"Stock split rumor surfaces ahead of Apple investor meeting: New chatter from Wall Street suggests Apple may be planning a stock split, something it hasn't done since 2005." CNET News 4:31 PM
"Apple's Deleting iCloud Emails That Contain The Phrase 'Barely Legal Teens'" Cult of Mac 1:35 PM
"Adobe releases third security update this month for Flash Player" Ars Technica 4:04 PM
"Adobe Issues Zero Day Patch for Flash" The Mac Observer 6:44 PM
"Think your Mac is safe from cyber attacks? Apple security experts want you to think again" Puget Sound Business Journal 4:04 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Q&A: Staying Safe From Java Threats/I hear lots of scary stuff about hackers getting into computers thru Java. What do I need to do to make my Mac and PC safe? Any worries about tablets?" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:10 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Review: Snapz Pro 2.5.1 screen capture program is past its prime" Macworld 1:33 PM
"Gestures: Hard to use, harder to find" Macworld 7:31 AM
"Advanced VoIP: Making and Receiving Landline Calls on Your Mac" Mactuts+ 7:27 AM
"With Intego's Mac Internet Security Premium, it's better to be safe than sorry" AppleDailyReport 8:16 AM
"iPhoto '11: Copying & Pasting Image Adjustments" The Mac Observer 7:24 AM
"For the First Time Since Napster, Music Sales Are Growing" ["But digital sales are still primarily about iTunes and download sales, which account for 70 percent of the total. iTunes sales have been flattening for some time in the U.S., but as Apple expands internationally, its numbers keep growing."] AllThingsD 8:00 AM
"iTunes, other digital providers boost music industry to first revenue growth in 13 years" AppleInsider 10:39 AM
"Study Finds That Streaming And Spyware Are Killing Music Piracy" Forbes 8:06 AM
"Survey says Apple is no. 1 brand in UK, but Apple needs to 'recalibrate' says ex Apple ad man: Apple's ex ad man, Ken Segall has written that he thinks Apple needs to 'recalibrate' its marketing campaigns." Macworld UK 8:03 AM
"Apple's 'Think Different' man likes Samsung's ad campaign: Apple is like Obama after the first debate, says TBWA-Chiat-Day's former creative director" Fortune 7:40 AM
"Apple needs to 'Think Different' to beat Samsung, warns ads guru" Computerworld 9:58 AM
"'Think Different' ad creator believes latest Samsung ads are getting the best of Apple" AppleInsider 8:00 AM
"Ken Segall says Apple needs to step up its ad campaign against Samsung" Network World 10:42 AM
"iOS Dominates Enterprise Mobility Market With 77% of Device Activations" MacRumors 10:51 AM
"Apple's iPhone Share Continues to Increase in Urban China" Forbes 8:10 AM
"Apple Joins Morgan Stanley to Back Gay Marriage at Supreme Court" Bloomberg 6:50 PM
"Apple Among 60 Companies to File Statement with U.S. Supreme Court Backing Gay Marriage" MacRumors 6:50 PM
"Tech companies: Gay marriage ban is bad for business/Companies such as Apple, Facebook, eBay, and Intel will add their support in the legal fight against bans on same-sex marriage, Fortune reports." CNET News 8:26 PM
"Apple To Contact 23M iTunes Customers Over In-App Purchasing Class-Action Lawsuit" RazorianFly 10:38 AM
"Apple owns enterprise: 5 of the top 5 devices activated last quarter are iPhones and iPads" VentureBeat 1:30 PM
"In India, iPhone Lags Far Behind" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:45 PM
"Defense Department opens contracts for Apple, Google: At one time BlackBerry received all of the Pentagon's mobile contracts, but times have changed." CNET News 9:08 PM
"Pentagon Goes Device-Agnostic, Open to iOS & Android" The Mac Observer 6:45 PM
"Staples officially launches US Apple sales" MacNN 10:55 AM
"Staples now selling Apple accessories" Edible Apple 11:30 AM
"Genius on hold: meet the man who invented much of the modern phone ... and maybe even Apple" VentureBeat 6:43 PM
"Apple now rejecting iOS apps using 'cookie tracking'" MacNN 7:52 AM
"HTC targets iPhone users with its new Sync Manager desktop application" iMore 7:30 AM
"Sprint smartphone sales help Android jump ahead of iPhone in the U.S." BGR 7:43 AM
"iPad, iPhone toys represented at Toy Fair 2013" TUAW 7:33 AM
