"Why 'New' Apple Products Won't Happen Anytime Soon" Forbes 8:05 AM
"A Cheap iPhone Will Get Tim Cook Fired" TheStreet 9:04 AM
"Apple In Trouble If U.S. Phone Market Follows France, India, China" Forbes 8:57 AM
"Apple Named in China Porn App Investigation: Apple Inc. is once again in the pages of the People's Daily, this time in an article listing a number of websites and app stores that have been investigated for providing pornographic content in China." WSJ Blogs 8:11 AM
"Apple Ordered to Remove Obscene Content From China Store" Bloomberg 8:38 AM
"Apple named in Chinese porn probe" CNET News 8:23 AM
"Apple to Samsung: our U.S. multi-touch patents won't be truly invalidated until mid-2017 or later" Foss Patents 8:43 AM
"Samsung paying students for 'fake Web reviews' --did it attack Apple, too?" Computerworld 7:55 AM
"Apple seeds OS X 10.8.4 build 12E33a to developers" 9 to 5 Mac 6:34 PM
"Oracle patches 42 browser and 21 Apple security holes" V3 8:39 AM
"Apple issues Java, printer, iPhoto, and Aperture updates: iPhoto and Aperture get new features and bug fixes, printer driver updates include new Canon and Epson models, and new security updates are implemented for Java." CNET Reviews 12:36 PM
"Apple patches security flaws in Safari and Java" The Inquirer 8:11 AM
"What's New in Safari 6.0.4, Safari 5.1.9" FairerPlatform 8:48 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How to use auditions in Final Cut Pro X" Macworld 8:47 AM
"Viewing project-related email archives" Macworld 8:43 AM
"Mac Gems: Alfred 2 ups the launcher-app ante" Macworld 9:08 AM
"Mastering Alfred 2.0 On Your Mac: Send Quick Emails To Your Contacts [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 8:44 AM
"Quick Tip: Using Facebook Chat With Messages on Mac" Mactuts+ 8:53 AM
"Ejecting and Remounting External Drives" MacMost 8:52 AM
"Manage site-specific Java settings in Safari" Mac OS X Hints 9:54 AM
"A Mostly Painless, Simple Way To Sync Two Folders On A Mac And Between Macs" BohemianBoomer 7:54 AM
"How To Turn Your Mac's Desktop Wallpaper Into Something Useful" TeraTalks 7:53 AM
"Text, Code, And Markup. Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Textastic Is The Text Editor With Legs" NoodleMac 7:53 AM
"How To Put 120 Professionally Designed Email Templates On Your Mac (less than 5-cents each)" Mac 360 7:53 AM
"A New Way To Turn Average, Humdrum, Boring Photos Into Works Of Colorful Art" McSolo 7:54 AM
Op/Ed
"I spent $1800 on iOS and Mac App Store apps in 2012" ["I still wish developers would Jury-up and charge more, and users would pay more, and Apple allowed for demos or trials or a short grace period for refunds so it would take the risk out of developers charging more appropriate prices for their work."] iMore 8:44 PM
"Repeat after me: I will back up my Mac today" ZDNet 12:36 PM
"Should Mac Users Worry About Malware? How Do You Know If Your Mac Is Infected?" Mac 360 7:54 AM
Press Releases
"Retro strategy battles with 5,000 units Machines at War 3 launches today!" Isotope244 12:30 PM
"Mac Update: DivX 9.1, Indie Game Sale, Mac Printer Drivers, NYOP Mac Bundle" FairerPlatform 12:29 PM
"HandBrakeBatch Easily Converts Multiple Videos On Your Mac" The Mac Observer 11:45 AM
"Things for Mac Gets Improved Date Handling, Performance Enhancements" iClarified 10:31 AM
"Read EPUB eBooks Instantly on Mac with Enolsoft EPUB Viewer for Mac" prMac 8:13 AM
"Apple updates iPhoto, Aperture, Safari, Java for Mac: The updates bring Photo Stream and security improvements, and also fix several bugs" Macworld UK 8:23 AM
