"Apple CEO Tim Cook emerges from Steve Jobs' shadow" ["But most importantly, Gallo said, it's evident that Cook cares deeply about Apple. 'You can't teach passion. Every great communicator is abundantly passionate about -not necessarily the product- but what the product means to society. And that is an attitude that pervades Apple's executive office, and it starts with Tim Cook,' he said."] Associated Press 4:27 PM
"Latest Record Results Show Apple a Bigger Global Power Than Most Nations: The tech behemoth is not just a cool computer/phone/tablet company, but a multibillion-dollar ecosystem and society with more influence and clout than most countries." The Daily Beast 8:40 AM
"Apple literally does rule the world" CNNMoney 1:27 PM
"Apple's Run For Technological Hegemony" Seeking Alpha 1:41 PM
"Why Apple is Winning: Innovation, Opportunity and Execution" Time 8:52 AM
"iPhone sales boom pushes Apple to first-quarter records: But weaker-than-expected Mac sales may hint at cannibalization caused by iPad, says analyst" Computerworld 8:00 AM
"Apple Blows Wall Street's Mind Again: Yet again, Apple's quarterly earnings vaulted over the bar set by Wall Street analysts. The company reeled in $39.2 billion in revenue, over $2 billion more than expected for its second fiscal quarter. The news ignited AAPL shares, which had been languishing in the doldrums for days. However, the conditions that put them there may still be present after the Q2 excitement fades away." MacNewsWorld 8:49 AM
"Apple crushes Street targets, dispels iPhone fears" Reuters 7:38 AM
"Tim Cook rejects Apple's old business model of suing everyone: CEO just wants to settle and get back to rebranding Foxconn kit" The Register 7:54 AM
"Apple CEO Cook won't be going 'thermonuclear': Apple CEO Cook would love to settle patent disputes, as long as everyone stops copying Apple" Macworld UK 8:34 AM
"Apple's Cook: 'I hate litigation'" ZDNet UK 8:02 AM
"Cook's Clues to Apple's Future" [Video Report] Bloomberg 7:47 AM
"Apple chief hints at prospect for peace in patent disputes" V3 12:47 PM
"Opinion: Apple's Tim Cook to Google 'Switch off your photocopiers" Computerworld 7:37 AM
"Apple CEO: Enough of This iPhone Subsidy Silly Talk" AllThingsD 8:00 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook rejects idea of laptop-tablet hybrids" BBC 8:02 AM
"Apple's Future, Like Its Products, Will Be Made in China" TheStreet 12:48 PM
"Tickets for WWDC 2012 Now On Sale: June 11-15" MacRumors 8:51 AM
"WWDC 2012 Tickets: What You Need to Know" The Mac Observer 8:50 AM
"Apple Offers 150 Student Scholarships For WWDC 2012" MacStories 8:57 AM
"Can't Afford A Ticket To WWDC 2012? Win One Of 150 Scholarships Instead" Cult of Mac 8:57 AM
"Apple Cancels Some Developer Tickets for WWDC" The Mac Observer 8:49 PM
"Apple Opens Nominations For 2012 Apple Design Awards" MacStories 8:57 AM
"Apple '10 Years' Behind Microsoft When It Comes To Security: Speaking to CBR at the Info Security 2012 conference, Kaspersky founder and CEO Eugene Kaspersky said that Apple is years behind Microsoft when it comes to security, and the company will have to change the ways it approaches updates following the recent malware attacks." Forbes 10:07 AM
"Kaspersky: Apple is 10 years behind Microsoft in terms of security" The Next Web 4:21 PM
"iPhoto '12 inspired by iPhoto for iOS to arrive this summer: Apple could be working on an iCloud integrated iPhoto update" Macworld UK 8:34 AM
"Avast ports Windows shields to Mac: Avast may be best known for its Windows security suite, and new changes to its Mac antivirus indicate that its taking Mac security seriously, too. But will Mac owners?" Download 10:19 AM
"Google Drive and SkyDrive Take Aim at Dropbox" TidBITS 7:36 AM
"Apple Users Aren't Immune to Malware" Patch 7:53 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"How can I open AOL docs/email from 2003 Mac PPC/Classic that are stored on my Mac in the current Mac OSX 10.7.3?" MacInTouch 3:18 PM
"OS X Lion: How to perform a Safe Boot if FileVault 2 is enabled" Apple Support 4:17 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"The Ultimate iPhone User Guide: Introducing iCloud" APC Magazine 9:39 PM
"Review: FileMaker Pro 12 / Advanced for OS X, and FileMaker Go for iOS" Applelinks 8:54 AM
