"First in Line: What does an Apple advertisement campaign tell us about the changing nature of work?" ["Apple is the cool boss to Microsoft's authoritarian: there's a beer cooler in the breakroom, and everyone calls him by his first name, but, unlike the corporate managers, he just can't afford to provide you with health care or dental or a retirement plan. 'But it's cool, he's so nice, and the office is really open, he lets us telecommute three days a week, and I just really like working somewhere where I get to be creative and respected at the same time.' You do. You love being creative for your work. You love your job. That's why you've got a Mac."] Jacobin Magazine 10:39 AM
"Google says Judge Posner's ruling is like a 'policy paper on what FRAND should or could be'" Foss Patents 10:43 AM
"Apple Snags Chip Engineer From Rival Samsung: Apple has hired Jim Mergard, a one-time AMD employee, from its rival Samsung, highlighting the growing competition for top chip engineers." eWeek 10:38 AM
"Apple iPad mini appears in Media Markt inventory in cellular and WiFi flavors, $250-650 price range" Engadget 1:25 PM
"iPad Mini configurations and prices reportedly revealed" CNET News 9:18 PM
"Retailer purports to show 'iPad mini' in Wi-Fi, cellular models priced from 250-650 euros" AppleInsider 1:27 PM
"iPad Mini models, pricing reportedly leaked" GigaOM 1:28 PM
"Why the iPad mini? One word: Textbooks" TUAW 8:32 PM
"Will the iPad mini cost $840? Apple price details leak ahead of gadget's '23 October launch'" Daily Mail (UK) 9:03 PM
"iPad Helps Duke University Team Keep an Eye on Your Heart" Newswise 10:41 AM
"iPhone 5 owners complain of 'green glow', exchange handsets" Crave @ CNET 10:53 AM
"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 10/13
"Why Apple, Google & Microsoft Suddenly Want to Control Everything" TrustedReviews 10/13
"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 10/13
"Apple to host October 23 event, iPad mini expected" Reuters 10/13
"Apple iPad Mini Event Now Rumored for Oct. 23" eWeek 10/13
"Rumored iPad mini event to be focused on iBooks and education as well as new hardware" iMore 10/13
"iBooks said to be major focus at iPad mini event" iDownload Blog 10/13
"Apple's iPad Mini Brackets Microsoft's Surface In The Tablet Media War" Forbes 10/13
"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 10/13
"Apple preparing to soon accept Apple Store payment cards via Passbook" 9 to 5 Mac 6:57 PM
"Reuters reaffirms reports of October 23 Apple event" iDownload Blog 10:13 AM
"Beijing's third Apple Store now official, opening Saturday" 9 to 5 Mac 9:17 PM
"The iPad Kiosk: Landing at an Airport Near You" CIO 6:59 PM
"Apple and Amazon notify customers of $69M State settlement with publishers, how to get credit" 9 to 5 Mac 10:04 AM
"Russian Orthodox Christians switch 'anti-Christian' bitten Apple logos to crosses" AppleTell 10:04 AM
"New partnership brings brains to brainstorming: Organisation development agency OneBeat has been bringing corporate engagement techniques, used at the United Nations and companies such as Apple and Walmart, from the United States to Wellington." Fairfax NZ News 11:18 AM
"iPad Mini on Deck? Tech Weekly Recap" TheStreet 10/13
"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 10/13
"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 10/13
"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
"Is the iPad making men effeminate? A report suggests that sales of manbags are soaring, because men need somewhere to put their iPads. At the same time, women's bags are getting smaller. Is this logical?" CNET News 11:48 AM
"Alleged iPad mini models, pricing leaks online" ZDNet 8:06 PM
"iPad Mini: 16 options from 8GB to 64GB, prices from $250 to $650" VentureBeat 7:40 PM
"Do Apple Employees Need A Witness Protection Program?" Applepeels 10/13
"MacOS KenDensed: iPad minis & Foxconn Fights" The Mac Observer 10/13
"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
"Softbank to Buy 70 Percent Stake in Sprint: Sources" CNBC 6:39 PM
"Sprint reportedly agrees to sell 70 percent stake to Softbank: Japanese mobile carrier will pay $20 billion for a majority stake in the U.S. wireless carrier, sources tell CNBC." CNET News 7:27 PM
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