"iPhoto 9.4.3, Aperture 3.4.4: Photo Stream Tweaks and Bug Fixes" FairerPlatform 8:05 AM
"Mailplane Puts Gmail And Google Calendar On Your Mac Desktop" Cult of Mac 8:32 AM
"Apple's Macs Make More Profit Than The Top 5 PC Makers Combined [Report]" Cult of Mac 9:15 AM
"App Annie: Google Play app revenue grew 90% in Q1 2013, but Apple's App Store still saw 2.6 times more sales" The Next Web 8:16 AM
"Apple And Google's App Stores Now Neck And Neck – Except On The Metric That Matters Most To Developers: Revenue" TechCrunch 10:32 AM
"Google Play now at 90% of iOS app store downloads; iOS still holds a 2.6X revenue lead" VentureBeat 9:54 AM
"Apple choice of 58% enterprises, Android choice of 97% malware" iDownload Blog 8:46 AM
"Google's Eric Schmidt: 'We still want Apple to use our maps'/Google Chairman reveals that the company would 'really like' to be back on iOS devices as the main mapping app" Macworld UK 8:22 AM
"Facebook Gives iOS a Homey Touch: Chat Heads and Stickers aren't just for Android phones anymore. Those features of Facebook's new Home family of networking apps are now available for iPhones and iPads, thanks to an iOS update released by the social network. However, those are just about the only Home features to make it to Apple, which may be signaling that it knows it has to keep its signature smartphone relevant in an increasingly competitive marketplace." MacNewsWorld 8:53 AM
"Apple 'in talks' over Facebook Home for iPhone: Facebook is in talks with Apple to create a version of its Facebook Home Android software for the iPhone, an executive of the social network has claimed." Telegraph 8:19 AM
"Apple taking the wraps off its first Berlin retail store" AppleInsider 8:25 AM
"Facebook Is Said to Hire Apple Maps Executive in Mobile Push" Bloomberg 10:49 AM
"Former head of iOS 6 Maps, and more Apple talent, reportedly now working for Facebook" iMore 8:45 AM
"Facebook Hires Fired Apple Maps Executive" Mashable 8:32 AM
"Fired Apple Maps engineer hired by Facebook" VentureBeat 10:45 AM
"Apple vs Samsung price war in India" iDownload Blog 12:36 PM
"Apple Faces $65 iPad Rivals in China" CNBC 8:25 AM
"Chinese iOS pirate Kuaiyong launches web app store: Bad news for Apple developers targeting PRC" The Register 8:09 AM
"Move over Siri, Sherpa's in town: This digital assistant app, popular in Spain, is rolling out in the U.S. today." CNET News 8:37 AM
"Move over, Mythbusters: Was Archimedes an ancient Steve Jobs?" The Register 8:09 AM
"'iSteve' is the 80-minute Steve Jobs comedy we've waited for" Memeburn 8:32 AM
"Funny or Die's Steve Jobs Biopic 'iSteve' Debuts Online" Mashable 8:32 AM
"Funny or Die's 'iSteve' movie hits the Web" Digital Trends 8:31 AM
"Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak on cloud services, the source of ideas and life after Steve Jobs: Wozniak says his life has become 'extremely busy' since the death of fellow Apple co-founder Steve Jobs" Macworld UK 8:56 AM
"Watch 10,000 iPhones Fall Like Dominoes" Mashable 10:31 AM
Non-Apple News
"Google Extends Chrome Download Warnings To Include Files That Could Allow Malicious Extensions Installs" TechCrunch 3:55 PM
"Sumo Logic bets on cloud for Big Data crunching" Reuters 12:22 PM
"World's first connected fork could help you eat healthier, slower, and less" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 12:01 PM
"Malwarebytes cripples thousands of computers with faulty software security update" V3 11:58 AM
