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Monday Highlights: Apple scoring big revenue of $57.60 per visitor to their Apple Stores according to data compiled by Horace Dediu at asymco; social gaming is being revolutionized by the iPad writes Cara Ellison at The Guardian; time for a corporate tax overhaul says Tim Cook in his run-up to appear before the US Senate, reports in our Apple/Macintosh section; finally, Apple devices now approved for use across the US Defense Departments; Vrypan has migrated away from iPhoto, Dropbox being the alternative; David Allison advises you to enable TRIM if you have upgraded your Mac to an SSD; confused over the Mac App Store? Chris Breen to the rescue; and here's a how-to for syncing Android phone to Mac; Mactuts+ shows method for you to move your home folder to a separate drive or volume; and Gary Rosen explains how you can sync Google calendars with iOS, Mac; Sony Music the sole source holding up Apple's iRadio streaming service, dispute over song-skipping; comparing sales: 5 million iPhone 5 units sold in first 3 days, Samsung approaching 10 million Galaxy S4 sales...in first month; CNBC report suggests big trouble in--big China for Apple as local phone favorite Xiaomi gains steam; US AirForce said to save $50 million over ten years thanks to iPad; Apple Store in Dallas, TX robbed, couple grand worth of iPhones taken; Samsung releasing a 13" notebook with a staggering 3200x1800 resolution display; buckle up, iWatch rumors are heating up, the latest being the testing of a 1.5" OLED display, reports in our Hardware/Software section; and word from Taiwanese sources says iPad 5 production to begin soon, tablet will be 33% lighter than current gen; MacBook Air inventory drying up say those in the know, new model seen arriving at WWDC this June; take a trip down memory lane back to when Steve Jobs answered why there are no "Intel Inside" stickers on Macs; Serial+ is an app that helps you manage your hardware/software serial numbers, warranties; recent Google actions, I/O conference, seem to be taunting Apple to "catch us if you can" according to Thomas Claburn; delays and more delays seem to be the story of Apple lately, Jonny Evans opines; Bryan Wolfe at App Advice says all signs point to a fall launch for new iDevices.
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"Apple Bears Depart as Jobs Sends Puts to One-Year Low: Options" ["'Regardless of any wave of pessimism that washes over the market, investors will look at Apple's destiny independently. Apple's been a good story that's only getting better at this stage, despite Steve Jobs's departure.'"] Bloomberg 1:42 PM
"Apple: With and After Steve Jobs" ["Moreover, unlike Walt Disney, Steve Jobs is (for the time being) still around, serving as Apple's Chairman of the Board and continuing to guide, motivate, and drive the company -- very similar to how Roy Disney did after his brother's death."] TheStreet 8:37 AM
"The Big iSleep: Another year, another hapless Apple employee leaves an iPhone prototype in a drinking establishment, leading to a convoluted tale of police involvement and home searches. It's impossible to say whether a similar incident last year actually hurt iPhone 4 sales: though that phone's sold rather well. But for Apple, secrecy is always a top priority and a key ingredient to its product launches." MacNewsWorld 8:25 AM
"2011 iPhone shipments will nearly double 2010" TG Daily 8:35 AM
"Apple forecast to sell 143M iPhones, 68M iPads in 2013: Investment firm Piper Jaffray on Wednesday released their calendar year 2013 estimates for Apple, forecasting $164 billion in revenue with earnings per share of $40.50 on sales of well over 200 million iOS devices." AppleInsider 9:04 AM
"Apple's growth predicted slow to 10% in 2013. Seriously? Piper Jaffray's estimate of 20% looks bullish by comparison. It looks crazy to us." Fortune 8:36 AM
