"How Tim Cook is changing Apple: Steve Jobs' successor is making his mark and trying to keep the Apple magic going." ["Here's what's most remarkable about Cook's appearance that day last winter: Steve Jobs wouldn't have bothered. The legendary company co-founder, who stepped down as Apple's CEO last Aug. 24, six weeks before his death, rarely deigned to meet with investors. That was one of Tim Cook's tasks as chief operating officer. It's a subtle but significant change -- investors now have the CEO's ear for the first time in years -- and it's one of many Cook has instituted at Apple as he approaches his one-year mark at the helm. Taken together -- his rapport with Wall Street as well as government officials, his decision to grant a dividend to shareholders, the creation of a program to match employee gifts to charity -- Tim Cook's stewardship of Apple is beginning to come into focus."] Fortune 8:14 AM
"Tim Cook: Bringing a world of change to the world of Apple? According to a new feature from Fortune, Cook has dramatically changed some things at Apple, making it more corporate than Steve Jobs might have liked." CNET News 10:06 AM
"Tim Cook Seen as Less Scary, More Corporate Than Steve Jobs" Mashable 10:06 AM
"Apple's Coming Plan To Take Over The TV Business" ["Here's me putting on the record what I've been telling clients behind closed doors for over a year: Apple should sell the world's first non-TV TV. Instead of selling a replacement for the TV you just bought, Apple should convince millions of Apple fans that they need a new screen in their lives. Call it the iHub, a 32-inch screen with touch, gesture, voice, and iPad control that can be hung on the wall wherever the family congregates for planning, talking, or eating — in more and more US homes, that room is the dining room or eat-in kitchen."] Forrester 8:30 AM
"TSA Eyes iPads And iPhones For Mobile Computing" Nextgov 7:13 PM
"TSA wants to buy $3 million worth of Macs and iDevices: Transportation agency says it needs 1,000 Apple computers and 1,000 Apple handheld devices to support its counter-terrorism mission." CNET News 7:12 PM
"Apple's VP of Europe Pascal Cagni quits after 12 year tenure" The Next Web 10:26 AM
"Apple's VP of Europe Cagni leaves company, report says" CNET News 3:30 PM
"Apple claims US government sides with monopoly in ebook case" IDG News Service 8:59 AM
"Apple claims US government sides with monopoly in ebook price-fixing case" Techworld 8:44 AM
"Apple says DoJ 'sides with monopoly, rather than competition'" Ars Technica 11:04 AM
"Apple Patent War with Samsung A Fight No One Wins" Money Morning 9:23 AM
"Apple's Sir Jonathan Ive reaffirms desire to stay at company" BBC 8:22 AM
"Apple's Jonathan Ive: 'Beauty works'" [Audio Report] BBC 8:22 AM
"Jonathan Ive: Apple doesn't want to make money, just the best products/Apple's goal isn't to 'make money' but to 'design the very best products we can'." Macworld UK 8:37 AM
"Lion discussion covers a problem with the 10.7.4 update and hard drives, when Apple deleted some programming routines, and describes other problematic 10.7.4 experiences, as well as covering some partitioning/installation issues." MacInTouch 9:43 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"DragonDrop review: Handy utility that lets you capture files and folders then move them where you want" Macworld UK 8:51 AM
"Android, iOS Crush BlackBerry Market Share: IDC's worldwide ranking of smartphone platforms sees RIM dip below 10% as Android and iOS continue to make big gains." InformationWeek 9:30 PM
"A Second Chance At Who Should Play Steve Jobs" Houston Press 8:13 AM
"New iPad overtakes original iPad in the US after only 2 months: Report" The Next Web 8:35 AM
"New Millenial Report: iPad Still King" PadGadget 7:37 PM
"iOS holds steady behind Android platform market share in Q1 2012" iMore 10:06 AM
"Apple fingered for app failure: A senior Victorian public service IT chief has warned that governments trying to design helpful apps for iPhones and iPads are most likely to encounter Apple as an obstacle." Australian Financial Review 8:45 AM
"Pascal Cagni to Apple: Adieu, Adieu, to Yieu and Yieu and Yieu" AllThingsD 7:16 PM
"Automakers Struggle to Create an iPhone-Simple User Interface" Wired 8:20 AM
"Apple gets Siri and John Malkovich to have a meeting of minds" CNET News 8:22 AM
"Apple Selects John Malkovich as Latest Siri Pitchman" PC Magazine 9:31 AM
"Apple Airs Two Siri Ads with John Malkovich" The Mac Observer 8:08 AM
"Strategy Analytics Survey: Android Gains Advantage as Business Mobile Spend Explodes/Apple, Microsoft and RIM at Risk of Losing Mobile Worker Business" Business Wire 1:16 PM
"Modern Cartoonist Daniel Clowes Prefers Paper to iPad" Wired 8:21 AM
