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"Apple Working on Smart TV Set: Competition Set to Increase" The Motley Fool 8:57 AM
"Apple iPad dominates tablet web activity: Sales of Google's Nexus and Amazon's Kindle tablets may be growing but tablet web activity is still dominated by Apple's iPad, according to new figures." Telegraph 8:02 AM
"Forte: Apple to Release Something Never Thought Up" [Video Report] Bloomberg 9:23 AM
"iPad Is Still King Of The Web With 87% Of Tablet Web Traffic [Report] Cult of Android 8:07 AM
"iPad mini 'The Next Big Thing' in China" AllThingsD 7:45 AM
"Looking back: the five most important Apple stories of 2012" Ars Technica 8:07 AM
"Apple in 2012: new Macs, Mountain Lion and iTunes 11/Apple made a ton of Mac hardware and software announcements in 2012" Macworld UK 7:54 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Crossfade preventing play count updates in iTunes 11: If your iTunes 11 installation will not update play counts, then its crossfade feature may be to blame." CNET Reviews 6:53 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How To Locate & Manage Your 'Stuff' in OS X" The Mac Observer 6:25 PM
"Review: Studiometry 10.0 grows as your business does" Macworld 1:16 PM
"Measuring 2012 in Macintosh performance: Comparing benchmark performance tests of Mac models released in 2012 makes interesting reading and offers some striking conclusions." ZDNet 1:12 PM
"DVD-less Snow Leopard installation on older Mac" Macworld 9:24 AM
"iTunes playlists, tags, and track durations" Macworld 9:24 AM
"How to install and use iCloud on Windows" Digital Trends 10:29 AM
"How to Enable SNMP on an AirPort Base Station" Macinstruct 8:42 AM
"Password Protect Your Files in OS X" Mactuts+ 8:06 AM
"How To: Make Library visible in OS X 10.8" FairerPlatform 7:42 AM
"How To: Disable Dashboard in OS X Mountain Lion" FairerPlatform 7:43 AM
Op/Ed
"Why Apple must do a Netbook now: With news that users are hacking Windows and Linux Netbooks to run OS X--and run it pretty well--Apple needs to release a Netbook of its own before it loses ground in the highest-growth laptop category." CNET Reviews 3:02 PM
"Apple: Fix OS X Dashboard by Enabling iOS Apps" FairerPlatform 7:42 AM
Press Releases
"XtraFinder Adds Tabs, Keyboard Shortcuts, and Other Tweaks to OS X's Finder" Lifehacker 8:02 AM
"2012 in review: Macworld's top stories" Macworld 8:21 AM
"App-y New Year: Apple's 2012 reflections and 2013 predictions/As the year draws to a close, we reflect on 2012 and make our predictions for 2013." Macworld UK 7:55 AM
"The Most Important Apple Stories of 2012 [Best Of 2012] Cult of Mac 11:31 AM
"Pirated iOS app store Installous shutters: A major source for pirated versions of iOS apps went down for good today, but it's not the end of the world for those with jailbroken iDevices." CNET News 9:27 PM
"Now Intel Is Trying To Beat Apple To A TV" Business Insider 8:57 AM
"Apple Sighs in Relief – Pirate App Store Shuts Down For Good" TorrentFreak 7:58 AM
"Hackulous, the pirated iOS app community, abruptly closes" The Verge 7:58 AM
"Hackulous iOS app community closes" TUAW 11:31 AM
"There's A New Cydia Repository In Town And It's Ready For Action" App Advice 9:24 AM
"This mom gave her son an 18-point contract with his iPhone. Would you be tempted?" The Next Web 7:43 AM
"2012 in review: PCWorld's top stories" PCWorld 8:11 AM
"Meet Ms. Mac 2012 [Infographic] Redmond Pie 11:31 AM
"Typical Mac user is a freckly, glasses-wearing gal/Statistics and surveys meld together to form an unscientific composite of data showing what the typical Mac user looks like. Spoiler alert: Bangs aren't popular." CNET News 1:16 PM
"NY mayor blames crime rise on thefts of iPad and iPhone" Crave @ CNET 8:19 AM
"Philips preps first OLED desk lamp" TG Daily 11:34 AM
"FourSquare to show full names and share more data with businesses" TG Daily 11:34 AM
"Facebook app spurs spike in Snapchat popularity" PCWorld 10:54 AM
"Facebook flaw reveals NYE messages" TG Daily 11:33 AM
"Facebook deals with messaging flaw" The Independent 10:38 AM
"Daily Report: India Still Waits for Cheap Tablet" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:34 AM
"Samsung to sell first Tizen smartphone next year, report says" CNET News 9:57 AM
"Samsung TV with 'unprecedented' new shape and design teased for CES" The Verge 9:56 AM
"Samsung aims to upend TV design at CES, clearly" CNET 9:55 AM
"Sony stops production of PlayStation 2" BBC 10:03 AM
"From The Last of Us to GTA V, the games we can't wait for in 2013: With 2013 upon us we look forward to the videogames worth getting excited about." The Independent 10:36 AM
"Zynga slashes games and jobs in effort to regroup: Say goodbye to 'PetVille,' but we'll still have 'Words with Friends'" Salon 11:18 AM
"Game Over for 11 Zynga Games" PC Magazine 10:50 AM
"Online services for Madden NFL 11, others get sacked" CNET News 9:55 AM
