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"IPhone 5 sale draws huge crowds" CNNMoney 9:09 AM
"iPhone 5 Crowds Kick Off Sales: Apple's newest smartphone is being welcomed the world over with large crowds and long lines." InformationWeek 10:13 AM
"Apple launches iPhone 5 to big hopes: Lines wrap Apple stores despite grumbles about maps, YouTube" MarketWatch 9:42 AM
"Buyers swarm Apple stores for iPhone 5" USA Today 9:18 AM
"iPhone: Hype or Surge?" [Video Report] CNBC 1:39 PM
"Apple fans jam stores around the globe" Associated Press 9:15 AM
"Apple: How Many iPhone 5s Will Sell This Weekend?" Forbes 9:02 AM
"China Is Likely To Get iPhone 5 Before The Year End" Forbes 1:42 PM
"Why Apple made the right decision with iOS 6 Maps: What would you have done with iOS 6 Maps if you were Tim Cook?" CNET News 7:00 PM
"Why Apple Had To Do Maps: A Mobile Engagement Analysis" Forrester 7:15 PM
"Apple promises maps app will 'improve'" BBC 9:06 AM
"Apple 'In Lockdown' For Map App Fixes" Sky News 11:14 AM
"Apple scrambled to hire iOS 6 maps engineers DAYS before launch" The Register 12:00 PM
"iOS 6 Maps Getting Flak From Apple iPhone, iPad Users" eWeek 9:16 AM
"Apple statement apologises for iOS 6 Maps problems" Electricpig 8:52 AM
"Critics: Apple's Maps App Misses the Landmark" MacNewsWorld 8:50 AM
"TomTom more than willing to help Apple fix map problems" The Economic Times 9:22 AM
"TomTom Distances Itself From Apple Maps Criticism" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:15 AM
"Standards Lobby Dings New iPhone: They help set the standards for setting standards. And they are none too pleased with Apple Inc and its iPhone 5." WSJ Blogs 9:16 AM
"Swiss railway weighs challenge to Apple over trademark clock" Reuters 8:21 AM
"Samsung Apple Settlement Talks Continue, Android Jellybean, Samsung Note 10, Apple iPhone 5 Now Involved" A New Domain 8:06 AM
"Apple Loses German Court Ruling Against Samsung in Patent Suit" Bloomberg 9:06 AM
"Samsung didn't violate Apple patent: German court" Yonhap News 9:13 AM
"German court says Samsung and Motorola don't infringe Apple's touch event model patent" Foss Patents 9:26 AM
"AT&T Blocks FaceTime, Net Neutrality Complaint Filed" BYTE 9:00 PM
"Minister takes aim at Apple over apps: Apple has been accused by the NSW state government of 'taking unfair advantage' of children after reports that parents were unwittingly being billed hundreds of dollars for their children's use of 'free' apps." Sydney Morning Herald 11:26 AM
"Apple goes against grain, extends support for Snow Leopard: If Apple had done the expected and not patched Snow Leopard, the number of users running a retired edition of OS X would have ballooned to 47 percent" Computerworld 8:57 AM
"Flashback malware for OS X appears to be going extinct" MacFixIt 1:42 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Q&A MacFixIt Answers: We answer reader questions about using Maps from iOS 5 on iOS 6, Time Machine backups, and more." CNET Reviews 7:13 PM
"Mac Files of the Weird: iCal Calendar not Available when Creating new Event" Run Around Tech 8:58 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Head-to-Head: iTunes Match versus Amazon Cloud Player" TechHive 8:55 AM
"Ask the iTunes Guy: More iTunes Store questions" Macworld 9:53 AM
"MacPhun Snapheal 2.0 review: The new version of Snapheal has a range of brush-based adjustments to allow for more fine control over image correction." Macworld UK 8:56 AM
"Gemini For Mac OS X Great At Blasting Away Duplicate Files" MacNews 8:47 AM
"Bypass The Mac App Store To Update Mountain Lion Software" Cult of Mac 9:32 AM
"List of OS X dictation commands" Mac OS X Hints 10:13 AM
"Growl On The Mac Is Back! This Time It Works With Notification Center In OS X Mountain Lion" Mac 360 8:11 AM
"Did You Really Click That Button? Should You Click Again? Use This Click Tool On Your Mac To Know" Mac 360 8:12 AM
"End The Background Noise On Skype Or FaceTime With Push To Talk On Your Mac" McSolo 8:14 AM
