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Tuesday Highlights: Tim Cook defends Apple before US Senate panel accusing the company of dodging billions of dollars in payment of US taxes due to offshore loopholes; NPR, C-SPAN have live feeds, other sites with live coverage are down in our Finances section; Senator Rand Paul excoriates fellow Senators, says need to "look in the mirror", apologizes to Apple, more on the Senate proceedings in content-appropriate sections throughout MacSurfer; is Apple's brand leadership under threat due to the lethal Android + Samsung Galaxy duo?; or is the relationship between Samsung and Google a nightmare?; Apple is BrandZ's number one global brand; TekRevue explains how to make a 4GB/s RAM disk on your OS X machine; Amsys introduces beginners to using Kerberos in OS X; Apple iPhone satisfaction dropping from higher levels last year, according to American Customer Satisfaction Index; TechCrunch points to new smartwatch with power-management features; a thinner, lighter iPad 5 coming in September according to rumors; April sales of domestic Mac sales were flat, but AllThingsD says it's not a bad thing; and Apple has been granted 26 patents today, including Magic Mouse force sensor, palm touch detection, among others down in our Hardware/Software section; Macworld offers advice for those who've dropped their Mac; TechHive thinks the best Twitter app for iPhone is Echofon; PC Advisor explains how you can reset your iDevice to factory defaults, wiping all data; does Apple's new TV strategy consist of refusing approval of new TV tuners for iDevices?; poor Nintendo, Wii U sales are in collapse, perhaps the company needs to develop games for iOS; Microsoft readying reveal of new Xbox 720, reports down in our Computer Industry section.
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"Review: New Trent Chargepak NT600C 6000mAh External Battery Pack" Run Around Tech
"Apple Called A Tax Dodger By Senate Committee, Apple Says System Needs To Be 'Dramatically' Simplified" Forbes 11:18 AM
"Apple CEO Cook: 'We're an American Company,' 'We Don't Stash Cash'" Barron's 11:05 AM
"Apple Uses 'Alchemy' in Tax Practices" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:20 AM
"Apple prepares for Washington onslaught: Apple isn't taking any chances with senators looking to embarrass CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday at a hearing on the tech giant's offshore $100 billion stash." Politico 8:16 AM
"Five things at stake for Apple at Senate tax hearing" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:52 AM
"3 Mindbending Ways Apple Dodged $13.8B In Taxes" TechCrunch 8:33 AM
"Apple vs. Subcommittee: Tim Cook has some explaining to do" Fortune 7:54 AM
"Tim Cook to insist Apple 'does not use tax gimmicks': The chief executive of Apple will be hauled before US lawmakers on Tuesday to defend the tech giant's accounting practices, amid accusations the company uses 'highly questionable tax strategies'." Telegraph 8:42 AM
"Apple Seen Using Loopholes to Evade $9 Billion in Taxes" Bloomberg 10:25 AM
"Apple CEO Cook Talks to Congress as Steve Jobs Never Did" Bloomberg 10:25 AM
"Cook's Job Is to Manage Tax Law for Apple: Kaplan" Bloomberg TV 10:25 AM
"Apple's tax strategy portrayed by Senate subcommittee as a unique 'absurdity'" AppleInsider 9:39 AM
"Apple CEO defending tax tactics at Senate hearing" USA Today 9:31 AM
"The top 100 most valuable global brands 2013: This year's BrandZ ranking of the top 100 valuable global brands sees Apple maintain its reign at number one and the value of the top brands grow by 7 per cent to $2.6 trillion" MarketingWeek 8:14 AM
"Apple still world's most valuable global brand, says report" CNET News 9:31 AM
"Apple's Brand Is a Hidden Asset" TheStreet 9:38 AM
"Customers not as happy with iPhone as they were last year: The American Customer Satisfaction Index shows Apple remains on top, but it's declining while Motorola, Nokia, and Samsung are rising." CNET News 7:53 AM
"Apple IPhone Loses Ground to Samsung in Consumer Survey" Bloomberg 10:25 AM
"Apple's iPhone satisfaction slips; Samsung, Nokia gain" ZDNet 9:56 AM
"Pentagon clearance for iOS could open even more doors for Apple in the private sector" PCWorld 7:57 AM
