"Apple Bears May Need a New Thesis: Suddenly there's a hole in the Apple bear thesis so big you can drive a truck (full of iPhone 5s) through it. On Sunday night, Apple announced that it sold two million iPhone 5s over launch weekend in China." ["The iPhone's China sales are staggeringly important. At the rate Apple has been growing in China, Asia Pacific is likely to be its biggest market (topping the Americas) in the next couple years."] CNBC 8:27 AM
"Apple's iPhone 5 Sizzles In China, What Will The Bears Say Now" Forbes 12:54 PM
"Apple's China launch may allay worries for now: Apple's China launch is designed to alleviate some concerns about the supply chain. Analysts have bigger worries as Apple shares weaken." ZDNet 11:42 AM
"Apple Sells 2 Million iPhone 5 Handsets in China, Without Havoc" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:46 AM
"Apple sells 2M iPhone 5s in China in first 3 days" Associated Press 7:31 AM
"iPhone 5 breaks China sales record – two million sold in first weekend" Digital Trends 8:26 AM
"Calibrating launch performance for the iPhone in China" asymco 10:44 AM
"China's No Line Head-fake. Apple On-track to Sell 50 Million iPhones." Forbes 8:36 AM
"Yoshida in China: Demystifying Apple's iPhone 5 launch" EE Times 1:56 PM
"Strong iPhone 5 launch in China highlights Apple's 'enormous' growth opportunity" AppleInsider 8:49 AM
"China's 2-million iPhone 5 launch: What the analysts say" Fortune 8:11 AM
"What customers think: Apple sells 2 million iPhone 5s in China" Computerworld 8:15 AM
"Wolff: Apple Will Have a Huge Holiday Season" [Video Report] Bloomberg 1:46 PM
"Four Guiding Principles for Understanding Apple's TV Strategy" Techland 8:38 AM
"All I Want for Xmas Is My Apple TV" AllThingsD 8:30 AM
"Apple vs. Microsoft: The Stores" Minyanville 11:54 AM
"Apple in Talks With Foursquare About Data-Sharing Deal" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:25 PM
"Apple may partner with Foursquare to enhance iOS Maps" AppleInsider 9:25 PM
"Apple in talks with Foursquare Labs on data map sharing - WSJ" Reuters 9:25 PM
"Apple's iCloud sees more outages following iCloud Status webpage update" AppleInsider 7:26 PM
"First Mac OS X fake installer pops up, racks up your mobe bill" The Register 8:09 AM
"Mac OS is better and Mac users are better people: A study tracking various technology metrics surrounding charitable giving, including operating systems, browsers and e-mail services, shows that Mac users give more." ZDNet 9:30 AM
"It's official: Mac users are morally superior to Windows users" The Register 2:22 PM
"What Users Should Know About Apple's Planned iTunes Connect Shutdown" App Advice 8:32 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Tip: Quickly back up OS X system files and settings before tweaking/You can use the Finder's Paste Exactly feature to make quick, restorable backups of system files you might be adjusting when troubleshooting or tweaking OS X." MacFixIt 8:56 PM
"iMotion HD: Stop Motion and Time Lapse Video on iOS Devices" eXtensions 9:28 AM
"Red Giant Denoiser II (review)" IT.Enquirer 7:33 AM
"MacMost Now 801: Pixelmator Effects" MacMost 10:56 AM
"Automatically add files to Dropbox" Macworld 11:41 AM
"How To Set One Wallpaper For All OS X Desktop Spaces At Once" AddictiveTips 11:40 AM
"Where Automator Actions and Workflows Live" TUAW 8:36 AM
"OS X: Advanced Searching (Including System Files!)" The Mac Observer 8:14 AM
