"Understanding and adjusting default permissions in OS X" MacIssue 6:59 PM
"Changing Your OS X Short Name" Egg Freckles 12:30 PM
"With a Dose of Irony, Reeder for Mac Is Back" FairerPlatform 4/12
"OS X Dashboard, the forgotten application" macography.net 4/12
"System Preferences in OS X 10.9, Mavericks: Energy Saver (Amended and Updated)" eXtensions 4/12
"Apple's iOS, OS X don't have Heartbleed bug but BBM for iOS and Android do" ZDNet 4/11
"Apple: iOS, OS X and 'key web services' aren't heartbleeding" BGR 4/11
"Apple is immune from Heartbleed, it says. But don't check if it's true: OSX and iOS unaffected by crypto-busting vuln" The Register 4/11
"Apple Says 'Heartbleed' Security Issue Did Not Affect iOS, OS X, and 'Key Web Services'" MacTrast 4/11
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"About Safari 7.0.3: The Safari 7.0.3 update is recommended for all OS X Mavericks users and contains improvements to compatibility, stability, and security." Apple Support 4/11
"Apple updates standalone FaceTime app for Snow Leopard users with connection bug fix" 9to5Mac 4/11
"Fix a stalled Time Machine backup in OS X" CNET 4/11
"Attention Mac Customers - Flash Player 13 'Plugin Failure' Workaround" Adobe 4/11
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Reeder 2 for Mac Public Beta Now Available" MacStories 4/11
"Importing review markers into Final Cut Pro X from Sony's Ci Mediacloud online collaborative service" fcp.co 4/11
"How to remove application preferences on your Mac" MacIssues 4/11
"Demystifying Microsoft Office & Office 365 Pricing" ["If you're a Mac user, your only options as far as buying a traditional license are Office for Mac Home & Student, and Office for Mac Home & Business, which are equivalent to their PC counterparts as far as apps and pricing."] Tuts+ 4/11
"Review: Hider 2 lets you easily hide your Mac data from prying eyes" Apple Daily Report 4/11
"Speed Up LibreOffice on Your Mac" Low End Mac 4/11
"One Mac App: Sync, Events, Tasks, Notes" Mac 360 4/11
"A Few Words On The Problems Of Managing Passwords On A Mac (and a solution)" NoodleMac 4/11
"Put A Tiny Alarm Clock In Your Mac's Menubar Because Less Is More" TeraTalks 4/11
"How To Put Fun Back Into File Archives" Mac 360 4/11
"How To Create Your Own Spam On A Mac" BohemianBoomer 4/11
Op/Ed
"Using a Mac Does Not Make You Safe from Heartbleed" Low End Mac 4/11
Press Releases
"Popular Sense 3D Scanner v1.1 now available for Mac Users" Architosh 4/11
"Popular RSS client Reeder 2 for Mac hits first public beta" 9to5Mac 4/11
"Warhammer Quest is Apple's App of the Week - Go Download it" 148Apps 4/11
"SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition incorporates Rush Hour expansion pack, exclusively in Mac App Store" 9to5Mac 4/11
"Classic Mac Games: SimCity 4 Now on Mac App Store" FairerPlatform 4/11
"Apple's Spotty Record of Giving Back To the Tech Industry" Slashdot 10:19 AM
"Is Apple CarPlay the future of in-car infotainment?" Stuff Magazine 8:18 AM
"One Apple fan imagined the iPad in 2004, but got the design totally wrong" VentureBeat 4/12
"Why features, not speed, determine how people select iOS browsers" Gigaom 4/12
"Grand tour of the Apple retail palaces of Europe: Berlin/Second stop on a 5-city tour is a renovated century-old theater on a wide Berlin boulevard." Fortune 4/11
"Judge humiliates Apple staffer for using cell phone during Apple-Samsung trial" Macworld 4/11
"Amazon to unveil smartphone in time for holidays: WSJ" Reuters 4/11
"Google Tests a Way to Follow You to the Mall" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4/11
"Pixel Insanity Continues: Here's the First Quad HD OLED Phone Screen" Mashable 4/11
"Dropbox Promises Adding Condoleezza Rice To Its Board Won't Change Its Privacy Views" TechCrunch 4/11
"Dropbox: Condoleeza Rice appointment not going to alter company's privacy commitment" CNET 4/11
"Box Debuts 'Box Open Source' To Share Its Internal Tools With The Larger Developer World" TechCrunch 4/11
