"Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Apple" [Statement on Carl Icahn is Proposal No. 10, page 62] Securities and Exchange Commission 7:50 PM
"Apple Explains Why Icahn's Buyback Proposal Should Be Shot Down" AllThingsD 7:50 PM
"Apple to shareholders: Vote against Icahn's stock proposal/Shareholders will vote in February on investor Carl Icahn's 'non-binding' proposal to increase Apple's stock buyback program to $50 billion." CNET News 9:00 PM
"Preliminary Apple proxy filing details Carl Icahn's $50B stock buyback plan up for shareholder vote" AppleInsider 9:40 PM
"No big raise for Tim Cook: Apple pays CEO $4.25 million in 2013/With the help of a $2.8 million bonus, the power tech company's CEO pulls in slightly more in total compensation this year compared to 2012." CNET News 9:00 PM
"Apple CEO's 2013 pay steady but sees part of stock award shrink" Reuters 9:00 PM
"Impact assessment of Apple's renewed motion for U.S. permanent injunction against Samsung" Foss Patents 7:45 AM
"iTunes Connect is back for developers today (like Apple said it would be)" 9to5Mac 9:38 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Fixing 'There is no connected camera' Error with a Mac FaceTime Camera" OS X Daily 2:54 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How to find your Mac's serial number: There are several approaches you can take to find your Mac's serial number." CNET Reviews 9:00 PM
"How to assign applications to desktops in OS X: Separate desktops in OS X can be useful for grouping applications by type or function." CNET Reviews 9:00 PM
"How to create a photo book with Lightroom 5" Macworld 9:44 PM
"How To Get Started With Lightroom 5 – 10 Things Beginners Want To Know How To Do" Terry White's Tech Blog 7:32 AM
"NewsBar Raises the Bar for RSS Readers" TechNewsWorld 9:09 AM
"Apple's 2013 in review – July: iWatch trademark, iOS 7 betas, court cases and Logic Pro X" Macworld UK 8:17 AM
"Best Computing Product Of 2013: 13-Inch MacBook Pro With Retina Display" Digital Trends 7:49 AM
"Top vendors like Google, Apple hope to take smartwatches mainstream in 2014: Smartwatch developers must focus on cutting prices, adding more apps, and improving the look to attract broad consumer interest" Computerworld 8:17 AM
"U.S. Christmas Shoppers Bought More on iOS Than Android" AllThingsD 8:26 AM
"iOS five times as popular as Android for Christmas shopping on mobile" iDownload Blog 8:27 AM
"Christmas Online Stats are in: Apple's iOS Obliterated Android" Patently Apple 8:26 AM
"Apple Is No Longer The English-Speaking World's Most Talked About Company" Business Insider 9:55 AM
"Glass Door Is Unhinged At Store, Injures Man" ifoAppleStore 8:20 AM
"San Diego Target Stores Sold iPod Boxes Filled with Erasers and Index Cards" The Mac Observer 6:54 PM
"Nokia yanks Here Maps from the App Store, iOS 7 'harms the user experience'" iMore 8:23 AM
"Nokia purges Here Maps from App Store over iOS 7 issues: The navigation app is no longer available for iOS users, a move that Nokia blamed on recent changes to iOS 7 that 'harm the user experience.'" CNET News 8:18 AM
"Nokia Removes Here Maps from App Store, Cites iOS 7 Issues" LAPTOP Magazine 8:46 AM
"Nokia Yanks HERE Maps From App Store, Cites iOS 7 Issues" PC Magazine 11:54 AM
"Get lost, fanbois: Nokia pulls Here Maps from Apple's App Store" The Register 8:11 AM
"Nokia thinks iOS 7 Sucks, Pulls HERE Maps App" The Mac Observer 10:04 AM
"AppleCare employees get windbreakers, (paper) notebooks, and pens for the holidays" 9to5Mac 3:00 PM
Non-Apple News
"Rdio shutters Vdio service, as it should" Macworld 9:44 PM
"Rethinking Retina: Apple's 13-inch iPad Pro Is Rumored To Have A 4K Display" Forbes 8:42 AM
"Video Analysis With the iPhone 5s" Wired Magazine 8:20 AM
"Teardown of new Mac Pro reveals upgradeable CPU" 9to5Mac 9:38 PM
"Teardown Shows Apple's New Mac Pro Has Socketed (Replaceable) CPU" The Mac Observer 6:54 PM
"Teardown of Apple's new Mac Pro reveals socketed, removable Intel CPU" AppleInsider 9:40 PM
"New Patent Reveals That Apple Wants to Grant Siri More Power" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 8:26 AM
"Apple wants your Mac to be able to automatically identify languages" Apple Daily Report 7:36 AM
"Apple files patents for improving its earbuds" Apple Daily Report 7:36 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"Cassandra: Indications of a Potential Battery Problem with the new 13" MacBook Pro" eXtensions 8:57 AM