"Keep Your OS X Mountain Lion Mac From Sleeping When You Need To [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 8:35 AM
"Sync calendars to an older iPod" Mac OS X Hints 10:10 AM
"What's Missing In iPhone Contacts? The Mac App That Gives It iPhoto Faces" BohemianBoomer 8:12 AM
"Free: A Better Way To Use Calendar On Your Mac Without Using Calendar" Mac 360 8:12 AM
"Is There A Better iPhone, iPad, Mac Password Manager Than 1Password?" Mac 360 8:06 AM
"3 Ways This Clever App Helps To Unclutter Your Mac's Desktop From Clutter (cleverly named, too)" McSolo 8:12 AM
"Try The Digital Alarm Clock For Your Mac That Awakens You To iTunes (sometimes)" Mac 360 8:12 AM
Op/Ed
"Why The Mac App Of The Year Is The Mac App You Need In Your Mac Life" TeraTalks 8:12 AM
Press Releases
"SoftRAID 4.5 fixes 2012 Mac mini data corruption issue" FairerPlatform 3:54 PM
"Mac Wi-Fi Update 1.0: This update is recommended for all late 2012 Mac systems. This update improves compatibility when using the 5GHz band in Wi-Fi." Apple Support 2:28 PM
"Apple releases Mac Wi-Fi Update 1.0 improving 5GHz band compatibility" 9 to 5 Mac 2:08 PM
"NIV Application Commentary and more on Sale!" Accordance 10:55 AM
"Professional Video Editing Just Got Better - Autodesk Smoke 2013 Now Shipping" Business Wire 8:56 AM
"The future of Apple: CNET's Kara Tsuboi talks to Josh Lowensohn about what products we can (and shouldn't) expect from Apple in 2013." CNET News 11:14 AM
"Have Apple's iPhone and iPad saturated the U.S. market? A new Morgan Stanley survey suggests there is still room to grow" Fortune 11:54 AM
"Premium iPhone share growing as consumers choose iPhone 5 over Apple's legacy models" AppleInsider 8:50 AM
"Wal-Mart Tosses Apple Into The Discount Bin" Forbes 11:10 AM
"More than 10 million downloads in less than 48 hours after release!" Google+ Jeff Huber 1:43 PM
"Google Maps for iOS downloaded more than 10M times in under 48 hours" The Next Web 1:43 PM
"Google Maps For iOS Was Downloaded Over 10M Times In Its First 48 Hours After Launch" TechCrunch 1:44 PM
"Google Maps for iOS nabs 10M downloads in first two days" CNET News 1:55 PM
"Google Maps for iOS surpassed 10M downloads in less than 48 hours" ZDNet 2:23 PM
"Apple's wrong turn leads Google Maps on iPhone to 10M downloads in 2 days" VentureBeat 2:47 PM
"High demand: Google Maps for iOS downloaded more than 10M times in 48 hours" GeekWire 3:09 PM
"The 28th Annual Editors' Choice Awards" Macworld 8:36 AM
"ComScore: Smartphone Penetration In Europe's Big-5 Markets Now At 55%, Samsung Is The One To Beat" ["But while Apple has continued to hold on to its lead in the biggest market among them, the UK, the tides that have seen Android become the most dominant platform have also put Samsung on to a strong trajectory. It looks like it will soon overtake Apple for pole position in the UK — as it already has across all of Europe."] TechCrunch 7:32 AM
"Verdantix Says Consumers With Ethical Tastes Should Favour Apple, Dell And HP Over Asian Competitors" Business Wire 1:48 PM
"Verdantix: consumers with ethical tastes should favor Apple, Dell, HP over Asian competitors" AppleDailyReport 11:39 AM
"Canaccord Lowers iPhone Expectations on Weaker Projections" The Mac Observer 10:06 AM
"Apple's top 10 viral videos of 2012" VentureBeat 4:01 PM
"Want an iPhone 5? You might get tasered first." Network World 8:09 AM
Non-Apple News
"A look back: the best and worst phones of 2012" CNET 3:59 PM
"Tableau CEO: We're the Google of data visualization" InfoWorld 12:06 PM
