"Apple Patent Details Flexible Battery" Techandle 8:18 AM
"Boston University Patent Suit Over Apple's iPhone 5 Could Net $75M" The Aymac Group Blog 11:23 AM
"Boston University sues Apple over 1997 patent" USA Today 8:24 AM
"Moustakas Says Apple Owes Him $74.4M" Greek Reporter 8:18 AM
"Cook's Plan: Grab iPhone Sales Share From Resellers" ifoAppleStore 7/5
"Why Apple really, really doesn't need a shopkeeper to lead its retail chain" Computerworld 7/5
"Why Apple needs a wearable computer as much as wearables need Apple's touch" GigaOM 7/5
"Why Apple may need a cheaper iPhone now more than ever" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7/5
"Non-Apple companies hold iWatch trademark in U.S., U.K., China: Apple faces trademark trouble in the U.S., U.K., parts of Europe, and China, where other companies hold the trademark for the name 'iWatch.'" CNET News 7/5
"iWatch trademark already registered in UK, EU, US and China" T3 7/5
"Smartphone 'Saturation' Fears for Apple, Samsung" CNBC 7/5
"Apple has its eyes on automakers: A new generation of consumers cares much more about megabytes of storage and clock speeds than horsepower or torque." Fortune 7/5
"Apple seeking 'next big direction': co-founder/Apple is in a waiting period with the US gadget giant seeking the 'next big direction' almost two years after the death of its groundbreaking boss Steve Jobs, the company's co-founder Steve Wozniak said Thursday." PhysOrg 7/5
"Is Metro: Last Light coming to the Mac?" Mac Gamer HQ 7/5
"RapidSearch Pro Provides Fast, Accurate Search for RapidWeaver Websites" prMac 7/5
"Iesabel is a new, beautiful hack'n'slash action RPG for OS X. Swarms of bloodthirsty monsters, loads of epic gear to collect, dozens of skills to obtain, gorgeous graphics and fantastic music." Forever Entertainment 7/5
"Apple Stores to sell new Square Stand for iPad." iRumors Now 5:35 PM
"Artist's Mac Pro Glass Case Concept Looks Slick, But Is It Practical?" Digital Trends 8:00 AM
"Craigslist Ad for Box Full of iPhones Turns into an Armed Robbery" Softpedia 7:59 AM
"Japan's DoCoMo holds out to iPhone mania, but at what cost? NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's largest mobile provider and a pioneer of the mobile Internet, is one of just a few holdouts among the world's big mobile carriers not offering Apple Inc's iPhone to its 60 million customers." Reuters 7/5
"Pressure mounts on Japan's largest carrier as it still refuses to carry Apple's iPhone" AppleInsider 7/5
"NTT DoCoMo in Tough Negotiations with Apple Over iPhone" Patently Apple 7/5
"Apple's iPhone 5 estimated to have sold more than 2X faster at launch than Galaxy S4" AppleInsider 7/5
"Samsung gets a taste of Apple's bitter pill: Comparisons to Cupertino are inevitable as Samsung shares drop 3.8% in one day." Fortune 7/5
"Confusion Rules On Samsung's Galaxy S4 Sales, With Warning For iPhone 5S" Forbes 7/5
"Samsung faces the Apple conundrum: Expected record profits won't satisfy analysts" VentureBeat 7/5
"It's not just Apple: HTC, Samsung suffer from high expectations, slower sales" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 7/5
"T-Mobile changes its iPhone 5 pricing again" TUAW 7/5
"iPhone 5 The 'Most Hated Handset', Galaxy S4 The Most Loved [Report] Cult of Android 7/5
"Money Matters: Study says Apple's iPhone 5 is most hated handset" NECN 7/5
"Irish Committee Chooses Not To Grill Apple & Google About Tax" Cult of Android 7/5
"Ireland Drops Apple Tax Investigation Plans" The Mac Observer 7/5
