"Apple, Google reach privacy deal, but is it enough?" Computerworld 7:53 AM
"Apple, Google, RIM plaster privacy warnings on prying apps: Mobile software that meddles with your sensitive info must have privacy polices and must display them clearly, California's Attorney General Kamala Harris declared yesterday in a statement agreed by all major app sellers." The Register 8:05 AM
"Apple Case in Shanghai Is Suspended" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:15 AM
"Court says Apple can sell iPads in Shanghai" Reuters 7:30 AM
"Chinese court rejects injunction to stop iPad sales at Apple stores: Apple faces a possible ban on iPad sales in China because a trademark dispute" IDG News Service 8:18 AM
"Shanghai Court Rejects Proview Request to Halt Apple IPad Sales" Bloomberg 8:01 AM
"Apple iPad sale ban case suspended for now in Shanghai: Apple can for now continue to sell the iPad tablet in Shanghai after a court ruling over naming rights was suspended on Thursday." BBC 10:27 AM
"Apple sidesteps iPad ban in Shanghai, but Proview is far from done" CNET News 8:05 AM
"Apple IPad Trademark Fight Unveils Bank of China as Opponent" Bloomberg 7:30 AM
"Proview creditor Bank of China may push to settle with Apple over iPad trademark" The Next Web 8:14 AM
"Apple vs Bank of China in iPad Shanghai showdown/Apple's IPAD trademark fight in China has taken on a whole new dimension: its opponent isn't merely defunct monitor biz Proview, but the state-backed Bank of China." The Register 9:25 AM
"No end to iPad clash" ["But one debt-ridden company in China, Proview, is alleging that it is the rightful owner of the trademark for the name of one of Apple's signature devices. The claim has resulted in government officials yanking the tablet from store shelves in some Chinese cities, despite high demand for the product."] Boston Globe 8:14 AM
"Proview Sues Apple in U.S. Over iPad" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:50 PM
"Apple, Foxconn Respond to ABC News' Report on Working Conditions" ABC News Radio 7:30 AM
"Apple keeps fighting for ITC import ban against Motorola Mobility" Foss Patents 4:07 PM
"Apple Acquires Chomp; App Store Search And Discovery To Be Completely Revamped" TechCrunch 6:27 PM
"Apple at Odds With Rival Browser Makers Over 'Do Not Track' Button" Mashable 4:20 PM
"Flashback Mac Trojan Horse Infections Increasing with New Variant" Intego 11:09 AM
"Going Viral: New Mac Trojan Discovered" Apple Bitch 12:40 PM
"Apple Releases 'Mastered for iTunes,' But Sticks With Compressed Files" PC Magazine 12:07 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"How To address a constant reboot loop in OS X" MacFixIt 8:09 PM
"What to do when the OS X Finder requires passwords for managing files" MacFixIt 12:41 PM
"Lion notes [updated] warn of a Finder bug that wipes out data, offer WiFi troubleshooting tips and discuss workflow changes." MacInTouch 4:29 PM
"How to use multiple displays with your Mac" Apple Support 4:20 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Digging deeper: Smaller changes in OS X Mountain Lion" GigaOM 7:20 PM
"Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: Screen Sharing adds drag and drop file transfers" AppleInsider 8:31 AM
"Mountain Lion Messages On Your iPhone: Messages Beta for Mountain Lion lets you start a conversation on one iOS device and continue it on another--most of the time." BYTE 4:27 PM
"Mac Messages Beta Consolidates Many Apps" BYTE 4:27 PM
"The BIG browser benchmark! Chrome 17 vs Opera 11 vs Firefox 10 vs IE9 vs Safari 5" ZDNet 12:00 PM
"Quick Tip: What to do when Bluetooth Abandons your Mac" iSource 8:29 AM
"12 Keyboard Shortcuts for Navigating & Selecting Text in Mac OS X" OS X Daily 4:20 PM
"10.7: Make Lion honor the com.apple.ScreenSharing DoNotSendSystemKeys default" Mac OS X Hints 10:13 AM
