"How Steve Jobs saved Apple with the online Apple Store: Alongside the return of Steve Jobs and the launches of the iMac and the iPod, it's Apple's online store that opened on November 10, 1997 that proved crucial to the survival of the company." AppleInsider 10:16 AM
"Apple's 'sexist' credit card investigated by US regulator" BBC 12:37 PM
"Apple's new credit card faces sexism investigation" Telegraph 5:37 PM
"Steve Wozniak joins critics who think Apple Card algorithm might have a major flaw — gender bias" BGR 7:19 PM
"Goldman Sachs faces probe after Apple Card blamed for sexism in credit check: An American businessman charged Apple Card with gender discrimination for giving him 20 times higher credit limit than his wife, even though they file joint tax returns and she has a higher credit score" Business Today 7:03 AM
"U.S. regulator to investigate Apple Card for gender bias" CGTN 7:11 AM
"Apple AirPods craze spreads to China, becoming music to the ears of wireless-headset stock investors: Wireless headset sector is seen as a huge new market" South China Morning Post 5:37 PM
"Apple Card issuer investigated after claims of sexist credit checks: Goldman Sachs faces official inquiry as IT figures including Steve Wozniak say they got 10 times or more the credit limit received by their wives" The Guardian 11/9
"NY regulator vows to investigate Apple Card for sex bias" Associated Press 11/9
"Allegations of discrimination spawn investigation into Apple Card credit lines: A series of angry tweets by the creator of Ruby on Rails alleging Apple Card approval discrimination has sparked a probe into Goldman Sachs credit card approval practices." AppleInsider 11/9
"New York regulator probes Apple Card algorithms for gender bias after viral tweets" MarketWatch 11/9
"New York investigates claims of sexism in Apple Card credit limits: Officials want to know if Goldman Sachs is treating women fairly." Engadget 11/9
"EU Is Looking Into Apple Pay Anti-Competitive Concerns" WCCFTech 11/9
"Apple Wants to Clear Up a Few Things About Women in Tech: And is making room for more women-led apps with Apple Entrepreneur Camp" Flare 11/9
"Apple commemorates 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall on its German website" iMore 11/9
"Here's proof the first week of Apple TV+ was a success" BGR 11/9
"Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Rise by 0.8% in the Third Quarter as Huawei Went Full Steam in China, According to IDC" ["Apple shipped 46.6 million iPhones in 3Q19, which was a slight decline year over year but still better than most expectations. Apple continues to sell some refurbished iPhones via its own channels, which sustain and possibly grow the installed base, but also impact iPhone revenues. Newer iPhones, specifically the iPhone 11s and XR, did very well this quarter, capturing strong share in important markets like the U.S. and Western Europe."] Business Wire 11/8
"Hundreds of thousands of iPads will be used with smart AR security glasses" AppleInsider 11/8
"Apple Tower Theatre: Checking in on the restoration" 9to5Mac 11/8
"'Dickinson,' 'See,' 'For All Mankind' Officially Renewed for Second Seasons at Apple TV+" The Hollywood Reporter 11/8
"New episodes of The Morning Show, See, and For All Mankind are up" Cult of Mac 11/8
"Apple confirms its launch TV+ series will return for second seasons" Engadget 11/8
"Adam Scott to Star in Thriller From Ben Stiller for Apple TV+" The Hollywood Reporter 11/8
"SEE — Creating the World Featurette | Apple TV+" YouTube 11/8
"Apple donates to the conservation of elephants for all views of 'The Elephant Queen' in 2019" iDownload Blog 11/8
"Apple Watch fall detection makes hilarious appearance on James Corden's 'Late Late Show'" 9to5Mac 11/8
"Apple Store employee fired after stealing personal photo from customer's iPhone" Cult of Mac 11/8
"Apple Store employee accused of sending himself photos from customer's phone" Mashable 11/8
Non-Apple News
"Huawei founder sees U.S. pressure as just another test to endure" MarketWatch 5:57 PM
"Two security researchers earned $60,000 for hacking an Amazon Echo" TechCrunch 11/9
"Instagram to test hiding likes in parts of the U.S. as of next week: The feature has previously been tested in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other nations..." iMore 11/9