"Aereo CEO on CBS & Fox cable threats: Can you really disenfranchise 54M antenna users?" VentureBeat 11:54 AM
"KALQ is a new keyboard for touchscreens" TG Daily 11:51 AM
"Novell's new Filr software offers secure alternative to Dropbox" Techworld 11:50 AM
"Titan supercomputer gets new 40-petabyte storage system: Data is processed and distributed at one terabyte per second" Techworld 11:38 AM
"Evernote CEO: We want to build hardware" PCWorld 11:34 AM
"AVG releases free 'TuneUp' application for Android devices" IDG News Service 11:38 AM
"Amazon's Android Appstore to become available in 200 more countries" IDG News Service 11:34 AM
"Mobile a top priority for Yahoo in 2013, Mayer says" IDG News Service 11:17 AM
"Thousands petition Verizon to nix wireless contracts" CNN 10:44 AM
"Move over, Apple: Toshiba Kirabook gives Windows its first Retina rival" PCWorld 10:30 AM
"KALQ is a new keyboard for touchscreens" TG Daily 10:30 AM
"Samsung Ends Anonymous Web Reviews Amid Taiwan Probe" Bloomberg 9:02 AM
"Google Drive, Gmail hit by service disruptions" CNET News 8:37 AM
"Google is granted yet another Glass Related Design Patent" Patent Bolt 4:17 PM
"Microsoft Reveals their Indoor Mobile Device Location System" Patent Bolt 3:00 PM
"Microsoft may have Two Google Glass-Like Projects in the Wings" Patent Bolt 11:58 AM
"Was Microsoft Just Granted 3 Design Patents for Kinect 2?" Patent Bolt 7:54 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"NAB – FingerWorks Puts A Telestrator On Your iPad For Sports, Business and More" MacVoices 12:48 PM
"Tonight, a Very Special Your Mac Life show!" Your Mac Life 11:53 AM
"iPad mini shipments expected to drop as high as 30% in 2Q13" DigiTimes 8:15 AM
"iPad Mini Demand Falls As Fans Await New Model [Rumor] Cult of Mac 8:56 AM
"Amazeballs: Buy a doomed Apple TV, get a replacement free" The Register 8:08 AM
"Apple granted patent for iOS app folders, 'jiggle' interface" iDownload Blog 8:46 AM
"Apple eyes antennas with tuning structures for handheld devices" AppleDailyReport 8:31 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"Apple extends MacBook bottom case replacement program by two years" AppleInsider 6:39 PM
"Moral of the story: if your fans are running louder & faster than they used to, your heat sinks probably need to have heat sink compound re-applied. Especially if you have a more recent Mac." MacInTouch 11:06 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Bucketz For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" Apple Sliced 8:23 AM
"Simply Find It Pro For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $3.99)" Apple Sliced 8:23 AM
"Tiny Land For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:23 AM
"Review: Three amps for building your own desktop audio system" TechHive 8:46 AM
"Review: AfterShokz Bluez are surprisingly comfortable" TechHive 8:46 AM
"Rain Design mStand 360 review: giving the rise to your MacBook with strength and style/The Rain Design mStand 360 comes to the rescue as a laptop stand suited to Apple MacBooks, guaranteed to turn more than heads." PC Advisor 8:46 AM
"id America Mist hardshell case for iPhone 5 review" AppleTell 8:56 AM
"Help The Cassette Tape Live On With This Cool Case For iPhone 5 [Review] Cult of Mac 4:01 PM
"RokShield v3 for the iPad mini isn't stylish, but it's tough and versatile" AppleDailyReport 8:31 AM
"Weather Magic Pro Review: Weather Magic Pro is a fully featured alternative to the default weather app, providing a wide variety of customizable options and detailed weather information." 148Apps 3:54 PM
