"iOS app economy worth $4.3 billion a year, analyst: The iOS app economy is making $4.3 billion per year with 49.5 million apps downloaded every day" Macworld UK 8:32 AM
"Apple's most underrated WWDC announcement" iDownload Blog 9:09 AM
"Are revenues per app decreasing? Apple has been releasing data about payments to developers with increasing frequency. Last week's $5 billion announcement was the fifth such update and came after about one quarter since the last." asymco 8:51 AM
"Could Apple's Passbook become a true digital wallet?" Digital Trends 9:10 AM
"Baidu to Share Revenue With Apple on China Iphone Search" Bloomberg Businessweek 7:17 AM
"Apple's Revolutionary Move Into Robotic Manufacturing" Seeking Alpha 8:24 AM
"WWDC 2012: Apple's iPhone and the iRobot supply chain" Computerworld 8:16 AM
"Apple's Siri, Other Search Apps Could Save Businesses Big Bucks: A report from EasyAsk found U.S. businesses could save up to $800 million daily through Siri-like search applications." eWeek 10:21 AM
"Apple's Siri sued for failing to live up to hype: A New York man has brought a class-action lawsuit against Apple in California, saying that the company's voice-activated Siri software failed to live up to the expectations created by its adverts." Telegraph 9:02 AM
"Judge gives Apple reprieve in patent case versus Google" Reuters 4:17 PM
"Judge changes mind, grants Apple an injunction hearing against Motorola (and vice versa)" Foss Patents 4:13 PM
"Judge allows Apple and Motorola to meet in an injunction hearing next week: A patent dispute ruling is near, but neither company will win a dime in damages." Ars Technica 10:53 PM
"Apple benefits from lawmakers' concern about import bans based on standard-essential patents" Foss Patents 8:51 AM
"Apple Urged to Unify its Global Intellectual Property Right Standards" Patently Apple 3:32 PM
"Court Delays Apple China IPad Trademark Ruling For Talks" Bloomberg 4:21 PM
"Apple's Battle Over China iPad Trademark Evidently Interminable" AllThingsD 4:21 PM
"Judge rules that Kodak can sell disputed 'Apple patents': Kodak must notify buyers that Apple may have claim, or put proceeds in escrow account" Macworld UK 8:31 AM
"Sandvox 2.6 Extracts iWeb Site Content" TidBITS 6:03 PM
"Managing input methods in OS X: OS X supports input options for many different languages and regions, but some of its optional settings might confuse a few users." CNET Reviews 2:02 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Diptic on a Mac: Useful iOS App for Photography Output Makes the Leap to OS X" eXtensions 11:33 PM
"WordPress 3.4: More eye candy instead of much needed performance fixes'" Foliovision 8:49 AM
"Three great folder actions: Make automating your Mac as simple as putting a file in a folder" Macworld 1:04 PM
"Time Inc. Signs Subscription Deal for Apple's iPad" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:12 PM
"Apple, Time Inc. Solve Their Subscription Squabble" AllThingsD 8:20 AM
"Apple, Time Inc. settle magazine subscription dispute: One-time opponent to Apple's iPad newsstand will make 20 of its magazine titles available for subscription through the App Store." CNET News 8:11 AM
"Time to Offer Magazines on Apple's Newsstand" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:24 AM
"Time Inc. Adds Magazines to Apple's Newsstand" PC Magazine 11:11 AM
"Time Inc to sell magazine subscriptions on Apple Newsstand" Reuters 5:31 PM
"Apple iPad to gain market share in 2012 at expense of Android" AppleInsider 7:32 PM
"Apple Partners with China's AutoNavi for Turn by Turn Navigation" Patently Apple 2:09 PM
"Foxconn Suicide: Company Says Plant Worker Jumped From Apartment" Reuters 10:20 AM
"Worker from Foxconn, Apple's Chinese factory, jumps to his death" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 4:21 PM
