"Apple's two-step ID verification expands to more countries" Robail's Blog 5:39 AM
"Apple's Two-Step Apple ID Verification Process Reaches Countries Around The World" App Advice 9:04 AM
"Review: Google invades Apple with Siri-fighting 'Now'" Chicago Daily Herald 9:18 AM
"Apple's 'iRadio' service 'stalled over royalties': Apple's plans for a radio streaming service have reportedly stalled again, with label bosses at Sony Music pushing for better terms in ongoing negotiations." Telegraph 5/10
"Forget Apple TV or iWatch: Apple's Next Trump Card Is Mobile Payments" Minyanville 5/10
"iPad Mini Sales Spat Puts Focus on Apple Suppliers: Apple is famous for keeping its supply chain partners under strict gag orders. So when the CEO of an iPad Mini manufacturer reportedly blamed his declining revenue on that device's slowing sales, ears perked up all over Wall Street. The CEO denied mentioning any specific product, however, and industry watchers point to other factors that could impact Apple's sales." MacNewsWorld 5/10
"How much damage a cheaper iPhone does to Apple's profit margins: Fears of 30% by 2015 are overblown, says Gene Munster, but he's lowering his target." Fortune 5/10
"Piper Jaffray: Concern of drooping sub-30% Apple margins is 'overblown'" AppleInsider 5/10
"The rise of the App Director" The Next Web 4:03 PM
"Hon Hai Reports Boost in iPhone Shipments in April" Patently Apple 9:50 AM
"iPhone 5S release date: Details on iPhone 5S screen production arrive" Examiner 5:23 AM
"Apple Kicks Microsoft While It's Down" The Motley Fool 5:25 AM
"The problem with iTunes and Windows 8" iMore 8:35 AM
"Microsoft wants an iTunes app for Windows 8, but it's not coming 'any time soon'" The Verge 5/10
"Go on Microsoft: give Office for iOS, take iTunes for Windows 8" Computerworld 5/10
"No iTunes for Microsoft Windows 8 devices anytime soon: A Microsoft executive said in an interview with CNN Money that even though Microsoft would like to support an iTunes app for Windows 8, it's unlikely Apple will allow it anytime soon." CNET News 5/10
"Why no iTunes for Windows 8 shouldn't surprise you: Microsoft says Apple's showing no signs of wanting to bring its popular jukebox software to Windows 8, but this was obvious." CNET News 5/10
"Microsoft wants iTunes as a Windows 8 app, of course, but says Apple's not so keen" iMore 5/10
"Microsoft's Pleas for Windows 8 Version of iTunes Fall on Deaf Ears" Mac|Life 5/10
"Apple seeds sixth beta build of OS X 10.8.4 to developers" Macworld UK 5/10
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/Readers ask about how to fix a flashing incoming network connection request, Trash that won't empty, and more." MacFixIt 5/10
"What does the 'Reset Print System' routine in OS X do? The Reset Print System routine in OS X performs a number of adjustments to the print service's files and configurations to restore factory default settings, but these steps can be manually performed or can even be undone, if needed." MacFixIt 5/10
"Bugs & Fixes: When TextEdit won't save" Macworld 5/10
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How to create and access bookmarks in iBooks for iPhone and iPad" iMore 1:18 PM
"How to replace your BT Homehub with an Apple Airport Extreme Base Station on BT Infinity" Blackforce 12:36 PM
"Mastering Passbook On Your iPhone" Cult of Mac 11:51 AM
"How to Have Preview Sign Your Documents in OS X" The Mac Observer 10:52 AM
"With Pixelmator 2.2, who needs Photoshop?" AppleDailyReport 5/10
"Creating an AppleScript to Switch Between Multiple iTunes Accounts" Mactuts+ 5/10
"Pacifist, file extraction and system forensics tool" IT.Enquirer 5/10
"Mac Gems: GIF Brewery makes it easy to create animated GIFs" Macworld 5/10
"5 Automator workflows everyone should have" Macworld 5/10
"Mastering Notification Center: Dump It Entirely From Your Mac [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 5/10
"3 Mac Tips To Save You Time & Lower Your Blood Pressure" The Mac Observer 5/10
"AppleScript to open new Finder window in same folder as frontmost window" Mac OS X Hints 5/10
"Six awesome first person shooters for the Mac you should play right now" iMore 5/10
"What Do You Get When You Blend A Little Of Photoshop With Illustrator? An Affordable Acorn" NoodleMac 5/10
"Rent The New Photoshop By The Month? Or, Buy A Photoshop Wannabe And Save Hundreds Of Dollars" Mac 360 5/10
