"Apple Stores Suffer From Sameness: With No Head of Retail for 10 Months, iPhone Meccas Lose Some Luster" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:05 PM
"Is Apple's lack of a retail chief hurting sales? Although the tech giant has been actively looking to fill the job over the past 10 months, no prospects have yet panned out." CNET News 7:39 PM
"Is Apple flying the pirate flag again? Mansfield move means something special is in works" MarketWatch 8:08 AM
"Apple buys another chipmaker: The iPhone maker has reportedly picked up Passif Semiconductor, a small Silicon Valley-based company that makes low-power communications chips." CNET News 2:11 PM
"Apple Confirms Acquisition of Passif Semiconductor" AllThingsD 2:17 PM
"Wearables and payments: What Apple might get from its Passif Semi purchase" Computerworld 2:46 PM
"Apple's Next iPad Mini Will Likely Have 'Retina' Display From Samsung" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:11 AM
"iPad mini: Is Apple adding retina? Reports conflict." Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 8:37 AM
"The next iPad mini: You want Retina with that?" Macworld 10:39 AM
"Apple said to be eyeing Samsung for Retina iPad Mini screens" CNET News 7:44 AM
"The iPhone 5C Is Shaping Up to Be the Scariest Product Apple Ever Created" ["If Apple releases an iPhone 5C in hideous colors that looks and feels cheap, wow, it'll be a dark day for Apple enthusiasts. I'm not sure I could let anyone around me actually buy something like the rumor photos suggest -- it would be a constant neon radioactive reminder that Apple had lost its mojo."] MacNewsWorld 8:25 AM
"President Obama has 48 hours to save Apple's iPhone 4: The 60-day review period on the ITC's bizarre import ban runs out on Friday." Fortune 9:27 AM
"Apple Against Samsung Over Phones Turns on Who Copied Who" Bloomberg 8:28 AM
"ITC postpones final ruling on Apple's complaint against Samsung by eight days to August 9, 2013" Foss Patents 7:04 PM
"Lawsuit Claims Back Wages For Off-Duty Bag Checks" ifoAppleStore 8:26 AM
"OS X 10.8.5 12F30 and Safari 6.1 Beta 4 Seeded" FairerPlatform 7:52 AM
"Adobe goes crazy, gives its apps to teams for a drop-dead low price" VentureBeat 10:42 AM
"NetMarketShare: Mac OS X flat, iOS and Safari up in July market share" AppleDailyReport 10:38 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Tackle stubborn disk partitioning in OS X: If partitioning a drive with Disk Utility gives you unmount or resource busy errors, there may be workarounds you can use." MacFixIt 7:05 PM
"Address no input control during OS X Screen Sharing sessions: If you cannot control your remote system in a screen sharing session, the fix may be quite simple." CNET Reviews 3:59 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Hands-on with OS X Mavericks: Notification Center" Macworld 7:50 AM
"Motion Composer 1.6.1 – Part 1 (introduction)" Scott's Blog 3:20 PM
"Review: Adobe Dreamweaver CC makes CSS more visual, less coder-friendly" Macworld 8:29 AM
"Mac Gems: Clear Day beautifully portrays weather information" Macworld 10:08 AM
"Editing and annotating PDF files with Preview" Macworld 8:28 AM
"Use Automator, ImageMagick And Shell Scripting To Easily Splice iPhone Screenshots And Other Pictures [How To] Cult of Mac 8:48 AM
"Dialogue: Easily Make, Receive, and Record Smartphone Calls From Your Mac!" MacTrast 8:22 AM
"How To: Access stunning hi-res OS X screensaver images to use as wallpaper" 9 to 5 Mac 8:20 AM
"Use LaunchBar to Launch AppleScripts for iTunes" Kirkville 8:28 AM
"Open To The Specific View You Want To See With Evernote For Mac [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 8:48 AM