"Apple Retail Revenue Improves to $57 Per Visitor in Q1" TekRevue 8:47 AM
"SKAA: Displacing Apple AirPlay As The New Premium Wireless Music Standard?" Forbes 7:51 AM
"Here comes the thinner, lighter iPad? After two generations of relatively hefty 9.7-inch iPads, Apple may finally be ready to ship a lighter 'iPad 5.'" CNET News 7:53 AM
"iPad 5 rumours: Apple's new iPad will be 33% lighter, launching September" Macworld UK 8:32 AM
"iPad 5: More talk of a thinner, lighter tablet" Digital Trends 8:43 AM
"Domestic Mac Sales Flat in April (And That's Not Bad)" AllThingsD 7:57 AM
"Samsung beats up Retina displays" TG Daily 8:30 AM
Granted Apple Patents
"Apple Granted 26 Patents Today Covering a Double-Sided Touch Panel for iPhone, Push-to-Talk and Magic Mouse's Touch Design" Patently Apple 8:09 AM
"Apple Granted a Patent for a New Magic Mouse Force Sensor that Could Debut Later this Year" Patently Apple 7:45 AM
"Apple patent is for detecting a palm touch on a surface" AppleDailyReport 8:40 AM
"Apple wins patent for touch pad for a handheld device" AppleDailyReport 9:25 AM
"Apple granted patent for gesture control of multimedia editing applications" AppleDailyReport 8:33 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"Advice from an Apple Tech: When your Mac takes a fall" Macworld 8:41 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Angry Bomber For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 7:41 AM
"Moto Hero For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 7:41 AM
"Herd the Words For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 7:41 AM
"Klipsch Image X10i headphones review: ultimate in comfort and sound" Macworld UK 8:42 AM
"Phonesuit Flex Micro Battery Pack review: powerful iPhone 5 battery pack" PC Advisor 8:42 AM
"Klipsch Image S4i (II): good value sound, but a slightly awkward shape" Macworld UK 8:42 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"The best Twitter client for your phone" TechHive 10:08 AM
"Status Board for iPad review: Make a visual display for your data" Macworld UK 8:42 AM
"Autodesk Homestyler for iPad review: Computer aided room design goes mobile" Macworld UK 8:41 AM
"Google Hangouts solves the iPhone-Android emoji problem: iPhone and Android phones can't always see the tiny Japanese icons they send each other. Unless they use Google Hangouts." ITworld 8:25 AM
"App Adds Smartphone Features to a GPS: Garmin's Nuvi GPS device is getting better at tying into your phone, if you can live with the additional expense." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 7:52 AM
"Appidemic: Dirac HD Player for iPhone and iPod Touch" AppleTell 8:41 AM
"Cat-App Fever: 3 Ways to Turn Your iPad Into a Cat Toy" Wired 7:54 AM
"The 2nd Worst Possible Name For A Handy Reminders App For Your iPhone" BohemianBoomer 7:43 AM
"How Facial Recognition Makes It Easier And Faster To Dial Your iPhone" TeraTalks 7:43 AM
"Khan Academy Review: Khan Academy is a popular and free online collection of education videos. The app is a quick and easy way to watch any of its thousands of videos." 148Apps 10:08 AM
"PhotoNova+ 2 Review: A free powerful photo editing app that offers plenty of impressive tools to help users create beautiful photographs." 148Apps 9:39 AM
"NonoCube Review: Nonograms in 3D are just as awesome as they are in 2D." 148Apps 11:09 AM
"Caveman Golf Review: Flawed and a little rough and ready, Caveman Golf still has enough going for it to intrigue." 148Apps 8:41 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to factory reset on an iPhone or iPad: Wipe your iDevice and remove all personal data" PC Advisor 9:56 AM
"Autodesk renames AutoCAD WS to AutoCAD 360 Pro Mobile" Architosh 11:50 AM
"SMK-Link Electronics launched two new presentation remote controls: RemotePoint Sapphire and RemotePoint Ruby" ["Remote controls for Microsoft® PowerPoint® and Apple® Keynote® presentations" 2 page PDF] SMK-Link 10:26 AM
"OBJE Announces Hot New Mobile Gaming App for Apple and Android" Business Wire 10:23 AM
"Khronos to Create New Camera Control Open Standard API" Business Wire 10:23 AM
"bCODA's JAK Streaming USB Device Now Available for iOS/Apple Products" Business Wire 10:23 AM
"ZAGG Inc Debuts Thinnest, Most Robust Keyboard Accessories for Apple iPad mini at 2013 CTIA" Business Wire 10:23 AM