"Why Dropbox and Box are expanding beyond straight-up cloud storage: Irresistible apps and services could provide a way out of the cloud storage price wars" PCWorld 4/11
"Amazon Announces Acquisition of Digital Comics Publisher ComiXology" Mac|Life 4/11
"Firefox OS 2.0 screenshots published" Digital Trends 4/11
"Controversy flares as Condoleezza Rice joins Dropbox board" BBC 4/11
"Condoleezza Rice joins board of Dropbox amid controversy: Former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined the board of file-syncing firm Dropbox" Telegraph 4/11
"Heartbleed may not leak private SSL keys after all" The Verge 4/11
"Heartbleed coder admits 'oversight' but backs open source" CNET 4/11
"The Heartbleed Hit List: The Passwords You Need to Change Right Now" Mashable 4/11
Publications/Podcasts
"Coming April 12: Gene Steinberg meets Avram Piltch of Laptop magazine and Peter Cohen of iMore this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 4/11
"Ghost of glory past: The struggle to keep the magic" [Book Review of Haunted Empire] The Economist 4/11
"Macworld – Macphun Ups The Game on Photo Editing Software For The Rest of Us, on MacVoices http://is.gd/lLfHi7" MacVoices 4/11
"How To Transfer Contacts From iPhone To Android (5 Ways)" UberGizmo 8:05 PM
"Deals: Get MacBooster and Do Some Spring Cleaning on Your Mac" Mac|Life 12:28 PM
"TiPX iPhone cases are as fun as the apps they protect" TechnologyTell 10:40 AM
"Apple iPhone 6 Release Date Soon as iOS 8 Comes in June 2: What to Expect at WWDC" International Business Times 4/12
"Apple's iPhone 6 Lineup Should Be Great" The Motley Fool 4/12
"iWatch cost could be subsidized by health insurers, analyst suggests" 9to5Mac 4/12
"Apple Loop: iOS 7 Adoption, The $350 iWatch, US Market Share, MacBook Air Predictions, And Jony Ive" Forbes 4/12
"Apple expected to announce support for NFC and mobile payments: Anticipation is mounting that Apple is finally about to join Google in adopting NFC for payments on its mobile devices and up-coming smartwatch." Finextra 4/11
"Apple Could Finally Adopt NFC On iPhone For Mobile Payment Plans And Touch ID" TechCrunch 4/11
"Dubious iPhone 6 cases already rolling in" 9to5Mac 4/11
"Image shows first alleged iPhone 6 cases" Electronista 4/11
"Analyst: Don't Look for Apple's Custom Baseband Chips this Year" The Mac Observer 4/11
"Taking a tour around the new Sonnet xMac Pro Server at NAB 2014" fcp.co 4/11
"Apple 'Genius' Publishes the 'Ultimate Guide to Solving iOS Battery Drain'" Apple Gazette 4/11
"Apple investigates ways to make Mac laptops even leaner" Apple Daily Report 4/11
AppleCare/Helps
"AirPrint Basics: AirPrint enables instant printing from iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and Mac without the need to install drivers or download software. Simply select an AirPrint printer and print. It's that simple." Apple Support 4/11
"Thunderbolt Disk Connection Problems: Possible Solutions" eXtensions 4/11
"Connecting two Macs using Thunderbolt" Macworld 4/11
Price Trackers/Deals
"Heroes of Loot For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" Apple Sliced 4/12
"Phone Drive For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 4/12
"Heal Them All For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 4/12
"Quest Runner For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" Apple Sliced 4/11
"Omicron HD For iPad And Omicron For iPhone Are Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 4/11
"Final Fury Pro For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $2.99)" Apple Sliced 4/11
"Is Apple iTunes About to Get a Major Makeover?" The Motley Fool 4/12
"If Smartwatches Are The Future, Phosphor's Touch Time Is The First Featurewatch Of Today" Forbes 4/12
"Rich Love iPhone, Boozy IT Guys Prefer Android" Tapscape 4/12
"Could This Be What the iPhone 6 Looks Like?" The Motley Fool 4/12
"Brace yourself, here comes the mobile appsplosion/Prediction: The tech industry's aggressive push to give every feature its own app will drive a pandemic of app fatigue." Computerworld 4/12
