"Kodak Loses Patent Case Against Apple, RIM: Eastman Kodak Co. has lost a patent case against Apple Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd., dealing a blow to the onetime film giant's efforts to raise billions of dollars by selling off its intellectual property." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:45 PM
"Kodak suffers blow as patent in Apple, RIM case is ruled invalid" CNET News 9:10 PM
"Why Apple TV is more than a hobby: Apple TV can complement a home entertainment system in more ways than one" TechRadar UK 11:31 AM
"Apple may see iPhone 'speed bump': Wall Street expects sales to slow in June quarter ahead of iPhone 5" MarketWatch 8:48 AM
"Which way will Apple move after Tuesday's earnings report? Bernstein's Toni Sacconaghi and Bullish Cross' Andy Zaky offer sharply contrasting views" Fortune 8:48 AM
"4 Reasons Apple Will Earn More Than $10.38 a Share" The Motley Fool 9:07 PM
"Google Says Some Apple Inventions Are So Great They Ought to Be Shared" AllThingsD 10:11 AM
"Apple blasts Google for re-classing iPhone tech as 'standard'" SlashGear 11:31 AM
"Google admits failure in copying iOS, excuses its patent infringement with Communist rhetoric" RoughlyDrafted Magazine 5:32 PM
"Apple and Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility both appeal Judge Posner's ruling" Foss Patents 3:01 PM
"Apple, Google appeal Posner's toss-out of patent case/Both companies appeal Judge Richard Posner's dismissal ruling, which some have seen as a possible catalyst for a patent-system overhaul. Also: Google argues that tech that catches on with consumers should be seen by the courts as a de facto standard." CNET News 6:48 PM
"Where Microsoft Has 'More Taste' Than Apple" Cult of Mac 11:00 AM
"1 Little Secret to Apple's Big Success" The Motley Fool 8:48 AM
"The Macalope Weekly: Climb every mole hill" Macworld 10:57 AM
"Sen. to DoJ: Get Off Apple's Case or Risk Creating a Monopoly/New York Senator Charles Schumer has spoken up in regard to the U.S. Department of Justice's case against Apple and book publishers over an alleged conspiracy to fix e-book prices. Pursing the case, Schumer said, will prove to be counterproductive. In his view, prosecuting Apple and its partner publishers will serve more to create a monopoly than eliminate one." MacNewsWorld 7/20
"Why Apple Stands Apart From the Competition" Tech.pinions 7/20
"Four Super-Charged Apple Catalysts Going into Year End...psst It is Not Just the Mini iPad" Forbes 7/20
"Ni Hao, Siri! Apple Woos Asia, In Two Charts" NPR 7/20
"Apple's latest iPad makes low-key debut in China" Reuters 7/20
"Apple's new iPad launches in China with short queues and no chaos" The Next Web 7/20
"New iPad goes on sale in China after suit settled" Associated Press 7/20
"Apple, Samsung Patent Fight Draws Blood: Apple and Samsung were each handed victories and defeats in court this week ahead of a patent trial scheduled to begin July 30." InformationWeek 7/20
"Judge Koh rejects Samsung's additional claim construction proposals ten days before trial" Foss Patents 7/20
"Judge denies two more Samsung proposals ahead of jury trial" AppleInsider 7/20
"Thermonuclear Threat Defused in Apple-Samsung Case" AllThingsD 7/20
"Munich court to decide on Apple's overscroll bounce patent in Motorola case on August 9" Foss Patents 7/20
"Apple Profits Will Prove Analysts Wrong Again" Money Morning 7/20
"FY 12 Third Quarter Results Conference Call" ["Where: Via conference call. The dial-in number for press is (877) 616-0062 (toll-free) or (719) 219-0039. Please enter confirmation code 691025. When: Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 2:00 p.m. PDT/5:00 p.m. EDT"] Apple 7/20
"Google acquires Sparrow, the star third-party iOS and Mac email client, will integrate into Gmail" 9 to 5 Google 7/20
"Google snatches up Sparrow team to work on Gmail" CNET News 7/20
"Sparrow's Awesome Email Clients Are Now Property of Google" Gizmodo 7/20
"Google Buys Sparrow Email App: A Trojan Horse for Google+?" ReadWriteWeb 7/20
"Google acquires hot iOS & Mac e-mail client Sparrow" VentureBeat 7/20
"Sparrow flies into Google's roost as email app gets acquired" GigaOM 7/20
"Microsoft backtracks on Macs and Office 365: Now says that Office for Mac will be offered 'at no additional cost' to subscribers of Office 365 pay-as-you-go plans" Computerworld 7/20