"Are Email Attachments Driving You Nuts? Try The Attachment Tamer On Your Mac" Mac 360 8:12 AM
"Writedown Is The Inexpensive Mac Text Editor That Uses Markdown" NoodleMac 8:11 AM
Op/Ed
"Apple Most Valuable Brand, OS X 10.8.2 Update, Launchpad Manager, and More" Low End Mac 9:07 PM
"To Defrag, Or Not To Defrag Your Mac– That's The Friday Question" BohemianBoomer 8:12 AM
"On Cleaning Mac Caches, Customizing, Optimizing, And Disaster Preparation (oh, and a note on viruses)" TeraTalks 8:11 AM
Press Releases
"Microsoft Office for Mac Updated for Retina Display, Secondary Mobile Displays, and More" Low End Mac 7:21 PM
"Apimac Secret Folder is now ready for OS X Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper" Apimac 1:49 PM
"BuildEdge PLAN for SketchUp Mac Beta now available" Architosh 12:58 PM
"Black Ops for Mac shipping Sept 27" FairerPlatform 10:06 AM
"iPhone 5 matches monthlong sales figures for 4S in just 3 days: ComScore report says the first three days of online preorders for the iPhone 5 matched the earlier Apple record set by the iPhone 4S over the course of a month." CNET News 7:12 PM
"Transit app developers see iOS 6 Maps as a chance to shine" Ars Technica 1:01 PM
"Early iPhone 5 Purchases Trend Toward iPhone 4S Upgraders and Black Models Amid Long Lines" MacRumors 12:38 PM
"Apple union's 'Day of Solidarity' to protest working conditions: As the iPhone 5 hits stores today, an Apple workers union asks store employees to demand better conditions in France and at Foxconn." CNET News 9:04 AM
"Apple fans and critics converge in Paris for iPhone 5" CNET News 9:05 AM
"Labor protest at Apple iPhone party in Paris" Reuters 9:17 AM
"iPhone 5 launch-day mania: Apple's map troubles haven't stopped the iPhone 5 launch-day crowds. CNET Update talks to fanatics in line at the Cube in New York City." CNET News 6:54 PM
"Apple iPhone 5 launch: Queues go global as Samsung offends millions" Computerworld 8:53 AM
"Apple fans rewarded for their wait with a shiny new iPhone 5" Contra Costa Times 10:16 AM
"Munster: iPhone Lines Up 83% Year Over Year" Business Insider 9:23 AM
"iPhone 5 launch draws Apple fans across the world" New York Post 9:00 AM
"A short, wonderful tale of iPhone 5 lines across North America [Slideshow] BetaNews 7:20 PM
"Live on Fifth Avenue from Apple's iPhone 5 launch (updated)" Fortune 9:05 AM
"Utahns join iPhone 5 mania as first ones are sold" Salt Lake Tribune 11:26 AM
"New Apple Store Opening in Santa Rosa, Ca" James Bleifus 12:21 PM
"Hundreds lining up in Sacramento to buy iPhone 5" Sacramento Bee 11:09 AM
"iPhone 5 launch live from Apple Store Montreal" iMore 9:34 AM
"iPhone 5 buyers flood stores, jam phone lines as they rush to purchase, activate smartphones" Vancouver Sun 9:27 PM
"Canadian consumers report iPhone 5 activation problems" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 11:59 AM
"iPhone 5 launch live from the Regent Street Apple Store in London" iMore 9:33 AM
"Scalpers Hog Lines for iPhone 5 at Some Apple Stores" The Mac Observer 8:08 PM
"Look At All These iPhone 5s Flooding FedEx's Distribution Center [Image] Cult of Mac 9:32 AM
"Marketers hijack iPhone 5 launch" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 9:06 AM
"Apple's Siri continues dominance over Samsung's S Voice" Electronista 9:00 AM
"New Google Voice Search, Siri are closely matched (hands-on)" CNET 9:04 PM
"Google's November Assault on Microsoft and Apple" TheStreet 8:48 AM
"London Underground offers offline maps to those who updated to iOS6 and no longer have schedules" 9 to 5 Mac 8:52 AM
"Starbucks to support Passbook in iOS 6 by end of September" Macworld 7:07 PM
"Airlines, Theaters, More Sign On for Apple's Passbook" PC Magazine 7:04 PM
"Worry not, Snapseed lovers: Google's Vic Gundotra says Nik Software's products will live on" The Next Web 12:41 PM