"Bromium Secures Older PCs, Terminals Via 'Microvisor'" InformationWeek 11:56 AM
"Motorola likely to bid farewell to Taiwan handset ODMs after Google sells plants to Flextronics" DigiTimes 11:39 AM
"U.S. Cellular's Samsung Galaxy S III Gets Jelly Bean Friday" PC Magazine 1:21 PM
"Samsung devices vulnerable to dangerous Android exploit" IDG News Service 11:13 AM
"Raspberry Pi Mini PC Gets Own App Store" PC Magazine 1:22 PM
"Nexus 4 Shortage Problems Due To 'Scarce And Erratic' Supply From LG, Google Exec Claims" TechCrunch 2:15 PM
"Google Fiber Announces The Next 5 Kansas City Neighborhoods To Come Online In 2013" TechCrunch 2:12 PM
"Ray Ozzie seeks encore to Lotus Notes, Microsoft triumphs: Startup Talko is a mystery, but seems likely to be about collaboration, cloud" Network World 1:28 PM
"Google: Hello Ray, We've Been Expecting You" The Motley Fool 2:51 PM
"Google Shuts Down 11 Services: Google continues to weed out less popular products in order to 'put more wood behind fewer arrows.'" InformationWeek 10:31 AM
"No specs, no price, but Rogers will 'reserve' a BlackBerry 10 for you Add to ..." The Canadian Press [Free Registration Required] 11:55 AM
"RIM Enlists 120 U.S. Companies to Test BlackBerry 10" Bloomberg 10:48 AM
"RIM sets BlackBerry 10 event for January 30" CNET News 10:22 AM
"Twitter testing archive tool" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 12:30 PM
"Akamai Names Chief Scientist Tom Leighton as CEO" AllThingsD 9:51 AM
"Report: Foxconn is manufacturing an Amazon smartphone" TG Daily 2:09 PM
"Microsoft Seeks Patent for New Slide-Out Flex-Display Devices" Patent Bolt 12:47 PM
Publications/Podcasts
"It's update week. iTunes 11 gets a minor update and 1Password for iOS gets overhauled." The MT Show 8:05 AM
"Apple iPad Mini Review: Our New Favorite Size, But...That Price?" Tom's Hardware 8:26 AM
"All Hands on Tech: iPad mini/Feature Video: Apple's junior-sized tablet is the premium option in its size category, and priced accordingly." ITBusiness Canada 1:44 PM
"Review: Elgato's EyeTV Mobile for Dyle" TUAW 4:10 PM
"Six Benchmarks: 'late 2012" 27-inch iMac 3.4GHz i7 versus five recent Macs" Bare Feats 3:03 PM
"Review: Apple Lightning to VGA Adapter -- run presentations from your iPad or iPhone" iPhone J.D. 9:30 AM
"OWC Helios & Accelsior SSD: The Best of Thunderbolt's Potential" The Mac Observer 11:40 AM
"Review: Calypso Crystal Dock charging dock for iPhone and iPod touch" Beatweek Magazine 7:32 PM
"Review: ZAGGsparq 6000 USB battery and charger" Beatweek Magazine 6:10 PM
"Review: A Must-Have iPhone Camera Accessory, The Olloclip" Business Insider 11:53 AM
"Olloclip 3-in-one photo lens for iPhone 5 review" AppleTell 8:35 AM
"Video Review: Pogo Connect Pressure Sensitive Stylus with Photoshop Touch on iPad" Terry White's Tech Blog 8:12 AM
"Pela Case for the iPhone 4/4S Review" Run Around Tech 9:32 AM
"The Collagio is a fine, combo iPhone case and leather wallet" AppleDailyReport 8:50 AM
"Clingo Universal Car Phone Mount review: This phone mount needs a bath" CNET Reviews 1:34 PM
"For Mac Rockers, The 2012 Pinball App Of The Year Is All AC/DC And Rock 'n Roll" NoodleMac 8:12 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Hands-on: YouTube Capture app one-ups Apple's Video sharing options/App can upload to YouTube, Google+, Facebook, and Twitter all from one place." Ars Technica 5:17 PM
"Who Needs Cable? 3 iPad Apps That Glue Me To My TV" ReadWrite 12:52 PM
"Review: DOFMaster lets you take control of you camera's depth of field" Macworld 8:38 AM
