"6 Reasons Apple Is So Successful" ["Most people have a working understanding of the fact that Apple lost the PC wars to Microsoft, and only nominally understand that when Apple created the iPod and then the iPhone, the company started to go in a new direction. And anyone who's gone into an Apple store knows full well that Apple's customer service and stores represent the gold standard for selling and supporting tech gadgets. But beyond that, the reasons why Apple is really successful are still a mystery to many."] Techland 8:25 AM
"Apple's Brick-And-Mortar Supremacy" Seeking Alpha 10:13 AM
"Our Source Has Seen The Apple HDTV, Here's What It Looks Like" Cult of Mac 11:55 AM
"Proview Sees 'Big Gap' After Apple Offers IPad Settlement" Bloomberg 8:13 AM
"Apple ready to settle in 'iPad' trademark dispute? The company is pushing for a settlement in the 'IPAD' trademark dispute with China-based Proview, according to a Chinese government newswire." CNET News 8:21 AM
"Apple seeks settlement to end Proview 'iPad' trademark dispute" ZDNet 8:11 AM
"Apple pushes to settle iPad trademark dispute" CBS News 10:33 AM
"Mac malware infection rates remaining constant: Flashback infections in OS X systems have lessened, but are holding steady from a lack of users updating or scanning their systems" MacFixIt 5:57 PM
"Microsoft looks to woo iCloud users with SkyDrive comparison webpage" AppleInsider 5:37 PM
"Half of all Macs will lack access to security updates by summer: Mountain Lion's impending debut means Apple will stop supporting Snow Leopard, unless it changes a decade-old habit" Computerworld 2:23 PM
"Apple engineering mistake exposes clear-text passwords for Lion: An attacker could potentially decrypt information secured with an older version of FileVault, Apple's encryption technology" IDG News Service 8:17 AM
"Generally speaking, if you have multiple licensed copies of software that permits only one installation (per license), then of course you can run multiple instances of that software on the same machine. Wording of licenses rarely prohibits running of other licensed software, and Apple's does not explicitly prohibit their software from being run beside or 'underneath' other copies of properly licensed software. Every instance in the license that I can see where it refers to 'one', it is clearly claiming that the single license covers a single running instance. It does not seem to explicitly prohibit multiple licenses for multiple instances of the software." MacInTouch 8:59 AM
"There is no way to determine what is the best virus/malware protection for Mac. So I run... ClamXav, Symantec, and Intego. With the drive-by Java malware, I think we are in a new era. Of course I have no sympathy for anyone who doesn't have backups. I run Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner for a full backup every two weeks. I run this strategy for all my Macs at home, so the worst thing is I lose two weeks of work if Time Machine fails and my hard drive gets hosed." MacInTouch 8:58 AM
"Macs under attack? It's arguable that the recent Flashback Trojan episode has been the tipping point when it comes to changing the face of the Mac security threatscape. But who is targeting OS X and iOS devices, how are they doing it and should the average business user be worried?" IT PRO 8:37 AM
"Apple's Lion Security Hole Could Be A Wider Issue Than Just FileVault?" TechCrunch 8:35 AM
"Backup Your Gmail Account With Gmvault" ["Gmvault is a shell script available for Windows, OS X and Linux. Head on over to GitHub and grab a copy today so you can start making backups of your Gmail before you need them."] Webmonkey 11:10 AM
"Product Builder helps developers create packages for app submission to the Mac App Store" Tension Software 9:31 AM
"Enlocked Extends Free Email Encryption Solution With Safari Browser Support: Apple Mac users now have simple way to secure email" PRWeb 9:12 AM
