"Next iPhone Has Thinner Screen: Apple Inc.'s AAPL next iPhone, currently being manufactured by Asian component makers, will use a new technology that makes the smartphone's screen thinner, people familiar with the matter said, as the U.S. technology giant strives to improve technological features amid intensifying competition from Samsung Electronics Co. and other rivals." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:19 AM
"Apple iPhone's New Screen: People familiar with the matter are telling the WSJ's Juro Osawa that Apple's next iPhone model could be thinner and lighter than Samsung's OLED-screen smartphones. What other features will Apple offer to try to stay on top?" [Video Report] WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:34 AM
"WSJ: Apple iPhone 5 production has begun, thinner than ever with in-cell display" Computerworld 8:13 AM
"Why launch a new Apple iPhone? You have to consider the very real peril in switching business models" The Guardian 8:37 AM
"HTC countersues Apple over two U.S. patents it recently acquired from HP: The latest escalation in the 'smartphone patent wars' is that HTC today brought infringement counterclaims against Apple in the Southern District of Florida over two patents it acquired from HP last December." Foss Patents 9:46 PM
"Steve Jobs admired Zuckerberg too much to compete with him: New commentary on relationship between Apple co-founder and Facebook co-founder comes to light." CNET News 8:15 PM
"Motorola Xoom Tablet Doesn't Infringe iPad, Says German Court" Dow Jones Newswires 11:50 AM
"Motorola Xoom doesn't copy Apple iPad, German court says" CNET News 11:51 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook is Bay Area's Highest Paid CEO" NBC Bay Area 8:39 AM
"Cook was 'best paid' CEO last year, report: Except, he wasn't really" Macworld UK 8:49 AM
"Think Different: Apple television could be lots of small screens that slot together/New report outlines a next-generation television that is made up of lots of screens working together. Is the 7in iPad and Apple Television going to be the same device" Macworld UK 8:48 AM
"Review: The App That Turns Your Mac Into A Motion Detector And Home Alarm System" NoodleMac 8:17 AM
"Typist helps you correct poor typing habits" Macworld 3:34 PM
"How To Use Your Mac To Brew Your Own Beer (and what it can do to your love life)" TeraTalks 8:18 AM
"6 Simple Ways To Protect Your Mac From Malware (all are free except one)" Mac 360 8:18 AM
"How Your Mac Can Speak To You In 79 Voices, In Multiple Languages, And Record The Voice As Audio" McSolo 8:18 AM
"Try The Free Way To Monitor Your Mac's CPU, RAM, Disk, And Internet Connection" BohemianBoomer 8:17 AM
"Try The Mac App That Helps You Automate And Schedule Music To Play In iTunes" Mac 360 8:17 AM
Op/Ed
"1Password on the Mac App Store: Roustem Karimov of AgileBits tweeted that the latest 1Password update was rejected for sandboxing entitlements" Macdrifter 8:57 AM
Press Releases
"Steam's summer sale is great for Mac gamers" CNET Reviews 3:32 PM
"Firefox 14 Released For Windows, Mac, Linux - Download Now!" Redmond Pie 3:34 PM
"Mozilla releases Firefox 14 and encrypts Google searches by default" The Inquirer 2:35 PM
"Firefox 14 rolls out: Google searches default to HTTPS, OS X Lion users get fullscreen support" Engadget 2:34 PM
"1Password for Mac OS X Gets Retina Display Support" iClarified 11:54 AM
"Apple's iPod line: A $7.5 billion business that gets no respect/Sales may be falling, but they still represent nearly 10% of the company's revenue stream" Fortune 11:53 AM
"Piper Jaffray: 80 million iPhone 5s sales are already 'in the bag'" Fortune 9:08 AM
"Apple killing PC market in year of the iPad, analyst: Apple eating away at PC sales with iPad - expected to sell 60 million this year, analyst" Macworld UK 8:51 AM
"Munster: Apple's Next iPhone Is Already The Best Selling Phone Of All Time" Business Insider 11:53 AM
"Apple: Report 65% Of Phone Owners Plan To Buy iPhone Next" Forbes 8:54 AM
"Nielsen Shows Android & iOS Running Away in Q2" The Mac Observer 7:28 PM
"Apple-EPEAT dustup points to 'ultra' green challenges: EPEAT needs to reassess its green registry criteria as more hardware vendors embrace ultrathin laptop designs" InfoWorld 12:15 PM