"OS X v10.8 Mountain Lion to launch July 25th?" AppleTell 7/20
"Apple's new patent hints at Collaborative Media Production with Final Cut Pro" fcp.co 7/20
"Apple Granted Patent for Final Cut Pro Collaborative Editing" Patently Apple 7/20
"Try Firefox OS, Mozilla's iOS Competitor, Now On Your Mac" Cult of Mac 7/20
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/We answer questions about upgrading to Mountain Lion and setting up backups on an internal hard drive." CNET Reviews 7/20
"Bugs & Fixes: Two iTunes Match problems" Macworld 7/20
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Fix Stuck Podcast, Music, and Video Downloads in iOS" OS X Daily 3:01 PM
"Append to Dropbox Note with Drafts App" Macdrifter 6:56 PM
"Hide Anything from Spotlight in Mac OS X with the Library Folder" OS X Daily 6:56 PM
"How To prepare your Mac for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: Apple's next major operating system upgrade is just around the corner, making the upcoming days a perfect time to prepare." CNET Reviews 7/20
"Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion GM: using iCloud as the smart, automated way to store documents" AppleInsider 7/20
"Fireworks CS6 mobile design focus forms linchpin of new strategy" Macworld 7/20
"Personal Capital web-based financial management tool" Macworld 7/20
"Got A New Mac? Here's How To Get Mountain Lion For Free" Cult of Mac 7/20
"Mac OS X Mountain Lion, Apple's iCloud, And The Future Of Document Storage" Mac 360 7/20
"'Sacrifice another goat! iCloud is Apple's biggest failure before Google/Open ... and Shut For a company that prides itself on craftsmanship and a beautiful user experience, Apple's cloud services continue to be more than a blemish on the company's reputation. They are a serious black hole." The Register 7/20
"Apple's new patent: Final Cut Pro X is a platform" alex4d 7/20
"How The Mac App Store Changed How I Take Digital Photos" PixoBebo 7/20
"Microsoft's First Quarterly Loss Ever, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Coming July 25?, and More" Low End Mac 7/20
Press Releases
"Tweetbot for Mac alpha updated with notifications, keyboard shortcuts, performance improvements" 9 to 5 Mac 1:14 PM
"Evernote updates Safari browser extension with auto-tag, shared notebook support" The Verge 9:12 AM
"Bring OS X Lion's Mission Control Window Preview Feature to Windows" Lifehacker 7/20
"Firefox 15 Beta For Windows, OS X, Linux Now Available For Download" Redmond Pie 7/20
"Mireth Technology updates Shredit X for Mountain Lion - Version 6.0.3 released" Mireth Technology 7/20
"SyncMate 4 Beta press release: iCloud, Yahoo!, BlackBerry, Google Drive support is added!" Eltima Software 7/20
"ChronoSync and ChronoAgent Updated For Mountain Lion" Econ Technologies 7/20
"VLC 2.0.3 improves Mountain Lion, Windows 8 support" BetaNews 7/20
"Jumsoft's Template Set for MS Word Available on the Mac App Store" prMac 7/20
"Coherent Graphics updates Proview PDF Editor for the Mac to Version 1.5" prMac 7/20
"How a Cellphone's Case Can Imitate Its Maker" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3:29 PM
"Opera says iOS is still top platform for mobile advertising" iDownload Blog 8:55 AM
"Seven Apple stories we liked around the Web this week: NFC on the iPhone, an app to find cancer, and more." Ars Technica 10:17 AM
"20th Century Fox movies now available in the iCloud" AppleTell 9:11 AM
"Australian airline to serve up in-flight entertainment via iPads" iDownload Blog 8:55 AM
"ESPN Explains How to Watch ESPN on the Web – If You're Paying for Cable" AllThingsD 8:57 PM
"Netflix, YouTube top apps for smart-TV users" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:45 AM
"iOS remains more lucrative than Android, study finds: Advertisers are willing to pay more for ads on the iPad than on the iPhone, but both mobile devices top Android" IDG News Service 7/20
"Dropbox says no evidence of hack in investigation of spam" IDG News Service 9:15 AM
"A Plea to Fix Firefox: Mozilla must fix the ever-crashing Firefox browser before it's too late." PC Magazine 7/20
"In First, Software Emulates Lifespan of Entire Organism" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7/20
"SMS gets synchronized in the cloud" TG Daily 7/20