"Adobe Launches CS6, Delays Creative Cloud Until Friday" The Mac Observer 8:12 AM
"Bring Westminster chimes to OS X Lion with this clock add-on" prMac 8:10 AM
"Vicinno significantly improves its 12C Financial Calculator Mac app" prMac 8:09 AM
"Render[in] 2 for SketchUp features iVisit 3D panoramas" SB2 8:02 AM
"Apple HDTV rumor roundup: Talk of an Apple TV set dates back to 2009, but recent months have provided an avalanche of rumors. CNET's gathered them all in one convenient location." CNET News 8:20 AM
"Apple wants iphone5.com domain handed over: Files claim with U.N. arbitration agency to take control of URL" Computerworld 8:21 AM
"Apple Goes After iPhone5.com Domain" PC Magazine 10:13 AM
"Angry Birds Maker Rovio Makes $106M for 2011, Considers IPO" The Mac Observer 5:38 PM
"Gesture Control System Uses Sound Alone: SoundWave lets an ordinary laptop function like a Kinect sensor." Technology Review 8:23 AM
"Nielsen: In the U.S., white men carry the dumbest phones/Among ethnic groups, Asian Americans are the most likely to pack a smartphone" ["Google's Android was the most popular smartphone operating system (48.5%), while Apple was the No. 1 manufacturer (32%)."] Fortune 10:16 AM
"Android reclaims 61 percent of all U.S. smartphone sales: Grabbing ground lost during the holiday quarter, Android now holds almost two-thirds of the U.S. market, says NPD Group." CNET News 1:53 PM
"Poll shows that over 50% of customers are interested in an iPad mini" UberGizmo 8:17 AM
"SickKids' iPhone app, Pain Squad, helps children with cancer report their pain" Toronto Star 8:25 AM
"App designed to help parents find missing children" ["When a 14-year-old boy from Atlanta, Georgia disappeared earlier this year, his mother turned to her smartphone for clues using an app called Family Tracker that helped track his location."] Reuters 10:11 AM
"AT&T announces home automation service with iPhone and iPad remote control apps" iMore 10:18 AM
"Apple Is Sued For Unauthorised iPhone Data Collection" ITProPortal 10:35 AM
"Warner Brothers Starts Selling 1080p Movies on iTunes" PadGadget 8:43 AM
"Apple Upgrades Warner Bros. iTunes Movies to 1080p" The Mac Observer 8:45 AM
"Apple to Update One to One Program Later This Month" PadGadget 8:43 AM
"Kiwibank app fights 'soulless' banking" ["Due to be released this week, the bank's iPhone app has the unique feature, when it comes to mobile banking, of assigning customers their own online relationship manager to help deal with any queries via text or email."] Fairfax NZ News 12:24 PM
"Group Blocks Train to Protest Apple's Coal Use" The Mac Observer 9:32 AM
"Amtrak to use Apple's iPhone as ticket scanner" CNET Reviews 4:13 PM
"Amtrak getting onboard with iPhone tickets" FairerPlatform 9:30 AM
"Amtrak conductors to 'punch your ticket' using iPhones" TUAW 2:17 PM
"Oracle-Google jury deliberations placed on temporary hold" ZDNet 12:47 PM
"In Oracle v. Google, Judge Holds Fate of Java APIs" Wired Magazine 12:43 PM
"Possible verdict looms in Oracle-Google trial: Jury returns to deliberations in trial on Oracle's copyright claims against Google's Android" Associated Press 10:00 AM
"Microsoft tries a new tack with $99 Xbox" ZDNet 12:47 PM
"Lenovo Reaches Beyond PCs: Chinese Firm to Invest $800 Million in New Facility Focused on Mobile Devices" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:37 AM
"Lenovo Spending $800 Million to Boost Smartphones, Tablets" PC Magazine 11:16 AM
"Lenovo building plants to make tablets, smartphones: Chinese PC maker is ramping up efforts to compete in the mobile devices market" IDG News Service 10:31 AM
"IBM Rounds Out Its Linux Offerings With Power Linux" ZDNet 12:48 PM
"Dell Delivers Desktop-as-a-Service: Dell partners with Desktone to become a direct supplier of virtual desktops. Here's how this twist on desktop virtualization differs from Citrix XenDesktop and VMware View." InformationWeek 10:13 AM
"Intel raises dividend by 7 percent to 22.5 cents" Associated Press 9:56 AM
