"Editorial: What WWDC 2013 tells us about Apple/Apple's annual Worldwide Developer Convention is now over, but the event revealed a year's worth of insight into what the company is doing with the Macintosh, OS X, iOS and iCloud." AppleInsider 6:33 AM
"Apple e-book trial: How the case has unfolded so far/There have been a lot of developments in the U.S. Justice Department's case against Apple in the trial's first two weeks. Check out our reporter's notebook for the latest." CNET News 6:31 AM
"The Apple e-book trial: About that dinner on January 20, 2010" Fortune 9:44 AM
"Apple plays defense, Microsoft goes on offense in battle for iPhone customers: iWork for iCloud, Office Mobile reveal rivals' different strategies as they both chase iPhone's millions" Computerworld 5:23 PM
"MacBook Air and Pro: No touch screen required (unlike Windows 8)" ZDNet 6:20 AM
"Can a week living with Android convince an iOS die-hard to make the switch?" TechRadar UK 6:22 AM
"The beautiful new Apple computer most people won't buy" CNN News Service 9:15 AM
"Woz: This is not my America/Stopped by a Spanish language tech journalists at an airport, the Apple co-founder says that after the NSA revelations, he questions his own government and wonders whether it's behaving like a king." CNET News 9:11 PM
"Apple Is Valued at $440 For Each Of Its Users" Forbes 6/15
"The Threat And The Opportunity Of iOS 7 For Developers" Forbes 6/15
"Ten things I'm happy Apple is fixing in iOS 7: No device is perfect, and every year I look forward to Worldwide Developers Conference keynotes and the new iOS features that typically come with it" Macworld UK 6/15
"Why Is The Market Not Buying Apple?" Seeking Alpha 6/15
"Don't look Mac in anger: 20 years of change for Apple/IN DEPTH The highs and lows of the the most powerful tech company in the world" TechRadar UK 6/15
"Why Microsoft Won't Release Office For The iPad" InformationWeek 6/15
"One reason Apple is hard to beat: Apple design strengths are also in hard-to-see places. Hmm... I think Steve Jobs once said something like that." CNET News 6/15
"Apple to increase Bluetooth integration in iOS 7, OS X Mavericks: Bluetooth enhancements are among the big changes to be found in the next versions of iOS and OS X" Macworld UK 6/15
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/Readers ask about printer access resulting in crashes, and more." CNET Reviews 6/14
"Resolve a 'Couldn't Unmount Disk' Error in Disk Utility" OS X Daily 6/14
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How To Emulate iOS 7 Running On An iPad In Developer-Only Xcode 5" App Advice 9:11 AM
"Getting TextExpander, BetterTouchTool and Parallels to behave with Mavericks" 9 to 5 Mac 6:45 AM
"Ask Andru: Will OS X Mavericks be compatible with my Mac?" GeekWire 6/14
"Safari 7.0 streamlined and accelerated for OS X Mavericks" AppleInsider 6/14
"AppAdvice Goes Hands-On With iWork For iCloud Beta" AppAdvice 6/14
"Dealing with iTunes font sizes, file types, and missing files" Macworld 6/14
"Handbrake, The Best Video Conversion Tool You've Never Used: Never used Handbrake, the open-source, super-powerful tool for converting video? Shame on you." ReadWrite 6/14
"Access old Dropbox menu with Option-click" Mac OS X Hints 6/14
"How To Get Freedom From Flash, Freedom From Cookies, Freedom From Tracking" Mac 360 6/14
"For Mac Power Users Only: The Ultimate Productivity Utility. 1,000 Features. 1 Interface" Mac 360 6/14
"What's The Better Way To Browse Photos On Flickr? Use The Free Mac App F-Stop" McSolo 6/14
"Here's The Easy, Free Way To Track The News From Major Newspapers In The U.S." NoodleMac 6/14
Op/Ed
"5 takeaways for iOS developers from WWDC 2013" GigaOM 10:21 AM
"Best Mac games: First Person Shooters" Mac Gamer HQ 6/14
