"Apple and Google Expand Their Battle to Mobile Maps" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:46 AM
"Apple to Chart its Own Course on Maps, Ditch Google" FOXBusiness 9:42 AM
"Apple To Google Maps: We Have Our Own App For That" NPR 7:10 PM
"Why Tim Cook Won't Kill Apple's Mystique" TheStreet 11:23 AM
"Who Poses the Biggest Threat to the Apple iPad?" ["But when it comes to consumer demand for individual manufacturers, 73% of planned tablet buyers are still reporting they'll purchase an iPad. And while that's down a bit from the extraordinary demand levels seen at the time of the March new iPad launch, it's a clear sign that Apple's massive domination of the market is continuing going forward."] ChangeWave Research 7:38 AM
"ChangeWave, Apple, Amazon's flickering Fire and user experiences" Computerworld 8:27 AM
"Apple's iPad favored among vast majority of would-be tablet buyers" CNET News 10:16 AM
"Survey: Apple iPad's 'massive domination' of market persists" Fortune 10:29 AM
"Apple Will Probably Lose German Motorola Mobility Xoom Case" ["'We don't think someone sits in a coffee house using the Xoom and hopes other people will think he owns an iPad,' Brueckner-Hofmann said."] Bloomberg 8:01 AM
"Judge says Apple jumped the gun on Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban, denies motion for the time being" Foss Patents 8:24 AM
"Apple scores latest win in Motorola patent case: The court has granted Apple's motion to rule out one of Motorola's two patents being used in the legal battle between the two companies." CNET News 11:23 AM
"Apple Scores Another Win in Motorola Patent Fight" PC Magazine 7:10 PM
"Apple Faces Delay in Bid for Ban on US Sales of Galaxy Tab 10.1" IDG News Service 7:54 AM
"Sprint's Virgin Mobile USA to offer iPhone" MarketWatch 6:47 PM
"iPhone 4, 4S reportedly heads to Virgin Mobile next" CNET News 9:36 PM
"Ad networks thumb nose at iPhone privacy settings" ZDNet 8:10 AM
"Matthew Modine to play John Sculley in Steve Jobs biopic" CNET News 6:51 PM
"Apple Starts Decorating Moscone West with WWDC 2012 Banners" MacStories 9:10 PM
"Moscone WWDC 2012 Banners start going up 'Where great ideas go on to do great things' [Gallery] 9 to 5 Mac 7:42 PM
"Reports say full-fledged Siri coming to iPad with iOS 6" ZDNet 8:19 AM
"Apple's voice assistant Siri coming to the iPad: report" AFP Relax News 8:13 AM
"Patent trolls beware: app makers partnering up with legal community/Appsterdam wants to be a 'one-stop legal shop for the app maker community.'" Ars Technica 8:25 AM
"The pen that revolutionises your iPad" ["Collusion, he says, turns the iPad into a useful productivity device for business and education, rather than for just entertainment. It includes a high precision pen and storage of files in the cloud, similar to Google Docs, allowing for real-time collaboration."] Sydney Morning Herald 10:57 AM
"Controvery Brewing Over Historic Sign At Future Store" ifoAppleStore 6:49 PM
"Apple is adding Cool Springs store: No opening date announced yet" The Tennessean 7:57 AM
"Man Uses Anti-Theft Mac Software To Catch Crook Red Handed [Report] Cult of Mac 12:26 PM
"Multiple iPads used to created Jumboltron" UberGizmo 8:59 AM
"iPhone hacker Chpwn (Grant Paul) now interning at Facebook" 9 to 5 Mac 8:39 AM
Non-Apple News
"Samsung Invents a Dual Display Device with Unique Remote" Patent Bolt 1:18 PM
"Samsung announces Cloud Gaming TVs" CNET Reviews 11:23 AM
"Facebook Mulls New Breed Of Networking Gear" Wired Magazine 11:06 AM
"A flying cat? Dutch artist turns dead feline into a helicopter" Sydney Morning Herald 10:49 AM
"Gigazone Redefines the Living Room PC" PC Magazine 10:36 AM
"Yahoo! in hunt for new head" New York Post 10:34 AM
"Adobe patches critical flaws in Photoshop, Illustrator CS5.x" IDG News Service 10:03 AM
"Netflix builds its own delivery network" CNNMoney 10:01 AM
"Google renames developer groups to scare away punters: GTUGs become GDGs and no, they won't teach you Gmail" The Register 10:56 AM