"Intel to Launch Cable TV Service at CES 2013" The Mac Observer 9:59 AM
"Samsung Sells Millionth Galaxy Note II In Its Domestic Market" TechCrunch 8:02 AM
"Samsung Teases 'Unprecedented TV' to Keep Ahead of Apple at CES" The Mac Observer 1:38 PM
"Samsung TV with 'unprecedented' new shape and design teased for CES" The Verge 7:57 AM
"The worst security exploits, fails and blunders: 2012 in review/Dropbox, Microsoft, Skype, Norton all made the news in 2012 for the wrong reasons." PCWorld 7:54 AM
"How do I keep my iPhone from overheating on a long road trip? CNET reader Meghan asks Sharon for her advice on keeping her iPhone cool during a long road trip to Comic-Con. Here's what she suggests." CNET Reviews 2:24 PM
"Six things every new iPad (or iPhone) owner should do immediately" ZDNet 11:32 AM
"Q&A: How to Share an Apple TV" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:44 AM
"How do I make the spam stop? My club is being spammed by LinkedIn. How can I make the messages stop?" Telegraph 8:02 AM
"Who is Reading Magazines on Android?" Marco Arment 3:01 PM
"Does Apple's Relocated Headphone Jack Signal A Future iPhone Projector?" App Advice 2:55 PM
"Where Is Apple's iPhone Watch? Apple needs to release a smartwatch soon in order to beat its competition to the market." PC Magazine 2:55 PM
"The Triple-Dog-Dare Pricing of the iPad mini" The Motley Fool 2:24 PM
"Will Samsung's Anti-iPhone 5 Ad Come Back to Bite Them?" Patently Apple 1:24 PM
"Questioning Apple and Facebook's wrong answers to real-time Q&A" VentureBeat 1:16 PM
"Here's Why Apple and Samsung Are Breaking Up: Apple is soon to drop Samsung as a supplier, fundamentally changing how every iPod and iPad gets made. Alex Klein explains the angry break up." The Daily Beast 1:13 PM
"Some of my favorite iOS apps of 2012" CNET News 12:14 PM
"Will iPad mini Cannibalization Hurt Apple's Bottom Line?" The Motley Fool 11:31 AM
"The end of the year is a good idea to clean up your mobile devices" PalmAddict 11:08 AM
"10 Tech Industry Predictions for 2013" ["Tim: 5. Apple will create a hybrid tablet/laptop.; Ben: 3. Apple will make a large investment in its supply chain."] Techland 10:46 AM
"Powerocks To Exhibit At Ces -- Announces New Portable Power Line For Smartphones & Tablets" Thomas PR 2:56 PM
"SkyDrive, Google Maps and other iOS app faves of 2012: The top picks from CNET blogger Lance Whitney include games, productivity software, and a couple of navigation apps to help you find your way around." CNET News 1:37 PM
"ChoreMonster makes kids beg for chores, in exchange for rewards" ["The redesigned web app is live today and the updated iOS app is on the way. It is free to use, although there is a premium version available for $4.99 a month."] VentureBeat 12:38 PM
"Fund this: An iPhone game controller that's also a case" CNET Reviews 10:43 AM
"The MUG Event Calendar for the Week of December 31: Apple's Dave Marra and the Start of 2013" The MUG Center 8:20 AM
"RunKeeper Releases Major New Update For iOS App" AppleBitch 2:14 PM
"Runkeeper gets sleek with update to 3.0" GigaOM 8:25 AM
"RunKeeper aims to keep its 14 million users running with new app UI and improved photo sharing" The Next Web 8:19 AM
"Just in time for New Year's, RunKeeper upgraded to 3.0" TUAW 8:19 AM
"The future foretold: Apple, Google, cyber attacks, and more in 2013/What's likely to happen over the next 12 months? Try iBlenders, Kim Jong-un superstar, and total nuclear armageddon" InfoWorld 10:35 AM
"Battery Life Boost Coming From New Antenna Tech" BYTE 9:59 AM
"Mobile networks braced for 'busiest ever' New Year surge" BBC 10:04 AM
"The year everything went mobile: Smartphones and tablets stomped all over the old-school personal computer in 2012. Society won't ever be the same" Salon 11:17 AM
"The Mobile Business Got Tougher This Year: One basic market trend—consumers' rapidly shifting attention to mobile devices—forced many Web, software, and hardware companies to take big risks this year." Technology Review 11:31 AM
"Topology paves the way for new LCDs" TG Daily 11:34 AM
"Stocks rally on hopes Congress might act: U.S. stocks rallied Monday, ending a volatile year on a high note, as investors welcomed signs a fiscal cliff deal is taking shape in Washington." CNNMoney 4:07 PM
"Four in a Row: Dow Gains 7.3% in 2012" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:07 PM
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks mostly down on lack of U.S. cliff deal" MarketWatch 9:33 AM
"Asian Shares Fall Amid U.S. Fiscal Woes" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:36 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks mixed as 'cliff' deadline nears/Stoxx Europe 600 ends 2012 with 14% gain" MarketWatch 1:23 PM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 1:30 PM
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