"A Surfer's View of Apple's Operating System: When I heard the announcement that Apple Inc. had chosen to name its new operating system after Mavericks, one of the most dangerous and storied surf spots on Earth, I was rather intrigued." Bloomberg 6/14
"Three things you (probably) didn't know about OS X Mavericks' name" TUAW 6/14
"OS X 10.9 Mavericks: A boost for post production" Alex4D 6/14
"What's an Apple user worth? This week Apple announced that iTunes has 575 million accounts." ["The number of accounts has increased by almost a factor of six since late 2009. It amounts to an account growth rate of about 500,000/day or 44% compounded annually."] asymco 6/14
"Apple now adding 500,000 new iTunes accounts per day" AppleInsider 6/14
"Apple now reportedly adding 500,000 new iTunes accounts per day" iDownload Blog 6/14
"Apple's iTunes Grows by 500,000 New Accounts Daily" Mashable 6/14
"Bot Wheels: Anki Drive's Cars Are Tiny, High-Speed Robots" Techland 6/14
"Cable TV Business Reaches For Apple As Garden Blooms" Forbes 6/14
"Apple's iPhone still tops Japan, but discounts give Sony a big boost" AppleInsider 6/14
"Apple, Samsung credited for moving toward phones that deter thieves" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 6/14
"iOS Device Usage Peaks at 9:00 PM [Charts] iClarified 6/14
"L.A. schools give iPads, cars for perfect attendance: In a very modern attempt at motivating kids, the Los Angeles United Schools District offers interesting technological prizes for, well, turning up." CNET News 6/14
"It's curtains for Songbird: No encore is anticipated as the iTunes alternative Songbird announces that it has run out of funding." CNET News 6/14
"AT&T adds emergency alert system to iPhone 5 and 4S with software update" AppleInsider 6/14
Non-Apple News
"Samsung analysts ask hard questions as S4 marketing charm wears off" Reuters 5:28 PM
"Xbox One E3 demos were played on Windows gaming PCs" SlashGear 6/15
"Google opts out of FISA disclosure deal made by Facebook and Microsoft, calls it 'a step back for users;' Twitter agrees" The Verge 6/15
"Web giants get broader surveillance revelations" Associated Press 6/15
"Facebook reaches agreement to disclose national security-related data requests" GigaOM 6/14
"Facebook Makes The First Big Dent On FISA, Releases Full Requests It Has Received From The U.S. Government" TechCrunch 6/14
"Facebook to release FISA request orders in transparency report, says up to 19k accounts looked at" The Next Web 6/14
"Facebook Releases Data, Including All National Security Requests" Facebook 6/14
"Phones Leave a Telltale Trail" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6/14
Publications/Podcasts
"Woz talks iOS 7 and PRISM in an off the cuff airport interview" The Next Web 6/14
"Bruno Virlet at WWDC: Apple is Taking a Big Risk with iOS 7" The Mac Observer 6/14
"Brent Simmons at WWDC: Gruber & Wiskus are Trying to Kill Me!" The Mac Observer 6/14
"Joe Kissell Takes Control of Backing Up Your Mac" MacVoices 6/14
"Why iOS 7 Is A 'Work In Progress' And The New Features *You* Love On The CultCast" Cult of Mac 6/14
"Podcast: iOS 7, Mavericks, Mac Pro, iTunes Radio + More" Insanely Great Mac 6/14
"A fresh look at iOS 7 on the iPad [Gallery] 9 to 5 Mac 8:25 AM
"The First iOS 7-Inspired App Updates Are Now Appearing In The App Store" App Advice 8:25 AM
"What is the new Mac Pro 2013 made of? One of the most often asked questions about the Mac Pro is what is the case made from? Find out here." Digital Arts 6:18 AM
"Inside iOS 7: Animations work with flat graphics to create sense of space" AppleInsider 6/15
"A closer look: iOS 7 Control and Notification Centers" Electronista 6/15
"Apple shows iOS 7 game controller plans" bit-tech 6/15
"Apple website mistake reveals alternative iOS 7 icons, with tweaks to Weather, Passbook, and more" 9 to 5 Mac 6/14
"Amid criticism, Apple website showing off alternate iOS 7 icons" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 6/14