"How To Do Critical Mac File Backups Online" Mac 360 7:51 AM
"It's Baaack! A Classic Mac Utility For Mac OS X. And It's Free" BohemianBoomer 7:51 AM
"Cloud: It's The Way To Share Photos, Links, Music, Files And Do It All For A Price" Mac 360 7:51 AM
"A New Typographic And Design Layout Tool For The Mac Has 25 Free Wood Type Fonts" McSolo 7:51 AM
Op/Ed
"Apple does offer upgrade pricing in the App Store. It's full retail pricing they've obliterated." iMore 8:33 AM
Press Releases
"BioShock Infinite Coming to Mac on August 29th" MacRumors 7:05 PM
"BioShock Infinite for Mac set for release on August 29, preorders start today" 9 to 5 Mac 7:04 PM
"Despite Google's Gains, iPhone Still Edges Out Android Devices In App And Overall Smartphone Usage, Says Forrester" TechCrunch 10:39 AM
"Forrester: the iPhone is still most-used smartphone" iDownload Blog 10:39 AM
"Samsung Bests Apple In New Customer Satisfaction Phone Survey" AppAdvice 8:48 AM
"Android reaches massive 80% market share, Windows Phone hits global high, iPhone languishes" VentureBeat 12:24 PM
"Lumosity shows what success is for an iOS app: The brain training iPhone app is the No.1 Apple App Store education app in nearly 40 countries, and is getting an iPad version to go along with it." CNET News 7:54 AM
"Can An Ipad App Help Solve The Literacy Problem?" Forbes 7:44 AM
"O2 UK announces August 29 4G switch-on, in time for the next iPhone" iMore 8:33 AM
"'Steve Jobs killed music biz', but Bon Jovi don't mind Google Glass: Ageing rockers become Glassholes for a gig, record footage of ... nothing, really" The Register 7:45 AM
"Apple store crazy lady immortalized by Backstreet Boys: You remember the lady who went nuts in an Apple store because she couldn't just walk in and get the part she needed? Jimmy Kimmel persuades the Backstreet Boys to turn her rant into music." CNET News 7:59 AM
"Jobs the film opens August 16th, social media blitz ramps up [Video] iSource 8:26 AM
"Nice featurette shows Kutcher as Steve Jobs" TUAW 10:08 AM
"From 1986: Siskel and Ebert review Apple commercials" Insanely Great Mac 7:46 AM
Non-Apple News
"Google Fiber gets $10 per month sports package with 12 TV networks" The Next Web 8:35 PM
"Timely Google Patent Covers Fraud Protection on NFC Purchases" Patent Bolt 4:30 PM
"Google Patent Reveals New Refinements for the Driverless Car" Patent Bolt 4:29 PM
"Good Luck Leaving Your Wireless Phone Plan: Only About 1% of Contract Customers Switch From Top Wireless Carriers; 'It Kind of Feels Like a Trap'" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:15 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Live @ 10 PM ET - iPhone 5C, Netflix, iOS 7 Beta 4, WeMo + More" Insanely Great Mac 6:59 PM
"iMore show LIVE! 1pm PDT, 4pm EDT! Be here!" iMore 3:26 PM
"Dori Smith Discusses Evangelism, Community Management and Dreamweaver CC" MacVoices 2:01 PM
"YML Archives for July 31st, 2013" Your Mac Life 7:52 AM
"iPad 5 Rear Housing Hands on!" FanaticFone 8:12 AM
"Next-gen iPad rear shell revealed in leaked photos" BGR 8:12 AM
"Leaked photos show off mini-like rear case of Apple's supposed next-gen iPad" AppleInsider 9:53 AM
"Rumor: New Images Of Next Generation iPad 5 Shell Appear" AppleBitch 8:38 AM
"Low-Cost iPhone '5C' May Include 8-Megapixel Camera" MacRumors 2:11 PM
"WSJ: iPad mini with Samsung-sourced Retina display likely coming in Q4" AppleInsider 8:13 AM
"Apple will reportedly use retina display from Samsung for its next iPad Mini to be launched in Q4" The Next Web 8:13 AM
"Apple Reportedly Ramping Up For New iPad Mini With Retina Display Later This Year" TechCrunch 8:13 AM
"Next iPad Mini Likely to Have Retina Display, Possibly Multiple Colors of Back Covers" MacRumors 8:29 AM
