"Apple, Chinese environmental group to audit factory for pollution issues: The audit is a pilot project at one supplier factory at this point" IDG News Service 8:10 AM
"Apple to Audit Supplier's Pollution Management: Apple Inc. will conduct a pollution-management audit of one of its component suppliers, a Chinese environmental group said, as the U.S. company's operations face greater scrutiny here." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:45 AM
"Apple v. Google Case May End Patent Gold Rush" TheStreet 4:10 PM
"Apple fails to reach agreement with Australian competition regulator: Apple and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission are scheduled for more hearings" IDG News Service 8:10 AM
"Apple, Australia can't agree on iPad 4G issue: Talks between Apple and Australia fail to resolve a legal skirmish over the use of the term '4G' as part of the iPad's branding." CNET News 8:09 AM
"Apple can't agree with Australian regulator on iPad 4G: Case against Cupertino continues after talks fail" The Register 8:07 AM
"Australia in talks to change name of Apple's New iPad Wi-Fi + 4G" T3 8:49 AM
"Apple fights off ebook suit with anti-Amazon defence" The Register 10:01 AM
"What Apple's Ebook Fiasco Means for Amazon and the Book Business" Mashable 8:42 AM
"Parents sue Apple over in-app game charges: Apple is being sued by parents who claim the iPhone-maker is unfairly profiting from in-app payments in games aimed at children." BBC 9:47 AM
"United Continental CFO Now an Apple VP of Sales" AllThingsD 4:47 PM
"N. Calif. Store Scheduled For Move, Expansion" ifoAppleStore 9:49 PM
"Final Cut Pro X Adding RED Support this Year" The Mac Observer 8:37 AM
"Apple pulls iWork, Aperture trials from site" TUAW 9:57 AM
"OS X animations used to make abstract art" TUAW 11:51 AM
"Google Drive Lives: Google Drive App Found" TechCrunch 5:36 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"How to use Java applets in OS X after Java 2012-003 update: Apple's latest Java update requires you periodically enable the Java plug-in manually. Here is how this works in OS X." CNET Reviews 9:00 PM
"Checking for the new SabPub malware in OS X: This new minimum-threat malware development for OS X copies Flashback and suggests criminals jump on opportunistic bubbles." MacFixIt 4:49 PM
"Did the Mac malware wake-up call fall on deaf ears? Many Mac users still refuse to understand what the successful Flashback attack really means. Here's a rational response to their objections" InfoWorld 12:59 PM
"Apple's pro Final Cut Pro X upgrades, Mac Pro ships soon?" Computerworld 8:02 AM
"Axiotron Modbook: Forgotten future of the Mac" FairerPlatform 8:01 AM
"Apple, Stop The Nonsense And Put Some Tabs Into iTunes" PixoBebo 8:00 AM
Press Releases
"SmartSound® Automated Soundtrack Plug-Ins Now Available for Adobe Production Premium CS6: Video Editors can access fully-customizable royalty-free music directly from their Adobe CS6 software" Business Wire 4:06 PM
"How many iPhones did Apple sell last quarter? The estimates range from 26 to 44 million. The best analysts' consensus: 35 million." Fortune 12:58 PM
"Apple's Q2 2012 iPhone sales dip: Can the iPad 3 save the day?" ZDNet 8:36 AM
"AAPL: FYQ2 Macs May Miss, But Upside in iPhone, iPad, Says Piper" Barron's 4:04 PM
"Gene Munster anticipates 30.5 million in iPhone sales; 12 million in iPad sales in Q2 2012" Edible Apple 3:59 PM
"Corning glass made iPhone possible: Steve Jobs' biography describes relationship between Apple and Twin Tiers' largest employer" Gannett 8:17 AM
