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Friday Highlights: Citing inside information, 9 to 5 Mac reports of new details on Jony Ive's redesign of iOS 7 which will be "black, white, and flat all over", additional coverage in our Hardware/Software section; in what sounds like bad news for Apple, Judge in e-book antitrust case believes the US Department of Justice has sufficient evidence to show Apple guilty of price-fixing; fellow defendant, Penguin, decides to settle with DoJ; more OS X spyware has been found by researchers; WWDC keynote to land on 10 June; Macworld advises upgrade to 11.0.3 citing app improvements; Macworld UK reviews Acorn 4, powerful, "affordable image editor"; restore your Mac from Time Machine; PopClip is a little app for OS X which presents an iOS-like clipboard aide; Techland lists what could be "the most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts"; should we be upset that Apple is thinking about ditching the folder structure of OS X?; iPhone 5 loses lead in camera tests to Samsung's Galaxy S4; Apple releases new ad for iPhone 5, Jay Yarow says the ad is "great"; reports in our General Interest section; Memorial Day weekend sale at Best Buy offers $50 off iPhone (begins Sunday); the first Apple computer made still works, on sale for $400,000; iPhone 5 repair costs rising; Mashable shows steps to take in order to sync your Facebook contacts to your iPhone; TUAW's Ross Rubin looks at all the companies that attempted to compete with the iPod in what he calls a "trail of tears"; AllThingsD's D11 conference is next week, Tim Cook to be interviewed, and here's a list of four questions Horace Dediu hopes will be asked; John Mello on the news surrounding the mysterious iWatch, now slated for a 2014 release; Ted Landau says the joy of Apple TV is not just having one, but many in the house.
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"Video: Foxconn's factory workers get an Apple Store" Fortune 7:35 AM
"Slippery web designers at Apple hide court ordered apology perpetually below the fold" Boing Boing 9:16 AM
"Next week's Apple-Google FRAND trial may be canceled on Monday morning" Foss Patents 11/3
"Apple Finally Posts The Correct Apology: Hurrah!" Forbes 11/3
"Apple finally complies with latest UK ruling, apologizes for snarky letter, runs correct Samsung/Apple judgement" 9 to 5 Mac 11/3
"Apple posts revised 'Samsung did not copy' statement, acknowledges first version was inaccurate" Engadget 11/3
"Apple's mea culpa: U.K. site posts apology, new statement/After testing a British court's patience with a not so apologetic public statement, the iPhone and iPad maker is finally eating humble pie." CNET News 11/3
"A tale of two execs: Microsoft's Sinofsky and Apple's Forstall/commentary Both were growing in influence, with a reputation for being difficult. Now one is the architect of Microsoft's comeback attempt in consumer markets and the other is being forced out of Apple. What happened?" CNET News 11/3
"Uh-Oh Insider Trading: SVP Legal Bruce Sewell Sells AAPL Stock" Patently Apple 11/3
"The ultimate productivity suite shootout for OS X & iOS" The Next Web 11/3
"Hands-On With Evernote 5 for Mac (Beta)" iSource 11/2
"Ask the iTunes Guy: The iTunes Store and Apple IDs" Macworld 11/2
"SeaMonkey PPC: Another Browser Option for PowerPC Macs" Low End Mac 11/2
"Take Screenshots Of Single Windows Or Sheets With Command-Shift-4 [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 11/2
"Quick Tip: Setting up Google mail on iOS and OS X" GigaOM 11/2
"OS X 10.7 & 10.8: Resetting Lost Account Passwords" The Mac Observer 11/2
"The Pain Of Searching For iPhone And iPad Apps Made Easy In iTunes (no, really!)" Mac 360 11/2
"For Graphic Designers: Yet Another Elegant Color Scheme App For Your Mac" Mac 360 11/2
"Stream Free Music To Your Mac With The Coolest New Music Player In The Mac's Menubar" NoodleMac 11/2