"Hands on with Dropbox's new sharing features" TechHive 4:21 PM
"TeamBox review: A tool for groups that's powerful enough to run just about any project, TeamBox is social media for small business" Macworld UK 11:08 AM
"Using iTunes Match to convert protected tracks from other iTunes accounts" iLounge 3:20 PM
"Getting Started with Perl on Mac OS X" Macinstruct 8:11 AM
"Elegantly Track System Information with DesktopMonitor [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 8:55 AM
"MacMost Now 701: Signing Documents With Preview" MacMost 7:55 AM
"The Secrets of the User Template Folder and Firefox" Amsys 8:38 AM
"iTunes: Using Home Sharing to Sync Content" The Mac Observer 8:12 AM
"A Faster Way To Grab Screenshots On A Mac" McSolo 7:36 AM
"How To Hide All Your Mac's App And Document Windows With A Click" NoodleMac 7:37 AM
"How Much Time Do You Spend In Each App On Your Mac And How To Know" Mac 360 7:37 AM
"The Easiest, Cheapest Way In The World To FTP Files From Your Mac" BohemianBoomer 7:37 AM
"The Best Mac Backup App On The Planet Is Free" TeraTalks 7:36 AM
Op/Ed
"Security discussions include the DNS Changer trojan (and a checker for it); passwords, keychains and security question management; iPad PDF encryption; symbolic links; Flash and update issues." MacInTouch 3:17 PM
"No Comment: The depths people will go to secure a WWDC pass" TUAW 3:56 PM
"Editorial: WWDC Ticket Sales: Exactly as Apple Planned it" The Mac Observer 1:22 PM
"Apple: iOS and OS X will not converge" TG Daily 12:48 PM
"Flashback: Kaspersky Spreading That FUD Again" Rixstep 11:02 AM
"Let's See A Tweaked Dashboard In Mountain Lion" MacNews 8:26 AM
"Dropbox's Drew Houston Weighs In (Briefly) On Google Drive" TechCrunch 3:48 PM
"Is Google Drive worse for privacy than iCloud, Skydrive, and Dropbox?" The Verge 11:06 AM
"Do You Like iCloud Or Dropbox? Guess Who Has A Mac App For Another Free Cloud Storage Service?" Mac 360 7:36 AM
Press Releases
"Microsoft issues working Office 2011 SP2 update" Macworld 4:17 PM
"Office 2011 14.2.1: Microsoft has another go" FairerPlatform 3:03 PM
"Office for Mac SP2 Update Released, Fixes Outlook Corruption" The Mac Observer 2:53 PM
"AR-works: New Augmented Reality plugin for Vectorworks" Architosh 10:46 AM
"Kitten Sanctuary Available Now From MGS" Inside Mac Games 8:58 AM
"Ferrari excites Silicon Valley. Montezemolo talks at Stanford and meets heads of Apple and Google" Ferrari 1:26 PM
"Ferrari chief meets Apple, Google leaders" Electronista 1:27 PM
"China iPhone sales surge, but can Apple protect its apps?" Reuters 8:33 AM
"Samsung in violation of court order to produce documents about Apple" AppleInsider 8:42 AM
"ITC ruling could see Apple Iphone banned in the US" The Inquirer 7:55 AM
"Microsoft Increases Tablet Virtualization Fees to Stall iPad" PadGadget 8:47 AM
"Greenpeace Pranks Apple at Flagship Stores, Calls for an End to the Coal-Powered Cloud" TreeHugger 8:46 AM
"New Retail Chief Receives Stock Grants" ifoAppleStore 8:59 AM
"Apple's new retail chief now on the job, with $61M in stock" CNET News 9:15 PM
"Despite Weak Sales For Spain, Future Store Spotted" ifoAppleStore 8:59 AM
"Sprint confirms unlimited data plan for next iPhone: Sprint won't be moving away from its unlimited data plan even if the next iPhone is 4G LTE." CNET News 12:46 PM
"Sprint loss widens on Nextel, iPhone lifts sales" Associated Press 7:52 AM
"Sprint sells 1.5m iPhones in winter, loses $863 million" Electronista 7:39 AM
"Apple Store's Kids' Tables Trade iMacs For iPads" Cult of Mac 4:20 PM
"Al Gore accepted into Internet Hall of Fame" TG Daily 11:08 AM
"Denver Broncos Add iPad To Their Line-Up For Playbooks" Apple'n'Apps 2:43 PM
"Watch: How Foxconn Workers Use Their Free iPhone in Taiwan" M.I.C. Gadget 8:49 AM
"iPads, Apes, and the Future of Communication" MacTrast 2:42 PM
Non-Apple News
"World's largest digital camera one step closer to reality" ZDNet 12:19 PM
"China's Huawei May Start Selling Its Own Mobile Chips" IDG News Service 11:34 AM
"LAN Attack Can Put Some Samsung TVs in Endless Restart Loop" IDG News Service 11:33 AM
"Google Drive offers 'open' collaboration platform" ZDNet UK 12:23 PM
"Google Set to Meld GDrive With Chrome OS" Wired Magazine 12:15 PM
"Google Adds 3D Photo Tours To Google Maps" TechCrunch 12:03 PM
