"Why Apple is still the king of design and innovation" ["'Apple will every so often come out with a breakthrough product and then everybody copies it and that's where we are today and it seems like everything is coming to a halt, but it's not coming to a halt,' Tognazzini said. 'And I have no doubt about that whatsoever. They will come out with another product that will change everything. I don't think they are falling behind.'"] CNBC 8:04 AM
"Will Apple's Next Products Move The Needle?" Forbes 7:42 AM
"Will Apple Finally Take Out Google?" ["With an expected introduction of the iTV and an already announced iRadio, Apple will become a bigger part of consumers' everyday lives and the company -- as well as the stock price -- will begin to swell as a result. Whether or not Apple willingly steps into the tech titans boxing match with Google, two things are certain: iWork is just the beginning and the consumer is the ultimate winner as these two duke it out to be number one."] TheStreet 10:49 AM
"Report: Apple mulling $280M purchase of PrimeSense, the Israeli 3D body sensor firm behind Microsoft Kinect" 9 to 5 Mac 7:58 AM
"Apple in talks to acquire company behind Microsoft's Kinect: The iPhone maker has reportedly offered $280 million to acquire Israel-based 3D-sensor company Primesense." CNET News 7:47 AM
"Report: Apple considering $300M purchase of first-gen Microsoft Kinect gesture sensor provider" VentureBeat 10:56 AM
"Apple said to be circling Kinect firm, bringing motion control to iTV?" TechRadar UK 8:07 AM
"Apple in talks to buy Israel's PrimeSense: report" Reuters 8:03 AM
"Apple-Samsung Sales Ban Showdown Heads to Court Next Month" AllThingsD 7:54 AM
"Apple-Samsung phone battle to hit appeals court in August: Appeal will be heard almost a year after the original jury verdict was handed down" IDG News Service 8:29 AM
"Apple Unveils Logic Pro X: Apple® today unveiled Logic® Pro X, the most advanced version of Logic Pro to date, featuring a new interface designed for pros, powerful new creative tools for musicians, and an expanded collection of instruments and effects. Logic Pro X includes Drummer, a revolutionary new feature that provides a virtual session player that automatically plays along with your song in a wide variety of drumming styles and techniques, and Flex Pitch, which provides integrated pitch editing for audio recordings. Apple also introduced Logic Remote, an innovative new way to play and control Logic Pro X from your iPad®, giving musicians the flexibility to create and mix their music from anywhere in the room." Apple 8:09 AM
"Apple Launches Logic Pro X with Virtual Drummer and Flex Pitch" MacRumors 8:28 AM
"Apple Unveils Logic Pro X with Auto Drums, iPad Remote App" The Mac Observer 8:21 AM
"Apple Surprises with Logic Pro X Launch" FairerPlatform 8:29 AM
"Apple Releases MainStage 3 for Mac" iClarified 9:37 AM
"New 'ransom' malware exploits JavaScript flaw to plague OS X users" MacNN 8:29 AM
"Ransomeware is targeting Apple Mac OS X users via Safari: Demands users pay $300 to unlock systems" The Inquirer 10:40 AM
"Mac Malware With Apple Developer ID 'Likely Government Sponsored': The sneaky Janicab malware is likely targeting activists in Kazakhstan and Russia" TechWeekEurope 10:50 AM
"OS X Users Hit by Ransomware Websites Posing as FBI Notices" MacRumors 10:47 AM
"Hackers Target Macs with Ransom Threat for Web Surfing" The Mac Observer 12:36 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"How to tackle JavaScript-based ransomware sites: Ransomware holding you and your computer hostage? Don't worry, its scheme can easily be overcome." MacFixIt 8:09 PM
"Logic Pro X, MainStage 3: Plug-in setting for EVP88, EVB3, and EVD6 may not appear" Apple Support 6:30 PM
"Logic Pro X: Using and saving patches" Apple Support 6:30 PM
"More than half of all streaming boxes sold are Apple TVs" GigaOM 3:09 PM
"Report: half of streaming boxes sold are Apple TVs" TUAW 8:29 PM
