"Apple's Cash Horde Is An Asset, Not A Liability: The title of this article may seem to be a statement of the obvious. Cash and cash equivalents are accounted for as assets on a company's balance sheet. Yet a surprising number of investors appear to view Apple's massive cash horde as a negative for the stock." Seeking Alpha 6:20 PM
"Why Apple Should Hang-up On The iPhone, iWear Is Next" Forbes 7:46 AM
"Apple Needs Product Diversification" Seeking Alpha 7:46 AM
"Is Apple the Next Nintendo? I'm about to compare Apple with Nintendo, and it's not going to be pretty. See, I'm not going to pit the world's most valuable tech company against the gaming giant in its prime. That would be too easy. I'm matching up Apple to the tired and out-of-touch Nintendo of today." The Motley Fool 11:47 AM
"Providing a Template to Challenge Apple: In the China smartphone market, Apple has seen better days." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 9:23 PM
"Someone Stole 5 iPads From Microsoft's Silicon Valley Office But Left All The Microsoft Products Behind" Business Insider 1/5
"Counterfeit Lightning cables and adaptors on route from China seized in Anchorage" iMore 1/5
"Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher will be released this April" AppleTell 1/5
"Samsung to widen smartphone gap with Apple this year: Strategy Analytics" Reuters 1/4
"Strategy Analytics: Samsung To Extend Lead Over Apple's iPhone In 2013, And Take 33% Of Global Smartphone Market" TechCrunch 1/4
"Samsung Predicted to Widen Smartphone Market Lead over Apple in 2013" DailyTech 1/4
"Apple's U.S. Smartphone Market Share Rises to 35 Percent" Mashable 1/4
"Samsung and Apple Continue to Seize Share in OEM Market – comScore" MacPrices 1/4
"Apple and Google Continue to Gain US Smartphone Market Share" Forbes 1/4
"Apple is the most productive retailer in the U.S." AppleDailyReport 1/4
"Apple's Pandora competitor to launch in 2013, says analyst" Network World 1/4
"Old phones and new users are key reasons Apple topped 53% U.S. smartphone market share" VentureBeat 1/4
"'iRadio' set for 2013 launch, Apple in talks with music labels - analyst: BTIG analyst thinks iRadio will be part of iTunes for personalised Pandora, Spotify-like personalised service" Macworld UK 1/4
"Apple's 'iRadio' Service To Launch In 2013 As Label Negotiations Continue [Rumor] Cult of Mac 1/4
"Apple's a Ways From Acquiring Waze" MacNewsWorld 1/4
"Apple isn't buying mapping company Waze after all, rumours described as 'fabricated'" Macworld UK 1/4
"Man uses online dating site to lure thief and recover stolen iPhone: Definitely a creative way to recover lost or stolen property, a Brooklyn man was able to get his lost iPhone back by using a fake OkCupid profile for bait." Digital Trends 1/4
"Music man lays Internet-dating trap to lure in phone thief" New York Post 1/4
"Steve Jobs Hits the Silver Screen in April" TheStreet 1/4
"Steve Jobs movie starring Ashton Kutcher to hit theaters in April" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 1/4
"'jOBS' Film Starring Ashton Kutcher to Debut in April 2013" PadGadget 1/4
"Steve Jobs movie starring Ashton Kutcher to debut in April" Edible Apple 1/4
"Turn your iPad mini into a dashboard console screen with this hack" TechHive 1/4
Non-Apple News
"Michael Cronan, Who Gave TiVo and Kindle Their Names, Dies at 61" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1/5
"Their Apps Track You. Will Congress Track Them?" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1/5
"App turns smartphone into smart key" TG Daily 1/4
"Blekko Launches Izik, A Tablet-Optimized Search App" TechCrunch 1/4
"The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 13" ["Complaining about Mac Office 2010 - 1:48"] AnandTech 7:53 AM