"Apple Could Beat Nokia in Smartphone Shipments This Year" PC Magazine 1:06 PM
"Arizona company drops iCloud suit, changes name: An Arizona company that sued Apple over its use of the iCloud name seems to have changed its tune--and its name." CNET News 9:59 AM
"iCloud Communications ditches Apple lawsuit: A trademark lawsuit filed against Apple in June has Reportedly been dropped by iCloud Communications LLC, which had originally claimed 'irreparable injury' to its cloud computing business." The Register 11:00 AM
"Apple spent $790,000 on lobbying in 2nd quarter" Associated Press 1:04 PM
"Apple Breathes Easier With Samsung Galaxy Banned In Germany, Out Of IFA" Forbes 10:56 AM
"Apple of the eye! What's it about Apple Stores that makes visiting them a special experience? Ever-evolving design, modern and welcoming interiors, a glittering display of products, customer support and more, writes Geeta Padmanabhan" The Hindu 3:19 PM
"Apple Moving Toward Release of Logic Pro X?" MacRumors 2:58 PM
"Apple said to be working on Logic Pro 'X' overhaul" CNET News 7:36 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"I have run into a problem playing Flash video on a couple of sites, pbs.org & syfy.com. When I press the play button, I see the 'spinning gear' as though the video is loading, then nothing. I have changed every Flash setting that might have an effect, disabled ad blockers, ensured that Flash is up to date. Googling the problem several times hasn't led to a solution, and it occurs with both Safari and Firefox (both are also current). Has anyone else seen this - how did you fix it?" MacInTouch 1:57 PM
"Warning to users: Office 2011 is very buggy and should get a major fix upgrade to make it workable. Needs a thorough review by user community because MS is mum on their problems. Be careful! I think I have discovered a major memory leak problem in both Excel and Word. (On Snow Leopard - can't and won't upgrade to Lion yet - partly due to need to use Office 2004 because it works.)" MacInTouch 1:59 PM
"Be forewarned that Parallels 7 has upgrade issues when moving v6 with Windows 7 64-bit. Parallel's approach to support is at best, poor. At the end of the day, I had to uninstall v7 and re-install v6 to complete a project." MacInTouch 2:03 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"First Look: QuickBooks for Mac 2012" Macworld 8:27 PM
"First look: QuickBooks for Mac 2012 aims to meet unique needs of Mac enterprise" AppleInsider 9:04 AM
"Secrets of Lion's Spotlight menu: How to use new features to make your searches more productive than ever" Macworld 8:32 AM
"App Studio for QuarkXPress review" Macworld UK 8:40 AM
"Just Show Me: How to use Airdrop in Mac OS X Lion/Send files between two computers without the need for a wireless network" [Video Report] tecca 9:07 AM
"The Mac App that adds Focus to Photos" McSolo 8:44 AM
"Yet Another Free And Easy RSS Reader For Macs" Mac 360 8:46 AM
"The Mac Geek's Clock You Must Have" BohemianBoomer 8:46 AM
"How Flash Cards Are Alive And Well On The Mac" Mac 360 8:46 AM
"Why Your Mac Needs A Handy Onscreen Ruler" Mac 360 8:46 AM
Op/Ed
"How Apple's Lion won't let you trash documents: Apple's Mac OS X 10.7 is branded Lion. The Lion may be king of the jungle, but from where we sit, it's the king of bungles." Register Hardware 1:15 PM
"Apple Tech Support at Its Very Finest" Gizmodo 1:14 PM
"Grad student translates iTunes Terms of Service into something more readable" TUAW 9:06 AM
"To download the full version of MacX Video Converter Pro, please go to the giveaway page and click "Download for Mac" button, and use the license code: AY-TDTDTWTM-JQRMEF. This license key should be used before the end of the offer Sep 20, once the program has been successfully activated, it could be used as long as they like unless they try to upgrade or reinstall the system." MacXDVD Software 8:49 AM
"Lion Compatible Updates Available for Cinematize 3 and 3 Pro for Mac" Miraizon 8:47 AM
