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Thursday Highlights: Apple changed the world of computing by offering "the computer for the rest of us", now perhaps the company will change the United States corporate tax code while they're at it; Ireland claims no special tax deals given to Apple, "refuses to be US 'whipping boy'" in the Senate's Apple tax hunt; meanwhile, Apple said to be doubling lobbying expenditure over issues including taxes; a warning issued to Mac users not to become complacent over viruses, malware; Mactuts+ explains ins and outs for setting up your Mac for iOS AirPrinting; Macworld UK's Mark Hattersley answers questions for those who've held out upgrading to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion; Macworld features cover the usefulness of "About This Mac", and how you can do "more with Messages"; Adelaide's City Messenger posts photos from inside city's first Apple Store; Michael Gartenberg, analyst with Gartner, joins Apple's marketing team; Mailbox was acquired by Dropbox, new app released for iPads, founder interviewed by Business Insider, and Wired, app reviews from Techland, The Next Web, iDownload Blog; and maker of thin, tough cases, LifeProof, has been acquired by OtterBox, patent suit also settled; AppGratis hopes Android platform is the ticket to survival following ban on Apple's App Store; iWatch now said to be unveiled in late 2014 according to one analyst, may use tech from iPod Nano; Pfeiffer Consulting releases "user experience benchmarks" for 7" tablets; and Apple applies for Airplay interactivity, orientation audio adjustment, among other patents in our Hardware/Software section; KFSN TV on the Yellow Jacket stun gun case for iPhone; and here's a tutorial on saving PDFs on your iDevice to iBooks; TechCrunch says Microsoft's "cheap shot at the iPad" backfires, pointing out "exactly why the Surface sucks"; remember what life was like before smartphones?
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"Will the future for Apple v. Google be decided in the iCloud?" Computerworld 8:52 AM
"Why Apple Has GOT to Fix Siri: Siri, Apple's voice-based virtual assistant is a mixed bag of good things and bad. And Siri faces an increasing competition in the market, especially from Google. I believe Siri is probably the single most important feature Apple offers for three future Apple devices. In fact, I think Apple is betting the entire company on Siri. And that's why they've got to fix it." Cult of Mac 9:14 AM
"Barclays Bank buys 8,500 Apple iPads in one go" Channel Register 7:53 AM
"Barclays buys 8,500 iPads in one of the biggest corporate tablet rollouts in the UK" The Next Web 7:40 AM
"Barclays Bank buys 8,500 iPads: Thought to be the largest roll out of any tablet in the UK financial sector" Macworld UK 7:56 AM
"iPad Mini Proves Major For Apple Shares" Forbes 11:57 AM
"AAPL: Lack of iPad mini Discounting Presages Strong Demand, Says Wells" Barron's 10:34 AM
"Apple Must Provide Samsung With HTC Patent Settlement Details" PC Magazine 11:01 AM
"Apple Has To Tell Samsung How Much Money It's Getting From HTC For Patents" Business Insider 8:17 AM
"Apple ordered to disclose patent settlement with HTC: Samsung's lawyers will get to see, but no one else." Ars Technica 6:23 PM
"Google to Miami court: Apple is withholding iPhone 5, iPad mini source code" Foss Patents 8:16 AM
"Samsung Wants iPad Mini Added to Apple Suit" AllThingsD 7:38 AM
"Munster: Apple Will Launch A Cheap iPhone In Two Years" Business Insider 9:32 AM
"Cumulative Mobile App Revenues Set to Exceed $30 Billion by End-2012, Says ABI Research" Business Wire 9:24 AM
"Kids Want an iPad More than a WiiU for Christmas" Forbes 8:56 AM
"Microsoft Xbox TV to compete with Apple: A low-cost alternative to the Xbox console is being planned by Microsoft for casual gaming and access to TV and entertainment services." Telegraph 7:43 AM
"AT&T Is Selling Refurbished iPhone 5s for $99" Business Insider 7:37 AM
"Will.i.am kicks off tech line with clip-on iPhone camera" Crave @ CNET 8:14 AM
"Will.i.am promises to turn your iPhone into a 14-megapixel 'genius-phone'" Engadget 7:43 AM
"Will.i.am Wants to Turn your iPhone into a 14-megapixel 'Genius Phone'" LAPTOP Magazine 3:51 PM
"How to jump Apple's customer service queue: swear" Macworld UK 7:59 AM
"Just bought an Apple product? Need support Now? Drop an F-Bomb" The Register 10:28 AM
"Woz on Microsoft: Whoa! They really changed things drastically. Whoa!" The Register 7:53 AM
"The unusual world of Mac prototypes" Macworld 8:24 AM
