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Weekend Highlights: If Apple wants more market share of the smartphone market, they should simply cut iPhone prices, right?; exploring how Apple has revolutionized retail, Kaled Ali at AppleTell believes Genius Bars, Product Display Tables, are among key reasons; and from Friday's news, citing inside information, 9 to 5 Mac reports of new details on Jony Ive's redesign of iOS 7 which will be "black, white, and flat all over", additional coverage in our Hardware/Software section; in what sounds like bad news for Apple, Judge in e-book antitrust case believes the US Department of Justice has sufficient evidence to show Apple guilty of price-fixing; fellow defendant, Penguin, decides to settle with DoJ; more OS X spyware has been found by researchers; WWDC keynote to land on 10 June; Macworld advises upgrade to 11.0.3 citing app improvements; Macworld UK reviews Acorn 4, powerful, "affordable image editor"; restore your Mac from Time Machine; PopClip is a little app for OS X which presents an iOS-like clipboard aide; Techland lists what could be "the most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts"; should we be upset that Apple is thinking about ditching the folder structure of OS X?; iPhone 5 loses lead in camera tests to Samsung's Galaxy S4; Apple releases new ad for iPhone 5, Jay Yarow says the ad is "great"; reports in our General Interest section; Memorial Day weekend sale at Best Buy offers $50 off iPhone (begins Sunday); the first Apple computer made still works, on sale for $400,000; iPhone 5 repair costs rising; Mashable shows steps to take in order to sync your Facebook contacts to your iPhone; TUAW's Ross Rubin looks at all the companies that attempted to compete with the iPod in what he calls a "trail of tears"; AllThingsD's D11 conference is next week, Tim Cook to be interviewed, and here's a list of four questions Horace Dediu hopes will be asked; John Mello on the news surrounding the mysterious iWatch, now slated for a 2014 release; Ted Landau says the joy of Apple TV is not just having one, but many in the house.
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"Apple: Siri Success Prompts First Big Choice Of Cook Era" Seeking Alpha 2:58 PM
"State's top court refuses to hear Apple's tax case: The state Supreme Court has left intact a $920,000 state tax refund to Apple Inc. but rejected the computer giant's request to take up an issue that could have spared U.S. multinationals from many millions of dollars in California taxes on income from their foreign subsidiaries." San Francisco Chronicle 8:08 AM
"For The 5th Year In A Row, Apple Wins CES. Before It Starts. Without Showing Up." TechCrunch 8:23 AM
"Chief judge of District of Delaware reproaches Apple for 'disingenuous' argument" Foss Patents 4:17 PM
"Motorola drops emergency call GPS patent from ITC investigation against Apple" Foss Patents 8:16 AM
"Motorola Drops E911 GPS Patent from ITC Apple Complaint" The Mac Observer 10:16 AM
"Apple to open new store-within-a-store outlets inside Target this year" AppleInsider 8:12 AM
"From Best Buy to Apple: The Transformation of Retail" Wired 3:09 PM
"Is Apple the Answer to Target's Problems?" CNBC 3:01 PM
"Is Target Apple's Next Target?" [Video Report] CNBC 10:46 AM
"Apple to Open Stores at Target: Report" TheStreet 10:47 AM
"Samsung Fails to Win Sales Ban on Apple's IPhone 4S in Italy" Bloomberg 7:56 AM
"Apple bought 23% of the world's NAND flash last quarter" Fortune 11:12 AM
"Apple: Building a NAND Empire, Says Bernstein" Barron's 9:53 AM
"Apple is Forced Into Multi-Touch Settlements, Tastes its Own Medicine" DailyTech 2:53 PM
"Steve Jobs Doll Legal In Most States, Not Indiana" paidContent 9:43 AM
"Who Really Owns Steve Jobs' Image?" Forbes 10:29 AM
"Apple's Not Playing Around With Steve Jobs Action Figure" MacNewsWorld 8:24 AM