"Infinity Blade 2 Gets Giant Lift From Paid-to-Free Apple Promotion" ["The action-RPG sword-fighting game added 5.7 million new players in seven days. Laura Mustard, publicist for the game's developer, Chair Entertainment, said 1.7 million downloads occurred on Monday, the first day of the promotion."] AllThingsD 3:18 PM
"App economy expected to double by 2017 to $151B: Innovations with smart TVs and connected cars will help drive app commerce" Computerworld 8:19 AM
"Apple reportedly in talks to buy company behind Kinect sensor" The Verge 8:04 AM
"Apple may acquire an Israeli Company for Advanced 3D Depth Camera Technology for Apple TV, Gaming and More" Patently Apple 8:49 AM
"Apple Is Reportedly Trying To Buy The Company That Helped Microsoft Make The Xbox Kinect Motion Controller" Business Insider 8:10 AM
"Apple is in talks to buy Microsoft Kinect sensor creator Primesense" The Inquirer 7:58 AM
"Apple 'in talks' to buy motion control specialist (and Kinect maker) PrimeSense" Engadget 7:58 AM
"Report: Apple proposing ad-skipping feature for Apple TV" Electronista 8:29 AM
"The Apple 'Kill List': What Your iPhone Doesn't Want You to Type/Spell 'electrodialysis' wrong in a text, and Apple will correct you. Miss 'abortion' by one letter? You're on your own. A Daily Beast investigation on what your iPhone doesn't want you to say." The Daily Beast 8:50 AM
"Apple Owns 56% Of The Streaming Devices Market, Roku Second With 21%" Seeking Alpha 11:41 AM
"Apple investigating iPhone electrocution claim: China's consumer-safety agency has warned of an electrocution risk from unregulated mobile-phone chargers, which are common in China." Washington Post 8:03 AM
"iPhone 5S Production Will Reportedly Begin Later This Month" MacRumors 3:08 PM
"Apple reportedly having some IC yield problems with new iPhone manufacturing" DigiTimes 7:48 AM
"Phone 5s hit by fingerprint sensor issues, claims report: Initial shipments of the new phone could be reduced due to production woes with the fingerprint-recognition chips and LCD driver chips, says DigiTimes." CNET News 7:53 AM
"Early iPhone 5S Shipments May Be Constrained Due to Poor Fingerprint Sensor Yields" MacRumors 8:28 AM
"New report says fingerprint sensor causing iPhone 5S production issues" iDownload Blog 8:11 AM
"PhotoNova 2 Review: PhotoNova 2 is a powerful photography app that transforms pictures into works of art thanks to its many advanced features and effects." 148Apps 9:24 AM
"Solitaire & Wisdom Review: What Solitaire & Wisdom lacks in looks, it more than makes up for with sheer volume of solitaire games." 148Apps 8:36 AM
"Wheel Of Fortune: Cubed Review/A change from the usual format, Wheel of Fortune Cubed suffers from some control-based issues, but it's an otherwise quite solid word game." 148Apps 3:08 PM
"Apple seeks 'Pie in the sky' ideas for innovation" Computerworld 7:35 AM
"The Battle Between iOS and Android Is About Apps" Mac 360 7:34 AM
"The Hardware Game: Is Apple Fixing iPhone?" Mac 360 7:34 AM
"iPhone 5S Specs: Speeds and Feeds Looking Good" Tapscape 7:31 AM
"iPhone 5S FUD: DigiTimes Does the Lizzy Borden" FairerPlatform 7:31 AM
Non-Apple
"Stop the Robocall Madness! With all the NSA spying going on, you'd think someone could trace and put a stop to the endless robocalls." PC Magazine 3:52 PM
"MSI GE40 Review: a Slim Gaming Notebook" AnandTech 8:39 AM
"Sorry, Dropbox: The Hard Drive Is Here To Stay" ReadWrite 8:35 AM
"Unreal: Epic's would-be Doom... er... Quake killer" The Register 7:49 AM
"Dell investors should take the money and run/Commentary: Decent value unlikely if PC maker stays on the market" MarketWatch 7:15 AM
"What Carl Icahn doesn't understand about Dell" ITProPortal 7:18 AM
"Dell Unleashes New Version of Desktop Virtualization Platform" SiliconANGLE 7:17 AM
"Dell enters three-year partnership with Camara to introduce technology into two schools in Dublin and Limerick" Business & Leadership 7:17 AM