"Intel Boosts Dividend 7.1 Percent on Smartphone Growth" Bloomberg 9:57 AM
"Intel Boosts Its Quarterly Dividend by 7.1%" CNBC 9:56 AM
"Intel Ups Dividend a Third Time in 18 Months" Barron's 9:51 AM
"AMD to bump Radeon 7970 HD to 1 GHz" TG Daily 12:32 PM
"AMD rumored to be preparing Radeon HD 7970 'GHz Edition'" ZDNet 12:48 PM
"Cisco may post modest profit, sales gains: Networking business seen stabilizing; gains in data center market" MarketWatch 1:04 PM
"Earnings Preview: Cisco to report 3Q earnings" Associated Press 9:52 AM
"You Are Not an IP Address, Rules Judge" Techland 12:35 PM
"PHP working on new patch for critical vulnerability after initial one failed: Upcoming PHP updates will address two known remote code execution vulnerabilities" IDG News Service 10:55 AM
"Magnetic bacteria may be building future bio-computers" BBC 10:21 AM
"New Apps for the Bottom Billion: Low-tech phone technology allows images to be sent as bitmaps in text messages, opening up applications for the world's poorest." Technology Review 8:23 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Mac Geek Gab Podcast: MGG 396: Two Mac Geeks with Your Mac Fix(es)" The Mac Observer 4:07 PM
"Cloud Storage Options, Benefits and Compromises, and ProductsThat Don't Exist Yet" The MacJury 3:23 PM
"5 questions with the creator of the first iPad-made iOS game" GigaOM 8:30 AM
"Apple reportedly to release US$799 MacBook Air in 3Q12" DigiTimes 8:27 AM
"Apple may launch $799 MacBook Air this year, claims report: The company is mulling the idea of a lower-priced MacBook Air as more PC makers unleash budget-conscious ultrabooks, says DigiTimes." CNET News 8:21 AM
"Apple store's $799 MacBook Air plan" Computerworld 9:17 AM
"Did Apple settle on Plan B for the third-generation iPad? Apple may have had designs on a thinner tablet for what arrived as the new iPad. If only it could have gotten hold of the display technology that it really wanted." CNET News 8:39 AM
"Apple Store Genius Bars now facing more iPhone 4 replacement constraints, told to swap for 4S" 9 to 5 Mac 8:12 AM
"Where did I come from? The origin(s) of my MacBook Pro: 'Assembled in China' is just the beginning" ITWorld 4:30 PM
"Apple patches Google 'Pwnium' bug with iOS 5.1.1 update: Deals with iPad connectivity problem, AirPlay Video playback issues" Computerworld 4:17 PM
"Apple launches iOS 5.1.1 to address bugs: Company says update corrects an issue with the new iPad that prevents it from switching between 2G and 3G networks, among other fixes." CNET News 1:13 PM
"Apple releases minor iOS 5.1.1 update to fix bugs with AirPlay, HDR shooting, and syncing bookmarks" The Verge 1:15 PM
"iOS 5.1.1 Update Addresses Bugs With Camera Shortcut, AirPlay, And Network Connections" TechCrunch 1:57 PM
"Appidemic: Total War Battles: Shogun for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" AppleTell 8:45 AM
"Hansel and Gretel — Epic Tales Animated Storybook — iPad App Review" PadGadget 8:53 AM
"'Tower of Fortune' Review - A Reel Good Time For RPG Fans" Touch Arcade 9:33 AM
"'Bar Oasis 1.5' Review - Get the Shaker Back Out" Touch Arcade 4:16 PM
"Saturday Morning RPG Review: Saturday Morning RPG is a game that revels in 80s nostalgia, with combat that invokes more modern RPGs." 148Apps 12:28 PM
"Tabletop Review: Tabletop is a virtual music studio that lets users mix and match audio tracks on their iPad." 148Apps 3:17 PM
"Dead End Review: Twin-stick shooter with a bizarre but very enjoyable control scheme" 148Apps 9:33 AM
"Word Off Review: Word Off is a word game built in HTML5 that supports multiple platforms, with strategic gameplay." 148Apps 8:48 AM
"Six scenarios where the iPad is trouncing the PC: TechRepublic's Jason Hiner has little use for an iPad. But he's pinpointed six areas where it's become people's preferred device and is disrupting the PC market." CNET News 1:16 PM
"Instead Of An iPad 3 From Walmart, How's About A Box Full Of Notepads Instead?" Consumerist 1:14 PM
