"Who wins if Apple's stock doesn't skyrocket at earnings? After reaching highs above $700 last year, Apple's stock collectively earned itself bragging rights as being the world's most valuable public company. But since then, the company's shares have plummeted in value. Why, and will this change when Apple releases its spectacular earnings tomorrow?" RoughlyDrafted Magazine 8:47 PM
"Why Apple is Still a Great Company" ["Why the conviction? China Mobile is the largest mobile services provider in the world based on subscriber numbers, according to CNN. And guess what it doesn't offer yet? The iPhone. Brace yourself for heavy overseas sales once Apple works out a deal with China Mobile."] The Motley Fool 12:41 PM
"Why This Week's Apple Earnings Matter So Much More than Usual" Money Morning 4:08 PM
"Can Apple maintain its shine? Will Apple's first-quarter earnings report confirm or quell rising skepticism?" Associated Press 3:28 PM
"Caffeinate Mountain Lion to prevent it from sleeping: The 'caffeinate' Terminal command offers some quick options for keeping sleep from interrupting your Mac." MacFixIt 6:36 PM
"Mac troubleshooting: What to do when the Trash won't empty" Macworld 7:49 AM
"5 Quick Fixes to Common Mac Problems" Mactuts+ 8:36 AM
"Update: IP address snafu caused NetExtender-Mac VPN problem" MacWindows 8:34 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Scapple: Mind Mapping Software for Scrivener" James Bleifus 7:53 AM
"iPhone wins 51 percent of U.S. smartphone sales, says report" CNET News 8:21 AM
"iPhones Top Seller In U.S., Japan; Android (Read: Samsung) Winning Everywhere Else; Windows Phone Growing Most In Europe: Kantar" TechCrunch 8:21 AM
"Apple reigns as 4Q smartphone champ thanks to adopted Android users" GeekWire 8:25 AM
"Verizon: We sold 6.2M iPhones in the fourth quarter/And half of those iPhones were able to tap into the 4G LTE network. Overall, Verizon activated 9.8 million smartphones in the period, with nearly a third new to the service." CNET News 8:22 AM
"Verizon: iPhone Makes Up Two Thirds of Smartphone Activations" The Mac Observer 8:59 AM
"Only half of Verizon iPhone sales were iPhone 5" CNNMoney 9:13 AM
"Almost Half of Verizon's Record iPhone Sales Were iPhone 5s" AllThingsD 1:14 PM
"AAPL: VZ Numbers Reassure iPhone View, But Is It Enough?" Barron's 3:05 PM
"iPhone activations at Verizon increased by 47%" Network World 10:57 AM
"Which carrier sold the most iPhones last quarter?" Fortune 3:05 PM
"New Reports Claim The iOS App Store Will Gain 435K New Apps In 2013, But Most Apps Go Unnoticed" TechCrunch 8:21 AM
"Google CEO suggests Apple's 'thermonuclear war' isn't going well/Thinks Apple's focus on a very small number of things, works well for them. But Page says: 'I find that unsatisfying'." Macworld UK 8:25 AM
"DIY electronics flourish in the same town as Apple's factories: A man in China manufactures microcontrollers so he can sell his own electronics." Ars Technica 3:04 PM
"Apple Inc. to open online store in Indonesia" NZweek 8:16 AM
"Apple investing $3m to open first retail store in Indonesia, resume direct online sales" 9 to 5 Mac 7:48 AM
"Apple to invest $3m as it looks to open Apple Store in Jakarta and begin offering direct online sales in Indonesia" The Next Web 8:16 AM
"Apple Holding Dedicated Shopping Event On January 25th To Celebrate Chinese New Year" Redmond Pie 7:48 AM
"Apple teases details of 'Red Friday' sale to celebrate Chinese New Year" The Next Web 8:16 AM
"Watch These iPhone Knockoffs Get Bulldozed" Mashable 8:16 AM
"Apple Pulls 500px's Mobile Apps From The App Store, Claiming It's Too Easy To Search For Nude Photos" TechCrunch 3:03 PM
"500px photo apps pulled from iOS App Store, allegedly over nude photos" The Verge 3:03 PM
"'The Dream is Now'—Steve Jobs' widow launches new Dream Act push" The Lookout 9:49 AM
"Steve Jobs' Widow Launches Web Project Calling for Immigration Reform" Mashable 11:53 AM
"Ashton Kutcher to Attend Macworld as Steve Jobs" Mashable 8:16 AM
"Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad from Jobs movie to debut at Macworld/iWorld conference" Insanely Great Mac 9:21 AM
"Ashton Kutcher, Will.I.Am, and Fred Armison all to make appearances at Macworld/iWorld Expo 2013" Network World 9:51 AM
"Rare See-Through Apple Newton Sells for $1,350" The Mac Observer 3:27 PM
"Watch: Here's how to charge an iPhone with fire" Macworld UK 8:25 AM
Non-Apple News
"Mega responds to security concerns with plans to let you change and reset your password" The Next Web 4:24 PM
