"Apple, Google & others could pay 'blindingly high' $9B in anti-poaching class-action suit" AppleInsider 8:19 AM
"Apple's Damages Expert Makes Case for Why Company Due $2.19 Billion From Samsung" Re/code 7:11 PM
"Apple lays out its $2.2B claim against Samsung: Apple experts told a jury that Samsung's infringement was large and significantly hurt Apple" Computerworld 9:13 PM
"Apple vs. Samsung, Day Three: Into the weeds of patents" Electronista 7:48 AM
"Apple-Samsung jury discovers joys of subroutines, class libraries" Macworld 8:01 AM
"Amazon A9's VP of Search heads to Apple to fix up Maps search" 9to5Mac 7:25 AM
"Amazon's A9 Search Leader Joins Apple" The Mac Observer 9:41 AM
"Email From Steve Jobs Hints at How Apple Ticks" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:10 AM
"Apple Narrows Gap in U.S. Advertising Spending With Rival Samsung" MacRumors 10:07 AM
"In pushing for Time Warner merger, Comcast cites Apple's development of new set-top box" AppleInsider 11:51 AM
"Did Comcast and Time Warner just reveal Apple's set-top box?" BGR 1:09 PM
"Apple notifies winners, losers of WWDC 2014 ticket lottery" Electronista 7:45 AM
"Everything to know about iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 (Roundup + New Details)" 9to5Mac 8:01 AM
"Intel's Thunderbolt 2 supports peer-to-peer Mac connections: The feature is available now through OS X Mavericks" Computerworld 7:42 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"How to determine if your Mac's hard drive is failing" MacInTouch 1:48 PM
"Check what the OS X installer is doing" MacInTouch 1:48 PM
"Understanding Home Sharing: Home Sharing in iTunes lets you share your iTunes media libraries between up to five computers in your household. You can also use Home Sharing to play your iTunes content on your iOS devices and Apple TV (2nd generation) if they are connected to your home Wi-Fi network." Apple Support 1:31 PM
"Frozen: How to Force the Restart of a Mac" The Mac Observer 1:47 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"For game maker Aspyr, Mac App Store presents unique challenges" iMore 1:30 PM
"Cupcake, a color tool for web and app designers" BrettTerpstra.com 4:37 PM
"Scapple for Mac and Windows, a Freeform Note Taker without Rules" The Mac Observer 4:15 PM
"Latest aerial shots of Apple Spaceship Campus site show area cleared for landing" 9to5Mac 8:15 AM
"Apple iWatch rumored for third quarter: Company is targeting shipments of 65 million smartwatches for 2014, claims a new report out of Taiwan." CNET 8:47 AM
"Apple Targeting Q3 2014 Launch for iWatch?" iClarified 10:53 AM
"Apple's iWatch release reportedly set for Q3" BGR 8:37 AM
"Teen interest in 'iWatch' growing as iPhone dominates field, study says" AppleInsider 5:15 PM
"Why Apple's wearable technology will be personal technology" CITEworld 8:24 AM
"Rumor: Apple planning to release iWatch in August-September timeframe" 9to5Mac 7:25 AM
"Barclays: Apple's 'iWatch' could include UV light exposure sensor" AppleInsider 7:54 AM
"Apple Reportedly Targeting Q3 2014 Launch for iWatch" MacRumors 8:04 AM
"The iWatch Could Be On Your Wrist As Early As This Summer [Rumor] Cult of Mac 8:18 AM
"Apple Is Getting More Aggressive With iPhone Ad Spending" AppAdvice 10:31 AM
Non-Apple News
"Digital media industry ramps up support for 4K at broadcasters show" TechHive 4:54 PM
"Google Targets Apple TV, Fire TV with Android TV" The Mac Observer 11:25 AM
"Amazon: Prime Video Streams Nearly Triple" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:49 AM
"Samsung Forecasts Decline in Operating Profit: Announcement Comes Days Ahead of the Rollout of the Company's New Galaxy S5 Smartphone" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:44 AM
"Samsung Expects Earnings to Slip as Smartphone Sales Ebb" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:12 AM
"Samsung Galaxy S5 price, specs and release date" The Inquirer 8:15 AM
"Samsung drop in profits due to 'low end' competition" BBC 7:29 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Macworld -Micromat Returns to Macworld with TechTool Pro 7" MacVoices 4:14 PM
"Macworld -Trunx Organizes Your Photos Across Your Devices and Social Networks" MacVoices 11:25 AM
