"Google, Apple Forge Auto Ties: Consumer Electronics Show to Spotlight In-Car Digital Race" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:12 PM
"U.S. Tablet Sales Led by iPad in 2013 as Chromebooks Overtake MacBooks" MacRumors 8:13 AM
"NPD: Chromebook sales outperform MacBooks in commercial sector as iPad loses ground" AppleInsider 7:46 PM
"Apple: It's A Matter Of What, Where And Why" Seeking Alpha 8:24 AM
"Apple, Google and Facebook are latter-day Scrooges: Why are the most successful companies on the planet acting like misers in a Balzac novel?" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:55 AM
"Apple strips CEO Cook of $4M in stock grants for poor share performance: First example of company's new stock vesting policy that Cook asked for in June" Computerworld 10:56 AM
"Apple's 2013 performance relative to the S&P 500 costs Tim Cook $4M in stock: But the CEO still has nearly $40M in stock and made 2% more overall than in 2012." Ars Technica 6:48 PM
"Apple And Samsung Resume Patent Negotiations, After Apple Presses On The Jugular" Forbes 5:54 PM
"Is Apple's 13-in. iPad a desktop for kids? Rumors of a large iPad are many and constant, but they make sense only if the tablet is a desktop for schools." Computerworld 12/28
"2013: The Year in Apple and Technology at Large" Daring Fireball 12/28
"Apple chief Tim Cook's pay goes up to $4.2m but stock gains fall" Bloomberg 12/28
"Apple Proxy Statement Reveals Executive Pay Between 2011-2013" RazorianFly 12/28
"Apple's Tim Cook to billionaire Carl Icahn: Step aside" Fortune 12/28
"Apple to shareholders: Vote Icahn off Buyback Island/Board urges vote against trader's proposal for a 9-month, $50B stock repurchasing plan" Computerworld 12/28
"Apple board urges shareholders to vote against Carl Icahn's $50 billion stock buyback proposal" The Verge 12/28
"Apple Vs. Samsung Lawsuit: iPhone-Maker Renews Motion Seeking Permanent Ban On Samsung Products In US" International Business Times 12/28
"Apple Asks Judge to Keep Patent Pressure on Samsung" AllThingsD 12/28
"Apple leads record return of cash to shareholders" USA Today 12/28
"Google launches new Google+ auto-backup utility for Mac with latest Picasa update" 9to5Mac 2:22 PM
"iTunes Connect is back for developers today (like Apple said it would be)" 9to5Mac 12/27
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Fixing 'There is no connected camera' Error with a Mac FaceTime Camera" OS X Daily 12/27
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Do You Want to Write?" ["I'm once again writing with a product from the folks at iA — Writer Pro. I gave their first product, iA Writer, a good long try last year, but eventually gave up when I discovered I couldn't adjust the text size to see additional text on my screen."] Rands in Repose 7:54 AM
"Apps for your new Mac: Useful utilities" AppleInsider 12/28
"Hands-on with OpenEmu 1.0, a gorgeous classic console emulator for OS X: Promising multi-console emulator comes with its share of missed opportunities." Ars Technica 12/28
"How to find your Mac's serial number: There are several approaches you can take to find your Mac's serial number." CNET Reviews 12/27
"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 12/27
"How to create a photo book with Lightroom 5" Macworld 12/27
"How To Get Started With Lightroom 5 – 10 Things Beginners Want To Know How To Do" Terry White's Tech Blog 12/27
"NewsBar Raises the Bar for RSS Readers" TechNewsWorld 12/27
"Apple signage says new flagship Brisbane, Australia store opening soon" 9to5Mac 8:11 PM
"iPad takes top spot in 2013 tablet market, but MacBooks lose out to Google-powered Chromebooks" 9to5Mac 12/28
"Two iPods at two different Target stores (both full of erasers?): A San Diego man says he picked out two different iPods at two different Target stores: and both had been sabotaged the same way." CNET News 12/28
"Apple's 2013 in review – July: iWatch trademark, iOS 7 betas, court cases and Logic Pro X" Macworld UK 12/27
"Best Computing Product Of 2013: 13-Inch MacBook Pro With Retina Display" Digital Trends 12/27
"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 12/27
"U.S. Christmas Shoppers Bought More on iOS Than Android" AllThingsD 12/27
"iOS five times as popular as Android for Christmas shopping on mobile" iDownload Blog 12/27