"QuickBooks for Mac 2012 Saves Small Businesses Time With a Lion OS Experience" Business Wire 4:24 PM
"QuickBooks 2012 to Focus on Users, not Windows Parity" The Mac Observer 8:45 AM
"Sonos OS X Lion friendly at last: Sonos had come in for criticism after its streaming service failed to work with OS X Lion." T3 8:44 AM
"Aquafadas is happy to announce the new version of MotionComposer 1.0.2, a free update of MotionComposer.: As the first maintenance release, version 1.0.2 resolves issues identified in version 1.0, further improves stability, and provides some enhancements." Aquafadas 8:44 AM
"Add a handy clock to your desktop and stay in the know of time anywhere" prMac 8:24 AM
"Vitamin-R 1.68 extends distraction elimination features" prMac 8:23 AM
"Driver says he didn't see horse and rider until 10 feet before fatal crash: The driver of a GMC pickup truck that fatally struck an Apple engineer and his horse says he simply didn't see the 1,200-pound animal before it was too late." Silicon Valley 10:54 AM
"Saks 5th Ave. storefront features 64 iPads, 18 Apple Cinema displays" The Loop 1:38 PM
"Verizon Promotes The 3G iPad 2 In New Commercial" MacStories 8:32 AM
"Fake Steve Jobs Biographies Are Now Everywhere In China" M.I.C. Gadget 8:52 AM
"Apple objects to Chinese food logo, LG stays mum" Crave @ CNET 9:14 AM
"iDetectives: family's iPad chase for iPhone thieves" Melbourne Age 8:26 AM
"Report: Nintendo Adding Right Analog Pad to 3DS" Wired 11:06 AM
"Inside The Booming Botnet Industry: Going rate for infecting 1,000 unique PCs? Up to $180 in the United States, or $7 or $8 in Asia. The pay-per-install malware business thrives." InformationWeek 11:22 AM
"Quad-Core Android Tablets Expected in Time for Christmas" PCWorld 10:32 AM
"Corel Releases PaintShop Pro X4" PC Magazine 10:30 AM
"New TiVo Elite Includes Four Tuners, 2TB of Storage" PC Magazine 10:30 AM
"Plastic Logic to move head office back to UK" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:17 AM
"Netflix now enforcing streaming limit" Mashable 10:03 AM
"AT&T introduces budget-friendly Impulse 4G" CNET Reviews 9:54 AM
"Korean Choi 'Bomber' Ji Sung Discusses the Future of Pro Gaming in America" Forbes 9:51 AM
"Debacle deepens for hacked SSL certificates issuer: Report indicates widespread compromise of DigiNotar's infrastructure and questions industry's response to breaches" InfoWorld 10:23 AM
"DigiNotar certificates are pulled, but not on smartphones" IDG News Service 10:06 AM
"GlobalSign Says No New Certificates, Pending Investigation" InformationWeek 9:58 AM
"Motorola Droid Bionic officially hits Verizon Sept. 8 for $300" CNET Reviews 9:55 AM
"Sycamore Networks swings to 4th-period loss" MarketWatch 9:36 AM
"Lenovo Plans to Launch Tablets in India in 3 Months" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:45 AM
"4 Tech CEOs Teetering After Bartz" TheStreet 9:27 AM
"Netflix Denies Shooting Itself in the Foot" Minyanville 1:06 PM
"Netflix: Streaming Not Limited to One Device at a Time" Techland 10:59 AM
"Netflix Limits Accounts to One Stream Per Subscriber Unless You Pay Up" DailyTech 9:23 AM
"Netflix Now Enforcing Limit of One Movie Stream at a Time" Mashable 8:31 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"TMO's Jeff Gamet Talks Lion, Internet Myths at CoMUG" The Mac Observer 7:26 PM
"TUAW TV Live at 5PM EDT: Substitute host edition!" TUAW 2:57 PM
"iPhone Anticipation and Our Picks of the Month!" Your Mac Life 2:07 PM
"A mellower Apple: one man's story about publishing for the Pippin" Ars Technica 10:57 AM
"Apple Seeds Near Final Build Of iOS 5 To Carriers, FaceTime Over 3G Currently Under Testing [Report] Redmond Pie 8:55 AM
"iOS 5 release date nears as software is sent to networks" T3 8:41 AM
"iPad 3 To Have Thinner, Lighter Battery: The Apple iPad 3 will have a heavily revised battery, according to the contracts awarded to Asian suppliers." InformationWeek 9:13 AM