"YoWindow Review: Offering a visual interpretation of the day's weather, and when the sun will rise and fall, YoWindow is an attractive to use weather forecasting app." 148Apps 3:54 PM
"Om Finder Review: Thanks to its beautifully designed interface, Om Finder makes it possible for users to find yoga classes, teachers and friends in their area with ease." 148Apps 3:54 PM
"Yellofier Review: Words cannot express the awesomeness of this completely free music sampler app that lets users turn any sounds into a song in just a few minutes." 148Apps 12:36 PM
"Partia Review: This strategy role-playing game attempts to go old school, but just ends up feeling outdated." 148Apps 9:08 AM
"Pocket Village Review: Full of charm, Pocket Village lacks some all important structure to its freemium village building foundations." 148Apps 8:43 AM
"Tower Zoo Review: Piling animals on top of one another might sound mean, but it's actually kinda fun. Plus it's just a game." 148Apps 11:48 AM
Tips
"Find the Best Directions on iPhone by Comparing Alternate Routes in Maps Apps" OS X Daily 4:22 PM
"Change Snooze Timing And Logic In Mailbox For iPhone [iOS Tips] Cult of Mac 4:01 PM
"How to Enable Facebook Chat Heads on iOS Today" Pocketnow 11:48 AM
"10 Ways to Make Email Better: Hate managing email? This list of tricks can help." Inc. 9:32 AM
"Parenting Tip: Refill your iTunes balance using your spare change" TUAW 8:47 AM
"Q&A: Skipping Songs When Shuffling" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:09 AM
"Ask Matt: Why does Apple's stock keep falling?" USA Today 9:23 PM
"13-inch Retina MacBook settles in at $1,499 for 256GB: Apple's not-so-hot-selling 13.3-inch Retina MacBook Pro seems to have found pricing equilibrium at online retailers." CNET News 7:56 PM
"Pricing and Profit Consistency and the Halo Effect" Daring Fireball 4:00 PM
"Setting things straight about the AppGratis business model" VentureBeat 3:48 PM
"Why I'd Like The iPad To Be More Like The Kindle; The iOS More Like System 6 – The 'Book Mystique" MacPrices 3:01 PM
"Microsoft Thinks Apple's iOS is Boring. Well, Thank Goodness!" The Mac Observer 3:01 PM
"Is There a Walt Disney–Steve Jobs Connection?" Techland 11:58 AM
"Dropbox Vs. Google Drive: Which Cloud Storage Service Is Better?" Business Insider 11:29 AM
"Can Apple's 'Genius' Sprout Far From the Tree?" E-Commerce Times 11:03 AM
"Through Apple's Pain, Amazon Remains" TheStreet 10:10 AM
"The iPad mini's Days Are Numbered" App Advice 9:54 AM
"Apple's execs are not the best paid" TUAW 9:08 AM
"Apple's Problem With iPhone Numbers: Consumers are understandably wary of new 'S' iPhones, but Apple's numbered smartphones might soon go away." Minyanville 9:04 AM
"iPad Killed the Netbook... Uh, Star?" Mac|Life 9:01 AM
"No, no, no! The personal computer isn't dead; it's just changing" AppleDailyReport 8:31 AM
"No, T-Mobile Has Not Killed iPhone Subsidies" The Motley Fool 8:18 AM
"5 Things Apple Needs To Fix In iOS, OS X And iCloud" Forbes 8:05 AM
"Accuracy, schmaccuracy: 'iSteve' props go hilariously wrong/The makers of satirical Steve Jobs film 'iSteve' take a liberal approach to computing and Apple history." CNET News 4:20 PM
"iSteve: Funny or Die's hilarious take on the Apple story now free to watch" VentureBeat 8:38 AM
"Steve Jobs movie showing online now: First of three Steve Jobs films is online now. iSteve is Funny or Die's attempt, do you think it's any good?" Macworld UK 8:23 AM
"iSteve Now Streaming: Just Odd, Really Odd" FairerPlatform 8:05 AM
