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"Upcoming iOS update likely to kneecap Evasi0n jailbreak" CNET News
"Jony Ive's new look for iOS 7: black, white, and flat all over" 9 to 5 Mac 8:33 AM
"Jony Ive's iOS 7 Flat Design Overhaul Reportedly Features A Lot Of Black And White" TechCrunch 9:53 AM
"Jonathan Ive at work on drastic iOS overhaul: The textures and look and feel that iOS users are accustomed to are being tossed out for a 'black, white, and flat all over' design." CNET News 8:38 AM
"Details Spilled on Apple's iOS 7 Overhaul" PC Magazine 2:20 PM
"iOS 7 Undergoing Ive-Led Transformation: Sweeping changes are in store for Apple's smartphone operating system." InformationWeek 11:40 AM
"Guilty until proven innocent: Judge already siding against Apple in pretrial hearing" VentureBeat 10:41 AM
"Apple likely guilty of e-book conspiracy, judge says days before trial" Ars Technica 12:04 PM
"Penguin settles with US states in e-book price-fixing lawsuit: Apple continues as a litigating defendant in the suits brought by the DOJ and the states" Macworld UK 8:54 AM
"OS X 10.8.4 Build 12E55 Seeded to Developers" MacRumors 7:01 PM
"Researchers find more versions of digitally signed Mac OS X spyware" Macworld UK 8:54 AM
"Apple confirms 10 June WWDC 2013 keynote" Macworld UK 8:53 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/Readers ask about batch-editing file names, augmenting the flash storage in new MacBooks, and secure-erasing e-mail messages in Mail." MacFixIt 8:59 PM
"How to encrypt one volume on a drive in OS X: If you want to share a drive but keep some files on it encrypted, you can easily do so with a couple of approaches in OS X." MacFixIt 8:14 PM
"How to Reclaim Lost Disk Space by Deleting Old iOS Device Backups" MacTrast 5:25 PM
"How I Used RadarScope To Track The Oklahoma Tornado: RadarScope app provides native radar data in high quality which I used to identify and track the Moore, Oklahoma tornado." 148Apps 11:35 AM
"Acorn 4 review: Affordable image editor gains extra power/The affordable image editor just got a lot more powerful" Macworld UK 9:07 AM
"How do I restore my Mac with Time Machine: Recover Mac OS X with a Time Machine backup" Macworld UK 8:53 AM
"Terminal: Using 'lsof' When Files Won't Delete" The Mac Observer 7:48 AM
"PopClip, a smart clipboard aide" IT.Enquirer 7:48 AM
"Mac Gems: Eye-Friendly is a handy resolution switcher for Retina MacBooks" Macworld 8:59 AM
"The Most Useful Mac Keyboard Shortcuts" Techland 9:07 AM
"iPad shipments could see first ever year-on-year decline in Q2, analyst says" AppleInsider 9:03 PM
"South Australia's first Apple Store draws line hours ahead of opening" AppleInsider 6:15 PM
"Samsung Galaxy S4 edges out iPhone 5 in camera test: The new leader of the Android pack nosed ahead of Apple's flagship smartphone in DxO Labs' photo and video tests." CNET News 7:52 AM
"Apple Tops Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 Rankings For Sixth Straight Year" MacPrices 10:42 AM
"iPhone Demand Means Money on Secondary Market" Bloomberg TV 12:31 PM
"New iPhone 5 ad celebrates Generation Me-Me-Me, La-La-La" CNET News 7:52 AM
"New Apple TV ad series: Every day, more people ..." Fortune 8:36 AM
"Apple Is Once Again Delivering Great TV Ads" Business Insider 8:56 AM
"Apple Ads Stay Positive Despite Microsoft's Negative Campaign" The Mac Observer 10:45 AM
"FDA questions iPhone app that analyzes urine" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:39 AM
"iPhone Urinalysis App Draws U.S. Government Scrutiny" MacRumors 2:21 PM
"AT&T to reportedly add Apple's iPhone to GoPhone prepaid lineup" AppleInsider 8:30 AM
"AT&T Hits Customers with a New Administrative Fee" The Mac Observer 9:52 AM
"Best Buy to extend a $50 discount across the entire iPhone lineup starting this Sunday" 9 to 5 Mac 8:30 AM
"Best Buy to Offer $50 Off Apple's iPhone Starting Sunday" AllThingsD 8:41 AM
"Best Buy taking $50 off every iPhone in 4-week promo beginning this Sunday" iDownload Blog 8:58 AM
"Think your iPad is expensive? First Apple computer ever made sells for £398,000 (and it STILL works perfectly)" Daily Mail (UK) 8:57 AM
"Hefty Reserve Price for Original Apple Computer" Bloomberg TV 9:19 AM
"Used Apple 1 for Sale: $400,000 or Best Offer" Bloomberg TV 9:20 AM
"Laurene Powell Jobs and Anonymous Giving in Silicon Valley" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:30 AM
"How Laurene Powell Jobs Keeps The Jobs Family Philanthropy Under Wraps" Cult of Mac 9:58 AM
