"ITC judge clears Apple, Intel, HP of patent infringement allegations" AppleInsider 6:31 AM
"Google Maps Is Back, but Apple's Outta Whack: Tech Weekly" TheStreet 6:58 AM
"5 Ways Google Maps Beats Apple Maps: Google Maps' triumphant return to the iPhone exposes just how bad Apple's app really is." InformationWeek 9:03 AM
"Google Maps for iOS may violate European data protection law: German watchdog says the issue is turning location data sharing on by default." Ars Technica 4:56 PM
"Foxconn iPhone Factory Under Scrutiny Again" DeviceMAG 6:58 AM
"Andreessen: Here's The Difference Between Steve Jobs And Tim Cook" Business Insider 7:35 AM
"Redesigned and Expanded Third Street Promenade Apple Store Opens in Santa Monica, CA" MacRumors 4:17 PM
"iPad Mini set to eclipse Retina iPad: The iPad Mini could become the iPad standard bearer, according to NPD DisplaySearch." CNET News 12/14
"Apple Doubles iPad Mini Display Orders: Stronger than expected demand has led Apple to increase the number of iPad Mini displays on order from 6 million to 12 million." InformationWeek 12/14
"Report: iPad Mini sales may be double Apple's original order" Electronista 12/14
"For iPhone users, Google Maps is back: Apple's maps application proved to be far inferior to Google's, turning what was supposed to be a setback for Google into a vindication." Associated Press 12/14
"An iPhone Detour to Google Maps: IPhone Owners Rush to Download App, Bypassing Apple's Pre-Installed Version" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/14
"Apple rumors bloom near Malta: New speculation centers on GlobalFoundries as company's chip maker" Albany Times Union 12/14
"Intel, Apple, Hewlett-Packard Win Patent Ruling: An International Trade Commission administrative law judge ruled for Intel Corp., Apple Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. in a patent case over chip technology brought by X2Y Attenuators LLC, a small company that sought an order blocking imports of the defendants' products." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/14
"iPhone In Violation Of Three Patents Owned By MobileMedia" Redmond Pie 12/14
"Jury: Apple Not Infringing on Alcatel-Lucent Video Patents" The Mac Observer 12/14
"French reporters infiltrate Foxconn iPhone 5 factory, find few of the vaunted changes" Engadget 12/14
"Lingering issues found at Foxconn's iPhone factory: A new investigative report that went inside one of Foxconn's busiest factories claims there are still major issues with working conditions." CNET News 12/14
"An Early Video Peek at Apple's New 3-Level Hong Kong Flagship Store" M.I.C. Gadget 12/14
"Latest Mac malware adds to 'troubling trend,' says security expert" ZDNet 12/14
"More than 80% use iTunes 11, 21% hate it, many can't run it: Our survey found that iTunes 11 uptake is strong, but not everyone's pleased" Macworld UK 12/14
"Apple launches iCloud, Services, and Services status page" ZDNet 12/14
"Apple Launches New Comprehensive Service Status Page" App Advice 12/14
"Apple announces Mac App Store's Best of 2012: Deux Ex takes Game of the Year on Mac" Electronista 12/14
"OS X Server (Mountain Lion): 'An SSL error has occurred' message when upgrading to Server app v2.2" Apple Support 6:29 AM
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/This week readers e-mailed in questions about Target Display mode in iMac systems and RAM purchases for Macs among others." MacFixIt 12/14
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Turbocharge the Mac's Finder/Version reviewed: XtraFinder 0.12" Softpedia 12/14
"Adjust 5 review: Created HDR and tone-mapped images with this superb Photpshop plug-in" Macworld UK 12/14
"iArt Pro review: A basic painting package, enhanced with a colour overlay function" Macworld UK 12/14
"Fill your home with holiday music" Macworld 12/14
"The Festive Apple 2012: Christmas Trees for OS X, iOS, and the living room" AppleTell 12/14
"How Mac Sheeple Backup Up Files To The Cloud With The DollyDrive App" Mac 360 12/14
"What The Top Mac App For 2012 Can Do To Enhance Your Photos" TeraTalks 12/14
"100 Ways To Love And Lust For The Mac's Top Camera Utility App For 2012" BohemianBoomer 12/14
"The Best 2012 Menubar App For The Mac Is A Tie (one is free, one is not)" NoodleMac 12/14
"The Top Mac Social App For 2012 Doesn't Come From Twitter Or Facebook" McSolo 12/14
Op/Ed
"How Pixle Created Its Clever Cut-and-Fold App 'Foldify'" Wired 2:36 PM