"Appidemic: Herd Herd Herd Deluxe for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" AppleTell 8:35 AM
"Leps World 2 for iPad and iPhone review: Recover your gold, and your fellow leprechauns, from the evil wizard" Macworld UK 8:39 AM
"Review of 'Hess Chopper' for iOS" It's All Tech 8:39 AM
"Juice Review: Use Juice to track and improve energy throughout the day." 148Apps 8:38 AM
"Foldify Review: Foldify has a simple and intuitive interface that allows aspiring artists to create and share their own unique paper figure creations." 148Apps 11:41 AM
"Is Apple Moving to a Semi-Annual Release Cycle for the iPhone, iPad?" iClarified 12:55 PM
"Why did Apple cut iPhone 5 parts orders? Three theories.: 1) iPhone sales are soft. 2) Yields improved. 3) Apple is clearing the way for a new model" Fortune 11:11 AM
"iPhone 5 twice as popular on launch in China vs. US – but, not really" MacDailyNews 10:44 AM
"The Shrinking Role of the PC" ["Apple seems to be in a category of its own. They market a huge variety of products, and are known for all of them. We all know about iPhones, iPads, iPods, PCs, iTunes, AppleTVs, etc., but the other traditional PC companies derive the majority of their revenue from services or software - not PCs."] The Motley Fool 8:59 AM
"How about an Apple future made of glass?" AppleDailyReport 8:48 AM
"Apple's Upcoming Radio Appearance Wreaks Havoc for This Company" The Motley Fool 8:32 AM
"Is Apple planning to buy TomTom to help fix iOS 6 Maps? Analyst thinks there is a chance that Apple will pay billions for the mapping software company" Macworld UK 8:22 AM
"Sorry, Apple - China's just not that into your iPhone 5: Still, 2 million sales in 3 days nothing to sneer at" The Register 11:52 AM
"China's iPhone 5 Launch Weekend Sales Top 2 Million" The Mac Observer 8:45 AM
"iPhone 5 Sales Top 2 Million on First Weekend in China" Mashable 8:31 AM
"No need to panic: Apple sold 2M iPhone 5 units in China this weekend" GigaOM 8:30 AM
"Apple sells 2m iPhone 5s in first weekend of China sales" TG Daily 8:28 AM
"China iPhone 5 First Weekend Sales Top 2 Million" FairerPlatform 8:12 AM
"Ho-Hum — iPhone 5 Sales Top 2 Million in China Debut" 24/7 Wall St. 8:11 AM
"Apple: Top 5 events from 2012/From the iPad Mini to big labor issues in China, 2012 was not a slow one for Apple. CNET spotlights five of the biggest happenings for the year." CNET News 8:08 AM
"Apple in 2013: Five predictions/What's Apple got cooking in the new year? CNET rounds up five things to look for from the tech giant in the next 12 months." CNET News 8:08 AM
"Could Apple Be Set for a 'Nokia' Story?" [Video Report] Bloomberg 7:31 AM
Non-Apple
"Why many are unlikely to switch to Windows Phone or BlackBerry 10" GigaOM 7:56 PM
"Android poised to 'take over the smartphone market,' analyst says" AppleInsider 7:26 PM
"How one Google executive had to prove himself on a car forum using a loaf of bread" The Verge 6:14 PM
"8 Modest Proposals For Reducing Email" InformationWeek 2:57 PM
"Yahoo Mail benefits from being 'Switzerland of Internet'" ZDNet 2:32 PM
"The top 12 amusing technology quotes of 2012" ZDNet 2:32 PM
"The future of streaming video – four predictions for 2013" GigaOM [Free Registration Required] 2:27 PM
"Is Facebook working on an app that allows photos to self-destruct?" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 2:27 PM
"Make your home TV setup 'smart'" USA Today 2:24 PM