"Google Apps Security Beat By CloudFlare Hackers: Google's Gmail password recovery routine allowed two-factor authentication to be bypassed." InformationWeek 9:46 AM
"Fujitsu comes to market with a pair of ultrabooks" CNET Reviews 9:42 AM
"Toshiba shows off Windows 8 prototypes at Computex" CNET Reviews 9:42 AM
"Sony cuts pay of top seven executives" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:16 AM
"Sony at E3: Games Take Center Stage" PCWorld 10:39 AM
"Gregg Lowe, ex-TI exec, takes helm at Freescale" EE Times 10:11 AM
"Napster founders launch Airtime video chat app" USA Today 10:58 AM
"'Siri, Kill That Guy': Drones Might Get Voice Controls" Wired 7:52 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Exclusive | Jennifer Love Hewitt InterviewBack: 'I use an AirBook. I use an iPad. I use my iPhone. I use my iPod. I'm very Mac-Happy!'" MacDirectory 1:56 PM
"Ray East of BeLight Software On Getting Art Text For Free" MacVoicesTV 10:37 AM
"After nearly two years without an update, Apple to finally revamp Mac Pro next week" 9 to 5 Mac 5:37 PM
"Mac Pro may soon be updated for the first time in almost 2 years: Whither Mac Pro? It'll get a refresh, claim new sources." Ars Technica 7:09 PM
"Apple pulls Mac Pro stock ahead of refresh" Tapscape 6:43 PM
"Apple to Update Mac Pro Next Week" iClarified 6:48 PM
"New 13-inch MacBook Pro specs leaked early? A Chinese forum claims to have a photo from a U.S.-based Apple employee who snapped an image of the device's specs." CNET News 7:49 AM
"Possibly fake MacBook Pro spec sheet: USB 3.0, Ivy Bridge and no Retina Display" Engadget 8:12 AM
"MacBook Pro 13-inch spec sheet leaks showing USB 3.0, 1280 x 800 resolution, and Ivy Bridge?" The Verge 8:17 AM
"Leaked 13.3" MacBook Pro Specs Suggest No Retina Display, Addition of USB 3.0, and Only Minor Changes" MacRumors 8:35 AM
"Apple to Update Nearly All Macs at WWDC [Report] Mashable 8:13 AM
"Will Apple Release MAJOR Updates to its Mac Lines at WWDC?" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 8:01 AM
"Surprise! Liquidmetal Is Already Being Used In Apple Products" Business Insider 8:43 AM
"Liquidmetal CEO confirms that Apple is commercializing Terminator alloy" iDownload Blog 9:16 AM
"Apple Releases 5.0.2 Update for 2nd and 3rd Generation Apple TV" MacRumors 3:52 PM
"Apple TV 5.0.2 software update released for 2nd gen and 1080P models" The Next Web 3:51 PM
"Apple Addresses Aussie Issue with Apple TV 5.0.2" The Mac Observer 6:41 PM
"Airtime channels Chatroulette: real-time, browser-based video chat for your social graph" The Verge 6:49 PM
"Agenda 3.0: Fast Event Creation, Custom Repeats and More" MacStories 6:47 PM
"Hands on with Pris camera app for iOS" Macworld 6:47 PM
"Review: Feedswire – A New RSS App In A Competitive Market" MacTrast 8:35 AM
"Review: Panes for iPad (Or the Occasional Pains of Developing for the App Store)" iSource 8:29 AM
"Quotebook for iPhone and iPad review" iMore 8:37 AM
"The King of Fighters-i 2012 Review" Mac|Life 10:16 AM
"Heroes Call for iPhone and iPad review" iMore 6:48 PM
"'Shoot The Zombirds' Review - High Flying, Horror-themed Fun" Touch Arcade 3:51 PM
"'Love Me Not' Review - As Elegant and Beautifully Simple as the Flowers It Stars" Touch Arcade 2:29 PM
"'Plague Inc' Review - Rid the World of Those Pesky Humans" Touch Arcade 10:31 AM
"Axon Runners Review: Axon Runners is a fast-paced hoverboarding game where players must jump around corridors in order to rack up high scores." 148Apps 2:31 PM
"Timer Review: Timer is a one-tap app designed with a well-polished interface that makes keeping track of multiple timers a breeze." 148Apps 11:24 AM
"Inferno+ Review: Inferno+ is the latest iOS port from Radiangames, a level-based twin-stick shooter where players fight through hordes of enemies and earn upgrades." 148Apps 10:31 AM