"Apple Has Removed Airfoil Speakers Touch From The iOS App Store" Rogue Amoeba 5:23 PM
"Apple Pulls Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil Speakers Touch from App Store" The Mac Observer 5:20 PM
"Important building block for quantum internet developed" TG Daily 1:29 PM
"Playstation Network to be down all day" TG Daily 1:29 PM
"Confidential data: Delete it or eat it, say security experts" CSO 11:46 AM
"TiVo Stream will let users stream at home, carry shows in pocket" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:30 AM
"Average Facebook employee has lost $844K since IPO" New York Post 11:36 AM
"Mark Zuckerberg Officially a Billionaire" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 11:23 AM
"Sensors woven into this shirt could save lives" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 11:21 AM
"38 Studios Employees Still Unpaid, Health Coverage Ends Thursday, Senior Executives Quit" Forbes 11:15 AM
"Box Aims For Bigger Deployments With New Features Like Enterprise-Wide Search" TechCrunch 1:23 PM
"Asustek to launch three new ZenBook models in June" DigiTimes 10:57 AM
"RIM's Head Of Global Sales Quits BlackBerry Maker" Bloomberg 10:39 AM
"Motorola's New CEO Could Be Google's Bid to Dominate Mobile Ads" Wired 1:44 PM
"The brain behind Google Knowledge Graph" USA Today 1:36 PM
"Google Shows Off Project Glass Photography" PCWorld 11:42 AM
"Google's 7-Inch Tablet: $199, Coming In July? Google's first branded Android tablet may become available as soon as July, sporting a 7-inch display and a pricetag designed to woo buyers away from Kindle Fire and iPad." InformationWeek 10:25 AM
"Meet the tireless entrepreneur who squatted at AOL" CNET News 10:14 AM
"Yahoo fumbles security in Axis browser launch" CNET News 10:17 AM
"Microsoft Kinect Gets Smoked by New Technology" Minyanville 10:03 AM
"As rivals falter, Lenovo has emerging market edge" Reuters 9:52 AM
"Logitech to cut Swiss workforce by 16%, or 45 jobs" MarketWatch 9:40 AM
"Sharp to supply technology to Hon Hai's China plant: Nikkei/Japan's Sharp Corp will supply technological know-how to Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co for a plant in China that will produce panels for Apple Inc's iPhone and other consumer electronics products, the Nikkei business daily said on Thursday." Reuters 11:02 AM
"Kinomap Trainer for iOS review: Fit for life app offers scenic route for gym bound workouts" Macworld UK 9:03 AM
"Zombies, Run! A silly-but-fun way to make jogging sessions a bit less boring." Register Hardware 8:19 AM
"SketchBook Ink: iPad Art at Retina Resolution, and Way, Way Beyond" Techland 8:52 AM
"Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II review/Relive Sega's classic franchise on your iPad or iPhone" Macworld UK 8:51 AM
"Empire of the Eclipse Review: Empire of the Eclipse is an ambitious strategy MMO that is very deep, and aimed at dedicated players." 148Apps 7:37 PM
"Bejeweled HD Review: The iPad version of the ever addictive Match Three title." 148Apps 3:34 PM
"Dave vs Cave Review: Kid falls down hole, kid gets trapped in cave, kid fights evil rock monsters to escape." 148Apps 11:06 AM
"Slingshot Racing Review: Slingshot Racing is a racing game where players must race around the courses by grappling and swinging around the slippery courses." 148Apps 10:27 AM
"David Haye's Knockout Review: A simple yet satisfying cartoon-style boxing game." 148Apps 9:30 AM
"Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? & Friends Free Review: An underwhelming use of a great franchise." 148Apps 8:52 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to Setup & Deploy Proxy Servers in iOS" Amsys 1:13 PM
"IDC: Android surges, opens gaping lead over Apple's iOS in global smartphone unit share" MacDailyNews 1:13 PM
"Apple's iPad Will Be Dominant Until..." Tech.pinions 11:02 AM
"The Macalope Daily: The day the rumors died" Macworld [Insider Content] 10:06 AM
"Why Office for iPad Is Inevitable" PCWorld 9:52 AM
"Get Ready To Spend More On Your Next iPhone, iPad" App Advice 9:51 AM
"Room for improvement? Apple's options for the next iPhone's camera: The iPhone's camera is already pretty capable, so where can it go from here?" Ars Technica 9:06 AM
"How Apple's Product Cycles Torture Customers Into Loving It" MacNewsWorld 8:48 AM
"Diary of an App Maker: What it's like to develop for iOS/A behind-the-scenes look at what goes into making an iOS game that really sings" Macworld 8:48 AM
"Apple Sells A 2 Headed Vision" Seeking Alpha 9:32 AM
"Tim Cook's Apple: the one Apple story to read today" GigaOM 2:08 PM
"Tim Cook: Facebook is the 'Closest' to Being Like Apple" Mashable 9:51 AM