"Made in America Macs Soon, iOS and OS X Will Not Merge, iMac RAM Upgrade, and More Mac News" Low End Mac 12/14
"For Apple, change could be a good sign" Macworld 12/14
"iTunes 11: iTunes desperately needs a complete rethinking. iTunes 11 isn't that. It seems as if Apple tried to hide iTunes' complexity under a shallow veneer of simplicity. Unfortunately, a new coat of paint won't fix the leaning tower of Pisa." ignore the code 12/14
"Staff Picks: The Top 6 Best Mac Apps Of 2012 (from the Mac App Store)" Mac 360 12/14
"Media Alert: FotoMagico 4.1 Free Update Keeps Track Of Your Media Assets" prMac 12/14
"Digital Heaven releases DH_SubtitleX for Final Cut Pro X and Motion 5" prMac 12/14
"Christmasville from Nevosoft" ["Christmas is in danger! Santa Claus has been abducted from his home at the North Pole. You play from the perspective of Arthur Knight, a private detective who reluctantly starts his own investigation of the case of the missing Santa."] Nevosoft 12/14
"Christmasville from Nevosoft Now Available on Mac App Store" prMac 12/14
"Santa Brings Picture Collage Maker Pro with 30% off plus a Free Gift" prMac 12/14
"Apple opens iPhone 5 sales in China" AppleInsider 12/14
"Apple's China reservation system again cuts down on lines, scalpers for iPhone 5" AppleInsider 12/14
"iPhone 5 Launch in China Is Cold, Quiet, and Lifeless (videos)" M.I.C. Gadget 12/14
"Samsung exec comes out as Apple fanboy: Samsung chief strategy office Young Sohn has admitted that he prefers using a Mac, iPhone and iPad" Macworld UK 12/14
"The $105 iPhone 5: Smaller Carriers Turn to Payment Plans to Bring Down Smartphone Prices" Techland 12/14
"Report On iOS 6 Adoption After Google Maps Release Suggests Impact Of Apple Maps Exaggerated" TechCrunch 12/14
"Apple brings back app 'gifting' straight from your iOS device: And the absent-minded can schedule up to 90 days in advance, too." Ars Technica 12/14
"Apple iOS users can now gift an app from the App Store" CNET News 12/14
"Apple reintroduces app gifting to iOS, includes new 'delivery date' option" Digital Trends 12/14
"iPad mini makes list of 'Best Boomer Tech Products for 2012'" AppleDailyReport 12/14
"Apple confirms Amazon ebooks bendover, EU watchdog drops bone" The Register 12/14
"Police on Apple store tasering: It was 'justified'/After reviewing an incident in which a 44-year-old woman was tasered for allegedly refusing to leave an Apple store, police conclude the act was 'justified and appropriate.'" CNET News 12/14
"A Chinese Woman Got Tasered By U.S. Cops For Buying Too Many iPhones From Apple Store" M.I.C. Gadget 12/14
"The Most Meta Use Of Apple Stickers We've Ever Seen [Image] Cult of Mac 12/14
"Cop Busted for Buying $15 iPhone From Another Officer" Mashable 12/14
"Latest Steve Jobs action figure remarkably detailed" CNET News 12/14
Non-Apple News
"Ray Kurzweil Joins Google As Engineering Director Focusing On Machine Learning And Language Tech" TechCrunch 12/14
Publications/Podcasts
"The TouchArcade Show - 82 - Prone to Odd Infections" Touch Arcade 12/14
"Gene Steinberg meets Adam Engst of TidBITS, Jim Dalrymple of The Loop, and Avram Piltch of Laptop magazine this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 12/14
"How iOS emulation is reviving an arcane, arcade-inspired retro console: Vectrex Regeneration brings Asteroids-style vector graphics back home again." Ars Technica 3:41 PM
"Apple Suppliers Hit By Order Cuts, Analyst Says" WSJ Blogs 12/14
"Apple Doubles iPad Mini Display Orders: Stronger than expected demand has led Apple to increase the number of iPad Mini displays on order from 6 million to 12 million." InformationWeek 12/14
"NPD questions if iPad shipments will topple 100M next year" ZDNet 12/14
"Taiwan market: Retail sales of iPad 4, iPad mini start" DigiTimes 12/14
"Foxconn refutes rumors of issues with automated production plans" DigiTimes 12/14
"Next iPad Mini to Have Retina Display?" MacRumors 12/14
"Next iPad Mini to get hi-res display, larger iPad to be lighter, report says" Digital Trends 12/14
"Apple said to be working on high resolution iPad mini displays" iDownload Blog 12/14
"Macworld Buying Guide: Which MacBook should you buy? Treat yourself to a new MacBook this Christmas with Macworld's essential guide" Macworld UK 6:48 AM
"Element Case's Ronin case for iPhone 5: Lightweight luxury" TUAW 5:25 PM
"Blue Microphones Spark Digital review: a solid iOS / USB mic for recording on the go" Engadget 4:07 PM