"Apple Founder Describes Visit with Kanye, Kim and Baby" ABCNews 7/5
"Samsung goes after iPhone's lack of language support in new Icelandic Galaxy S4 ad" 9 to 5 Google 7/5
"Samsung lambasts Siri dictation in weirdest Galaxy S4 ad yet" iDownload Blog 7/5
"Video: Samsung takes a bite out of Apple in bizarre new commercial" BGR 7/5
"Prince: An iPhone? Hell, no/The famous and very pretty musician expresses disdain for the idea of even owning a cell phone. Can this truly be?" CNET News 7/5
"Apple makes boffo battery life new killer tech spec: All-day battery life has become the sine qua non of any new thin and light laptop worth its salt, thanks to Apple's newest MacBook Air." CNET News 6:59 PM
"iPhone 5 sells twice as fast as Samsung Galaxy S4" TrustedReviews 8:00 AM
"What the iPhone 5S Probably Won't Look Like" TechEBlog 8:01 AM
"High-Quality Video and Photos Reveal What Apple's Plastic iPhone Will Look Like" MacRumors 7:54 AM
"Low-Cost Iphone's Plastic Case Shows Up In Alleged Video And Photo Leak" Modulates 8:09 AM
"Alleged 'budget' iPhone revealed in photos and video by company selling Android knock-offs" The Verge 7:59 AM
"Apple, Samsung's new challenge: Taking on Chinese phone makers like Huawei, Lenovo" The Economic Times 8:02 AM
"Apple testing Android-like local voice dictation for iOS" 9 to 5 Mac 7/5
"Cheap iPhone shown off in colorful mock-ups: New pictures show what the rumored cheaper, plastic-encased iPhone could look like in all its colorful glory." CNET News 7/5
"Is Apple finally making some decent headphones? Patent reveals a pair that automatically drop the volume if not worn properly" Daily Mail (UK) 7/5
"Notebook vendors concerned about Apple application for USB/SD hybrid port patent, say Taiwan makers" DigiTimes 7/5
"Apple's latest move worries PC vendor rivals" BGR 7/5
"Apple has its eyes on automakers: A new generation of consumers cares much more about megabytes of storage and clock speeds than horsepower or torque." Fortune 7/5
"Push alternatives for your Gmail messages on iOS" GigaOM 7/5
"The best iPhone weather apps: With the British weather so temperamental how can you be sure you have picked the best day for a BBQ this weekend?" Macworld UK 7/5
"The best music streaming apps for iPhone" iDownload Blog 7/5
"FunBITS: Star Walk for iPhone and iPad" TidBITS 7/5
"Appidemic: Edge of Twilight – Athyr Above for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" AppleTell 7/5
"Home – a Unique Horror Adventure for iOS" iDownload Blog 7/5
"How to Build a Home Studio: Sound advice for budding music producers, from great 'toys' to the bricks and mortar" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7/5
Tips
"Change the Font Size of Messages on the iPhone to be More Readable" OS X Daily 7/5
"Does hiring of fashionista Paul Deneve hint at the coming of iWear?" AppleDailyReport 7/5
"Is Apple's magic wand 'the simplest interface' for iTV that Steve Jobs envisioned?" iDownload Blog 7/5
"Design-Think Smackdown: Measuring Management At BrAun 1960s v. Apple 2000s" Forbes 7/5
"Outrageous fanboy claims – Apple pioneered personal network" GoMo News 7/5
"Steve Wozniak: Apple seeking 'next big direction'" Neowin 7/5
"Tim Cook Is Planning 'Sweeping Changes' For Apple Stores To Get Employees To Sell More iPhones" Business Insider 7/5
"Get Ready For 'An Army Of New Products This Fall' From Apple, Says An Apple Source" Business Insider 7/5
"iPhone 5 'most hated thing since dawn of civilisation': Apple's flagship smartphone now considered worse than tax, wasps and people who talk in the cinema" Macworld UK 7/5
