"Can a Low-Cost iPhone Save Apple? Actually, does Apple need saving in the first place? If the following two figures point to a company in poor shape, I don't know if I could bear to look at a healthy one: 1. $137 billion in cash, cash equivalents, and short- and long-term marketable securities 2. Zero debt" The Motley Fool 6:19 PM
"Apple's Supplier Responsibility 2013 Progress Report (PDF)" Apple 8:54 AM
"Supplier Responsibility Progress Report: Our Supplier Responsibility Progress Report provides the results of our 2012 audits, including the work we're doing to correct issues and improve our suppliers' performance" Apple 8:54 AM
"Apple steps up labor audits, finds underage workers" Reuters 8:23 AM
"Apple Says China Agent Forged Papers for Underage Workers" Bloomberg 9:12 AM
"Apple Takes Aim at Providers of Underage Laborers" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:08 PM
"Apple fires supplier after audit uncovers underage workers: The iPhone maker found 74 underage workers at one company and then reported the labor agency to local authorities, according to Apple's latest Supplier Responsibility report." CNET News 8:30 AM
"Apple cut ties with Chinese supplier for hiring underage workers: Apple released its latest supplier responsibility report on Friday" IDG News Service 8:33 AM
"Under-age workers found in Apple supply audit" BBC 8:27 AM
"Apple's supplier audits uncover labor agent conspiracy to hide underage workers" The Next Web 8:41 AM
"Apple pressured to provide iOS 6 source code" ["Apple has denied the request of its Korean rival, calling it ridiculous. Both Motorola and Google have also asked for the source code to be supplied but to no avail."] The Korea Times 10:01 AM
"Apple Rejects Samsung Request To See iOS 6 Source Code In Korea Patent Battle" TechCrunch 10:01 AM
"Apple shifting its guidance to stop being blamed for 'missing' analyst expectations" AppleInsider 8:52 PM
"Apple Critics Like To Have It Both Ways" Forbes 10:14 AM
"Apple's China dilemma: market share or cachet?" Reuters 8:23 AM
"Apple's Thursday Tumble: By The Numbers" Forbes 8:28 AM
"What Tech Company is Healthier Than Apple?" Tech.pinions 9:10 AM
"Apple Growth Slowdown Fuels Concern of Value-Stock Shift" [Video Report] Bloomberg 8:58 AM
"Apple seeds eighth OS X 10.8.3 beta to developers: The new Mountain Lion build has some changes to WiFi assets and no known issues" Macworld UK 8:38 AM
"BitTorrent reveals Sync, a new file synchronization tool that could compete with Dropbox and iCloud" The Next Web 8:40 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/This week, readers sent in questions about the stigma surrounding the MacKeeper utility, and more." MacFixIt 7:57 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Nebulous Notes for iOS Makes Markdown Easy" TidBITS 7:57 PM
"How to use the Font panel in OS X: The Font panel in OS X programs is a central way to set the font and font size for various applications, but in addition it supports a number of other useful features." CNET Reviews 5:01 PM
"Mac Gems: TextExpander 4 extends its fill-in functionality" Macworld 8:50 AM
"iTunes media folders, making smart playlists, and copying music to a new computer" Macworld 8:50 AM
"Freshly Squeezed Reviews: writing on steroids" AppleDailyReport 8:21 AM
"Mac 101: Use Finder's item arrangement to sort your files" TUAW 6:19 PM
"MacMost Now 818: Save Dialog Defaults" MacMost 8:15 AM
"Get the Classic iTunes Search List Style Back in iTunes 11" OS X Daily 12:52 PM
"Set default save to local rather than iCloud in 10.8" Amsys 9:25 AM
"Apple's 2013 Supplier Responsibility Report Includes 72% Bump In Audits For 2012, 97% Increase In Training" TechCrunch 8:55 AM
