"Apple: What it's like to drown in cash" ["Apple, stands out for so many reasons they are barely countable. In the list itself, Apple is the star, unchallenged."] Fortune Magazine [Subscription Required for Full Article] 8:28 AM
"Apple shares juiced with 'massive' buyback: Stock up more than 13% on heavy volume since program announced" MarketWatch 8:51 AM
"All the Reasons Why Apple Has Rallied $75 in 2 Weeks" The Motley Fool 6:19 PM
"Apple Misses iPhone Customers With Carriers Balking: Apple is missing out on a chance to court as many as 2.8 billion new smartphone customers, many of them in Asia, as wireless-service providers balk at conditions imposed by the iPhone maker and drag their heels in signing on as partners." Bloomberg TV 9:03 AM
"Why Apple is a value stock, for now: Next product cycle may not fuel enough buzz" MarketWatch 8:52 AM
"Why iPhone Accessory Makers Love Bluetooth" Wired 6:14 PM
"Apple Is Making Sure It Doesn't Become Microsoft" The Motley Fool 1:46 PM
"Samsung-Apple Patent Fight: Is It Worth It? For Many Smartphone Makers, Years of Expensive Litigation Yield Little Reward" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:33 AM
"Apple Seeks Android Source Code Records in Samsung Suit" Bloomberg 4:46 PM
"Apple's Customer Data-Privacy Rules Struck Down by German Court" Bloomberg 9:01 AM
"Apple's privacy policy violates German data protection law, Berlin court rules" IDG News Service 11:03 AM
"Google, HTC, SAP, Red Hat and Rackspace support Samsung against Apple on sales bans" Foss Patents 8:37 AM
"Send Windows 8 to Boot Camp: When installing Windows 8 in Apple's Boot Camp environment, you may run into a problem in which the installer claims it cannot create a new partition or locate an existing one." MacFixIt 1:47 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"At 10, You Still Have Some Tricks, iTunes" AllThingsD 6:18 PM
"Quicksilver launcher utility for OS X review" AppleTell 8:40 AM
"Splash Colors FX review - Cheap and easy to use colour effects app: Convert to mono then add colour with selective brush strokes" Macworld UK 8:47 AM
"TiltShift review - Turn your landscape photos into a toy village: Make a toy village out of your landscape photos" Macworld UK 8:47 AM
"Share files from OS X or Windows with Filedrop" BetaNews 1:50 PM
"Foxconn Tries to Move Past the iPhone" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:45 AM
"Foxconn to shift iPhone orders to FIH, say sources" DigiTimes 8:57 AM
"Foxconn looks to lessen reliance on iPhone, positions for potential Apple television" AppleInsider 8:55 AM
"Peak Apple: Foxconn contemplating life after Cupertino" The Register 9:35 AM
"Apple manufacturer Foxconn looks past iPhone, anticipates iTV orders" iDownload Blog 9:30 AM
"Foxconn Prepares For Life After Apple" Cult of Mac 9:30 AM
"Apple, Samsung Chew Up Smartphone Profits: Samsung eats into Apple's profits in Q1, but the two smartphone giants' closest competitor took only 1% of the sector's profits." InformationWeek 11:34 AM
"Apple, Samsung Share of Smartphone Industry Profits Declines to 100 Percent" AllThingsD 8:30 AM
"Apple had 57% of mobile profits in Q1, Samsung 43%" Fortune 6:19 PM
"iOS ups lead over Android in Web traffic, says analyst: Apple's mobile OS continues to outpace Android in generating Web traffic in the U.S., says Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster." CNET News 8:28 AM
"iOS grows gap over Android in US mobile web traffic" Electronista 10:28 AM
"iOS 6.0 gets US federal government's security stamp of approval" iMore 3:23 PM
"UK government hints at Samsung Knox and Apple iOS security clearance" V3 8:54 AM
"Google delivers 'return to sender' code for iOS: Apple doesn't let you jump easily from third-party app to Web browser and back. Google unveils a solution, and not surprisingly it involves Chrome." CNET News 9:39 PM
"10 alternatives to Apple's all-time most-popular apps: Apple presented the most popular apps of all time in celebration of 50 billion downloads, so I decided to find a few cool replacements." CNET Reviews 2:54 PM
Non-Apple News
"AP reminds staffers not to retweet rumors in new social media guidelines" The Verge 2:50 PM
"BitTorrent goes legit with new 'gated' file format: Users forced to pay or register before downloading" The Verge 2:51 PM
"Hollywood effects wizard Ray Harryhausen dies at 92" USA Today 2:40 PM
"$10 gadget contains 'the entire English Wikipedia with 3 million topics'" Boing Boing 12:39 PM
"Surround Video: BBC beats Microsoft with its own immersive TV project/Seven years of research into expanding the living room" The Verge 12:18 PM
"Samsung Design Patents Point to New Curved Phone & More" Patent Bolt 3:39 PM
"Google Wins a Surprising Design Patent for a New Tablet based Credit Card Reader" Patent Bolt 12:45 PM
"HP Granted a Design Patent for a Future Slate Tablet Cover" Patent Bolt 12:45 PM
"Call for Kill Switch to Deactivate Stolen Phones" Techilicious 8:54 AM