"Foxconn worker falls to death in China" AFP 12:55 PM
"F-Secure chief warns Siri is 'unsafe for business'" ZDNet 8:40 AM
"Apple Conference winners and losers" MarketWatch 8:22 AM
"How Does Apple's Spanish Version of Siri Fair in Costa Rica?" Costa Rica Star 7:24 AM
"HTC Bulking Up to Battle Apple's 'Big Muscle'" AllThingsD 8:22 AM
"jOBS movie actor Ashton Kutcher spotted filming at Steve Jobs' old garage: Josh Gad, Matthew Modine and Ahna O'Reilly also photographed at the film set for the upcoming biopic" Macworld UK 8:31 AM
"Kutcher And Co-Stars Snapped Filming jOBS Biopic At Steve's Family Home" App Advice 8:38 AM
"'Woz' gallops in to a horse's rescue: Apple Inc. co-founder's donation saves animal from slaughterhouse" Albany Times Union 9:46 AM
"Woz poo-poos Siri as Poo Poo [Video] 9 to 5 Mac 9:46 AM
"Woz: Apple made a stinking mess of Siri" CNET News 12:17 PM
"Mark Cuban Thought This iPad App Was So Good, He Invested $500K In It" Business Insider 10:25 AM
"AT&T works on expanding Toggle BYOD service to PCs, Macs" IDG News Service 9:10 AM
"Apple's Clothing Line: iPad Maker Shilled Sweats in the 80's" The Inquisitr 8:56 AM
"AT&T works on expanding Toggle BYOD service to PCs, Macs" InfoWorld 10:46 AM
Non-Apple News
"Microsoft Uses Apple's Techniques to Battle Google" Minyanville 12:17 PM
"Amazon offers cut-price support to make sure your Cloud stays up" The Register 11:56 AM
"Blu-ray players obsolete in 4 years: Roku" TG Daily 11:52 AM
"Seagate shows backup drive for Facebook and Flickr: Meet the 'uncloud'" Techworld 11:51 AM
"MIT develops algorithm enabling robot, human collaboration in manufacturing" Computerworld 11:51 AM
"Google's New Brain Could Have a Big Impact: The Knowledge Graph is rapidly learning about the world. It promises to transform more than just search." Technology Review 11:49 AM
"Panasonic to Launch Smartphones in Japan That Sync With Rice Cookers, TVs" IDG News Service 11:26 AM
"Twitter Looks to Get More Interactive with Expanded Tweets" Computerworld 11:26 AM
"Opera 12 Adds Themes, Do Not Track, Hardware Acceleration" PC Magazine 11:10 AM
"Acer Aspire S5 is world's thinnest Ultrabook, first with Thunderbolt port" ZDNet 12:11 PM
"MIT Creates Glucose Fuel Cell for Brain-to-Computer Inferfaces" PC Magazine 11:10 AM
"T-Mobile offers free 4G phones for Father's Day, with small catch" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:58 AM
"Verizon defends new shared data plans: Meanwhile, customers object to Share Everything plans, and one has organized a Facebook group protest" Computerworld 10:08 AM
"Western Digital Gets Into the Home Networking Game" PCWorld 11:24 AM
"Samsung Denies Plans for 'Facebook-Like' Service" PC Magazine 11:10 AM
"ICANN's expanded domain offerings lead to applications for .walmart, .cialis and more" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:28 AM
"RIM Aims to Bring TPG Partner on Board" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:24 AM
"AOL defeats dissident challenge at annual meeting" MarketWatch 12:24 PM
"Nokia Stock Down By More Than 10% On Massive Overhaul: Revised Forecasts, Exec Changes, Vertu Gone, Scalado Acquired" TechCrunch 11:48 AM
"Nokia's Elop: Lumia price cuts will help us take on Android in retail war" ZDNet 12:10 PM
"Nokia to Cut 10,000 Jobs and Close 3 Facilities" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:32 AM
"For Verizon talk may be cheap but data isn't" Forbes 8:11 AM
"ICANN reveals generic top level domain applications" iTWire 7:19 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"WWDC: Boosting Our Interaction with Music: Shazam" The Mac Observer 3:33 PM
"The Evolution & Struggles of a Small Developer: Ecamm Network" The Mac Observer 1:58 PM
