"Why Apple needs to retake the core of the iPhone in 2013" ["One of the things to watch for this year as Jony Ive takes over the Human Interface department and future versions of iOS is whether he is able to compete head-on with world-class mobile development teams — especially at its biggest rivals — and bring Apple's ability to make the best core iPhone apps back into balance."] GigaOM 8:04 AM
"Apple Forced Google's Hand On Android" ReadWrite 8:42 AM
"Apple's Most Important Conference Call in Years" The Motley Fool 7:06 PM
"Apple's first 2013 earnings to be closely watched: The company's earnings on Wednesday are expected to set new sales records for iPhones, iPads, and maybe even Macs. But Wall Street is still concerned." CNET News 7:52 AM
"Investors Struggle to Get Handle on Apple" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1:52 PM
"Good profit margins, not growing market share is best for Apple: Why Apple should stop reinventing products and focus on profit margins" Macworld UK 10:38 AM
"Smartphones: Samsung Bursts Out to Start the New Year But iPhone Still Most Popular" MacPrices 7:29 AM
"Samsung beats Apple as iPhone peaks: Samsung to dominate smartphones as Apple share peaks" PC Advisor 7:58 AM
"Report: LG takes 2nd place from Apple in US handset market during December" 9 to 5 Google 8:13 AM
"LG reportedly overtakes Apple as America's No.2 handset manufacturer" BGR 7:06 PM
"BII Report: The Race To Be The Third Mobile Platform" Business Insider 10:14 AM
"'Anonymous' hacks Oz Uni's email to protest bulk iPad buy: University of Western Sydney students spammed, made to endure anti-Apple rant" The Register 8:13 AM
"Iron Man joins China's challenge iPhone" Bloomberg 4:43 PM
"Apple to open R&D in China, despite promise to bring jobs back to US: Apple is said to have plans to open a Research and Development centre in China" Macworld UK 7:57 AM
"30 years of the Apple Lisa and the Apple IIe: At its annual shareholders' meeting on January 19, 1983, Apple announced two new products that would play a pivotal role in the future of the company" Macworld 7:57 AM
"Watch: Hundreds of fake iPhones destroyed in Russia... by an excavator" Macworld UK 10:39 AM
"Happy birthday, Apple Lisa and the Apple IIe" TUAW 7:42 AM
"Apple's 15 boldest computer designs, 1976-2012: Here are Apple's most bold, iconic computer designs so far: and what they're telling us" [Slideshow] InfoWorld 10:08 AM
"At a Chinese art museum, an iPad on a pedestal" The Verge 11:20 AM
"Smoothing the Airport Wait" ["Rather than rush off the plane and into a cab headed into Manhattan, he lingered at the arrival gate at La Guardia Airport, stopping for a leisurely lunch at Bisoux, a French bistro, and using the iPad mounted on his table to order his meal, check his e-mail and pay the bill."] New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:44 PM
"See The iPhone 5 Next To The Upcoming BlackBerry Z10" App Advice 1:11 PM
"Burglar Who Stole Steve Jobs's Computer Is Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison" Cult of Mac 11:20 AM
Non-Apple News
"Twitter Takes Two Dives in One Week" AllThingsD 9:28 PM
"Sony Invents Ultrabook with Transparent Display & Solar Cells" Patent Bolt 4:38 PM
"Sony boss: We'll let Microsoft unveil its console first, then make ours better" GeekWire 12:00 PM
"Thousands of angry AT&T customers speak out as Free Press pushes for net neutrality" The Verge 10:38 AM
"Google's Schmidt and daughter spill the beans on North Korean trip" ZDNet 10:47 AM
"Chrome to channel all searches over SSL, Google confirms: Incuding users not signed into Google" Techworld 10:36 AM
"Mega users: If you're hacked once, you're hacked for life" ZDNet 10:48 AM
"Kim Dotcom re-enacts raid, arrest for launch of new Mega site" Reuters [Free Registration Required] 10:06 AM
"Sony launches thin and light Tablet Z: For now, Sony is only detailing availability in Japan" IDG News Service 10:24 AM
"RIM Rebrands App Store To BlackBerry World As It Adds Music, Videos Ahead Of BB10 Launch" TechCrunch 10:35 AM
"RIM renames store to BlackBerry World as more content is added: In addition to apps, users will also be able to download videos and music" IDG News Service 10:24 AM
"Sergey Brin Dons Google Glass, Dresses Like An International Jewel Thief For NYC Subway Ride" TechCrunch 10:34 AM
"Huawei Springs Back With 33% Rise in Net Profit" Reuters [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:25 AM
"Carriers brace for a nasty quarter" CNNMoney 9:18 AM
"Mozilla picks JavaScript titan Eich to lead charge against 'Droid, iOS" The Register 8:13 AM
"Android platform to continue dominating 5-inch and larger smartphone market in 2013" DigiTimes 8:05 AM
"How batteries affect wearable design: 1st Google Glass had battery backpack" GigaOM 8:04 AM
"Atari Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy" TechCrunch 10:05 AM
"Atari files for bankruptcy protection in bid to save legendary brand" The Verge 7:59 AM