"Steve Jobs' Family Has Secretly Been Giving Away Money For 20 Years" Business Insider 2:13 PM
Non-Apple News
"Google, Facebook May be Facing Waze Bidding War" The Mac Observer 8:39 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Coming May 25: Gene Steinberg meets The Loop's Jim Dalrymple, and AppleInsider's Daniel Eran Dilger, this week on the Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 9:19 PM
"The an Apple a Day Keeps the Taxes Away Gabfest: Listen to Slate's show about Apple's taxes, Obama's new drone policy, and the debate over education reform." Slate 11:48 AM
"Jony Ive's iOS 7 redesign reportedly eliminates 'heavy textures' for a flat, 'black and white' design" The Verge 8:54 AM
"Sir Jony Ive's new iOS7: 'black, white, and flat'" VentureBeat 9:59 AM
"Here's What Apple Design Leader Jony Ive Is Telling People He's Doing To The iPhone's Software" Business Insider 8:56 AM
"iOS 7 release date, rumours and leaked images" Macworld UK 8:53 AM
"What's Black and White and Flat All Over? iOS 7" The Mac Observer 6:57 PM
"Why Your Next MacBook Will Have 50% More Battery Life" Cult of Mac 9:02 PM
"iPhone 5 repairs won't come cheap: Fixing a busted iPhone screen can cost a pretty penny. And, it appears that repairs for each iteration of the device are getting more expensive." CNET News 8:37 AM
"Sony's Cute Speaker Ball Is Music to our Ears" Mashable 4:18 PM
"Review: Angelbird SSD2go and SSD2go TWIN Bus Powered USB3 2.5 inch Storage" Bare Feats 2:41 PM
"Review: TRU Protection HD Anti-Glare Screen Protector Set" Run Around Tech 9:06 AM
"Best cases and covers for the new iPad: protect your tablet in style/33 cases, covers and sleeves for the iPad with Retina display" PC Advisor 11:39 AM
"How Xbox One opens the door for the next Apple TV: The new TV-gadget landscape is just getting started. The Xbox One is just the beginning...and Apple is far from out of the game." CNET Reviews 8:06 PM
"Tech Time Warp of the Week: Apple's (Other) 1984 Advertising Masterpiece" Wired Magazine 5:35 PM
"Tim Cook: Apple's quiet leader/A defence of the tech group's tax affairs has boosted the chief's profile, writes Tim Bradshaw" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 4:17 PM
"Why Apple's Upcoming Macs Will Go to Waste" The Motley Fool 2:20 PM
"Apple's iWatch May Ship Late Next Year" Mashable 3:05 PM
"Why I don't want iOS, Android or any other OS to 'win'" BGR 1:53 PM
"Xbox One: Apple's best friend/The new TV-gadget landscape is just getting started. Xbox One is just the beginning...and Apple is far from out of the game." CNET Reviews 12:03 PM
"A Modest Proposal To Stop The iPhone Crime Wave" ReadWrite 11:43 AM
"Microsoft Humiliates Siri in Biting Parody of Apple's iPad Ads" AdWeek 11:39 AM
"Apple's defenders count the errors in Microsoft's anti-iPad ads" Fortune 11:36 AM
"Apple vs. Android: The Open Factor" Tech.pinions 11:34 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook's employee approval rating dips, but still high in spite of issues" VentureBeat 11:34 AM
"Apple Should Be Furious That It Has Such A Tiny Sliver Of The Smartphone Market" Business Insider 11:15 AM
"Apple's iOS could get a makeover: The iPhone operating system is expected to get a new look, the latest Xbox One report sheds new light on used games, and Digg Reader is set to launch in June." CNET News 3:04 PM
"iOS 7 To Accentuate Black & White Design, Cheap iPhone To Gain Colors?" Apple'n'Apps 12:19 PM
"Incase iPhone 5 Chrome Slider Case" Hypebeast 11:15 AM
"App.news for iOS: The best way to discover breaking stories shared on App.net" The Next Web 10:04 AM
"20 best iPhone and iPad apps this week: Kung Fu Robot, City Guides by National Geographic, Tetris Blitz, Mailbox for iPad, Symmetry School, Fry, Blip Blup, Disney Junior Appisodes and more" The Guardian 9:58 AM
"stanwood: Stop zapping, start watching! TV guide ON AIR launches new iOS app" Business Wire 9:19 AM
"iPad Sales Could Mean Explosive Gains for QUAN" Business Wire 9:19 AM
"Skycore Creates Platform for Passbook Delivery Via MMS" MacRumors 11:38 AM
"New service delivers passes for Apple's Passbook via text message" AppleInsider 9:13 AM
"Trading bacon for beans: a mobile app helps users barter unwanted items" The Verge 9:10 AM
"PadGadget's Flashback Friday: Earthworm Jim" PadGadget 9:06 AM
"Xistera iPhone 5 Multitool Does Everything. EVERYTHING" Cult of Mac 8:56 AM
"Geoguessr Asks The Question 'Where The Hell Am I?'" Cult of Mac 8:56 AM
