"Apple Reports Second Quarter Results: Strong iPhone Sales Drive Record March Quarter Revenue and 15 Percent EPS Growth/Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2014 second quarter ended March 29, 2014. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $45.6 billion and quarterly net profit of $10.2 billion, or $11.62 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $43.6 billion and net profit of $9.5 billion, or $10.09 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.3 percent compared to 37.5 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 66 percent of the quarter's revenue." Apple 3:52 PM
"Apple Reports Second Quarter Results" Business Wire 3:51 PM
"Apple Expands Capital Return Program to Over $130 Billion: Board of Directors also Approves Seven-for-One Stock Split" Apple 3:52 PM
"Apple Expands Capital Return Program to Over $130 Billion" Business Wire 3:52 PM
"Apple Reports Higher Profit, Stock Buyback: CEO Cook, in Interview, Says Shares are Undervalued" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:54 PM
"All eyes on Apple Inc.: With today's earnings expected to be ho-hum, does Apple have a surprise up its sleeve?" Fortune 8:34 AM
"Bigger-screen iPhone 6 may mean smaller sales at Apple — for now: Apple fans, already waiting for the next big thing, may have paused on buying an iPhone as they wait for the large-screen iPhone 6, expected in coming months." CNET 8:23 AM
"Apple vs Samsung, Day 10: The home stretch" Electronista 8:16 AM
"Samsung hopes to make FaceTime a headache for Apple: After weeks of playing defense against five Apple patents, Samsung this week went after Apple with two of its own patents: one it says is infringed when people make FaceTime calls, and another that covers the photo gallery feature found on iPhones, iPads, and some iPods." The Verge 8:22 AM
"Google agreed to shoulder financial burden in Samsung-Apple patent battle" ZDNet 8:49 AM
"No-Poaching Settlement Could Spur Tech Talent War" EE Times 8:52 AM
"What the Apple wage collusion case says about Silicon Valley's labor economy" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 8:14 AM
"Why Apple Can't Quit Steve Jobs" ABCNews 12:20 PM
"U.S. judge denies Apple's move to hold off e-book antitrust trial" Reuters 9:07 PM
"Apple Fixes FaceTime on Older Versions of OS X, iOS 6 Still Not Working" MacRumors 8:02 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"How to detect and remove Genieo for Mac" MacIssues 8:47 PM
"Troubleshooting Yahoo/AT&T password issues" Macworld 8:35 AM
"My cousin is in Africa working for two years with Voluntary Services Overseas (helping to train local teachers). She has a Mac which she wants to upgrade to Mavericks. Her Internet connection is slow - it will take her 10+ days just to download Mavericks and then there are all the updates. So she asked me whether I can put Mavericks on a USB stick and send it to her (it will take about 6 weeks for the package to get to her village!). Besides Mavericks and the 10.9.2 update, I was just wondering if there is a list somewhere on apple.com of all the updates on top of 10.9.2 which I can also put on the USB stick, e.g. the SSL security update which came out today? Many thanks in advance for any advice!" MacInTouch 12:27 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Apple Fixes: Paving The Way To A Smoother Work Day" Cult of Mac 8:36 AM
"Grand tour of the Apple retail palaces of Europe: Amsterdam/Dutch royalty once shopped in the century-old fashion house where Apple now sells iPads." Fortune 8:14 AM
"GameStop to ramp up expansion of wireless, Apple product stores" Fort Worth Star-Telegram [Free Registration Required] 12:11 PM
"GameStop's Simply Mac Apple Specialist stores adding 50 new locations next year" 9to5Mac 12:11 PM
"Women Sues Apple in Louisiana for iPhone 4S exploding in her Pants" Patently Apple 1:37 PM
"Taiwanese Company Sues Apple over iOS's Core Motion Framework" Patently Apple 10:48 AM
"Apple airs new 'Powerful' TV ad, promoting content creation on the iPhone 5s" 9to5Mac 7:43 AM