"Gene Steinberg meets Joe Wilcox, from BetaNews, and Avram Piltch, from Laptop magazine, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 1/4
"Podcast: iBooks Issue, New Year iOS Bug, Next iPhone? CES Preview" Insanely Great Mac 1/4
"Monitor2Go provides a second display for a variety of Apple products" AppleDailyReport 1/4
"iWALK Link 1700i Review: The iWALK Link 1700i is a useful battery backup pack that suffers a bit due to Apple's change to the Lightning connector." 148Apps 1/4
"Get Shielded From The Elements With X-doria's Shield Case" App Advice 1/4
"Belkin WeMo Switch + Motion review: Belkin's WeMo system can control just about anything aided by a free iOS app" Macworld UK 1/4
"Skech Screen Guard for the iPad mini Review" Run Around Tech 1/4
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Seagate Wireless Plus Hands On: A Tiny Giant of a Mobile Storage System" Gizmodo 8:37 PM
"Stickr from Bucket Labs: Beautifully Designed App for Adding Colored Labels to Images" eXtensions 11:35 AM
"How to Set Up & Use the iPad Clock App in iOS 6" The Mac Observer 1/5
"Five tools to take your recipe file digital" GigaOM 1/5
"Jasmine for iOS review: A sleeker way to view YouTube videos" CNET Reviews 1/5
"5 Apps: The best camera apps for blind and visually impaired iPhone users" TUAW 1/4
"Call Bliss for iPhone a would-be alternative to Do Not Disturb" TUAW 1/4
"The worst app Apple ever made: Apple does a lot of things right, but this app is such a huge misfire, it rates only 1.5 stars in the App Store. Fortunately, there are some great alternatives." CNET Reviews 1/4
"Rondo's iOS music player reaps the rewards of 15 years of research to improve audio quality on headphones" The Next Web 1/4
"Animation Desk™ for iPad Review: Im-pres-sive" What's On iPhone 1/4
"TripLingo Review: TripLingo is a handy app for travelers visiting foreign countries to help them learn useful words and phrases." 148Apps 1/4
"MyScript Calculator: Touch Input for Quick Output" eXtensions 1/4
"Ars readers recommend apps for your new iPad or iPad mini: Looking for more apps for your new iPad? Ars readers are pointing the way." Ars Technica 1/4
"Cooklet Review: Cooklet is a great app that any chef in the kitchen should have. It has recipes, tools, and much more." 148Apps 1/4
"Bad Hotel for iPad and iPhone review: Defend your hotel against a psychopathic Texan owner" Macworld UK 1/4
"Gemini Wars review: Challenging outer-space strategy game" Macworld UK 1/4
"Pudding Monsters Review: Pudding Monsters is the new game from ZeptoLab that has the physical mechanics of fun figured out, it's just the content that needs work." 148Apps 1/4
How-To/Tutorial
"How To Manage Calendar Events With Siri" App Advice 6:17 PM
"How to Use an Xbox 360 Controller with Your Mac" Lifehacker 1:30 PM
"Improve your food iPhoneography with the Camera+ white balance lock" iDownload Blog 1/5
"Android Issue #38538: For almost three months, Google's Android project has had a very peculiar bug open in its tracker. The bug's name alone commands attention: Google Now, if asked 'What is a Giraffe?', finishes the description with 'he now praises the iPad'" One Foot Tsunami 1/4
"Here we go again: The Apple rumor mill cranks up/Rumors surface about new iPhones, fifth-gen Wi-Fi in upcoming Macs, and the widening rift between Apple and Samsung, this time over mobile chips" InfoWorld 1/4
"As Apple Celebrates 36th Birthday, Here Are 15 Events That Shaped The Company" App Advice 1/4
"Why an Apple smart watch is a smart idea" iDownload Blog 1/4
"Could Disney be working with Apple on a new Gaming Console Called Toy Box?" Patently Apple 1/4
