"iPhone 5 Map Flap Doesn't Stop Consumers: Potential buyers considering Apple's iPhone 5 don't see the Maps app as a showstopper problem, new research says." InformationWeek 8:31 AM
"Why Apple, Google & Microsoft Suddenly Want to Control Everything" TrustedReviews 8:47 AM
"The real price of an Apple iPhone: Foxconn workers reveal life of hell inside the iPhone factory/We go inside the Chinese factory where workers on 14-hour shifts assemble a phone every 30 seconds for less than £60 a week" Mirror Online UK 7:50 PM
"Apple to host October 23 event, iPad mini expected" Reuters 8:03 AM
"Apple iPad Mini Event Now Rumored for Oct. 23" eWeek 9:55 AM
"Rumored iPad mini event to be focused on iBooks and education as well as new hardware" iMore 8:15 AM
"iBooks said to be major focus at iPad mini event" iDownload Blog 8:33 AM
"Apple's iPad Mini Brackets Microsoft's Surface In The Tablet Media War" Forbes 8:30 AM
"iPad Mini: What We Know/Apple is still playing dumb about the iPad Mini, but enough information has emerged to paint a pretty solid picture." InformationWeek 9:25 AM
"Apple eyes 20 nm quad-core chips for next-gen iPad" TG Daily 9:06 AM
"Apple Finally Pays For Some Intellectual Property" Forbes 8:04 AM
"Apple agrees to licence Swiss railway clock in iOS 6" Crave @ CNET 8:56 AM
"The Best Thing About iPhone Is the Stuff Apple Doesn't Make" Cult of Mac 8:24 AM
"Understanding Apple – A Note on Style" The Motley Fool 8:05 AM
"Apple Sued for LED Lighting Found in iPad 3 & MacBook Pro" Patently Apple 8:21 AM
"Apple vs. Google is the Most Important Battle in Tech: The iPhone vs. Android fight is a dispute between two radically different visions for the future of computing." Time 10/12
"Apple Maps Issue Irrelevant as Massive iPhone 5 Buying Continues; Samsung By Far Best Positioned to Gain from Windows Phone 8" ChangeWave Research 10/12
"'Mapsgate' fails to dislocate iPhone 5 demand" Register Hardware 10/12
"For Apple, the iOS 6 Map Flap is just a mere speed bump: The miserable iOS 6 Maps rollout has given Apple a dose of reality orientation and badly-needed humility: when arrogance has been the company's operating principle. But at the end of the day, Cupertino will prevail." ZDNet 10/12
"iPhone 5 Usage Surpasses Samsung Galaxy S III Less than 3 Weeks on Market" Chitika 10/12
"Apple-Samsung Ruling Shows High Bar for Injunctions" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10/12
"Apple Likely to Unveil 'iPad Mini' at October 23 Event" AllThingsD 10/12
"Apple Said to Plan Oct. 23 Debut for Smaller IPad Tablet" Bloomberg 10/12
"Apple iPad mini rumors hum along" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 10/12
"iPad Mini Said to Have 7 to 8 Inch Screen" [Video Report] Bloomberg 10/12
"SBB and close from Apple license agreement. The Swiss Federal Railways SBB and Apple have reached an agreement on the use of the SBB station clock on devices like iPad and iPhone. That the two parties have governed in a license agreement." Google German-to-English: SBB 10/12
"Apple agrees on licensing terms for use of iconic Swiss clock design" The Verge 10/12
"iPad Mini on Deck? Tech Weekly Recap" TheStreet 9:07 AM
"Samsung's S3 Mini paves the way for an Apple battle royale: As technology becomes ever more pervasive, Samsung takes on Apple with a new smaller device that's the same size as the iPhone 5" Telegraph 8:21 AM
"Apple supplier refutes claim of suicide at China factory" IDG News Service 10/12
"It's a touchy subject, but passing the HSC takes one tablet: No child will live without an iPad by the year 2013. And no parent will be spared the expense of buying that iPad ... or, if their child is prone to losing things, insuring it." Sydney Morning Herald 10/12
"Several Schools in Australia Decide to go the iPad Way" PadGadget 10/12
"iPad installation in Virginia McDonalds first in US" Electronista 10/12
"Foxconn shares surge on brokerage report on iPhone orders" Reuters 10/12
"Apple rumored to be expanding iPhone production to Foxconn subsidiary" AppleInsider 10/12
"Days after Tim Cook's apology, Maps shows improvements" AppleTell 10/12
"Artist Files Copyright Suit against Apple for Retina Display Photo" Patently Apple 10/12
"Photographer sues Apple over promotional eyeball image" CNET News 10/12
"Steve Wozniak calls Apple arrogant: 'I wish the iPhone 5 was wider'" Macworld UK 10/12
"Walmart Sells iPad Box Filled With Notepads" Mashable 10/12
"New Lexus Ad Uses iPad To Animate Printed Page" Cult of Mac 10/12
"Amazon Web Services upgrades cloud-based Linux implementation: The company has added the R language as well as Apache 2.4 and PHP 5.4 with a new version of the Linux kernel" IDG News Service 10/12
"Facebook optimisation tests leaves some users locked out" V3 10/12
"Twitter users report Facebook down in Europe, Anonymous claims responsibility" CBS News 10/12
"Mozilla releases Firefox 16.0.1 to address four vulnerabilities" IDG News Service 10/12
"SAP CEO Tackles Tough Cloud Questions: Jim Haggeman Snabe discusses SAP's ongoing transformation and takes on Oracle's version of the truth in this video interview from the InformationWeek 500 conference." InformationWeek 10/12
