering Pro tools, Siri Shortcuts, AR and more" TechCrunch 10:53 AM
"Apple Intern Open Letter Echoes Complaints of Google Intern James Damore [Update] The Mac Observer 8:41 PM
"In Iowa, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak predicts future of cell phones, driverless cars" Des Moines Register 8:37 PM
"iPhone upgrades have slipped to a 3-year cycle" 9to5Mac 7:30 AM
"Apple continues to struggle in India as Xiaomi smartphone sales surge in Q3" VentureBeat 7:51 AM
"Manipulative And Distracting Ads Are Ruining Kids Apps, Researchers Say: Prompted by an alarming new study, advocacy groups want the feds to investigate how apps target preschoolers." BuzzFeed News 7:42 AM
Apple Event Live Blogs
"Apple Special Event: Live from Brooklyn. Watch on October 30 at 10 a.m. EDT." Apple 7:40 AM
"Live: Apple's 'There's more in the making' event" The Apple Post 9:22 AM
"Live updates: Apple's October 30 iPad and Mac event" Digital Trends 9:07 AM
"Apple Announces New 11" and 12.9" iPad Pros with A12X SoC" AnandTech 3:37 PM
"The New iPad Pro Ditches the Home Button For a Giant Display" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:53 AM
"Adieu, home button—Apple's new iPad Pros have nearly edge-to-edge screens, FaceID: Apple's new, premium iPads look more like the iPhone SE than previous iPads." Ars Technica 9:54 AM
"Apple iPad Pro 11-inch and 12.9-inch refresh ditches Touch ID for Face ID" AppleInsider 9:54 AM
"Apple's new iPad Pro has Face ID, USB-C, and slimmer bezels than ever before" The Verge 9:54 AM
"Apple's new iPad Pro ditches the home button for Face ID" Business Insider 10:53 AM
"The new iPad Pro features less bezel and larger screens" TechCrunch 9:50 AM
"Apple finally announces all-new iPad Pro, and there's no home button to be found" BGR 9:50 AM
"Apple's new iPad Pros can charge an iPhone over USB-C: Cable not included, of course" The Verge 10:52 AM
"Apple Smart Keyboard Folio will make your new iPad a work station: You won't need to pair or charge this Keyboard accessory for the new iPad." CNET 10:53 AM
"Updated Apple Pencil charges wirelessly: The iPad accessory gets some new features finally, three years on." CNET 10:53 AM
"Apple Introduces New Apple Pencil with Gesture Controls" The Mac Observer 10:50 AM
"Apple finally announces an overhauled Mac mini: The machine has beefier specs and a higher price point than its predecessor." Ars Technica 9:31 AM
"Apple just unveiled the Mac desktop you've been waiting for: The new Mac mini. Is. Finally. Here." BGR 9:29 AM
"After 1475 days of waiting, Apple unveils new Mac mini: quad-core, >32 GB RAM, all SSDs" 9to5Mac 9:51 AM
"The new Mac Mini is up to five times faster" TechCrunch 9:31 AM
"Apple Gives the Mac Mini a Major Upgrade" Thurrott 9:39 AM
"Apple Announces New Space Gray Mac mini" MacRumors 9:39 AM
"Apple's new Mac mini is all about increased power: It'll be available November 7th for $799." Engadget 9:50 AM
"It Lives! Apple Announces Familiar yet Revamped Mac Mini" TidBITS 5:03 PM
"Apple Updates Mac mini with More Cores, More RAM, More Storage" The Mac Observer 9:42 AM
"Apple finally updates MacBook Air with Retina display, Touch ID: The entry-level MacBook gets a few much-needed updates for 2018." Ars Technica 9:23 AM
"Apple finally put a Retina display in the MacBook Air: No old USB ports, though." Engadget 9:24 AM
"Apple announces updated MacBook Air with Retina display" AppleInsider 9:24 AM
"Apple unveils new MacBook Air with Retina display, Touch ID, USB-C, more" 9to5Mac 9:24 AM
"Apple announces new MacBook Air" Apple Must 3:37 PM
"New Apple Mac Mini 60 per cent more expensive than the old Mac Mini" V3 4:42 PM
"Apple is using 100-percent recycled aluminum in new Macs: The MacBook Air and Mini are the 'greenest' ever." Engadget 9:50 AM
"AMD details features of Radeon Pro Vega 16, Vega 20 destined for MacBook Pro" AppleInsider 4:30 PM
"Maxing out 2018 MacBook Air results in a $2,599 notebook" iDownload Blog 3:57 PM
"Apple keeps previous-gen $999 MacBook Air, removes Rose Gold MacBook from lineup" iDownload Blog 3:57 PM