"Apple Sells iPhones To Reanimate The Pixies" TechCrunch 7:59 AM
"Apple Has A New, Good Ad For The iPhone Featuring A Pixies Song" Business Insider 7:52 AM
"Apple gets slammed in Video commercial by workstation maker BOXX" Architosh 2:48 PM
"Nike denies ditching FuelBand amid Apple tie-up rumours" V3 8:15 AM
"Google Play Music comes to AirPlay devices via hack" CNET 8:23 AM
"Huawei exec: 'Word of mouth' will beat Apple and Samsung in Europe/World Mobile Telephone Factory No.3 won't fling the big bucks around just yet" The Register 10:53 AM
"Apple giving employees company-branded, reusable water bottles for Earth Day" 9to5Mac 1:08 PM
"YouTube Find: Animals go insane over the iPad" TUAW 9:10 AM
Non-Apple News
"FCC to Release Draft Net Neutrality Rules in May" Re/code 1:09 PM
"Rumor: Apple's 'iPhone 6' may sport curved edges, display glass" AppleInsider 7:43 PM
"Sketchy new rumor point to possibility of rounded edges, curved-glass display in iPhone 6" 9to5Mac 7:43 PM
"Catcher to reap iPhone cycle benefits" China Post 12:13 PM
"Barclays revises Catcher target up on iPhone hype" Taipei Times 12:13 PM
"Catcher To Supply iPhone 6 Metal Casings, Apple Expected To Ship 70 Mil Units in 2014 (Report)" G for Games 9:10 AM
"Rumor: Apple taps Catcher for metal casings on next-gen 'iPhone 6'" AppleInsider 9:10 AM
"Apple's Unibody enclosure manufacturer apparently commissioned to build iPhone 6 metal casings" iDownload Blog 10:53 AM
"iPhone 6 Release Date tipped for Q3 2014" BGR 12:13 PM
"Apple users left exposed to serious threats for weeks, former employee says: Patch delay comes two months after previous lapse for critical 'goto fail' fix." Ars Technica 2:29 PM
"Apple Patches Heartbleed SSL Bug in AirPort Base Station" The Mac Observer 8:11 AM
"Apple releases AirPort firmware update to combat Heartbleed flaw" V3 7:52 AM
"Apple security updates for Mac, iOS, and AirPort" ZDNet 8:47 AM
"Apple Delivers AirPort Base Station Heartbleed Fix" FairerPlatform 7:44 AM
"iOS 7.1 code indicates Apple working on Siri for Apple TV" 9to5Mac 10:53 AM
"iOS 7.1.x code points to Siri support on Apple TV" Electronista 10:48 AM
"Rumor: Siri Coming To Apple TV" AppleBitch 2:25 PM
"FaceTime For Mac Gets Updated, But iOS 6 Users Are Still Suffering" AppAdvice 8:19 AM
"The iPhone 6c Could Be Just As Beautiful As The iPhone 6. Here's Proof. [Gallery] Cult of Mac 8:18 AM
"Big-screened iPhone 6 envisioned in new artist renderings" CNET 8:23 AM
"Apple patent involves face detection in iPhoto, Aperture" Apple Daily Report 7:44 AM
"Apple files patent for applying effects in iMovie, Final Cut Pro X" Apple Daily Report 7:43 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Wisp: Eira's tale -A Casual And Relaxing Indie Puzzle Game Inspired By Nordic And Celtic Mythology For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" Apple Sliced 8:11 AM
"Simple Transfer Pro -Wireless Photo & Video Backup, Sync & Share For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $2.99)" Apple Sliced 8:11 AM
"Dark Slash For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:11 AM
"Get 50GB of iDrive iOS cloud storage for 99 cents/That's per month, right? Nope: 99 cents for an entire year. And every year after that." CNET 8:23 AM
"Refurbished Retina iPad mini from $339" FairerPlatform 1:08 PM
"Steve Jobs in my small world: Apple's co-founder and his connection to rural Oregon" Medium 9:08 AM
"Why fret about iPad numbers when there's no such thing as the Android tablet? As Apple's financial disclosure draws near, analysts are comparing iPad sales numbers with those of the Android tablet market. The problem with that is there is no such thing as the Android tablet." ZDNet 8:48 AM
"Samsung Galaxy S5 review: Another solid Android smartphone that could have been better" ZDNet 8:47 AM
"Ubuntu 14.04 review: Missing the boat on big changes/While a new kernel should mean better performance, Canonical's UI troubles persist." Ars Technica 8:36 AM
"Facebook sucks at innovation and its products fail a lot" Memeburn 7:55 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Some people don't want Better." The Joy of Tech [cartoon] 7:46 AM