"Apple Quietly Changes iOS 7 Icons on Its Website" MacTrast 6/14
"Office Mobile for iPhone now available for Office 365 subscribers" Microsoft Office News 6/14
"Microsoft Office for iPhone is finally here, and it changes everything" PCWorld 6/14
"A brief primer on Microsoft Office for iOS rumors: After years of rumors, Microsoft's Office finally comes to Apple's platform on Friday. Here's a quick breakdown on how it got here." CNET News 6/14
"Lightweight Microsoft Office available on iPhone: Microsoft's Office software package is coming to the iPhone for the first time Friday, offering people the ability to read and edit their text documents, spreadsheets and slide presentations at the doctor's office or at a soccer game." Associated Press 6/14
"Hell freezes over: Microsoft Office Mobile arrives for iOS/Free (for Office subscribers), the iOS app apes Windows Phone 8's capabilities." Ars Technica 6/14
"Office on the iPhone: It's Real and It's Here" Techland 6/14
"Microsoft Brings Office 365 to Apple's iPhone" AllThingsD 6/14
"Microsoft Office Mobile coming to iPhone" USA Today 6/14
"Microsoft Releases Free Office For iPhone App, But Only For Office 365 Subscribers" TechCrunch 6/14
"Microsoft Office For iPhones. Not iPads" TheStreet 6/14
"Office finally arrives on iOS, but with limitations" BetaNews 6/14
"Microsoft Calls iPhone: 'Hey, Come To My Office'" Forbes 6/14
"New iPhone 5S parts leak, again pointing to internal overhaul" BGR 6/14
"Pegatron to start shipments of inexpensive iPhone, next-generation iPad mini in August, say Taiwan makers" DigiTimes 6/14
"IHS sees iPad Mini Retina display production in Q3: Yes, the market researcher says, the iPad Mini Retina is coming. Exactly when is the real question." CNET News 6/14
"Apple's Retina iPad Mini Is On Its Way" The Motley Fool 6/14
"Developer secretly tested new Mac Pro for weeks inside Apple's 'Evil Lab'" AppleInsider 6/14
"Apple clamping down on cheaters & adding new features for gamers in iOS 7" 9 to 5 Mac 6/14
"iOS 7 Eliminates MAC Address As Tracking Option, Signaling Final Push Towards Apple's Own Ad Identifier Technology" TechCrunch 6/14
"iOS 7 game controller plans confirmed by Apple, partnering with Logitech and Moga" TrustedReviews 6/14
"Reader Reports: Apple" [Thunderbolt and Firewire questions] MacInTouch 6/15
"Does anyone know if the mid-2012 MacBook Pro 15" Retina is capable of enjoying faster WiFi with the new [802.11ac] base stations? [According to the Retina MacBook Pro specs, the current models support only 802.11n, not the newer, faster 802.11ac. We expect to see updated Retina MacBook Pros announced by Apple sometime over the next several months (not sure when, though). -MacInTouch]" MacInTouch 6/14
Price Trackers/Deals
"Deals: dozens of new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Retina configs at lowest prices anywhere" AppleInsider 9:37 AM
"PhotoComic For iPad And PhotoComic For iPhone Are Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 6/15
"Tiny Dentist For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 6/15
"PowerCam For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 6/15
"Fairer Deal: 10' Lightning USB Cable, Poser 2014 Discount, CoD 4 for $20" FairerPlatform 6/15
"AutoRap For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)" Apple Sliced 6/14
"Stellar Stacker For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 6/14
"Monkey Mind For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $2.99)" Apple Sliced 6/14
"Scosche RH1060 are superb Bluetooth stereo headphones" AppleDailyReport 6/14
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Sizzlin' summer games for iPhone, iPad" USA Today 6:21 AM
"'Battlestone' Review - It Has Stones, but Not the Right Kind" Touch Arcade 6/15
"Office Mobile for iPhone: What you need to know/Microsoft on Friday announced a mobile version of its Office productivity suite for the iPhone." Macworld UK 6/15
