"Phenomenal Patent Details Fingerprint Scanner with Advanced NFC Application Built Right Into the Home Button" Patently Apple 8:58 AM
"Apple's Fingerprint Sensor Patent Claims & More Patent Graphics" Patently Apple 4:06 PM
"The Apple Era begins as Microsoft, Google shift to a hardware centric model" AppleInsider 2:01 PM
"Love at next byte for Apple? As the iPhone 5S looms, the smartphone giant must look East." Telegraph 2:47 PM
"Apple, Samsung drop one patent each from second California case (spring 2014 trial)" Foss Patents 7:29 AM
"Will Low Cost iPhones Actually Lower Apple Margins?" Seeking Alpha 7:19 AM
"Apple's worst kept secret: Bigger iPhones in 2014/Apple's engineers have had enough time to figure out how to eliminate the unwanted trade-offs in having a larger screen, and there is plenty of market demand to go bigger." CNET News 7:50 AM
"What's coming to Apple and Android? ARM offers a roadmap: ARM chips are gong to power more PC-like devices from the likes of Samsung and Apple in 2014." CNET News 6:37 PM
"Breaking Bad fans sue Apple for cutting short Season Pass" GigaOM 12:59 PM
"iPhone and DoCoMo is a big deal in Japan: The likely introduction of the iPhone 5S and/or 5C by NTT DoCoMo is a hot topic in Japan." CNET News 8:38 PM
"Apple Plans to Ship Less-Expensive iPhone to China Mobile" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9/6
"This is big: Apple finally reaches deal with 700-million-subscriber China Mobile" VentureBeat 9/6
"Apple Said to Be Close to a Deal With China Mobile" Bloomberg 9/6
"Judge orders Apple e-books monitor to prevent 'further misconduct': Judge Denise Cote says an external monitor will be in place for two years to make sure Apple complies with the court's orders." CNET News 9/6
"Apple hit with U.S. injunction in e-books antitrust case" Reuters 9/6
"Apple ordered to change 'most favored' e-book contracts" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9/6
"Apple Gets Final Judgment In US E-Book Antitrust Case: New 'Compliance Officer' Will Watch Out For Pricing Monkey Business" TechCrunch 9/6
"Apple faces e-book restrictions: A US judge has imposed restrictions on the agreements technology giant Apple can make with book publishers to prevent it fixing the price of e-books." BBC 9/6
"Apple Punished For Its Role In An E-Book Conspiracy" Forbes 9/6
"Five-year 'most favoured nation' ban for Apple" The Bookseller 9/6
"Apple's iOS grows mobile browsing share in US to dominant 65%" AppleInsider 9/6
"comScore: iOS gains ground on Android stealing US marketshare away from other players" 9 to 5 Mac 9/6
"Apple devices account for 4 out of 10 online ad impressions" Fortune 9/6
"Apple, Jabil to investigate alleged labor violations at China factory: A labor watchdog has alleged the Apple supplier factory has been exploiting its workers" Computerworld 9/6
"Apple's Next iPhone Sparks Fresh Worker Abuse Allegations: Ahead of the launch next week of its new cheap iPhone, Apple faces fresh worker violation claims" TechWeekEurope 9/6
"World leaders push big companies like Apple, Google to pay more taxes" Associated Press 9/6
"How Big a Bump Will New iPhones Add to Apple's Fourth Quarter?" AllThingsD 9/6
"Apple Could Sell 13 Millions iPhone 5Ses & 5Cs In Just 10 Days" Cult of Mac 9/6
"Analysts predicting record iPhone launch, China & Japan deals adding up to 38M extra sales" 9 to 5 Mac 9/6
"Google's Motorola asks Federal Circuit to reconsider ruling on Apple appeal of ITC decision" Foss Patents 9/6
"Borderlands 2: Ultmate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2 Available" Inside Mac Games 9/6
"Mail plugin SendLater sends emails on time" prMac 9/6
