"How much revenue did iTunes generate for Apple last quarter?" Fortune 7:47 AM
"What Games Are: Apple Needs To Make An iJoypad" TechCrunch 5:18 PM
"Apple Earnings Preview: Get Ahead of the Analysts" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 8:08 AM
"Apple controversy lays bare complex Irish tax web" Reuters 8:08 AM
"Apple's quest for an iWatch on every wrist: The challenge for Apple and others trying to crack the code on wearables is to produce an appealing device for a mass market that doesn't need a watch to tell time and doesn't want to get all wound up by an overly complicated gadget." CNET News 7/20
"Breaking Down The Inertia Around Android And iOS Innovation" Forbes 7/20
"Apple Needs To Re-Evaluate Its Censorship, But We Don't Want The Walls To Come Down Entirely" Digital Trends 7/20
"Apple's agnostic approach to TV: better than Google's but not a win for viewers" GigaOM 7/20
"Apple Said to Buy HopStop, Pushing Deeper Into Maps" Bloomberg 7/20
"Apple said to be recharting Maps with HopStop buy" ZDNet 7/20
"Apple buys firms in mapping acquisition: Apple has acquired a pair of mapping and location firms in a bid to improve its mapping applications," V3 7/20
"Apple's Buying Spree Continues with HopStop for Transit App" Patently Apple 7/20
"Who's Who in the Tablet Market Melee: Over the past two years, Apple has lost significant ground in the tablet market, but it still maintains strong brand recognition and a majority share. The remainder is up for grabs. If Apple's share were to dip beneath the 50 percent mark after the 2013 holiday season, the market would still be best characterized as 'Apple versus The Rest,' with Apple maintaining a plurality share." E-Commerce Times 7/20
"Apple TV With Gesture Control? iWatch Next Year? This Week In Apple Rumors" The Huffington Post 7/20
"Apple Confirms That Its Dev Center Has Been Breached By Hackers" TechCrunch 6:15 PM
"After being hacked Apple's developer site still offline" GigaOM 9:09 PM
"Apple says that its developer site is being completely overhauled after a security breach last week" The Next Web 6:15 PM
"Apple: Developer site targeted in security attack, still down/Apple says its developer site was targeted in an attack, and that any information that was taken was encrypted. The site remains down." CNET News 6:15 PM
"Apple's developer website hacked, personal information 'may have been accessed" VentureBeat 6:58 PM
"Apple developer site hacked, some info may have been exposed" iDownload Blog 6:53 PM
"Apple says its developer site was hacked, but that sensitive data was encrypted" AppleInsider 8:28 PM
"Apple pulls Dev Centre after intrusion attempt" The Register 8:28 PM
"Apple Developer Site Offline After Breach" PC Magazine 8:28 PM
"Apple Developer Center still down" Marco Arment 5:31 PM
"Apple invites users to try out iWork for iCloud beta" T3 7/20
"Apple sends iWork for iCloud beta invitations to everyday users" Engadget 7/19
"Quick Note: iWork for iCloud Beta Opening up to Non-Developers" DailyTech 7/19
"Why have Apple's Dev Center and forums have been down for more than 24 hours? Apple says the center is undergoing maintenance but hasn't shed light on the reason, whether system failure, security breach, or a major platform revision" InfoWorld 7/19
"Apple Developer Center undergoes extended maintenance" MacNN 7/19
"Apple says developer memberships and apps will not expire due to unexpected maintenance duration" 9 to 5 Mac 7/19
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"iCloud: What do Back to My Mac status messages mean?" Apple Support 7:56 AM
"Apple Diagnostics: Reference codes" Apple Support 7:55 AM
"Xsan: System does not start up or volume does not mount after labeling LUNs in Xsan Admin" Apple Support 7:55 AM
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/Options for installing OS X freshly when purchasing a new version of OS X from the App Store, and more covered in this week's Q&A." CNET Reviews 7/19