"Behold, Some of the First Apple Computer Photos Ever" Techland 8:24 AM
"Gadgets, services can keep you in touch" Florida Today 10:41 AM
"IBM insider: How I caught my wife while bug-hunting on OS/2" The Register 10:38 AM
"Man strives to shatter Call of Duty world record: Plays for five days straight" Register Hardware 10:36 AM
"Fancy a phone equipped with radar? Radar could start appearing in a far wider range of devices, including cellphones, thanks to the invention of a fingernail-sized chip package costing just over a dollar." TG Daily 10:34 AM
"Google Shopping Becomes More Amazon-Like" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:33 AM
"Fighting Sandy debris-removal crooks: There's an app for that" Reuters 9:36 AM
"Toluna QuickSurveys: Fewer than two in five PC Owners plan to update to Windows 8" Business Wire 9:24 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Gene Steinberg meets columnist Ted Landau, usability expert Jakob Nielsen, and Laptop magazine's Avram Piltch this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 5:10 PM
"YML Interview with Ken Segall on Skeuomorphism" Your Mac Life 1:34 PM
"Next live show: The Mac Show on Friday 23 November at 15:30 UK time" The British Tech Network 9:27 AM
"Samsung no longer proViding batteries for MacBook and iPad" TechDeville 8:23 PM
"Apple's fourth generation Ipad with 4G gets a discount as it arrives in the UK" The Inquirer 7:54 AM
"LG Display still supplies most panels for iPad mini, say sources" DigiTimes 7:35 AM
"Apple Working On Ways To Control Reflections In LDC Devices" MacNews 9:30 AM
"Apple Patent Is For Dynamic, Location-Based Signage" MacNews 9:11 AM
"Apple Files 'Custom Stores' Patent" MacNews 9:11 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"Bugs & Fixes: Texting fails for just one person" Macworld 8:50 AM
"Beware of installing MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Update 2.0" ZDNet 11:00 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Remoter VNC -Remote Desktop For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)" Apple Sliced 7:43 AM
"Railroad Story HD For iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99), The iPhone Version Is Also Free" Apple Sliced 7:43 AM
"Mafia vs Police Pro For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 7:43 AM
"Best Apple Black Friday Deal: 20% off everything in iTunes" ZDNet 11:00 AM
"Apple discounts iPads, Mac laptops 8%-10% for 'Black Friday': Leaves out iPad Mini from one-day sale" Computerworld 8:14 AM
"Apple Black Friday Deals Include iPad, iPod, MacBook Discounts" PC Magazine 8:49 AM
"Black Friday: Unusual Apple Deals/Apple rarely discounts its products, but Black Friday is the one day of the year you can save some green on a new iPad Mini, iPhone, or Mac computer." InformationWeek 9:18 AM
"Apple unveils discounts on iPads, Macs, more" Macworld 8:56 AM
"iPad Retina Display, MacBooks Part of Apple Black Friday Sale" eWeek 9:31 AM
"Apple Store Black Friday sale for 2012, $101 off MacBooks Pros, Airs, iMacs, $61 off iPads, iPods" MacPrices 7:47 AM
"Apple's Black Friday Sale Goes Live" Mashable 7:37 AM
"Here Are Apple's Black Friday Price Cuts For iPads, iPods, And MacBooks" Business Insider 7:37 AM
"Apple offers Black Friday discounts on iPad 4 and MacBook, but not iPhone or iPad mini" Beatweek Magazine 7:21 AM
"Happy Black Friday: Apple Product Sales Are In Full Flow" AppleBitch 9:42 AM
"Grab Cheap iPod, PC With Amazon Black Friday Lightning Deals" PC Magazine 10:23 AM
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 9:10 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 9:10 AM
"Black Friday: -50 % off on Aquafadas software/Starting on Friday, november 23rd" Aquafadas 11/22
"Best Buy trims $50 off 3rd-gen iPad, kicks in $75 gift card: The special one-day offer is good for both the 32GB and 64GB Wi-Fi versions of Apple's third iPad." CNET News 11/21
"MacMall launches Black Friday Sale on Macs & iPads, AI readers get lowest prices anywhere" AppleInsider 11/21
"UNIEA's 2012 Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale Is On! Get 40% your entire order, plus $7.95 flat rate shipping worldwide!" UNIEA 11/21
"Thomas PR Client Artrage Digital Painting Black Friday Deals Start Now - ArtRage Studio Pro is Half Off Today, Wed, Nov 21st – Mon, Nov 26th" Thomas PR 11/21
"Black Friday and Cyber Monday iPhone and iPad Educational Apps on Sale" 148Apps 11/21
"Apple iPod Touch (fifth generation) review: The Touch is thinner than the iPhone 5, with good looks and a long battery life. So what's the catch?" Computeract!ve 9:31 AM
