"How Google and Apple will control TV: Two Silicon Valley giants will do for TV what they did for mobile phones: take it over" Computerworld 8:17 AM
"The battle for TV: New tech war brewing as Google and Apple race to bring out internet sets" Daily Mail (UK) 8:22 AM
"Apple, Netflix, and the Future of TV" [Video Report] The Motley Fool 8:24 AM
"iPad rumor mill hits high gear, as do Apple's plans for China" CNET News 8:31 AM
"Apple hits a record-high close with over 2 weeks to spare: The slingshot ride in advance of the company's quarterly earnings Report has begun early" Fortune 8:39 AM
"China next in line to sue Apple, illegal App store sales: A group of Chinese writers have placed Apple in the firing line for illegal sale of their work through the Apple App store." ZDNet 8:19 AM
"The Idea of Steve Jobs: The idea of Steve Jobs existed alongside—superseded—the actual Jobs" Psychology Today 4:01 PM
"Steve Jobs Doll Draws Legal Threats from Apple" Tom's Guide 4:16 PM
"Sales, Not Service At Target's Apple Zones" ifoAppleStore 8:43 AM
"Apple: Siri Success Prompts First Big Choice Of Cook Era" Seeking Alpha 1/6
"State's top court refuses to hear Apple's tax case: The state Supreme Court has left intact a $920,000 state tax refund to Apple Inc. but rejected the computer giant's request to take up an issue that could have spared U.S. multinationals from many millions of dollars in California taxes on income from their foreign subsidiaries." San Francisco Chronicle 1/6
"For The 5th Year In A Row, Apple Wins CES. Before It Starts. Without Showing Up." TechCrunch 1/6
"Chief judge of District of Delaware reproaches Apple for 'disingenuous' argument" Foss Patents 1/6
"Motorola drops emergency call GPS patent from ITC investigation against Apple" Foss Patents 1/6
"Motorola Drops E911 GPS Patent from ITC Apple Complaint" The Mac Observer 1/6
"Apple to open new store-within-a-store outlets inside Target this year" AppleInsider 1/6
"From Best Buy to Apple: The Transformation of Retail" Wired 1/6
"Is Apple the Answer to Target's Problems?" CNBC 1/6
"Is Target Apple's Next Target?" [Video Report] CNBC 1/6
"Apple to Open Stores at Target: Report" TheStreet 1/6
"Samsung Fails to Win Sales Ban on Apple's IPhone 4S in Italy" Bloomberg 1/6
"Apple bought 23% of the world's NAND flash last quarter" Fortune 1/6
"Apple: Building a NAND Empire, Says Bernstein" Barron's 1/6
"Apple is Forced Into Multi-Touch Settlements, Tastes its Own Medicine" DailyTech 1/6
"Steve Jobs Doll Legal In Most States, Not Indiana" paidContent 1/6
"Apple's Not Playing Around With Steve Jobs Action Figure" MacNewsWorld 1/6
"Apple Goes After Toy Company For Making Lifelike Steve Jobs Figurine" DailyTech 1/6
"Google Takes On Apple TV: Google is taking a second stab at launching TV as competition heats up for the next generation of television." [Video Report] MarketWatch 1/6
"Updated Security discussion includes iChat/AOL privacy problems; detailed analysis of a Gmail hacking; analysis of spam email; a court case involving forced password surrender; and a WPS vulnerability." MacInTouch 5:12 PM
"Infinity Blade makes over $30 million in 2011" UberGizmo 1/6
"Newly Mac 3GP to iMovie Converter Release" prMac 8:49 AM
"Zykloid Updates Posterino: Now Version 2.5.3" eXtensions 8:14 AM
"Data Creator 1.0 for OS X, creates data table and fill them with proper random content for export to test database and various App" Tension Software 1/6
"Marble Arena 2 New and Noteworthy Mac Game" prMac 1/6
"Survey suggests 50% growth in enterprise spending on Apple products in 2012" AppleInsider 8:40 AM
"Official: The smartphones that suck much more than others/3G networks are straining to support the demands of punters as their shiny new smartphones demand more and more information from the internet, says a Report by British firm Arieso. iPhone 4S users use twice as much data as iPhone 4 users, and three times as much as iPhone 3G users." The Register 8:38 AM
"Apple to take a bite out of Destin? Computer giant is hiring for a 'store-in-a-store'" The Destin Log 8:18 AM
"Apple's iPhone 4S Rings In The Year Of The Dragon: China is now Apple's second largest market after the US, while it sales volume overtook Lenovo, the world's third-biggest PC maker" Music Dish 4:57 PM
"Apple Dominates Competitors on App Revenue" PC Magazine 1/6
"iPad typos are Apple's fault, not yours - new claim: Vid The iPad's soft keyboard has been caught failing to pass key presses to applications, introducing errors and letting the typist take the fall." The Register 1/6
"Apple said to threaten legal action over Steve Jobs doll: Chinese action-figure maker committing a 'criminal offense'?" The Register 1/6