"Samsung echoes Apple's closed OS: Galaxy S4 'impossible to root'" Gearburn 8:54 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Lars Steiger of MailPlane Talks About The Newest Version of Their Gmail Client" MacVoices 1:07 PM
"Neon Play: How an ad man became an iOS gaming guru" Red Bull 8:35 AM
"Sharp to reportedly start 'iPhone 5S' LCD production in June" AppleInsider 8:16 PM
"Retina iPad Mini display could go into production soon" CNET News 8:46 AM
"Apple reportedly prepping two Retina iPad minis" Gizmag 8:52 AM
"Next iPad mini's Retina displays may enter mass production next month" BGR 8:46 AM
"iPad Mini With Retina Display Screen Production To Start In June Or July, NPD DisplaySearch Says" TechCrunch 9:35 AM
"Apple Is Going To Fix The One Thing Everyone Hates About The iPad Mini, Says NPD" Business Insider 8:54 AM
"NPD Pins Retina iPad mini Production for June" The Mac Observer 10:42 AM
"Production On Apple's Retina Display iPad mini Said To Begin In June" App Advice 9:30 AM
"Has Apple started production of Retina iPad Mini?" T3 8:54 AM
"Rumor: Apple plans more than one low-cost iPhone model" Electronista 8:41 AM
"Google Reminds iOS Developers That They Can Easily Integrate Chrome With Their Apps" TechCrunch 1:50 PM
"iOS 6 obtains FIPS 140-2 certification, opening door to more government use" TUAW 11:56 AM
"Adobe Working On iPad Stylus and Ruler" 148Apps 8:55 AM
Granted Apple Patents
"Apple Granted 34 Patents Today Covering iTunes for iOS & More" Patently Apple 7:45 AM
"Apple Granted 4 Design Patents Including the new iPad mini" Patently Apple 7:45 AM
"Apple Granted a Patent for Invisible Backside Button and Slider Controls for Future iDevices & Beyond" Patently Apple 8:56 AM
"Apple's smart audio splitter lets multiple users view content on a single device" AppleInsider 8:44 AM
"Apple files patent for navigating through multiple viewing areas" AppleDailyReport 8:56 AM
"Apple looks at ways to control of accessory components to improve battery life in iOS devices" AppleDailyReport 8:59 AM
"Apple looking into better ways to manage interface control panels" AppleDailyReport 9:00 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"iOS 6.1.4 Problems: Battery Life & Other Issues Hit iPhone 5" GottaBeMobile 2:54 PM
"Will Apple replace my iPhone? Has your iPhone stopped working? Did you smash the screen? Drop it in the toilet? Wondering if Apple will replace it?" Macworld UK 11:55 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Sir Benfro's Brilliant Balloon For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:31 AM
"Fleet Combat HD For iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99), The iPhone Version Is Also Free" Apple Sliced 8:31 AM
"Death Call 2 For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:31 AM
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:44 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:44 AM
"Heads Up! Review: In Heads Up! players take turns trying to get their teammates to guess the word that's on the screen. It's a fantastic party game suitable for the entire family." 148Apps 2:53 PM
"Leviathan: Warships Review/This naval strategy game's nuances are borderline inaccessible but with enough patience it can be fun. Sort of." 148Apps 9:30 AM
"iMech Online Review: I'm as anxious to blow up giant robots from inside a giant robot as the next person, but iMech could have handled it a lot better." 148Apps 3:21 PM
"The Legend of Holy Archer Review: Mastering the bow is all that matters." 148Apps 1:47 PM
"Dash & Bash Review: Race against the clock and the dastardly Bash Beaver in this free to try 2D runner." 148Apps 1:46 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"The computer in the living room: setting up a Mac mini media center" Macworld 8:41 AM
"Toolbar animation along with the keyboard: There are some situations in iOS applications like animating bottom tool bar with the keyboard. That is, we need to animate the tool bar on top of keyboard when showing and hiding the keyboard. This can be done by using keyboard notifications in iOS." The iPhone Developer Resource 8:42 AM
"How to turn on vision accessibility features in iOS" iDownload Blog 8:55 AM
"New Concept Outlines Enhanced iOS 7 App Switcher" App Advice 9:02 AM
"iOS 7 Multitasking: Is This What Apple's New iOS App Switcher Will Look Like? [Video] Redmond Pie 8:37 AM
"Foxconn Moves Into Televisions" Apple Bitch 1:42 PM
"A New York Times anti-Apple article swallows its own premise: Once again, the paper twists itself into a pretzel to find the Apple-is-doomed angle." New York Times 8:28 AM
"140 Million Reasons Why Bill Gates May Be Wrong About the iPad" The Motley Fool 6:18 PM
"Microsoft: More than 100 million Windows 8 licenses sold/Summary: Microsoft is continuing to sell Windows 8 licenses at roughly the same clip that it sold Windows 7 ones to its OEM partners and others in the channel, company officials say." ZDNet 5:16 AM
