"How Google and Apple will control TV: Two Silicon Valley giants will do for TV what they did for mobile phones: take it over" Computerworld 1/7
"The battle for TV: New tech war brewing as Google and Apple race to bring out internet sets" Daily Mail (UK) 1/7
"Apple, Netflix, and the Future of TV" [Video Report] The Motley Fool 1/7
"iPad rumor mill hits high gear, as do Apple's plans for China" CNET News 1/7
"Apple hits a record-high close with over 2 weeks to spare: The slingshot ride in advance of the company's quarterly earnings Report has begun early" Fortune 1/7
"China next in line to sue Apple, illegal App store sales: A group of Chinese writers have placed Apple in the firing line for illegal sale of their work through the Apple App store." ZDNet 1/7
"The Idea of Steve Jobs: The idea of Steve Jobs existed alongside—superseded—the actual Jobs" Psychology Today 1/7
"Steve Jobs Doll Draws Legal Threats from Apple" Tom's Guide 1/7
"Sales, Not Service At Target's Apple Zones" ifoAppleStore 1/7
"Updated Security discussion includes iChat/AOL privacy problems; detailed analysis of a Gmail hacking; analysis of spam email; a court case involving forced password surrender; and a WPS vulnerability." MacInTouch 1/7
"Infinity Blade makes over $30 million in 2011" UberGizmo 1/6
"See the Inside of iMac, iPad, and iPhone with These X-Ray Wallpapers" OS X Daily 2:53 PM
"Newly 3D Video Converter for Mac Released By E-PDF" prMac 8:22 AM
"Newly Mac 3GP to iMovie Converter Release" prMac 1/7
"Zykloid Updates Posterino: Now Version 2.5.3" eXtensions 1/7
"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 1/6
"Marble Arena 2 New and Noteworthy Mac Game" prMac 1/6
"Survey suggests 50% growth in enterprise spending on Apple products in 2012" AppleInsider 1/7
"Official: The smartphones that suck much more than others/3G networks are straining to support the demands of punters as their shiny new smartphones demand more and more information from the internet, says a Report by British firm Arieso. iPhone 4S users use twice as much data as iPhone 4 users, and three times as much as iPhone 3G users." The Register 1/7
"Apple to take a bite out of Destin? Computer giant is hiring for a 'store-in-a-store'" The Destin Log 1/7
"Apple's iPhone 4S Rings In The Year Of The Dragon: China is now Apple's second largest market after the US, while it sales volume overtook Lenovo, the world's third-biggest PC maker" Music Dish 1/7
"Apple Dominates Competitors on App Revenue" PC Magazine 1/6
"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 1/6
"Apple said to threaten legal action over Steve Jobs doll: Chinese action-figure maker committing a 'criminal offense'?" The Register 1/6
"Another Reason Carriers Hate to Love Apple" The Motley Fool 1/6
"Don't blame the iPhone 4S if your network is congested" Fortune 1/6
"The iPhone 4S gulps twice as much data as iPhone 4" GigaOM 1/6
"Apple's Voice Recognition Siri Doubles IPhone Data Volumes" Bloomberg 1/6
"Siri On iPhone 4S Dramatically Increases Data Consumption" AppleBitch 1/6
"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 1/6
"Samsung topples Apple with its smartphone sales" CNN 1/6
"Apple pays $5m to settle Elan patent suit" CNET News 1/6
"Latest Store Expansion Hinted In Florida" ifoAppleStore 1/6
"Asian Apple Fans Cheer On Apple's All-New Red Friday Sale in Asia" Patently Apple 1/6
"China Unicom Offers Free IPhone 4S for Users Who Sign Multiyear Contracts" Bloomberg 1/6
"Apple's iPhone 4S to hit stores next week" China Daily 1/6
"These iPhone Camera Add Ons Will Take Your Photography Game To A Whole New Level" [Slideshow] Business Insider 1/6
"iPad Survives 100,000 Foot Fall With G-Form Case" iDownload Blog 1/6
"The Most Phenomenal Way to Use An iPad 2 On The Subway" M.I.C. Gadget 1/6
Non-Apple News
"Samsung Reports record quarterly profit on strong mobile handset sales" Edible Apple 1/7
"Barnes & Noble: Stores, Nook to have 'tight' links" MarketWatch 1/6
"BlackBerry bug continues to brick handsets" ZDNet 1/6
"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 1/6
"E-Fun Announces Android Tablet and Digital Pen" PC Magazine 1/6
"Pioneer Announces Thin, Light External Blu-ray Burner" PC Magazine 1/6
"New virus raids your bank account - but you won't notice" MSNBC 1/6
"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 1/6
"The hot tech gig of 2022: Data scientist" Fortune 1/6
"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 1/6
"New Denial Of Service Attack Cripples Servers Slowly" InformationWeek 1/6
"Samsung Quarterly Profit Rises as Galaxy Phones Lure Consumers From Apple" Bloomberg 1/6
"Google Made 30 Search Quality Improvements in December" eWeek 1/6
"Code Year draws 200,000 aspiring programmers" CNNMoney 1/6
"Warning: All That Free Spotify Music You've Been Enjoying Is Going To End Soon" Business Insider 1/6
"CES: Corning To Unveil Gorilla Glass 2 (The Sequel!)" Forbes 1/6
"Siri Sibling Trapit Raises $6.2 Million Series A From Horizons" TechCrunch 1/6
"Fusion-io passes one billion IOPS barrier thanks to better software, not hardware" The Verge 1/6