"This inspiring note greets new Apple staff on their first day" The Next Web 11:10 AM
"If Apple Walls Garden, IT Should Demand Keys: Here's how and why IT must influence Apple and its smaller competitors to share a key to the walled garden coming to a desktop near you." InformationWeek 11:08 AM
"RIM Launches The Most Boring Anti-Apple Campaign I've Ever Witnessed" TechCrunch 10:44 AM
"Will Apple Release an iPad Mini? Steve Jobs publicly rejected the value of a 7-inch tablet, but with the smaller and cheaper devices proving popular in the market, will Apple change its mind?" PC Magazine 10:13 AM
"Back Up Your Gmail Account With Gmvault" Webmonkey 12:43 PM
"Zynga's 'Willy Wonka' gambles he can level-up social games" Financial Times [Free Registration Required] 10:52 AM
"Many Facebook users still wary about Timeline, survey says" ZDNet 12:50 PM
"Here's Why Google and Facebook Will Not Disappear in Five Years Time" Forbes 10:46 AM
"5 Tips: Get Strong IT Job References" InformationWeek 10:13 AM
"Huawei Gunning For Cisco, HP, Dell, And Friends: Chinese networking giant introduces new products, partnership at Interop, aiming for a larger piece of the U.S. enterprise infrastructure market." InformationWeek 10:12 AM
"Research in Motion: Just call it the BleakBerry" CNNMoney 1:00 PM
"The Future is Bright: I'm Ben, the creator of Penultimate, and today I'm proud to announce that Penultimate is becoming part of the Evernote family." Cocoa Box Notes 9:31 AM
"Evernote Acquires iPad Handwriting App Penultimate" Business Insider 9:29 AM
"Evernote acquires iPad app Penultimate to boost its handwriting recognition capabilities" The Next Web 9:29 AM
"Finally released iOS 5.1 Untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S, 4, 3Gs, iPad 2 & New iPad 3 Cydia" PRWeb 9:12 AM
"eBay's New iPad App is All Kinds of Awesome" Beautiful Pixels 1:51 PM
"eBay 2.0 for iPad is a big upgrade" BetaNews 8:51 AM
"Vemedio's Instacast for iPhone available in version 2.0" Macgasm 8:51 AM
"GraphOn Delivers Windows Applications to iPhone Users" Business Wire 8:50 AM
"New SRS iWOW Universal Brings HD-Quality Audio Experience to Nearly All Consumer Electronics Devices" Business Wire 8:50 AM
"Personal Launches iPhone App to Help People Safely Store and Share Information From Anywhere" Business Wire 8:50 AM
"SRS introduces iWow Universal audio enhancer" Macworld 8:37 AM
"The MUG Event Calendar for the Week of May 7: Bob 'Dr. Mac' LeVitus Mid-Atlantic MUG Tour, Jean Macdonald Times Two, Jeff Gamet, and The Forecast is Cloudy" The MUG Center 8:35 AM
"Personal Takes Its Secure Vault For All Of Your Private, Digital Data Mobile With iOS App" TechCrunch 8:35 AM
"Centrify Offers Free iOS And Android Management [Mobile Management Month] Cult of Mac 8:34 AM
"There's A Divide Between Employees, Businesses Regarding BYOD" MacNews 8:21 AM
"Google Found Partly Guilty: A jury has found that Google did violate Oracle's copyrights when it used certain Java APIs in Android." Business Insider 1:53 PM
"Oracle claims partial victory over Google in £630m Android copyright battle: Google's Android mobile operating system breached Oracle's copyright, a jury has found, in a $1bn (£630m) court battle between the two technology giants." Telegraph 4:06 PM
"Google-Oracle jury reaches impasse on key issue: Jury decides against Google on Oracle's copyright claim but reaches impasse on key issue" Associated Press 1:54 PM
"Oracle gets a chance to rewrite software law" CNET News 4:12 PM
"Jury Rules for Oracle in Java Trial" AllThingsD 2:45 PM
"Google infringed on Oracle's Java copyrights -jury" Reuters 1:54 PM
"Jury Issues Partial Verdict in Google-Oracle Trial" Mashable 2:44 PM
"GOOG Rises as Jury Finds only Partial Java Infringement" Barron's 1:54 PM
"Oracle-Google jury deliberations placed on temporary hold" ZDNet 12:47 PM
"In Oracle v. Google, Judge Holds Fate of Java APIs" Wired Magazine 12:43 PM