"A New Way To Get Daily News On Your Mac's Desktop (hint: it's RSS)" TeraTalks 11/2
"How To Enlarge Small Photos On Your Mac And Reduce Pixelation, Grain, And Jaggies" McSolo 11/2
"An Easier Way To Drag And Drop On Your Mac Also Has A Price Tag" Mac 360 11/2
"Free: The Minimalist Network Scanner App For The Mac (with the best app icon)" BohemianBoomer 11/2
Op/Ed
"Skeuomorphism is (finally) dead: So what is Apple's next design move?" GigaOM 11/3
"My Must-Have Mac Apps, 2012 Edition" MacStories 11/2
Press Releases
"Daylight Saving Time reminder: The US makes the switch to Daylight Saving Time Sunday, November 4, 2012. If you use Entourage or Outlook for Mac, you'll need to quit and relaunch before it recognizes the time change." OfficeforMacHelp 11/2
"You have the following search engines installed" Rixstep 11/2
"MacMate takes on Google, Dropbox and Microsoft with MacMate Disk" prMac 11/2
"Apple Begins Running iPad Mini 'Piano' TV Ad" MacRumors 11/3
"iPad Mini sells out quick at Apple's top NYC store" CNET News 11/2
"Apple Sold Out Of The iPad Mini At Its New York Store In ~2 Hours" Business Insider 11/2
"iPad Mini launch fails to impress Wall Street: Long lines and sellouts of Apple's new tablet don't appear to impress Wall Street much. The company's stock takes another dip." CNET News 11/2
"Initial iPad mini stock selling out at various Apple Stores around the world" 9 to 5 Mac 11/2
"iPad Mini goes on sale as thousands queue: Apple's iPad mini has gone on sale around the world, with analysts predicting that the company could sell more than one million this weekend." Telegraph 11/2
"After Declaring It the Future of Yahoo, CEO Marissa Mayer Appoints IntoNow's Adam Cahan as Mobile Kingpin (Internal Memo, Natch!)" AllThingsD 11/2
"Alcatel-Lucent dips into loss as sales decline and margins get thinner" IDG News Service 11/2
"Alcatel-Lucent Vows to Fix Finances" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11/2
"Verizon: Sandy could have 'significant' impact on profit" CNNMoney 11/2
"iOS 6.0.1 already jailbroken -- for some devices" CNET News 11/2
Publications/Podcasts
"24 Hours With iPad Mini: Our First Impressions On A Special Edition CultCast" Cult of Mac 11/3
"The TouchArcade Show - 76 - The Hunt for Cheese Dusted Corn Products" Touch Arcade 11/2
"Gene Steinberg meets the 'iTunes Guy,' Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's Jim Galbraith, and Mac|Life's Adrian Hoppel this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 11/2
"Bryan Chaffin on Steve Balmer's Competence, Apple's Management Shake-Up and Evil Amazon (Part 1)" MacNotables 11/2
"The Vergecast 053 - November 1st, 2012" ["00:42:50 - iPad mini review; 00:54:00 - 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display review; 01:01:00 - Apple's Scott Forstall's fatal mistake was not signing iOS 6 Maps apology letter: sources"] The Verge 11/2
"So many iPads, so tough to decide: The iPad mini is the latest member of the growing family, making it increasingly complicated to settle on the right one for you." Seattle Times 11/2
"Getting the most out of Game Center" Macworld 11/2
"How to setup and start using your new iPad mini or iPad" iMore 11/2
"Dragging an image on iPhone: Often we want to drag an image view or other control around the main view. Since all user interface controls inherit from UIView, this is a simple matter of adjusting the view's frame at runtime in response to touch events. Let's see how it's done." The iPhone Developer Resource 11/2
"How to Own Apple Products Without Getting Screwed" Mactuts+ 11/2
Tips
"The iPad mini has landed: Your questions answered/A full review is in the works, but here are answers to several reader questions." Ars Technica 11/2
"Syncing music playback between two iPhones" iLounge 11/2
"Should You Buy The iPad Mini Or The New iPad?" Business Insider 11/2
"iPad Mini available today, so here's how to get one fast" NBC News 11/2
