"Apple's War on Samsung Has Google in Crossfire" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:34 PM
"Google Is Central to Latest Apple-Samsung Case: Search Giant's Engineers Expected to Refute iPhone Arguments" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:53 PM
"Judge Koh overrules Samsung objection to patent video depicting Apple products" AppleInsider 6:53 PM
"Apple seeks $2bn from Samsung in fresh patent battle" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:30 AM
"Apple v. Samsung: Tech titans return for second patent trial showdown" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 4:29 PM
"Another Apple-Samsung skirmish heads to court" Associated Press 12:18 PM
"Apple and Samsung to renew patent battle in US court" AFP 8:38 AM
"Another Apple-Samsung Skirmish Heads To Court [Video] Forbes 1:22 PM
"The Apple-Samsung Patent Trial Begins this Week with Google Finally Stepping into the Ring" Patently Apple 8:51 AM
"Meet Lucy H. Koh, a Silicon Valley Judge/The monthlong trial between Apple and Samsung Electronics was nearing an end when Apple's lawyer presented an unwanted gift to the judge: a 75-page list of potential witnesses." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 9:08 PM
"Apple Is Walking Up The Down Staircase" ["There are no credible reasons to expect Apple to return to greater than 10% revenue growth on a sustained basis prior to the release of new product lines and enhanced services offerings. However, Apple has begun to reverse the recent cycle of negative net income growth. Apple is now walking up the down staircase of negative net income growth and is at the beginning of a cycle of improved earnings results ahead of the new products Tim Cook has promised for this calendar year."] Seeking Alpha 8:34 AM
"Apple chart of the day: From 66% revenue growth to 9.2%/Without a new product, says a prominent amateur analyst, Apple may be stuck below 10%." Fortune 9:13 PM
"Apple's iPhone 6 Could Steal Samsung's Best Customers (But It Probably Won't)" The Motley Fool 8:38 AM
"This Animated Map Shows How Apple's Stores Have Spread Around The World Since 2001" Business Insider 11:18 AM
"Federal judge approves class-action price fixing suit against Apple: Apple argument that each e-book sale requires separate trial is rejected" IDG News Service 3:27 PM
"'No poaching' case versus Google, Apple, others can go to trial: Federal judge rules jury should consider evidence in lawsuit alleging worker poaching agreements" IDG News Service 3:27 PM
"Apple, Google, Intel And Adobe Still Headed For Trial Over Wage Collusion Pact" Forbes 8:51 AM
"Silicon Valley wage collusion case will go to court: Judge Koh smacks down Google, Intel, Apple and Adobe" The Register 6:32 PM
"VirnetX/Apple: What Does Apple Owe?" Seeking Alpha 8:33 AM
"Post-Apple, Macworld courts developers 30 years on: Apple hasn't made a product announcement at the venerable trade show since 2009. As the event turns 30 years old, it looks to its future and place among other conferences." CNET 3/29
"There's Just No Getting Around Apple Buying Yahoo" Cult of Mac 3/29
"Apple faces certified class action suit over e-book price conspiracy" Ars Technica 3/29
"Judge grants class action status to e-book suit against Apple" iDownload Blog 3/29
"Apple, Samsung renew patent battle Monday" Inside Bay Area 3/29
"Anti-Poaching Lawsuit Against Apple, Google, and Others Moves Ahead" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 3/29
"Why did Microsoft port Office to Apple's iOS iPad before Android?" AppleInsider 3/29
"Sorry, iWatch! Android Wear Will Dominate Our Wrist" Digital Trends 8:22 AM
"Swatch CEO won't play ball with Apple, disapproves smart watch concept" Australian Macworld 9:14 PM
"Study takes a look at app stability on iOS and Android" iDownload Blog 8:32 AM
"Feature: High-resolution audio/High-resolution audio looks set to make an impact in 2014" Electronista 8:31 AM
"Threes vs 2048: When rip-offs do better than the original game" VentureBeat 11:21 AM