"Scosche Realm RH656 Headphones: Good Sound Without Fuss" Cult of Android 9:20 PM
"Instaplayer: New iPad app to create animated, musical slideshows from live Instagram feeds" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 12/14
"Apple's Top 10 Free Apps of 2012" TheStreet 12/14
"Last.fm's Scrobbler Is An iOS Music Player With Recommendations & Smart Playlists" AddictiveTips 12/14
"1Password 4 for iPhone & iPad: Beautiful Security" The Mac Observer 12/14
"1Password for iOS Gets a Major Upgrade" Best App Site 12/14
"Strum Review: Strum is the video clip equivalent of Instagram. It has a slightly expensive pricing policy but the vast majority of its content is free and decent." 148Apps 12/14
"Tasers, taxes and the launch of the iPhone 5 in China" Fortune 5:57 PM
"Apple rumors never cease: The iPad Mini rumor-machine is just getting started. And don't think for a minute that you'll see fewer stories than before. Apple rumors are an unstoppable force of nature." CNET News 4:58 PM
"The Macalope Weekly: Spin city" Macworld 10:31 AM
"Apple's maps: good, bad or just dangerous to know? Apparently I shouldn't ever have liked Apple Maps app" The Guardian 10:03 AM
"Wolverton: For our new phone, AT&T was best choice" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 5:24 PM
"Apple to start building their own chips in New York?" gadgeters 7:33 AM
"Apple & Google Battle Over Maps, iOS Users Win" Apple'n'Apps 12/14
"MacBooks Dust PC Sales, Logitech Bluetooth Easy-Switch Keyboard, and More 'Book News" Low End Mac 12/14
"Why the iPad mini Will Eclipse the iPad" The Mac Observer 12/14
"Apples and Oranges: Why Mobile Versions of Console Games Don't Have As Much Depth" 148Apps 12/14
"On That iPad Mini Retina Display Rumor..." AppleBitch 12/14
"iPad mini: Bringing the elderly into the digital age" ZDNet 12/14
"Apple Could be at a Disadvantage in China for Many Years" Patently Apple 12/14
"10 Alternatives to Apple iOS 6 Maps for the iPhone 5" PC Magazine 12/14
"Apple Devices Generating Almost Two-Thirds of Web Traffic" Forbes 12/14
"My Tech Predictions for 2013'" Tech.pinions 12/14
"Andreessen explains how Steve Jobs, Tim Cook are different: The famed venture capitalist says that market share didn't matter at all to Steve Jobs, but it certainly does to Tim Cook." CNET News 12/14
"Microsoft's new Windows chief discusses Sinofsky, the iPad, and a transition to touch" The Verge 12/14
"I gave up iPad for Microsoft Surface" BetaNews 12/14
"Developers say yes to iOS, but ambivalent about Apple: Survey reveals developers' negative opinion of Apple, but huge interest in building for iOS devices; Android also gets top marks" InfoWorld 12/14
"The Top 5 Apple News Headlines Of 2012" PixoBebo 12/14
"Can a MP3 sound better than a high-resolution FLAC or Apple Lossless file? Maybe; it depends on the MP3 and the high-resolution file." CNET News 2:34 PM
"Worst products of the year: Products from 2012 that must have sounded like a good idea: but weren't." CNET TV 12/14
"Google Nexus 10 Tablet: First Impressions" The Mac Observer 12/14
"Microsoft is winning by losing in mobile: So say the analysts, who dig deep to find an upside to Microsoft's lackluster showing in mobile" InfoWorld 12/14
"Apple stock takes investors on a wild ride" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 12/14
"$AAPL Drops to $510 After UBS Cuts Estimates, Lowers Target" The Mac Observer 12/14
"Apple stock slouches toward $500, near February lows: Apple's stock continues its recent declines, dropping nearly 4 percent in a day, and reaching prices around which it hovered in mid-February." CNET News 12/14
"Apple Stock Slide Endangers $241 Million of Structured Notes" Bloomberg 12/14
"Apple Stock: Among the Nutty Theories, a Legitimate Worry" Forbes 12/14
"Here's why AAPL hit 10-month low today" iDownload Blog 12/14
"Munster: Why I Still Believe Apple Is Going To $900" Business Insider 12/14
"AAPL: Slow China iPhone 5 Response a Technicality, Says Piper" Barron's 12/14
"AAPL Falls as Low as $507.66: UBS, Jefferies Trim iPhone Views, Ponder China Question" Barron's 12/14
"U.S. Stocks Turn Lower: Stocks turned lower, erasing the S&P 500's weekly gains, as Apple weighed on technology shares and upbeat Chinese factory data failed to excite bulls." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/14
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