"Can your iPhone help you lose weight? New Year's resolution: Join the Quantified Self movement and see if smartphone apps can help shed unwanted pounds" Salon 1/4
"Pod2g Creates Petition for Apple to Open iOS Once and For All" iOSVlog 1/4
"There's only one company that can solve Apple's mapping woes quickly (and it's not Waze)" VentureBeat 1/4
"Apple may release an iPhone mini priced under $250 this summer" TechSpot 1/4
"Can mini iPhone boost Apple past Samsung?" iDownload Blog 1/4
"Competitive gaming is coming of age as the esports scene takes off" The Next Web 11:43 AM
"Enigma, Stuxnet and Piracy: Questions on Ethics and Morals for Computer Engineers" eXtensions 7:32 AM
"In Defense Of The Humble App Walkthrough" TechCrunch 1/5
"Would You Wear a Google Smartwatch That Looked Like This?" Gizmodo 1/5
"Dad hires hit men to kill son's video game characters: A father is so fed up with his son's video game obsession that he decides to take radical action." CNET News 1/5
"Last Year's Tax Rate May Not Survive In 2013, But Your Cable Service Probably Will" AllThingsD 1/5
"My New Year's Resolutions: Email Bankruptcy, Inbox Zero" Forbes 1/4
"Phablets - phones that are tablets: Trying to group the growing range of hybrid devices is pure phantasy" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 1/4
"The future of screen protection is made of glass" Dallas Morning News [Paid Membership Required] 1/4
"A Patent Troll By Any Other Name Still Stinks" ReadWrite 1/4
"Surrounded By Devices, We Inhabit A World of Increasing User-Centricity" Forbes 1/4
"How to create an automatically updating Google spreadsheet" Computerworld 1/4
"Android Jelly Bean Share Tops 10 Percent" PC Magazine 1/4
"Android or Chrome? Will Google ever decide on one OS?" CNET News 1/4
"20 biggest tech innovations of my lifetime that I actually use" CNET News 1/4
"Grinch Lives: Holiday Consumer Electronics Sales Off 7%" Forbes 1/4
"Global tech spend in 2013: Latin America booms, Asia blooms, Europe gloom" ZDNet 1/4
"'Augmented reality' and bendy screens in a hands-free 2013: Ben Grubb takes a look at 10 trends for the year ahead in technology." Sydney Morning Herald 1/4
"2013: The year IT may lose its seat at the table" InfoWorld 1/4
"6 Tech Sector Themes For 2013 - And 8 Possible Takeover Targets" Forbes 1/4
"Surrounded By Devices, We Inhabit A World of Increasing User-Centricity" Forbes 1/4
"The E-Reader Revolution: Over Just as It Has Begun?" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1/4
"The history of CES: Since 1967, the International Consumer Electronics Show has helped several gadgets make a splash. Here's a look at some of the notable unveilings." [Slideshow] USA Today 1/4
"Welcome to CES: A Trade Show, Not a Tastemaker" AllThingsD 1/4
"Unwieldy CES Remains a Big Deal, But Not for the Reasons You Think" Wired 1/4
"Use your iPhone as a proximity sensor to lock your Mac when you step away from your desk with Keycard for Mac" iMore 9:28 PM
"CES 2013: Hz0 Water Blocks Your Mobile Phone" Run Around Tech 9:00 PM
"Touch Base for Smartphones: Stylish all acrylic work-base" newMacGadgets 8:37 PM
"Get instant pulse readings with iSpO2 for iPhone, iPad: Need a pulse check? iSpO2: an iPhone and iPad accessory: gives you an immediate reading on your vitals." CNET 8:36 PM
"Most anticipated iOS games of 2013" Appolicious 8:36 PM
"CES 2013: Dexim Unveils Power Skin for iPhone 5" Run Around Tech 8:35 PM
"Canopy Sensus touch-enabled iPhone case offers ten extra points of input (hands-on)" The Verge 7:05 PM
"iGrip: Slap that phone on your bike handle and email on the go" CNET 6:26 PM
"Manage DVR, Get Social With Dish Explorer iPad App" PC Magazine 6:20 PM
"Belkin unveils the Thunderstorm, a handheld home theater for your iPad" iDownload Blog 6:14 PM