"How to reset an OS X account password with an Apple ID: Among other options, Apple supports resetting a user account password at the login window using a valid Apple ID." MacFixIt 7/19
"Sync Services: Advanced troubleshooting for contact and calendar syncing" Apple Support 7/19
"Aperture 2: Troubleshooting Basics" Apple Support 7/19
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Use AppleScript or VBA to paste unformatted text in Word for Mac" OfficeforMacHelp 5:31 PM
"Viewfinder for iOS is a unique way to share photos and memories" TUAW 10:12 AM
"How to Use the Mask & Instant Alpha Tools in iWork for Mac -Part 2" The Mac Observer 7/20
"How-to: Change the email address associated with your Apple ID" 9 to 5 Mac 7/20
"Here Are Another Five Great Tips And Tricks For OS X Mavericks Beta [Feature] Cult of Mac 7/20
"Review: Photo Sense - An Easy-To-Use Batch Photo Editor For Mac" MacTrast 7/20
"Review: Face2Face makes Apple Mail more personable" Macworld 7/20
"Share Bucket For Mac Offers Quick Screenshot & File Sharing Via Dropbox, Google Drive & SkyDrive" AddictiveTips 7/20
"OS X Mavericks Preview: App Nap helps you work longer from your laptop" iMore 7/19
"Hands-on: Unibox is a 'people-centric' Mac email client" Macworld 7/19
"5 Ways to AirPlay From Your Mac to Your Television" Mactuts+ 7/19
"Mac Gems: Actions turns your iPad into a Mac control pad" Macworld 7/19
"MacMost Now 893: Editing Photos In External Editors" MacMost 7/19
"Mechanic by Bitdefender helps Mac users improve performance, stability and privacy" BetaNews 7/19
"Great tech-spectations: What's next in tech for 2013/A boring summer for tech is about to get a lot more exciting. Here's what to expect." CNET Reviews 8:05 AM
"Apple refunds 8-year-old's £4,000 bill for in-app purchases" Crave @ CNET 8:08 AM
"Apple refunds $6000 to dad over 8 year-old's iPad bill" MacNN 7:59 AM
"The iPhone Is Alive and Well (At Least in the United States)" The Motley Fool 7/20
"Apple refunds dad $6,000 iPad bill racked up by 8-year-old: Incredibly, there are still some 8-year-olds who don't know that in-game purchases involve real money. As Lily Neale's aerospace designer dad discovers when his bank account is frozen." CNET News 7/20
"Clamour for smartphone 'kill switch' as 'Apple-picking' surges" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7/20
"From Apple to Nest Labs, Always a Designer" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7/20
"More work ahead in Apple, Samsung antitheft crack attack: The results of attempts to crack the antitheft security on Apple's iOS 7 and Samsung's Galaxy S4 Lojack system are still being compiled." CNET News 7/19
"Apple, Google, dozens of others urge U.S. surveillance disclosures" Reuters 7/19
"Microsoft attacks iPad to unload Surface RT inventory: In a new ad, Microsoft compares a Surface RT to an iPad. An Apple Siri-like voice, representing the iPad, says, 'This is not going to end well for me.'" CNET News 7/19
"Surface RT takes on the iPad and wins!" BetaNews 7/19
"Google to take Apple's iPhone head on: August 1 Moto X media event is a go" iDownload Blog 7/19
"More iOS Apps Are Free Than Ever Before" Wired 7/19
"Recharging iPhone blamed for another serious shock in China: iPhone 4 connected to a counterfeit or third-party charger leaves 30-year-old man in a coma for the past 10 days, according to reports from Asia." CNET News 7/19
"Beijing fanboi in coma after iPhone 4 shock treatment" ["The handset and charger in question didn't show any signs of damage, however the latter was not an 'official' Apple peripheral."] The Register 7/19
"Another iPhone shock case in China leaves man in coma" ZDNet 7/19
"State, federal governments testing Apple's antitheft tech" TUAW 7/19
"Verizon's iPhone Activations Could Have Been Helped By iPhone 4 Upgrades" Forbes 7/19
"Good News, Apple: Verizon iPhone Sales Jump 44%" The Mac Observer 7/19
"Top-3 mobile telecom carriers in Russia to give up iPhone, say Taiwan makers" DigiTimes 7/19