"ZAGG Takes Wraps off Two New Super Thin iPad Mini Keyboards" PadGadget 11:58 AM
"ZAGG launches backlit Cover and Folio iPad mini keyboards" iDownload Blog 10:39 AM
"Circles - Ambitious APP has new commercial video" Circles 10:06 AM
"Gut Your Old Power Mac G5 And Set It Alight For The Ultimate BBQ Grill" Cult of Mac 8:43 AM
"Wingo Easy-Hold Kindle Case Would Be Perfect For The iPad Mini" Cult of Mac 8:42 AM
"Scanner Pro Gets Real-Time Border Detection" MacStories 8:41 AM
"PowerMat to acquire PowerKiss in wireless charging landgrab" The Verge 8:33 AM
"Unity makes its Android and iOS video game development tools free to small and independent studios" The Next Web 8:33 AM
"Unity Game Engine Goes Free For iOS, Android And BlackBerry 10 Developers" TechCrunch 8:33 AM
"Tumblr For iOS Updated With OS X Fan-Like Post-Type Chooser And App Attribution" App Advice 8:31 AM
"'The Ring' producer brings ghost story TV show straight to iPhone" Daily Caller 8:26 AM
"TextExpander 2.0 Brings Rich Text Formatting, Fill-In Snippets And More" App Advice 8:32 AM
"TextExpander Touch 2.0 Adds A Ton Of Features From OS X" Cult of Mac 8:15 AM
"ToDo Manager - Innovative App to Organize Your Life One Day at a Time" prMac 7:50 AM
"Scanner Pro for iOS adds real-time border detection" prMac 7:50 AM
"PinUp - coloring book for adults 1.0 for iPad" prMac 7:50 AM
"Tag and Flag - Transform Photos into Hide-and-Seek Games with Friends" prMac 7:50 AM
"Thai Dictionary 8.0 Released for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" prMac 7:50 AM
"Singing Texts Free for iOS - Share Your Thoughts + Pictures with Style" prMac 7:50 AM
"Packing Pro Summer Update Adds Family Travel and Multi-bag Support" prMac 7:50 AM
"Packwood - A World of Play and Learning for Children" prMac 7:50 AM
"Introducing Large Print Message Composer app for iPhone and iPad" prMac 7:50 AM
"iCarbs 4.0 Released - Great New Functionality Added" prMac 7:50 AM
"CALC is Ultra-Intelligent, Multi-Functional Scientific Calculator" prMac 7:50 AM
"May 21st 2013, Trans International, announces Double Decker. A Storage Solution that gives you the option and flexibility to add two 2.5' drives in each 3.5' drive bays of Mac Pro." Trans International 7:42 AM
"Eight years later, Microsoft prepares to unveil new Xbox that's more than just a gaming console" Reuters 7:17 AM
"Live: Xbox 720 - Microsoft launches their answer to Sony's Playstation 4/In the battle of the next generation consoles, Microsoft are second to announce their offering, to be revealed today. Follow our live coverage." The Independent 7:18 AM
"Xbox unveiled: Join CNET's live blog Tuesday, 10 a.m. PT/Ready for Microsoft's next Xbox? We are. CNET's live coverage starts about an hour before the 10 a.m. PT event from Microsoft's headquarters." CNET Reviews 7:18 AM
"Microsoft's Xbox revamp: Is the sun setting on game consoles? Some question whether consoles will continue to matter to modern gamers" CBC News 7:20 AM
"Next Xbox shipments to ramp up in third quarter: Microsoft has made plans for dramatically increasing its supplier shipments of the next Xbox in the third quarter in anticipation of a fourth-quarter launch, according to one report." CNET News 8:24 AM
"At XBox Reveal, Microsoft Hides A Priceless Asset" Forbes 7:20 AM
"Microsoft Xbox Event: 7 Things To Watch For" Seeking Alpha 6:33 AM
"Microsoft software satisfaction slumps: Windows 8 gets the blame for not boosting survey results, as did Windows 7" Computerworld 8:30 AM
"Dell dumps Openstack based cloud service to become a Joyant reseller: Gives up trying to compete with Amazon" The Inquirer 7:06 AM
"Dell Dumps OpenStack Public Cloud For Partner Tech" SiliconANGLE 7:07 AM
"Dell spikes VMware public cloud and OpenStack plans for partner services/Summary: Dell gives its infrastructure as a service ambitions the flick." ZDNet 7:07 AM
"Dell Keeps a Toe in the OpenStack Camp: Dell has been an active sponsor of OpenStack for almost three years and holds two seats on the OpenStack board" Sys-Con Media 7:07 AM
"Dell's PC-on-a-stick, Project Ophelia, to ship in July" PC Retail 7:05 AM
"Dell says cannot disclose more information to Icahn yet" Reuters 7:08 AM