"KeyCue 6.6 gets ready for OS X Mavericks" prMac 9/6
"Final Cut Pro X Lower Third Titles Released by FxFactory" prMac 9/6
"DeskConnect Launches for Mac - The Missing Link Between Your Devices" prMac 9/6
"Alex4D Inside-Outside: A free Final Cut Pro X effect that modifies the look of a clip area with different settings for the inside and outside" Alex4D 9/6
"Apple's 'Stanford 2' retail site opens to crowds and lines" AppleInsider 9:12 PM
"Hundreds queue up for the re-opening of the Apple store at Stanford mal" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 9:14 PM
"Campers already lining up at Fifth Avenue Apple Store two weeks before rumored iPhone launch" 9 to 5 Mac 9/6
"Apple to unveil new store at Stanford Shopping Center" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 9/6
"NTT DoCoMo to sell iPhone in Apple stronghold Japan: sources" Reuters 9/6
"Sorry, iPhone rivals: America is still Apple country" BGR 9/6
"Android beats surging iOS again on mobile ad network: Google's mobile OS captured 51 percent of ad impressions on Millennial Media's network last quarter, though iOS rose to snag a 42 percent share." CNET News 9/6
"Apple's Sept. 10 event: Join us next Tuesday (live blog)" CNET News 9/6
"Cable Loses Another 1.8 Million Subs" FairerPlatform 2:41 PM
"How a Man in Austria Used Legos to Hack Amazon's Kindle E-Book Security" AllThingsD 7:16 AM
"Nintendo faces 'path to irrelevance', says Atari founder" BBC 9/6
"Yahoo: US wanted data on 40,000 accounts in first half of 2013" Ars Technica 9/6
"Exclusive: Amazon Wants To Offer Its Smartphone for Free. Who Will Follow?" jessica lessin 9/6
"'Shopping cart' patent troll tries to save itself, gets pounded by Newegg" Ars Technica 9/6
"Guilty verdict in Microsoft v. Motorola FRAND breach case published" Foss Patents 9/6
"How can I stop Paypal from freezing my crowdfunding campaign? Ars asks Paypal and gets a complex—and so far unsatisfactory—answer." Ars Technica 9/6
"Rumored EU law would scrap cellular roaming fees, let travelers choose providers" Engadget 9/6
Publications/Podcasts
"Coming September 7: Gene Steinberg meets Adam Engst, from TidBITS and Take Control Books, and Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 9/6
"Podcast: Apple Event, iPad 5, App Store Upgrades/Trials, Facebook workers" Insanely Great Mac 9/6
"'Writing On The iPad' is a textbook for iOS automation" TUAW 9/6
"Viticci's Editorial Review Was So Long, He Turned It Into This Awesome iBook" Cult of Mac 9/6
"Apple testing 6-inch iPhone concepts, of course" iMore 9/6
"Of Course Apple is Testing a 6-inch iPhone" The Mac Observer 9/6
"Apple's iPhone 6 could have up to 6in screen, says WSJ: The Wall Street Journal claims Apple is testing iPhones with screens ranging from 4.8in to 6in" Macworld UK 9/6
"iPhone 5S and 5C show up in China Telecom promo" Geek 9/6
Apple Patent Applications
"Apple patent filing involves online communication sessions" AppleDailyReport 9/6
"Apple wants to make it easier for its devices to pronounce names" AppleDailyReport 9/6
AppleCare/Helps
"Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation): Troubleshooting playback performance" Apple Support 7:25 AM
"About the security content of AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.6.4" Apple Support 7:27 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Tumbling Tiles For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" Apple Sliced 10:50 AM
"Super Snake HD For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 10:50 AM
"The Mouth of Madness For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 10:50 AM
"Apple's $50/$100 Back to School gift card offer slightly extended" 9 to 5 Mac 4:16 PM