"10.7: Add to Words hidden feature" Mac OS X Hints 10:13 AM
"Mac Tip: Clear The Screen Clutter Of Other Applications" MacTrast 4:22 PM
Op/Ed
"Application discussion offers tips and troubleshooting advice about filling out downloaded PDF forms, plus a link to a Flash roadmap from Adobe." MacInTouch 4:29 PM
"Report: Apple's iPhone 4 was most purchased smartphone in 2011" Macworld 6:45 PM
"Apple's iPhone TV Ads: The Complete Campaign The story behind all 84 TBWA spots so far, beginning with the first teaser" AdWeek 12:06 PM
"TrendForce: 2012 Tablet Sales to Hit 100 Million; iPad to Take Up 60% Market Share" TrendForce 8:30 AM
"Infographic: Apple and iPad Dominate Mobile PC Sales" LAPTOP Magazine 4:20 PM
"Apple's iPad Set to Dominate 2012 with 60% Market Share" PadGadget 8:30 AM
"Apple Named Top 'Mobile PC' Maker, Thanks to iPad" PC Magazine 4:09 PM
"iPad lifts Apple to top of mobile PC maker chart" Register Hardware 8:33 AM
"With iPad included, Apple tops 2011 mobile PC sales" Electronista 10:13 AM
"Android apps are too expensive: - Apple's more mature, controlled retail environment drives app price competitiveness" Canalys 4:21 PM
"Air Force Grounds Plan for Cockpit iPads" AllThingsD 8:33 AM
"Air Force Unit Cancels iPad Procurement: Special Operations Command had planned to acquire nearly 3,000 iPads to transfer paper-based flight information and technical manuals to an electronic format." InformationWeek 10:15 AM
"Air Force Drops Plans for iPad Flight Bags Over Security Concerns" The Mac Observer 8:59 AM
"Apple and Microsoft United by a Common Enemy" ["Well, Cupertino and Redmond have inadvertently teamed up, united by a common enemy that is trying to make a mockery of the FRAND (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) terms that require Motorola to license its IP."] DailyFinance 8:17 AM
"Apple Is Scouting Another Seattle Location: Rumors have been swirling for the past 15 months about potential downtown Seattle locations for an Apple store, and now tipsters are pointing to the Broadacres Building on 2nd Avenue, where three levels of space will become available when Nordstrom Rack relocates in the coming months." ifoAppleStore 8:29 AM
"Apple's New Retail Store Within Harrods Will Open In Time For iPad 3 [Rumor] Cult of Mac 8:31 AM
"T-Mobile: iPhone 4S launch killed us as contract customers fled" ZDNet 8:25 AM
"T-Mobile USA loses more customers to iPhone, looks to rebound with LTE" GeekWire 8:37 AM
"Apple Maintains Top Mobile Computer Share" MacNews 8:00 AM
"New 'Power Felt' Could Charge Your Phone with Body Heat" Techland 11:51 AM
"Sony admits to Vita memory card flub" TG Daily 11:43 AM
"Self-propelled device swims through bloodstream" TG Daily 11:43 AM
"Adobe reveals more on CS6 and Creative Cloud launch plans" Computerworld 11:20 AM
"LG Unveils Android Lineup Ahead of Mobile World Congress" PCWorld 11:17 AM
"Can we pull the plug on the plug? Wireless power may have made its debut a century ago, but only now is it beginning to surge its way into homes, businesses and garages. Kevin Bullis goes to visit a company taking (and then removing) a lead in the field." The Independent 10:57 AM
"Nokia May Unveil Budget Windows Phones" InformationWeek 10:53 AM
"Philips Electronics suffers website security breach as hackers strike" V3 11:53 AM
"Bringing Philips back from the brink: Meet the man with the considerable task of bringing Philips, Europe's largest electronics maker, back to life." Fortune 10:49 AM
"Memory firms detail sub-20-nm NAND chips" EE Times 10:41 AM
"Chrome to support Do Not Track privacy feature" CNET News 10:09 AM
"T-Mobile to launch 4G LTE in US next year" CNET News 10:08 AM
"Nokia likely to unveil Lumia 610 and 900 phones next week" CNET News 10:08 AM