"Try The Simple App That Makes Your Mac Work Better And Faster" TeraTalks 5/10
"The Best Mac Personal Information Manager Just Got Better (but is still missing one thing)" Mac 360 5/10
"Wordify Is The Magic Typographic App That Turns Photos Into Artistic Images Of Art" McSolo 5/10
"How To Do To Microsoft What Microsoft Did To You (think Office for free)" BohemianBoomer 5/10
Op/Ed
"Apple should learn from Microsoft's broken Windows: With its latest features, the Mac is starting to resemble a souped-up iPad." Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 5/10
"Strategy Analytics: Smartphone Apps Processor Revenue Soared 60 Percent in 2012/Apple, Qualcomm and Samsung Dominated" PRNewswire 5/10
"Android is crushing Apple and Microsoft in the mobile device market" ZDNet 5/10
"Google's Android on 59.5% of all 'smart mobile devices' shipped in Q1, Apple at 19.3%" AppleInsider 5/10
"Apple reclaims top 5 ranking in China's smartphone market" ZDNet 5/10
"Apple supplier hiring 40,000 'to build new iPhone': Pegatron, an Apple supplier, has said it will boost its 100,000 workforce by 40 per cent later this year, sparking speculation it is preparing to build the next iPhone" Telegraph 5/10
"Apple May Be Able to Bypass Your iPhone's Password, but There's a Waiting List" Techland 5/10
"Apple forces Line to remove the ability to send virtual items as gifts from its iOS app" The Next Web 5/10
"Messaging App Line's Virtual Currency For Sticker Gifting Falls Foul Of Apple's App Store Rules" TechCrunch 5/10
"A month after booting AppGratis, Apple approves AppCurious — a new take on app discovery" VentureBeat 5/10
"Apple deluged by police demands to decrypt iPhones: ATF says no law enforcement agency could unlock a defendant's iPhone, but Apple can 'bypass the security software' if it chooses. Apple has created a police waiting list because of high demand." CNET News 5/10
"Apple's iPhone Security Measures Prompt Queue Of Unlock Requests From Law Enforcement" TechCrunch 5/10
"Need Apple's Decryption Expertise? Get In Line" PC Magazine 5/10
"Apple will reportedly unlock your iPhone for police, but there's a wait list" Ars Technica 5/10
"iOS 7 sees usage in San Francisco and Cupertino despite not existing" Stabley Times 5/10
"AT&T's new Aio Wireless offers iPhone 5 with unlimited data – for $649" Stabley Times 5/10
"PayPal Says It's Time to Ditch Passwords and PINs, and Apple may lead the way with iPhone 6" CIO 5/10
"Apple's two-step verification for Apple IDs rolling out to Canada and additional countries" 9 to 5 Mac 5/10
"New bill introduced that legalizes cellphone unlocking and more" iDownload Blog 5/10
"Myth killer: iPad magnet effect on defibrillators wasn't 'discovered' by a 14-year-old" TUAW 5/10
"Apple iPads could be bad for your heart" TG Daily 5/10
"Your iPad Smart Cover Could Switch Off a Pacemaker" Gizmodo 5/10
"Magnets are bad for some heart devices, and that includes those on the iPad" iMore 5/10
"Apple I to be sold in auction of historic computers" ZDNet 5/10
"Not now, Apple: We've got the Pi-Phone, the smallest mobe network" The Register 5/10
Non-Apple News
"Pentagon Plans to Clear Apple Devices for Network Use" Bloomberg 11:51 AM
"Pentagon Will Clear iPhone and iPad Next Week" AllThingsD 8:40 AM
"Patent Court Torn on Whether Software Deserve Patents" Bloomberg 5/10
"Heads up: CIOs are growing attached to Google Glass" InfoWorld 5/10
Publications/Podcasts
"Coming May 11: Gene Steinberg meets Peter Cohen, of The Loop, author Greg Scoblete, and Avram Piltch, from Laptop magazine, this week on the Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 5/10
"The GigaOM Show: LinkedIn leans into news, Apple's dumb phone, YouTube Subscriptions" GigaOM 5/10
"Kensington USB 3.0 Multi-Display Adapter" TUAW 6:52 PM
"iPhone demand stalls ahead of iPhone 5S release: Demand for Apple's iPhone is at an all time low while Samsung goes from strength to strength. Is everybody waiting for the iPhone 5S?" Know Your Mobile 5/10
"Lab Tested: The ramifications of additional memory on a Mac" Macworld 5/10
"Apple looking at ways to use your device's camera as an input interface" AppleDailyReport 5/10
"Apple wants to allow you to add a personalized vocabulary to Siri" AppleDailyReport 5/10
"Apple wants to make it easier for iOS devices to work with multiple service providers" AppleDailyReport 5/10
Price Trackers/Deals