"Apple rolls over on EPEAT. Next: O2's 40 million subscribers?" ZDNet 7:37 PM
"Apple Perfectionism: Its New Soho Store & Giant Pieces of Glass" The Next Web 9:20 AM
"Former Apple Executive Bertrand Serlet Joins Parallels Board of Directors: Distinguished industry veteran and former head of software engineering at Apple bolsters Parallels board with decades of industry expertise" Business Wire 8:21 AM
"Former Apple VP Bertrand Serlet Joins Board of Parallels" AllThingsD 8:22 AM
"Former Apple VP joins Board at Parallels" ZDNet 8:39 AM
"Former Apple VP Bertrand Serlet Joins Parallels Board" The Mac Observer 8:22 AM
"Former iAd VP at Apple picked up as CEO of Leap Motion" 9 to 5 Mac 12:26 PM
"Former Mac OS X Chief Joins Parallels Board" PC Magazine 3:37 PM
"Former iAd Chief Andy Miller Joins 3D Motion Control Company Leap Motion" MacRumors 12:57 PM
"Former Apple iAd Exec Leaps to 3D Motion Control" The Mac Observer 3:07 PM
"Robotics in Action: The Science and Technology of Robots With the Help of Apple" MacDirectory 1:52 PM
"AT&T CEO says too early to talk about Facetime pricing" CNET News 9:16 PM
"AT&T could be preparing to charge extra for iOS 6 FaceTime over cellular" iMore 8:58 AM
"Will AT&T charge you for FaceTime over its network?" CNET News 11:51 AM
"AT&T May Charge For iOS 6 FaceTime Over 3G" InformationWeek 11:52 AM
"New iOS 6 Beta Hints That AT&T May Charge For FaceTime Over 3G" TechCrunch 2:53 PM
"Sprint Woos iPhone 5 Buyers With Unlimited Plans Despite LTE Disadvantage" TheStreet 8:39 AM
"Unique Storefront Mosaic Announces Future Store" ifoAppleStore 8:53 AM
"How Steve Wozniak Became the Genius Who Invented the Personal Computer" Gizmodo 12:18 PM
"The Amazing Contents of Steve Wozniak's Travel Backpack" Gizmodo 9:22 AM
"Woz Got Your Email. Trust Us." PC Magazine 4:11 PM
"Steve Wozniak Tells Us Why He's Never Done LSD" Business Insider 12:57 PM
"Oh, no, RIM: Marissa Mayer's husband dumps BlackBerry for iPhone" The Guardian 8:58 AM
"The Appleization of Nordstrom and Home Depot" The Motley Fool 11:53 AM
"iPhotography: Find Peace With These 12 Soothing Sunsets" [Slideshow] Mashable 8:38 AM
Non-Apple News
"Firefox 14 encrypts Google searches by default" ZDNet 2:59 PM
"Rare Video Game Collection Sells for $1.2 Million on eBay" Time 2:28 PM
"Your Laptop Can Now Analyze Big Data: New software makes it possible to do in minutes on a small computer what used to be done by large clusters of computers." Technology Review 2:20 PM
"Supercomputer mimics common cold in search for way to treat it" Sydney Morning Herald 2:02 PM
"Student proposes C60-based molecular transistor" EE Times 1:57 PM
"Fujitsu to Launch Smartphone for the Elderly" IDG News Service 12:53 PM
"One of the World's Largest Spam Botnets Still Alive After Suffering Significant Blow" IDG News Service 12:51 PM
"Valve Moves Forward With Steam for Linux" PC Magazine 12:48 PM
"Allan Snavely, Lawrence Livermore Lab CTO, Dies Unexpectedly" InformationWeek 11:57 AM
"Cyborg Discrimination? Scientist Says McDonald's Staff Tried To Pull Off His Google-Glass-Like Eyepiece, Then Threw Him Out" Forbes 11:51 AM
"VMware 'Replaces CEO' On Flight To The Clouds" Wired Magazine 2:45 PM
"EMC President Gelsinger Named VMware CEO" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:41 PM
"Report: Yahoo!'s Board Unfazed by New CEO's Pregnancy" FOXBusiness 11:55 AM
"For Yahoo CEO, Two New Roles: Marissa Mayer, Who Was Named to Top Post Monday, Is Expecting Her First Child in October" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:41 PM
"Marissa Mayer, New Yahoo CEO, Is Pregnant" Mashable 10:55 AM
"Mayer outlines plans to revive Yahoo" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:45 AM
"Peter Thiel To Eric Schmidt: Admit It, Google Is No Longer A Technology Company" TechCrunch 2:17 PM
"Chrome Locks Down Non-Approved Extensions" Techworld 12:52 PM
"Shackleton and Scott's Antarctic huts are put online by Google" BBC 10:57 AM
"iPhone 5 to be skinniest Apple yet Shock" Register Hardware 8:23 AM
"Next iPhone to Use In-Cell Tech for Thinner, Superior Display" The Mac Observer 8:33 AM
"iPhone 5 to utilize in-cell touch technology for thinner screen" Network World 10:20 AM
"Report: The Next-Gen iPhone Will Have A Thinner, Higher Quality Display" TechCrunch 8:43 AM
"iPhone 5 Display To Use In-Cell Tech" InformationWeek 11:52 AM