"Google Introduces Google+ Share Button" PC Magazine 11:24 AM
"Google begins penalizing search 'over-optimization'" IDG News Service 10:55 AM
"Asus, fifth and rising in tablet market: Taiwanese vendor set to unveil more high-end tablets, and is said to be Google's choice for low-cost device" Computerworld 10:29 AM
"Progress Software to lay off 15 percent of workforce" Boston Herald 10:23 AM
"Risky websites to be named and shamed" ZDNet UK 12:22 PM
"SAP chief executive talks about what the company can do for consumers, small businesses" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:50 AM
"Motorola Solutions profit drops 68% vs prior-year" MarketWatch 9:45 AM
"Acer net profit plunges 72%, faces uphill battle" MarketWatch 9:45 AM
"Pre-Orders for Sprint's HTC EVO 4G LTE Start May 7" PC Magazine 11:24 AM
"Sprint plans to bring WiMax to Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile" CNET News 10:09 AM
"Sprint's Loss Is Less Than Forecast" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:13 AM
"Samsung Invents Hybrid Smartphone Case & Thinner Displays" Patent Bolt 8:50 AM
"Samsung Invents Implantable Medical Device for the Brain" Patent Bolt 8:50 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"YML Archives for April 25th, 2012'" Your Mac Life 11:32 PM
"Apple Context Machine Podcast: ACM 192: Q2 Earnings, Refrigerator Toasters & WWDC" The Mac Observer 8:51 PM
"TUAW TV Live: Hardware, accessories, and 'fabulous new products in the pipeline'" TUAW 4:07 PM
"WWDC, Apple Earnings and 'Insanely Simple'!" Your Mac Life 12:45 PM
"DH Unplugged: Here is the latest conversation I had with money manager Andrew Horowitz.... new insights for anyone who invests in anything. We discuss the earnings season and Apple." Dvorak Uncensored 8:49 AM
"Ian Schray of WellRedApps Makes Us More Secure with DropKey" MacVoicesTV 8:12 AM
"SSD prices may drop following impending price war: In addition to low RAM prices, expected price reductions in SSD devices may help many speed up their systems." MacFixIt 3:57 PM
"Appidemic: Fibble HD for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch" AppleTell 8:58 AM
"'Radiant Defense' Review - Towers, Aliens, and a Ton of Hard Work" Touch Arcade 8:54 AM
"Timesheets Review: Timesheets is a user-friendly productivity app that provides users with a simple and fun way to keep track of time spent." 148Apps 1:28 PM
"Electric Bird Review: Fling birds into the sky to collect stars and avoid obstacles." 148Apps 3:55 PM
"Total War Battles: Shogun Review/Yet another samurai strategy game. I'm sorry, I mean yet another AWESOME samurai strategy game." 148Apps 8:54 AM
"Shark Dash Review: Bath time has never been this fun, or dangerous for rubber ducks." 148Apps 11:08 AM
Tips
"Oops! iForgot My New iPad On the Plane; Now What?" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:07 PM
"Change the Mail Font Size on iPhone" OS X Daily 2:16 PM
"Why Is The iPhone Made In China? Apple gets filthy rich selling devices made by oppressed workers in abusive environments. Does it have to be this way? Well, yeah, maybe it does." InformationWeek 4:10 PM
"iMac Touch concept incorporates a touchscreen, iOS, and Siri" 9 to 5 Mac 3:57 PM
"Could a 4G iPhone actually hurt Sprint? An iPhone with LTE capabilities could highlight the fact that Sprint's 4G rollout lags far behind its rivals. Sprint doesn't believe it will be an issue." CNET News 12:47 PM
"Why My Next Tablet Computer May Not Be An iPad – The 'Book Mystique" MacPrices 12:44 PM
"What Would It Take to Beat Apple?" Mashable 8:57 AM
"Apple Entering The Third Dimension: Would It Change The Way We Use Their Products?" MacTrast 8:51 AM
"Apple: Why an iPad laptop hybrid will never happen" Electricpig 8:49 AM
"Will Apple's WWDC Bring the Next Generation MacBook Pro?" Gizmodo 8:40 AM
"Mac owners can now stink differently" ComputerWeekly 8:27 AM
"Apple: I Would Never Say, 'I Told You So'" TheStreet 8:25 AM
"Apple's Cook Won't Find Peace From Competitors: Apple CEO Tim Cook said he doesn't want Apple to be 'the developer for the world.' As the market leader, however, that's exactly the position in which Apple has put itself." InformationWeek 11:05 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook takes a dig at Microsoft" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:55 AM