"Slideshow: Macworld/iWorld 2014 in pictures" Macworld 8:50 AM
"Macworld|iWorld 2014 day 3: iMore show and Iterate live!" iMore 11:21 AM
"Macworld/iWorld 2014: We Check Out The Swiss Army Knife Of iPhone Cases" AppAdvice 8:25 AM
"Judge blocks sales of Typo iPhone keyboard: Federal judge finds the Ryan Seacrest-backed keyboard could infringe BlackBerry's patents" IDG News Service 3:28 PM
"Why one of Apple's most notable developers is winning big in Japan" Architosh 3/29
"BlackBerry Gets Injunction Stopping Sale of Typo iPhone Keyboard Case" Re/code 3/29
"BlackBerry Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Typo, Banning iPhone Keyboard" PC Magazine 3/29
"Judge blocks sales of Typo keyboard on BlackBerry request" IDG News Service 3/29
"BlackBerry wins injunction against Typo keyboard case" iDownload Blog 3/29
"BlackBerry wins court order banning sales of Typo iPhone keyboard case" The Verge 3/29
"Innovative photo hardware-app combos shake up Macworld/iWorld" The Next Web 3/29
"Video report: Another look at Macworld's Best of Show winners" Macworld 3/29
"The Mac Observer's Editors' Choice Awards for Macworld/iWorld" The Mac Observer 3/29
"Macworld|iWorld 2014: Strotter makes iPad stylish and useable" iMore 3/29
"Expo Notes: Satisfy your itchy photo-taking trigger finger with Grip&Shoot" Macworld 3/29
"Expo Notes: Livescribe hopes to make the pen mightier in the digital age" Macworld 3/29
"Expo Notes: Double Robotics' growing army of robots puts us one step closer to Skynet" Macworld 3/29
"Expo Notes: Give your iPhone night vision with the Flir One thermal camera" Macworld 3/29
"Expo Notes: Making the Mac (and iPad and iPhone) more musical" Macworld 3/29
"Expo Notes: Emulsio takes the shakes out of handheld video" Macworld 3/29
"Macworld/iWorld 2014: Take A Hike And Embark On An Urban Adventure With Kamino" AppAdvice 3/29
"Macworld/iWorld 2014: Check Out Ring, A Wearable Input Device For iOS" AppAdvice 3/29
"Macworld/iWorld 2014: Sync What You Write On Paper Onto Your iDevice With Livescribe 3" AppAdvice 3/29
"Oculus VR's John Carmack takes to the Internet, defends deal with Facebook" PCWorld 1:00 PM
"Oculus VR exec John Carmack comments on Facebook acquisition" Digital Trends 11:20 AM
"John Carmack breaks silence on Facebook's Oculus acquisition" The Verge 11:20 AM
"Samsung Galaxy S5 Is a Baby Monitor That Reports to Your Smartwatch" Gizmodo 3/29
"Three Mozilla board members—including two former CEOs—step down: Resignations tendered last week, blamed on Mozilla not choosing an outside hire." Ars Technica 3/28
"Nest ThermoStats Fail to Save Energy, Claims Class-Action Lawsuit" Digital Trends 3/28
"Google clamps down on Android apps with deceptive ads" Engadget 3/29
"Google reportedly now requires 'powered by Android' branding on new phones" The Verge 3/28
"Is Android Becoming the New Windows?" Statista 3/28
"Study finds online gamers aren't antisocial basement dwellers: After observing the behaviors of thousands of gamers, with a focus on 'massively multiplayer online role-playing games' such as World of Warcraft, researchers conclude that loners are the outliers, not the norm." CNET 3/28
Publications/Podcasts
"TUAW Talkcast at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET tonight: Macworld/iWorld wrapup" TUAW 8:34 PM
"AppleTell speaks with Kamino at Macworld / iWorld 2014" TechnologyTell 9:17 AM
"Podcast: Apple's past, present and future" Macworld 3/29
"GeekWire Radio: Facebook + Oculus, Google Chromebook at college, and the meaning of Microsoft Office for iPad" GeekWire 3/29
"Coming March 29: Gene Steinberg meets CNET's Cheapskate, Rick Broida, AppleInsider's Daniel Eran Dilger, and tech columnist Rob Pegoraro, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 3/28
"It's Macworld Day Zero And Rumors Of Retina Airs On Our All-New CultCast" Cult of Mac 3/28
"Macworld – Whoosh3D Puts 3D on your iPhone" MacVoices 3/28
"Podcast: iFixit Live at Macworld/iWorld" Macworld 3/28