"Facebook faces AI gap on policing" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 11/8
"Google: Margrethe Vestager Continues to Find Faults" Market Realist 11/8
"High Schoolers Are Flooding Their Schools' Google Maps With Memes" BuzzFeed News 11/8
"Five years ago Amazon introduced Alexa. The name may never be the same." Seattle Times 11/8
"T-Mobile's quid pro quos for the Sprint deal" Axios 11/8
"Here's how easy it is to get your data off Yahoo Groups" GearBrain 11/8
"Pixel 3 sales by the numbers: Google's flagship phone was a flop" ZDNet 11/8
"Tech billionaires' net worth has skyrocketed, and it looks like they'll only get richer" Business Insider 11/8
"Did You Get Random Valentine's Day Texts This Week? You're Not Alone" PC Magazine 11/8
"Apple Updates Its Privacy Website For iOS 13 / iPadOS 13 And watchOS 6" Redmond Pie 11/9
"Mac Pro spotted in DJ Calvin Harris' studio ahead of launch: While we still don't have any hard dates on the release of the Mac Pro, there has been one spotted in the wild —at the studio of DJ and producer Calvin Harris." AppleInsider 11/9
"Apple's New Mac Pro Appears in Calvin Harris' Instagram Stories" WCCFTech 11/9
"US Patent Office has denied Apple petition to review RED's RAW video patent" Alex4D 11/9
"Patent filing hints at in-display Touch ID for the Apple Watch" phoneArena 11/9
"A5X: How Apple took iPad to a luxury tier rivals couldn't match" AppleInsider 11/8
"iOS 13.2.2: Does it fix the multitasking problem? Does it bring new bugs? Apple has released an iOS update to fix a multitasking bug introduced in iOS 13.2. But does it work?" ZDNet 11/8
Price Trackers/Deals
"Amazon drops 2018 iPad with Cellular to $299, lowest price ever" AppleInsider 11/9
"Apple iPad 10.2 review: The iPad for the masses - The Financial Express" Financial Express 3:02 PM
"Review: Seagate Backup Plus Portable isn't fancy, but will get the job done/As we move into an area with higher resolution photos and 4K video, storage is more important than ever. We check out the 2019 Seagate Backup Plus Portable external HDD to see if it is up to everyday tasking in the home or office." AppleInsider 10:14 AM
"Beats Powerbeats Pro review" TechRadar UK 4:06 PM
"Apple Beats Solo Pro review: Get these if you don't want AirPods Pro" CNBC 6:48 AM
"Review: Incase metallic AirPods case adds protection without adding bulk" AppleInsider 11/9
"Review: Buddyphones help protect your kids' hearing with built-in volume limiting" AppleInsider 11/9
"Volta XL: A cable that can stop you destroying your precious MacBook" ZDNet 11/9
"Pixel 4 XL & iPhone 11 Square off in Latest Battery Test, With Google's Flagship Displaying Almost Impressive Results" WCCFTech 11/8
"iPhone 11 Pro: Is it good enough to replace a professional video camera? We challenged award-winning filmmakers to shoot a film using only the iPhone 11 Pro." CNET 11/8
"Dan vs. the AirPods Pro: I badly want to love AirPods Pro." Six Colors 11/8
"Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H9 noise-cancelling headphone review: A stunning refinement to a flagship" TechHive 11/8
"Sandmarc Hybrid Filters will improve your photos" Apple Must 11/8
"Mophie's juice pack access extends your iPhone's battery life — at a cost" Apple World Today 11/8
"Hands-on: Netatmo Weather Station combines indoor and outside sensors with excellent HomeKit integration" 9to5Mac 11/8
"Curvy wood makes for stunning iPad stand" Cult of Mac 11/8
iOS Apps
"Review: Microsoft Cortana reading email aloud on an iPhone is surprisingly useful, to a point — GeekWire" GeekWire 12:31 PM
"Photoshop on iPad is by turns fun, fantastic and infuriating: Follow the yellow-brick roadmap." CNET 11/9
"From Instagram to Angry Birds, here are the top apps of the decade/Games, social media, dating apps and more: Here is a list of 25 apps that had the most impact on our lives in the last 10 years." CNET 11/9
"Which iPhone Should You Buy Right Now? In case you are addicted to Android phones, skip this article. And in case you've been fence-sitting over buying an Apple, read on to find out what could be the best choice right now" Techtree 9:29 PM
"Wedbush: Is TV streaming big enough for both Apple and Disney?" Apple 3.0 7:55 PM
"Is The 16-Inch MacBook Pro Real? 'Indications' Are There, Says IDC Analyst" Forbes 5:37 PM