"Take a nostalgia trip with minimalist renders of old Macs" TUAW 7/19
Non-Apple News
"Google Glass-Like Products Can Launch For As Low As $400" Forbes 5:21 PM
"Hack exposes e-mail addresses, password data for 2 million Ubuntu Forum users" Ars Technica 5:19 PM
"Samsung to Debut Smart Watch Prior to iPhone Event" Patently Apple 11:47 AM
"750 million phones could be vulnerable in massive SIM security flaw" The Verge 10:12 AM
"SIM Cards Have Finally Been Hacked, And The Flaw Could Affect Millions Of Phones" Forbes 8:52 AM
"Mozilla unveils 'aggressive' Firefox OS schedule: Quarterly feature releases, security updates every six weeks" The Next Web 7/20
"Official Press Shots Leak for Google's Moto X" PC Magazine 7/20
"Consumer Reports weighs in on device upgrade plans" iDownload Blog 7/20
"U.S. Music Sales Down As Streaming Up 24% To 51B Tracks In 6 Months; Harlem Shake Bumps Its Way To The Top" TechCrunch 7/19
"Scientists power mobile phone with urine" [Video Report] BBC 7/19
Publications/Podcasts
"MGG 459: We're All Still Enjoying The Ride" The Mac Observer 6:16 PM
"Q&A: FiftyThree's Jon Harris on the power of the iPad as a creation device" GeekWire 5:18 PM
"Podcast Episode 99b: One Microsoft, One Strategy, One Bad Earnings Report" Three Guys And A Podcast 2:01 PM
"Mobile Roar Podcast #4: iPhone 5S specs roundup, new Carrier upgrade plans, Apple negotiating ad skipping, and more [Video] iSource 10:10 AM
"Coming July 20: Gene Steinberg meets Dan Frakes, of Macworld, Daniel Eran Dilger, of AppleInsider, and John Martellaro, of The Mac Observer, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7/19
"9to5Mac Happy Hour Podcast: iWatch rumors, special discounts, more" 9 to 5 Mac 7/19
"Jeff Carlson Takes Control of Your Digital Photos, One Step At A Time" MacVoices 7/19
"iMore show 355: An episode of hoarders" iMore 7/19
"HD Images Showing The Comparison Of Cheap iPhone And iPhone 5 Leak Out" Techkiddy 7/20
"Hi-res photos of the budget iPhone compare it to the iPhone 5" GSMArena 7/20
"As part of iPhone sales push, Apple Store app to be redesigned & gain free iTunes content" 9 to 5 Mac 7/20
"'Apple Store' iOS App Update Coming Tuesday with Free iTunes Store, App Store, and iBookstore Deals" MacRumors 7/20
"Update to Apple Store app will offer free iTunes, App Store content -- report" CNET News 7/20
"Apple Store iOS app reportedly being re-designed to offer free iTunes content" iMore 7/20
"Amid Apple developer site outage, users report unauthorized password resets: Apple's developer site has been down for two days. Some have experienced password reset emails, which appear to be sent by Apple, but were not authorized: suggesting foul play." CNET News 7/20
"Is Apple seeing double? Budget iPhone could arrive in two flavours: Budget iPhone? Try budget iPhones" TechRadar UK 7/20
"Apple hard drives twice as bad as others, says consumer watchdog: Apple hard drive faults 'worrying'" Macworld UK 7/20
"Leaked Documents Suggest Multiple iPhone Lite Models" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 7/20
"Apple Wins Two Loopy Design Patents in Hong Kong" Patently Apple 7/20
"Apple iPhone Lite to have two versions: Zenvo and Zagato/Bertone codenames appear" phoneArena 7/19
"Apple 'iPhone Lite' pictured in two versions: report: The devices are currently known as their codenames, Zenvo and Zagato/Bertone, a new report claims." CNET News 7/19
"Leaked documents may suggest specs for low-cost iPhone" Electronista 7/19
"Apple Could Be Prepping Two Different 'iPhone mini' Versions" AppAdvice 7/19
"Fully assembled budget iPhone appears in leaked picture" BGR 7/19
"LG reportedly says 'no 2014 delay' on iPad Mini Retina: LG Display now seems to be saying that a 2013 iPad Mini Retina is a possibility. That contradicts what analysts have been saying." CNET News 7/19
"DigiTimes changes course, claims Retina iPad Mini will launch in fall" 9 to 5 Mac 7/19
"LG Shipments Indicate Retina iPad Mini Could Arrive As Early As October" MacRumors 7/19