"iPhone 5 release date looms, networks stock up on nano-SIMs" Crave @ CNET 8:33 AM
"Apple is Reinventing the iPhone's Touchscreen Technology" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 9:20 AM
"Apple Adds Shared Photo Streams and VIP Mail to iPhone 3GS with iOS 6 Beta 3" MacRumors 8:38 PM
"Both ultrabook, MacBook Air shipments to swell in 2013" CNET News 8:45 PM
"MacBook Sales Get a Boost From Spring Refresh" AllThingsD 8:33 AM
"Google Chrome For iOS Only Owns 10.3% Of Third-Party Browser Market" Cult of Mac 7:37 PM
"Chrome accounts for 10.3% of third-party browsers on iOS" iDownload Blog 7:37 PM
Granted Apple Patents
"Apple Wins Patents Relating to OpenCL & Unreleased Dock" Patently Apple 10:19 AM
"Apple Wins another Major iPhone & iOS Interface Patent" Patently Apple 8:46 AM
"Intellectual Properly: Apple patents disappearing vertical scroll indicator" The Verge 8:30 PM
"Apple Granted Patent for Disappearing Scrollbar" The Mac Observer 8:31 PM
"Apple Working On Slot Antennas For Electronic Devices" MacNews 10:20 AM
"Apple Granted Patent For Power Adapters For Peripheral Devices" MacNews 9:40 AM
"Apple Wins a User-Interface Patent That Smartphone Copycats Should Fear" Wired 2:49 PM
AppleCare/Helps
"2012 MacBook Air plagued by audio noise with Apple's Thunderbolt display: A driver-related bug appears to be causing progressive audio garbling and static." CNET Reviews 3:28 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
"SushiGoRound! For iPhone Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:18 AM
"Night Shot HDR For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:18 AM
"Minecart Chase For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:18 AM
"Apple's iPhone 5: The Last Hurrah Of The Smart Phone Generation" PixoBebo 8:18 AM
Non-Apple
"Sony SmartWatch Review: Maybe the Worst Thing Sony Has Ever Made" Gizmodo 6:54 PM
"Microsoft Windows Security is an Afterthought" Rixstep 6:53 PM
"Securing your data: Encrypted USB flash drives -- part 2" ZDNet 3:00 PM
"Nokia's Lumia 900: What Went Wrong" Techland 2:29 PM
"The Connected Viewer: More Than 50% Of Cellphone Owners Now Use Their Phones While Watching TV" TechCrunch 2:16 PM
"Perfect storm for managed service, co-lo and cloud industries: Analyst predicts outsourcing of IT will be dominant trend for years to come" Network World 12:54 PM
"Think through your cloud plans -- or else" InfoWorld 12:02 PM
"Secure or not? 10 spot checks will tell you: You don't need a high-powered consultant to determine whether your security sucks. Try this simple checklist instead" InfoWorld 12:01 PM
"Can You Take A Vacation From Tech?" InformationWeek 11:57 AM
"The bane of IT departments: You" Fortune 11:54 AM
"Chip sales likely slowed in June, says analyst" EE Times 11:33 AM
"4 ways to help recover compromised social media accounts" Detroit Free Press 11:20 AM
"Oracle Big Data Study Shows Longtime Pain: C-level execs say they're collecting more data than ever, but 93% also say they can't take full advantage of that information." InformationWeek 10:43 AM
"Marissa Mayer Has To Pull A Steve Jobs If She's Going To Turn Yahoo Around" Business Insider 9:14 AM
"New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is no Sorkin hero" I, Cringely 8:52 AM
"Well, there's ONE Apple lawsuit Google doesn't have to worry about" Macenstein 8:55 AM
"Nexus 7 Unboxing Montage: Google claims that its new Nexus 7 Android 'Jelly Bean'-powered tablet is easy to use, but it seems that getting it out of the box is quite a challenge for some. I usually don't care for unboxing videos, but I believe that the unboxing experience for any new bit of kit is important, and that companies should put though into making it as pleasant as experience as possible." Forbes 8:35 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Apple unveils low-cost Cornea display" Scoopertino 11:55 AM
"iDockit Retro-Style Docking Stations for iPad and iPhone" The Gadgeteer 6:54 PM
"Best iPad accessories: The iPad doesn't need much in the way of extras, but these essential peripherals are, for the most part, highly useful (the iCade's just fun)." CNET Reviews 3:29 PM
"HUEBRIX Coming to iOS, Droid, and Mac: Best Puzzle Game Ever. Or is that just HUEBRIX?" Yellow Monkey Studios 3:03 PM