"Another Reason Carriers Hate to Love Apple" The Motley Fool 1/6
"Don't blame the iPhone 4S if your network is congested" Fortune 1/6
"The iPhone 4S gulps twice as much data as iPhone 4" GigaOM 1/6
"Apple's Voice Recognition Siri Doubles IPhone Data Volumes" Bloomberg 1/6
"Siri On iPhone 4S Dramatically Increases Data Consumption" AppleBitch 1/6
"New Zealander takes on Apple" ["The Apple Corporation has told Hayden Crowther it may object to his use of the word driPhone to market a waterproof and shockproof phone case for Apple's iPhones and Google's Android smartphones. ... He received a letter yesterday from a Wellington patent attorney, instructed by the world's biggest technology company, telling him it wanted more time to consider objecting to the name of his product, launched in May last year."] Fairfax NZ News 1/6
"Samsung topples Apple with its smartphone sales" CNN 1/6
"Apple pays $5m to settle Elan patent suit" CNET News 1/6
"Latest Store Expansion Hinted In Florida" ifoAppleStore 1/6
"Asian Apple Fans Cheer On Apple's All-New Red Friday Sale in Asia" Patently Apple 1/6
"China Unicom Offers Free IPhone 4S for Users Who Sign Multiyear Contracts" Bloomberg 1/6
"Apple's iPhone 4S to hit stores next week" China Daily 1/6
"These iPhone Camera Add Ons Will Take Your Photography Game To A Whole New Level" [Slideshow] Business Insider 1/6
"iPad Survives 100,000 Foot Fall With G-Form Case" iDownload Blog 1/6
"The Most Phenomenal Way to Use An iPad 2 On The Subway" M.I.C. Gadget 1/6
Non-Apple News
"Samsung Reports record quarterly profit on strong mobile handset sales" Edible Apple 2:08 PM
"Barnes & Noble: Stores, Nook to have 'tight' links" MarketWatch 1/6
"BlackBerry bug continues to brick handsets" ZDNet 1/6
"Fusion-io demos billion IOPS server config: Fusion-io has achieved a billion IOPS from eight servers in a demonstration at the DEMO Enterprise event in San Francisco." The Register 1/6
"E-Fun Announces Android Tablet and Digital Pen" PC Magazine 1/6
"Pioneer Announces Thin, Light External Blu-ray Burner" PC Magazine 1/6
"New virus raids your bank account - but you won't notice" MSNBC 1/6
"Sony to launch flash cards with 125Mbps write speeds: The Japanese electronics giant will be the first to launch memory cards under the new XQD standard" IDG News Service 1/6
"The hot tech gig of 2022: Data scientist" Fortune 1/6
"Symantec confirms source code leak in two enterprise security products: Hacking group discloses source code segments used in Symantec's Endpoint Protection 11.0 and Antivirus 10.2" Computerworld 1/6
"New Denial Of Service Attack Cripples Servers Slowly" InformationWeek 1/6
"Samsung Quarterly Profit Rises as Galaxy Phones Lure Consumers From Apple" Bloomberg 1/6
"Google Made 30 Search Quality Improvements in December" eWeek 1/6
"Code Year draws 200,000 aspiring programmers" CNNMoney 1/6
"Warning: All That Free Spotify Music You've Been Enjoying Is Going To End Soon" Business Insider 1/6
"CES: Corning To Unveil Gorilla Glass 2 (The Sequel!)" Forbes 1/6
"Siri Sibling Trapit Raises $6.2 Million Series A From Horizons" TechCrunch 1/6
"Fusion-io passes one billion IOPS barrier thanks to better software, not hardware" The Verge 1/6
"HTC Has First Profit Drop in Two Years on IPhone Competition" Bloomberg 1/6
Publications/Podcasts
"The beginning of QuickTime" ["I have posted an excerpt from my book 'Timeline' that details the early days of QuickTime at Apple and the story of Ampex setting out to buy Avid."] John Buck 8:07 AM
"Gene Steinberg meets Adam Engst of TidBITS, Sean Brown of Sonic Foundry, and Dan Moren of Macworld this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 1/6
"iWake With AppAdvice For Friday Now Available" App Advice 1/6
"iMessage bug swats iPhone owners who switch to Android" ZDNet Australia 1/6
"Update On First Generation iPod Nano Replacement Program" AppleBitch 1/6
"Apple Reinvents the Ionic Wind Generator Cooling System" Patently Apple 1/6
"Shipping Delays Hit All Mac Pro Models In European Apple Stores" Apple Bitch 1/6
"Safari owns over 50% of mobile browser marketshare" Edible Apple 1/6
AppleCare/Helps
"Just purchased a brand new iMac i7 with Lion operating system. When I turn on my iMac, I have no sound, and the mute box is checked, and another box shows no input or output. I need to reboot my computer every morning. Sometimes works and sometimes not. Spoke to a tech 5 times with no success. Now becoming a nuisance. I have tried to uncheck the mute box, but it is darkened" MacInTouch 5:13 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Current For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 10:20 AM