"As Microsoft's Q3 awaits, it's all Satya, all the time: CEO Satya Nadella, on the job since February, is suddenly everywhere, taking on the role of brainy technology visionary once held by Bill Gates as he seeks to steer Microsoft in a different direction." CNET 12:24 PM
"Nadella departs from predecessor's practice, will do earnings call Thursday" Computerworld 6:24 PM
"Microsoft may actually be on the right track with Windows 9: New leaked details: including some from the reemerged Russian blogger Wzor: bring renewed hope for a better Windows 9" InfoWorld 8:06 AM
"Microsoft Corporation Earnings: Can Nadella Bring Back Growth?" The Motley Fool 12:12 PM
"Microsoft and Equinix partner on private links between Azure and corporate cloud infrastructure" V3 7:52 AM
"Violin and Microsoft play all-flash storage duet to speed up applications: Storage vendor puts Windows Storage Server in its flash array for enterprises, speeding data delivery for use in Microsoft applications" IDG News Service 8:06 AM
"HP's top-end array just topped itself" The Register 8:45 AM
"IBM Opens Chip Architecture, in Strategy of Sharing and Self-Interest" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12:24 PM
"IBM Spends $2.4 Billion On New Power Servers And Partners With Google And Nvidia To Go After Intel" Forbes 3:58 PM
"IBM Unveils Power8 Chip As Open Hardware: Google and other OpenPower Foundation partners express interest in IBM's Power8 chip designs and server motherboard specs." InformationWeek 12:24 PM
"IBM Unveils Servers With Its New Chips: Move Part of Effort to Revive Company's Hardware Business, Take Sales from Intel" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:59 PM
"IBM unveils new server model to tackle big data, analytics" Reuters 12:23 PM
"IBM BlueMix PaaS to Offer More Than 200 Partner Solutions" Talkin' Cloud 8:57 AM
"As Mainframes Turn 50, IBM Takes a Big Computing Gamble" WSJ Blogs 3:58 PM
"Server from IBM, Google, others part of effort to best Intel in data centers - CNET" CNET 12:23 PM
"IBM's OpenPOWER: Too Little Too Late?" Forbes 3:59 PM
"Intel's Andy Bryant on 'tumultuous' two years as chairman: Q&A on Oregon tech, choosing a CEO and what went wrong on tablets" The Oregonian 8:52 AM
"Intel to lose $1bn a quarter on mobile this year." Electronics Weekly 8:56 AM
"System Builders Ask Intel: Where Is Our Future?" CRN 8:53 AM
"Cisco launches Managed Threat Defence security service" Telecompaper 8:54 AM
"Cisco: Recognized By NSS Labs And Very Serious About Cybersecurity" Forbes 3:59 PM
"A closer look at the Samsung and GlobalFoundries partnership for 14nm" ITProPortal 8:53 AM
"The state of the internet is under attack (but it's also faster)" Gigaom 8:09 AM
"Chip designer ARM sees smartphone recovery in second half" Reuters 8:31 AM
"Internet of things and wearables drive growth for ARM" ZDNet 8:47 AM
"Apple spends US$1.07 million in lobbying for first time in a fiscal quarter" Apple Daily Report 12:09 PM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Apple, Facebook, Amazon off as techs retreat/Apple and Facebook slip ahead of earnings results; Amazon signs deal to stream HBO shows" MarketWatch 10:53 AM
"Stocks Slip on Deep Drop in U.S. Home Sales" TheStreet 4:24 PM
"US stocks edge lower after a six-day rally" Associated Press 10:56 AM
"Stock Futures Dip as Traders Eye Corporate Earnings" FOXBusiness 9:35 AM
"Stocks Drop, Snapping Win Streak: Poor Data on New-Home Sales, Mixed Earnings Weigh on Sentiment" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:25 PM
"Asia Markets: Asian shares end mixed/Stocks in Hong Kong fell on signs of further contraction in China's manufacturing sector, while a rally on Wall Street bolstered Japan in a quiet, holiday-shortened week for regional markets." MarketWatch 8:50 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks ease; Ericsson drops after results/Euro-area manufacturing activity at three-month high" MarketWatch 8:50 AM
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