"Microsoft to Windows XP users: The jig is up" CNET 8:46 AM
"Windows XP finally reaches end of life" The Inquirer 7:53 AM
"Windows XP finally put to sleep by Microsoft – but it will still haunt us for years to come" ExtremeTech 8:41 AM
"Windows XP support officially ends today, still used by over 25 percent of PCs" Engadget 4:47 PM
"Why Windows XP users are more vulnerable to security threats" CNET 11:38 AM
"As Windows XP support ends, experts lend advice on staying safe" The Inquirer 8:15 AM
"Windows XP: Why It Won't Die/Arbitrary OS upgrade mandates don't make sense in the real world, some Windows XP organizations say." InformationWeek 8:47 AM
"Windows XP Plug Pulled: 5 Questions/After 12 years, Windows XP officially becomes an unsupported OS. Here's what you need to know, from old PCs to dicey ATMs" InformationWeek 10:56 AM
"Microsoft's $7.2BN Deal To Buy Nokia's Devices Business Gets The Nod In China" TechCrunch 8:09 AM
"Microsoft, Nokia gain Chinese approval for $7.2B acquisition" Electronista 7:48 AM
"Microsoft's deal to buy Nokia gets thumbs-up from China" Engadget 7:49 AM
"Microsoft will take on Apple's CarPlay by bringing Windows to the car" BGR 7:34 AM
"Redditor shares details about Windows 9 'Threshold' and future Windows Phone 8.2 update" BGR 7:34 AM
"Xbox boss: Microsoft won't sell us off/That's the word from the newly installed head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, who said that he believes the Xbox brand is the most relevant to consumers out of any Microsoft division." CNET 11:38 AM
"Microsoft Office for iPad engineers talk history, hint about futures/Summary: In a Reddit AMA, Microsoft's Office for iPad engineers tackle some questions about the new suite Microsoft introduced a couple weeks ago." ZDNet 1:59 PM
"Hewlett-Packard positive about its Personal Systems business despite shrinking PC market" Market Realist 9:06 AM
": Intel shutting down Costa Rican facility, laying off 1.5K workers" Seeking Alpha 4:17 PM
"Intel Loses Galaxy Tab 4 Deal But Management Is Still Bullish On Tablets" Seeking Alpha 7:08 AM
"Follow Up On Intel: Is The 'Bad News Still Good'?" Seeking Alpha 9:43 AM
"Flawless Execution Could Propel Intel Stock Higher" Seeking Alpha 7:12 AM
"AMD R9 295X2 review: 500 watts of cool-running 4K gaming goodness with a price tag to match" ExtremeTech 8:40 AM
"AMD's New Radeon Is a Preposterous Powerhouse You'll Wish You Needed" Gizmodo 8:18 AM
"AMD Radeon R9 295X2 Review: Hawaii x 2" HotHardware 7:41 AM
"IBM Marks Mainframe Milestone, Touts Mobile and Cloud Technologies" TheStreet 9:06 AM
"Oracle in-memory app for J.D. Edwards aims to help juggle supply and demand: The software is run in conjunction with Oracle's 'engineered systems' like Exadata" Computerworld New Zealand 4:42 PM
"Tech Firms May Find No-Poaching Pacts Costly" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:04 AM
"ARM bases their new Compiler 6 on Clang/LLVM" SemiAccurate 8:16 AM
"Silicon Valley's app culture eroding US ability to make serious software" CNET 8:47 AM
"Market Hustle: Stocks Mixed as Cautious Tone Continues Ahead of Earnings" TheStreet 8:53 AM
"Stock Futures Point to More Losses on Wall Street" FOXBusiness 8:54 AM
"U.S. Stocks Higher, Led by Nasdaq: Technology Sector Leads Advances as Investors Await Earnings Season" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:11 PM
"U.S. Stocks Rise as Technology Stocks Rally After Selloff" Bloomberg 4:19 PM
"Asia Markets: Asian shares lower, Japan leads losses/Japanese stocks led Asia lower on Tuesday, as the yen strengthened before the end of the Bank of Japan's policy meeting, while regional technology stocks fell." MarketWatch 8:53 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks sag as Sports Direct, insurers fall/Stoxx 600 could be headed for a second-straight loss/ European stocks turned lower Tuesday, extending recent losses as investors globally turned to concerns about stock valuations, and as the conflict between Ukraine and Russia showed no sign of abating." MarketWatch 8:53 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 1:07 PM
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