"Possible verdict looms in Oracle-Google trial: Jury returns to deliberations in trial on Oracle's copyright claims against Google's Android" Associated Press 10:00 AM
"Microsoft tries a new tack with $99 Xbox" ZDNet 12:47 PM
"Lenovo Reaches Beyond PCs: Chinese Firm to Invest $800 Million in New Facility Focused on Mobile Devices" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:37 AM
"Lenovo Spending $800 Million to Boost Smartphones, Tablets" PC Magazine 11:16 AM
"Lenovo building plants to make tablets, smartphones: Chinese PC maker is ramping up efforts to compete in the mobile devices market" IDG News Service 10:31 AM
"IBM Rounds Out Its Linux Offerings With Power Linux" ZDNet 12:48 PM
"Dell Delivers Desktop-as-a-Service: Dell partners with Desktone to become a direct supplier of virtual desktops. Here's how this twist on desktop virtualization differs from Citrix XenDesktop and VMware View." InformationWeek 10:13 AM
"Intel raises dividend by 7 percent to 22.5 cents" Associated Press 9:56 AM
"Intel Boosts Dividend 7.1 Percent on Smartphone Growth" Bloomberg 9:57 AM
"Intel Boosts Its Quarterly Dividend by 7.1%" CNBC 9:56 AM
"Intel Ups Dividend a Third Time in 18 Months" Barron's 9:51 AM
"Intel Is A Great Buy, Despite Legitimate Threats" Seeking Alpha 3:03 PM
"AMD to bump Radeon 7970 HD to 1 GHz" TG Daily 12:32 PM
"AMD rumored to be preparing Radeon HD 7970 'GHz Edition'" ZDNet 12:48 PM
"Cisco may post modest profit, sales gains: Networking business seen stabilizing; gains in data center market" MarketWatch 1:04 PM
"Earnings Preview: Cisco to report 3Q earnings" Associated Press 9:52 AM
"You Are Not an IP Address, Rules Judge" Techland 12:35 PM
"PHP working on new patch for critical vulnerability after initial one failed: Upcoming PHP updates will address two known remote code execution vulnerabilities" IDG News Service 10:55 AM
"Magnetic bacteria may be building future bio-computers" BBC 10:21 AM
"The market values Apple's earnings growth at $0.00: The only thing that seems to matter to Wall Street is how much cash it has in the bank" Fortune 8:15 AM
"Samsung And Apple: The Rivalry Grows" Seeking Alpha 4:16 PM
"Going All-In Apple: A Counterintuitive Approach To Investing" Seeking Alpha 8:14 AM
"Apple: A bearish 'one-day wonder'/Apple has gapped up following its earnings report. Its relentless decline following that knee-jerk rally points to lower prices ahead." MarketWatch 8:52 AM
"Warren Buffett on Apple, Google: Do Not Want" AllThingsD 8:33 AM
"Bears are on the Prowl and Apple is on the Hot Seat" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 8:15 AM
"Apple: What 'Dynamic Carrier Selection' Means For Investors" Seeking Alpha 8:14 AM
"Why Does Apple Seem Worse Than Amazon Now?" Seeking Alpha 1:52 PM
Industry News
"Yahoo CEO drama highlights weak tech action" MarketWatch 4:11 PM
"U.S. stocks waver after European elections: IBM weighs on Dow; Apple, Google support Nasdaq" MarketWatch 4:11 PM
"Wall Street Takes a Breather After Gloomy Weak" FOXBusiness 10:48 AM
"S&P 500 Halts 3-Day Slump After Europe Vote as Banks Rise" Bloomberg 4:12 PM
"Stocks Finish Mixed After European Elections" TheStreet 4:12 PM
"Stocks Off Lows, but Dow Logs 4-Day Decline" CNBC 4:12 PM
"Dow Losing Streak at 4: The Dow industrials lost ground for the fourth session in a row amid concerns that elections in France and Greece could impede Europe's ability to deal with its sovereign-debt problems." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:12 PM
"Wall Street worried about Europe: U.S. stocks were poised to follow world markets lower on concerns about election results in Europe." CNNMoney 9:32 AM
"European Elections Hit Asian Markets" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:46 AM
"Asian Stocks Fall Most in Six Months as France Rejects Austerity" Bloomberg 9:50 AM
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks tumble after U.S. jobs, Europe polls" MarketWatch 9:39 AM
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