"Atari: A Damaged Yet Vital Brand/The once-towering maker of video games and home computers is once again on the ropes with its latest caretaker company." PC Magazine 3:05 PM
"Apple analyst Gene Munster says Apple HDTV with new remote coming in 2013, again" 9 to 5 Mac 2:48 PM
"Munster (again) sees Apple shipping iTV and new remote in 2013" iDownload Blog 3:02 PM
"2013: An Apple Television That Fixes 'The Remote Problem" AppleBitch 3:05 PM
"Apple to release two 4-inch iPhones featuring in-cell touch in 2013, say sources" ["Previously it was said that Apple would release a lower-cost version of its iPhone with a bigger screen in 2013. But the sources claimed that Apple is indeed developing an iPhone with a bigger screen, but that will not be among the models to be lancuhed[sic] this year."] DigiTimes 9:48 AM
"Digitimes reverses stance on 2013 release of larger-screened iPhone" AppleInsider 8:10 PM
"Apple is Working on a 4.8-Inch iPhone But It Won't Be Released in 2013? [Report] iClarified 8:24 AM
"Bigger iPhone still coming: just not this year, report says: If you're holding out for a 5-inch iPhone, you might have to wait until 2014, a new report claims." CNET News 12:33 PM
"Apple: More iPhone In the Works; But Which Ones?" Forbes 9:50 AM
"21.5-Inch iMac's Shipping Times Slip To 2-3 Weeks" Cult of Mac 8:30 AM
"TMSC Anticipates Big Orders. Is Apple One of Them?" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:48 AM
"Apple may have ordered 'very large volume' of chips from TSMC" iDownload Blog 9:01 AM
"Here's a Mac Pro concept gallery while we patiently wait for Apple to update the real ones" 9 to 5 Mac 9:49 AM
"Mac Pro Concept Imagines What A Pro Apple Desktop Would Look Like With ARM On Board" TechCrunch 10:54 AM
"AMD hires chip veterans, diversifies beyond PCs" Reuters 8:35 AM
"AMD Hires New Engineers with Apple, QUALCOMM Experience" DailyTech 8:35 AM
"AMD hires Apple and Qualcomm engineers to get up to speed on mobile. Too little, too late?" VentureBeat 10:58 AM
"AMD hires chip experts from Qualcomm and Apple, aims to move beyond the PC" Engadget 8:13 AM
"AMD Hires Back Former Apple OS X And Qualcomm Engineers" Cult of Mac 12:48 PM
Granted Apple Patents
"Apple invention adjusts display brightness according to on-screen content" AppleInsider 8:33 AM
"Apple awarded patent for iOS 'loupe' on-screen content magnification" AppleInsider 8:33 AM
"Apple develops system for image preprocessing involving skin tone and face detection" AppleDailyReport 8:59 AM
"Apple patent is for migration of data between computers" AppleDailyReport 8:34 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Star Wings HD For iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99), The iPhone Version Is Also Free" Apple Sliced 9:03 AM
"King Oddball For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $2.99)" Apple Sliced 9:03 AM
"Curio For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:03 AM
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:46 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:46 AM
"Weighing the Phablet's Potential: How big is too big? Could phablets turn out to be more than the flash-in-the-pan many of us thought they were?" PC Magazine 8:09 AM
"How To Spend a $37 Venture-Capital Infusion" Wired 1:28 PM
"Stretch your pockets: 150M 'phablet' sales expected in 2013" GigaOM 11:53 AM
"Is Facebook Making You Fat?" TechWeb News 8:56 AM
"How Physicians Can Protect Themselves Against Social Media Fraud" Social Barrel 8:42 AM
"What will the new Google search mean for teachers? As plans for Google's Knowledge Graph and new search emerge, Ben Morse explores the impact these developments will have on education and people working in schools" The Guardian 8:13 AM
"I Might Be Too Old for Facebook Graph Search" Techland 7:53 AM
"'The Elder Scrolls Online' invites gamers to test the new Tamriel" NBC News 9:42 AM
"Microsoft may invest $1B-$3B in Dell buyout: CNBC: The network's DaVid Faber, citing sources, says the Redmond, Wash., software giant is in talks with Silver Lake to help take Dell private." CNET News 12:58 PM
"Microsoft Might Kick In $1-$3 Billion To Help With The Dell Buy Out" Business Insider 12:58 PM
"Report: Microsoft could lay out $3B to help Dell go private/Microsoft may be planning to invest between $1 billion and $3 billion as part of a leveraged buyout of Dell, according to a report this afternoon from CNBC." Computerworld New Zealand 8:21 PM
"Microsoft Joins Talks To Buy Out Dell Shareholders" TechCrunch 1:49 PM
"Why Microsoft would want a piece of Dell" GigaOM 1:27 PM