"Apple works on ways to proofread electronic publications on portable devices" AppleDailyReport 7/19
AppleCare/Helps
"Bugs & Fixes: Resolving an iPhone camera dust-up" Macworld 7/19
"Apple rolls out MacBook Air software update to resolve recent issues" Digital Trends 7/19
"2013 MacBook Air Problems? Apple Fixes the Lot" FairerPlatform 7/19
"Apple issues fix for MacBook Air Wi-Fi bug and screen flickering problems" BGR 7/19
"MacBook Air (Mid 2013): Troubleshooting Wi-Fi connection issues" Apple Support 7/19
"How to update proof-of-purchase information" Apple Support 7/19
"How to request a refund for an AppleCare agreement" Apple Support 7/19
Price Trackers/Deals
"Demolition Physics For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)" Apple Sliced 7/20
"Real Cliff Diving For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 7/20
"Dragons Rage 2 For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 7/20
"Voro -Unique And Addictive Puzzler For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 7/19
"Redline Rush For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 7/19
"SkySafari For Mac Is Free Today (Was $4.99)" Apple Sliced 7/19
"Daily iPhone App: Grid is an idea organizer for the visually oriented" TUAW 7/19
"iPad App Video Review: Ravenmark: Mercenaries" Appolicious 7/19
"XCOM: Enemy Unknown for iPad and iPhone review - Acclaimed alien invasion strategy game" Macworld UK 7/19
"Leisure Suit Larry sleazes his way onto iOS" CNET Reviews 7/19
"Baseball Slam Review: A fun and exciting take on the baseball genre, combining addictive single player with competitive multiplayer to make a thoroughly enjoyable game!" 148Apps 7/19
"Breach & Clear Review: Elements from several of the most popular (and beloved) modern tactical franchises come together to create something no strategy fan should be without." 148Apps 7/19
"Kamikaze Pigs Review: Kamikaze Pigs is a game about chain reactions to destroy pigs. Sure, it sounds fun, but randomness only goes so far." 148Apps 7/19
"Argus Review: Argus makes it possible to reach health goals thanks to its many features and impressive honeycomb interface." 148Apps 7/19
"Iesabel Review: Iesabel scratches that action RPG itch, but just barely." 148Apps 7/19
How-To/Tutorial
"Record iPhone Screen Video With xRec [No Jailbreak Required] Redmond Pie 5:18 PM
"How to Use Restrictions as Parental Controls on an iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch" OS X Daily 7/20
"Review: Galaxy S 4 Active is a Samsung phone for folks who hate Samsung phones/It keeps the high-end guts but ditches AMOLED and sports heavy-duty plastic." Ars Technica 5:37 PM
"Ars Technica System Guide: July 2013/Cheaper, better, faster, stronger. (There was a new Daft Punk album this year.)" Ars Technica 5:21 PM
"9 ways that 3D printing is going to change business" The Next Web 8:51 AM
"Will technology ever deliver a perfect speaker or headphone?" CNET News 7/20
"Smartphone Plans: 5 Ways To Avoid Trouble/AT&T and Verizon rolled out ugly smartphone plans this week. Before you choose any new plan, consider this advice." InformationWeek 7/20
"Editorial: The mysterious failure of Microsoft's Surface RT" AppleInsider 7/20
"Latest iPad-bashing Microsoft ad focuses on peripherals, new Surface RT price point" AppleInsider 7/19
"Consumer Reports: AT&T Next is almost $300 more expensive than T-Mobile JUMP [updated] BGR 7/19
"Why I hate read receipts: Read receipts come to Facebook, Snapchat, and more—and make our lives miserable." Ars Technica 7/19
"Microsoft's Desperate Plea for Tablet Acceptance" The Mac Observer 7/19
"Did You Ever See Geordi La Forge With a Keyboard on His Tablet?" The Mac Observer 7/19
"What Should Microsoft Do With its Surface Surplus? Around six million Surface tablets are wasting away in a warehouse somewhere and I have a few ideas on how Microsoft should move them." PC Magazine 7/19
