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Thursday Highlights: Apple changed the world of computing by offering "the computer for the rest of us", now perhaps the company will change the United States corporate tax code while they're at it; Ireland claims no special tax deals given to Apple, "refuses to be US 'whipping boy'" in the Senate's Apple tax hunt; meanwhile, Apple said to be doubling lobbying expenditure over issues including taxes; a warning issued to Mac users not to become complacent over viruses, malware; Mactuts+ explains ins and outs for setting up your Mac for iOS AirPrinting; Macworld UK's Mark Hattersley answers questions for those who've held out upgrading to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion; Macworld features cover the usefulness of "About This Mac", and how you can do "more with Messages"; Adelaide's City Messenger posts photos from inside city's first Apple Store; Michael Gartenberg, analyst with Gartner, joins Apple's marketing team; Mailbox was acquired by Dropbox, new app released for iPads, founder interviewed by Business Insider, and Wired, app reviews from Techland, The Next Web, iDownload Blog; and maker of thin, tough cases, LifeProof, has been acquired by OtterBox, patent suit also settled; AppGratis hopes Android platform is the ticket to survival following ban on Apple's App Store; iWatch now said to be unveiled in late 2014 according to one analyst, may use tech from iPod Nano; Pfeiffer Consulting releases "user experience benchmarks" for 7" tablets; and Apple applies for Airplay interactivity, orientation audio adjustment, among other patents in our Hardware/Software section; KFSN TV on the Yellow Jacket stun gun case for iPhone; and here's a tutorial on saving PDFs on your iDevice to iBooks; TechCrunch says Microsoft's "cheap shot at the iPad" backfires, pointing out "exactly why the Surface sucks"; remember what life was like before smartphones?
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"Apple taking massive bite of retail sales: Apple is taking a massive bite out of retail sales in the U.S., new research shows." USA Today 4:10 PM
"Judge doesn't share Apple's sense of urgency about Samsung case: Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has put a damper on Apple's hopes of speeding up its federal lawsuit against Samsung." Foss Patents 8:46 AM
"Judge denies Apple's request to speed up its suit against Samsung" Engadget 9:33 PM
"Judge won't speed up Apple's suit against Samsung" GigaOM 10:05 AM
"Apple makes first payout in S. Korea over user location tracking: The local unit of Apple Inc. paid its first ever compensation in South Korea to an iPhone user over a controversial function that tracks users' locations, a regional court said on Thursday." Yonhap 11:23 PM
"Tablet Wars Head to Patent Court" ["If patents do turn out to be Samsung's -- and really Android's -- Achilles heel, it would be a massive problem. Patent watcher Foss Patents has a copy of the complaint here. Apple's complaint is the second since March; Oracle's, perhaps the more damaging suit, argues that it's owed by Google and its handset partners for use of Java, which is an integral part of the Android system."] EBN 8:37 AM
"Apple and the Dogs of Patent War" MacNewsWorld 8:55 AM
"Apple's chief patent lawyer exits, says Report" The Register 4:30 AM
"Apple's head patent attorney, Richard Lutton Jr., departing the company" Network World 2:32 PM
"HTC denies Apple infringement claims" DigiTimes 4:39 AM
"W3C moves to snuff Apple web patents: The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has launched a bid to overturn two Apple patent filings that may apply to the HTML5 standard." The Register 3:39 PM
"How many iPhones did Apple sell last quarter? The analysts' estimates range from 15 million to 20.25 million. Average: 16.9 million." Fortune 8:38 AM
"Exclusive: China Telecom plans iPhone launch year-end" Reuters 4:30 AM
"Apple Could Rake In $8 Billion or More From China Telecom iPhone Deal" AllThingsD 1:36 PM
"China Telecom: Talks with Apple on iPhone ongoing" MarketWatch 10:04 AM
"Apple finally adjusts Australian app prices for $A/$US shift: Mac and iPhone owners have been complaining that App Store and Mac App Store prices are relatively high in Australia. Apple has now rebalanced the price levels, bringing them into closer alignment with current exchange rates." iTWire 8:03 PM