"Dust Settling: Next iPad mini Will Have Retina Display" The Mac Observer 9:13 AM
"Apple's New iPad Mini Will 'Likely' Have A Sharper, Retina Display From Samsung" Business Insider 8:39 AM
"WSJ: Apple to use Samsung retina displays on next iPad mini" Engadget 8:13 AM
"Rumor: Retina Display iPad Mini In Multiple Colors This Year" AppleBitch 8:35 AM
"Thunderbolt's future looks even more precarious as 10Gbps Superspeed USB announced" 9 to 5 Mac 8:19 AM
"Don't freak out, but malicious chargers can hack into your iPhone" TechHive 2:11 PM
"Apple fixing bug that allows fake charging stations to hack iPhones" Reuters 8:21 AM
"iOS 7 Will Immunize iPhones From Bogus Charger Attacks" AllThingsD 2:14 PM
"iOS 7 includes fix for malicious charger exploit" iDownload Blog 8:21 AM
"iOS 7 Fix for Malicious iPhone Chargers Requires User Savvy" DailyTech 7:04 PM
"Researchers demo how apps, chargers can circumvent Apple iPhone, iPad security: Georgia Tech researchers use Trojan Horse-style apps to sneak malware past Apple's app review process and onto iOS devices" InfoWorld 8:21 AM
"Apple update to tackle charger hack attack" BBC 8:27 AM
"Boffins: We have fooled Apple with malware app" The Register 7:22 AM
"Could the next iPhone feature a slow-motion camera? Hidden code reveals secrets about what Apple may have up its sleeve" Daily Mail (UK) 8:05 AM
"Apple's 'Passbook' Icon is now a Registered Trademark" Patently Apple 12:06 PM
Apple Patent Applications
"20 Apple Inventions were Published Today Covering the Advancement of OLED Displays, Ultrasonic Bonding & More" Patently Apple 10:21 AM
"Apple patent filing details iPhone-controlled car and home environments" AppleInsider 7:25 AM
"Apple Patent Reveals New Advances Coming to 'iOS for the Car" Patently Apple 8:33 AM
"Apple Exploring iPhone-Stored Car And Home Preference Profiles To Configure Seats, Climate And More" TechCrunch 8:47 AM
"Apple envisions way to adjust your car via an iPhone" CNET News 11:08 AM
"Apple Reveals Enterprise Centric App Sharing FaceTime Feature" Patently Apple 7:22 AM
"Apple's OLED display patent uses embedded sensors to adjust for shadows, diode age" AppleInsider 7:25 AM
"Apple patent filing would let you iDevice 'adapt' from one environment to another" AppleDailyReport 10:03 AM
"Apple invention is for interactive app sharing among iDevices" AppleDailyReport 7:24 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"My Mac's Screen Is Broken, Now What?" Mactuts+ 8:30 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Bad Piggies HD For iPad And Bad Piggies For iPhone Are Free For The First Time (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:46 AM
"Zombie Gunship For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:46 AM
"Awesome Pirates For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:46 AM
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 9:13 AM
"How Does the Moto X Stack Up Against Apple's iPhone 5 and Samsung's Galaxy S4?" AllThingsD 2:19 PM
"Nexus 7 vs iPad Mini: We pit the new Nexus 7 review against the iPad mini review to see which is the best tablet" T3 9:53 AM
"Review Update: tyPad Mini for the iPad Mini" Run Around Tech 8:29 AM
"Get your MacBook Air a Hard Candy treat" AppleDailyReport 7:23 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"iOS 7 preview: iCloud Keychain aims to make security more convenient" iMore 8:31 PM
"Focused on apps, Apple's iOS 7 provides a sneak peak at new sharing icons" AppleInsider 7:25 AM
"Todoist for iPad: Todoist is a top-quality online to-do list service, and the latest version of its iOS app adds much-needed support for iPad tablets." PCWorld New Zealand 7:40 PM
