"Apple pumps up its Amazon listings with iPhones, iPads and more: The new listings will arrive in the coming weeks. Amazon has signed a deal with Apple to expand the selection of the iPhone maker's products on Amazon worldwide." CNET 10:57 AM
"Amazon strikes deal with Apple to sell new iPhones and iPads: The products will be sold directly from Apple and Apple-authorized retailers" The Verge 10:56 AM
"Amazon is finally selling new iPhones after a long and complicated 'turf war' with Apple" Business Insider 11:36 AM
"Amazon to Start Selling Latest Apple Products, Excluding Speaker" Bloomberg 8:53 PM
"Expect More Apple Products on Amazon, Less Refurbished Gear" PC Magazine 8:40 PM
"Apple iPhone XR Inventories Are 'Bloated,' Analyst Says" Barron's 8:54 AM
"Chips ahoy: The Mac's transition to Apple processors is happening sooner than you think/The iPad Pro is a sign of things to come." Macworld 7:22 AM
"Apple boosts land holdings to more than 7,000 acres" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:28 AM
"There is a point when the Apple image fades" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:39 AM
"Apple Champs-Élysées opens in Paris on November 18th" 9to5Mac 7:25 AM
"Apple Watch makes more wish lists than iPad, MacBook" Cult of Mac 10:05 AM
"69% U.S. gadget shoppers want an Apple product, Gazelle data suggests" Apple Must 1:48 PM
"Google just told us how to fix the worst thing about Androids and iPhones" ["It turns out it's something as easy as switching to dark mode whenever possible. That's something smartphone-savvy users have long suspected, that dark mode will help conserve battery life. There is a caveat, however. The screen has to be an OLED one."] BGR 7:42 AM
"Google: Here's why dark mode massively extends your OLED phone's battery life" ZDNet 8:15 AM
"Apple to Donate to Southern and Northern California Fire Relief Efforts" MacRumors 10:58 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook promises donations for latest California wildfires" AppleInsider 11:55 AM
"Overeager Chinese music fans spark iTunes and Billboard chart manipulation fears" AppleInsider 10:58 AM
"Blind veteran catches second wave with a surfboard and iPhone" Apple 9:28 AM
"Apple supplier Finisar to be bought in $3.2bn deal" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:21 AM
"Steve Jobs stood in the lunch line like a regular Joe" Cult of Mac 11:34 AM
"Windows XP? Pfff! Parts of the Royal Navy are running Win ME: Fear not, Apple fanbois, they're also running Macintosh" The Register 7:21 AM
Non-Apple News
"T-Mobile set-top box surfaces on FCC, 'Un-carrier' TV service can't be far behind" Android Police 2:15 PM
"Cell phones pose plenty of risks, but none of them are cancer: One of the largest studies yet on the relationship between cell phones and cancer hasn't shifted the scientific viewpoint." Popular Science 8:04 AM
"Smishing sounds funny, but it's a serious threat to your phone's security" Digital Trends 7:57 AM
"Children are being 'datafied' before we've understood the risks, report warns" TechCrunch 7:34 AM
"Disney Announces Its Own Streaming Service, Will Pull Content From Netflix" Thurrott 7:32 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"A Truly Bogus Adventure – The TouchArcade Show #376" Touch Arcade 7:38 PM
"The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 234, With Special Guest Merlin Mann" Daring Fireball 7:24 PM
"An In-Depth Conversation with Jeff Gamet" MacVoices 2:21 PM
"Gadget Lab Podcast: Darren Aronofsky on VR Storytelling" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 2:06 PM