"Battery deal points to thinner, lighter iPad 3" Register Hardware 8:16 AM
"Rumor: Apple Looking To Use New Battery Technology In iPad 3" AppleBitch 8:41 AM
"New iPad to Feature a Thinner, Lighter Battery [Report] Mashable 8:31 AM
"27-inch Thunderbolt Displays start to trickle out" ZDNet 9:14 AM
"Shipping Times For iPod Classic Start To Slip On European Apple Store Sites" AppleBitch 4:15 PM
"IP News: Apple Wins iPod nano Design Patent in China & More" Patently Apple 9:41 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Great Deal: 40% Off the ZAGGsparq" iDownload Blog 8:56 AM
"Back to School Pricing for iPad and Mac Education Game Bubbling Math" prMac 8:25 AM
"PadGadget Daily App Deal – 7 iPad Apps on Sale" PadGadget 8:28 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Deals" MacPrices 8:43 AM
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:43 AM
"Apple Display Buyer's Guide -Up To $195 Off Apple 27 ' LED Cinema Display -Best Apple Monitor Prices, Deals, Reviews And Information" MacReviewZone 12:57 PM
"Apple Time Capsule Buyer's Guide -Up to $49 Off Currently Shipping Models -Best Prices, Deals, Reviews And Information" MacReviewZone 12:57 PM
"iPad Accessories Buyer's Guide -Best Selling Apple iPad Accessories -From $2 To $250 -Prices, Reviews And Information" MacReviewZone 12:57 PM
"Best Selling Mac Scanners -From $54 To $496 -Prices, Reviews And Information" MacReviewZone 12:57 PM
"Patriot Pyro 60GB 2.5" Solid State Drive: $89.95" The Mac Observer 2:01 PM
"Review: Seeking a keyboard that enhances the iPad: The great thing about using an iPad is that you can tote around a skinny device instead of lugging your laptop. The bad thing is that the iPad's virtual keyboard isn't great for extended typing sessions. It's fine for dashing off emails, but I wouldn't use it to type up this article." Associated Press 3:44 PM
"3TB Hard Drive Round-up: Hitachi, Seagate, WD" HotHardware 10:54 AM
"This Product Is A Beacon Of Light For IOS Users" MacNews 8:54 AM
"Logitech K750 Wireless Solar Keyboard For Mac – 'Book Mystique Review" MacPrices 8:47 AM
"Review: Doxie document scanner" IT.Enquirer 8:42 AM
"Canon PIXMA iX6550 review: This simple office or home printer handles A3 with aplomb" PCWorld Australia 8:32 AM
"HP LaserJet Pro 100 Color MFP M175nw is slow and limited" Macworld 8:32 AM
"How Can I Transfer Music from My iPod or iPhone to My Computer?" Lifehacker 1:04 PM
Tips
"Save On Printer Refill Cartridges With a Continuous Ink System" LifeHacker 2:14 PM
"Excavating Your iPhone's Past" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:14 AM
"A digital copy does not always preserve all of the *data* of the original media. In cases where intentionally redundant data was written in the interest of data replication, due to media fault, that data is not copied, as it's not directly accessible at the file level. Disc images might capture this, but this is not always the case. In short, not all digital copies are equal." MacInTouch 1:57 PM
"Will the Apple iPad Replace Your Doctor?" Forbes 8:53 AM
"Apple vs. Google: Customer vs. Product" PixoBebo 8:46 AM
"Apple iCloud is powered by Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS cloud services" Apple Headlines 8:43 AM
"Why is Windows Phone 7 winning over indie app developers? Microsoft's mobile platform is struggling to keep up with iOS and Android - but for some indie developers, it's a perfect fit." PCWorld 8:40 AM
"My wild speculation on why Gamestop will sell iOS devices" ITworld 8:40 AM
Non-Apple
"After LulzSec just where is hacking heading?" ZDNet UK 11:11 AM
"The next four industries to be revolutionized by the Internet" ZDNet 11:10 AM
"BlackBerry App World 3.0 released (hands-on review)" ZDNet 11:09 AM
"Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for September 2011" ZDNet 11:08 AM
"3D TV not ready for prime time" Reviewed 11:02 AM
"Nintendo 3DS May Get Ugly, Awkward Righthand Joystick" Techland 11:01 AM
