"From 'beleaguered' to 'secretive': how the tech media distorts how Apple operates. But substitute one other word, and you'll 'get' how Apple really operates" Les Posen's Presentation Magic 9:54 PM
"Investors brace for more stock volatility on Apple earnings" Reuters 7:03 AM
"Apple's dimming luster roils suppliers, investors" Reuters 7:03 AM
"Is Apple Looking For A Replacement For CEO Cook?" Forbes 6:06 PM
"Did an Apple 2.0 story touch a nerve at Samsung HQ?" Fortune 6:09 PM
"Handicapping Apple's quarterly earnings and revenue: Q2 2013" Fortune 7:48 AM
"The App Store: Good Deeds, Poor Communication" Monday Note 11:46 AM
"Google Vs. Apple: It's About Scalability" Seeking Alpha 7:12 AM
"Wall Street Has Given Up On Apple, But You Shouldn't" Seeking Alpha 7:12 AM
"Apple falls to earth as competition bites: APPLE is set to unveil its first fall in quarterly profits for a decade this week as Samsung prepares to ratchet up the pressure on its arch rival with the release of its Galaxy S4 smartphone this Friday." Daily Express 7:13 AM
"The 12 Most Expensive Apple Collectibles Ever Sold" Complex 10:39 AM
"This Is What It Would Take For Apple To Collapse To $340" Business Insider 4/20
"What's eating Apple? A year ago, Brian White, an analyst at Topeka Capital Markets, published a note forecasting Apple shares would reach $1,111 (£726)." Telegraph 4/20
"Opinion: Can Apple afford to go cheaper with new iPhones?" AppleInsider 4/20
"4 Things That Can Go Right for Apple on Tuesday" The Motley Fool 4/20
"How to add line breaks between list items in OS X Mail: Though by default, lists in OS X Mail seem limited to a condensed format, you can make them more appealing by adding line breaks." CNET Reviews 4/19
"How to track a lost computer with Find My Mac" Macworld 4/19
"Mac Gems: Pupil is a quick-change artist for the Retina MacBook Pro" Macworld 4/19
"MacMost Now 854: Using Automator With Calendar and Mail" MacMost 4/19
"Use OS X Finder shortcuts in Open and Save dialog boxes: Several handy shortcuts may make facilitate saving and opening files." CNET Reviews 4/19
"Renaming files, wireless syncing, and matching music ripped from vinyl" Macworld 4/19
"Use Overflow for organization and for freeing up the Mac OS X Dock" AppleDailyReport 4/19
"Using Command Line to benchmark disks" Amsys 4/19
"Mastering Alfred 2.0 On Your Mac: Store And Retrieve Everything In Your Clipboard History [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 4/19
"Is It A Todo List? A Task Manager? Or Project Management App? Or All 3?" TeraTalks 4/19
"It's A Totally Antiquated Look, But This Mac Audio Recording App Is Totally Worth It" Mac 360 4/19
"Why 'Read It Later' Apps Are Not That Good And Why This One Is" BohemianBoomer 4/19
"Free: The Mac Photo Enhancement App That Turns Photos Into Basic Elements– Wood, Metal, Or Fabric" McSolo 4/19
"A New, Easy, Simple, Fun Way To Get More Productive By Using A Mac Menubar Timer" Mac 360 4/19
"This Blast From The Past App Brings Back A Classic, Customizable Trash Can To The Desktop" NoodleMac 4/19
"iPad sees month-over-month growth in Web traffic share" Apple Daily Report 4/20
"Woz: 'Apple working on new things that will surprise and shock us all'" Neowin 4/20
"Apple's iWatch hits the big time: Changewave claims iPad level demand" Computerworld 4/19
"One in five would buy iWatch, study finds" iDownload Blog 4/19
"Survey shows early interest in Apple iWatch" Electronista 4/19
"Most Consumers 'Unlikely' to Buy an Apple iWatch, Survey Says" LAPTOP Magazine 4/19
"More ads on iPhone than Android: Advertisers prefer to target Apple users, a new survey finds" MarketWatch 4/19
"Studies: iPad, iOS growing US ad spend share, usage in North America" Electronista 4/19
"Apple's iPad Dominates Tablet Web Usage with 82% Share." Forbes 4/19
"iPad Still Dominates Tablet Ads With iPad Mini Gaining, Velti Finds" TechCrunch 4/19
"Chitika's March Tablet Update shows iPad usage share rising, still dominating competition" TUAW 4/19
"Opera: iOS Top Mobile Ad Platform, iPhone Beats Android For Ad Traffic Generation" MacTrast 4/19
"China market: Apple shares over 71% of 4Q12 consumer tablet sales, says Analysys" DigiTimes 4/19