"Christmas Online Stats are in: Apple's iOS Obliterated Android" Patently Apple 12/27
"Apple Is No Longer The English-Speaking World's Most Talked About Company" Business Insider 12/27
"Glass Door Is Unhinged At Store, Injures Man" ifoAppleStore 12/27
"San Diego Target Stores Sold iPod Boxes Filled with Erasers and Index Cards" The Mac Observer 12/27
"Nokia yanks Here Maps from the App Store, iOS 7 'harms the user experience'" iMore 12/27
"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 12/27
"Nokia Removes Here Maps from App Store, Cites iOS 7 Issues" LAPTOP Magazine 12/27
"Nokia Yanks HERE Maps From App Store, Cites iOS 7 Issues" PC Magazine 12/27
"Get lost, fanbois: Nokia pulls Here Maps from Apple's App Store" The Register 12/27
"Nokia thinks iOS 7 Sucks, Pulls HERE Maps App" The Mac Observer 12/27
"AppleCare employees get windbreakers, (paper) notebooks, and pens for the holidays" 9to5Mac 12/27
Non-Apple News
"Netflix reportedly plans streaming purge for January 1: 'War Games' and the original 'Dark Shadows' among the dozens of movie and TV shows set to expire, according to a list posted to Reddit." CNET News 5:12 PM
"NSA reportedly intercepting laptops purchased online to install spy malware" The Verge 12:46 PM
"Reading Your Palm for Security's Sake" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12/28
"Korean Press Shocked at Samsung's Galaxy S4 Sales Disaster" Patently Apple 12/28
"Rdio shutters Vdio service, as it should" Macworld 12/27
"Mac Pro teardown shows 'removable' Intel processor: The new Mac Pro packs a processor that can be removed from the system by a user and upgraded, according to a number of reports." CNET News 12/28
"Rethinking Retina: Apple's 13-inch iPad Pro Is Rumored To Have A 4K Display" Forbes 12/27
"Video Analysis With the iPhone 5s" Wired Magazine 12/27
"Teardown of new Mac Pro reveals upgradeable CPU" 9to5Mac 12/27
"Teardown Shows Apple's New Mac Pro Has Socketed (Replaceable) CPU" The Mac Observer 12/27
"Teardown of Apple's new Mac Pro reveals socketed, removable Intel CPU" AppleInsider 12/27
"New Patent Reveals That Apple Wants to Grant Siri More Power" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 12/27
"Apple wants your Mac to be able to automatically identify languages" Apple Daily Report 12/27
"Apple files patents for improving its earbuds" Apple Daily Report 12/27
AppleCare/Helps
"Cassandra: Indications of a Potential Battery Problem with the new 13" MacBook Pro" eXtensions 12/27
"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 12/27
Price Trackers/Deals
"Air Transfer+ For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" Apple Sliced 12/28
"InstaWeather Pro For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 12/28
"UnWord For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 12/28
"Square Enix's Huge Holiday App Sale Just Got Even Bigger" AppAdvice 12/28
"Candidate for best budget, pro quality desktop speaker: Alesis M1 Active520/The Audiophiliac checks out an entry-level professional quality desktop monitor speaker from Alesis." CNET News 4:51 PM
"Skech Glow Case for iPhone 5 and 5s" Run Around Tech 8:02 AM
"User Upgradeable Everything: The New Mac Pro Is The Most Future Proof Mac Ever" Cult of Mac 12/28
"2013 Mac Pro Review: Apple's New Desktop Boasts Dramatic Redesign, Dramatic Performance" TechCrunch 12/27
"Tech ads of 2013: Google best, Apple, Microsoft worst/Tech saw a very competitive atmosphere that was reflected in much of the advertising. Some companies clearly put thought into their work. Others occasionally panicked." CNET News 5:12 PM
"John Gruber on Christopher Mims' '2013 Was a Lost Year for Tech'" Marco Arment 5:06 PM
"Apple's 12 Days of Gifts prove giving can be hard" iMore 9:39 AM
"Apple Quiz - Round 1: The Life and Times of Steve Jobs/Do you know everything there is to know about Apple's superstar co-founder Steve Jobs?" Macworld UK 8:24 AM
"2013 in Video: Apple's year in review" Macworld 12/28
"Why Apple Hardware Is Redonkulously Over-Powered" Cult of Mac 12/28
"Apple 2013: Year In Review – [Infographic] RazorianFly 12/28
"Nihilism, and why the tech press can't admit to having nice things..." iMore 12/28
"The Year in Tech 2013: Life Is Good and Getting Better" Tapscape 12/28