"Apple drops Aussie app pricing: Apple has emerged from a nine-hour global iTunes maintenance period to reveal new pricing for Australian apps, which brings Australian prices in line with those in the US." ZDNet Australia 9:36 PM
"Apple tweaks international App Store pricing" CNET News 9:04 PM
"App Stores Facing Connectivity Problems Worldwide [Updated]" ["We've just received information from a close contact at Apple that Lion will be arriving at about 1am tonight (UK time). The current downtime and short notice of maintenance is down to Lion preparation and Lion app approvals and submissions."] SpeakApple 10:41 AM
"Apple OS X 10.7 Lion Release Imminent: Early Wednesday morning, Apple sent developers notice that iTunes Connect will be down for most of the day July 13 for 'scheduled maintenance.'" InformationWeek 9:21 PM
"Apple schedules iTunes maintenance ahead of Lion launch" 9 to 5 Mac 10:40 AM
"Mac App Store And iTunes App Store Experiencing Intermittent Outages All Day – Hints at OS X Lion Launch?" Apple'n'Apps 4:45 AM
"Are App Store Issues a Harbinger of Lion's Launch?" AllThingsD 11:05 AM
"A look at the Mac App Store before Lion launches" SplatF 1:23 PM
"Cats on the Prowl: The Evolution of Mac OS X [Gallery] Cult of Mac 2:00 PM
"iMovie '11 update adds import from iMovie for iOS" iLounge 1:51 PM
"Aperture 3.1.3: This update supports general compatibility issues, and also addresses overall stability and performance." Apple Support 7:59 PM
"Lion discussion continues, with release imminent, on the silent Rosetta elimination; update rationale/decisions; support duration; Microsoft Office issues; data collection; business planning; audio plug-in compatibility; installation issues; migration procedures; MacLinkPlus elimination and more." MacInTouch 3:41 PM
"OS X Lion and the Post-PC Era: Yay or No Way?, Part 1" Low End Mac 3:41 PM
"Will Apple do to the next Keynote what it just did to Final Cut Pro? A complete redesign? Me? I certainly hope so..." Les Posen's Presentation Magic 9:54 AM
"The Strange Tale of the App That Should Never Have Been Approved" Cult of Mac 4:46 AM
"Ted Landau's User Friendly View: Quicken and Lion: Intuit Strikes (Out) Again" The Mac Observer 1:22 PM
"Four ways to keep Quicken for Mac on life support, plus Quicken-gate updates" ZDNet 4:45 AM
"Virtual TimeClock '11 release 2 is a maintenance upgrade for Virtual TimeClock Basic, Pro and Network Edition. This release features Apple OS X Lion (10.7) compatibility improvements, and several enhancements that improves Virtual TimeClock program performance and usability." Redcort Software 8:01 PM
"Apple Increasing iPhone Retail Staffing from August through October" MacRumors 9:34 PM
"Apple Acquires iPhone4.com And WhiteiPhone.com Domain Names" TechCrunch 3:29 PM
"Apple Introduces Volume App Purchasing for Business and B2B Apps" MacRumors 9:33 PM
"App developers now can offer custom business apps, volume discounts" Insanely Great Mac 8:45 PM
"Frustrated by Apple's Long Approval Process, WhitePages Goes Android First With Latest App" AllThingsD 4:30 AM
"WhitePages Debuts Localicious App on Android First, Blames iOS Approval Process" Mac|Life 8:38 AM
"Tapjoy CEO lashes out at Apple for restricting choice, revenue" VentureBeat 2:07 PM
"Google Ventures pushed iOS over Android: Previously the company's venture chief and Android co-founder recommended startups develop for iOS first, but in the past six months Android has gained momentum" IDG News Service 1:20 PM
"Oops: A Third of iPhone Owners Think Their Phones Are 4G" Techland 10:09 AM
"34% Of iPhone Owners Think Their Phone Is 4G" TechCrunch 8:36 AM
"Chinese tinkerer tries to build his own iPad" CNET News 10:30 AM
"The Latest iPad-Only Magazine/Here's a good example of putting your money where your mouth is: TabTimes, a new magazine about tablet news and put out by tech vets that can only be read on the iPad." mocoNews 8:39 AM
"iSwifter snags 500K users to play Facebook games on the iPad" VentureBeat 1:44 PM
"Despite Apple protest, Amazon.com calls its online store the 'Appstore'" Manila Bulletin 4:31 AM
Non-Apple News
"Computer skills force out need for cursive writing in schools" Network World 3:02 PM
"PayPal Intros Phone-to-Phone 'Bump' Payments: The new Android widget, which works only on Samsung Nexus S phones at the moment, and will launch in late summer." PCWorld 2:58 PM
"Apple iPad 2 retrospective: Now that we've had chance to handle the other tablet devices on the market, in the full range of sizes, operating system and designs, the elegance of the iPad 2 becomes even more apparent." PC World Magazine New Zealand 9:33 PM