"Into The Crystal Ball: Is Apple Really Going Where Steve Jobs Wanted It To Go?" Mac 360 8:01 AM
"Microsoft's New Posturing: iOS is Boring" The Mac Observer 9:51 AM
"What's The Penalty For Losing To Microsoft?" PixoBebo 7:52 AM
Non-Apple
"'The Internet Is Destroying Your Life' -- Love, The Future [Video] Mashable 4:22 PM
"A Laptop Screen With Tablet Ambitions" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12:21 PM
"88% of spreadsheets have errors" MarketWatch 12:17 PM
"Get a decked-out Dell desktop for $599.99" CNET News 10:10 AM
"How Pixar Used Moore's Law to Predict the Future" Wired 8:56 AM
"Why Microsoft won't make an iPhone rival: Rather than creating a premium device to rival Apple and Samsung in the developed world, Microsoft plans to rely on partners to mine emerging markets with budget smartphones." CNET News 8:11 AM
"Seriously Cool! Neo-Plug Charges iPad with Magnets — A Kickstarter Project" PadGadget 10:46 AM
"Coming Tonight: Mow Down Swaths of Zombies in 'R.I.P. Rally', a Free to Play Arena Vehicular Combat Game" Touch Arcade 10:31 AM
"Barbour jacket launched for iPad: The hardy wax jacket fabric more often worn by shooting parties will now adorn iPhones and iPads, Barbour has announced." Telegraph 10:31 AM
"YoWindow displays a vivid, finely animated landscape on the iPhone screen that precisely reflects the current weather outside or in any other place in the world, featuring day/night changes and true moon phases. Also a user can slide the time marker across the screen to immediately see the weather forecast. And YoWindow reflects that in the landscape in real-time!" YoWindow 9:59 AM
"Triage for iPhone is a 'first aid' email app that helps speed clean your inbox" The Verge 9:32 AM
"Will OpenTable Survive? Eat24 Releases iPad App" PRNewswire 9:05 AM
"Backblaze® Mobile for iPhone Now Available in App Store" PRNewswire 9:05 AM
"Poncho, For Those Who Can't Be Bothered To Open A Weather App" TechCrunch 8:59 AM
"Mailbox app does away with reservation system" TUAW 8:57 AM
"Halfbrick's Fish-Flinger 'Fish Out Of Water' is a Fantastic Followup to 'Jetpack Joyride'" Touch Arcade 8:57 AM
"Major League Baseball fans still favor iOS over Android" TUAW 10:31 AM
"Android usage of Major League Baseball site increases – but Apple still dominates" 9 to 5 Mac 8:57 AM
"Time Warner Cable to allow customers to stream select channels anywhere through iOS apps" iMore 8:45 AM
"Live Battery Indicator: The Best Way To View Battery Life On iPhone [Jailbreak] Cult of Mac 8:44 AM
"Nemetschek Scia to preview Scia Steel Manager – First Centralized BIM solution for steel fabrication industry" Architosh 8:44 AM
"Mainline App Stores Still Dominate iOS/Android App Discovery, Finds Forrester, But Word Of Mouth & Social Recommendations Also Key" TechCrunch 8:37 AM
"The iFlash Drive Slurps Excess Photos *Off* Your iPhone" Cult of Mac 8:32 AM
"Peter Thiel's Breakout Labs Funds 'Nanostraws' And A Siri-Like Natural Language Processing Startup" TechCrunch 8:25 AM
"Google Ventures-Backed Messaging Startup, Just.me, Launches iOS App In 155 Countries/32 Languages, Aiming To Rattle Social's Cage" TechCrunch 8:25 AM
"iLightningCam 6.0 - Photography of Real Lightning with iPhones Made Easy" prMac 4:22 PM
"Crossword Scrambles HD - now available for the iPad" prMac 8:39 AM
"Art App Best Of Ingres is Released For iOS" prMac 8:39 AM
"Microsoft Says Worm Infections Declining, But Web Attacks Rising" eWeek 8:54 PM
"Will Microsoft Miss Earnings Estimates in 3Q?" Zacks 10:00 AM