"How to keep your phone juiced longer/Question: How can I keep my phone running as long as possible during a natural disaster like Sandy?" USA Today 11/2
"Why You Can Still Sell Your Original iPad for $250" Wired Magazine 11/2
"Q&A: Putting the iPad on the Big Screen/Is there a way to show iBooks pages on my iPad on an HDTV screen? If so, what would I need to do it?" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 11/2
"Backed Or Whacked: To Have But Not To Hold The iPad | TechCrunch" TechCrunch 10:31 PM
"It Costs Microsoft Just $83 More To Make A Surface Than It Costs Apple To Make An iPad Mini" ParisLemon 8:35 PM
"Apple's taxes on overseas profits last year: Less than 2 percent/That's much lower than the 35 percent corporate tax rate in the U.S., and calls i" CNET News 6:52 PM
"iPad mini promises big sales volumes—yet a teeny, tiny profit" GigaOM 2:32 PM
"The iPad Mini Is The Ideal Second Screen Companion" TechCrunch 2:21 PM
"Why I think Apple is Building An Ad Hoc Social Network" Cult of Mac 2:09 PM
"This Is An iPad Launch Day Like No Other" App Advice 11/2
"Apple's Gorgeous-Looking New Laptop Gets A Surprisingly Mediocre Review" Business Insider 11/2
"iPad mini is here, and some thoughts on non-Retina" iMore 11/2
"iPad Mini's quite a handful: Accelerometer could use some extra speed" The Register 11/2
"'This is Apple. It will take them 2 weeks to alter their website, will it?'" The Register 11/2
"People Expecting Long iPad mini Lines Can't Do Math" The Mac Observer 11/2
"Attention yellow journalists: Wi-Fi-only iPad minis launch today, 4G LTE models later this month, that is why lines are 'shorter' today: Advice for certain media outlets: Report the news, don't attempt to create it lest your credibility end up in tatters." MacDailyNews 11/2
"Revised Apple statement on iPad 'copying' appears in UK papers" Ars Technica 11/2
"Apple's Non-Apology Smacks Of Same Arrogance That Took Down RIM, Nokia" Forbes 11/2
"How does Apple's 'non-apology' to Samsung rank?" FOXNews 11/2
"Apple Apologises To Samsung: But Will They Have To Do It Again?" Forbes 11/2
"Here's The Absurd Advertisement Apple Is Being Forced To Run About Samsung" Business Insider 11/2
"The Apple apology that I would write: British judges are insisting that Apple posts an 'accurate' apology: explaining that Samsung didn't copy the iPad: within the next 48 hours. Here's my humble suggestion." CNET News 11/2
"Why Doesn't Apple Give Critics What They Want?" PixoBebo 11/2
"How Apple Gouges iPhone And iPad Customers With High Prices On Storage" Mac 360 11/2
"No One Cares About Your Decision to Leave Apple Products and No One from Apple Will Read Your Poorly-Written Open Letter" Curious Rat 11/2
"Nov 3, 2012 - 12:00AM PT: How data helped me learn to love the small screen" GigaOM 11/3
"When is a kids' online game actually an ad?" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 11/2
"One in seven North American home networks full of malware" The Register 11/2
"Researchers Turn The Tables On A Hacker, Infecting His PC With Malware And Grabbing Video Of Him At Work" TechCrunch 11/2
"Making a smart decision on which phone" Fairfax NZ News 11/2
"Native mobile app dev vs. HTML5: Why not both?" InfoWorld 11/2
"The San Francisco tech scene, fictionalized: Robin Sloan's buzzy novel Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is set in an old-school bookstore, sure, but it is packed with startup name-dropping and exciting technology." Fortune 11/2
"Samsung's 10-Inch Android Tablets: Which Is Best?" InformationWeek 11/2
"Android 'Jelly Bean' usage share grows in October, but 'Ice Cream Sandwich' grows faster" ZDNet 11/2
"Amazon Kindle Fire HD review: Amazon's tablet is a great buy for Kindle fans, but it's let down by sluggish performance and an unintuitive interface" The Inquirer 11/2
"Ultrabook Sales To Rise Dramatically? I Don't Think So" MacNews 11/2
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