"Stink different: New fragrance smells like Apple Mac/Three artists in Australia team up with a scent marketer to create a fragrance based on the smell of a brand-new Apple product. Is the smell that distinctive?" CNET News 9:42 PM
"Intel shows Apple how to win a trademark dispute in China: Chip giant Intel has shown Apple how to deal with an irksome trademark dispute in China by claiming a legal victory over Shenzhen-based printing peripherals firm Inteljet over the weekend." The Register 4:03 PM
"Samuel L. Jackson stars with Siri in Verizon iPhone ad: We've always wanted to see the domestic side of Samuel L. Jackson. So along comes Verizon and features him in a very intimate, homely relationship with Siri." CNET News 8:58 PM
"Zooey Deschanel Would Ask Siri for Tomato Soup, Dance Barefoot in Her PJs" Gizmodo 9:44 PM
"Apple II Forever: a 35th-Anniversary Tribute to Apple's First Iconic Product" Techland 4:03 PM
"Top running apps racing to keep up: Tech gives fans, marathoners an edge" Boston Herald 8:12 AM
"Steve Jobs Film with Ashton Kutcher to Focus On Apple's Early Years" Techland 10:53 AM
"Indie Steve Jobs biopic being rushed through production, will it flop?" iDownload Blog 8:38 AM
"Starck Confusion About Apple" ["'It's not a project with Apple. It's a private project that began with Steve Jobs and that has been taken over by his wife.'"] WSJ Blogs 4:34 PM
"Philippe Starck project is for Jobs family, not Apple" Silicon Valley 4:02 PM
"TSA Agent Steals 8 iPads, Stacks Them Up at Home" The Mac Observer 8:20 PM
"Prototype Apple eMate Laptop Hits eBay" AppleBitch 9:52 AM
"Apple, Facebook threats to open Internet, says Google's Sergey Brin" CBS News 10:31 AM
"'Internet Slaves, Meet Your Masters' [Infographic]: What do Google, Facebook, Zynga have in common? They are today's 'online masters' according to a new Infographic from onlinemastersdegree.com sent in to MacSurfer." Thoughts and Ramblings 10:33 AM
"Rumors of an iPad Mini Swirl in China" Kotaku 8:55 AM
"Report: Apple's 7.85-inch Mini iPads to cost $250-$300 and 6 million are being planned for 3rd quarter launch" 9 to 5 Mac 8:55 AM
"New iPad Mini rumor: 6M coming in third quarter/The latest comes by way of a translated report from Chinese online portal Netease, which states the device will compete against Windows 8 tablets." CNET News 10:23 AM
"Apple iPad Mini Coming in Q3 2012 Before Windows 8 Tablets" Technorati 4:10 PM
"The iPad Mini Will Launch In Q3, Cost As Little As $250 [Report] Cult of Mac 9:57 AM
"Apple's Macintosh Computer Sales" Bloomberg 9:22 PM
"US Mac sales slowing in anticipation of Ivy Bridge upgrades" MacNN 9:24 PM
"New iPad Arrives in South Korea & 11 Additional Countries This Week" Apple 9:17 AM
"New iPad Arrives in South Korea & 11 Additional Countries This Week" Business Wire 9:16 AM
"Third Gen iPad Launches South Korea, More on Friday" The Mac Observer 9:02 AM
"New iPad hits South Korea, 11 more countries on Friday: Apple's blockbuster product will expand to another nine countries the following week." CNET News 8:09 AM
"New iPad Arrives in Malaysia & 11 Additional Countries This Week" vernonchan 9:14 AM
"Mac Pro sees ordering, shipping delays" Electronista 5:32 PM
"Apple's China Supplier List Aids Environment, Group Says" Bloomberg Businessweek 8:17 AM
"Genius Bars Using iPhone 4S to Replace 16GB White iPhone 4" The Mac Observer 8:20 PM
"Hundreds of Thunderbolt products in 2013, says Intel" FairerPlatform 8:04 AM
"Printer Pro Gets Docs From iPad to Printer, Though It's Not Always a Direct Flight" MacNewsWorld 4:29 PM
"This iOS App Blows Your Mind In Four Dimensions [Review] Cult of Mac 4:47 PM
"The best iPad remote desktop solution" iDownload Blog 4:48 PM