"Apple's 2013 in review: August brings legal victories and defeats, and a much-anticipated Steve Jobs movie/A generally quiet month, August 2013 still saw plenty of action for Apple's legal team" Macworld UK 12/28
"Check Out This Exploded View of the iOS 7 SpringBoard [Photo] iClarified 12/27
"ADB, the Epitome of Early Apple" Egg Freckles 12/27
"What to Expect From Apple in 2014" Apple Gazette 12/27
"Positioning-Apple is A Products Company, Google Is A Service" VoIP Watch 12/27
"The Mac Pro Report: The Apple Tax is a Tax Refund" The Tech Night Owl 12/27
"2013 Mac Pro Reviews: 'Ridiculously Fast and Powerful" Tapscape 12/27
"Apple, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Feature Creep" Mac 360 12/27
Non-Apple
"Mission: Inbox zero (and 5 ways to accomplish it)" Gigaom 2:23 PM
"Meet the workspace designer for Dropbox, Instagram, and other internet startups" Quartz 12:03 PM
"Disruptions: Coming in 2014: Extremely Smart Watches and Wearable TVs" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:56 AM
"Verizon Has A Funny Definition Of 'Global'" ParisLemon 8:11 AM
"Target: Deceive first, answer questions later/Issuing deceptive statements is no way to win back customers' trust. That's a lesson for anyone who might find itself in Target's position someday." Computerworld 8:05 AM
"Capturing images of bystanders by zooming in on pictures of corneas" Boing Boing 8:03 AM
"Google's drive into robotics should concern us all: The company's expansion into robotics was developed in tandem with the US military. Where will its power play stop?" The Guardian 12/28
"Cable giant Comcast roared in 2013, but will it use its power to trample the web in 2014?" VentureBeat 12/28
"I'm 22 years old and what is this.: Fighting to get the open web back sounds great. But I don't know what that means." Medium 12/28
"Infographic: How Android Updates Are Pushed To Users" Redmond Pie 12/28
"A Look Back At How The Content Industry Almost Killed Blockbuster And Netflix (And The VCR)" TechCrunch 12/28
"Play practically every game for five vintage consoles in your web browser" The Verge 12/28
"What The Data Says About How We Spent Christmas Mornin" TechCrunch 12/28
"The Criterion Collection. Now On iTunes." RazorianFly 12:02 PM
"Announcing Raskell" ["Raskell is my answer to the lack of a proper Haskell development environment on my iPad. I wrote Raskell to replicate the Vim + Haskell interpreter combination I work with on my laptop. Raskell contains a port of the popular hugs Haskell interpreter as well as a custom written vi-like keyboard."] Slide to Code 9:14 AM
"Land of Mislaid released for iPad - Children's Interactive Picture Book" prMac 8:14 AM
"Courses for Coursera: FREE On iPhone (This Weekend)" RazorianFly 8:17 AM
"Cassandra: Apple's 12 Days of Xmas (Thailand App Store), Day 4 -Toca House" eXtensions 12/28
"12 Days Of Gifts U.S [Day 3]: Lonely Planet's Best In Travel 2014" RazorianFly 12/28
"Coca-Cola Releases New Placelists App for iPhone" iClarified 12/28
"Byte By Byte LLC Releases Montazuma's Temple for iOS" prMac 12/28
"Australian Native Plant Guide app for iPad" prMac 12/28
"Nike updates Training Club app to help you keep those New Year's resolutions" Engadget 12/28
"iTunes Connect returns to service after scheduled winter closure" AppleInsider 12/28
"Tweetbot for Mac fixes numerous usability bugs with latest update" AppleInsider 12/28
"Coca-Cola Launches Spotify-Powered Placelists Social Music App On iOS" AppAdvice 12/28
"Day 3 Of Apple's 12 Days Of Gifts Offers 'Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2014" For iBooks" AppAdvice 12/28
"New Website Allows Users to Estimate Apps Data Usage" MacTrast 12/27
"Awesome Deals On Retro Games For iOS" Cult of Mac 12/27
"Cassandra: Apple's 12 Days of Xmas Day 3 -Halftone 2" eXtensions 12/27
"5 Free Business Centric Apps To Start The New Year Off Right" The Mac Observer 12/27
"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 12/27
"Here's what biteSMS running on iOS 7 looks like on video" iDownload Blog 12/27
"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 12/27
"Top 10 Must-Have Games for Your New iPad" PadGadget 12/27
"Mnemonizer - PIN code and password keeper for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" Happymagenta 12/27
"Sell Those Old iOS Devices Now, They Will Never Be Worth More (148Apps Readers Get 10% Bonus)" 148Apps 12/27