"Apple Fires Manufacturer For Faking Documents For Underage Workers" ReadWrite 2:44 PM
"Apple 'dismayed' to find over 100 kids building its iDevices" The Register 10:48 AM
"Apple Names Names in 2013 Supplier Sustainability Report" The Mac Observer 2:44 PM
"Apple's Tim Cook gives workers kudos for strong quarter: Wall Street may have been disappointed by Apple's first quarter, but the company's CEO congratulates his employees for record results." CNET News 8:30 AM
"Apple lists Quanta Computer in Fremont California as Final Assembler for Macs" 9 to 5 Mac 12:52 PM
"Smartphone Pressure Mounts for Samsung and Apple Exiting a Strong Q4 2012, According to ABI Research" Business Wire 8:14 AM
"Apple, Samsung get knocked down a peg: The two consumer electronics giants provided evidence in their quarterly financial reports that growth is slowing in the handset market and competition is picking up." CNET News 3:05 PM
"The Samsung juggernaut widens its lead over Apple" GigaOM 8:35 AM
"Strategy Analytics: Global Smartphone Shipments Reach a Record 700 Million Units in 2012" Business Wire 8:14 AM
"Strategy Analytics: Global Mobile Phone Shipments Reach 1.6 Billion Units in 2012" Business Wire 8:13 AM
"1.6 billion mobile phones shipped in 2012: Samsung ships 396.5M, Apple ships 135.8M" VentureBeat 8:36 AM
"Samsung Dominated Apple And Nokia With A Record 213M Smartphones Shipped In 2012" TechCrunch 8:55 AM
"Apple, Samsung Crush Smartphone Rivals as Huawei Edges In" PC Magazine 10:46 AM
"Report: Apple and Samsung dominate Q4 with 51 percent of global smartphone market" 9 to 5 Mac 9:12 AM
"Samsung v Apple phones" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:32 AM
"The iPad revolution is coming to a hospital near you: Despite what fear-mongers say, iPads not only satisfy HIPAA rules but may be the best tool for doctors and nurses" InfoWorld 11:06 AM
"Stunning Photos Of Apple's New Japanese Headquarters" [Slideshow] Business Insider 8:45 AM
"AT&T Sells 8.6M iPhones, Still Lost $6B" The Mac Observer 10:07 AM
"Nose Jobs: The Story Behind The Most Incredible Steve Jobs Photo You've Never Seen [Feature] Cult of Mac 10:00 AM
"First Steve Jobs movie gets red carpet premiere" Reuters 8:51 PM
"Wozniak slams scene in Kutcher's 'Jobs' biopic: Apple co-founder caught a glimpse of the movie's first scene and proclaims that it is 'not close' and 'totally wrong.'" CNET News 8:30 AM
"Apple co-founder Wozniak says parts of Jobs film 'totally wrong'" Reuters 4:07 PM
"Watch: Steve Wozniak says first clip from Steve Jobs film is 'totally wrong'" Macworld UK 8:40 AM
"Watch the First Clip of Ashton Kutcher as Steve 'jOBS'" WSJ Blogs 9:40 AM
"1 minute and 2 seconds of Ashton as Steve" Fortune 10:46 AM
"The iPad and the rise of the Planet of the Apes: Orangutan Outreach's 'Apps for Apes' is bringing iPads to the country's zoo-bound primates. Can global dominance be far behind?" InfoWorld 9:16 AM
"Rock Center looks at iPhone as the future of medicine" TUAW 9:11 AM
"Apple Adds 'App Store Notes' to Featured Apps" MacRumors 8:53 PM
"Sympathetic Scots scoff-house offers hard-up Apple fanbois a discount" The Register 8:27 AM
"Stunning IPhone Photos From L.A.'s IPhoneography Wizard" Forbes 11:29 AM
"RoboVM stirs up another helping of Java for iPhone" The Register 8:28 AM
Non-Apple News
"Acer shows off Liquid E1 handset in China" CNET News 12:21 PM
"Ouya tweaks console controller in redesign" TG Daily 11:49 AM
"Web server hackers installing rogue Apache modules and SSH backdoors" Techworld 11:47 AM
"Amazon Takes On Google, Facebook & Dropbox By Adding Auto-Uploads To Its Cloud Drive Photos App" TechCrunch 11:43 AM