"Apple Depot Earbuds: Perfect For The Active Lifestyle" Cult of Mac 2:16 PM
"Best Buy, Amazon knock 10% off Apple's MacBook Airs & iMacs for Mother's Day" AppleInsider 10:43 AM
"Weekend 9to5Toys roundup: $875 MacBook Air, $1,150 iMac, 15% off iTunes gift card, $179 Nest thermostat, much more" 9 to 5 Mac 8:59 AM
"Carmageddon For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $3.99)" Apple Sliced 5/10
"Spartans VS Zombies Defense For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 5/10
"Aliens Abducted For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $2.99)" Apple Sliced 5/10
"MacBook Air Prices -$611 To $1,599 -Best Deals, Reviews And Information" MacReviewZone 5/10
"MacBook Pro Prices -15 Inch Models -$975 to $3,049 -Best Deals, Reviews & Informatio" MacReviewZone 5/10
"MacBook Pro Prices -13 Inch Models -$859 To $1,899 -Best Deals, Reviews & Information" MacReviewZone 5/10
"We are giveaway iSkysoft Data Recovery for Mac from May 9th to 15th for one week which regular price is $89.95. This is Completely FREE for everyone for this Mother's Day promotion." iSkysoft 5/10
"HP Photosmart 7520 review: The HP Photosmart 7520"s tablet-style touchscreen makes it pleasant to use, although our test results were hit and miss" Macworld UK 5/10
"Belkin Ultimate Keyboard Case (for iPad)" PC Magazine 5/10
"LINKASE Wi-Fi enhancing iPhone 5 case review" AppleTell 5/10
"Review: Mobc iPhone 5 Screen Protector ScreenGuard w/ Assister - Fine Oleophobic" Run Around Tech 5/10
"5 Reasons To Replace Contacts On Your iPhone With The Almost Free Kontacts App For iPhone" Mac 360 5/10
"Slayin and other quest-based iOS games" Appolicious 5/10
"Sid Meier's Ace Patrol Review – Strategically Soaring In The App Store" Apple'n'Apps 5/10
"Dungeon Hunter 4 review - Gameloft releases version 4 of its action packed arcade RPG: Hack and slash classic returns with ads and in-app purchases" Macworld UK 5/10
"Kontacts Review: Bring together all your friends's contact details and social networking information, to make it easy to get in touch." 148Apps 5/10
"Shredder Chess for iPad Review: Hone your chess skills in this brilliant chess game designed to teach you how to improve." 148Apps 5/10
"Lonely Ship Review: Despite the lack of light this endless flyer most definitely does *not* stumble around in the dark." 148Apps 5/10
"Special Enquiry Detail: Engaged To Kill Review/Offering quite the murder mystery, Special Enquiry Detail: Engaged to Kill is a great example of the Hidden Object genre." 148Apps 5/10
How-To/Tutorial
"How to enable Guided Access in iOS" iDownload Blog 5/10
Tips
"Guest Blog: Top Five Ways to Personalize Your iPhone" Applelinks 5/10
"Is The Apple Television Killer Feature A Massive Hard Drive For 4K Movies?" AppleBitch 5/10
"The iPhone: Smart, but Sometimes Rude" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 5/10
"Dear Apple: We Don't Want A Smart Watch Because The Classic Wrist Watch Will Never Die" Business Insider 5/10
"Samsung's Real Threat to Apple" Tech.pinions 5/10
"Licensing Fees May be Stalling Apple's Streaming Music Service" The Mac Observer 5/10
"Why Apple should develop Android apps: Apple's app ecosystem remains a closed loop, Apple-only affair. But it's in the company's interest to change that." CNET Reviews 5/10
"The day of the digital wallet coming — but it's not here yet" AppleDailyReport 5/10
"New iOS 7 concept depicts Zen-like simplicity" iDownload Blog 5/10
"Clean, Simple Interface And Improved Weather App Feature In New iOS 7 Concept" App Advice 5/10
"New iOS 7 Concept Is Both Clean And Functional With A Very Intuitive UI [Video] Redmond Pie 5/10
"Judge Orders Google to Give Apple Info in Samsung Patent Case" The Mac Observer 5/10
"Judge incredulous that Google finds it hard to search for its own documents" BGR 5/10
"Google suffers setback preventing Apple from obtaining Android documentation" iDownload Blog 5/10
"Take A Look At How Much The iPhone's Camera Has Improved Over The Years" App Advice 5/10
"Winds Of Change: How The Apple We Knew And Loved Is Still The Apple We Know And Love" Mac 360 5/10
"Facebook's 99-cent Black Eye, Or, Why Apple Doesn't Bother Following The Latest Fads" PixoBebo 5/10
Non-Apple
"Should I Wait to Buy My Next iPhone?" Mashable 4:13 PM
"Paypal Hopes Apple's Upcoming iPhone Will Help Free Us From Passwords" iClarified 11:49 AM
"Why Apple should develop Android apps" Techwick 9:52 AM