"Editorial: iPad HD And 4G iPhone 5 Will Suck....Power" AppleBitch 9:47 AM
"The Macalope Daily: Creative interpretation" Macworld [Subscription Required for Full Article] 9:46 AM
"Is Google Photovine for iPhone Users Only?" ITProPortal 9:26 AM
"Indicators Why Brian Hall is Wrong About the 10 Reasons iPads Are Selling Like Hotcakes." iPadCTO 9:23 AM
"Issues Apple may face with the addition of 3G to the iPod touch" Our Version 9:04 AM
"Apple, The Daily and News of the World" Computerworld 9:04 AM
"Sorry Apple: The Google Lion No Longer Sleeps" Nerd Vittles 8:58 AM
"Developers, Customers Experience App Store Outages" The Mac Observer 9:06 AM
"iTunes Connect Maintenance Could Mean Apple Is Eventually Recalibrating International iTunes Prices" MacStories 8:55 AM
"Rumor: Model Numbers Suggest New Mac Mini And White MacBook To Launch Soon" AppleBitch 4:47 AM
"34% Of iPhone Owners Think Their Phone Is 4G" TechCrunch 4:38 AM
"The iPad Category: I, like most, have been perplexed by the persistent rumors that Apple is gearing up to release a third iPad this fall." Red Sweater Software 4:38 AM
"Three Reasons Why iPhone 5 Won't Be LTE Compatible" ITProPortal 4:30 AM
"Apple App Store: 82% of apps are free, 32.3 million apps downloaded per day, 83 apps per user" Apple Headlines 4:29 AM
Non-Apple
"Amazon's Tablet Is No Threat To Apple, It's A Huge Threat To Google" TechCrunch 9:36 PM
"Open letter to RIM: Your new BlackBerrys leaves little to be desired" ZDNet 3:48 PM
"Qumu Survey: Mobile Video in the Workplace Leads to Employees Gone Wild" MacPrices 11:20 AM
"Alienware M14x Gaming Laptop Review" HotHardware 10:49 AM
"Confusion and Costs Make 4G a Hard Sell: Many smart phone owners are under the impression they have 4G service. We sort it out for you." InformationWeek 10:34 AM
"How To Adjust Time and Date After Replacing the Nintendo 3DS Battery" InformationWeek 10:33 AM
"Why I'm sold on the cloud: The Missile Defense Agency CIO explains how cloud computing is helping to drive cost efficiencies, boost service levels and ease management." Computerworld 8:38 AM
"This Is What Twitter Does Not Want To Happen, Part Two" Mike Cane's xBlog 8:31 AM
"SAP to argue for new trial in Oracle lawsuit: The company will contend in court Wednesday it suffered a 'miscarriage of justice' when ordered to pay Oracle $1.3 billion" IDG News Service 11:25 AM
"SAP seeks to cut $1.3 bln Oracle verdict" Reuters 10:15 AM
"Ballmer's breaking point: Is Windows 8 already too late?" The Register 3:36 PM
"Microsoft gives glimpse of Windows Server 8" The Register 3:37 PM
"Microsoft's Android Plan: Evil Genius or Just Evil?" Seeking Alpha 10:18 AM
"Why Microsoft's 'cloud bribes' are the right idea: Although many view cloud migration fees as payola, the charges are exactly what's needed from cloud computing companies" InfoWorld 11:24 AM
"'We view a tablet as a PC': Microsoft chooses to repeat history" ZDNet 3:49 PM
"Microsoft Exec: Tablet Computers Are PCs" CRN 10:44 AM
"Microsoft says no to WP7 tablets" TG Daily 3:33 PM
"Microsoft Ready To Take On Apple Stores With 75 More Retail Stores" TechCrunch 3:27 PM
"Microsoft to open 75 more retail stores in next two to three years" ZDNet 3:49 PM
"Microsoft, Western Digital Partner on Small Office Storage Servers" eWeek 11:07 AM
"HP aims to ship 12 million notebook in 3Q11, say sources" DigiTimes 11:04 AM
"HP Planning to Launch 'Ultrabooks' Ahead of Asus: Report" eWeek 11:08 AM
"HP Puts Its Printers In The Cloud: Most of the company's printers are Web-enabled, cloud-aware, and have an email address so it can receive printing jobs from any device any where." InformationWeek 10:31 AM
"Hands On: HP TouchPad for AT&T" PC Magazine 2:54 PM
"Intel predicts tablets, laptops and netbooks will be history in a decade" V3 3:40 PM
"Intel set to release 7 series-based Z, H and Q series chipsets in 2Q12" DigiTimes 11:04 AM
"As AMD prepares new dual-core, triple-core Llano desktop processors, it will start phasing out Phenom II CPUs" ZDNet 3:49 PM
"Cisco will be leaner, faster, more attentive, Chambers pledges" Network World 3:02 PM
"Cisco CTO Warrior: We needed better accountability" Network World 3:02 PM
"Cisco Cius Tablet Gets App Support from Sybase, Lexmark" eWeek 11:08 AM
"Cisco rolls out IronPort Outbreak Filters, Business Class Email solutions" ZDNet 3:49 PM
"Cisco's Switch Pain Is Investors' Gain" TheStreet 3:54 PM
"Cisco Joins Schneider to Improve Energy Efficiency in Buildings" Bloomberg 10:14 AM
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