"Wooords For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 10:20 AM
"The Mac Version Of A Monster Ate My Homework Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)" Apple Sliced 10:20 AM
"Apimac releases the new version of iDatabase for Mac" ["Below a special -50% Discount Coupon for "iDatabase - Single User" for your readers. Discount code: APIDSCT50IDATA"] Apimac 3:58 PM
"20% off iTunes gift cards at BestBuy (Digitial Delivery)" 9 to 5 Mac 4:14 PM
"Apple Mac Pro Buyer's Guide -12 & 8 Core Models... Save Up To $260 On Current Machines" MacReviewZone 2:08 PM
"2011 Apple iMac Buyer's Guide -21.5 Inch -Up To $250 Off Current Models" MacReviewZone 2:08 PM
"Apple MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide -17 Inch Models -Up to $200 Off Current Models" MacReviewZone 2:08 PM
"PadGadget Daily App Deal – 12 iPad Apps on Sale" PadGadget 8:46 AM
"Inertia: Escape Velocity For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 1/6
"RC Plane 2 For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 1/6
"ZombiePanic For iPhone Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" Apple Sliced 1/6
"iPad 2: The Missing Manual 3rd Edition review" AppleTell 8:41 AM
"Zeppelin Air review: Bowers and Wilkins' Zeppelin now comes with the addition of AirPlay wireless connectivity alongside improved sound dynamics" Macworld UK 8:46 AM
"Mighty Fin for iOS review: Play the part of a fish bobbing along assorted aquatic settings while capturing bubbles" Macworld UK 1/6
"Super Crate Box Review: Super Crate Box is an fast-paced arcade action game developed by Vlambeer that makes players try to survive against hordes of enemies swarming them." 148Apps 1/6
"iCilada Review: Putting everything together in this puzzle game is harder than it looks." 148Apps 1/6
"A detailed Video breakdown of iOS multitasking shows you don't need to kill your apps" The Next Web 1/6
"Spaghetti Against the Wall" ["In what regard can Apple be considered behind Samsung, other than unit sales — a metric Apple has never shown interest in as a primary priority? Apple is after profit share, not unit share."] Daring Fireball 1/6
"Target Can't Win Shoppers With Apple -- You Said It" TheStreet 1/6
"Sprint's Data Plans Not Quite 'Truly Unlimited'" PC Magazine 1/6
"Early access: Putting PS Vita to the test" [Video Report] MSNBC 1/6
"3 big screw-ups you can expect from cloud providers in 2012" InfoWorld 1/6
"Cloud Computing Skills in Demand, Even Among Non-IT Positions" Forbes 1/6
"3G, 4G Handsets to Claim More Than 50% of Handsets in 2012: ABI" eWeek 1/6
"Fedora, Mint, openSUSE, Ubuntu: Which Linux desktop is for you? We look at the top four Linux distributions to find out which is right for which users." Computerworld 1/6
"Big Data Plans: You Need More Than One" InformationWeek 1/6
"More tablets, PCs, and TVs to adopt AMOLED displays" CNET News 1/6
"AT&T's Super-fast HTC Vivid Android Smartphone: Contributor Gary Krakow explores the HTC Vivid smartphone - one of the first to run on AT&T's amazingly speedy 4G/LTE network." [Video Report] TheStreet 1/6
"High Rollers in Vegas: Intel and Microsoft/Intel and Microsoft are likely to make big splashes this week at the Consumer Electronics Show." Barron's 8:39 AM
"Microsoft scraps 'Where's my phone update?' site: Microsoft will no longer disclose when people will get Windows Phone updates on its 'Where's My Phone Update?' web page" IDG News Service 8:31 AM
"Apple to Announce Huge Earnings After Unprecedented iPhone 4S Rollout" ITProPortal 4:59 PM
"With iPhone 4s, Is Apple's Stock Headed to $525 and Beyond in 2012? - Stock Review" International Business Times 4:59 PM
"3 Stocks To Buy Because Of Apple's Dominance" Seeking Alpha 1/6
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Tech stocks end week with mild gains" MarketWatch 1/6
"U.S. stocks mostly off, cutting weekly gains: Euro's slide keeps overseas worries in play" MarketWatch 1/6
"Stocks Close Mixed As Europe Haunts Market" TheStreet 1/6
"Stocks end mostly lower despite upbeat jobs Report" CNNMoney 1/6
"Upbeat Data Fail to Buoy Dow, Nasdaq Rises" FOXBusiness 1/6
"U.S. Stocks Fall as Jobs Growth Fails to Extend Weekly Rally" Bloomberg 1/6
"Positive jobs Report fails to lift stocks" Associated Press 1/6
"Dow Drops But Gains on Week: Stocks fell for a second straight day but finished the week with strong gains as worries about Europe overshadowed a drop in U.S. unemployment to its lowest level since February 2009." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1/6
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