"Google Just Proved That Those Price-Fixing Conspiracy Theorists — Like Adobe — Were All Wrong" Business Insider 7/19
"Relax, Everyone, Google's 'Bad Quarter' Actually Wasn't All That Bad..." Business Insider 7/19
"What's an Android user worth? Excluding Motorola, Google's gross margins have dropped for seven out of the last nine quarters." asymco 7/19
"Windows 8.1 preview final verdict: Did Microsoft fix Windows 8?" Digital Trends 7/19
"This Is Exactly How Fast the Windows Monopoly Is Being Destroyed" Business Insider 8:09 AM
"More bad news for Microsoft cranks up pressure on Steve Ballmer" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:00 AM
"How Microsoft spent a decade 'sleeping on the job'" The Observer 8:09 AM
"What can we learn from the Surface RT disaster?" TabTimes 8:10 AM
"Microsoft: Own The Living Room" Seeking Alpha 11:53 AM
"Should Microsoft keep bashing Apple, Google? Despite financial disappointments, Microsoft has offered a new, more aggressive stance toward competitors. Instead of telling people that Apple is bad, should Microsoft start telling people why it's good? Or is that too hard?" CNET News 11:50 AM
"Microsoft's Xbox 360 Stands Tall in the U.S., Outsells PS3 and Wii for 30 Straight Months" HotHardware 8:09 AM
"Microsoft Internet Explorer Pushes Beyond Second Screen To Companion Web" Forbes 2:04 PM
"Can Hewlett-Packard Continue Its Good Run?" Seeking Alpha 8:05 AM
"Amazon vs. IBM: Big Blue meets match in battle for the cloud" Reuters 7:56 AM
"IBM high-fives Netflix open-source tools" GigaOM 10:14 AM
"What's IBM Doing at a #Mobile Conference, Anyway?" Technorati 8:12 AM
"Regeneron in final talks to take over Dell's Irish facility" Irish Independent 8:15 AM
"Intel looks to catch up with appetite for mobile devices" Arizona Republic 8:14 AM
"Facebook's Open Compute network is limited, Cisco says" Network World 2:03 PM
"U.N. warns on mobile cybersecurity bugs in bid to prevent attacks" Reuters 8:06 AM
"Microsoft shares hit by biggest sell-off since 2000" Reuters 7/20
"Microsoft's Bad Quarter: Sign of Worse to Come?" Barron's 7/20
"Google appeals Motorola's loss to Microsoft in ITC patent case, still seeking Xbox import ban" Foss Patents 7/20
"Microsoft strategy should take hint from Apple, analyst says" Computerworld 7/20
"If the iPad was late, ran Windows 8, it would fail too: To say that the $900 million write-down on the Surface RT tablet is a red flag may be putting it too charitably. No product that ran the RT version of Windows 8 and came out about three years after the first tablets appeared would succeed." CNET News 7/20
"Why Michael Dell's Buyout Deserves to Die: Dell bought time with a vote postponement, but the deal still faces some difficult shareholder math. And, unless Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer can come up with a clear turnaround plan and execute it, upside is limited from here." Barron's 7/20
"IBM layoffs a sign of flux: Job cuts don't dampen rumors that firm may sell some factories" Albany Times Union 7/20
"Microsoft and Google missed. Apple reports next Tuesday." Fortune 7/19
"Apple iPhone Slowdown? Not So Fast" TheStreet 7/19
"Cassandra: Apple FY 13 Third Quarter Results Conference Call" eXtensions 7/19
Industry News
"Asia Markets: Japan stocks rise after election, with Asia higher/Asian stocks rose Monday after the Japanese government regained control of the parliament's upper house in weekend elections and China removed a floor on banks' lending rates, raising hopes for further reforms in both economies." MarketWatch 9:11 PM
"Does the Dow Have Too Many Tech Stocks?" The Motley Fool 8:12 AM
"Tech Stocks: Microsoft, Google, AMD lead tech retreat/Shares slide as tech sector gets hit by disappointing earnings/Technology stocks paced a broad market retreat Friday, as disappointing results from Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices and Google Inc. sent those shares falling." MarketWatch 7/19
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