"Apple Goes After Toy Company For Making Lifelike Steve Jobs Figurine" DailyTech 9:40 AM
"Google Takes On Apple TV: Google is taking a second stab at launching TV as competition heats up for the next generation of television." [Video Report] MarketWatch 8:37 AM
"Data Creator 1.0 for OS X, creates data table and fill them with proper random content for export to test database and various App" Tension Software 8:49 AM
"Marble Arena 2 New and Noteworthy Mac Game" prMac 8:28 AM
"Apple Dominates Competitors on App Revenue" PC Magazine 2:53 PM
"iPad typos are Apple's fault, not yours - new claim: Vid The iPad's soft keyboard has been caught failing to pass key presses to applications, introducing errors and letting the typist take the fall." The Register 8:09 AM
"Apple said to threaten legal action over Steve Jobs doll: Chinese action-figure maker committing a 'criminal offense'?" The Register 7:55 AM
"Another Reason Carriers Hate to Love Apple" The Motley Fool 3:01 PM
"Don't blame the iPhone 4S if your network is congested" Fortune 8:09 AM
"The iPhone 4S gulps twice as much data as iPhone 4" GigaOM 8:22 AM
"Apple's Voice Recognition Siri Doubles IPhone Data Volumes" Bloomberg 7:52 AM
"Siri On iPhone 4S Dramatically Increases Data Consumption" AppleBitch 7:35 AM
"New Zealander takes on Apple" ["The Apple Corporation has told Hayden Crowther it may object to his use of the word driPhone to market a waterproof and shockproof phone case for Apple's iPhones and Google's Android smartphones. ... He received a letter yesterday from a Wellington patent attorney, instructed by the world's biggest technology company, telling him it wanted more time to consider objecting to the name of his product, launched in May last year."] Fairfax NZ News 11:06 AM
"Samsung topples Apple with its smartphone sales" CNN 8:38 AM
"Apple pays $5m to settle Elan patent suit" CNET News 8:08 AM
"Latest Store Expansion Hinted In Florida" ifoAppleStore 8:23 AM
"Asian Apple Fans Cheer On Apple's All-New Red Friday Sale in Asia" Patently Apple 9:52 AM
"China Unicom Offers Free IPhone 4S for Users Who Sign Multiyear Contracts" Bloomberg 7:57 AM
"Apple's iPhone 4S to hit stores next week" China Daily 7:50 AM
"These iPhone Camera Add Ons Will Take Your Photography Game To A Whole New Level" [Slideshow] Business Insider 10:18 AM
"iPad Survives 100,000 Foot Fall With G-Form Case" iDownload Blog 8:23 AM
"The Most Phenomenal Way to Use An iPad 2 On The Subway" M.I.C. Gadget 8:24 AM
Non-Apple News
"Barnes & Noble: Stores, Nook to have 'tight' links" MarketWatch 11:21 AM
"BlackBerry bug continues to brick handsets" ZDNet 11:11 AM
"Fusion-io demos billion IOPS server config: Fusion-io has achieved a billion IOPS from eight servers in a demonstration at the DEMO Enterprise event in San Francisco." The Register 11:01 AM
"E-Fun Announces Android Tablet and Digital Pen" PC Magazine 10:38 AM
"Pioneer Announces Thin, Light External Blu-ray Burner" PC Magazine 10:38 AM
"New virus raids your bank account - but you won't notice" MSNBC 10:35 AM
"Sony to launch flash cards with 125Mbps write speeds: The Japanese electronics giant will be the first to launch memory cards under the new XQD standard" IDG News Service 10:29 AM
"The hot tech gig of 2022: Data scientist" Fortune 10:26 AM
"Symantec confirms source code leak in two enterprise security products: Hacking group discloses source code segments used in Symantec's Endpoint Protection 11.0 and Antivirus 10.2" Computerworld 10:12 AM
"New Denial Of Service Attack Cripples Servers Slowly" InformationWeek 10:02 AM
"Samsung Quarterly Profit Rises as Galaxy Phones Lure Consumers From Apple" Bloomberg 10:06 AM
"CES outing for 'world's thinnest' tablet, Ultrabook, says Toshiba" Register Hardware 10:59 AM
"Trendnet showcases first 802.11ac products at CES 2012" CNET 9:58 AM
"Ford to open Silicon Valley lab: Ford to open Silicon Valley lab to scout out new car technology" Associated Press 9:53 AM