"Big data could be a sweet business for Apple, analysts say" VentureBeat 4/12
"Apple Could Finally Adopt NFC On iPhone For Mobile Payment Plans And Touch ID" TechCrunch 4/12
"Cassandra: Smartphone use by Senior Year Engineering Students at a Thai University" eXtensions 4/12
"'All of the best things I did at Apple came from (a) not having money, and (b) not having done it before, ever.' – Steve Wozniak" BloggingGazelle 4/12
"Here's one way Apple might make you care about iTunes again" BGR 4/11
"Apple docs: Samsung misled investors about Galaxy Tab sales/A 'top secret' internal report shows Samsung sold half as many Galaxy Tabs as it claimed." Fortune 4/11
"Should Apple take on the task of overhauling America's broadband infrastructure?" Apple Daily Report 4/11
"Apple's #1 Competitor Takes A New Hit" Mac 360 4/11
"Big iPhone? Meh. Big iWatch Price Tag" Mac 360 4/11
Non-Apple
"NSA Said to Exploit Heartbleed Bug for Years" Marco Arment 4/11
"Review: Is Amazon's Fire TV the Android gaming machine you've been waiting for? (Video)" 9to5Google 4/11
"Dueling PC Sales Data; In The Wake Of Windows XP Support Cutoff Is Apple In Third Or Fourth Place?" MacPrices 4/11
"Windows XP is dead, but Bliss lives on" Techie News 4/11
"Exclusive: Microsoft, Apple diverge on bankrolling big patent buyer" Reuters 4/11
"PC Market Continues to Struggle Even After Windows XP Shuts Down" Crave Online 4/11
"A Check-Up On The Dividends From IBM" Seeking Alpha 4/11
"IBM mainframe, tech's 'dinosaur,' turns 50: The IBM mainframe, the drab-looking refrigerator-size machine that was once the symbol of computer technology, turned 50 this week." MarketWatch 4/11
"Cisco Systems Inc. and Juniper Networks Inc. warn that Heartbleed bug is found in their products" Binary Tribune 4/11
"Heartbleed Bug Found in Cisco Routers, Juniper Gear: Encryption Bug Affects Equipment That Connects to the Web" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4/11
"Collaboration 2.0: Old concept meets new tools/Take the essential concept of sharing, then add cloud, social, Web and mobile" InfoWorld 4/11
"Change your company culture and get onto the cloud: Now that cloud computing is the new normal, it's the company culture: not technology: holding back the cloud" InfoWorld 4/11
"The Dangers of the Cloud: Planes, Automobiles...and Wearables" WSJ Blogs 4/11
"Verizon, BT Join Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Ecosystem" Talkin' Cloud 4/11
"Deutsche Bank Initiates AAPL Coverage with $650 Target Price" The Mac Observer 4/11
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Nasdaq slips below 4,000; Yahoo, Twitter fall/Shares of Netflix, Apple and Amazon retreat in broad selloff" MarketWatch 4/11
"Stocks: Heading for the exits/Markets are finally closed for the week after a truly bumpy ride that ended with investors running for the exits Thursday and Friday." CNNMoney 4/11
"Markets Close Lower After Dismal Week of Selloffs" TheStreet 4/11
"Wall Street Poised to Extend Slide After JPMorgan Disappoints: U.S. equity markets were set to extend a heavy selloff after JPMorgan Chase's first-quarter miss added to the already gloomy sentiment on Wall Street." FOXBusiness 4/11
"Nasdaq Closes Below 4000 as Stocks Finish Rough Week: Tech-Heavy Index Again Bears Brunt of Selling" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4/11
"As Internet shares break down, investors see value in old tech" Reuters 4/11
"Asia Markets: Asian shares tumble; Nikkei hits 2014 low/TOKYO--Japanese stocks tumbled to their lowest level this year in early Friday trading, hit by Wall Street's overnight fall, a stronger yen, and selling by foreign investors." MarketWatch 4/11
"Europe Markets: European stocks extend selloff, notch weekly loss/European markets fell sharply Friday, cementing weekly losses as investors backtracked from global stocks on valuation concerns." MarketWatch 4/11
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 4/11
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