"Atari U.S. operation files for bankruptcy" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:46 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"iMore show 333: Apple is doomed. Again." iMore 1:52 PM
"It was a slow Apple news week and you can tell by this episode." The MT Show 1:15 PM
"The Road to Macworld – Tom Negrino Focuses on Your Home Media Center and iCloud Troubleshooting" MacVoicesTV 10:18 AM
"Why Apple purchased LaLa and how Steve Jobs makes an offer 'you can't refuse" Edible Apple 11:04 AM
"Smartphones Become the New Hub of our Digital Lifestyles" Tech.pinions 9:56 AM
"Wolverton: iPhone won't replace my cameras any time soon/When I attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month, I shot photos exclusively with my new iPhone." Silicon Valley 9:53 AM
"Relax, Apple doesn't need a 'happiness machine' to thrive" TUAW 9:10 AM
"Apple Earnings: An Anxious World Awaits" ReadWrite 9:02 AM
"It's official, Apple is doomed, frustrated analysts' rumors of poor iPhone and iPad sales are becoming too evident" The Gadget Club 9:00 AM
"Samsung Bashes iPhone's Business Abilities In New Galaxy Commercial [Video] Cult of Android 8:13 AM
"The Unicorn Apocalypse – [Video]" ["That's not us trying to be cool or hipster with that headline up there — that's actually the title of Samsung 's new iPhone (and BlackBerry)-bashing TV commercial."] RazorianFly 7:33 AM
"A wallpaper app that wont put you to sleep: Deko for iOS lets you generate patterns on the fly" The Next Web 9:30 PM
"This Prototype iPhone Dongle Blends The Magic of Kinect and the Wii — But The Best Is Yet to Come" Cult of Mac 8:48 PM
"Kayak: iOS use is 3x the amount of Android use" Electronista 1:09 PM
"Macworld/iWorld turns to star power with Ashton Kutcher, Will.i.am" Macworld 1:08 PM
"Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad hit Macworld stage to talk jOBS on Jan. 31" 9 to 5 Mac 1:06 PM
"Playing Steve & Woz: Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad take the Macworld/iWorld Main stage to share their experiences playing the technology industry's two most celebrated and influential personalities, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, in the upcoming feature film, JOBS." Macworld/iWorld 1:06 PM
"Ashton Kutcher to Talk at Macworld/iWorld about Playing Steve Jobs" The Mac Observer 12:55 PM
"IBM to pump Power Systems through Tech Data, Ingram Micro: Expanding channel coverage in the US, and maybe Canada" Channel Register 10:41 AM
"Remember Lotus Notes? It's Still a $1 Billion IBM Business" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:07 PM
"Oracle reveals cloudy engineered systems: Oracle is rolling out private infrastructure as a service clouds, with capacity-on-demand (CoD) pricing, based on its various 'engineered systems' setups." The Register 10:42 AM
"Intel Bets on Fabs, Again: The world's largest chipmaker is counting on its U.S.-based manufacturing to earn it a toehold in the market for mobile processors." Technology Review 10:36 AM
"Back Against The Wall, Intel Ramps Up Investment For 2013 To Make The Shift To Mobile Processors" TechCrunch 10:34 AM
"Intel set to announce Haswell processors at Computex 2013" DigiTimes 9:54 AM
"Stephen Hawking gets birthday gift from Intel" EE Times 9:54 AM
"Data slowdown looms for smartphone users: Operators will be unable to keep up with smartphone users' growing demand for data on the move, a report warns." BBC 9:35 AM
"Suffix rush: the rise of 'dot whatever'/Why we'll see hundreds of new site names in 2013." Christian Science Monitor 9:47 AM
"FCC calls for gigabit broadband in every US state" TG Daily 10:38 AM
"W3C aims to boost cooperation on standards with China" IDG News Service 10:24 AM
"W3C steps up China outreach with Beijing centre" The Register 10:41 AM
"W3C designates Chinese uni as 'host' center" ZDNet 10:48 AM
"CIOs say cloud computing is really, truly a priority this time" InfoWorld 10:09 AM
"Did stock manipulation cause Apple stock to close at $500? Apple's stock closed at $500 just as Call Options expired, stock manipulation suspected" Macworld UK 5:05 PM
"Was Apple's $500 close on Friday the result of market manipulation?" Edible Apple 5:05 PM
"Al Gore pays $440k for $29.5m Apple shares: Cashes in options award given to him by Steve Jobs" Macworld UK 7:59 AM
Industry News
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks lower, Bank of Japan on tap/Asia stocks traded lower on Tuesday, as sentiment soured ahead of the conclusion of a two-day meeting at the Bank of Japan." MarketWatch 9:07 PM
"Admiral shares lead U.K. stocks higher" MarketWatch 9:23 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks inch higher, Novozymes jumps" MarketWatch 9:20 AM
"European Stocks Rise Monday on Debt-Ceiling Hopes" Associated Press 10:50 AM
"Europe Stocks Up in Quiet Trade" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:20 AM
"Yen Gains as BOJ Meets; Most Europe Stock Rise, Oil Falls" Bloomberg 9:37 AM
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