"Stage set for Windows 8 hybrid, iPad showdown: So, will that be a Windows 8 hybrid or iPad? That may be one of the bigger choices facing consumers in the next 12 months." CNET News 8:03 AM
"Is the success of Apple's iPhone killing off its iPod?" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 8:03 AM
"Kudos To The R&D Guys At Apple" Seeking Alpha 7:40 AM
"Product Names: It's Apple vs. The World" PixoBebo 7:37 AM
"Microsoft: Conficker still the top corporate network threat/Latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report report says HTML, Java Script exploits on the rise" Network World 11:36 AM
"Pegatron Corp. Signs Patent Agreement With Microsoft Over Android, Chrome OS Devices" TechCrunch 12:02 PM
"Microsoft adds Pegatron to its patent-licensing stable" ZDNet 12:18 PM
"Microsoft signs patent deal with Pegatron" Associated Press 12:35 PM
"Microsoft loses two ad execs as it makes pitch for more digital dollars" New York Post 11:22 AM
"Microsoft to support ODF 1.2 open document standard in Office 15" IDG News Service 10:55 AM
"Microsoft takes on Spotify with sound of Woodstock: Zune successor on show at E3?" Register Hardware 12:09 PM
"Report: Microsoft to Unveil Spotify-like Music Service" Techland 12:10 PM
"Microsoft readying cross-platform, Xbox music service, report says" CNET News 10:09 AM
"Report: Xbox music service in the works" TG Daily 12:06 PM
"Apple shares close above $600 again: Following yesterday's scintillating earnings news, Apple's downward skid on the Nasdaq takes a break, and its stock closes the day at $610, up 9 percent." CNET News 4:10 PM
"Why has Forrester's CEO become an Apple doomsayer? According to the CEO of market research firm Forrester, Apple only has a few more good years left in it if Tim Cook's at the helm." CNET News 4:10 PM
"Apple To $700 As iPhone Growth Crushes Earnings And Doubters" Forbes 3:18 PM
"Apple now has $110B in cash, investments" USA Today 12:47 PM
"Apple shares rise, then rise some more: Doubters vanquished, Apple shares watch $600 fade in the rearview mirror" Associated Press 8:28 AM
"Apple at $2,000 as the Dow Doubles" Forbes 9:01 AM
"Goldman: This Is The Most Important Thing In Apple's Earnings" Business Insider 8:54 AM
"Apple Q2: Misses high and low, but the best bloggers nailed it" Fortune 7:48 AM
"Apple's Growth Scorecard for the first quarter of 2012" asymco 8:55 AM
"Apple's Q2 blowout: What the analysts are saying" Fortune 8:01 AM
"Numbers and Stats to digest from Apple's Q2 2012 earnings conference call" Edible Apple 11:34 AM
"Few Financial Records Set, Just Solid Growth" ifoAppleStore 8:58 AM
"Apple's Big March Qtr Gives Bulls Reasons To Celebrate" Forbes 8:01 AM
"Don't Trade Apple, Treat The Stock As An Investment" Seeking Alpha 1:27 PM
"U.S. stocks follow Apple, Boeing higher: Federal Reserve holds rates unchanged; Bernanke speaks" MarketWatch 4:12 PM
"Stocks Post Solid Gains on Apple, Fed" TheStreet 3:32 PM
"Stocks Zoom Higher on Apple Results" FOXBusiness 10:51 AM
"Bernanke boosts stocks, Apple rallies" CNNMoney 3:33 PM
"Apple's blowout quarter propels Nasdaq to big gain" Associated Press 4:13 PM
"Nasdaq Notches Biggest Gain of Year: Surging shares of Apple and dovish words from the Federal Reserve chairman drove U.S. stocks higher for a second day and propelled the Nasdaq Composite to its biggest gain this year." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:33 PM
"U.S. stocks: Apple, other earnings to provide lift" CNNMoney 9:30 AM
"Canada stocks rise on materials, miners" MarketWatch 12:33 PM
"Asia Markets End Mixed" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:44 AM
"Asian Stocks Snap Four-Day Loss on U.S. Data, Corporate Profits" Bloomberg 9:51 AM
"Asia Markets: Most Asia markets up on techs, China developers" MarketWatch 9:39 AM
"European Stocks Rise" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:44 AM
"European Stocks Advance; Swedbank, Electrolux Rally on Earnings" Bloomberg 9:50 AM
"Europe Markets: Solid earnings boost Europe stocks, banks rise/Temenos Group surges 18.7% after broker upgrades" MarketWatch 12:29 PM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 1:28 PM
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