"Never Lose Important Items Again with the iOS Compatible StickNFind Bluetooth Stickers" PadGadget 2:14 PM
"Bring the Apple Store experience home, get yourself a Genius Bar Lithium Atom logo" 9 to 5 Mac 2:14 PM
"EntConnect Transitions to iOS Enegineering Opportunities" iPadCTO 1:30 PM
"Charge All Your iOS Gear From a Single Outlet With Griffin's PowerDock 5" Gizmodo 11:59 AM
"Crayola Light Marker for iPad Lets Kids Draw in Air, Scratch-Free" Mashable 6:06 PM
"Griffin's Glowing iPad Stylus Lets Kids Draw Without Banging Up the Screen" Gizmodo 11:46 AM
"Dish tries to help you find trending shows with new Explorer iPad app" The Verge 11:47 AM
"Dish Explorer for iPad steers Hopper DVRs, tells TV watchers what's trending" Engadget 11:46 AM
"Griffin launches PowerDock 5 multi-device charging platform and ChargeSensor adapters" Engadget 11:46 AM
"Griffin launches MicConnect XLR microphone adapter, updates StudioConnect with Lightning connector" Engadget 11:46 AM
"Five Must-Have iOS-Only Apple Newsstand Magazines For 2013" App Advice 11:46 AM
"New Griffin Case Keeps iPhone 5 Alive in Nearly 10 Feet of Water" LAPTOP Magazine 11:45 AM
"How better tech makes for a lighter CES 2013 gear bag" GigaOM 11:42 AM
"CES 2013: Griffin unveils updated audio lineup with XLR to 3.5mm 'MicConnect', partners with Crayola and Nickelodeon for kids accessories" 9 to 5 Mac 11:42 AM
"iTheater Turns Your iPhone Into a Personal Cinema [Video] Mashable 7:49 AM
"Belkin Thunderstorm iPad Speaker Case" UberGizmo 7:47 AM
"HEX IT - Truly challenging puzzle game for iPad" prMac 6:16 PM
"Uncompromisingly Simple Formatting of the Source Code" prMac 1:30 PM
"Drop'n'Roll Lite - Moviemaking has never been so easy" prMac 11:43 AM
"New iPhone 5 accessories By Fommy Com" prMac 8:02 AM
"Moomin Apps Entering China, Russia and Japan" prMac 7:34 AM
"FitGirl best workout iOS app especially designed for girls" prMac 7:34 AM
"Packing Pro Developer Launches New Shopping Pro App" prMac 7:33 AM
"Innovative Introductions, Incorporated has released Idea Phrase Creator" prMac 7:33 AM
"Digiarty Released Space Settlers - First Online Sci-Fi RTS iPhone Game" prMac 7:33 AM
"Connect with friends with the New Year Animals iPhone and iPad app" prMac 7:33 AM
"TUAW Best of 2012 Awards: iPad products" TUAW 1/5
"Hewlett-Packard and the Cost of Failure" The Motley Fool 7:51 AM
"Maybe Microsoft should have shown up to CES 2013: The software giant opted out of a keynote and booth at the Las Vegas electronics show this year, but now that Microsoft makes its own tablets, it's the first year it really makes sense to be there." CNET 6:11 PM
"Windows 8 notebooks aren't selling partly due to price" PCWorld 9:06 AM
"DOD saves $100M a year with new Microsoft licensing deal" Network World 11:59 AM
"7 Predictions for Microsoft in 2013" Mashable 6:06 PM
"The Strange Explanation Of Why Windows Phone Users Lost Access To Google Maps" Search Engine Land 7:42 AM
"Windows 7 is great, but I won't go back" BetaNews 11:59 AM
"Lenovo's Mobile Monitor Is a Windows 8 Tablet Without the Guts" Mashable 6:06 PM
"Lenovo Debuts 'Table PC' That You Can Play Monopoly On" Mashable 6:06 PM
"Lenovo Horizon Hands On: A Desktop PC That Turns into a Gigantic 27-inch Tablet" Gizmodo 6:06 PM
"Lenovo Makes Touch Screens the Norm in Its Windows 8 PCs" Mashable 6:06 PM
"New Web TV May Boost Intel In The Long Term" Seeking Alpha 7:39 AM
"The Exec That Signed The Check Explains Why Cisco Spent $1.2 Billion To Buy A $100 Million Company" Business Insider 11:43 AM
"Eric Schmidt's North Korea trip confirmed for next week" The Verge 7:42 AM
"Google Gives Up China Censorship Fight" Business Insider 8:20 AM
"Google Admits It Was Blocking WP8 Maps" Business Insider 11:46 AM
