SLIDESHOW: iWatch Supplier, iPad Event And More From The Third Week Of October - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)

There were a number of notable headlines from

Apple

AAPL

GoogleGOOG

and other industry players this week, but there weren't any really big announcements. As a result, consumers and investors alike turned their attention to the days ahead, such as the October 22 iPad event, the possibility of an imminent iWatch release and sales indicators for the iPhone 5C. Elsewhere,

SonySNE

and

NetflixNFLX

announced that they are producing a new series together.

FacebookFB

acquired a startup. And clueless retail store employees hurt Wii U sales for

NintendoNTDOY

. Disclosure:

At the time of this writing, Louis Bedigian had no position in the equities mentioned in this slideshow.Louis Bedigian is the Senior Tech Analyst and Features Writer of Benzinga. You can reach him at louis(at)benzingapro(dot)com. Follow him @LouisBedigianBZ

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