"iPhone 6 concept shows edge-to-edge screen and iOS 7" Know Your Mobile 7/5
"iPod Classic: Two Grizzly Bears in Your Pocket" FairerPlatform 7/5
"On Fashion Design, Product Design, And Apple" Mac 360 7/5
"How Lies, Damned Lies, And Statistics Prove That Android Is Shrinking Against The iPhone" Mac 360 7/5
Non-Apple
"Who says Apple's iPhone 5 is the 'most-hated smartphone'?" Fortune 9:37 AM
"What Smartphone Duopoly? Apple as much at risk as Blackberry and Windows Phone" WMPoweruser 8:52 AM
"Samsung's weirdest 'Apple is rotten' ad ever: Apparently, Apple phones just don't work. They make you suffer terribly. Once you get a Samsung, you perform a mating dance toward a mountain goat. At least that's what this new ad from Iceland says." CNET News 7/5
"Samsung and Jay-Z give the Internet a master's class in how not to make an app"["...Jay-Z and Samsung's app, on the other hand, is positively PRISM-like in its requests for your information."] Ars Technica 7/5
"5 reasons the Xbox One will dominate: Why Microsoft is poised to win the console war." Fortune 7/5
"5 reasons the Playstation 4 will crush the competition: Why Sony is poised to win the console war." Fortune 7/5
"How augmented-reality ads could change everything" CNET News 7/5
"If 'and' is &, why can't 'the' be ??" The Verge 7/5
"Jigsaw (Picture Puzzle) :-) Features Endless Hours of Challenges" prMac 8:32 AM
"LotteryTicket Now Available For US Mega Millions - State Lotteries Soon" prMac 8:30 AM
"Score Your ability to Love - Support 7yr old's Charity w/ My Love Doctor" prMac 8:31 AM
"My Travel Assistant App: Don't Travel Without It" prMac 8:31 AM
"PaigeeWorld #SPACE Mini Drawing Contest This Weekend" prMac 8:29 AM
"Phonetic Birds available on the Apple App Store" prMac 8:29 AM
"Portraits by Steve McCurry iPad App Now Available At No Cost" prMac 8:31 AM
"500 Russian Audiobooks for iOS: Books Read Aloud in Russian/English" prMac 8:30 AM
"New Share & Spare app makes social travel simple and fun" prMac 8:32 AM
"True 3D Shooter Space Game for iOS" prMac 8:30 AM
"TRYPTpic for iOS makes Instagram profile a mega display of photos" prMac 8:36 AM
"Introducing VNTG: Personal Wine Cellar Management for iOS" prMac 8:32 AM
"Instagram for iOS gets landscape mode, Cinema stabilization support for front-facing cameras" Engadget 7/5
"Instagram for iPhone updated with improved landscape, Cinema support" 9 to 5 Mac 7/5
"'LiveWire Pro' brings news unlock animations to iOS" iDownload Blog 7/5
"Coming July 6: Gene Steinberg meets Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' and Avram Piltch, of Laptop magazine, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7/5
"Mega gets official Android app, iOS and Windows clients to follow" BetaNews 7/5
"Intel's New Tablet Processor Beats The Best ARM Chip By A Huge Margin" Seeking Alpha 8:44 AM
"A Startup Founded By Some Of Cisco's Most Prestigious Former Engineers Wants To Knock Cisco's Lights Out" Business Insider 8:44 AM
"Will Cisco Repeat History With The Acquisition Of JouleX?" Seeking Alpha 8:46 AM
"Internet giants planning to wipe out child abuse images: Major companies, including Facebook, Microsoft, Google and Twitter, are in secret discussions to create a system that could banish child abuse images from the web." Telegraph 7/5
"Facebook, Google, and Microsoft Have A Secret Plan For A Massive Database Of Every Illegal Child Porn Photo On The Web" Business Insider 7/5
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