"Zombie Carnaval Review: Grow the zombie horde and keep the party going." 148Apps 1:28 PM
"Plague Inc. Review: It might not be the first extinction of the human race via a deadly virus simulator, but it just might be one of the best." 148Apps 8:29 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to Remote Wipe an iPhone or iPad" OS X Daily 6:49 PM
"How to download your photos from popular sharing sites" TechHive 1:28 PM
"How to fix the Home button on a Verizon or Sprint iPhone 4" iMore 12:25 PM
"ButtonHide Example in iPhone: In this application we will see how to hide button from the iPhone application. So let see how it will worked." The iPhone Developer Resource 8:29 AM
Tips
"Manually updating your Apple TV's software Tips" iLounge 7:05 PM
"Apple Forced to Wait for Galaxy Tab Injunction" The Mac Observer 10:34 AM
"Why Ron Johnson Can Never Make JC Penney As Magical As The Apple Store" Cult of Mac 10:15 AM
"The Macalope Daily: How's all the winning going?" Macworld [Insider Content] 10:15 AM
"What If Apple's New MacBook Pros Don't Have Retina Displays?" Techland 10:59 AM
"Four out of five ain't bad? Apple readies WWDC Mac refresh" Tapscape 10:10 AM
"The Digital Skeptic: How Apple Sells High-End, Mass Market All At Once" TheStreet 9:06 AM
"Battery Power Drives Screen Size: The rumors (and spy photos) of the next iPhone, probably coming this fall, indicate that it might be bigger than all iPhones to date." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:30 AM
"Apple Is Going To Put A Double-Hurting On Google In A Week" Business Insider 7:05 PM
"Apple Maps Out Its Problems With Google" Minyanville 12:26 PM
"What Does Apple's Split from Google Mean for iOS Users?" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 12:25 PM
"The 6 big iOS flaws Apple really needs to fix: As the iPhone 5 nears, six major defects in iOS really need to finally get addressed: especially for iPad users" InfoWorld 10:25 AM
"iOS 6: 7 Key Trouble Spots Apple Needs to Address" Wired 7:52 AM
"The incredible lightness of being iPad" Watching Apple 7:35 AM
"Google, Quickoffice and Productivity Beyond X86" Tech.pinions 11:56 AM
"Convertible notebooks will sell, but for how long?" ZDNet 11:09 AM
"Oracle verdict double plus good for Linux movement" The Register 10:57 AM
"Ice Cream Sandwich eeks past 7%" TG Daily 10:54 AM
"E3 Trends: iPad, Augmented Reality Loom Over Video Game Trade Show" PCWorld 10:40 AM
"Hands on With Asus Tablet 810, Using Intel Clover Trail Chip" IDG News Service 10:40 AM
"Hands On: Toshiba Satellite U845w" PC Magazine 10:36 AM
"Hands On: Fujitsu Lifebook UH572" PC Magazine 10:36 AM
"Facebook Message 'seen' feature could create awkward situations" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:29 AM
"Why I can't get inflamed over Flamer" InfoWorld 10:25 AM
"If ultrabooks don't take off, there are always ultra-likes" DigiTimes 10:10 AM
"OpenDNS will monitor kids' computers Track surfing with your router" Detroit Free Press 10:09 AM
"Google Gets More Social With Meebo Deal: Google's acquisition of social platform Meebo, reportedly valued at $100 million, should make Google+ more lively and more appealing to advertising." InformationWeek 9:47 AM
"Why Sony's Beyond may be one of the most important games of E3 2012" CNET Reviews 9:42 AM
"The Morning Download: CIOs Must Get More Social" WSJ Blogs 9:29 AM
"Nintendo faces big Wii-U challenge at E3: Game maker needs to win audience for new system, analysts say" MarketWatch 9:15 AM
"Qualcomm's plan to win the battle for the digital home" GigaOM 9:03 AM
"The End: Microsoft officially axes Zune brand" MacDailyNews 10:56 AM
"Untrasn0w Adds iPhone Unlock for iOS 5.1.1" The Mac Observer 9:15 AM
"Denny's Invites Guests On A Tour Of America With New Mobile App" PRNewswire 8:58 AM
"Pong Unveils World's Most Advanced iPad Case" PRNewswire 8:58 AM
"iSales 100 For Sage 100 ERP By xkzero Now Available On Apple Store" PRWeb 8:56 AM