"Apple sends cake to Fancy to commemorate launch of Google+ Sign-In" The Next Web 7:07 PM
Non-Apple News
"Samsung to Advance Microfluidic Display Effects While Working on a Smartphone for the Blind" Patent Bolt 6:41 PM
"Stretchy battery drawn to three times its size" BBC 11:33 AM
"Mozilla.org Unleashes New Firefox Mobile OS – No Need For Gatekeepers" MacPrices 11:27 AM
"Opera reveals its new WebKit-based browser for Android: The radically overhauled browser works on Gingerbread, gets 'Off-road Mode' for bad networks, adds a content discovery tool, and will ship in the first half of the year." CNET Reviews 10:48 AM
"Keith McMillen QuNeoTouch Me Three Times" ["The 14-ounce QuNeo is compatible with Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, and Android operating systems. It features 16 drum pads, a variety of up/down switches, plus nine sliders and two big rotary controls. The rotary controls can sense which direction your finger is moving, so you can 'spin' them forward and backward like you're queuing up a record."] Wired 8:09 AM
"Snooze: Minimalist iPhone alarm dock gets the job done" TUAW 2:11 PM
"Hands-on with AnoStyle gold iPhone — and $50 promo code! (Photos)" 9 to 5 Mac 8:52 PM
"Review: Element Case Soft-Tec Cases for iPhone 5 & iPad Mini" Run Around Tech 7:30 AM
"Sena Creativo case for iPhone review: The Sena Creativo is a stylish leather iPhone case that offers great protection and limited usage while safe within the case." PC Advisor 7:30 AM
"Sena WalletSlim case review (for iPhone 5): The Sena WalletSlim case for iPhone 5 offers side and back protection plus wallet features in luxury leather finishes." PC Advisor 7:30 AM
"Reviews: Blue Microphones Spark Digital Studio-Grade Microphone" iLounge 1:38 PM
"More Than One Way to Skin a Cat: Monochrome Apps for iOS -The Monochromist and B & W Lab" eXtensions 7:24 AM
"Zen Bound 2 for iPhone and iPad review" iMore 10:48 AM
"Carrot – Tries To Be Personable, Comes Across As Stale" Apple'n'Apps 8:27 PM
"What's Better Than Instagram On Your iPhone? Take A Look At Albumatic. It's Free!" Mac 360 6:55 AM
"Street View Review: Making the world that little bit smaller, Street View is a handy way of bringing back the service to Maps and iOS devices." 148Apps 11:33 AM
"Thinglist Review: Attractive to look at, Thinglist suffers badly for being far too basic for the price, despite offering a handy place to store ideas and thoughts." 148Apps 12:11 PM
"Take the Fight to the Field in Battle Nations – iPad App Review" PadGadget 10:39 AM
"Appidemic: iPoe 2 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" AppleTell 10:37 AM
"Review: Wire Storm – A Fun and Addicting Logic Puzzle Game" MacTrast 9:05 PM
"Dreamjob Kid's Doctor – My Little Hospital Review" 148Apps 2:46 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"PadGadget Photobooth: How to Create Gorgeous HDR Photos on Your iPad" PadGadget 10:39 AM
"How To Remove Website Data From Safari" App Advice 8:52 AM
"Oh Man I Want An E-Ink Display On My iPad [MWC 2013] Cult of Mac 7:37 AM
"Apple know how to make retail great" PalmAddict 7:36 AM
"How Apple's iPhone and iPad Customers Stay Far Ahead Of Android's Lame Update Process" PixoBebo 6:55 AM
Non-Apple
"Yahoo CEO's Future: A Telecommuter Mutiny/CEO Marissa Mayer's latest edict is a ridiculous ban on telework, despite the fact that she should be making Yahoo even more virtual, not less. It's going to blow up in her face." PC Magazine 4:25 PM
"Maybe You'll Get the Pay TV You Want, After All: Cablevision Sues Viacom to Break Up the Bundle" AllThingsD 1:34 PM
"Give Glass a chance: Google has a vision of a wearable future" Macworld 10:51 AM
"Opera WebKit-based browser hands-on" Engadget 10:48 AM
"Marissa Mayer Is Wrong: Freedom For Workers Means Productivity For Companies" Forbes 10:03 AM
"PS4 Vs. PC: Where The Wild Things Are" Forbes 8:52 AM
"Most folks would rather go without water than their mobile apps" AppleDailyReport 8:11 AM
"The Chromebook Pixel Is The Most Brilliant Laptop You'll Never Buy" TechCrunch 2:45 PM
"Google Chromebook Pixel Review: Awesome, Just Not $1300 Worth of Awesome" Gizmodo 12:12 PM
"Hands on with Chromebook Pixel: Google goes after the MacBook" PCWorld 8:09 AM
"How 'Minority Report' has distorted our vision of interface design" The Verge 7:58 AM