"Twitter's new service suggests its future may lie in video" Reuters 11:25 AM
"Minneapolis game developer debuts 'Uglies'" St. Paul Pioneer Press [Free Registration Required] 11:18 AM
"Facebook's Graph Search worries security experts" CSO 11:13 AM
"Facebook blocks competitors from its social data" TechHive 11:12 AM
"Texting boyfriend while walking a bad idea, soggy newscaster discovers" Digital Life 11:05 AM
"Stranger than fiction: Fugitive multi-millionaire John McAfee reveals his next move" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 10:44 AM
"When baby products meet high-end robotics" Fortune 10:44 AM
"Samsung unveils rugged Xcover 2 smartphone" V3 11:56 AM
"Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Poses With Baby Brother Galaxy Note II, Shows Off Its S-Pen" TechCrunch 11:44 AM
"Square Operating Chief Rabois Resigns; Sarah Friar Is Acting COO" Bloomberg 10:20 AM
"Google's continuing odyssey to sink passwords" ZDNet 12:05 PM
"Google redesigns image search results for faster viewing" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:00 AM
"Google Silent About Wireless Experiment: Google has applied to the FCC for permission to test an experimental wireless system. Is Google about to offer mobile broadband?" InformationWeek 10:10 AM
"HTML Pioneer Tim Berners-Lee Calls For More Online Innovation To Break Down Cultural Barriers And Build New Business Models" TechCrunch 11:45 AM
"Lumia 900 to get Windows Phone 7.8 on January 30 -- report" CNET News 10:06 AM
"Gene Steinberg meets John Martellaro, from The Mac Observer, and Peter Cohen, from the Angry Mac Bastards radio show and The Loop, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6:17 PM
"The Road to Macworld – Ted Landau Tech Talks, Looks Back at the Show, Apple's Ups and Downs and More" MacVoicesTV 2:44 PM
"On Apple's iPad 5, iPhone 5S, and Plastic iPhone" iLounge 10:15 AM
"A Few More iPad 5, iPhone 5S, and iPad mini 2G Details" iLounge 1:21 PM
"iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini rumors afoot: Purportedly leaked details of the next generation of Apple's most popular products include an upgraded rear camera for the reported 'iPhone 5S' and a Retina screen for the next iPad Mini." CNET News 4:07 PM
"Report: iPad 5 to Sport Thinner Design, Debut in October" PC Magazine 5:00 PM
"Rumor: Super Thin iPad 5 Set For Release In October 2013" Apple Bitch 12:52 PM
"Yes, The iPad Mini Is Destroying Sales Of The Larger iPad" Business Insider 8:45 AM
"Pressure mounts on Apple to reveal iOS source code" iDownload Blog 10:46 AM
"Samsung Demands iOS 6 Code in South Korea Patent Fight" The Mac Observer 11:05 AM
"Apple cranks up its R&D machine" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:36 AM
"Apple's Cheaper Iphone Could Use A 'A Less Powerful Lower-End Snapdragon' Processor" BGR 10:13 AM
"Is Apple TV waiting on H.265 HEVC ratification?" ZDNet 9:11 AM
"Apple Names Product Assemblers in Boost to Supplier Transparency" Bloomberg 8:59 AM
"Apple cuts ties with supplier over child labour use" V3 9:15 AM
"Where are the Thunderbolt products?" ZDNet 12:09 PM
"Ship times for 21.5' iMac slips to 2-3 weeks on US Apple Online Store" AppleInsider 8:52 PM
"Rumor: Apple suppliers solve iMac production problems, strong sales projected" AppleInsider 12:54 PM
"Apple May Have Finally Fixed Its Imac Manufacturing Problems" BGR 6:21 PM
"iMac shipments fall over 40% in 4Q12, say Taiwan makers" DigiTimes 8:52 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Final Fury Pro For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)" Apple Sliced 8:51 AM