"New iPad Pro models do not have a headphone jack" iDownload Blog 3:56 PM
HW/SW News
"iOS 12.1 Available Now, Giving Users Dual SIM Capability and More" The Mac Observer 3:37 PM
"iOS 12.1 Includes Addresses Two Major iPhone XS/XR Issues: 'BeautyGate' and Cellular Connectivity Problems" MacRumors 3:40 PM
"Apple enables Group FaceTime, patches everything" Apple Must 3:35 PM
"Apple releases tvOS 12.1 for Apple TV 4K, fourth generation Apple TV with bug fixes" AppleInsider 3:51 PM
"No, watchOS 5.1 doesn't add ECG to Apple Watch Series 4" Cult of Mac 3:50 PM
"iOS 12.1 brings Group FaceTime and new emoji to iPhone and iPad" Apple 9:00 AM
"Download: iOS 12.1 Final Released For iPhone And iPad" Redmond Pie 9:00 AM
"iPhone XR guts reveal sizzle of the XS without the excessive price tag" The Register 7:25 AM
"Leaked 2018 iPad Pro Case Render Depicts TrueDepth Camera Built into Slimmer Bezel [Update: Fake] MacRumors 7:27 AM
"iOS 12.1 supports dual-SIM, group FaceTime, and stops 'fixing' selfies" The Next Web 7:51 AM
"Apple patent is for better brake lighting and warning systems in cars" Apple World Today 7:19 AM
"Apple car light strip could warn other drivers of hard braking incidents and other important events" AppleInsider 8:15 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"Latest watchOS 5.1 update is bricking some Apple Watch units" AppleInsider 8:42 PM
"AppleCare+ for New iPad Pro Models Priced at $130, Out-of-Warranty Repairs Cost Up to $649" MacRumors 3:51 PM
"Hands On: Apple Finally Updates the Mac Mini" PC Magazine 9:23 PM
"Apple Mac Mini (2018) Hands-On Review" Digital Trends 4:31 PM
"Hands on with the new space gray 2018 Mac mini" AppleInsider 4:30 PM
"The New 11" and 12.9" iPad Pros: My First Impressions and Hands-On" MacStories 3:53 PM
"iPad Pro: hands-on with Apple's new all-screen tablet" The Verge 3:49 PM
"2018 iPad Pro Hands-On Impressions: 'Might Be the Truest Embodiment of a Tablet Yet'" MacRumors 3:40 PM
"iPad Pro Hands-on: The first Apple tablet that actually feels new" Macworld 3:39 PM
"The new iPad Pro vs. the competition: Working hard" Engadget 4:16 PM
"I got to try out the new iPad Pro, and it's clear that it's Apple's biggest update to the iPad lineup in years" Business Insider 4:43 PM
"Hands On With the 2018 Apple MacBook Air" PC Magazine 9:23 PM
"New MacBook Air, Mac mini hands-on: Making old favorites new again/They're (finally) updated for 2018, but they still feel pleasantly familiar." Ars Technica 5:01 PM
"MacBook Air (2018) Hands-On Review" Digital Trends 4:31 PM
"Hands-on with the new MacBook Air: The one you've been waiting for" Engadget 4:16 PM
"New iPad Pro uses USB-C in lieu of Lightning connector: Here's why that's important" Android Authority 9:25 PM
"Apple's storage pricing oddities: Apple's margins are the envy of the PC industry. One of the key contributors to those margins is the cost of additional flash storage, which can only be added at purchase. What does Apple's pricing on the new iPads and MacBook Air tell us?" ZDNet 9:23 PM
"The Biggening: Apple's ideal display size is everywhere and everything" TechCrunch 8:42 PM
"Everything Apple Didn't Announce at Today's Event" MacRumors 8:42 PM
"Mac mini: The MacStories Overview" MacStories 4:47 PM
"The New MacBook Air: The MacStories Overview" MacStories 4:35 PM
"Apple's laptop line is more of a mess than ever: Three into two doesn't go." Engadget 3:56 PM
"Spare a thought for the guy with Lightning headphones: The new iPad drops Apple's proprietary port and support for my headphones." Engadget 3:56 PM
"What we didn't get from Apple's iPad Pro event: There were new iPad Pros, a new MacBook Air and a new Mac Mini, but there were also a bunch of things missing. Bummer." CNET 3:55 PM
"New AirPods didn't make the cut at Apple's big event — here's what else Apple left out" Business Insider 3:54 PM
"Apple's launch confirms one thing: it's determined to kill off the laptop for iPads/Come join us all in our lovely walled garden" The Register 3:54 PM