"Zynga kicks off new year with 'Hidden Chronicles,' 'Scramble with Friends'" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:47 AM
"Facebook about to launch Actions, the final piece of its plan for frictionless sharing" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 9:46 AM
"Corning's Gorilla Glass 2 Coming to CES" PC Magazine 10:38 AM
"New Yahoo Chief Rallies Troops With Talk of Innovation" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:39 AM
"HTC posts poor Q4 results: Loses Android mojo to Samsung, Apple" ZDNet 11:12 AM
"Latest Chrome Beta Prerenders Websites You're Likely to Visit" Webmonkey 11:07 AM
"Google Chrome finally gets malware download protection" Techworld 10:54 AM
"Google Made 30 Search Quality Improvements in December" eWeek 10:19 AM
"Code Year draws 200,000 aspiring programmers" CNNMoney 9:35 AM
"Warning: All That Free Spotify Music You've Been Enjoying Is Going To End Soon" Business Insider 10:46 AM
"CES: Corning To Unveil Gorilla Glass 2 (The Sequel!)" Forbes 9:52 AM
"Siri Sibling Trapit Raises $6.2 Million Series A From Horizons" TechCrunch 9:44 AM
"Fusion-io passes one billion IOPS barrier thanks to better software, not hardware" The Verge 9:20 AM
"HTC Has First Profit Drop in Two Years on IPhone Competition" Bloomberg 7:51 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Gene Steinberg meets Adam Engst of TidBITS, Sean Brown of Sonic Foundry, and Dan Moren of Macworld this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 2:59 PM
"iWake With AppAdvice For Friday Now Available" App Advice 8:12 AM
"Find My Car Smarter uses Bluetooth Smart to locate your car" TUAW 6:36 PM
"CNN App for iPhone Review: Watch domestic, international, politics and entertainment headlines and live CNN with a cable subscription." 148Apps 3:09 PM
"Samsung's iMessage-Killer Just Landed On iPhones" Business Insider 10:46 AM
"Review: Contact Sync for Google GMail" Best App Site 8:40 AM
"PicFrame Review: PicFrame makes custom collages simple and shareable" Macworld 8:24 AM
"It's Time For This Monkey To Blow Everything Up In Monkey Quest: Thunderbow" App Advice 8:12 AM
"iPhone App Video Review: Wind-up Knight" Appolicious 4:09 PM
"'Hatchi' Hands-On Preview - A Tamagotchi Fever Dream" Touch Arcade 11:12 AM
"Mighty Fin for iOS review: Play the part of a fish bobbing along assorted aquatic settings while capturing bubbles" Macworld UK 8:29 AM
"Super Crate Box Review: Super Crate Box is an fast-paced arcade action game developed by Vlambeer that makes players try to survive against hordes of enemies swarming them." 148Apps 8:17 AM
"iCilada Review: Putting everything together in this puzzle game is harder than it looks." 148Apps 2:57 PM
"Apple will continue to earn majority of app download revenue in 2012" BGR 9:02 PM
"Friday Night Fights: Is Samsung Really Copying Apple?" Cult of Android 7:48 PM
"Target Can't Win Shoppers With Apple -- You Said It" TheStreet 7:28 PM
"Steve Jobs And The Apple Story" Investopedia 4:17 PM
"A detailed Video breakdown of iOS multitasking shows you don't need to kill your apps" The Next Web 3:07 PM
"Spaghetti Against the Wall" ["In what regard can Apple be considered behind Samsung, other than unit sales — a metric Apple has never shown interest in as a primary priority? Apple is after profit share, not unit share."] Daring Fireball 3:01 PM
"Target Can't Win Shoppers With Apple -- You Said It" TheStreet 3:01 PM
"Sprint's Data Plans Not Quite 'Truly Unlimited'" PC Magazine 10:38 AM
"Early access: Putting PS Vita to the test" [Video Report] MSNBC 10:35 AM
"3 big screw-ups you can expect from cloud providers in 2012" InfoWorld 10:28 AM
"Cloud Computing Skills in Demand, Even Among Non-IT Positions" Forbes 10:24 AM
"3G, 4G Handsets to Claim More Than 50% of Handsets in 2012: ABI" eWeek 10:19 AM