"Fortune Cover: How Tim Cook is Changing Apple (by turning it into a traditional company)" 9 to 5 Mac 8:53 AM
"Tim Cook's Apple: More MBAs, more emphasis on execution" Fortune 8:52 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook often sits with random employees at lunch" AppleInsider 8:46 AM
"Why Your Kitchen Wants Its Own iPad: Cooking-school gateway, recipe database, foodie networking ... an iPad in the kitchen has uses far beyond being a message center" houzz 8:43 AM
Non-Apple
"Sony, Samsung limiting discounts on their HDTVs. An act of desperation?" ZDNet 1:49 PM
"There's trouble with three major Linux desktop application developers" ZDNet 1:48 PM
"The curse of free cloud services: a cautionary tale" ZDNet 1:50 PM
"Are CEOs getting the social media thing? An IBM study of 1,700 Chief Executive Officers finds increasing social media use" Network World 11:26 AM
"With no stake in the post-PC world, HP resorts to massive cuts: HP was a no-show in the emerging world of tablets and smartphones. Now, those chickens are coming home to roost as computer sales slip" InfoWorld 11:26 AM
"Sprint's HTC Evo 4G LTE is a great phone but its killer feature is MIA for now" Houston Chronicle 11:22 AM
"Why LinkedIn fiddles as Facebook burns" Fortune 11:18 AM
"The Painful Birthing Process of a Digital Economy in Diablo 3" Forbes 11:15 AM
"EU court to rule on $1.1 billion Microsoft fine on June 27" Reuters 9:49 AM
"The problem with Microsoft trying to be Apple" CNNMoney 9:26 AM
"Motorola Mobility Has Infringed Microsoft Patent, Says Munich Court" IDG News Service 11:42 AM
"Motorola Devices Infringe on Microsoft Patent, Munich Court Says" PC Magazine 11:38 AM
"Microsoft legal win over Google may signal ceasefire: A win by Microsoft means a potential ban in Germany, which could drive the two parties to the negotiating table." CNET News 10:11 AM
"Windows 8 Puts End to Endless Reboots" Computerworld 11:43 AM
"Windows 8 start-up speed forces USB boot workaround" ZDNet UK 1:53 PM
"Windows 8 Says Goodbye To F8 Reboots: Windows 8 will display new menu of troubleshooting choices to give users of fast-booting PCs and tablets plenty of time to enter alternate startup modes such as Safe Mode." InformationWeek 2:39 PM
"Microsoft clarifies Ballmer's claims of massive Windows 8 adoption: Analysts point out how Microsoft inflates the pool of Windows 8-capable PCs" Computerworld 5:24 PM
"New Google data shows Microsoft's piracy problems" Associated Press 2:32 PM
"Unions urge under-fire HP workers to 'resist' job cuts" Channel Register 1:32 PM
"Unite union condemns HP's plans to shed a possible 1,600 UK jobs" V3 1:38 PM
"H-P Shows Age With Layoffs" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:32 AM
"H-P job cuts, results send stock rising" MarketWatch 9:41 AM
"Hewlett-Packard CEO Whitman: Revamping Just Beginning" CNBC 9:57 AM
"Hewlett-Packard's CEO Whitman on Turnaround" [Video Report] CNBC 9:58 AM
"Google's patent trial win seen as 'near disaster' for Oracle" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 2:27 PM
"Oracle v. Google: Winners and losers" ZDNet 1:50 PM
"Intel eyes future with computers that learn" Reuters 10:00 AM
"Intel: Touch Screens Likely in Windows 8 Notebooks" PC Magazine 11:40 AM
"Intel turns London into testbed for smart technologies: Intel teams up with UCL and Imperial to promote sustainable connected cities" Techworld 1:25 PM
"3 Goals Of White House 'Digital Government' Plan: Federal agencies required to make services available to mobile users within 12 months and to release more government data through Web APIs." InformationWeek 10:25 AM
"Obama orders gov app deluge: Developers cheer as every US government agency to release two mobile apps inside a year" The Register 1:34 PM
"Broadband Stimulus Grants Seen as Political Flashpoint" CIO 11:47 AM
"Sales of unused IPv4 addresses gathering steam: ISPs hedge bets on IPv6; snap up unused IPv4 address space from bankrupt tech firms" Network World 11:46 AM
"Tech's $20 million CEOs: Twelve of the 50 CEO pay packages examined are worth more than $20 million when salary, bonuses, stocks, options and perks are tallied" Network World 11:45 AM
"Apple CEO gives up $75 million in dividend income: Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook will not be earning dividend income on the more than 1 million shares to which he is entitled, which will cost him about $75 million." International Business Times 7:20 PM
"Apple: Cook Foregoes $75M in Dividend-Equivalent Payout" Barron's 7:18 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook declines RSU dividends worth over $75M" AppleInsider 7:37 PM
"What Apple-Facebook Whac-A-Mole Action Means For Both Stocks" Forbes 3:31 PM
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