"There are couple of things that dual ethernet ports can accomplish. If you're on a network with virtual LANs, your Mac can have a 'foot' on each one. This is mainly useful if you're running Server and want/need services on both VLANS. You can combine both ports into one virtual Ethernet port. This is called 'link aggregation'. You end up with a 2-gigabyte ethernet port for faster network transfers. Your network electronics also have to support this. Apple's KB article on this is here:" MacInTouch 8:58 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:45 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:45 AM
"New Website Allows Users to Estimate Apps Data Usage" MacTrast 9:45 PM
"Awesome Deals On Retro Games For iOS" Cult of Mac 9:41 PM
"Cassandra: Apple's 12 Days of Xmas Day 3 -Halftone 2" eXtensions 8:04 PM
"5 Free Business Centric Apps To Start The New Year Off Right" The Mac Observer 6:55 PM
"Coming December 28: Gene Steinberg meets tech commentator Dann Berg and AppleInsider's Daniel Eran Dilger, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6:54 PM
"Here's what biteSMS running on iOS 7 looks like on video" iDownload Blog 3:00 PM
"My Mountain of Debt, an app that merges debt reduction and video games to help users see their debt reduction progress in a new and exciting way. To make paying off debt fun, users watch an animated story unfold depending on how much debt they pay off. Video games are fun and entertaining. My Mountain of Debt uses video game elements to help users stick to their goal of becoming debt free by making it visually rewarding." My Mountain of Debt 2:31 PM
"Top 10 Must-Have Games for Your New iPad" PadGadget 12:40 PM
"Mnemonizer - PIN code and password keeper for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" Happymagenta 9:28 AM
"Sell Those Old iOS Devices Now, They Will Never Be Worth More (148Apps Readers Get 10% Bonus)" 148Apps 9:18 AM
"Trade In Your Old iPods At NextWorth And Receive A 25 Percent Bonus" AppAdvice 9:09 AM
"The Week in iPhone Cases: Pop the champagne" [Slideshow] Macworld 8:27 AM
"Tydlig Calculator Is Like Scrawling Numbers On Paper, Only Smarter" Cult of Mac 8:07 AM
"Enjoy creating mind maps of any size with Dream X" prMac 11:12 AM
"Think you could save the world using a Museums app for iPhone and iPad?" prMac 8:42 AM
"Alternative iOS music player receives major usability update" prMac 8:28 AM
"4 New Rhymes Added in Nursery Rhymes App for Kids for iPad, iPhone" prMac 8:07 AM
"David Zacik Releases Fun New Christmas Apps" prMac 8:07 AM
"My iStory mobile app debuts significant iOS update" prMac 8:07 AM
"Answers to the big questions - in 140 characters" prMac 8:07 AM
"Padgram - Popular Instagram Viewer Now Available for iPhone" prMac 8:07 AM
"8 Moons Media introduces 99 Stamps 1.0 for iPad - New Year Edition" prMac 8:07 AM
"ES Business Card - Promote Your Business Creatively" prMac 8:07 AM
"Numtris - The mix of Tetris with numbers hits the App Store" prMac 8:07 AM
"Tiny Utopia Launches New Obama Game On Mobile" prMac 8:07 AM
"New Concentration Game for iOS Will Challenge Your Brain" prMac 8:07 AM
"Beat Boss - The electronic dance music sampler app with the most samples" prMac 8:07 AM
"Tipitap launches Slides & Ladders app with an Apple iTunes feature" prMac 8:07 AM
"dB Meter is the best software for sound level measurements at the time. It has very clear and simple interface in iOS 7 style with amazing animations. It calibrated with professional high-precision sound level meter, therefore it much more precise than any other app of such kind." dBMeterPro 7:34 AM
"Tech Stocks: Twitter tumbles in biggest one-day drop/Twitter downgraded to sell by Macquarie; Apple, Facebook also fall" MarketWatch 4:36 PM
"Stocks pause at end of strong week" CNNMoney 4:36 PM
"Stocks Pause as Markets Sit at Record Highs" TheStreet 11:48 AM
"Wall Street Looks to Extend Winning Streak" FOXBusiness 9:17 AM
"Stocks end day mostly flat in quiet trading" Associated Press 4:37 PM
"Stocks Little Changed But End Week Higher: Trading Light in Holiday-Shortened Week" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:37 PM
"Asia Markets: Asian stocks close mixed, but China outperforms/Chinese shares outperformed the region, as a week-long spike in interbank lending rates settled Friday, easing concerns about the health of China's financial system." MarketWatch 7:29 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks charge higher as euro soars/European investors returned from a two-day Christmas break to push stocks higher on Friday, playing catch-up with U.S. markets as the euro soared to a two-year high versus the dollar." MarketWatch 11:47 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:54 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:53 PM
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