"Chip industry sags before expected 2013 comeback, says Gartner: Worldwide chip revenue to hit $298B this year, down 3% from 2011" Computerworld 1:32 PM
"The best photo printers you can buy today" PCWorld 1:24 PM
"You should have Cain & Abel in your security toolbox" PCWorld 1:23 PM
"The cloud isn't always cheaper -- and that's OK" InfoWorld 12:06 PM
"Let's take the Internet back from the ISPs" InfoWorld 12:06 PM
"The 2012 InfoWorld geek IQ test" [Slideshow] InfoWorld 12:00 PM
"30 Under 30: The Brightest Young Stars In Video Games" Forbes 11:52 AM
"How to take control of your own IT career: The new economy puts you in the driver's seat of your career. Can you handle it? We'll show you how." Computerworld 11:14 AM
"SSD prices continue to plunge: Cost-per-gigabyte is down more than 300% in three years" Computerworld 11:14 AM
"What's Your Big Data Worth? Big data experts say accounting rules need to catch up to the fact that information has value that should be reflected on a company's books." InformationWeek 10:32 AM
"Google to Microsoft: Up yours" InfoWorld 12:06 PM
"Google In 2013: 11 Predictions/Google Glass won't shine, but the company as a whole will thrive in 2013. See if you agree with our predictions." InformationWeek 10:32 AM
"Microsoft Or RIM? Why There Is Only Room For One More Mobile Operating System" Seeking Alpha 10:10 AM
"SmartSound has recently released an updated version of the Smart Soundtracker iOS app with added support for iPhone 5 and iOS 6.0. " SmartSound 6:37 PM
"Santa GPS 2.0 Keeps Track Of Saint Nicholas On His Long Journey Around The World" App Advice 1:53 PM
"YouTube introduces Capture for easy recording and sharing: Another standalone iOS app from Google serves as a new hedge against Apple's waning support for integrated services." CNET News 4:06 PM
"Watch out, Apple: YouTube wants to replace your iPhone camera app" GigaOM 2:45 PM
"Google Launches Dedicated YouTube Video Camera App For iPhone and iPad Touch" TechCrunch 1:53 PM
"Google Releases YouTube Capture for iPhone" The Mac Observer 7:44 PM
"Anyone Can Be Skrillex Using Alien-Looking Groovebox iPad App" Amidio 1:50 PM
"TaskOne: An iPhone case for MacGyver" CNET News 1:00 PM
"I am writing to let you know about a brand new photo app for the iPhone, iPad and iPad mini that just hit the store. It's called Moments* and it's made by Madbits – a new developer to hit the scene." Zazil Media Group 12:07 PM
"Camera+ finally gains full-res sharing" iDownload Blog 3:59 PM
"Camera+ 3.7 is out and there's just one word to describe it: Quality" tap tap tap 11:54 AM
"Etsy updates its iPad app with gift cards, seller tools and shop statistics" The Next Web 11:52 AM
"UberConference Takes Its Pain-Free Conference Calling Solution Mobile With Debut Of iOS And Android Apps" TechCrunch 11:42 AM
"Best App Ever Nominations - Two Weeks Left!" 148Apps 10:09 AM
"Leading Tech Analyst Publishes Revised Outlook on Apple: 'Will Apple Keep Going Lower?'" PRNewswire 8:57 AM
"Lock Individual iPhone Apps & App Switcher Tray With Icon Passcode" AddictiveTips 8:35 AM
"Fruit Ninja, Age Of Zombies & More Go Free As Halfbrick Slashes Prices For Just 24 Hours [Deals] Cult of Mac 8:34 AM
"The MUG Event Calendar for the Week of December 16: Bryce Button of AJA and Holiday Parties" The MUG Center 8:15 AM
"Why HP, Dell and IBM Are on the Wrong Side of Internet History" Wired 2:28 PM
"IBM: PCs By 2018 Will See, Hear, Touch/IBM predicts that in five years artificial intelligence will be able to mimic the five human senses." InformationWeek 10:30 AM