"Apple Finally Made New Versions of the Good Computers: The Mac Mini and MacBook Air finally get a refresh in Apple's best event in years." Motherboard 3:53 PM
"The new iPad Pro has a surprise new feature: Sometimes wishes do indeed become true." ZDNet 3:53 PM
"5 things we didn't get at Apple's October press event" Cult of Mac 3:50 PM
"iPad Pro price with all the accessories will destory your bank account" Cult of Mac 3:50 PM
"Apple iPad Pro and MacBook Air event: the 5 biggest announcements" The Verge 3:50 PM
"The New MacBook Air: Apple Competes With Itself" The Mac Observer 3:37 PM
"Apple's New Mac mini is Late But So Very Pleasing" The Mac Observer 3:37 PM
"New MacBook Air, Mac mini and iPad Pro" MacMost 3:36 PM
"Everything we know about the Apple Pencil 2" Apple Must 3:35 PM
"Retina MacBook Air may be Apple's most beautiful laptop ever" Cult of Mac 10:53 AM
"Microsoft's Office 2019 price hike: Will it push you to Office 365? Microsoft follows through with its plans to raise Office 2019 prices by 10 percent." ZDNet 8:13 AM
"Microsoft Removes Fake Bing Ad for Chrome That Potentially Contained Malware" Gadgets 360 8:19 AM
"Intel reports limited progress with 10nm yields" new electronics 7:50 AM
"Intel Claims Workforce Diversity Milestone" EE Times 7:51 AM
"Intel says more women, African-Americans in workforce after diversity push" Reuters 7:51 AM
"Darren McPhee, Former AMD Product Marketing Director, Joins Intel Discrete Graphics Team" WCCFTech 7:51 AM
"Intel Swipes Another Former AMD Guru For Its Discrete Graphics Team" HotHardware 7:51 AM
"AMD's Radeon RX 590 set to make official debut on 15 November: It will be based on a nipped and tucked Polaris architecture" The Inquirer 7:42 AM
"Asus VivoBook S14, VivoBook S15 with Intel Core i7, NanoEdge design launched in India" Financial Express 7:50 AM
"IBM's Red Hat Deal Shows Linux's Rise to Business Mainstay: IBM will pay a 63% premium to buy Red Hat, which bundles Linux software with other free programs for clients to install on their servers and PCs" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:11 AM
"How IBM And Red Hat, Plus Microsoft, Are Driving Cloud Transformation 2.0" Forbes 8:12 AM
"Red Hat would pay nearly $1B if breaks deal with IBM for another offer" WRAL TechWire 8:12 AM
"IBM's Rometty Stakes Legacy on Risky $33 Billion Red Hat Deal" Bloomberg 8:12 AM
"IBM moves into the cloud with €29bn purchase" Examiner 8:12 AM
"Does IBM's Big Red Hat Buy Put Its Dividend at Risk? IBM investors shouldn't panic." The Motley Fool 8:11 AM
"Red Hat Business as usual: Fedora 29 released/IBM may be buying Red Hat, but Fedora, its community Linux distribution, has been released on schedule." ZDNet 11:01 AM
"Ellison Recounts Oracle Origins to Startup Founders" eWeek 8:17 AM
"Cray has already struck one of its biggest ever deals for its new Shasta supercomputer" GeekWire 11:20 AM
"What Apple Bears Are Missing" Seeking Alpha 10:53 AM
"Can Apple Keep Its Streak Alive When It Reports Earnings?" The Motley Fool 7:34 AM
Industry News
"Stocks rally to close higher after Monday's big reversal: Dow component Coca-Cola gains after topping earnings expectations; Pfizer disappoints on results" MarketWatch 4:46 PM
"Dow Closes Sharply Higher as Late Surge Pushes Stock Gains: The Dow Jones Industrial Average led major market indexes higher with a late surge Tuesday after closing lower during the previous session for the eighth time in 11 trading days." TheStreet 4:46 PM
"Markets Right Now: Stocks claw higher after solid earnings" Associated Press 4:46 PM
"U.S. Stocks Bounce Back From Monday Rout: The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrials and Nasdaq move higher" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:45 PM
"Asian stock markets are mixed as U.S.-China trade uncertainty rears up again: Nikkei gains, as stocks in China, Hong Kong diverge" MarketWatch 8:32 AM
"German stocks log best day in 2 months as Merkel plots exit; Banks, auto shares climb: HSBC soars 4.8% on earnings news" MarketWatch 8:32 AM
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