"Paper Galaxy For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:51 AM
"Ultimate Photo Editor For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $4.99)" Apple Sliced 8:51 AM
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:18 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:18 AM
"Appidemic: Old Clockmaker's Riddle HD for iPad" AppleTell 9:19 AM
"Poly Review: Turn photos into geometric works of art with this entertaining iPad app." 148Apps 10:10 AM
"Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes Review" Mac|Life 3:09 PM
"Bit Dungeon for iPad and iPhone review: No-frills, high-action, take on the roguelike concept" Macworld UK 9:32 AM
"'Momonga Pinball Adventure' Review - A Spin Through a Lush New World" Touch Arcade 6:22 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to change Reminder sync settings on iPhone and iPad" iMore 12:52 PM
"How I replaced my iPhone 4S battery for $8: Apple may not make it easy to replace an iPhone's battery, but that doesn't mean you can't do it. For cheap. And it takes only about 20 minutes." CNET Reviews 8:30 AM
Tips
"Q&A: How to Tame a Wild Mouse/I got a new iMac, which comes with a wireless keyboard and mouse. These accessories look slick, but the mouse cursor does all sorts of bizarre jumping around on the screen. Am I doing this or do I have a feral mouse?" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 9:12 PM
"Hold Down Compose Button in iOS Mail to get Drafts List" The Mac Observer 10:39 AM
"Use OpenDNS to block inappropriate content" Amsys 9:24 AM
"Bill Gates: My kids have never asked for Apple products/In an interview with Fox Business Network, Bill Gates says his kids are very happy with their Windows Phones. So there." CNET News 12:33 PM
"iPad cannibals invade the Mac country club" ZDNet 12:09 PM
"Jonathan Ive Would Do No Better Than Tim Cook At Apple" Forbes 12:03 PM
"Apple: Designed in California, made in China?" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 12:01 PM
"Notes of interest about Apple's retail stores" Edible Apple 11:56 AM
"iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week of Jan. 21: More than usually stunning display, thinner and lighter, canceled" Network World 11:16 AM
"Internet Use Increases Worldwide, Connections Get Faster" InformationWeek 10:49 AM
"Can new smartphones rekindle the BlackBerry fire?" Computerworld 10:31 AM
"SanDisk Ultra Plus SSD review: Fast and inexpensive" Computerworld 10:31 AM
"Samsung Galaxy S 4 buzz still white-hot, but could that mean we're ignoring the HTC M7? Hottest Android news and rumors for the week ending Jan. 25" Network World 11:15 AM
"Microsoft Office Web Apps vs. Google Docs: 5 reasons why Google Docs is better, 5 reasons why Web Apps is better" InfoWorld 10:52 AM
"Will Google Kill The Auto Industry? No, And Here's Why." Forbes 10:42 AM
"What Google's Transparency Report doesn't tell us" Computerworld 10:30 AM
"Will Smart Machines Create A World Without Work?" Associated Press 10:04 AM
"IPhone Beating Nokia 10-to-1 Leaves U.S. Effort in Doubt" Bloomberg 10:21 AM
"HP declares legal war on makers of alternative printer cartridges" ZDNet 12:06 PM
"Dell Deal Could Set Microsoft Back a Few Years" E-Commerce Times 10:35 AM
"Microsoft's Windows Bolsters Sales in Challenging Market" Bloomberg 9:56 AM
"Microsoft earnings report show the future of the company: Enterprises first, consumers last" Computerworld Blogs 10:30 AM
"Microsoft's Skype pressured to offer privacy reports: Microsoft is under fresh pressure to disclose information about how confidential its Skype user data is." BBC 10:18 AM