"Apple rep pitches iPad possibilities: About 30 community members gathered Wednesday for a presentation that Watauga County Schools administrators hope will put wheels in motion for a technology initiative for K-8 students." Watauga Democrat: Boone, NC 11:13 AM
"The New York PD wants to help find your iPhone: Police at 5th Ave. Apple Store to register new iDevices, will do Android too." Ars Technica 8:50 AM
Non-Apple News
"Nintendo teases Wii U Gamecube downloads" TG Daily 11:33 AM
"Xperia Ion Ice Cream Sandwich update rolls out" TG Daily 11:32 AM
"Sony explains lack of 12 GB PS3 in US" TG Daily 11:32 AM
"Scottish researchers develop software that allows humans to talk to robots" 11:30 AM
"RIM updates BlackBerry Mobile Fusion device management suite" ZDNet 11:47 AM
"RIM CEO Apologizes For Yet Another BlackBerry Outage, Details How Many Users Affected" TechCrunch 11:28 AM
"RIM fixes BlackBerry outage that hit Europe, Middle East, Africa" CNET News 9:58 AM
"Google Apps users get email and contacts migration tool" ZDNet 11:47 AM
"Q&A: Google's VP of enterprise Amit Singh at Dreamforce '12" ZDNet 11:46 AM
"Google shuts once-feted China music download service" Reuters 10:01 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"The TouchArcade Show - 70 - Rewind!" Touch Arcade 7:15 PM
"Gene Steinberg meets Alexander Adam, from Quasado, Mac|Life columnist Adrian Hoppel, and The Mac Observer's John Martellaro this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6:42 PM
"Hossein Yassaie: Meet the man with the big Imagination/The technology chief played a vital role in developing Apple's new iPhone5 – but there is a lot more to come, he tells Gideon Spanier" The Independent 11:10 AM
"David Pogue: iPhone Improved in Every Possible Way/New York Times technology columnist David Pogue and Daring Fireball tech blogger John Gruber discuss the iPhone 5." [Video Report] Bloomberg 9:52 AM
"iMore show 314: iOS 6 review + iPhone 5 buyers guide" iMore 9:34 AM
"iPhone 5 Ships! Selling your iPhone, Apple Care, Maps (Podcast)" Insanely Great Mac 8:23 AM
"Black iPhone 5 Anodized Aluminum Susceptible to Scratching?" MacRumors 8:55 AM
"iPhone 5 back too susceptible to scratches?" UberGizmo 12:55 PM
"Apple's iPhone 5 Is Pried Open and Its Profitable Secrets Start Bursting Out" AllThingsD 6:53 PM
"Inside the iPhone 5: Bigger battery, easier to repair" CNET News 9:04 AM
"iPhone 5 Teardown Uncovers Elpida RAM, Improved Repairability" The Next Web 9:30 AM
"Analyst says iPhone 5 processor uses custom core" EE Times 10:24 AM
"Could Apple's A6 be a 'big-little' processor?" EE Times 10:26 AM
"iPhone 5 More Repairable than iPhone 4, 4S, Says iFixit" eWeek 10:25 AM
"Apple can replace broken iPhone 5 screens in the store, says report" CNET News 11:14 AM
"The Verizon iPhone 5 is GSM unlocked, tested with AT&T" iDownload Blog 4:02 PM
"Amid record retail launch, iPhone 5 online ship times slip to four weeks" Tap For Mobile 8:08 PM
"Google homes in on Maps app for iOS 6, report says: The company is reportedly working on a Google Maps app, but there is rampant confusion over whether it was actually submitted for approval in the Apple App Store yet." CNET News 9:23 AM
"The Apple iPhone 5 has reportedly been jailbroken" The Next Web 7:05 PM
"The iPhone 5 lets you put 16 apps inside a folder" iDownload Blog 7:11 PM
"Researchers hack iPhone, steal data: White-hat hackers broke into the developer version of iOS 6, meaning Apple's new iPhone 5 could be vulnerable" CSO 11:09 AM
"Asian Suppliers of iPhone Components Scramble to Meet Orders" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:37 AM
"Apple Cuts Display Orders to Samsung, Loses Patent Case in Germany" Patently Apple 9:14 AM
"Taiwan market: Parallel-imported iPhone 5 available for sale at 40-50% higher prices, says newspaper" DigiTimes 9:09 AM
"PSA: Don't leave negative reviews for non-widescreen apps -- developers are updating as fast as they can!" iMore 9:34 AM
"iPhone 5 white & black unboxing" iDownload Blog 9:35 AM