"Apple Arcade Is Apple's First Subscription Success" Forbes 4:10 PM
"From the Editor's Desk: Disney+ is going to be way better than Apple's TV+/That's right. I said it. I'm way more excited about Disney+ than I am about TV+ and if I had to choose, I'd dump TV+ in a heartbeat." iMore 2:59 PM
"My iOS 14 wish list: The changes Apple must make | Tom's Guide" Tom's Guide 1:44 PM
"iPhone 12 design rumors: The iPhone might get smaller in 2020/New renders show the 2020 iPhone with a familiar look." CNET 11/9
"The next Apple Watch could add Touch ID to the display" TechRadar UK 11/9
"Apple doesn't make toothpaste: What Apple is, says Mark Hibben, is 'one of the most successful fabless semiconductor companies on the planet.'" Apple 3.0 11/9
"Apple Watch fall detection makes brilliant cameo appearance on James Corden's 'The Late Late Show'" iMore 11/9
"Should Apple Acquire Sonos to Boost the HomePod?" Market Realist 11/8
"Deidre O'Brien Admits: 'At Apple, Most People Had Written us Off' in Early 2000s" The Mac Observer 11/8
"Apple's TV+ Launch Shows Are on a Roll, But What's Coming Up Next?" iDrop News 11/8
"Photoshop for iPad — what happened?" iDownload Blog 11/8
"Please Stop Trying to Pay Me to Advertise Fake iOS Jailbreak Websites" Vice 11/8
"Why you should begin using Sign in with Apple" Computerworld 11/8
"New Emoji Are So Boring—but They Don't Have to Be: A new data set on the popularity of emoji reveals a problem with Unicode's approval process, along with a way to fix it." Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 11/8
"Roku launches Apple Watch app with voice controls and a remote locator" VentureBeat 11/8
"Just paid for your iPhone 11? Now you need one of these 12+ cases..." Apple Must 11/8
"Without Netflix and Apple TV+, your old Roku needs upgrading" GearBrain 11/8
"Apple Arcade adds Takeshi & Hiroshi, Discolored, Marble It Up: Mayhem, UFO On Tape: First Contact, Sociable Soccer, and Guildings" iDownload Blog 11/8
"Hewlett Packard Enterprise explains why it gave up on quantum computing right as it was splitting off from HP Inc" Business Insider 11/8
"IBM touts first financial services-specific public cloud after Bank of America collaboration" CloudTech 11/8
"Indeed says Deloitte, IBM, Accenture top hirers for blockchain staff" Ledger Insights 11/8
"IBM Unveils Public Cloud for Financial Services: Bank of America partnered in creation of industry-specific platform" Channelnomics 11/8
"IBM's DRAM inventor Bob Dennard gets chip industry's highest honor" VentureBeat 11/8
"Microsoft Confirms Windows 'BlueKeep' Attack: Users Told To Patch Now" Forbes 11/8
"Microsoft Looks to AI, Defense Health" MoneyShow 11/8
"Microsoft bet against Intel with its new Surfaces — and lost: The chipmaking king keeps its crown, for now" The Verge 11/8
"Microsoft's Surface Pro X now steers you away from buying apps that don't work: But some incompatible games still slip through the cracks" The Verge 11/8
"How Apple Earned Its Way Back to Most Valuable Public Company Status: The tech giant's third-quarter report showed investors why slowing iPhone sales growth isn't so scary after all." Motley Fool 9:29 PM
"Strategy Analytics: Apple Watch Shipments Surged 51% in Q3" Motley Fool 11/9
"Apple Sells Jumbo 2 Billion-Euro Green Bond in Europe Debut" Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 11/8
"Apple: Nibbling At The Edges For 10% To 14% Yields" Seeking Alpha 11/8
Industry News
"Stock market edges up to new record close even as Trump says he hasn't agreed to roll back China tariffs: MarketWatch" MarketWatch 11/8
"Dow, S&P, Nasdaq Close at Record Highs Despite US-China Tariff Woes" TheStreet 11/8
"Dow Jones Today Rebounds After China Trade Pullback | Investor's Business Daily" Investor's Business Daily 11/8
"Stocks cut losses, rising to fresh records" FOXBusiness 11/8
"Stocks Close at Records as Yields Notch Big Weekly Gains" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11/8
"Asian markets mixed amid conflicting reports of tariff rollbacks: Nikkei about flat, while Hang Seng retreats slightly" MarketWatch 11/8
"European stocks pull back as investors cool on U.S.-China trade progress: Luxury goods group Richemont tumbles after profit miss" MarketWatch 11/8
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