"Pivvot Review: Pivvot is a game of strategic avoidance that takes the frantic challenge of Super Hexagon and makes it just a bit more cerebral." 148Apps 3:26 PM
"Sky Scramble Review: Set atop pictures captured by NASA's Hubble telescope, Sky Scramble is a logic puzzle game that is both relaxing and challenging." 148Apps 2:19 PM
"Puddle Review: Manipulate a variety of different liquids in this challenging but attractive physics-puzzler." 148Apps 10:08 AM
"Night Sky 2 Review: Night Sky 2 is a fantastic, if slightly flawed, companion app for any star gazing enthusiast." 148Apps 9:15 AM
"BlocksWorld HD Review: BlocksWorld HD is more toy than it is game, but it can be entertaining to mess around with." 148Apps 8:27 AM
"An Alien With A Magnet Review: Spin around planets collecting up gems, all in the name of getting back to one's home planet, in this cute platformer." 148Apps 11:09 AM
"rymdkapsel Review: It's hard to tell just what rymdkapsel is with nothing but screen shots to go on, but rest assured that whatever it is, it's awesome." 148Apps 2:15 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to customize and manage Twitter for iOS push notifications" iMore 7:04 PM
Tips
"Buying New vs. Apple Certified Refurbished?-The 'Book Mystique" MacPrices 9:13 AM
"iPhone 5C Camera Spied, Retina iPad mini Lives [in 2014]!" Tapscape 7:00 PM
"iWatch on the way? Apple buys wireless chip maker Passif Semiconductor" VentureBeat 7:03 PM
"Apple Buys Low-Power Chipmaker Passif, Think Wearables" The Mac Observer 4:30 PM
"Moto X: The first true anti-iPhone/Google and Motorola Mobility's experiment will determine if choice and customization trump a tightly controlled experience and high-end specifications in the minds of consumers." CNET News 3:59 PM
"Apple seemingly sticking with Samsung for A7 chip components" BGR 7:04 PM
"Apple's Future Products: Unlevel the Playing Field" The Mac Observer 2:46 PM
"Siri Says: Keep Your Eyes on the Road!" The Motley Fool 2:15 PM
"Only President Obama Can Save The iPhone 4 From Early Extinction" AppAdvice 11:08 AM
"Android System Tops Apple for Development: Alan Patricof, founder at Greycroft and Leo Hindery, founder at Intermedia Partners, discuss the Android and Apple markets and look at which one has more upside in the future." Bloomberg TV 10:04 AM
"The Macalope: iPad mini doomed yet again" Macworld 9:54 AM
"Icahn sues Dell in latest attempt to foil buyout" Reuters 12:58 PM
"Carl Icahn sues Dell to force Friday vote on buyout bid: Activist investor wants to prevent Michael Dell and his partners from rescheduling the shareholder vote and changing the voting rules." CNET News 8:29 PM
"Icahn Sues Over Dell Voting: Investor Seeks to Bar Delay or Rules Changes in Vote on Founder's Buyout Deal" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:31 PM
"Icahn Sues Dell to Halt Changes to Buyout Vote" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:29 PM
"Timeline: Dell's buyout: a topsy-turvy affair" Reuters 8:28 PM
"Dell Takeover Bid in Peril" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:14 AM
"Dell's outlook clouds as deal vote nears: Outcome uncertain as shares trade well below offer price" MarketWatch 8:11 AM
"Dell Buyout Group Said Unlikely to Pursue Deal at $13.75" Bloomberg 8:13 AM
"UPDATE 3-Dell's buyout teeters as it rejects voting change" Reuters 8:14 AM
"Windows 8 continues to crawl up the OS food chain: The latest flavor of Windows scored 5.4 percent of all Web traffic seen by Net Applications in July, up slightly from 5.1 in June." CNET News 8:08 AM
"Microsoft to Change 'SkyDrive' Name Following UK Lawsuit" Tom's Hardware 8:44 AM
"BSkyB successfully sue Microsoft's 'SkyDrive' out the cloud: US tech giant's cloud service storage will be renamed after a 'transition period'" The Independent 8:19 AM