"Signs suggest simpler sharing in iOS 6" Macworld 5:58 PM
"Apple expected to launch 13" Retina MacBook Pro by early Oct." AppleInsider 2:02 PM
"13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display coming this fall, Report claims" BGR 6:38 PM
"Can Intel's Thunderbolt go mainstream with help from Apple and Acer? Macs gave Intel's high-speed communications port a key foothold, and an Acer announcement today will help it tackle the Windows market. But pushing Thunderbolt beyond premium products is a challenge." CNET News 8:11 AM
"Customers report new Retina MacBook Pros are shipping" TUAW 11:05 AM
"Tim Cook reveals 'great' update for Mac Pro" Register Hardware 8:10 AM
"iTunes Match Will Become A Streaming Service In iOS 6 – [Video] RazorianFly 8:53 AM
"iOS 6: iTunes Match Now Supports Music Streaming on iPad and iPhone" PadGadget 8:55 AM
"Cloud music is still the future for Apple, Amazon. Really." CNET News 12:20 PM
"Coming This Fall, iTunes Match Streaming" App Advice 8:54 AM
"Apple's iOS 6 to add privacy controls for user contacts: Leaked details from iOS 6 show that Apple has beefed up privacy controls for user contacts, something the company was criticized for earlier this year." CNET News 4:17 PM
"Geofencing alerts to come to Find My Friends this fall" Macworld 2:24 PM
"Apple Requires User Permission Before Apps Can Access Personal Data in iOS 6" MacRumors 3:42 PM
"Faceoff: 13" MacBook Pro vs 13" MacBook Air/Pro offers more bang for your buck if you don't mind some extra weight." Ars Technica 8:10 PM
"Retina MacBook Pro: The Laptop From the Future [REVIEW] Mashable 6:56 PM
"Hands On: New 13-Inch Apple MacBook Air" PC Magazine 11:11 AM
"Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display review: Apple's Retina MacBook Pro has a stunning display but doesn't come cheap, writes Shane Richmond." Telegraph 9:02 AM
"New MacBook Pro with Retina Display Review" ABCNews 8:59 AM
"Review: Kids Mosaic HD – A Fun Puzzle Game For Kids" MacTrast 11:26 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How To Install iOS 6 Without A Developer Account" Cult of Mac 9:09 AM
"Using NSTimer in iPhone: In this blog, we'll be looking at the NSTimer class. We'll learn how to schedule a repeating timer which fires once per second, and controls the display of two labels on a view." The iPhone Developer Resource 8:55 AM
"Enabling the iPad's Audio Equalizer" Macinstruct 8:30 AM
Tips
"Syncing Third-Party Camera Videos to an iPad Article" iLounge 3:44 PM
"Here's How To Use iOS 6's Amazing 3D Maps Without iOS 6" Cult of Mac 2:24 PM
"Dear Aunt TUAW: Why can't I get a Retina display on an Air?" TUAW 9:09 AM
"No-contract iPhone: Spend now, save $1,000 later/Virgin Mobile and Cricket offer much cheaper plans if you're willing to pay more for the smartphone and risk their networks" InfoWorld 7:24 AM
"iPad still dominates tablet traffic, but Nook surges past Kindle Fire: Apple's tablet experiences decline in market share, while the battle of e-readers gets a new leader." CNET News 11:07 PM
"Apple's new laptop heralds 'Air-izing' of all MacBook Pros: Apple's new Retina MacBook Pro is a harbinger of future changes to the company's laptop line, analysts said today. And those changes could come as soon as October." Computerworld New Zealand 6:47 PM
"Apple's strategy of built-in obsolescence" Reuters 6:15 PM
"Apple's new laptop heralds 'Air-izing' of all MacBook Pros: Retina-like display could hit the 13-in. MacBook Pro by the fourth quarter, say analysts" Computerworld 4:12 PM
"The iPhone Is About To Get A Lot More Fragmented Than You'd Think" Business Insider 3:42 PM
"ABC News applies two years of use to new iPad strategy" paidContent 2:28 PM
"Ex-Apple Employee: Here's Everything That's Wrong With Apple's Enterprise Strategy" Business Insider 2:24 PM