"iPhone sucks subscribers away from T-Mobile USA" Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 9:47 AM
"AU Optronics: panel prices stable in first quarter" MarketWatch 9:45 AM
"Pinterest takes on social, e-commerce worlds" Computerworld 10:35 AM
"Start-Ups Follow Pinterest's Lead" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:38 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Mac Geek Gab Premium Podcast: MGG 383: Switching Mail Replies, Timed Macros, Hard Drive Fun & More" The Mac Observer 4:19 PM
"A Tale of Two Displays: Our fine friends at Macrumors sent us a special little something in the mail the other day – the same purported iPad 3 screen with which they confirmed the existence of a 'Retina' display! Since they had no means of hooking up the LCD to an iPad 2, we investigated the issue a bit further and saw if we could get their LCD running on the current-gen iPad.So, does the 'iPad 3" LCD work in an iPad 2? No. And here's the reason why:" iFixit 4:22 PM
"New Video of purported 'iPad 3' screen supports Retina Display rumors" AppleInsider 6:26 PM
"Supposed iPad 3 display goes under the microscope again" CNET News 6:28 PM
"Apple getting ready to ditch the traditional iPhone, iPad, and iPod dock connector" iMore 8:16 PM
"Quick Note: Is Neonode Licensing Swipe-to-Unlock IP to Apple?" DailyTech 8:38 AM
"Apple Maintains Top Mobile PC Share Position: NPD Group" eWeek 11:08 AM
"Another iOS 5 Security Flaw Allows Anyone To Access Your Camera Roll" Cult of Mac 9:24 AM
"Here's The Latest iOS Bug Everyone's Freaking Out About" Business Insider 8:13 AM
Apple Patent Applications
"A Series of New Apple Inventions Reveal a DJ-Styled Crossfading Feature, Advanced Camera Sensors & Possible 3D Motion TV Remote" Patently Apple 9:17 AM
"Apple Patent Is For A Location-Based Profile On A Mobile Device" MacNews 8:57 AM
"Apple Working On Ways To Improve Its Microphones" MacNews 8:57 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"Apple issues firmware update for 2011 Mac models" Macworld 7:21 PM
"Lots of Macs get EFI Firmware updates" 9 to 5 Mac 7:52 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Greedy Bankers vs The World For iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)" Apple Sliced 7:58 AM
"Monkey Bongo For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $2.99)" Apple Sliced 7:58 AM
"Zombie : The Rescue For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 7:58 AM
"Digital Art: [s]edition and Sedition Art for iOS Devices" eXtensions 8:46 AM
"Lume: Gorgeous Graphics, Disappointingly Short" App Advice 9:25 AM
"Pizza Vs. Skeletons Review: One of the oddest themed games on the App Store, Pizza Vs. Skeletons is silly, casual, gaming goodness" 148Apps 8:38 AM
"Rush City Review: Rush City is an endless runner where players control an escaping alien, avoiding helicopters and perilous falls while collecting stars and completing objectives." 148Apps 12:41 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"Install iOS '86 Theme on iPhone & iPod touch" OS X Daily 8:37 AM
Tips
"Where and When to Sell Your iPad 2 for the Most Money" Gizmodo 6:43 PM
"Pro Tip: how to quickly open your last email draft in iOS" iDownload Blog 4:25 PM
"Turn Off Repeated Alerts For Messages On Your iOS Device [iOS Tip] Cult of Mac 4:21 PM
"Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me transfer music into iOS iTunes" TUAW 2:35 PM
"Could Foxconn's Wage Rises be a Competitive Advantage For Apple?" Forbes 12:08 PM
"Apple Under Fire for Poisoning iPhone Makers" Minyanville 11:52 AM
"Apple's Foxconn Transparency: Brilliant or Bad PR Move?" PCWorld 11:37 AM
"Apple iPhone factory workers' petition begs for reform" CBS News 11:09 AM
"SumOfUs Protests iPhone Factory Conditions at Apple Shareholder Meeting" The Mac Observer 12:40 PM