"Trade In Your Old iPods At NextWorth And Receive A 25 Percent Bonus" AppAdvice 12/27
"The Week in iPhone Cases: Pop the champagne" [Slideshow] Macworld 12/27
"Tydlig Calculator Is Like Scrawling Numbers On Paper, Only Smarter" Cult of Mac 12/27
"Enjoy creating mind maps of any size with Dream X" prMac 12/27
"Think you could save the world using a Museums app for iPhone and iPad?" prMac 12/27
"Alternative iOS music player receives major usability update" prMac 12/27
"4 New Rhymes Added in Nursery Rhymes App for Kids for iPad, iPhone" prMac 12/27
"David Zacik Releases Fun New Christmas Apps" prMac 12/27
"My iStory mobile app debuts significant iOS update" prMac 12/27
"Answers to the big questions - in 140 characters" prMac 12/27
"Padgram - Popular Instagram Viewer Now Available for iPhone" prMac 12/27
"8 Moons Media introduces 99 Stamps 1.0 for iPad - New Year Edition" prMac 12/27
"ES Business Card - Promote Your Business Creatively" prMac 12/27
"Numtris - The mix of Tetris with numbers hits the App Store" prMac 12/27
"Tiny Utopia Launches New Obama Game On Mobile" prMac 12/27
"New Concentration Game for iOS Will Challenge Your Brain" prMac 12/27
"Beat Boss - The electronic dance music sampler app with the most samples" prMac 12/27
"Tipitap launches Slides & Ladders app with an Apple iTunes feature" prMac 12/27
"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 12/27
"Chromebook sales surge during holidays — raising big questions for Microsoft" VentureBeat 8:33 AM
"Microsoft's Midori: The M# connection/Summary: There've been a couple of recent developments of note regarding Microsoft's 'Midori' skunkworks operating system project." ZDNet 8:11 PM
"Intel cuts prices of mobile processors" CPU World 9:29 PM
"Intel and AMD to Focus on x86 for 2014 – Plan to Break into the 2-in-1 Tablet Markets" WCCF Tech 8:29 AM
"Advanced Micro Devices's 2014 Stock Catalysts" Seeking Alpha 8:29 AM
"HP To Try Large-Screen Smartphone Business" Spy Ghana 8:29 AM
"IBM Predicts Hot Technology Trends for Next 5 Years" Tech News Plus 8:34 AM
"Tablets Will Outsell PCs (Worldwide) — Within 3 Months" RazorianFly 8:17 AM
"NPD: Chromebooks Enjoy 21% of Notebook Sales in 2013" PC Magazine 5:54 PM
"In technology, 2013 was a more amazing year than you think" ["..This will spell disaster for old-line computer companies such as Dell, Acer and Microsoft."] Melbourne Age 9:04 PM
"Microsoft applies for trademark on 'Mod'/Summary: Could Microsoft be hoping to use 'Mod' as a replacement for 'Metro'? A new trademark application" ZDNet 12/28
"Supply pinch dogs Microsoft's Surface tablets: Microsoft's Surface Pro 2 and Surface 2 are chronically in short supply. Is this because the new tablets are flying off the shelves or just not reaching the shelves?" CNET News 12/28
"7 Lessons Microsoft Should Take Into 2014" RazorianFly 12/28
"One Near-Term Problem for Intel's Smartphone Strategy" The Motley Fool 12/28
"Intel Investing in Car DVR and Smart Surveillance Device Developer" Softpedia 12/28
"Hewlett Packard (HP) Kicks Off its Christmas Scratch & Win Promo Nationwide!" Bella Naija 12/28
"Beware the Tech Bubble—But Stay Calm: How to Reap the Best of the Sector While Staving Off Irrational Exuberance" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:45 PM
"Analysis: After Web stocks boom, investors wary but rout unlikely" Reuters 8:21 AM
"Merck, Twitter, Apple are stocks to watch" MarketWatch 8:23 AM
"Tech Stocks: Twitter tumbles in biggest one-day drop/Twitter downgraded to sell by Macquarie; Apple, Facebook also fall" MarketWatch 12/27
"Stocks pause at end of strong week" CNNMoney 12/27
"Stocks Pause as Markets Sit at Record Highs" TheStreet 12/27
"Wall Street Looks to Extend Winning Streak" FOXBusiness 12/27
"Stocks end day mostly flat in quiet trading" Associated Press 12/27
"Stocks Little Changed But End Week Higher: Trading Light in Holiday-Shortened Week" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/27
"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 12/27
"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 12/27
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 12/27
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at the close of trading" Associated Press 12/27
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