"Can Apple's iPad Turn Off Defibrillators?" Forbes 10:45 AM
"DRM in HTML5 is a victory for the open Web, not a defeat: W3C's decision to publish a DRM framework will keep the Web relevant and useful." Ars Technica 5/10
"Reports: Icahn, Southeastern make alternative bid for Dell" InfoWorld 5/10
"Carl Icahn enters the ring with new Dell bid" BGR News 5/10
"Icahn Offer for Dell Increases Investor Risk" 24/7 Wall St. 5/10
"Icahn With Southeastern Challenges Silver Lake's Dell Bid" Bloomberg 5/10
"Michael Dell deal faces further obstacles" TG Daily 5/10
"Dell rises slightly on Icahn, Southeastern bid: Group threatens proxy battle if Dell board rejects alternative proposal" MarketWatch 5/10
"HP Hit By Fresh Lawsuit Over Troubled Autonomy Deal" TechWeekEurope 5/10
"HP board sued over Autonomy acquisition" AccountancyAge 5/10
"HP chief: Cyber security pandemic will only get worse" V3 5/10
"Barnes & Noble in talks with Microsoft to sell Nook unit" Bloomberg 5/10
"Book News: Microsoft Rumored To Be Interested In Buying Nook" NPR 5/10
"Microsoft Bidding for Barnes and Noble's Nook?" ABCNews 5/10
"Microsoft, surrounded, wants Nook for the content" CBS News 5/10
"Windows 8 Now Installed on 5% of Computers Worldwide" Softpedia 5/10
"No iTunes for Windows 8 devices anytime soon" CNET News 5/10
"Microsoft's Huge Win: Yammer Sales Are Up 259% Y/Y" Business Insider 5/10
"The Windows 'Blue' burden: Saving the PC itself" InfoWorld 5/10
"Don't believe the myths about Windows 8.1 'Blue'" InfoWorld 5/10
"Windows 8: forget 100m licences 'sold', here's how many PCs are running it/Microsoft's announcement that 100m Windows 8 licences have been 'sold' disguises how many PCs are actually running it. The answer: a lot less than that suggests" The Guardian 5/10
"Microsoft Knows What's Wrong With Windows RT" The Motley Fool 5/10
"Windows 8.1 / Blue Developer Preview Build 9391 Out for Testing – Rumor" Softpedia 5/10
"Microsoft issues emergency 'fix-it' for browser flaw" FOXNews 5/10
"Microsoft details Patch Tuesday Internet Explorer fixes" IT PRO 5/10
"Analysts challenge Microsoft's commitment to Windows RT: Minus major changes in Redmond's strategy, including slashing the price of licenses to OEMs, experts doubt Windows RT's survival" Computerworld 5/10
"It's Larry's world, we only live in it" GigaOM 5/10
"Intel's Server Market Share To Decline As Competition Heats Up" Seeking Alpha 5/10
"Intel Vs. Intel: Its Atom CPUs Get Better... And Threaten Its Cash Cow" ReadWrite 5/10
"Intel CEO's legacy: PC glory, smartphone grief" PCWorld 5/10
"Israelis want Stephen Hawking to boycott Intel" The Inquirer 5/10
"Intel's New Atom Represents 'Thermonuclear War' On Samsung" Seeking Alpha 5/10
"What Is Apple's 'Rate Of Return' For The Next 3 Years?" Seeking Alpha 5:24 AM
"Apple And Goldman Sachs Are An 'Effective Team'" Seeking Alpha 8:49 AM
"Ask a Fool: Is It Different This Time With Apple?" The Motley Fool 5/10
"Apple: The Bottom Has Yet To Be Reached" Seeking Alpha 5/10
"Analyst Gene Munster Confirms One Of The Great Apple Fears, Says Margins Are Going To Drop Significantly" Business Insider 5/10
"Merrill Lynch sees Apple building a bottom" Fortune 5/10
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Dell, Nvidia, Priceline lift tech stocks/PC maker rises as Icahn, Southeastern offer alternative deal" MarketWatch 5/10
"Stocks: New highs during three week winning streak" CNNMoney 5/10
"Markets Close Higher as Bernanke Signals Support" TheStreet 5/10
"US stocks are mostly flat in afternoon trading" Associated Press 5/10
"U.S. Stocks Advance on Economic Optimism Amid Stimulus" Bloomberg 5/10
"U.S. Stocks Close at Records" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/10
"Asia Markets: Japan stocks jump as dollar tops ¥100/Japanese stocks were propelled higher Friday after the U.S. dollar climbed atop the 100-yen level for the first time in four years, stoking sharp gains in exporters." MarketWatch 5/10
"Europe Markets: German stocks notch fresh record, Europe rises/Most European stock markets hit 2013 records on Friday, extending gains into a fourth straight day, as German stocks climbed to an all-time high after upbeat trade data raised hopes Europe's largest economy is picking up." MarketWatch 5/10
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 5/10
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