"Microsoft says printing functions will come to Office for iPad soon" PCWorld 9:06 PM
"Microsoft Office is 'so right' for iPad: Motif Investing's Hardeep Walia shares his positive outlook for Microsoft Office on Apple's top-selling tablet" Telegraph 8:37 AM
"Apple Files New Round of iOS 7 Icon Trademarks in China & More" Patently Apple 1:09 PM
"iPhone 6c Renderings In 4.7 And 5.7-inch Display Sizes Emerge [Image] Redmond Pie 3/29
"Could This Be The Display Apple Uses In Its iPhone 6?" AppAdvice 3/29
"Schematics Show The Measurements For The Big-Screen iPhone 6" Business Insider 3/29
"Microsoft looking to add print function to Office for iPad soon" Digital Spy 3/29
"Apple Seeks Patent for their new US Plant Five Axis Robotic Arm" Patently Apple 3/29
"The iPhone 6 Is Coming In September, And It Will Be In Two Sizes With A Higher Resolution Screen" Business Insider 3/28
"iPad Office not the only local hit at Macworld: Microsoft, with its new Office suite for the iPad, wasn't the only Seattle-area company with a new product getting attention at this week's Macworld/iWorld conference." Seattle Times 3/28
"Microsoft hopes iPad users won't exploit Office loophole: Microsoft wants users to pay for its $100 Office 365 subscription. Turns out, though, that it can be bypassed for Office apps on iPad." CNET 3/28
"Microsoft Office hits number one spot in Apple's App Store after just 12 hours" VentureBeat 3/28
"Office for iPad shoots to the top of Apple's free app chart" Macworld 3/28
"MS Office for iPad Seizes Top Four Free Spots in Apple's App Store" The Mac Observer 3/28
"Apple is already making money off Microsoft's Office for iPad" BGR 3/28
"Microsoft Will Pay Apple It's Traditional 30% Cut for In-App Purchases of Office 365 Subscription" MacTrast 3/28
"OtterBox Defender Case for iPad mini with Retina Display" TabletPCReview 4:29 PM
"ClamCase Pro Review: Expensive, But Worth It" FairerPlatform 1:07 PM
"Belkin SurgePlus USB Swivel Charger Review" Run Around Tech 8:36 AM
"Comparing LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt Speeds with Other Disks and Connectors" eXtensions 3/29
"Review: the iQi wireless iPhone charger" iDownload Blog 3/29
"Some Images of the MacPro Insides: iStudio, Bangkok" eXtensions 3/29
"Jawbone UP24 review: style and substance? The best looking fitness tracker on the market just got better - but it's still not got quite enough for Matt Warman" Telegraph 3/29
"Anki -- an easier way to study almost anything" BetaNews 8:24 AM
"11 iPhone Apps You'll Have To Pry From My Cold, Dead Hands" Business Insider 8:16 AM
"Red Bull Racers iOS game review" TechnologyTell 9:18 AM
"Microsoft's Office Apps for iPad Off to a Good Start" Re/code 3/29
"Microsoft Office for the iPad: It's the Suite You Want If You Want Office on Your iPad" Time 3/29
"How to Get Started with Microsoft Office on iPad: At long last, familiar tools for document creation on Apple's tablet." ReadWrite 3/29
"An Office Suite for Your iPad: Microsoft unveiled its long-awaited Office suite for Apple's iPad. Barron's weighs it against free programs from Apple." Barron's [Paid Membership Required] 3/29
"Hands-On With Microsoft Office For iPad [Review] AddictiveTips 3/29
"Microsoft Office For iPad: 7 Questions Answered/Is Office for iPad a good fit for you? We go hands-on and answer seven key questions to help you decide." InformationWeek 3/29
"iOS 7: the ultimate Mail app guide" iDownload Blog 3/29
"The Best Email App for iPhone: From Mailbox to Evomail" Udemy 3/29
"Use an iPhone 5S, Pebble smartwatch to track your activity: By installing this free app on your iPhone 5S and a Pebble smartwatch, you're able to monitor your daily step count." CNET 3/29
"Handy Photo Free is a capable iOS image editor with a couple of unique features" TUAW 3/29
"Everyone Is Talking About Red-Hot iPhone Game 2048, But The Original Game It Copied Is Much Better" Business Insider 3/29
"Color Vision Test Pro iPhone App Review - Check Your Color Vision" Tapscape 3/29