"The Dalrymple Report: iPad Pro and Floop Floop with Dave Mark" The Loop 2:05 PM
"9to5Mac Happy Hour 198: 2018 iPad Pro impressions, FaceTime and iPhone XR improvements, watchOS updates" 9to5Mac 10:34 AM
"What an Insider Reveals About Apple's Design Secrets" Knowledge@Wharton 8:55 AM
"Earnings, iPhone XR, India, and more on the AppleInsider Podcast" AppleInsider 7:47 AM
"How to Shop Securely (and Save Money) on Black Friday" Intego Mac Podcast 7:43 AM
"Apple MacBook Air review (2018): A good buy and a tough call/The new Air ticks off a lot of boxes, but picky Mac fans will be left with a hard choice." Engadget 2:05 PM
"Apple iPad Pro 11 (2018) review: Is it a computer yet? There's Xbox power and a beautiful display, but is iOS holding it back?" GearBrain 11:36 AM
"iPad Diaries: My First 48 Hours with the New 12.9" iPad Pro" MacStories 9:57 AM
"Getting the iPad to Pro: The new iPad Pro is a computer from the future, with software from yesterday" Craig Mod 8:55 AM
"Apple iPad Pro (12.9-Inch, 2018)" PC Magazine 8:14 AM
"Review: The iPhone XR isn't a $1,000 flagship, but isn't any less of a premium experience" AppleInsider 9:29 AM
"Review: Aukey's KM-G3 is a great entry-level mechanical gaming keyboard/It's a better keyboard than you'd think for only $65" The Next Web 6:15 PM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Writing with iPad Pro: The first 48 hours away from Mac" 9to5Mac 2:06 PM
"iCab Mobile review: a different web browser for your iOS device" iDownload Blog 2:15 PM
"We tried the Los Angeles Clippers' new app that gives fans control over how to watch a game and it will change sports forever" Business Insider 2:14 PM
"How to charge Apple Watch and check battery life" 9to5Mac 2:31 PM
"How to use your iPad Pro to replace your laptop (Part 4)" Computerworld 11:28 AM
"How to deliver Apple Watch notifications quietly" iDownload Blog 9:57 AM
"iOS 12: How to Create Album Folders in Photos" The Mac Observer 8:59 AM
"How to remove the SIM card in an iPhone or iPad" iMore 7:47 AM
"Keeping 1997/1999 Macs Running In 2018: Not everyone uses modern Macs. I spent a day with a friend who still runs 1997 and 1999 Macs 20 years on." Low End Mac 7:12 AM
"How to open two Word documents in Split View on an iPad" Apple Must 7:11 AM
Tips
"Adjust These Important Apple Watch Series 4 Hidden Settings!" iDrop News 2:06 PM
"iPhone quick Tip: Quickly find apps that want your attention" ZDNet 7:33 AM
"As laptop replacements, the iPad Pro and Surface Pro are worlds apart" Fast Company 8:57 PM
"Apple Loop: iPhone XR Fights Serious Problem, New iPhone Delayed, Tim Cook Will Hide iPhone Sales" Forbes 7:00 PM
"Apple's Siri Might Protect Us From Machine Learning Misused Against Us" The Mac Observer 6:14 PM
"I'm in Apple Migration Assistant hell: Don't ask me about the new MacBook Air. Ever tried transferring half a terabyte of data by Wi-Fi? That way lies madness. Bought the recommended Apple-brand cable and dongle. Defective out of the box!" Apple 3.0 5:04 PM
"Comment: Today at Apple transforms the redesigned Apple Stores" 9to5Mac 9:02 AM
"7 reasons you should buy the new MacBook Air" Business Insider 8:55 AM
Non-Apple
"Huawei Mate 20 Pro review: The phone that does everything" Android Central 5:07 PM
"Hands-On With the In-Screen Fingerprint Technology in the New OnePlus 6T" MacRumors 5:05 PM
"Hands-on: The Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro is a high quality iPhone XS clone [Video] 9to5Google 12:36 PM