"Analyst: Game consoles will be de-throned by connected TVs" TG Daily 7/20
"No News Is Good News? Dropbox Says No Intrusions Found, Investigation Continues" TechCrunch 7/20
"Like what you see on TV? Buy it now.: New technology allows TV viewers to buy what they see on the screen -- without getting up from the couch." Fortune 7/20
"Eidos Life President Ian Livingstone On The Future of Games, The Resale Issue, and Zombies" Forbes 7/20
"Nexus 7 sees 'incredible demand', sells out at major retailers" ZDNet 7/20
"Google Raises the Maps Bar" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7/20
"Google shakes up Android Jelly Bean to fend off malware meanies: Android Jelly Bean 4.1 promises to be more secure than previous versions of the Google's mobile OS." The Register 7/20
"HTC confirms Android 4.1 update for One X, One S, One XL" CNET News 7/20
"Groupiter makes workflow as simple as Dropbox" CNET News 7/20
"Comcast reportedly prepping a 305 Mbps Internet service" CNET News 7/20
"Marissa Mayer to Yahoo troops: 'Keep moving'" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7/20
"eXtensions Podcast #2012 6 -The Bangkok-based eXtensions podcast based on the week's Cassandra columns and whatever else I throw in." eXtensions 11:38 AM
"MAZ, the iPad magazine publishing startup" Business Insider 8:36 AM
"John Martellaro Ponders Purrs & Patent Portfolios: John Martellaro, Senior Editor, Analysis & Reviews for The Mac Observer will chat with Gene Steinberg of the Tech Night Owl LIVE on Saturday night, July 21 at 10 PM EDT on GCN Radio" The Mac Observer 7/20
"Gene Steinberg meets Laptop magazine's Avram Piltch, The Mac Observer's John Martellaro, and Macworld's Dan Frakes this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7/20
"The Future of Apple: A panel session at Fortune Brainstorm Tech" asymco 7/20
"AT&T Shared Data Plans, Day Z, EPEAT Repeat, iMac updates? + more! (Podcast)" Insanely Great Mac 7/20
"TUAW and MacTech interview: Southern Stars" TUAW 7/20
"Apple's iOS App Store Goes Down For Many Across the World" The Next Web 9:03 AM
"Apple suggests temporary fix for in-app purchase fraud" Crave @ CNET 8:41 AM
"Apple iTV to be US-only at launch?" Stuff Magazine 7/20
"Another AMD engineer goes to Apple: Apple has an affinity for AMD chip engineers. The latest hire has lots of experience with graphics chips, an area that Apple is focusing on now with its A series processors." CNET News 7/20
"Apple's iOS 6 does not have a virtual limit on apps: A claim that Apple's next major iOS release cannot handle more than 500 installed apps without crashing is under question." CNET News 7/20
"iOS 6 limits the number of your apps, but fix is on the way" CNET News 7/20
"iOS 6 may have the answer to how many apps are enough" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7/20
"Apple iOS6: You Can Have Too Many Apps" Forbes 7/20
"Apple to close in-app purchase hack in iOS 6, offers interim fix: Apple has laid out a new support document that tells developers how to protect their apps from a hack that made in-app purchases free. The company also said it will be patched in iOS 6." CNET News 7/20
"Apple Says In-App Purchasing Exploit Will Be Fixed In iOS 6, iOS Developers Given Temporary Fix" Cult of Mac 7/20
"TV brands hope to profit off smart TV alliances" ["The sources said the alliances are also forming as Apple is preparing to release a smart TV. Due to Apple's influence in the market, the sources fear it will further dominate the smart TV market, which is estimated to reach a 40% penetration rate by 2014."] DigiTimes 7/20
"Foxconn is reportedly aiming to acquire board seat at Sharp" DigiTimes 7/20
"Apple Seeks to Trademark their Classic Startup Chime for Macs" Patently Apple 7/20
"Apple Should Switch Chips for the iPhone 5" The Motley Fool 7:44 PM
"Steve Jobs Knew Apple Couldn't Compete in This Sector/There are some areas where Steve Jobs knew he shouldn't take Apple. He knew search was Google's turf, and even though Apple launched iAd for mobile advertising, which competes with Google, that was always primarily for the benefit for developers for app monetization." The Motley Fool 7:43 PM
"iOS is more profitable ad platform than Android, but for how long?" BetaNews 6:57 PM
"What happens to the iPod touch in a post-iPad mini world?" iMore 6:57 PM