"Microsoft sells more than 100M Windows 8 licenses in 6 months: The sales milestone is on par with the number of Windows 7 licenses sold in its first six months on the market." CNET News 5:27 AM
"Windows 8 six months in: 100 million licenses sold, 250 million app downloads/There are also six times more apps in the store than at launch." Ars Technica 5:17 AM
"Microsoft tops 100 million Windows 8 licenses sold, promises Windows Blue update in 2013" Engadget 5:21 AM
"Microsoft Rethinks Windows 8 After Missing Expecations" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:21 PM
"Microsoft confirms public preview of Windows 8 in late June/Summary: Microsoft Windows engineering chief Julie Larson-Green says a public preview of Windows Blue will be out for all Windows 8 users at the end of June." ZDNet 2:43 PM
"Microsoft Promises Windows 8 User Improvements, Support for Smaller Tablets with 'Windows Blue'" ABCNews 5:56 AM
"Microsoft's Windows Blue to be available later this year: The update to Windows 8 will be delivered across a variety of form factors and display sizes" Computerworld 5:21 AM
"Microsoft puts on a happy face for Windows 8, but retrenches behind the scenes" CITEworld 12:39 PM
"Amazon leaks evidence of first smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablet: Acer Iconia, an 8.1-in. tablet running Windows 8, confirms change in Microsoft's strategy, move toward smaller, less-expensive devices" Computerworld US 5:11 AM
"Microsoft agrees to extend Yahoo revenue-per-search/Summary: Microsoft and Yahoo are extending the revenue-per-search guarantee piece of their search partnership by another year." ZDNet 2:43 PM
"IE8 security bug forces users to move" TG Daily 8:22 AM
"Why Nokia's Biggest Problem Is Microsoft" Seeking Alpha 7:53 AM
"Nokia CEO says remains focused on Windows Phone software" Reuters 5:39 AM
"Intel's New Mobile Processors Could Save The Company" Business Insider 8:33 AM
"ARM Vs. Intel: Why It Doesn't End Badly For Either" Seeking Alpha 5:10 AM
"Intel Brings Silvermont to Mobile Competition vs. ARM" eWeek 5:24 AM
"Intel Silvermont Mobile Processor Architecture Launched, Expected To Rival ARM SOCs: Promises 3X the performance, while consuming 5X less power than current-gen Intel Atom chips." Techtree 5:44 AM
"Intel Silvermont promises three-fold boost for tablets" PC Pro [Free Registration Required] 5:44 AM
"Intel's big mobile push: Revamps Atom chips with Silvermont architecture" Reuters 5:48 AM
"Intel set to triple phones speeds with new Silvermont chips" Crave @ CNET 5:45 AM
"Upcoming Intel Ivy Bridge CPUs Exposed by ASUS Support List" Softpedia 5:45 AM
"HP's Hinshaw At Center Of 5-Year Turnaround Plan" InformationWeek 12:46 PM
"HP ProBook Notebooks Aimed at Small Businesses" eWeek 5:24 AM
"Amazon's growing threat to H-P, Dell and Oracle" Dow Jones Newswires 5:41 AM
"Oracle, SAP under attack: How cloud upstarts steal their lunch" The Register 5:49 AM
"The Star Trek Fan Art That IBM Scientists Created Out of Atoms" Wired 5:47 AM
"Cisco gets tough: Details ruggedized switches for harsh environments" Computerworld New Zealand 12:39 PM
"Tablet shipments to surpass PCs before year's end, says analyst: By the fourth quarter, tablet shipments will reach nearly 80 million, while those of PCs will drop to 70 to 75 million in one scenario forecast by analyst Sameer Singh." CNET News 7:50 AM
"Pleased by Apple's Move, Einhorn Raises His Bet" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:15 PM
"Einhorn Boosts Apple Stake" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:18 PM
"This Hedge Fund Legend Just Bet Even More on Apple" The Motley Fool 6:18 PM
"Einhorn Boosts Apple Stake, Praises Capital-Return Plan" Bloomberg 6:17 PM
"Why David Einhorn Is Upping His Apple Bet" [Video Report] Bloomberg TV 6:17 PM
"Transcript: What David Einhorn told his shareholders about Apple/The hedge-fund billionaire who sued Apple in February was buying shares again in March." Fortune 1:47 PM
"Motley Fool Analysts Are Buying Apple Stock" The Motley Fool 8:16 PM
"Apple: Breakout or Breaking Down?" [Video Report] CNBC 6:19 PM
"Apple Will Return More Value After Debt Financing" The Motley Fool 2:53 PM
"Asia Markets: Japan extends rally; Australia rebounds on banks/Most Asian markets rose Wednesday as another record finish for key U.S. equity indexes helped Japanese stocks extend their solid rally from the previous session, while high-dividend yielding shares led a rebound in Australia." MarketWatch 9:35 PM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks rise as banks boost mood/European stock markets moved cautiously higher on Tuesday, with banks rallying after earnings reports from heavyweight HSBC Holdings PLC and Société Générale SA." MarketWatch 5:58 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:18 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:18 PM
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