"iPhone 5 Unboxing - Both Black and White Models - AKA the obligatory iPhone unboxing (Video)" Insanely Great Mac 12:14 PM
"iPhone OS 3: Let's Build an App List" Low End Mac 1:40 PM
AppleCare/Helps
"Developers claim Safari in iOS 6 breaks Web apps with aggressive caching: The HTTP specification says one thing, Safari does another." Ars Technica 7:22 PM
"iPhone 5 Benchmarked: The Fastest Smartphone in the Land/We crown the iPhone 5 speed king after pitting it against every other iPhone we've tested, along with today's top Android phones." PC Magazine 7:16 PM
"Apple iPhone 5 review: The thinnest, slickest, fastest iPhone yet." Register Hardware 9:04 AM
"iPhone 5 review: Apple's latest smartphone gets a bigger screen, LTE, and more power — but does it keep the crown?" The Verge 8:34 AM
"Watch This: Josh demos the iPhone 5 on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" The Verge 9:29 AM
"Review: Style triumphs over substance in iPhone 5" Boston Herald 11:15 AM
"Kindle Fire HD vs. iPad: How does the new Kindle Fire HD compare with the best tablet on the block?" CNET Reviews 9:06 PM
"Review: First crop of iPhone 5 cases available now" GigaOM 7:08 PM
"DaVinci Resolve: Which GPU provides the best acceleration on the Mac Pro?" Bare Feats 11:25 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Local search Field Test: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps/In part two of our Apple Maps app testing, we decided to perform local searches of landmarks and other locations and the results were clearly lopsided." CNET Reviews 9:08 PM
"The Grand Central Apple Store Reportedly Has No Lines, And Plenty Of iPhones" Business Insider 7:20 PM
"Updated: Top 12 ways to trade old iPhones for cash now that you have your iPhone 5" 9 to 5 Mac 1:42 PM
"iOS 6: Talking to Siri and saying 'hi'" TUAW 1:40 PM
"Get Weather on iPad with the Clock App" OS X Daily 1:02 PM
"Here's where to get LTE on your iPhone 5" The Verge 12:44 PM
"Watch out! iOS 6 can jack up your phone bill—Steer clear of sticker shock—follow these steps to disable the iO6 features that can eat up your iPhone or iPad's data plan" InfoWorld 11:11 AM
"The iPhone 5 Weather app can function as a world clock" iDownload Blog 7:11 PM
"Get Siri to tell you the temperature in centigrade" Mac OS X Hints 10:13 AM
"Want an iPhone 5 today? Go to a carrier store" VentureBeat 9:36 AM
"How to get an iPhone 5 with unlimited data" CNNMoney 9:24 AM
"So you hate iOS 6 Maps? Here are your best alternative options" Digital Trends 9:33 AM
"Hate iOS 6 Maps? Here's What To Do ..." Forbes 9:01 AM
"Don't Like the iOS 6 Podcasts App? Get Rid of It" Kirkville 8:54 AM
"How to track your iPhone 5 delivery if you're in the UK" iMore 9:34 AM
"You Don't Need a F*cking Case for Your iPhone 5" Gizmodo 9:28 AM
"Apple's annual iPhone snafus: Every year, around the time of the iPhone's release, reports of problems plaguing Apple's new smartphone inevitably pop up." CNNMoney 9:09 AM
"Tim Cook Continues to Slowly Kill Post-Steve Jobs Apple" TheStreet 8:48 AM
"Did you pay too much for your iPhone 5 today?" Forbes 8:20 AM
"Not Everyone is Bothered by Apple Maps [Video] Mashable 7:08 PM
"More finger pointing over the quality of Apple Maps" GigaOM 1:01 PM
"Nokia comes out swinging after Apple's rocky iOS 6 Maps launch" ZDNet 11:59 AM
"The Most Hilarious Fails of Apple Maps" Forbes 11:14 AM
"Surviving the Mapocalypse: Apple's map app careens off-course/Apple's Maps is so spectacularly bad it's inspired its own Internet meme. Funny? You bet. But it's also proof that the Jobs era truly is over" InfoWorld 11:11 AM
"Google has a whopping 7,100 people working on Maps alone" BGR 7:20 PM
"Inside the lonely, cranky Microsoft Store on iPhone 5 launch day" VentureBeat 7:11 PM
"Verizon CFO: 'Unlimited Is Just a Word'" Mashable 12:01 PM
"The web design blind spot: Browser zoom shouldn't spell user gloom" ZDNet 11:46 AM
"Why Linux on the desktop is still struggling" ZDNet 11:46 AM