"My Week With The iPhone 5: The First Of ~104?" ReadWrite 8:18 AM
"iPhone 5 vs. Droid DNA: Which phone should you get?" iMore 9:24 PM
"iPhone 5 vs Galaxy S3: When Good Is Not Good Enough" AutooMobile 8:02 AM
"Review: HyperJuice 2 External MacBook and iPad Battery MBP2-100" 9 to 5 Mac 3:44 PM
"olloclip for iPhone 5: Review and giveaway of the 3-in-one photo lens" TUAW 1:40 PM
"Review: Gift guide to full-size tablets" Associated Press 8:53 AM
"iPad mini vs. Kindle Paperwhite" Kirkville 8:25 AM
"Pure.Gear Utilitarian Smartphone Support System for iPhone 5 Review" Run Around Tech 9:18 AM
"Review: Macally Power Outlet & Dual USB Charger with Phone Cradle" Beatweek Magazine 7:22 AM
"Review: Monster Gratitude In-Ear Headphones inspired by Earth, Wind, & Fire" Beatweek Magazine 7:22 AM
"Griffin KaZoo for iPhone 5 review/Smother your iPhone 5 in an elephant: that'll certainly protect it well" Macworld UK 8:25 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"iOS App Review: Readability provides convenience for mobile reading" Macworld 9:18 AM
"Squrl for iOS review, Apple and HTC forced to provide Samsung the settlement details, iTunes 11 inbound" iPhone Buzz 8:25 AM
"20 Best iPhone and iPad apps this week: Rolling Stones, HERE Maps, Night Zookeeper, My London Story, Lili.fm, Todoist, Magic Town Stories and more" The Guardian 10:29 AM
"[S]edition Art on the iPhone and in the Classroom" eXtensions 10:22 AM
"Tech gear to avoid this Christmas" USA Today 10:40 AM
"Review: Gift guide to smaller tablets" Associated Press 10:20 AM
"Review: Gift guide to full-size tablets" Associated Press 10:19 AM
"Can you help solve the World War II code - found on the leg of a dead pigeon - that has flummoxed the 21st century codebreakers at GCHQ?" The Independent 10:05 AM
"How to avoid shopping fraud on Cyber Monday" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 10:47 AM
"Cyber Monday 2012: Deals to look out for" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 10:46 AM
"Top 10 Black Friday IT bargains from history" V3 10:42 AM
"The best Black Friday tech deals for PC gear" [Slideshow] PCWorld 10:14 AM
"10 Awesome Black Friday Deals for 2012" PC Magazine 10:13 AM
"8 Essential Black Friday Apps: Braving the Black Friday crowds? Don't even think of leaving the house without these applications on your smartphone." InformationWeek 9:36 AM
"Sony at greater risk than Panasonic in electronics downturn" Reuters 9:35 AM
"Back to cellphone basics: Buying a non-smartphone" CNET News 9:32 AM
"Intel Dumps CEO Two Years Too Late" Forbes 9:30 AM
"Can Nvidia Overcome Wall Street's Doubt?" Forbes 8:57 AM
"Is Sony Gaining Momentum in Smartphones?" WSJ Blogs 8:47 AM
"Windows 8: A soaraway Kinect? Or is it Red Ink Friday for Microsoft? Can Windows 8 and Windows RT slabs bring the Kinect effect to Microsoft?" The Register 10:36 AM
"Is Microsoft building an Apple TV competitor?" GigaOM [Free Registration Required] 8:56 AM
"Microsoft files patent for augmented reality smart glasses" BBC 9:39 AM
"Want a sneak peek at the next Xbox? Look at the Xbox 360.: Microsoft keeps adding reasons to turn on the Xbox 360. Do these new features actually lay the groundwork for the next Xbox?" Christian Science Monitor 9:48 AM
"Microsoft Offers Xbox, Surface Bundles for Black Friday" PC Magazine 10:12 AM
"Lenovo set for Chinese smartphone crown in 2013" The Register 10:39 AM
"Lenovo Black Friday 2012 deals launched on Android tablets, Windows 8 desktops and laptops" ZDNet 10:50 AM
"IBM recasts Power 775 Blue Waters super as big data muncher" The Register 3:16 PM
"CSCO Ex-Dividend Reminder - 11/27/12" Forbes 10:59 AM
"IBM warns mainframe shops of 2013 price hike: 10 per cent jump coming next July for flat-priced wares" The Register 3:32 PM
"How IBM Is Watching How You Shop Online" AllThingsD 9:00 PM
"Intel: EMC's Gelsinger or Moto's Jha Would be Decent CEO Picks, Says Argus" Barron's 3:15 PM
"Symantec warns of malware targeting SQL databases" IDG News Service 10:13 AM
"Security Guru Pledges to Strengthen Critical Computers: Computer-security researcher Eugene Kaspersky says he is testing control software that won't run malicious code." Technology Review 10:32 AM
"3 Reasons Why PC Demand Can Get Weaker Still" Forbes 8:57 AM
"SAP Mulls China Listing, Hewlett-Packard Accusations Doubted: Tech Biz Report" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 3:52 PM
"Britney Spears, Ashton Kutcher, Justin Bieber among Hollywood stars getting in bed with Silicon Valley" Silicon Valley 10:21 AM
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