"iPhone Mobile App 'UrFace' Allows Users to Send Personalized Emoticons Through MMS, SMS, and Email" PRWeb 3:02 PM
"10 Best (and Worst) Batman Apps for iPhone, iPad and Android" Techland 2:33 PM
"Tom Hanks' 'Electric City' App And Game Arrives For iOS" App Advice 12:26 PM
"Twelve South presents the 'little black' BookBook for iPhone." Twelve South 12:24 PM
"GoSmart Launches GoSmart Stylus - Smoothest, Most Precise Stylus for iPad and Other Touchscreen Devices" Thomas PR 12:16 PM
"Make Easy Diptych & Triptychs of Your iPhone Photos with Diptic App" OS X Daily 11:57 AM
"iOS, Android App From Verizon, Zipit Enables Secure Messaging in Health Care" eWeek 11:52 AM
"QuickerTek announces solar chargers for Apple MacBooks" Insanely Great Mac 9:33 AM
"Little Masters Is The Closest You'll Get To Pokemon On iOS" Cult of Mac 9:20 AM
"Julie Kuehl Cloud Apps, Tweetbot on The Tech Lounge" The Mac Observer 9:15 AM
"Hunting and Fishing Games For Lovers of the Great Outdoors" PadGadget 9:04 AM
"Telegraph Clearing 2012 iPhone app preview" Telegraph 9:03 AM
"Recce-London is an iOS 3D map to savor and enjoy" TUAW 8:57 AM
"Sonos Retina-ifys Their iPad App" TechCrunch 8:42 AM
"Send messages with file attachments in a secure environment" Help Net Security 8:33 AM
"Apps Genius Debuts New Game and Signs Strategic Marketing Agreement: 'Totem Time Bomb' Addictive Puzzle Game Now Available For iPhone/iPad" Business Wire 8:33 AM
"OnApp Cloud v3.0 Accelerates Cloud Adoption with VMware Support" Business Wire 8:33 AM
"My Xbox LIVE app adds iPad support in 1.6 update" Engadget 8:44 AM
"Micorosft brings Xbox Live to the Apple Ipad" The Inquirer 8:33 AM
"Cafe4tune Adds Coffee Man Game and Karaoke to 3D Social Network" prMac 11:57 AM
"Appsequence Announces New Update For SalaryBook iPhone Timetracker" prMac 8:32 AM
"SEAL Fitness Challenge for iOS: Exercise Program Based on SEAL Training" prMac 8:32 AM
"CodeSpot Mobile launched Pactap: Capture the ghosts on iTunes App Store" prMac 8:32 AM
"Microsoft says fixing browser issue as EU opens probe" Reuters 10:27 AM
"Microsoft May See $7.4B Antitrust Fine: Software maker admits it failed to comply with 2009 European agreement under which it pledged to make alternatives to Internet Explorer easily available in all versions of Windows." InformationWeek 11:57 AM
"Microsoft could owe billions in another antitrust battle" CNNMoney 9:32 AM
"European Commission investigates Microsoft's browser choice commitments: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 may not comply with a 2009 antitrust settlement, the Commission says" IDG News Service 11:12 AM
"EU begins investigation of Microsoft for failing to offer choice of browsers, as promised" Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 9:53 AM
"EU Investigates Microsoft Over Browser Access" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:38 AM
"EU on Microsoft Browser Ballot Bungle: There Could Be Severe Consequences" AllThingsD 10:24 AM
"Microsoft 'didn't notice' it had removed Browser Choice for 17 months" The Register 2:37 PM
"Judge stays Microsoft-Motorola non-FRAND federal claims, Android import ban takes effect" Foss Patents 9:29 AM
"Microsoft Office 2013 Built For Social Sharing: Social and cloud collaboration star in both the new consumer version of Office 365, enabled by SkyDrive and Skype, and the business versions built around SharePoint and Lync." InformationWeek 10:44 AM
"Microsoft throws hardware partners a bone, includes Office Home and Student 2013 with all Windows RT devices" ZDNet 3:01 PM
"Skype releases fix for text, chat bug" CBS News 11:05 AM
"Skype Puts Out a Fix for Messaging Bug" AllThingsD 9:49 AM
"Torvalds bemoans size of RC7 for Linux kernel Version 3.5: Linus Torvalds says 'Not cool, guys' about extensive changes and fixes that inflated the size of release candidate No. 7 for Version 3.5 of the Linux kernel" Network World 12:02 PM
"Tech giants urge passage of STEM green card bill: 'Diversity lottery' program would end and those visas would be reallocated to the STEM graduates under the legislation" Computerworld 11:11 AM
"What to Expect from Tech Earnings Week" [Video Report] Bloomberg 10:13 AM
"Tech profits: Expect more deceleration" MarketWatch 9:49 AM
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