"Google Praises Apple, Says Apple Should Share Its Inventions" iPhoneinCanada 3:29 PM
"Why the mini-tablet is the children's toy of the year: Small touch tablets will utterly dominate holiday gift sales to children this year, and will become as much a part of kids' culture as Barbie and LEGO." Computerworld 8:46 AM
"iPhone Is Best Mobile Advertising Platform, Says Opera Software [Report] Cult of Mac 7/20
"AT&T's new Mobile Share plan: Who wins and who loses" CNET News 7/20
"Opinion: It's a trap! Beware carriers' new unlimited talk and text plans" ["Analysts who have studied the plans agree: If you aren't already on an unlimited talk and texting plan, shared data plans will actually cost you more money — often, a lot more money. Being for-profit businesses, carriers of course love pulling down more dough, but even more than that, they like the idea of getting you used to paying for unlimited talk and text. That's because talk and text deliver insane profit margins. It is a cash cow for carriers, and the cow's milk is running dry."] Digital Trends 7/20
"Got Butterfingers? Get A Nexus 7 Instead Of An iPad [Video] Cult of Mac 7/20
"Verizon and the Ferengi rules of acquisition/Summary: I closed my Verizon FIOS account in April 2011. I am owed a refund. I've gone round and round with Verizon's automated response system, with their representatives and still can't get a refund." ZDNet 8:54 AM
"First Thunderbird, now Sparrow? We need e-mail clients, please: CNET's Rafe Needleman hopes Google's acquisition of Sparrow doesn't spell the end of competition among desktop e-mail software vendors." CNET News 7/20
"Smartphones of Summer: The 12 Hottest Handhelds/The 12 best high-end smartphones available this summer season, from handset makers Samsung, Motorola, Apple, HTC, Nokia and more." [Slideshow] CIO 7/20
"The 20 best tech wins of 2012 (so far)" [Slideshow] PCWorld 7/20
"Who's embracing BYOD? Probably not who you think" InfoWorld 7/20
"The Death of SEO: The Rise of Social, PR, and Real Content" Forbes 7/20
"Yahoo Heroine Mayer Boards Ship Lost In Space: As dramatic narrative, it doesn't get much better than this. Here's why we must root for Yahoo's heroic young CEO to save the day." InformationWeek 7/20
"Marissa Mayer Is Not The Exception - She Is The Norm" Forbes 7/20
"As Windows 8 Looms, Tech Investors Hold Their Breath: PC sales are reeling, hit by wholesale defections to smartphones and tablets. Win 8 could re-energize the market. Is it too late for Hewlett-Packard and Dell?" Barron's 8:39 AM
"Can a former Clinton spinmeister make Microsoft cool? Political operative Mark Penn helped Bill and Hillary Clinton; Tony Blair; and Bill Gates. Can he do as much to help Microsoft?" CNET News 8:43 AM
"Microsoft opens a new Office: Microsoft may have just announced its first ever loss, but Office remains its biggest earner. Matt Warman reports on the new version" Telegraph 9:11 AM
"Microsoft shows Office Web Apps updates: New version of browser-based, cloud-hosted suite improves performance and collaboration" IDG News Service 9:21 AM
"All Windows 8 apps will offer a try-it-before-you-buy-it feature" Today in Tech 9:04 AM
"Buying Yammer For $1.2 Billion Still Won't Protect Microsoft From This Disruptive Startup" Business Insider 9:22 AM
"Microsoft apologises for 'big boobs' software code" Crave @ CNET 9:07 AM
"Microsoft releases patch to fix 'big boobs' code string" Metro UK 9:21 AM
"AMD plunges on predicted chip sales slump: Demand for products hurt by slower growth in China and problems in Europe" Bloomberg 9:20 AM
"EU wants Google concessions for all platforms: sources" Reuters 8:39 AM
"Google shares rise as strong ad business eases macro fears" Reuters 9:18 AM
"Google opens year-long Web Lab exhibition at the Science Museum: A series of 'interactive Chrome Experiments' have taken up residence in a basement gallery at the Science Museum." Telegraph 9:11 AM
"He's Watching That, in Public? Pornography Takes Next Seat" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:45 AM
"How can I secure my laptop lead: Getting a secure connection between a laptop and a projector is troubling for one reader." Telegraph 9:11 AM
"25 Ways Marissa Mayer Can Turn! Yahoo! Around! (Spoof)" Forbes 8:40 AM
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