"Google finalizes Web page speed module: The mod_pagespeed open source Apache module is now in use at more than 120,000 sites" InfoWorld 10/12
"Google Officially Speeds Up Web Page Loads: Google's mod_pagespeed software, finally exiting beta after two years, reduces load times of Web pages served by Apache Web servers by as much as 50%." InformationWeek 10/12
"Bromium Strengthens Desktop Security Using Virtualization" InformationWeek 10/12
"Best Buy ready for battle with Amazon on pricing" CNET News 10/12
"Sony reaches the Windows 8 finish line first with two quirky tablets" PCWorld 10/12
"Sony unveils clever take on the all-in-one computer with the Vaio Tap 20" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 10/12
"Infosys turns in lacklustre results, CFO steps down" ZDNet 10/12
"Podcast: Windows 8 vs. iPad, Wal-Mart vs. Amazon, and WhitePages CEO Alex Algard" GeekWire 11:51 AM
"Gene Steinberg meets Jim Dalrymple, of The Loop, and Michael Prospero, of Laptop magazine, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 10/12
"5by5 | The Critical Path #58: Going Commando: We discuss composing presentations on an iPad while on the road and, at long last, the completion of the Critical Path book. We examine Apple's honing technique in design, and how it contributes to forging products that are as uniquely experiential as the traditional samurai sword." asymco 10/12
"Podcast: Lightning Adapters, iPods, iPhone 5 Issues, + More" Insanely Great Mac 10/12
"Mysterious Green Glow seen on iPhone 5s" The Register 10/12
"Forget iPhone purple haze, now there's the green glow" CNET News 10/12
"Apple's Lightning to 30-pin adaptor 'beautifully manufactured' but difficult to mod: An expert looks inside the Lightning adapter to determine whether it is worth the £25 Apple charges" Macworld UK 10/12
"iPod touch glued together, difficult to repair and recycle" Macworld UK 10/12
"iPhone 5 keyboard glitch is software-related: Fix incoming" Electricpig 10/12
"TSMC Seen to be Sole 20nm Process Supplier to Apple Quad Processors" CENS 10/12
"Apple Reportedly Tapping TSMC for 20-nm Quad-Core Chips with Late 2013 Production" MacRumors 10/12
"Report: TSMC to begin making quad-core mobile chips for Apple beginning 2014" iDownload Blog 10/12
"Apple to drop chip-baking partnership with Samsung?" The Register 10/12
"Apple Reportedly Set to Sole-Source Quad-Core Chips From TSMC" The Mac Observer 10/12
"Korea-based panel makers expected to lose tablet panel market share in near future, say sources" ["The sources noted that Apple will most likely start using IGZO panels made by Sharp in the future for its next-generation iPad and is also allocating a large portion of its reported 7.85-inch panels to Taiwan-based AUO, which will further drop Korea-based panel makers' overall tablet panel shipment proportion."] DigiTimes 10/12
"New iPad leads surge in Vietnam tablet market, says IDC" DigiTimes 10/12
"Apple's iPad Sales Skyrocket in Vietnam While US Prepares for First-Strike Cyberattack" Patently Apple 10/12
"Do Apple Employees Need A Witness Protection Program?" Applepeels 8:30 AM
"MacOS KenDensed: iPad minis & Foxconn Fights" The Mac Observer 8:20 AM
"The iPad Kiosk: Landing at an Airport Near You: Over the next two years, expect to see iPads in airport waiting areas and restaurants for tracking flights, ordering food and surfing the Web. The deployment challenge? Keeping the iPads secure and keeping the supply chain moving." Computerworld New Zealand 10/12
"Apple Victimized by the Abilene Paradox" The Mac Observer 10/12
"Apple Maps confuse 'Batman': In one of several movie trailers parodies, Batman finds his path to justice foiled by Apple's iOS map app. Jack Nicholson finds a torrent of bad direction in 'The Shining' too." CNET News 10/12
"Did your Apple Lightning to 30-pin Adapter box arrive empty, too?" MacDailyNews 10/12
"Apple iPhone 5 Vs Blackberry: What Are the Odds?" VernonChan 10/12
"Life after Kickstarter: How Pro Pinball plans to return on iOS after failed Kickstarter campaign" RedBull UK 10/12
"Apple: make a keyboard cover for the iPad" ZDNet 10/12
"Apple's new iPad may be 'mini,' but it will soon be bigger than the full-sized model" BGR 10/12
"Customer support: Kudos to Apple: To say vendor customer support has gone down hill is an understatement. It is refreshing to come across a company that still appears to put helping the customer high on its list." ZDNet 10/12
"Apple's New Maps App May Need Work, But Its Turn-By-Turn Is Better Than Google's" Cult of Mac 10/12
"PCs Are So Dead That Even Apple Is Fading" The Motley Fool 10/12
"Design studio Teehan+Lax updates their great UI design templates for iOS 6 and iPhone 5" The Next Web 10/12
"Freebie Alert: 'Super Mega Worm' Goes On Sale" Touch Arcade 10/12
"Debuting the Vision Machine iPad app!" ["Speakers: Andy Ihnatko, Barrett Fox, David Libby, Greg Pak, Jonathan Coulton, Karim Ahmad, Phil LaMarr"] New York Comic Con 10/12
"Enjoy World Renown Art and Design on the iPad with Top Museum Apps" PadGadget 10/12
"iPad app listens to conversations, suggests topics" TUAW 10/12
"Angry Birds The Particle Physics Board Game: Rovio And CERN Collaborate On Making Learning Quantum Physics Fun" TechCrunch 10/12
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