"Facebook releases Stats to reassure users about NSA spying" CNET News 6/14
"A hands-on look at Microsoft Office for the iPhone" ZDNet 6/14
"Microsoft Office for iOS: Complete Video Walkthrough and Hands On" Gizmodo 6/14
"Daily iPad App: Nova Elements walks you through the periodic table" TUAW 6/14
"Daily iPhone App: Elevatr helps you build a booming startup" TUAW 6/14
"FocusTwist Review: FocusTwist re-focuses images after users take them and is a cheaper alternative to the expensive Lytro camera." 148Apps 6/14
"Solstice Arena Review: Solstice Arena is a very solid attempt at a mobile MOBA, but actually playing against other people can be a chore." 148Apps 6/14
"Shelter Review: Survive the zombie apocalypse in this story-driven collectible card game." 148Apps 6/14
"Monsters Invade: Oz Review/Catch 'em all in this simplistic, Pokémon-style, free-to-play role-playing game." 148Apps 6/14
"Pet Rescue Saga Review: Far from an unique title, Pet Rescue Saga is still a quite fun, if in-app purchase heavy, Match Three-style puzzle game." 148Apps 6/14
How-To/Tutorial
"How to move your iTunes library to an external drive: TUTORIAL Music library too big for your Mac? Offload it to a networked storage drive" TechRadar UK 6:30 AM
"Restrict volume on iPhone, iPod, and iPad: Afraid your kids are blowing out their eardrums with their iPod, iPhone, or iPad? CNET's Donald Bell shows how to lock down a maximum volume setting." CNET 6/14
"How To Switch Off Apple's iPhone Tracking System In iOS 7" Business Insider 6/14
"Apple isn't lacking innovation, it's transitioning to a new future" AppleTell 9:23 PM
"Apple's New iPhone Software: Redesigned, With A Lot Of Features Copied From Android" Business Insider 7:38 PM
"Apple's Game of Services: Winter is coming/Summary: Cupertino's got a giant war chest, but does it really want to be in the business of search engines, volume email services, social networks, productivity and enterprise software, and all the other things that are needed to complete the mobile picture?" ZDNet 7:33 PM
"iPhone 5S imagined with camera specs upgrade" Phones Review 6:30 PM
"Office Mobile for iPhone: What's really at stake for Microsoft and Apple? Putting a cut-down version of Microsoft Office onto the iPhone won't change the world." Macworld UK 5:24 PM
"Where Have Apple's 'Loon-y' Ideas Gone?" Forbes 5:22 PM
"Apple has become a design follower instead of a leader — and it may be just fine with that" GigaOM 2:24 PM
"iOS 7 and the continuing gamification of interface" iMore 12:24 PM
"Cassandra -PRISM and the Mac User (1): Background" eXtensions 11:12 AM
"Cassandra -PRISM and the Mac User (2): The Devices We Use" eXtensions 11:13 AM
"iOS 7 and the rejection of the unfamiliar" iMore 7:21 AM
"What can IT do about the coming iOS 7 tsunami?" TabTimes 6:38 AM
"A trip through gaming history: the Videogame History Museum at E3: Embedded in a show about gaming's future is a booth celebrating its past." Ars Technica 5:33 PM
"Kanye remixes: I am the next Steve Jobs/Kanye West repeats his assertion in a New York Times interview that he is, indeed, the second coming of the Apple CEO." CNET News 6/15
"Fix Things, Never Force It: Lessons From Grandpa" iFixit 6/15
"The Secret Science Behind Big Data And Word Of Mouth" TechCrunch 6/15
"Facebook Made Me Do It" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6/15
"Parsing the difference between the Internet and the Web according to Alan Kay: Kay thinks the Internet was built better than the Web. Is he right?" Ars Technica 6/15
"Here Are the Very First Posts on Your Favorite Websites" Gizmodo 6/15
"How super high-def displays change everything: Ultra high-resolution displays are suddenly possible for all screen devices. It's a great time to be an eyeball." Computerworld 6/15
Humor/Cartoons