"OnTrion® Unveils Protective iHangy™ iPad® Smart Pen Cover with Multi-Functional Suction Stylus" PRWeb 8:56 AM
"MyPsych iPhone App Helps Users Be Happy, Healthy" PRWeb 8:56 AM
"Wheel It Off Has Launched an Apple App for Measuring Online Anything On The Outside Of a Property - This is a Game Changer Tool Under $300 Super Simple to Use" PRWeb 8:56 AM
"FitPlay App for iOS Launches - On Demand Video Workouts from the World's Best Coaches on your iPhone, iPad and Apple TV" PRWeb 8:56 AM
"FileTrek Releases Management Tool on iPad: FileTrek for iPad Tracks Projects, Data and Activity to Improve Mobile Collaboration and Project Management" Business Wire 8:54 AM
"Clarifire Community™ App Now Available to Realtors and Others for Download" Business Wire 8:54 AM
"Belkin shows off its updated Thunderbolt Express Dock rocking 9 connections for $399 in July" 9 to 5 Mac 8:45 AM
"Groove for iOS Studies Your Listening Habits, Builds Custom Mixes and Auto-Tags Your Music" Lifehacker 8:39 AM
"Introducing Macworld's Mac Gems Superguide, second edition" Macworld 8:36 AM
"Daily iPhone App: Air Mail flies high in the sky" TUAW 8:29 AM
"CableJive updates docXtender 30-pin extension cable for Apple devices" Insanely Great Mac 8:27 AM
"Traducto Pro Wants To Be Your One Stop Shop For iOS And Mac App Localization" TechCrunch 8:26 AM
"Where's My Water? Joins Phineas and Ferb in the Upcoming Where's My Perry?" 148Apps 8:40 AM
"Disney Mobile Announces Where's My Perry? Game For iOS" App Advice 8:25 AM
"Scribblenauts Remix 2.0 Lets You Play God" App Advice 8:25 AM
"Asymmetric competition | Horace Dediu | Mobilism 2012 on Vimeo" asymco 8:25 AM
"Gameloft Announces Amazing Spiderman Game for Android, iOS" LAPTOP Magazine 8:22 AM
"Yelp for iOS Has Added Support for New Country, Amercia" Gizmodo 8:21 AM
"Nuance's Dragon ID unlocks mobile devices by voice command" ZDNet 8:18 AM
"Nuance's Dragon ID lets you unlock your phone by voice" GigaOM 8:17 AM
"Verbatim announces four mobile battery backup solutions" Insanely Great Mac 8:14 AM
"Finale Songbook Brings Finale Sheet Music to the iPad" The Mac Observer 8:14 AM
"Let's get starting - The new way of enjoying oneself by photo" prMac 10:30 AM
"Self - A Meditation Machine 2.0: Helps Users to Relax and Meditate" prMac 9:16 AM
"Spellorama 1.0 for iOS - The Fun Way to Learn to Spell" prMac 8:42 AM
"Ten Monsters Come to Call - New Storybook App Teaches Counting Skills" prMac 8:41 AM
"Indie hip-hop legend Sole and Mad Monkey Miltia release Sole App for iOS" prMac 8:41 AM
"The Christian Toolbox App Is Now Available For iOS Devices" prMac 8:40 AM
"Iris - A Siri like assistant for iPhone, but better" prMac 8:40 AM
"Euro 2012 England - No England app like it - Hardcore Fans Only" prMac 8:12 AM
"Home Inventory Manager HD update 1.5.0" prMac 8:12 AM
"Introducing Letter Gap for iOS - Brain-Teasing Word Game" prMac 8:12 AM
"Myzantium Inc. Launches Wonga Bazaar - an Entertaining App for iPad" prMac 8:12 AM
"SwipeVideo for iPhone lets users share videos share videos fast" prMac 8:11 AM
"Beginning Guitar - App Teaches From The Player's Perspective" prMac 8:11 AM
"E-Folk - Guitar for beginners on the AppStore and Android Market" prMac 8:11 AM
"Monkey Drum Deluxe 1.0 for iOS - Educational Music App Featured By Apple" prMac 8:10 AM
"Cow Abduct! 1.0 released for iOS - Abduct Cows for Fuel" prMac 8:10 AM
"Build your own tribe and discover the best tweets" prMac 8:10 AM
"Oracle to buy cloud firm Collective Intellect" MarketWatch 9:16 AM
"Oracle to launch first cloud service suite" MarketWatch 9:16 AM
"Oracle sues patent troll Lodsys on behalf of customers" V3 6:49 PM
"Seven Questions for HP Enterprise Chief Dave Donatelli" AllThingsD 9:15 AM
"HP Claims Record-Setting Backup Speeds: HP rolls out new deduplication hardware and software, improved data protection and search features, and 3PAR direct-attached capability." InformationWeek 9:46 AM
"EMC: HP's 'ridiculous' 100TB dedupe claim is bogus" ZDNet UK 11:11 AM