"$24bn Dell buyout deal moves closer" Computing 7:56 AM
"Dell's Plan To Go Private Said To Meet Resistance: Dell lost almost a third of its value last year and is struggling with tablet makers such as Apple" Sys-Con Media 7:56 AM
"Dell to test Silver Lake's skills as 'undertaker'" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:11 AM
"Dell reinvigorates marketing to tackle PC decline" MarketingWeek 7:57 AM
"Microsoft's fiscal 2Q to shed light on Windows 8" Associated Press 8:31 AM
"Microsoft: 3.1% Dividend Yield, Good Upside, Low Risk" Seeking Alpha 7:55 AM
"Former Microsoft exec: Ballmer culls internal rivals to retain power" Associated Press 8:31 AM
"Joachim Kempin, Book Author And Ex-Microsoft Executive, Says Steve Ballmer Bullies Rivals Out Of Redmond" Reuters 8:36 AM
"Former Microsoft Exec Says Steve Ballmer Pushes Out Rivals to Keep Power" Mashable 8:32 AM
"The latest Ballmer basher: Microsoft's former OEM chief/Summary: Microsoft's former OEM chief Joachim Kempin, who played a starring role in Microsoft's troubles with the U.S. Department of Justice has a book that Reportedly takes shots at CEO Steve Ballmer." ZDNet 8:41 AM
"Microsoft Surface Pro hits U.S. and Canada on Feb. 9/Surface's other shoe is about to drop: the full Windows 8, Intel Core-driven Surface is headed to stores in just a few weeks." CNET Reviews 12:02 PM
"Microsoft announces Surface Pro release date, price, and Surface RT updates" ExtremeTech 1:36 PM
"Microsoft Surface tablet hit by update glitch, say some owners: Some Surface owners say they can no longer connect to the Windows Update service to download the latest patches." CNET News 8:53 AM
"Intel to wind down desktop circuit board business: The chipmaker says it will leave the traditional desktop PC circuit board business. As a result, the venerable tower PC will likely begin to fade." CNET News 7:20 PM
"Intel will stop producing its own desktop motherboards" The Verge 8:56 PM
"Intel launches Ivy Bridge Celeron and Pentium chips, signals total confidence at 22nm" ExtremeTech 7:49 AM
"Intel Launches Budget Ivy Bridge Processors" Gizmodo 7:19 AM
"Intel Ivy Bridge now available in budget-friendly silicon" Engadget 7:20 AM
"Intel's Difficult Year And What's Ahead" Forbes 8:36 AM
"AMD tumbles further, ended 2012 with net loss of $1.18 billion: Company execs do their best to put a positive spin on a bad situation." Ars Technica 8:01 PM
"AMD's Loss Widens Sharply" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:37 PM
"AMD earnings continue decline with $1.16 billion in Q4 revenue, $5.42 billion in 2012" Engadget 3:53 PM
"AMD grabs more mobile CPU talent, opening a path to phones and tablets: Hires from Qualcomm and the former P.A. Semi could help AMD move beyond the PC" Ars Technica 1:35 PM
"AMD hires chip veterans, diversifies beyond PCs" Reuters 7:39 AM
"AMD hires chip experts from Qualcomm and Apple, aims to move beyond the PC" Engadget 7:45 AM
"AMD hires Apple and Qualcomm senior engineers in bid to expand into new markets" The Verge 7:52 AM
"AMD grabs ex-Apple and Qualcomm mobile chip specialists" SlashGear 8:08 AM
"Inside H-P's Missed Chance to Avoid a Disastrous Deal" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:40 AM
"Inside HP's Missed Chance to Avoid a Disastrous Deal" AllThingsD 7:58 AM
"HP proceeded with Autonomy buy despite financial allegations" IT PRO 8:06 AM
"HP Missed Chance To Dump Autonomy" TechWeb News 1:02 PM
"HP cloud chief exits troubled skies: CRN - Essential information for VARs, integrators and converged resellers. Claim your free subscription today." CRN 8:00 AM
"IBM's Profit Up 6.3% as Software Sales Rise" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:48 PM
"IBM Beats; Revenue Down One Percent To $29.3B; Net Income Up 6 Percent To $6.1B" TechCrunch 3:48 PM
"Asia Markets: Tokyo stocks drop, Seoul rises after choppy ride/Asian markets ended on a mixed note Tuesday, with shares in Tokyo slipping after a roller-coaster ride in the wake of the Bank of Japan's monetary policy decision, while South Korean stocks advanced amid gains for the yen." MarketWatch 8:45 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks slip; BOJ, German data in focus/ASML gains on upgrade, Deutsche Bank falls on warning speculation/European stock markets closed mostly lower on Tuesday, as disappointment with the Bank of Japan's latest policy decision offset better-than-expected German sentiment data." MarketWatch 12:28 PM
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