"What you need to know before importing that exotic Chinese Android phone: China gets all the cool smartphones, but should you try importing one?" Ars Technica 8:55 AM
"The Rise Of The Intelligent Machine In Cybersecurity" Forbes 7:15 AM
"Windows-as-a-service fail: Microsoft keeps customers in the dark" ZDNet 12:05 PM
"Microsoft Deactivates Copies of Windows 10 Due to Server Problem" PC Magazine 12:01 PM
"Microsoft made $1.3 billion in cash payments in GitHub deal" Reuters 11:58 AM
"Microsoft's president says we need to regulate facial recognition to avoid a 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' scenario" IT PRO (UK) 8:27 AM
"Microsoft made $1.3 billion in cash payments in GitHub deal" Reuters 8:39 PM
"Your PC May Have Shipped with an Unsupported Version of Windows 10" Digital Trends 3:54 PM
"Round two: Microsoft prepares to release Windows 10 October 2018 Update... again!" Help Net Security 8:25 AM
"Microsoft's cloud wins business from Gap as another retailer shuns Amazon" CNBC 8:28 AM
"Some new Windows devices are shipping with unsupported software" OnMSFT 8:26 AM
"Windows 10 Version 1809 Fiasco Means New Devices Run Older, Unsupported Windows: Snapdragon 850 devices powered by unsupported Windows 10" Softpedia 8:25 AM
"Latest cumulative updates come with a brand new issue" Softpedia 8:24 AM
"Windows 10 1809 delay: New Arm PCs having to ship with untested Windows 1803" ZDNet 7:33 AM
"Seagate To Use IBM Blockchain To Prevent Hard Drive Counterfeiting" RTTNews 8:15 AM
"IBM Collaborates With Seagate to Use Blockchain to Reduce Global Hard Drive Counterfeiting" Blokt 8:14 AM
"IBM and Seagate use Blockchain to tackle counterfeit hard drives" IT PRO (UK) 8:14 AM
"Intel publishes model US privacy bill" bit-tech 8:12 AM
"AMD Shows Off 'Rome' Data Center CPU, Signs Amazon as Cloud Chip Customer" The Motley Fool 5:19 PM
"New AMD Radeon Adrenalin Driver 18.11.1 Optimized for Fallout 76, Battlefield V and Hitman 2" WCCFTech 8:10 AM
"AMD and Nvidia release game ready drivers for Battlefield V" Hexus 8:10 AM
"AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.11.1 steht zum Downlaod bereit" Tweak PC 8:09 AM
"Oracle's plan to lead construction's digital revolution" Entertainment Weekly 8:06 AM
"An Oracle botherer always pays its debts: Rimini Street reports $48.4m net losses" The Register 5:04 PM
"Cisco To Help Cloud Customers Use Amazon Data Centres" Silicon UK 7:58 AM
"Cisco & Amazon Bring Public Cloud On-Prem" Light Reading 7:58 AM
"Amazon and Cisco join forces to create hybrid app development platform" IT PRO (UK) 7:57 AM
"Apple's Snub Could Mean Qualcomm Stock Is a Bargain" Barron's 7:41 AM
"With Apple at $205 and falling, look who's underwater now" Apple 3.0 10:05 AM
"Look who's no longer covering Apple" Apple 3.0 7:30 AM
Industry News
"Dow falls 250 points as unraveling oil price shows 'global economy in a tough spot': Disney's stock on track to rise Friday after quarterly results" MarketWatch 2:19 PM
"Stocks skid as oil plunge continues; tech sector also falls" Associated Press 2:18 PM
"Stocks lower on interest rate concerns" FOXBusiness 10:27 AM
"U.S. Stocks Drop as Oil Extends Declines: All three major stock indexes are still on track to end the week with big gains" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:27 AM
"China, Hong Kong lead Asian markets lower with financials under pressure: Nikkei falls from multi-week high; Hang Seng drops 2.5%" MarketWatch 8:10 AM
"Europe stocks fall along with broad-market slide, poised for weekly skid: Thyssenkrupp, Telcom Italia tumble on results" MarketWatch 2:17 PM
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