"What I'd like to see on next year's MacBook Pros" CNET News 2:24 PM
"Did Apple forget to tell automakers about the new Siri button?" AutoBlog 1:59 PM
"Is Apple Doing Enough To Promote Third Party Apps?" App Advice 12:53 PM
"Why Would Facebook Release Their Own Phone, When Apple Is Doing This For Them?" App Advice 9:37 AM
"Will Facebook Follow in Apple's PR Footsteps?" Ishmael's Corner 8:57 AM
"Cisco – What the Heck Were we Thinking? (When Going After iPad)" PadGadget 8:55 AM
"The Danger of Jumping to Conclusions About Apple's Plans" The Tech Night Owl 8:53 AM
"The New MacBook Pro Aims for the Heart, Not the Head" MacNewsWorld 8:52 AM
"Retina Displays and Flash Storage: The Future of Computers" Kirkville 8:52 AM
"Billy Corgan rips into iTunes, FB, claims killing rock" Electronista 8:49 AM
"Assistive Speech app for iOS casualty of patent wars?" Electronista 8:48 AM
"Blackberry Playbook hacked to run iOS apps" TG Daily 8:40 AM
"Apple makes big geography mistakes in iOS 6 Maps app: Apple has demonstrated its attention to detail in its iOS 6 Music app, though" Macworld UK 8:31 AM
"Judge: No Injunction for Samsung Galaxy SIII" The Mac Observer 8:16 AM
"MacBook Air Has Nothing To Fear From Latest Ultrabooks" MacNews 8:16 AM
"'Apple strikes out with iOS 6': A peek at WWDC through the Windows Phone looking glass" Fortune 8:16 AM
"Seven Things You're Never Going To See On The iPhone 5" Forbes 8:10 AM
"Spirit of Siri at Apple 25 years ago" CounterNotions 7:23 AM
Non-Apple
"The crowdfunding bubble of 2013 part 3 — How To make it successful" I, Cringely 11:08 PM
"Cable TV Just Got Boring — So Kill Paid Service With the Best Gear Around" Wired 12:19 PM
"When Netbook is greater than iPad" ZDNet 12:10 PM
"Net's New Master Domains May Cause Corporate Migraine" Wired Magazine 12:06 PM
"10 Totally Awesome Gadget Gifts for Every Kind of Dad: I asked 10 very different dads, in all age ranges and personality types — from manly men to metro males — what would make a great gift." Techland 11:59 AM
"Unroll.me Removes You from Pesky E-mail Lists, Summarizes the Ones You Still Want" Techland 11:59 AM
"Trust Us, We're Google! The company that knows everything about you wants you to feel in control." Technology Review 11:50 AM
"Why Google+ Can Still Beat Facebook" PCWorld 11:30 AM
"Facebook, Google Top List of Firms Tracking You Online, Report" PCWorld 11:25 AM
"Obama's 'US-Ignite' Broadband Plan Ignites Nothing" PC Magazine 11:10 AM
"Alan Turing and his machines - fresh insights into the enigma" The Independent 10:51 AM
"Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10-inch and 7-inch Review" HotHardware 10:35 AM
"Ruby, Clojure, and Ceylon: Same goal, three very different results" InfoWorld 10:33 AM
"How mobile carriers are raking it in now" Fortune 10:27 AM
"Here's Help Figuring Out Verizon's Maddeningly Complex New Pricing Plan" Forbes 10:27 AM
"Can the Xperia Ion get Sony out of its mobile rut?" CNET News 9:45 AM
"China: The Next Smartphone Battleground" The Motley Fool 9:38 AM
"Nokia At Risk Of Joining RIM And Palm" InformationWeek 12:34 PM
"Nokia Is Unraveling Faster Than Anyone Imagined" TheStreet 9:15 AM
"It's Impossible To Tear People Away From Their Phones" Business Insider 10:57 AM
"Will DOJ's cable probe end up hurting streaming?" Fortune 8:21 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Giant Smartphones in Skinny Jeans: A Photoshoot" Gizmodo 6:14 PM
"Epic Rap Battles Pits Steve Jobs Against Bill Gates" The Mac Observer 3:35 PM
"What Apple Meant By Sandboxing" MacMost [cartoon] 8:52 AM
"Microsoft In Talks To Buy Yammer: Reports" Forbes 9:40 AM
"Microsoft Rumored To Acquire Yammer" InformationWeek 10:31 AM
"Yammer buyout could fit with many Microsoft businesses: Microsoft reportedly could pay $1B-plus for enterprise social network firm" Network World 11:30 AM