"HP Discover: HP looks to storage innovations to reverse ailing fortunes" V3 11:00 AM
"HP Discover: HP places big data hopes in Autonomy and Hadoop connection" V3 11:00 AM
"Researchers reveal how Flame fakes Windows Update: Bogus certificates key, but espionage malware also spoofs Microsoft's update service on a network" Computerworld 10:04 AM
"Microsoft to expand Xbox subscription plan" MarketWatch 11:18 AM
"Microsoft to Offer Xbox Subscriptions at Best Buy, GameStop" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:05 AM
"Windows Phone Marketplace Crosses 100,000 App Mark: Microsoft hits key milestone for Windows Phone app store as its U.S. market share also rises a bit." InformationWeek 6:53 PM
"Dell's Scrappy 'Copper' ARM-Based Server Initiatives" E-Commerce Times 10:11 AM
"Dell updates Inspiron notebooks with Intel Ivy Bridge chips: Dell has put MaxxAudio technologies from Wave in the laptops for better audio playback" IDG News Service 10:03 AM
"Dell's redesigned Inspiron laptops are near-ultrabook thin" CNET Reviews 9:41 AM
"Dell storage sales drooping while others thrust up: Compellent sales could be down" The Register 10:56 AM
"Dell's Boomi adds crowd sourced regression testing in latest update" ZDNet 11:09 AM
"IBM announces big data focused Smarter Computing' initiative" ZDNet 11:10 AM
"IBM Adds Agility, Efficiency To Storage Systems: New products include compression appliance for active data, enhancements to Tivoli Storage Productivity Suite, new tape and storage systems for SMBs." InformationWeek 10:22 AM
"Chip Turf War Heats Up: Rivalry Between Intel, AMR Escalates Ahead of Windows 8 Launch" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:04 AM
"Intel, ARM battle ahead of Windows 8 launch" MarketWatch 11:17 AM
"Intel Talks Ultrabooks, Tablets, Smartphones at Computex" eWeek 10:12 AM
"Intel says 20 Windows 8 tablets in works with new Clover Trail chip: Intel seeks a reboot in tablet market with Atom chips code-named Clover Trail and Windows 8 OS" IDG News Service 10:25 AM
"35 New Ivy Bridge-powered Ultrabooks Coming Over Next 30 Days" PCWorld 10:40 AM
"Intel open to Windows Phone OS on smartphones: Intel has the 'hooks' to bring Windows Phone OS to smartphones with x86 chips, but only if it is commercially viable, says an exec" IDG News Service 10:03 AM
"Intel open to putting Windows Phone on its chips" CNET News 9:40 AM
"Will Slowing Computer Production Hurt Intel? Maxim Group is lowering the chip giant's price target because of weak production estimates from the likes of Dell and H-P." Barron's 2:29 PM
"Intel, AMD, ARM Joust for Notebook Success at Computex" Barron's 7:10 PM
"Chip Turf War Heats Up: Rivalry Between Intel, AMR Escalates Ahead of Windows 8 Launch" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:25 PM
"TiVo Claims Cisco Infringes Digital Video Recorder Patents" Bloomberg 9:21 AM
"TiVo countersues Cisco as DVR patent battle heats up" Reuters 9:21 AM
"Cisco's Strategic Box" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:20 AM
"Cisco Upgrades Mobile Carrier Switches With an Eye on Escalating Traffic" IDG News Service 10:39 AM
"Cisco Unveils ASR 5500 Mobile Platform" eWeek 10:12 AM
"Cloud Pricing: Amazon, Microsoft Keep Cutting/Look for cloud computing prices to continue falling as vendors compete for enterprise IT workloads." InformationWeek 9:47 AM
"Flexible Willow glass displays thin and curvy gadget future: Ultra-slim sheets ready to roll" The Register 10:55 AM
"Willow Glass: ultra-thin glass can 'wrap' around devices/A new type of flexible ultra-thin glass has been unveiled by the firm that developed Gorilla Glass, currently used to make screens of many mobile devices." BBC 9:53 AM
"Dual-screen, detachable and Windows 8 star at Computex" The Register 10:56 AM
"Windows and Intel, but not Wintel, take center stage at Computex" DigiTimes 10:10 AM
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