"Microsoft and Steve Sinofsky's 'non-disparagement' deal revealed: Ex-Windows chief, who is in line for a $10m payoff, is barred from joining Apple, Google and other tech rivals before 2014" The Guardian 8:20 AM
"Ex Windows chief Sinofsky banned from helping rivals" TechEye 8:18 AM
"Microsoft offers touchscreen improvements for IE11 on Windows 8.1" Neowin 1:02 PM
"Microsoft, Facebook oppose Kiwi spying Bill/Summary: Potential for a new interception legislation in New Zealand has been hit by another blow, with companies that may be subject to surveillance saying they will either have none or it, or it'll affect whether they do business in the country." ZDNet 8:21 AM
"Intel to release three Ivy Bridge-E range of CPUs in September" Neowin 8:17 AM
"Specifications of Intel Core i3 and i5 embedded processors" CPU World 8:17 AM
"Can Intel Be Born Again Or Is It Late To The Party?" Seeking Alpha 7:08 AM
"AMD to focus on mobile devices, gaming markets" Hindu Business Line 8:16 AM
"AMD CEO Opens New Global Design Center in Hyderabad" Light Reading India 8:16 AM
"Dubious honor: HP may regain lead from Lenovo in cratering notebook market" BGR 7:21 AM
"SEC investigates IBM's cloud revenues" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:11 AM
"IBM Watson & open source, served in a Linux Box" ComputerWeekly 8:17 AM
"IBM executive fraud puts focus on performance pressure" IndiaTimes 8:17 AM
"IBM cloud revenue under SEC scrutiny: Probe investigates financial reporting" Gannett News Service 10:34 AM
"IBM says SEC is investigating how it reports cloud revenues: IBM says it has provided 'consistently accurate' information" Computerworld New Zealand 7:07 AM
"Exxon Mobil stumbles after big earnings miss" ["The news sent shares of Irving, Texas-based Exxon 2% lower, reducing its market capitalization by $9 billion to $408 billion and relegating it once again to second fiddle behind Apple's $414 billion in the struggle to claim title to the world's biggest company."] MarketWatch 2:13 PM
"Apple regains 'World's Most Valuable Company' crown" MacDailyNews 2:13 PM
"Two more Apple directors sell stock options, pocket $19 million" MacNN 8:24 AM
"Micron buys Apple's memory supplier Elpida" iDownload Blog 7:06 PM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Big gains from Yelp lead broad tech rise/Local-review company's stock climbs 23% as analysts raise views" MarketWatch 7:06 PM
"Tech Stocks: Dell, Facebook rising" USA Today 8:13 AM
"S&P Soars Past 1,700, Yelp Screams" TheStreet 4:00 PM
"S&P 500 closes above 1,700 points for first time" Associated Press 7:06 PM
"Futures Rally as Central Banks Keep Easy Money Flowing" FOXBusiness 8:25 AM
"Stocks Climb to Records: Dow Industrials and S&P 500 Hit Fresh Highs" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:01 PM
"Asia Markets: Asian shares rise; Japan outperforms on weaker yen/Australian stocks surged to a two-and-a-half month high Friday following a record-setting session on Wall Street, while stocks in Tokyo took cues from a weaker yen." MarketWatch 9:27 PM
"Europe Markets: European stocks hold gains after ECB holds fire/European stock markets held on to gains after the European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged on Thursday, boosted by upbeat Chinese manufacturing data and a dovish prior-day statement from the U.S. Federal Reserve." MarketWatch 8:25 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 7:06 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at the close of trading" Associated Press 7:07 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12:53 PM
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