"Why the Rumored Microsoft Deal for Yammer Rings True" AllThingsD 9:39 AM
"Microsoft's $1bn Yammer gobble gabble blabbed by insiders: Talks underway on biznet buy, 'tis whispered" The Register 11:57 AM
"Microsoft Reportedly in $1 billion deal for Yammer: After rumors began to spread that such an acquisition was imminent, the tech giant has agreed to acquire the business software company, a source tells The Wall Street Journal." CNET News 10:58 PM
"Windows 8 tablet: Worthy competitor to iPad/Microsoft's tablet OS can be configured to run as a desktop, making it an all-in-one machine for use at home or on the go." [Video Report] CNNMoney 9:39 AM
"Is Microsoft launching a tablet to rival Apple's iPad?" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 11:08 PM
"Windows 8 Tablets: Will The Price Be Right?" InformationWeek 10:31 AM
"Microsoft Windows 8 tablet unveiling said to be slated for Monday" BGR 2:01 PM
"Microsoft's 'major' June 18 event said to showcase Windows RT tablets" AppleInsider 5:13 PM
"Microsoft's pricing could kill Windows RT, Windows-powered ARM tablets" ZDNet 12:11 PM
"Windows 8 Links Contacts, E-Mail, Social Networks: People app uses Live Tiles to notify users when they have new messages from services like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn." InformationWeek 12:34 PM
"Hundreds of Thousands of People Using Windows 8: Microsoft" The Next Web 4:13 PM
"Microsoft Fights Flame Malware With Certificate Killer: Flame malware spoofed a Microsoft digital certificate to automatically install itself on targeted PCs, leading Microsoft to tweak Windows to receive a daily update listing untrusted certificates." InformationWeek 9:50 AM
"Firms wary of Microsoft security updates after Flame spoof" V3 12:00 PM
"World's first 'tax' on Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7: The Australian online retailer Kogan.com has introduced the world's first 'tax' on Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) browser." BBC 9:57 AM
"Australian company introduces world's first tax on Microsoft 'Internet Explorer 7' browser" The Independent 10:51 AM
"Online Retailer Imposes 'Internet Explorer 7 Tax'" PC Magazine 11:09 AM
"Yelp Will Put Its Reviews On Microsoft's Bing Local Pages" Bloomberg 9:38 AM
"Microsoft develops mood-matching ad engine: Feeling blue? Prozac ads heading your way, thanks to Redmond" The Register 11:58 AM
"HP, Oracle Fail to Settle Dispute Over Intel Itanium: Reports/A two-day break in the trial pitting HP against Oracle did not result in a settlement in the case, which focuses on Oracle's decision to stop software support of Itanium." eWeek 10:22 AM
"Dell And The Next Convergence Wave" InformationWeek 10:31 AM
"Dell Cloud descends on Europe (by way of Slough)" The Register 11:56 AM
"AMD, ARM, Imagination, MediaTek and Texas Instruments unleash the next era of computing innovation" DigiTimes 10:19 AM
"AMD launches next-generation AMD FirePro professional graphics card" DigiTimes 10:19 AM
"Why Intel needs smartphones more than they need Intel/The launch of the Orange San Diego, the first handset using an Intel Atom processor, marks a big milestone for the chipmaker: it's finally in the smartphone market. But does the market need Intel at all?" ZDNet UK 12:13 PM
"How the U.S Can Avoid a 'Cyber Cold War'" CIO 11:29 AM
"Innovation in the forecast at 'Cloud' conference: An important challenge for the future of enterprise cloud computing is balancing speed and agility with security, audit, and data controls -- all themes this week at an industry confab, Forecast 2012." CNET News 12:32 PM
"Hollywood romances Silicon Valley" MarketWatch 9:25 AM
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