"Who Says You Can't Access Google Play Music All Access On iOS? You Can With gMusic" App Advice 8:56 AM
"Distro Issue 92: Building the Xbox One" Engadget 8:55 AM
"Mentor launches an 'anti to-do list' app for iOS, pitting itself against US rivals Lift and Everest" The Next Web 8:55 AM
"Verizon Cloud Backup App Comes To iOS" Cult of Mac 8:56 AM
"Verizon Cloud backup app now on iOS" The Verge 8:55 AM
"RV Helper for iPhone, Nook, Google Play Store and Kindle" prMac 9:13 AM
"Speed Tracker 5.0 for iPhone and iPad, GPS Speedometer and Trip Computer" prMac 9:10 AM
"Expedition Mars from Nevosoft Now Available on App Store" prMac 8:35 AM
"French Dictionary 8.0 Released for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" prMac 8:35 AM
"Dossiers - The Contact Management App" prMac 8:35 AM
"Weather Pod For iPhone - Weather Intelligence in The Palm of Your Hand" prMac 8:35 AM
"Trendy Songs - Listen, Discover and Share New Music for iOS Devices" prMac 8:35 AM
"RCI-JEUX Announces Takuzu for iPhone and iPad" prMac 8:35 AM
"Now You Can Sketch Portraits Like a Pro" prMac 8:35 AM
"New Times Tables App for iPad/iPhone for Kids to learn Tables 1 to 20" prMac 8:35 AM
"New PhotoBulk 1.5 with more watermarking possibilities" prMac 8:35 AM
"Game Zombie Slayer is Available on the App Store" prMac 8:35 AM
"Become an Expert in Painting with Your iPhone" prMac 8:35 AM
"Arista Games Launches Jack and Jill's Preschool Adventure App" prMac 8:35 AM
"The Mystery of Meg Whitman's HP" The Street 8:56 AM
"Hewlett-Packard Company: Can The Free Cash Flow Improvements Sustainable?" iStockAnalyst 9:39 AM
"Microsoft's Biggest Product Since Windows 95" The Motley Fool 9:18 AM
"Microsoft Xbox One 'a let down,' says Steven Butts of IGN" FOXNews 9:24 AM
"Microsoft brushes off Xbox Live hack attack claim" TechHive 9:10 AM
"Microsoft targets 25 million more Xbox 360 sales, 'huge announcement' planned for E3" The Verge 9:11 AM
"Microsoft's Xbox won't be blocked from U.S. after patent victory over Google" Bloomberg 9:00 AM
"Is the next-gen console war already One? Microsoft's new Xbox - and more" The Register 8:55 AM
"Microsoft could force retailers, not players, to pay the activation fee for pre-owned Xbox One games" The Next Web 12:11 PM
"Xbox One pre-owned games question answered?" MCV Online 11:56 AM
"Microsoft opens up on Xbox One second hand games and licences" The Inquirer 11:52 AM
"Microsoft Just Killed the Market for Used Video Games" The Motley Fool 10:46 AM
"Microsoft reportedly to take cut on used Xbox One game sales" CNET News 9:26 AM
"Publishers to receive cut of Xbox One pre-owned sales at retail" MCV 9:16 AM
"Microsoft applies for patent on TV achievements" GamesIndustry 9:23 AM
"ServiceKey, Oracle end 'grey market' code spat without bloodshed" Channel Register 9:34 AM
"Source confirms Intel's big score: Samsung tablet using an Atom chip" VentureBeat 11:53 AM
"Intel: Busting Myths At 22 Nanometers" Seeking Alpha 9:20 AM
"Haswell chip primer: How Intel pinches power/Intel's Haswell processor is first and foremost about power savings. Here's how the chipmaker got a serious battery life boost." CNET News 7:51 PM
"Intel claims Haswell will offer 50% more battery life in laptops" Computerworld 8:54 AM
"With 50 percent better battery life, Intel's Haswell will drive laptops that won't burn your lap" VentureBeat 2:20 PM
"Intel Corporation (INTC): Haswell To Immensely Enhance Battery Life" ValueWalk 9:42 AM
"AMD's Dual Release Targets Intel's Weakness" Seeking Alpha 9:11 AM
"AMD Stakes Out Mobile Territory With New Low-Power Chips" TechNewsWorld 9:41 AM
"The third prong of AMD's new mobile assault: Lower power Richland APUs" ExtremeTech 9:40 AM
"Is Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NYSE:AMD) Getting Ready to Rule 2013?" OTC Magic 9:40 AM
"Cisco closes $310m deal for Swindon firm Ubiquisys" V3 11:53 AM
"Cisco Completes Acquisition of Ubiquisys" MarketWired 9:21 AM
"The Market Is Waking Up to Cisco" The Street 9:21 AM
"How Dividends Change the Game for Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Shareholders" Insider Monkey 9:37 AM
"Bloomberg's Jonathan Weil Is Simply Wrong Here About Apple's Taxes" Forbes 11:49 AM
"Apple: No tax gimmick left behind/Contrary to CEO Tim Cook's Senate testimony this week, Apple is a pioneer of tax avoidance schemes, which are legal but hardly fair or ethical" InfoWorld 8:58 AM
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