"Check competing carriers' wireless network quality with CarrierCompare for iPhone" Houston Chronicle 12:59 PM
"Awesome Calendar: when you can do it all, anything's possible" iDownload Blog 8:45 AM
"Look Bunny Find for iOS review: Find inspiration for a wet weekend or plan a kid-friendly day trip or holiday activity" Macworld UK 8:49 AM
"PayPal Review: PayPal's official app isn't as useful as we'd all like to think." 148Apps 10:57 AM
"Filters and Other Effects for iOS Devices -Pix: Pixel Mixer" eXtensions 10:52 AM
"The Night Sky Review: Stargazing app offers basic feature set, and not much else" Macworld 8:54 AM
"Brian Cox's Wonders Of The Universe Review: An attractive guide to the wonders of the Universe and the Solar System." 148Apps 4:48 PM
"iOS Gems: Brian Cox's Wonders of the Universe, Bugsy's Kindergarten Reading 2.0 + Chuck's Challenge" iLounge 4:47 PM
"Appidemic: Swordigo for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch" AppleTell 8:49 AM
"Review: Flakey Friends - A Social App for People Who 'Flake' on Commitments" MacTrast 9:23 PM
"Little Fox Music Box Review: For the little ones at home" What's On iPhone 8:38 AM
"DevilDark: The Fallen Kingdom Review" Touch Arcade 8:55 AM
"Max Payne Mobile Review: An impressive technological feat and a great game, marred by control difficulties." 148Apps 4:48 PM
"15 Fireworks Review: Create one big firework chain in this explosive puzzle game." 148Apps 4:48 PM
"Gratuitous Space Battles Review: A space strategy game that favours action over base-building." 148Apps 11:50 AM
"Final Space Review: Patrol space tunnels and destroy enemy ships!" 148Apps 9:58 AM
"Propel Man Review: Propel Man is a game in which players can only adjust the power and angle of a catapult the launches a man towards a finish line. The game play is repetitive and doesn't offer much variety." 148Apps 9:58 AM
Tips
"How to Forward a Text Message on iPhone" OS X Daily 11:50 AM
"Dear Aunt TUAW: I got two phones. Now what?" TUAW 9:57 AM
"Here's A DIY Way To Amplify Your iPhone Speakers At No Cost" Business Insider 9:57 AM
"Q&A: Slinging Photos Between Devices/Q. I just bought the new third-generation iPad. I had an iPod Touch and synced it to iTunes on a PC. How do I transfer photos and Videos I took with the iPod onto the new iPad?" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:12 AM
"Rumors of an 'iPad mini' swirl in China" MSNBC 3:59 PM
"More 'Mini iPad' Rumors Emerge" PC Magazine 3:59 PM
"Would an iPad Mini Tarnish Apple's Brand?" TheStreet 10:57 AM
"Mini iPad - the numbers just don't add up" ZDNet 10:54 AM
"The Macalope Daily: Quality shmality" Macworld [Insider Content] 10:00 AM
"Fanboys frolic on recyled rumours of Q3 iPad Mini debut" Register Hardware 11:50 AM
"New iPad overcomes last year's supply chain woes" GigaOM 9:58 AM
"Apple to undergo joint environmental audit at Chinese supplier this month" The Verge 9:57 AM
"Designer Leak Shows Elvis Has Left The Building At Apple: Apple watchers are constantly twirling their worry beads for proof that Steve Jobs' spirit, not just his body, has died at Apple Inc." Seeking Alpha 9:56 AM
"Motorola Employee Takes A Picture Of His Desk, Possibly Confirms Existence Of Droid Razr HD" TechCrunch 2:00 PM
"Computing Q&A: Free antiviral programs offer enough protection" San Francisco Chronicle 1:45 PM
"Why We Need Family Clouds: Personal clouds are great, but what we really need is a communal cloud that a family can use in a more holistic way." PC Magazine 1:11 PM
"Dirty IT jobs: Grime and punishment/Flame wars, leakage, nasty Polish texting -- six more tales of dirty duty in IT" InfoWorld 12:49 PM
"There's more than one way to sell a sexy smartphone" Fortune 12:41 PM