"The story behind Google's FTC dodge" The Verge 11:59 AM
"Dropped call: Mobile biggies conspicuous by absence at CES" CNET 7:53 AM
"Exclusive: A Former Autonomy Salesperson Says This Is How The Creative Accounting Was Done" Business Insider 1/5
"Hewlett-Packard and the Cost of Failure" The Motley Fool 1/5
"Explaining Windows 8 PC Sales Over the Holidays: It's time to stop denying that Windows 8 is off to a slow start" Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows 1/5
"Windows laptop sales sink: but that's just part of the problem: Windows 8 laptop sales are hardly on fire. Maybe the absence of the dirt-cheap netbook has something to do with that." CNET News 1/5
"Windows 8 sales woes: are netbooks to blame?" The Verge 1/5
"Microsoft inks $617m tie-up with US military" V3 1/5
"Innovation at Microsoft? Show Us, Don't Tell Us!" TheStreet 1/5
"AT&T, Microsoft Among Corporate Donors to Obama Inaugural" Bloomberg 1/5
"Google to make Maps accessible to Windows Phone users: After rash of stories suggesting anticompetitive behavior, company says 'recent improvements' to IE mobile and Google Maps now provide better experience and Google will remove redirect that bumped IE mobile users to Google.com." CNET News 1/5
"Google says Maps redirect on Windows Phone was a product decision, and will be removed" The Next Web 1/5
"Google may need history lesson on blocking rivals' products: Is there any good reason Google is blocking Windows Phone users from accessing Google Maps via the Internet Explorer browser?" CNET News 1/5
"Google Restoring Access to Maps on Windows Phones" PC Magazine 1/5
"Google Pledges To Restore In-Browser Maps Access To Deprived Windows Phone Users" TechCrunch 1/5
"Google's Working To Remove Its Redirect and Bring Its Maps Back to Windows Phone" Gizmodo 1/5
"Google blocks Windows Phone from Maps, limits Gmail" OSNews 1/5
"Windows Phone Doesn't Support Google Maps Because Google Doesn't Want It To" Mashable 1/5
"Behind Google's Antitrust Escape: After early hopes for a sweeping antitrust case against Google Inc., it became clear to the Federal Trade Commission last fall that no such lawsuit was in the offing." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1/5
"Is Now the Time to Buy Apple and Other Tech Stocks?" IndieResearch 1/4
"MEMS, iPhone mics, and impressive growth" EE Times 1/4
Industry News
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks pause after strong start to 2013/Asia stocks traded mostly lower Monday, as investors paused after pushing shares higher in the first few sessions of 2013." MarketWatch 8:38 PM
"Tech stocks manage to eke out mild broad gains" MarketWatch 1/4
"U.S. stocks close at highest level since 2007: Economy creates 155,000 jobs in December, as expected" MarketWatch 1/4
"S&P 500 Rises to Highest Level Since 2007 on Jobs Data" Bloomberg 1/4
"Data helps pace Wall Street higher, but Apple drags" FOXBusiness 1/4
"Stocks Improve After Jobs, Services-Sector Reports" TheStreet 1/4
"S&P 500 ends week at 5-year high: Stocks started 2013 with the bang, with the S&P 500 finishing the week at its highest closing level since December 2007." CNNMoney 1/4
"S&P 500 Posts Best Closing High Since Financial Crisis; Up 4.6% for Week" CNBC 1/4
"Stocks Close Broadly Higher" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1/4
"Stocks to rise after jobs report: Stocks point to a higher open, after the U.S. government reported better-than-expected jobs numbers for December." CNNMoney 1/4
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks mostly lower, but Japan jumps sharply" MarketWatch 1/4
"Europe Markets: ISM, U.S. jobs data lift Europe stocks" MarketWatch 1/4
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