"Can clouds ever be fully secure?" [Video Report] The Register 11:00 AM
"Seagate GoFlex Satellite 500GB wireless hard drive: Buckets of content storage for your fondleslab" Register Hardware 10:58 AM
"Bossie Awards 2011: The best open source software of the year" InfoWorld 10:23 AM
"Security Pros: It Won't Happen to Me/New network survey shows 90 percent of security pros take note of high-profile breaches but majority do nothing." EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet 10:21 AM
"Sorry, tablets. Laptops still dominate the enterprise." Computerworld 10:06 AM
"Hands on: Norton Internet Security 2012 adds performance features" Computerworld 10:06 AM
"Hands On With the Droid Bionic, Verizon's 4G Screamer" Wired 11:06 AM
"Symantec estimates global cyber crime costs a staggering $338bn a year" V3 11:03 AM
"Study finds passive 3D TVs superior to active" CNET News 9:54 AM
"Google's Expensive Attempt To Be Apple's Clone" Seeking Alpha 9:44 AM
"Yahoo!'s Playbook: Fall to Pieces" TheStreet 11:15 AM
"Yahoo doesn't need new CEO, it needs to sell, say analysts" ZDNet 11:09 AM
"Yahoo's Bartz Ouster a Comment on Bing Search Deal?" eWeek 10:15 AM
"Electronic Arts Becomes Second-Largest Social Games Company After Zynga" AllThingsD 9:34 AM
"No one else will, but I already miss Bartz" Tech.Blorge 10:53 AM
"iMovie workshops/Library offers 'iMovie 2011: The Essentials' multimedia workshops" ["The University of Delaware Library will present a workshop entitled 'iMovie 2011: The Essentials' four times during the fall semester. iMovie 2011 is a multimedia program available at the Student Multimedia Design Center."] University of Delaware 1:14 PM
"Completely Negate the Thinness of Your iPad or Macbook with These Bamboo Cases" Gizmodo 1:05 PM
"Jeff Gamet Discusses Apple Leaks, More on IMP" The Mac Observer 12:59 PM
"John Martellaro Chats About Life at Apple" The Mac Observer 12:59 PM
"Extra iPhone rigs jazz up its camera: There may be an iPhone 5 waiting in the wings, but that hasn't stopped Kogeto founder Jeff Glasse from preparing to release in the coming weeks his Dot accessory, which slips over the iPhone 4 to provide a 360-degree view on Videos and photos." USA Today 11:03 AM
"iPads Even Cooler With Equipment by Incase and Ace Hotel" LAPTOP Magazine 10:56 AM
"RadiumOne Gets Into The Group Messaging Game, Debuts App For iOS And Android PingMe" TechCrunch 10:53 AM
"Seagate Intros 4TB GoFlex Desk Hard Drive" The Mac Observer 10:52 AM
"OWC Upgrade Service For All Mid-2011 Apple iMacs Now Offers $249 Solid State Drive Option With Over 2x Faster Performance Than Factory SSD Options" Other World Computing 10:00 AM
"Dexim releases iPhone-controlled Monster Truck" CNET News 9:59 AM
"AppSpeed Monster Truck w/ iOS remote from Dexim" Insanely Great Mac 9:42 AM
"Ashton Kutcher has an iPhone 5 app Apple has nicknamed 'The Kutcher'" Zap2It 9:19 AM
"Fortune's Adam Lashinsky planning new book that promises an inside look at Apple" Edible Apple 9:18 AM
"DTE Energy Introduces New iPhone App to Get Real-Time Outage Information" PRNewswire 9:13 AM
"The 20 best iPhone apps of 2011 for productive geeks" TechRepublic 8:59 AM
"Get Stereo Sound On IPhone Video" TechNewsDaily 8:57 AM
"AMD's Bulldozer rumbles off to server makers" ZDNet UK 11:11 AM
"AMD to Honor Free Game Vouchers After Key Compromise" PCWorld 10:33 AM
"10 years after 9/11, cyberattacks pose national threat, committee says: Catastrophic cyberattacks are not 'science fiction,' says the Bipartisan Policy Center" Computerworld 10:06 AM
"Breakthrough allows full-duplex over existing wireless systems" TG Daily 10:55 AM
"Server sales up, but Great Recession lingers" The Register 10:59 AM
"Application Development Boosts IT Job Market: Dice Report" eWeek 10:15 AM
"CIOs largely upbeat, plan to hire more IT workers in Q4" ZDNet 11:09 AM
"Patent Overhaul Nears" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:29 AM
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