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Thursday Highlights: Apple changed the world of computing by offering "the computer for the rest of us", now perhaps the company will change the United States corporate tax code while they're at it; Ireland claims no special tax deals given to Apple, "refuses to be US 'whipping boy'" in the Senate's Apple tax hunt; meanwhile, Apple said to be doubling lobbying expenditure over issues including taxes; a warning issued to Mac users not to become complacent over viruses, malware; Mactuts+ explains ins and outs for setting up your Mac for iOS AirPrinting; Macworld UK's Mark Hattersley answers questions for those who've held out upgrading to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion; Macworld features cover the usefulness of "About This Mac", and how you can do "more with Messages"; Adelaide's City Messenger posts photos from inside city's first Apple Store; Michael Gartenberg, analyst with Gartner, joins Apple's marketing team; Mailbox was acquired by Dropbox, new app released for iPads, founder interviewed by Business Insider, and Wired, app reviews from Techland, The Next Web, iDownload Blog; and maker of thin, tough cases, LifeProof, has been acquired by OtterBox, patent suit also settled; AppGratis hopes Android platform is the ticket to survival following ban on Apple's App Store; iWatch now said to be unveiled in late 2014 according to one analyst, may use tech from iPod Nano; Pfeiffer Consulting releases "user experience benchmarks" for 7" tablets; and Apple applies for Airplay interactivity, orientation audio adjustment, among other patents in our Hardware/Software section; KFSN TV on the Yellow Jacket stun gun case for iPhone; and here's a tutorial on saving PDFs on your iDevice to iBooks; TechCrunch says Microsoft's "cheap shot at the iPad" backfires, pointing out "exactly why the Surface sucks"; remember what life was like before smartphones?
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"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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