"Apple's Mini Doesn't Need Mega Success: Apple and its investors shouldn't expect a smaller iPad to make a killing in such a saturated market, said Trip Chowdhry, senior analyst for Global Equities Research. 'The 7-inch market is highly congested. This is an area that is dominated by some very successful products.'" MacNewsWorld 9:43 AM
"Probable iPad mini unveiling helps end Apple stock skid" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:38 AM
"Why Apple is making an iPad mini" Melbourne Age 9:27 PM
"Apple sets October 23 event, smaller iPad expected" Reuters 8:38 AM
"Exclusive: iPad Mini Release Date Is November 2nd" Geeky Gadgets 9:33 AM
"Every five 'iPad mini' sales projected to cannibalize one full-size iPad" AppleInsider 9:27 AM
"Apple Without Jobs: First Trillion-Dollar company?" Forbes 6:25 PM
"Apple snaps up celebrity-backed Web app firm Particle: Apple buys a San Francisco-based HTML5 Web and Web app design firm backed by Justin Timberlake." CNET News 8:02 AM
"Apple Inhales Most of Particle: Apple has indeed 'acqhired' HTML5 Web app consultancy Particle, AllThingsD has confirmed." AllThingsD 3:27 PM
"Apple Acquires Web App Startup Particle, Retains Several Developers To Work At Cupertino" TechCrunch 8:16 AM
"Apple's Particle purchase hints at iPad, iPhone post-PC plans" Computerworld 8:05 AM
"Apple reportedly acquires HTML5 consulting company Particle" The Next Web 8:21 AM
"Clash of Titans: Microsoft Surface Vs. Apple iPad" [Video Report] Bloomberg 8:15 AM
"Hon Hai's Explanation for iPhone 5 Shortage" ["The executive said Hon Hai has taken steps to improve its productivity and address scratches on the metal casings of some new iPhones that were shipped. Hon Hai has recently implemented a new quality check procedure to reduce the chance of damages. But he noted the iPhone 5 uses a new coating material that makes it more susceptible to scratching."] WSJ Blogs 8:36 AM
"Foxconn: iPhone 5 Is The Most Difficult Device We've Ever Assembled" Cult of Mac 8:44 AM
"Apple appeals Samsung patent getaway in Tokyo" The Register 9:15 AM
"Disable Website Tracking And Search Engine Suggestions For Added Safari Privacy [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 8:45 AM
"Compose a New Mail Message with an Attachment by Drag & Drop" OS X Daily 5:42 PM
"Quick Tip: Trick Out Your Mac with Terminal" Mactuts+ 8:57 AM
"Mac OS X : Set Help Window So It Is Not Always On Top" Mobile Developer Tips 8:05 AM
"A simple way to box some text in Pages" Mac OS X Hints 10:15 AM
"Until Siri Shows Up On The Mac, Use Voice Reminder EX For Voice And Text Reminders" McSolo 8:00 AM
"Throw Away Your Text Editor Or Word Processor; Think Different, Write Different With Folding Text" Mac 360 8:00 AM
"Turn A Photo Into A Hand Drawing, Oil Painting, Or Sketch With The Sketcher App" BohemianBoomer 8:00 AM
"A Free Way To Get More Productive On Your Mac By Using A Focusbar" NoodleMac 8:00 AM
"The Simple Way To Turn Images And Photos Into Text Art On Your Mac" TeraTalks 7:59 AM
"Try The Mac Music Player App That Gets You Free Music From The Cloud" Mac 360 7:59 AM
Press Releases
"ScopeBox 3.1 Update: We're excited to announce that ScopeBox 3.1 is now available. This update adds a variety of new features and enhancements to existing features." divergent media 7:33 PM
"Found For Mac Updates AppTo Now Let You Search Evernote & SkyDrive" The Next Web 2:03 PM
"Adobe CS6 Editing Training Announced by Larry Jordan" PRWeb 1:58 PM
"SmithsonMartin Inc. Releases EmulatorX (OSX Version)" PRWeb 12:03 PM
"Folding Text 1.0 In Mac App Store — The Future Of Plain Text" Cult of Mac 10:14 AM
"Apple updates Java for OS X: New versions of Apple's supported Java SE 6 runtime have been made available." MacFixIt 1:49 PM
"Java for OS X 2012-006, Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 11" FairerPlatform 8:22 AM
"Veenix, LLC Celebrates 20 Years of Mac with Super App Bundle" prMac 8:10 AM
"PhotoBulk - easy-to-use bulk image editor for Mac" prMac 8:03 AM
"New Bubble Chart Pro PLUS Release Makes Project Prioritization Easier" prMac 8:03 AM
"Analysts, PC industry cool on Windows 8" Associated Press 5:07 PM
"Microsoft Fate Tied to More Than Earnings" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:29 PM
"Windows Pushes Into the Tablet Age: New-Style Apps and Touch Interface Modernize Old-School Operating System" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:22 AM
"Flip, Slide and Touch: New Machines for a New OS" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:22 AM
"$499 Microsoft Surface preorders slip to three weeks: The least expensive Surface tablet has raked in enough preorders to push shipments back a few weeks." CNET News 8:29 AM
"Microsoft runs out of $499 Surface RT for pre-orders" Computerworld 1:52 PM
"Microsoft Tablet Attack: Mimic Oracle, Yap at Apple" Forbes 9:08 AM
"Microsoft buys marketing-automation firm MarketingPilot" ZDNet 11:34 AM
"Stock Futures Waver After Bank of America, Housing Data" TheStreet 8:56 AM
"Asian Stocks Rise on U.S. Reports, Spain Rating" Bloomberg 8:14 AM
"Asia Markets: Japan stocks lead as Asia markets march ahead/Asian markets rose Wednesday as the financial, shipping and resource sectors got a lift after a set of upbeat results boosted stocks on Wall Street overnight, with Japanese shares rallying into a third straight session." MarketWatch 9:28 AM
"Europe Markets: Spain boosts Europe stocks after Moody's rating/Spain boosted European stock markets Wednesday, with resources firms and banks driving the rally, after Moody's Investors Service affirmed the country's credit rating at Baa3, keeping it above junk status for now." MarketWatch 9:28 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 5:47 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 5:47 PM
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