"Lewis Black gives middle finger to Google Glass and Xbox: Appearing on the 'Daily Show,' the famously mild-mannered comedian offers that the latest 'space toys' really aren't useful to humanity. Except the robot who knows when you need a beer." CNET News 12:22 PM
"X-Doria brings style and stylus to your iPhone" AppleTell 6/14
"The Atlantic magazine debuts first weekly publication as iOS-only app" AppleInsider 6/14
"Coming June 15: Gene Steinberg meets Adam Engst, of TidBITS, Kyle Wiens, of iFixit, Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' and Bryan Chaffin, from The Mac Observer, this week on the Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6/14
"Grab the iOS 7 Default Wallpapers for iPhone & iPod touch" OS X Daily 6/14
"Me Books Brings Children's Favorite Books To iPad, Lets You Be The Narrator" TechCrunch 6/14
"Editorial: Diversity key to surviving IBM layoffs" Poughkeepsie Journal 6:55 AM
"IBM layoffs won't hit region as hard as previous downsizing, experts say: Business leaders say the worst effects could be psychological" Poughkeepsie Journal 6:56 AM
"Details of Haswell Pentium and Core i3 CPUs surfaced" CPU World 8:44 PM
"Specifications of All Incoming Intel Chips Leaked." X-bit labs 8:45 PM
"Intel Could Actually Hit A Share Price Of $40 By 2016" Seeking Alpha 6:14 AM
"Why Intel Could Be Worth $50 A Share By 2017 - The Bull Case" Seeking Alpha 6:14 AM
"Intel's 14 Nanometer: Setting The Record Straight" Seeking Alpha 6:14 AM
"Advanced Micro Devices may bounce back with new servers: Barron's" Reuters 7:07 PM
"How AMD's hardware in next-gen consoles will affect PC gamers" PC Gamer 6:54 AM
"National Security Data Requests Revealed By Facebook, Microsoft" redOrbit 6:51 AM
"Thomas Penfield Jackson, judge in DOJ-Microsoft case, dies at 76: Judge Jackson ruled in 2000 that the tech titan was a monopoly that should be split in two before his removal from the case for 'seriously tainting' proceedings." CNET News 5:28 PM
"Judge in Microsoft Antitrust Case Dies" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:46 PM
"Facebook, Microsoft reveal surveillance request figures: Facebook says it received almost 10,000 US government requests for user data in the second half of 2012" Reuters 6:58 AM
"Xbox Music and Windows Store redesigns revealed in Windows 8.1" The Verge 6:56 AM
"Upcoming Redesign Of Xbox Music App For Windows 8/RT Devices Revealed" Microsoft News 6:30 AM
"HP Cloud scores big customer win; passle of PaaS moves: The week in cloud" GigaOM 12:23 PM
"HP and Google Make an Odd Couple" DailyFinance 6:52 AM
"Thomas Penfield Jackson, Outspoken Judge, Dies at 76/Thomas Penfield Jackson, a federal judge who ruled in 2000 that Microsoft was a predatory monopoly and must be split in half, only to see an appeals court reverse his order because he had improperly discussed it with journalists, died at his home in Compton, Md., on Saturday. He was 76." New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6/15
"Microsoft releases government data request Stats: over 6,000 in six months" Engadget 6/15
"Facebook, Microsoft Disclose National Security Data Requests" PC Magazine 6/15
"Facebook, Microsoft release NSA Stats to reassure users: In an effort to reassure users, Facebook discloses it has received legal orders to turn over details on about one-thousandth of one percent of user accounts. So does Microsoft, and Google plans to do the same." CNET News 6/15
"Facebook, Microsoft release information on government data requests" FOXNews 6/15
"Microsoft Wins Mobile Design Battle, Loses War" Forbes 6/15
"Microsoft Plans To Build 'Windows Stores' Inside Hundreds Of Best Buys" Business Insider 6/15
"IBM dumps over 2,000 US employees in latest round of cuts" ITProPortal 6/15
"IBM Is Getting Aggressive in the Cloud" The Motley Fool 6/15
"Dell Unveils Gaming Laptop Series At E3 Gaming Conference" iDigital Times 6/15
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