"Cheap iPads: Select Models $50 Off at Sam's Club" FairerPlatform 7:15 AM
"Knots 3D For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" Apple Sliced 9/6
"Sprinkle Islands For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 9/6
"Silver Bullet For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9/6
"What I'd like to see at Apple's iPhone event: September 10 is around the corner. Here's what I hope I get to see before that day ends." CNET Reviews 9/6
"WSJ: China Mobile to carry the less-expensive iPhone 5C" 9 to 5 Mac 9/6
"These idiots are already lining up at Apple's NY store for the iPhone launch" VentureBeat 9/6
"Dedication: Only 5 people have left Jony Ive's team, 3 because they died" 9 to 5 Mac 9/6
"Apple escapes App Store restrictions in e-book conspiracy punishment" Ars Technica 9/6
"Apple Hit with Permanent Injunction in Ebook Price Fixing Case" The Mac Observer 9/6
"Judge's remedy in Apple eBook case changes everything" TG Daily 9/6
"New iPhone with bigger display predicted to be a major success in China" AppleInsider 9/6
"Google And Microsoft: Forever In Apple's Shadow" Mac 360 9/6
"Meet Sonny Dickson: Apple's Newest Teen Bete Noir" FairerPlatform 9/6
Non-Apple
"Spooks break most Internet crypto, but how?: In a post-Snowden era, it's getting hard to tell prudence from paranoia." Ars Technica 4:16 PM
"See for yourself how Yahoo's logo redesign makes it look more like a cosmetics company" Quartz 9:26 AM
"Samsung and Qualcomm fail to launch the smartwatch revolution: Two new smartwatches are really relics from yesterday, not a glimpse of tomorrow" Computerworld 7:53 AM
"Facebook's biggest threat: Too many people like it/People have gotten used to how the social network works. And that's a problem when the company releases new products." CNET News 7:34 AM
"Will Amazon Combine Free Wireless Broadband With Those Free 'Kindle Phones'?" Forbes 9/6
"If the NSA can break internet encryption, chances are so can someone else" CITEworld 9/6
"Yahoo's Logo Reveals The Worst Aspects Of The Engineering Mindset" Glog 9/6
"Microsoft is in Better Shape Than One Might Think" The Mac Observer 9/6
"It's Time for Microsoft to Be One Company with Two Systems" The Mac Observer 9/6
"I've lived a day with the new Yahoo logo, and I'm going crazy: When something changes so radically after so many years, it's hard to come to terms with it. It sticks out like a huge barnacle. Or does it?" CNET News 9/6
"Ease your guilty conscience with GiveGab, a social network for volunteers" TechHive 9/6
"Google Authenticator for iOS returns, lost entries are back but may cause dupes" Engadget 7:40 PM
"Infuse 1.4 Adds Subtitles Over AirPlay: The beautiful way to watch videos just got even better." FireCore 11:43 AM
"Rocketcases' Woody Hybrid Protects Your iPhone While Looking Classy" Macgasm 11:42 AM
"Connect Dots Till You Drop With The New Gravity Mode In Betaworks' Dots" AppAdvice 8:19 AM
"DeskConnect Launches on iPhone - The Missing Link Between Your Devices" prMac 7:51 AM
"Words In TV released for iOS - An Insanely Free and Fun TV Word Game" prMac 7:38 AM
"App Invasion: Fanatic will help you find your new favorite sports bar" Macworld 7:35 AM
"Yelp Gets New Photo Viewer, New Search Filter UI And A Couple Of Other Improvements" AppAdvice 7:34 AM
"BlackBerry Messenger for iPhone submitted to the App Store two weeks ago" 9 to 5 Mac 9/6
"OneNote for iPad update untethers app from PC-based OneNote program" 9 to 5 Mac 9/6
"Microsoft 'untethers' OneNote updates for iOS from Windows PCs/Summary: Microsoft has rolled out new updates to its native OneNote for iPad and iPhone releases." ZDNet 9/6
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