"Boycott Apple until it fixes its China labor problem: Does Apple have more blood on its hands than Dell or HP? No, but it has the best chance of changing China's abusive practices" InfoWorld 11:08 AM
"Foxconn and Apple Respond to ABC Report" Mashable 10:14 AM
"Does Apple care about jailbreaking anymore?" iDownload Blog 10:13 AM
"The Macalope Daily: McHistory lesson" Macworld [Insider Content] 10:13 AM
"The Pros And Cons Of Apple Buying Yahoo!" PixoBebo 7:56 AM
"Microsoft vs. Apple: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em?" The Motley Fool 12:08 PM
"Microsoft to Release Office for iPad on iPad 3 Launch Day?" PadGadget 10:14 AM
"Microsoft Office for the iPad is all about the Enterprise" 9 to 5 Mac 8:37 AM
"iPad + Office + Apple + Microsoft: Why It All Makes Sense" SplatF 7:52 AM
Non-Apple
"BYOD: Wins, hurdles and lessons for 2012" ZDNet 11:59 AM
"Why Adobe is right to abandon Linux, why it's no big deal, and why this could be bad for Mozilla" ZDNet 11:59 AM
"An Easy Way to Quickly Crop Your Facebook Timeline Cover Photo" Techland 11:51 AM
"'Do Not Track' button — what it will and won't do" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 11:55 AM
"Obama's Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: 9 Facts/Here's what you need to know about the White House's new proposed consumer privacy framework--and its limits." InformationWeek 12:11 PM
"Does Obama's Online 'Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights' Get the Job Done?" Techland 11:51 AM
"Compact discs - is the end near?" TG Daily 11:44 AM
"Here's What 'Post-PC' Looks Like: Over Half Of Info Workers Use 3 Or More Devices At Work" TechCrunch 11:39 AM
"Review: Vita sets new standard for portable games" Associated Press 11:24 AM
"How to Build Multiple Layers of Security for Your Small Business" CIO 11:20 AM
"In your face: Affordable videoconferencing/Video calls shouldn't just be for iPad users. Here's a guide to today's face-to-face tools, for businesses large and small" InfoWorld 10:54 AM
"Motorola Mobility Open to Resolving Microsoft Patent Dispute" Bloomberg 10:03 AM
"Veterans Affairs May Dump Microsoft Office: Department will consider Web-based suites as it looks to replace current hodgepodge of Microsoft Office versions." InformationWeek 10:16 AM
"Bing Linked Pages Allows Users to Influence Search Results" PC Magazine 11:15 AM
"Microsoft apes Google social search master plan" The Register 11:47 AM
"Microsoft Is Building a New Datacenter in Dublin" IDG News Service 11:17 AM
"Microsoft provides sneak peek of next Visual Studio beta" ZDNet 11:58 AM
"Microsoft to developers - Here's how touch is supposed to work" ZDNet 11:59 AM
"Meg Whitman: H-P at Beginning of Multi-Year Transformation" WSJ Blogs 2:49 PM
"H-P shares sink to one-month low as sales drop: Analyst likens it to a slow and steady turtle that could win race" MarketWatch 12:05 PM
"HP slips on concerns of delay in turnaround" Reuters 9:51 AM
"HP's Earnings Shows Major Challenges" [Video Report] CNBC 9:55 AM
"NPD: Apple Still On Top In Mobile PC Shipments, But HP Takes The Cake In Notebooks" TechCrunch 11:40 AM
"What's Next For IBM Security? IBM's new security mantra for enterprises might be summed up like this: Think big, see small. It's marrying security monitoring, big data analytics, and threat intelligence." InformationWeek 10:13 AM
"Dell Goes on Ultrabook Diet With Slimmed-Down Laptop" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:39 AM
"Oracle tempts Red Hat users with Ksplice kernel security patch trial" V3 11:53 AM
"Intel Builds 'Chip-to-Order' Foundry Biz" Wired Magazine 11:56 AM
"More reasons to wait for Ivy Bridge laptops" CNET 9:21 PM
"AMD Working on Graphics Processor for PlayStation 4 - Report.: Sony PlayStation 4 May Be Powered by AMD" X-bit labs 9:19 PM