"Jonathan Blow Isn't Going to Save Video Games" Forbes 11:42 AM
"Will warnings from Google's Brin fall on deaf ears?" MarketWatch 2:58 PM
"What the web is saying about Sergey Brin and openness" GigaOM 12:40 PM
"Six Months Later, Google Plus Still Doesn't Add Up" Forbes 11:43 AM
"Android May Be Big Loser In Oracle-Google Patent Trial" Forbes 11:42 AM
"Biggest IT Paychecks: Wall Street And San Francisco/InformationWeek's U.S. Salary Survey details the effect industry and location have on IT salaries." InformationWeek 10:16 AM
"Oracle and Google's Android copyright row trial begins" BBC 9:47 AM
"Oracle to Face Google in Android Operating System Trial" Bloomberg 9:50 AM
"Oracle suit vs. Google over Android hits trial" Reuters 10:01 AM
"Oracle-Google trial may reveal financial details" Reuters 3:06 PM
"Ahead of the Bell: Oracle-Google trial/2 Silicon Valley powerhouses, Google and Oracle, begin trial over copyright, patent claims" Associated Press 10:01 AM
"Oracle vs. Google Kicks Off With Egos on Display" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 10:01 AM
"Larry vs Larry: Oracle and Google in courtroom smackdown" The Register 2:08 PM
"Google-Oracle trial begins, with implications for all of Silicon Valley" Silicon Valley 10:43 AM
"Google, Oracle Head to Showdown" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:32 AM
"Michael Dell On Dell's Present And Future Success" Forbes 9:54 AM
"Seven Questions For Steve Felice, Chief Commercial Officer of Dell" AllThingsD 9:54 AM
"Dell's M&A strategy has helped it to diversify" MarketWatch 9:39 AM
"Dell beefs up OpenStack offering with enStratus" ZDNet UK 2:29 PM
"Microsoft Dips Further Into Open-Source: Microsoft Corp. has established a subsidiary to advance its work on open-source software, a technology movement the company once shunned." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:17 PM
"Microsoft playing active role in ultrabook development?" CNET News 10:09 AM
"Microsoft stepping up involvement in ultrabook outer designs, say sources" DigiTimes 10:58 AM
"Windows 8 Store gets first Metro Twitter app and more" CNET News 10:10 AM
"Office 15 Launch May Trail Windows 8: Leaked Microsoft document shows Office 15 release date after the crucial holiday selling season for Windows 8 tablets." InformationWeek 10:15 AM
"Leaked Microsoft Office 15 video hints at SkyDrive, Office 365 integration" Wired 2:22 PM
"Microsoft Wants to Put Skype in Your Web Browser" Webmonkey 2:23 PM
"A Microsoft-Facebook Swap? An idea is floating about that pictures the search engine Bing being traded for shares in the social-networking service." Barron's 2:57 PM
"Facebook supports Cispa cyber-security bill" BBC 9:47 AM
"Internet Groups Launch Anti-CISPA Protest" PC Magazine 1:10 PM
"Why a U.S. ruling could upend the smartphone patent wars" Reuters [Free Registration Required] 12:44 PM
"IT Salaries 2012: $90,000, 1% Raise Typical/InformationWeek's 2012 U.S. IT Salary Survey shows IT pros doing OK in a slow-growing economy, with staffers typically making $90,000 and managers $116,000. Most wanted: People who blend business analysis and IT skills." InformationWeek 10:16 AM
"Mavericks Invent Future Internet Where Cisco Is Meaningless" Wired Magazine 2:23 PM
"Apple Shares Lose Shine: The meteoric stock-price rise that has propelled Apple Inc. to become the world's most-valuable company is showing signs of faltering, threatening to drag much of the market down with it." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:14 PM
"What On Earth is Causing Apple's Stock Dip?" The Atlantic Wire 4:35 PM
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