"Skype privacy questioned by rights organisations: Advocacy groups call on Skype and owner Microsoft to detail access by third parties such as governments" Techworld 11:46 AM
"Activists urge Skype: Tell us who is spying on us/Microsoft mum on privacy, security policies" The Register 11:51 AM
"Microsoft plans to add to Surface line-up with more models, better distribution" ZDNet 12:07 PM
"Microsoft to launch WP8 reference design in mid-2013, say sources" DigiTimes 10:34 AM
"Does Windows 8's three-month report card read pass or fail?" PCWorld 11:12 AM
"Cisco and NetApp fatten up Flexpod, chuck it at cloud biz" The Register 11:50 AM
"After selling Linksys, Cisco aims to reach consumers through carriers" IDG News Service 10:30 AM
"Unauthorized unlocking of smartphones becomes illegal Saturday/The feds mandate fidelity between carriers and users: New rule under DMCA outlaws unlocking new handsets without carrier permission." CNET News 10:07 AM
"Unlocking Your Cell Phone Will Soon Be Illegal" PC Magazine 11:11 AM
"Cell phone unlocking becomes a crime on Saturday" Houston Chronicle 10:45 AM
"Senators seek H-1B cap that starts at 115,000 and rises" Computerworld 10:30 AM
"White House Plans National Hacking Day" InformationWeek 10:49 AM
"When the government approves of hacking: While hacktivists and whistle-blowers face federal prison, the White House declares a National Day of Civic Hacking" Salon 11:23 AM
"EU seals pact with firms in bid to fill 700,000 tech jobs: The European Commission unveiled a deal on Friday with Hewlett-Packard, Telefonica and eight other telecoms and technology firms aimed at filling up to 700,000 high tech job vacancies." Reuters 9:57 AM
"EU Enlists Telefonica, Cisco, HP, Nokia, ARM And Others To Close The 700K IT Job Gap In Europe" TechCrunch 11:45 AM
"Excess chip inventory set to hurt Q1" EE Times 10:35 AM
"Up-and-comers pushing cloud computing stalwarts to diversify" Network World 10:52 AM
"Who's making money in the cloud? Salesforce.com, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft are the only companies pulling in more than $1 billion in revenue annually from cloud computing, one research firm says" Network World 11:14 AM
"Cramer's Mad Money - Apple's Arrogance" Seeking Alpha 9:19 AM
"Apple's New Pet: The Black Swan" Seeking Alpha 12:51 PM
"Apple chart pattern sets target at $340" MarketWatch 9:50 AM
"Apple Shares Slashed at Goldman" 24/7 Wall St. 8:41 AM
"Apple's drop shows price of popularity: To find your prince, you need to kiss a frog" MarketWatch 8:23 AM
"Huawei Creeps up on Apple, Samsung" WSJ Blogs 8:24 AM
"Lessons Learned From An Apple Bull" Seeking Alpha 8:24 AM
"Apple Pie Or Rotten Apples? A DCF Valuation Following Earnings" Seeking Alpha 8:24 AM
Industry News
"Microsoft, Netflix rise, but Apple falls again: Goldman cuts Apple price target by $100 as bruised stock trades flat" MarketWatch 12:09 PM
"U.S. stocks rise on earnings; S&P 500 above 1,500: S&P 500 extends longest win run in more than half a dozen years" MarketWatch 4:04 PM
"S&P 500 Post Longest Winning Streak Since 2004 on Profits" Bloomberg 12:15 PM
"S&P Climbs for Eighth Day Amid Strong Earnings, Data" FOXBusiness 10:44 AM
"S&P 500 in longest winning streak since 2004" Associated Press 4:05 PM
"S&P Logs Best Win Streak Since 2004; For the Week, AAPL Skids 12%, NFLX Soars 70%" CNBC 4:04 PM
"Stocks Continue to Climb as Companies Exceed Expectations" TheStreet 4:05 PM
"S&P 500 closes above 1,500 for 1st time since 2007: U.S. stocks ended the week on a high note Friday, as investors welcomed a batch of better-than-expected corporate results." CNNMoney 4:05 PM
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