"HTC Has First Profit Drop in Two Years on IPhone Competition" Bloomberg 1/6
Publications/Podcasts
"The beginning of QuickTime" ["I have posted an excerpt from my book 'Timeline' that details the early days of QuickTime at Apple and the story of Ampex setting out to buy Avid."] John Buck 1/7
"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 1/6
"iWake With AppAdvice For Friday Now Available" App Advice 1/6
"iMessage bug swats iPhone owners who switch to Android" ZDNet Australia 1/6
"Update On First Generation iPod Nano Replacement Program" AppleBitch 1/6
"Apple Reinvents the Ionic Wind Generator Cooling System" Patently Apple 1/6
"Shipping Delays Hit All Mac Pro Models In European Apple Stores" Apple Bitch 1/6
"Safari owns over 50% of mobile browser marketshare" Edible Apple 1/6
AppleCare/Helps
"Just purchased a brand new iMac i7 with Lion operating system. When I turn on my iMac, I have no sound, and the mute box is checked, and another box shows no input or output. I need to reboot my computer every morning. Sometimes works and sometimes not. Spoke to a tech 5 times with no success. Now becoming a nuisance. I have tried to uncheck the mute box, but it is darkened" MacInTouch 1/7
Price Trackers/Deals
"PadGadget Daily App Deal – 10 iPad Apps on Sale" PadGadget 8:22 AM
"Current For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 1/7
"Wooords For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 1/7
"The Mac Version Of A Monster Ate My Homework Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)" Apple Sliced 1/7
"Apimac releases the new version of iDatabase for Mac" ["Below a special -50% Discount Coupon for "iDatabase - Single User" for your readers. Discount code: APIDSCT50IDATA"] Apimac 1/7
"20% off iTunes gift cards at BestBuy (Digitial Delivery)" 9 to 5 Mac 1/7
"Apple Mac Pro Buyer's Guide -12 & 8 Core Models... Save Up To $260 On Current Machines" MacReviewZone 1/7
"2011 Apple iMac Buyer's Guide -21.5 Inch -Up To $250 Off Current Models" MacReviewZone 1/7
"Apple MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide -17 Inch Models -Up to $200 Off Current Models" MacReviewZone 1/7
"BiKN for the iPhone hands-on (Video)" Engadget 9:08 PM
"Review + giveaway: Griffin Woogie plush toy case for iPhone and iPod touch" iMore 5:58 PM
"iPad 2: The Missing Manual 3rd Edition review" AppleTell 1/7
"Zeppelin Air review: Bowers and Wilkins' Zeppelin now comes with the addition of AirPlay wireless connectivity alongside improved sound dynamics" Macworld UK 1/7
"Mighty Fin for iOS review: Play the part of a fish bobbing along assorted aquatic settings while capturing bubbles" Macworld UK 1/6
"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 1/6
"iCilada Review: Putting everything together in this puzzle game is harder than it looks." 148Apps 1/6
"A detailed Video breakdown of iOS multitasking shows you don't need to kill your apps" The Next Web 1/6
"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 1/6
"Target Can't Win Shoppers With Apple -- You Said It" TheStreet 1/6
"Sprint's Data Plans Not Quite 'Truly Unlimited'" PC Magazine 1/6
"Early access: Putting PS Vita to the test" [Video Report] MSNBC 1/6
"3 big screw-ups you can expect from cloud providers in 2012" InfoWorld 1/6
"Cloud Computing Skills in Demand, Even Among Non-IT Positions" Forbes 1/6
"3G, 4G Handsets to Claim More Than 50% of Handsets in 2012: ABI" eWeek 1/6
"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 1/6
"Big Data Plans: You Need More Than One" InformationWeek 1/6
"More tablets, PCs, and TVs to adopt AMOLED displays" CNET News 1/6
"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 1/6
"Intel Awaits Microsoft's Next Number: Microsoft Corp. sent shock waves through the tech sector a year ago with a radical shift in strategy, a plan to develop a next generation of software that relies less exclusively on 30-year partner Intel Corp." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:44 PM
"Can Chip Giant Intel Capture the Mobile Market?" The Motley Fool 8:00 AM
"Selling Apple In October Wasn't The Best Move, But Not Buying Google Was Worse" TechCrunch 7:47 AM
"Apple to Announce Huge Earnings After Unprecedented iPhone 4S Rollout" ITProPortal 1/7
"With iPhone 4s, Is Apple's Stock Headed to $525 and Beyond in 2012? - Stock Review" International Business Times 1/7
"3 Stocks To Buy Because Of Apple's Dominance" Seeking Alpha 1/6
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Tech stocks end week with mild gains" MarketWatch 1/6
"U.S. stocks mostly off, cutting weekly gains: Euro's slide keeps overseas worries in play" MarketWatch 1/6
"Stocks Close Mixed As Europe Haunts Market" TheStreet 1/6
"Stocks end mostly lower despite upbeat jobs Report" CNNMoney 1/6
"Upbeat Data Fail to Buoy Dow, Nasdaq Rises" FOXBusiness 1/6
"U.S. Stocks Fall as Jobs Growth Fails to Extend Weekly Rally" Bloomberg 1/6
"Positive jobs Report fails to lift stocks" Associated Press 1/6
"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] 1/6
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