"Dell Can't Make Out Icahn's Proposal: Dell's BoD wants to scope out Icahn's intentions and see if they're better than founder Michael Dell's" Sys-Con Media 7:07 AM
"Dell seeks information on buyout offer" Associated Press 7:06 AM
"First Impressions: Dell XPS 18 Portable All-in-One" Forbes 7:08 AM
"Intel CEO shakes up divisions, creates 'new devices' unit -source" Reuters 11:20 AM
"Intel's Iris: Clearly Designed For Apple's Retina" Seeking Alpha 6:33 AM
"Intel says Haswell will save its X86 bacon" TG Daily 10:49 AM
"New Intel Xeon Phi series in the works" Hardware.Info 7:12 AM
"Like Microsoft, Intel Could Be The Next Stock To Hit 52-Week Highs" Seeking Alpha 6:33 AM
"#OI2Dublin – Intel CTO predicts next generation of PCs will challenge standalone tablets (video)" SiliconRepublic 7:13 AM
"How Intel Could Jump 2 Moore Generations Ahead And Capture The Mobile Chip Industry" Seeking Alpha 6:34 AM
"Intel Atom chip finds place in upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab 3" Gizmo Crave 7:16 AM
"Mark Rein: Intel Held Back Innovation On the PC" The Escapist 7:22 AM
"AMD slips to fourth spot as Qualcomm and Samsung capitalize on mobile processor sales" The Verge 6:56 AM
"Mobile chip makers overtake AMD in market share" PC Pro [Free Registration Required] 7:10 AM
"AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights" DigiTimes 7:10 AM
"H-P investors ignore dour view on Wall Street/Commentary: Whitman needs to keep momentum on restructuring" MarketWatch 7:06 AM
"Hewlett-Packard's Second Quarter Earnings Preview" Seeking Alpha 6:33 AM
"Bored with mere medicine, IBM's Watson adds customer service to its resume" GigaOM 6:44 AM
"New IBM project puts Watson to work in customer service" The Verge 8:52 AM
"IBM Watson on smartphones to make customer service bots less annoying: AI that won Jeopardy may save us from customer service hell." Ars Technica 10:37 AM
"Watson will be taking your calls now" Fortune 7:15 AM
"Tim Cook testifies: Apple pays all of the US taxes it owes" AppleInsider 11:09 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook: we are 'the largest corporate taxpayer in America'" VentureBeat 11:08 AM
"Live blog of Senate Apple hearing with CEO Tim Cook" MarketWatch 11:05 AM
"Apple, Congress face off over taxes" ZDNet 10:09 AM
"Apple CEO Faces Senate Panel's Accusations Of 'Tax Gimmickry'" [Live Audio] NPR 8:19 AM
"Apple CEO Discusses U.S. Tax Code" [Live Video] C-SPAN 8:14 AM
"Where to watch the Senate's Apple hearings" Fortune 8:44 AM
"Tax Dodger Apple Testifies: Tax avoider Apple is playing by the rules that Washington has created, says Gary Gartner of Kaye Scholer and they've done nothing wrong." TheStreet 11:20 AM
"Watch Apple CEO Tim Cook's live testimony before U.S. Senate, starting at 9:30am EDT" MacDailyNews 8:44 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer Testify In Front of Senate Committee on Tax Strategies [Live] MacRumors 8:55 AM
"Apple Sours As Cook Gets Grilled, Metals No Fun Either" Forbes 11:05 AM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Apple weighs down techs; Yahoo gains/Tim Cook to testify before Congress; new Xbox on the horizon" MarketWatch 10:33 AM
"Tech Stocks: Microsoft's big reveal, more Yahoo" USA Today 8:00 AM
"Stocks Slip on Prospects Fed to Curb Stimulus" TheStreet 10:35 AM
"Futures Flat; Fed Remains in Focus" FOXBusiness 8:54 AM
"Stocks Push Higher" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:26 AM
"Stocks: Focus on Apple, Carnival and JPMorgan" CNNMoney 7:35 AM
"Google Clouds Amazon's Advantage" TheStreet 7:35 AM
"Asia Markets: Hong Kong, Sydney stocks fall; Tokyo ends up/Australian stocks declined, and Hong Kong equities snapped a three-day winning run on Tuesday, weighed by overnight losses on Wall Street and uncertainty over U.S. monetary policy." MarketWatch 7:36 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks pause after rally; Carnival sinks/European stock markets dropped on Tuesday, taking a breather after climbing to multiyear highs in the prior day's session, with investors cautious about making any major moves before more clarification on the U.S. Fed's potential exit from easing measures." MarketWatch 7:36 AM
"Early Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at 10 a.m." Associated Press 10:52 AM
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