"Fedora, Mint, openSUSE, Ubuntu: Which Linux desktop is for you? We look at the top four Linux distributions to find out which is right for which users." Computerworld 10:12 AM
"Big Data Plans: You Need More Than One" InformationWeek 10:02 AM
"More tablets, PCs, and TVs to adopt AMOLED displays" CNET News 9:56 AM
"AT&T's Super-fast HTC Vivid Android Smartphone: Contributor Gary Krakow explores the HTC Vivid smartphone - one of the first to run on AT&T's amazingly speedy 4G/LTE network." [Video Report] TheStreet 9:50 AM
"Ballmer will bid adieu to CES on Monday" Seattle Times 10:44 AM
"Eye-control add-on for Windows 8 launched" TG Daily 10:56 AM
"Microsoft details Windows 8 disk pooling features" V3 11:04 AM
"Microsoft: More on Windows 8's coming drive-extender-style storage" ZDNet 11:11 AM
"Microsoft Still The Browser Superpower With Internet Explorer" Forbes 11:24 AM
"Microsoft to beef up its entry-level Office 365 offering" ZDNet 11:11 AM
"BEAST SSL fix in supersized Patch Tuesday: Microsoft's 2012 kick-off features 7 security bulletins" The Register 10:58 AM
"Windows Phone Patch Restores Keyboard: Microsoft issues fix for post-Mango vanishing keyboard problems on Windows Phone 7 devices." InformationWeek 11:36 AM
"Microsoft Signature: PCs Without Crapware, Just Like Macs" Wired 11:08 AM
"Microsoft's RemoteFX is fab - but will it play Crysis?" The Register 10:59 AM
"Microsoft revives flight sim by giving it away free: One of Redmond's longest-running lines gets reboot" The Register 11:01 AM
"Dell Taps Felice to Head Sales Organization" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:05 AM
"Dell Names Steve Felice as Chief Commercial Officer" FOXBusiness 11:22 AM
"Lenovo appoints former Acer chief to boost Europe operations" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:21 AM
"Intel: Sterne Agee Cuts to Hold on WARM Threat" Barron's 9:47 AM
"Intel: Worried On ARM Threat, Sterne Agree Downgrades" Forbes 9:52 AM
"ICANN Pushes Ahead With January 12 Launch For New Top-Level Domains" Wired 11:07 AM
"Lawmakers seem intent on approving SOPA, PIPA: So far, strong opposition to the controversial copyright bills hasn't changed many minds in Congress" IDG News Service 10:29 AM
"U.S. report sees perils to America's tech future: In report, Commerce Department looks at competitive threats and internal weaknesses in new report" Computerworld 10:12 AM
"CES: For The Chip Sector, A Focus On Ultrabooks, ARM" Forbes 9:51 AM
"CES 2012 Preview: The 5 Trends to Watch Most Closely" Wired 11:08 AM
"Dialed In No. 205: CES 2012 Preview" [Podcast] CNET 11:26 AM
"Two Minute Video: What to Expect from the Consumer Electronics Show" Techland 11:02 AM
"CES 2012: What's Hot and What's Not" TheStreet 9:49 AM
"What will be hot at CES? Several themes are expected at this year's show, led by connectivity for more gadgets" UTSanDiego 10:44 AM
"CES 2012: Showcase for stuff not available for months, if then" ZDNet 11:11 AM
"The 'CES curse?' Gadget show has poor record" Associated Press 9:50 AM
"3 Stocks To Buy Because Of Apple's Dominance" Seeking Alpha 10:46 AM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Tech stocks end week with mild gains" MarketWatch 4:13 PM
"U.S. stocks mostly off, cutting weekly gains: Euro's slide keeps overseas worries in play" MarketWatch 4:13 PM
"Stocks Close Mixed As Europe Haunts Market" TheStreet 4:13 PM
"Stocks end mostly lower despite upbeat jobs Report" CNNMoney 4:14 PM
"Upbeat Data Fail to Buoy Dow, Nasdaq Rises" FOXBusiness 4:14 PM
"U.S. Stocks Fall as Jobs Growth Fails to Extend Weekly Rally" Bloomberg 4:14 PM
"Positive jobs Report fails to lift stocks" Associated Press 4:14 PM
"Dow Drops But Gains on Week: Stocks fell for a second straight day but finished the week with strong gains as worries about Europe overshadowed a drop in U.S. unemployment to its lowest level since February 2009." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:14 PM
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