"Mobile chat apps eat into SMS in China: Person-to-person text messaging is down 11% in a year" The Next Web 4/19
"More Brits ditch Apple tablets for Amazon, Google, Samsung kit: But iPad Mini is still the UK adults' top-rated slate" The Register 4/19
"Apple designer Sir Jony Ive named in TIME's 100 Most Influential list" Macworld UK 4/19
"Apple Opens Up About Siri Data & Privacy" The Mac Observer 4/19
"EU Receives Penguin Offer to Settle E-books Case: European Union regulators said Friday they had received an offer from Penguin International Ltd. to scrap the e-book deals it has with Apple Inc. in an effort to alleviate competition concerns and settle a 16-month long probe." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4/19
"Penguin Offers Changes to Settle EU E-Books Antitrust Probe" Bloomberg 4/19
"Penguin to terminate ebook deal with Apple in bid to end European antitrust investigation" The Verge 4/19
"Woz: Apple's Share Price May Be Disappointing Now, But They Will Probably Surprise Us All" TechCrunch 4/19
"Wozniak Says New Apple Products Will 'Surprise And Shock'" App Advice 4/19
"Amazon's acquisition of Goodreads foiled possible Apple deal, says WSJ: The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple was in talks with Goodreads about iBookstore integration before the company was snapped up by Amazon" Macworld UK 4/19
"Apple Finally Reveals How Long Siri Keeps Your Data" Wired Magazine 4/19
"Apple hangs onto your Siri data for two years" CNET News 4/19
"Apple keeps conversations with Siri for two years, report says" CBS News 4/19
"Apple records and keeps users' Siri queries for up to 2 years" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 4/19
"Chinese site exploits Apple's own tools to distribute pirated apps without jailbreaking" The Verge 4/19
"Chinese firm finds way to get apps onto iPhone, iPad -- for free" CNET News 4/19
"Apple's Passbook used to drive coupon campaign at UK restaurant chain" AppleInsider 4/19
"TechTracker dropping Mac software download services" AppleDailyReport 4/19
"Game designer spills beans on chubby-fancying chap with his stolen Mac" The Register 4/19
"iPads are tough beasts, surviving first a car, now a baseball (Video)" 9 to 5 Mac 4/19
"Watch The Coolest Domino Sequence Ever Using iPhones" MacTrast 4/19
Non-Apple News
"Fox Shuts Down Cory Doctorow's Homeland Book In Overzealous DMCA takedown" TechCrunch 2:54 PM
"Exclusive: EBay recruits users in push against sales tax legislation" Reuters 9:07 AM
"PS4 Release Date Hinted By 'The Last of Us' Screenshot?" Redmond Pie 4/20
"Newly Discovered Android Malware Was Downloaded Millions Of Times" TechCrunch 4/20
"Would the Real Sarah Hanson Please Stand Up?" The Atlantic Wire 4/20
"Several CBS Twitter accounts hijacked, used to spread messages about Syrian conflict" The Verge 4/20
"Samsung Is Developing Brain-Controlled Tablet Computers" Redmond Pie 4/20
"Mobile Devices, Apps Bite Into Navigation Device Sales" eWeek 4/20
"Facebook Reportedly the mystery mover behind 'Project Catapult': The social network is the mysterious company behind a billion-dollar-plus data facility in Iowa, says a Report. Apple had also been among the suspects named by data detectives." CNET News 4/20
"Interactive map plots locations of more than 100 million species" Ars Technica 4/20
"Energy-Harvesting Street Tiles Generate Power from Pavement Pounder" Scientific American 4/20
"Motorola Mobility now less of a burden for Google" Associated Press 4/20
"Google again beats Viacom in $1 billion copyright case against YouTube" Associated Press 4/20
"Yahoo Mail, Finance, Answers survive Google-like spring cleaning" Stabley Times 4/20
"Crowdfunding efforts raise big sums for victims of Boston bombing" The Verge 4/20
"In Boston manhunt, online detectives flourish" Associated Press 4/20
"The Tech That Helped Take Down Marathon Bombing Suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev" Gizmodo 4/20
"A Digital Eye to Watch Soccer's Trouble Spots" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4/20
"Nintendo Executive Claims Digital Sales Are Soaring" BGR 4/20
"Wikileaks releases a fascinating secret chat between Eric Schmidt and Julian Assange" VentureBeat 4/19