"Leitmotifs iPhone App Review - Richard Wagner and the Ring" Tapscape 3/29
"Mini-review: People who already use Office will love Office for iPad/Better-late-than-never effort will please its core audience, but others have moved on." Ars Technica 3/28
"Review: Office for iPad is pretty and functional" Boston Globe [Free Registration Required] 3/28
"Microsoft Office for iPad: Five takeaways" USA Today 3/28
"Rent Microsoft's Office Apps For iPad (or, use them for free on your iPhone)" Mac 360 3/28
"This Little-Known iOS Feature Will Change the Way We Connect: A new iOS app called FireChat is blowing up in the App Store. But it's not the app itself that's causing such a stir, it's the underlying networking technology it taps into." Wired 3/28
"UpTo for iPhone and iPad: A calendar app you look forward to checking each day" iMore 3/28
"1 Reason You Won't Get Better Apple TV Anytime Soon" The Motley Fool 9:13 PM
"Making the case for a large Apple 'iPad Pro': Should Apple build a larger iPad for the professional crowd? I think it's a necessary evolution of the tablet." CNET 7:39 PM
"Possible To Use Office For iPad Without Office 365 Subscription" UberGizmo 4:29 PM
"Analysts on Apple: Summer Doldrums and High iPhone 6 Costs" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 4:29 PM
"How much does Office for iPad really cost?" MacUser 4:22 PM
"The war was over years ago: With Office for iPad being released this week and Microsoft reportedly backing away from its anti-iPad campaign, change is underway at the software giant." 512 Pixels 3/29
"Samsung objects to patent instructional video" Electronista 3/29
"Samsung Doesn't Want Jurors to See this Video Next Week During Apple-Samsung Patent Infringement Trial" Patently Apple 3/29
"Steve Jobs Sent This Chilling 'Smiley Face' Email After He Got A Google Staffer Fired" Business Insider 3/28
"Subscription and Streaming Music Services Still Dwarfed by Downloads led by Apple's iTunes" Patently Apple 3/28
"When will the iPhone 4S be discontinued? iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 to push out iPhone 4S this year?" Macworld UK 3/28
"After two months with Android, I'm going back to iPhone. Here's why.: While I can see the benefits of the Android platform, especially with regard to hardware, it's just not the mobile experience I want." CNET 3/28
"If Apple offered original programming on an 'iTunes Channel,' here's what I'd like to see" Apple Daily Report 3/28
"Thoughts on Office for iPad and iWork" The Loop 3/28
"Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella points to Office for iPad's early App Store success" 9to5Mac 3/28
"Office for iPad: What Wall Street Thinks" TheStreet 3/28
"Microsoft Isn't Apple's Competitor Anymore: Drogen" Bloomberg TV 3/28
"Microsoft Finally Embracing What Users Want: Kanji" Bloomberg TV 3/28
"Microsoft Office For iPad...A Bad Pricing Strategy?" AppleBitch 3/28
"The Resurgent, Post-Windows Microsoft" TechCrunch 11:21 AM
"Microsoft wants Windows XP dead and has announced $100 bounty: Tempting but..." Tech Times 8:45 AM
"Microsoft reverses, vows not to snoop on emails" Seattle Times 4:09 PM
"Microsoft stops probing Hotmail to plug leaks" AFP 8:43 AM
"Microsoft promises to stop searching user accounts for stolen material" iTNews Australia 9:06 PM
"Microsoft Unveils Kinect for Windows v2 Final Hardware" eWeek 4:21 PM
"Longtime Windows and Office Executive Antoine Leblond Leaving Microsoft" Re/code 11:21 AM
"Longtime Microsoft exec Antoine Leblond leaving" Seattle Times 6:32 PM
"How IBM Is Retooling Itself for Future Cloud Business" eWeek 4:21 PM
"IBM ramping up Business Transformation Initiative workshops" eChannelLine 8:53 AM
"IBM to open new lab in Bangalore" IANS India 8:53 AM
"AMD introduces FirePro W9100 workstation graphics card" ZDNet 8:46 AM
"Analyst: Cisco's New $1 Billion Cloud Computing Plan Is Ingenious But Risky" Business Insider 8:36 AM
"Google Says Government User Info Requests Jump 120 Percent Since 2009" eWeek 4:20 PM
"Google And Facebook Hedge Against The Data Backlash" Forbes 8:50 AM