"No More Burnt Raspberry Pi: Safe Supercharging for Super-Small PC" Wired Magazine 11:43 AM
"Bull claims x86 enterprise server performance crown" V3 11:40 AM
"Nokia: Here's why the Lumia 920 is better than the iPhone 5" CNET News 12:01 PM
"HTC's Windows Phones Knock the Wind Out of Nokia" Techland 11:37 AM
"More Passwords, More Problems: The more we depend on the Web, the more passwords we accumulate—and forget. Some startups think they have a solution." Technology Review 11:29 AM
"10 common mobile security problems to attack" Network World 11:00 AM
"BlackBerry Outage Strikes EMEA On iPhone 5 Launch Day: Ouch — That's Gotta Hurt (Updated)" TechCrunch 11:28 AM
"RIM: On iPhone 5 Day, A Perfectly Timed Service Outage" Forbes 10:34 AM
"Mobile Carriers Could Lose Premium Services Game" E-Commerce Times 10:21 AM
"Tip: Clean up your Facebook news feed" USA Today 11:38 AM
"Hewlett-Packard keeps all of its cash overseas, says U.S. Senate report" Sacramento Business Journal 9:45 AM
"HP Agrees With Microsoft: Apple's Wrong" The Motley Fool 9:45 AM
"Meg Whitman Marks One-Year Anniversary at HP: It's Still a Value Trap Says Najarian" [Video Report] Breakout 11:54 AM
"Here's How Hewlett-Packard Can Become a Major Player in the Tablet Industry" The Motley Fool 11:55 AM
"U.S. Senate Accuses Microsoft of Avoiding Tax: A U.S. Senate committee memo said Microsoft Corp. used agressive international tax maneuvers to avoid billions of dollars in taxes over the past three years." [Video Report] Bloomberg 9:51 AM
"Hearing: Microsoft (legally) avoided $6.5B in taxes over 3 years" Seattle Times 11:08 AM
"Senator Carl Levin On Microsoft's 'Tax Shams And Gimmicks'" Forbes 11:56 AM
"Windows 8: Microsoft's 'New Coke'" Fortune 11:56 AM
"Microsoft Deploys College-Kid Cool in Windows 8 Apps Race" Bloomberg Businessweek 11:08 AM
"Xbox 360 holiday bundles to compete with Wii U, PS3" TG Daily 11:32 AM
"IBM: Last chance to load up on Power 6+" The Register 11:35 AM
"ARM vs Intel: The fight for the datacentre hots up" ZDNet 11:46 AM
"Perceptual Computing: The Key to Intel's Future" Forbes 9:46 AM
"Intel's Under the Radar Smartphone Strategy" The Motley Fool 9:47 AM
"Why No Ultrabook Pep Rally At IDF? PC vendors expect Windows 8 Ultrabooks to reverse PC sales that are eroding to tablets. So why didn't Intel rally the developer troops to start placing component orders at IDF?" InformationWeek 10:02 AM
"Intel's Tiny Wi-Fi Chip Could Have a Big Impact: The digitization of communications radios could mean cheaper, less power-hungry devices." Technology Review 11:29 AM
"Sharp in talks to supply LCD panels to Intel - sources" Reuters 9:47 AM
"Senator takes cybersecurity law fight to CEOs: Letter to execs includes eight questions about whether their companies have adopted a set of best practices on cybersecurity" CSO 11:02 AM
"Resources for 802.11ac 'Gigabit' Wi-Fi" Network World 11:02 AM
"11ac will be faster, but how much faster really?" Network World 11:03 AM
"The Cloud Journey Has Just Begun" TheStreet 9:45 AM
"PCs vs Macs: How they stack up" USA Today 11:38 AM
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks rise after iPhone 5 launch" MarketWatch 9:28 AM
"Europe Markets: Spain bailout speculation lifts European stocks/Madrid paces gains among regional benchmarks; London lags" MarketWatch 11:49 AM
"European Stocks Rise Slightly" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:36 AM
"Spain bailout speculation shores up markets despite ongoing global growth concerns: Spanish stocks led a recovery in global markets Friday amid speculation the country was preparing to tap a new European aid program, a day after uncertainty about the fragile world economy dented investor sentiment." Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 9:41 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:51 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:51 PM
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