"Cisco: Customers drove us to block Microsoft/Skype/CEO Chambers says appeal is on behalf of users expecting interoperability" Network World 11:19 AM
"Obama Says Privacy Isn't Dead As White House Calls For 'Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights'" Forbes 10:47 AM
"White House pushes for new privacy codes of conduct" IDG News Service 10:36 AM
"White House pushes online privacy bill of rights" CNNMoney 9:33 AM
"White House unveils plan to protect online privacy" Reuters 10:03 AM
"White House, Consumers in Mind, Offers Online Privacy Guidelines" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:10 AM
"Web Firms to Adopt 'No Track' Button: A coalition of Internet giants including Google Inc. has agreed to support a do-not-track button to be embedded in most Web browsers—a move that the industry had been resisting for more than a year." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:40 AM
"Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights" CNNMoney 10:32 AM
"Wireless Spectrum Deal Could Unleash Super Wi-Fi: Washington budget agreement could ward off congestion and aid innovation." Technology Review 11:41 AM
"Price of DRAM plunges to all-time low of around $1" IDG News Service 10:55 AM
"Apple's strong stock mollifies shareholders/Commentary: Investors not demanding much from tech darling" MarketWatch 4:08 PM
"Apple puts board re-election in the hands of shareholders" CNET News 2:32 PM
"Apple Shareholders Meeting: No News, No Complaints, No Dividend" AllThingsD 2:29 PM
"Apple says not considering stock split, Bloomberg Reports" The Fly on the Wall 2:38 PM
"Special Report: Tim Cook fields questions on Apple dividends, a stock split, iTunes content deals" AppleInsider 4:21 PM
"Apple Shareholder Meeting Live Blog" TheStreet 12:08 PM
"Apple: No dividend & we're not buying Greece" GigaOM 4:21 PM
"What If Apple Joined the Dow?" FOXBusiness 4:09 PM
"Apple is the Lion King, Microsoft is Scar" The Motley Fool 4:06 PM
"Apple Shareholders Approve Majority Vote for Elected Directors" The Mac Observer 12:40 PM
"Apple shareholders: The odds are against a dividend today" Fortune 8:18 AM
"Apple Investors Divided on Dividends" TheStreet 9:35 AM
"Ahead of the Bell: Apple to meet with shareholders" Associated Press 8:19 AM
Industry News
"Dow 14,000 just needs Apple sauce" MarketWatch 2:42 PM
"Tech stocks gain behind Apple, MetroPCS" MarketWatch 4:30 PM
"U.S. stock indexes climb on economic data: Crude's rise cause for concern, given potential impact on consumer" MarketWatch 4:30 PM
"Dow Average Rises to Highest Since May 2008" Bloomberg 4:30 PM
"IBM Tugs Dow Into Positive Territory, H-P Weighs" FOXBusiness 10:51 AM
"Stocks End Higher After Encouraging Economic Data" TheStreet 4:30 PM
"Stocks End Higher, Dow Closes Shy of 13,000" CNBC 4:30 PM
"Stocks close higher on positive economic data" CNNMoney 4:30 PM
"Blue Chips End Strong: Stocks overcame early losses, buoyed by economic data and strong performances from two individual stocks that helped pull up indexes." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:30 PM
"Economic optimism to boost stocks" CNNMoney 9:30 AM
"Asian Markets End Mostly Lower" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:45 AM
"Asia stocks fall amid Greek debt deal doubts" Associated Press 9:57 AM
"Most Asia Stocks Drop on U.S. Housing Data, China Growth Concern" Bloomberg 9:47 AM
"Asia Markets: Asian stocks mostly lower, but Japan rises" MarketWatch 9:41 AM
"European Stocks Decline on Concern Economy Will Shrink in 2012" Bloomberg 9:48 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks dragged lower by growth fears/Commerzbank weighed by plans for capital increase" MarketWatch 12:02 PM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 1:10 PM
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