"IBM: In the next 5 years computers will learn, mimic the human senses" Network World 1:32 PM
"IBM Predicts Computers That Embrace the 5 Senses" PC Magazine 1:21 PM
"Real 'touch' screens and tasteful computers: IBM predicts the future" GigaOM 9:40 AM
"IBM Looks Ahead to a Sensor Revolution and Cognitive Computers" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:04 AM
"Computers that smell you, and other 5-year IBM predictions" PCWorld 1:24 PM
"Apotheker: HP board was just as culpable for Autonomy buy" The Register 2:22 PM
"HP: Break-Up Would Destroy Value, Deutsche Bank Asserts" Forbes 10:03 AM
"HP commits to embattled Autonomy software division" Computerworld 1:28 PM
"Microsoft: Google blames us for all its problems" CNET News 2:54 PM
"Microsoft's Retail Strategy Absolutely Stinks" TheStreet 9:43 AM
"Windows 8 doesn't convince me but Windows Phone 8 does" St. Paul Pioneer Press [Free Registration Required] 1:51 PM
"Windows Phone 7.8 Update Looks To Be Hitting Some Nokia Lumia 800 Handsets Early" TechCrunch 2:15 PM
"Windows Phone 7.8 update spotted on Lumias in the wild" ZDNet 2:32 PM
"Microsoft Xbox Updates SmartGlass App For ESPN And NBA Game Time, Adds New Sports Picks Second-Screen Experience" TechCrunch 2:11 PM
"HTC Said to Halt Larger Windows Phone on Display Resolution" Bloomberg 10:09 AM
"HTC Big Screen Windows Phone: Not Now" InformationWeek 10:30 AM
"HTC nixed WP8 handset over Microsoft's display guidelines -- report" CNET News 10:23 AM
"Dell exec: I urged Microsoft not to call its tablet OS Windows RT" CNET News 10:24 AM
"Dell's 'Five Forces' Will Define its Future" Forbes 10:00 AM
"Dell's 'Transformation': Customers Speak/Michael Dell says his company has become a full-fledged provider of end-to-end IT services -- but do customers agree?" InformationWeek 10:31 AM
"Oracle's second quarter: Cloud offerings, engineered systems at odds" ZDNet 2:32 PM
"London Calling: Intel Labs drives Digital Europe" EE Times 11:40 AM
"Intel wins appeal of patent ruling: Intel won an appeal in a patent fight with Negotiated Data Solutions over ethernet patents that make it possible for computers to easily talk to one another." Reuters 1:56 PM
"Cisco Systems selling Linksys, but is it also secretly investing in WhipTail?" Triangle Business Journal 2:48 PM
"Reports: Cisco Wants To Sell Off Its Linksys Home Router Business And It May Already Have A Buyer" Business Insider 2:48 PM
"Cisco to Sell Linksys, Knight Capital Mulls Bids" [Video Report] Bloomberg 10:01 AM
"Cisco Seen Needing Citrix-to-NetApp for Growth" Bloomberg 10:48 AM
"U.N. summit's meltdown ignites new Internet Cold War" CNET News 10:23 AM
"'Fragmented Internet' could result from failed international treaty talks" Reuters 12:40 PM
"Census to Offer Internet Response Option" Associated Press 2:23 PM
"W3C buttons down HTML5, opens up HTML5.1" CNET News 10:21 AM
"HTML5: The future of the Web is finally here" CNNMoney 11:09 AM
"Team develops new energy-efficient memory: By using electric voltage instead of electric current, UCLA researchers say they've made major improvements to the ultra-fast, high-capacity magnetoresistive random access memory, or MRAM." TG Daily 2:20 PM
"Avoiding the Rot: Apple Shares Sink 13% in December" [Video Report] Bloomberg 9:39 AM
"Apple loses $187 in 84 days, what's to blame? Lack-luster launch in China, declining supply-chain orders, lower demand for iPhone 5, concern analysts" Macworld UK 8:21 AM
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