"Toshiba Kirabook is latest Windows laptop competitor to take on Apple MacBook Pro" ZDNet 4/19
"Chromebook could free Google from Microsoft and Apple" CNNMoney 4/19
"Gene Steinberg meets Kirk McElhearn, 'the iTunes Guy,' and The Mac Observer's Bryan Chaffin, this week on the Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 4/19
"Watch our LIVE 9to5Mac Happy Hour" 9 to 5 Mac 4/19
"The TouchArcade Show - 100 - The Exquisite Pleasure of a Finished Basement" Touch Arcade 4/19
"NAB – Imagine Products OffLoads and Transcodes Media Card Data Automatically" MacVoices 4/19
"AMD lures another Apple graphics chip guru to the fold" Apple Daily Report 4/20
"iPad 5 Estimated to Be 15% Thinner, 25% Lighter Than Current iPad" MacRumors 4/19
"iPad mini shipments expected to fall to 10-12 million units in 2Q13, say Taiwan makers" DigiTimes 4/19
"iPhone 5S Front Facing Camera Part Leaked? [Photo] iClarified 4/19
"Best Thin and Light Laptops, April 2013" ["On the other end of the spectrum we have the MacBook Pro Retina 15, a laptop that basically redefined what we can expect when we ask for quality. ... What always amazes me (as a Windows user) is how well Apple MacBooks hold their resale value, even years after purchase. You could probably buy one of these now, use it until the inevitable Haswell update is released, and still sell it for over $2000. In six months, you'll be lucky to get half of what you paid for most used Windows laptops. I generally find the build quality of Apple's laptops to be excellent, but I'm still far more comfortable in Windows and it's easier on my wallet. YMMV."] AnandTech 4/19
"AMD nabs Apple graphics chip designer: The PC and server chipmaker will soon announce Raja Koduri is joining AMD's team to work on graphics chip design, CNET has exclusively learned." CNET News 4/19
"Apple eyes ways for heat removal in compact computing systems" AppleDailyReport 4/19
Price Trackers/Deals
"SkySafari 3 For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)" Apple Sliced 4/20
"Gravity Maze For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 4/20
"Expand it! For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 4/20
"Zombiez! For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" Apple Sliced 4/19
"Full Deck Word Games For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 4/19
"PipeRoll 3D New York HD For iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 4/19
"Windows 8 vs Mac OS X vs Ubuntu Linux vs Chrome OS" Society and Religion 10:12 AM
"MacBook Pro with Retina Display: 45 days in/Summary: One and a half months ago I broke down and replaced my aging MacBook with a 13-inch MacBook Pro. This laptop rocks a Retina Display and is my primary desktop system. Paired with an inexpensive gadget it is a great tool for my work." ZDNet 4/19
"PowerSkin Battery Case for iPhone 5 [Review] Redmond Pie 4/19
"Review: Mophie Juice Pack Air for iPhone 5" Run Around Tech 4/19
"Change the Default Alert Times for Birthdays & Events in iOS" OS X Daily 4/19
"Ask Alex: Can I Use My Phone at the Dinner Table? A better way to end your emails; Texting during meals; Sharing passwords with your partner" PC Magazine 4/19
"3 Reasons Why Your iPhone Is Your Friend" The Mac Observer 4/19
"When Criminals Exploit Apple's Own App Distribution System, What Hope Is There Of Stamping Out Piracy?" Forbes 4/19
"Why Apple Cannot Finance Its Own Buyout To Go Private" Forbes 4/19
"Slowing iPhone growth may be function of smartphone industry, not restricted to Apple: As year over year growth of Apple's iPhone sales slow, there is evidence that the once-booming smartphone industry is cooling off as a whole." AppleInsider 4/19
"Forget The iPhone 5S, Look At This iPhone 6 Concept Design Video" App Advice 4/19
"The Lies, Damned Lies, And The Reality Of Statistical Analysis Of Apple's Low Cost iPhone" PixoBebo 4/19
"If The Post-PC Era Means The Death Of The PC, Who's To Blame? Apple Or Microsoft?" Mac 360 4/19
Non-Apple
"Facebook Home Hits 500K Downloads In Five Days, Pales In Comparison To Instagram's Android Shift" TechCrunch 7:58 PM