"Microsoft is making a mistake by passing on a Surface Phone: The VP of Microsoft's Windows Phone division poured cold water on the idea of a Surface Phone, but Microsoft may be making a mistake" PCWorld 11:37 AM
"Don't hold your breath for a Microsoft Surface Windows Phone" GigaOM [Free Registration Required] 12:01 PM
"2 Reasons This Company Can't Pull Off a Wearable Computer" The Motley Fool 10:01 AM
"Microsoft finds Trojan that hides files to evade analysis: Win32/Nemim.gen!A highlights sophisticated techniques used to protect malware as a kind of intellectual property" CSO 11:17 AM
"Here's How Meg Whitman Is Trying To Win Back The Love Of HP Employees" Business Insider 12:15 PM
"Dell kills 3-year-old object storage appliance line: Moves to software-only model" The Register 11:55 AM
"Dell's new Latitude 3330 - Making Common Core assessments a reality" ZDNet 12:07 PM
"Otellini looks back on four decades with Intel: Intel's CEO, who will retire in a month, says the company can adapt to changes in the PC market" IDG News Service 11:17 AM
"Intel outlines new strategy, investments for cloud-based networking" ZDNet 12:05 PM
"Windows 8 touch laptop prices to hit $200 by the holidays, Intel CEO says" PCWorld 11:35 AM
"Intel says Bay Trail chips will push Windows 8 mobile devices to $200" TG Daily 11:51 AM
"Outgoing Intel CEO knocks Windows 8, predicts $200 touch PCs this year: Otellini cites Windows 8's learning curve as a factor in PC sales slowdown" Computerworld 6:11 PM
"Oracle slaps critical patch on insecure Java: Tries to educate users about potential dangers of in-browser Java apps" The Register 11:55 AM
"Oracle's Hurd on Fusion Applications, aggressive salespeople, and SAP: The co-CEO wishes SAP 'good luck' in its plans to take database market share away from Oracle" IDG News Service 11:16 AM
"Cisco taps BYOD for productivity, innovation" ZDNet 12:07 PM
"Cisco To Partners: Use Social Media -- You Can Bet Your Competitors Are" CRN 10:45 AM
"White House threatens to veto cybersecurity bill" BBC 10:21 AM
"White House threatens to veto CISPA ahead of vote" IDG News Service 11:35 AM
"Under CISPA, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, others can't promise to protect your privacy" ZDNet 12:06 PM
"When the PC is obsolete, how will you do this, and this, and this?" [Slideshow] PCWorld 11:33 AM
"Don't blame Windows 8 for slumping PC sales" CNNMoney 9:28 AM
"Apple stock tanks on indications of weak demand" USA Today 11:29 AM
"Apple stock falls to one-year low on supplier news" Associated Press 11:29 AM
"Apple's yield hits 2.645% as shares plummet to 2011 levels: Waiting for Tim Cook to increase Apple's dividend yield? Today the market did it for you." Fortune 11:28 AM
"Fears over weak earnings hit Apple" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:46 AM
"How Debt Could Make Sense for Apple" The Motley Fool 10:10 AM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Apple falls below $400; Intel, techs sink/Yahoo trades flat after upgrade, disappointing results" MarketWatch 3:02 PM
"U.S. stocks hit by earnings, Apple worries: Apple's shares sink 5.5%, weighing on the Nasdaq Composite" MarketWatch 3:49 PM
"U.S. Stocks Decline as Earnings Miss Analyst Estimates" Bloomberg 3:49 PM
"Corporate Fears Spark Heavy Selling" FOXBusiness 3:49 PM
"Stocks End Down 1%, Dragged by Techs; Apple Slumps 5% to Close Near $400" CNBC 3:49 PM
"Stocks Tumble as Tech, Bank Earnings, Outlook Disappoint" TheStreet 3:50 PM
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