"Peak PC and Microsoft's dilemma/Here's the big question: Does the personal computer industry stabilize, and if so, where?" Computerworld 9:09 AM
"Microsoft broadens its Windows Azure desktop-hosting licensing terms" ZDNet 7:52 AM
"Microsoft Smartwatch Being Tested By Surface Team" TechWeekEurope 7:53 AM
"Microsoft beware: Google Chromebooks could surge/Chromebook shipments could spike in the second half of the year. That's not good news for Microsoft, which is seeing falling laptop deliveries." CNET News 6:58 AM
"Microsoft Explains: Why Logic Error in Windows 8 Existed" Online Gadget Store 7:52 AM
"Windows XP End of Life: HP Offers Migration Support" The VAR Guy 7:19 AM
"Key moments in Hewlett-Packard's recent history" Associated Press 7:19 AM
"Ray Ozzie joins Hewlett-Packard board: Ex-Microsoft chief software architect to help HP build out its enterprise software and services business" IDG News Service 7:19 AM
"Hewlett-Packard expands board, adds three directors" Contra Costa Times 7:20 AM
"HP Names Ex-CEOs of McDonald's, Liberty Media to Board" Bloomberg 7:20 AM
"HP, rivals spar over $3.5B IT contract with U.S. Navy/Summary: How much does $3.5 billion mean to ailing PC maker HP? Quite a lot, considering it made just half that figure during its second-quarter earnings, down year-over-year." ZDNet 9:35 AM
"Intel acquires gesture computing firm Omek/Summary: It's possible that Intel is moving to bolster its position in the gesture and sensor-based computing market, but likely not exclusively." ZDNet 9:32 AM
"Intel buys gesture firm Omek Interactive for $40M: report: The Israel-based company provides gesture-recognition technology. It was believed that Samsung and Qualcomm were also in the running to acquire Omek." CNET News 9:14 AM
"Intel's acquisition of Omek means you might never have to touch a PC again" The Verge 7:13 AM
"Gesture In The Picture, As Intel Reportedly Picks Up Omek But PrimeSense Dismisses Apple Acquisition Rumors" TechCrunch 9:14 AM
"For Acer, USB 3.0 steals Intel's Thunder(bolt)" PCWorld 9:31 AM
"Intel Taps New Opportunity: 3-D Movies" WSJ Blogs 6:17 AM
"Intel Corporation (INTC) To Expand Server Chips Usage In Mobile" ValueWalk 7:46 AM
"AMD FX-9000-series hardware now available/Summary: From today you'll be able to buy PCs powered by AMD's 5GHz, 8-core FX-9590 processor." ZDNet 7:21 AM
"AMD Crystal series are next gen mobile cards" Fudzilla 7:21 AM
"AMD's Cheat Sheet For July 18th" Seeking Alpha 7:14 AM
"AMD Kaveri supply may be delayed to early 2014" DigiTimes 9:39 AM
"AMD's Kabini Spotted Ahead of Schedule" EE Times 9:38 AM
"IBM Hands Training Over to Partners" ChannelBuzz.ca 7:45 AM
"Oracle updates Exalytics systems with X3-4" V3 9:36 AM
"Perimeter Security Focus Leaves Strategic Business Assets Vulnerable To Cyberattack" [Forbes OracleVoice] Forbes 9:37 AM
"Sun sets on Oracle VDI products: Sun Ray going down for the last time" The Register 7:54 AM
"New highs for Cisco Systems, Inc." Avauncer 7:22 AM
"PC market's Q2 decline might be even worse than we thought" BGR 6:38 AM
"Stocks: Holding onto record highs" CNNMoney 7:38 AM
"Goldman Beats On Continued Debt Market Strength" TheStreet 7:38 AM
"Goldman Sachs doubles profits: Goldman Sachs has reported a surprise doubling of profits in its latest quarterly results." BBC 9:27 AM
"Asia Markets: China, Japan stocks rise; India retreats/Japanese stocks gained Tuesday on a weakened yen and a record finish for key U.S. indexes, while Chinese stocks edged higher after a choppy trading session amid hopes Beijing may act to avert a steeper economic slowdown." MarketWatch 7:39 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks lower after German ZEW data/European stock markets held on to losses in midmorning action on Tuesday after German investor confidence data missed expectations." MarketWatch 7:39 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:27 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:27 PM
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