"The flavors of Ubuntu from A to Z—or at least from Kubuntu to Xubuntu/Gallery: Just how many different Ubuntus are there? More than you might think." Ars Technica 7:20 PM
"The Gear We Used Covering the 2013 NAB Show" Larry's Blog 2:48 PM
"What's the Fuss About Native Ads?" Monday Note 2:43 PM
"The Importance of Twitter Music" Social Barrel 8:12 AM
"Cognitive Overhead, Or Why Your Product Isn't As Simple As You Think" TechCrunch 6:50 AM
"Purported TV-caption slipup pegs Zooey Deschanel as alleged Boston bomber: In what might be one of the more unfortunate closed-captioning snafus of recent years, a Twitter user posts a photo of what he says is a Fox affiliate mistakenly presenting the heart-object of certain nerds as suspect No. 2." CNET News 4/20
"Vine, The App That Eats Your Precious Memories" TechCrunch 4/20
"Google Glass mysteries revealed! Finally: This week a long list of announcements and revelations about Google's cyborg eyewear were made" Computerworld 4/20
"Art reveals the lengthy history of Video game controllers: A jumbo-size poster sends the viewer on a retrospective journey through nearly six decades of Video game input devices. What's your favorite controller?" CNET News 4/20
"You Are Your Instagram Filter [Infographic] Social Barrel 4/20
"Twitter #music review: It's only really Twitter users with mainstream music tastes that will find #music useful, says Matt Warman" Telegraph 4/20
"Is Samsung's Brainwave Tablet Realistic or just a PR Ruse?" Patently Apple 4/19
"Google Street View Goes Hyper-lapse" creativebits 6:58 AM
"Comic Tycoon: Create Fantastic Comics on Your iPad: We have teamed up with the Wally Wood estate to build a new composition tool that will allow you to take photos that give you the wisdom of Wally Wood." prMac 4/20
"Kinsa Health IT Startup Launches Smart Thermometer for the iPhone" eWeek 4/20
"Aviary is a potent free photo editor for iOS" TUAW 4/20
"Logitech G products updated to support Mac OS" Engadget 4/20
"Tempo AI's smart iPhone calendar app now freely available" The Verge 4/20
"Thumbelina 1.0 for iPad - Elegant, Premium Quality Book for Children" prMac 4/20
"Apple expands Mac accessory line to over 4,700 US Radio Shacks" 9 to 5 Mac 4/20
"For Dell, The Future Ain't What It Used To Be" Seeking Alpha 7:15 AM
"Blackstone drops out of race to buy Dell: Private equity firm cite's Dell's rapidly eroding financial profile as the reason to drop out" Associated Press 7:19 AM
"Put Away The Eulogy, The PC Is Alive And Well" TechCrunch 7:02 AM
"Cheap Intel devices will run Google, Microsoft OSes, sources say: Really cheap Intel-based tablets and laptops will run Google and Microsoft operating systems, sources tell CNET." CNET News 4/20
"Microsoft Contests Malware Tests, Says Bing Does Not Infect Users" Softpedia 4/20
"Microsoft Surface Outsells The Nexus 10 And Points To Redmond's Post-PC Future" Forbes 4/20
"Suitors Back Away From Dell Bids Amid PC Slump" Associated Press 4/20
"It just works: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition Linux Ultrabook review/Dell's substantial investment in making a functional Linux Ultrabook pays off." Ars Technica 4/20
"AMD Opteron: First 64-bit x86 platform launched 10 years ago today" V3 9:02 PM
"AMD brought 64-bit to x86 10 years ago today" The Inquirer 9:02 PM
"The Turnaround Accelerates For AMD" Seeking Alpha 4/20
"Can AMD Complete This 3-Step Turnaround Plan?" The Motley Fool 4/20
"Dow Today: Microsoft Corporation Leads The Day Higher, International Business Machines Lags" TheStreet 4/19
"Asia Markets: Shanghai, Hong Kong pace stock gains in Asia / Most Asian markets rose Friday as bargain buyers accumulated beaten-down stocks ahead of the weekend, taking a positive view on the rebound in commodity prices despite another day of losses on Wall Street." MarketWatch 4/19
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks on recovery road; miners rise / European stock markets posted gains on Friday, with banks and mines in the driving seat, as bargain hunters bought into beaten-down stocks ahead of the weekend." MarketWatch 4/19
"Microsoft Q3 earnings and revenue up as all divisions make gains" InfoWorld 4/19
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