"Google working to make Android more secure and ready for the enterprise customers" IntoMobile 8:46 AM
"Google claims Turkey intercepts their DNS" ZDNet 8:47 AM
"Google: Turkey is blocking our DNS service/Google says Turkish Internet service providers have set up servers that 'masquerade' as Google's public DNS service." CNET 1:15 PM
"Facebook, Oculus, And Businesses' Thirst For Virtual Reality" Forbes 8:31 AM
"Oculus VR Employees Are Getting Death Threats Following The $2 Billion Facebook Deal" Business Insider 8:36 AM
"How programming savvy might save us from a surveillance state: Although most of the systems that track people are operated by corporations, the threat from surveillance-happy governments is most alarming." Boston Globe 8:54 AM
"Nadella wins praise for public debut as CEO: 'Much calmer' than ex-CEO Ballmer, says one analyst in an understatement" ["Milanesi praised Nadella, saying he 'did a great job' in his opening remarks as he expounded on his 'mobile first, cloud first' strategy. 'For the first time I actually see a strategy,' Milanesi added."] Computerworld 3/29
"Nadella breaks Microsoft out of Windows: Windows revenue won't disappear, if only because corporate clients have already invested in the operating system and aren't going to drop it in the foreseeable future" Business Standard 3/29
"The Real News Behind Microsoft's Recent Announcement" The Motley Fool 3/29
"This Microsoft Corporation Deal May Trump Office for iOS" The Motley Fool 3/29
"Don't Believe The Windows 8 'Failure' Hype" Forbes 3/29
"Don't Write Off Microsoft Corporation Tablets" The Motley Fool 3/29
"Report: Microsoft Invested In Wearable Augmented Reality Computing" GameInformer 3/29
"Microsoft changes company policy, vows not to snoop on emails" ANI 3/29
"Cloud Computing's Watershed Week" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3/29
"Did Intel's SSDs Undermine Its Processor Sales?" Forbes 3/29
"Objecting to new CEO, resignations sweep Mozilla board: Report/Three directors step down because they wanted a mobile-market expert from outside, not CTO Brendan Eich, as the new CEO, the WSJ reports. Also, Eich is dogged by concerns over 2008 gay-marriage stance." CNET 3/29
"Mozilla's bad week: Employees call for CEO Eich to step down, 3 board members leave" VentureBeat 3/29
"RIP, the server. It's time to breathe the air of cloud connection" Gigaom 3/29
"Palm's Jeff Hawkins is building a brain-like AI. He told us why he thinks his life's work is right" The Register 3/29
"Twitter gets court victory in Turkey but ban not lifted" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 3/29
"Foxconn and Pegatron manufacturer profits bouyed by increased iPhone and iPad sales" iMore 3/29
"Microsoft And Apple: The Battle For Dividends" Seeking Alpha 3/28
"Is Apple About To Crush Sirius XM?" Seeking Alpha 3/28
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: BlackBerry rises, then slips on results/Shares of BlackBerry Inc. rallied, then slipped into the red Friday after the beleaguered company reported a loss that was narrower than expected, but the mobile tech firm's sales were below expectations." MarketWatch 3/28
"Dow wins for the week, but not by much" CNNMoney 3/28
"Stock Futures Rise as Traders Mull Data" FOXBusiness 3/28
"Stocks edge up as Americans open their wallets" Associated Press 3/28
"Stocks Tumble; Dow Drops Over 200 Points: Equities Post Biggest One-Day Drop Since Feb. 3" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3/28
"Asia Markets: Asian shares rise; Hong Kong gains on China banks/Asian stocks steadied in morning trade to move modestly higher, led by gains in Hong Kong." MarketWatch 3/28
"Europe Markets: European stocks gain after confidence data/European stocks rose Friday, gaining ground after consumers expressed more confidence in the euro-zone economy." MarketWatch 3/28
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 3/28
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