"New HP Slate 7 Reveals Company's Lack of Vision" The Tech Night Owl 7:55 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"When Apple's Engraving Service Goes Wrong" Gizmodo 7:54 AM
"Dell taps social for B2B gains/Hardware vendor says social media helped its business-to-business unit more than the consumer because it is a good stimulus for long-term relationships, which are key to driving sales with enterprise customers." ZDNet 7:12 AM
"Dell Makes Business Case for Enhanced Latitude 10 Windows 8 Tablet" eWeek 10:52 AM
"Never carry a laptop again with Dell's sub-$100 Project Ophelia (hands on)" CNET Reviews 7:11 AM
"Dell XPS 10 Windows RT tablet revisits the FCC with AT&T LTE onboard" Engadget 6:48 AM
"Intel Accelerates Mobile Computing Push" Mobile-Tech News 7:16 AM
"Here's how Intel's Web TV viewer-tracking works" SlashGear 7:16 AM
"Intel to make 14-nm FPGAs for Altera" EE Times 8:14 AM
"Intel lands Altera as its biggest chip manufacturing customer to date" Engadget 6:48 AM
"Intel's Altera Win Is A Big Deal" Seeking Alpha 6:48 AM
"Intel throws open chip ovens to Altera - but who's next: Apple?" The Register 7:16 AM
"Intel Corporation Opens Its Facilities Gates for Chipmaker, Huge Potential From Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)" Crazy Joys 7:36 AM
"Intel Unveils New Distribution For Apache Hadoop" InformationWeek 4:30 PM
"TomTom to supply maps to Intel's Telmap, creates a total navigation app package" Engadget 10:11 AM
"Meanwhile on PC: AMD unveils next-gen hair simulation technology" Eurogamer 7:14 AM
"Cisco CEO: We're All In On Internet Of Everything" InformationWeek 10:33 AM
"Microsoft and Cisco the big guns in battle-worn UC market: Analyst predicts vendor giants will be the silverbacks in the PBX jungle next year as pricing pressure continues" CRN UK 7:15 AM
"IBM and Nokia Siemens Networks Announce World's First Mobile Edge Computing Platform" The Financial 7:35 AM
"IBM's Not-So-Secret Weapon: Big Data Marketing" eWeek 2:58 PM
"IBM Cloud Analytics, Mobile Initiatives Launch for Business Partners" eWeek 2:59 PM
"Oracle: Eloqua Will Stay Friendly With Salesforce.com" InformationWeek 10:35 AM
"What to Expect at the Apple Shareholder Meeting" CNBC 10:48 AM
"Apple Needs Netflix, Einhorn Needs Patience, Investors Need Answers" The Motley Fool 8:10 AM
"Hot topic at Apple shareholders meeting is off limits: The company's annual shareholders meeting kicks off tomorrow, but a high-profile item is no longer on the agenda." CNET News 8:10 AM
"Apple Investors Continue To Face Significant Downside Exposure" Seeking Alpha 8:06 AM
"AAPL, Samsung Profit Duopoly, ZTE Shines for Street in Barcelona" Barron's 8:03 AM
Industry News
"Asia Markets: Gold pulls back but stays above $1,600/Gold futures pulled back on Wednesday in Asia, with investors taking a breather a day after pushing the precious metal to its best one-day gain so far this year." MarketWatch 9:50 PM
"Tech Stocks: Apple shares rally on stock-split speculation/Tech stocks rose Tuesday, with Apple Inc. among the gainers as rumors circulated that the company might announce a stock split at its annual shareholders' meeting." MarketWatch 4:01 PM
"Wall Street rebounds as Bernanke defends policy" Reuters 2:57 PM
"Stocks close higher on Fed speak" CNNMoney 4:01 PM
"Fed Stress Tests Reveal European Bank Bombshell" TheStreet 2:45 PM
"Dow Sings on Upbeat Data, Bernanke" TheStreet 4:02 PM
"U.S. Stocks Advance Amid Better-Than-Estimated Reports" Bloomberg 4:02 PM
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks slapped after Italy vote, led by Japan/Asian stocks markets ended lower Tuesday as signs of an inconclusive general election in Italy sparked worries that another chapter in Europe's debt crisis could be opening." MarketWatch 7:57 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks sink on Italy election gridlock/European stock markets slumped on Tuesday, as Italian election results fueled fears of a fragmented government, which could end the country's reformist austerity drive." MarketWatch 7:57 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 8:53 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 8:53 PM
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