"Apple close to resolving Brazilian iPhone trademark issues" AppleInsider 9:28 PM
"Second Apple-Samsung case in California to go ahead but parties must narrow their claims" Foss Patents 3/9
"Apple v. Samsung, Round 2: Death by narrowing? Apple will get its second day in court, but must narrow its claims to Samsung's benefit" Fortune 3/9
"US judge will not suspend Apple vs Samsung caseLawsuit involves Apple's Siri voice assistant, other patents different from those that went to trial in California last year" Reuters 3/9
"Tim Cook May Have to Testify in Apple (AAPL) E-Books Case" Wall Street Pit 3/9
"'The Single Biggest Problem That Apple Faces, And Almost Nobody Is Talking About It'" Business Insider 3/9
"After leaving users exposed, Apple finally HTTPS-protects iOS App Store: But don't break out the bubbly yet. Apple engineers still have work to do." Ars Technica 3/9
"First Look: Apple's iCloud data center site in Reno, Nevada/Apple has more in its pipeline than just new Macs and iOS products; the company is aggressively planning out and building new data centers to support iCloud and related iTunes features. Here's a look at the next major construction project planned at the new Reno Technology Park." AppleInsider 3/9
"Microsoft promotes Mac and iOS development using Windows Azure cloud services" iMore 3/9
"Are Apple's Macs becoming more vulnerable to malware?" Silicon Valley 3/8
"Pwn2Own carnage continues as exploits take down Adobe Reader, Flash" Ars Technica 3/8
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/Readers ask questions about managing user accounts, wiping OS X and setting up a Mac from scratch, and restoring lost Apple programs." MacFixIt 3/8
"Restrict printer usage in OS X: With the OS X printer configuration, you can impose limits on which accounts are allowed to print to specific printers on your system." MacFixIt 3/8
"Advice from an Apple Tech: Three common Mac fixes" Macworld 3/8
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How To Enable and Use Dictation in Mac OS X Mountain Lion" iClarified 3/9
"Solar Cells May Supplement Smartphone Batteries" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3/8
"Eset Cybersecurity Pro review: Antivirus for Mac users/Yet another security suite for worried Mac users" Macworld UK 3/8
"Joining CD tracks, quickly adding items to playlists, and iTunes device limits" Macworld 3/8
"How To Record Audio From Skype Calls In High Quality On Mac" AddictiveTips 3/8
"How to Monitor Your Mac's Connections with Little Snitch" Mactuts+ 3/8
"WordPress Responsive Design Calculator: Pixels to REM" Foliovision 3/8
"Need that iPhone or Android photo fast? Import quickly to Mac with built-in Preview: You don't have to load iPhoto to get pictures off your smartphone and onto your Mac. The Preview app is a quick and easy alternative." CNET News 3/8
"Apple finally turns HTTPS on for the App Store, fixing a lot of vulnerabilities" Ellie Burzstein 3/9
"Apple finally fixes App Store flaw by turning on encryption" CNET News 3/8
"Apple ups lead over Android among business users: The iPhone and the iPad have grown more popular with the enterprise crowd at the expense of Android devices, according to an Egnyte report." CNET News 3/8
"Apple and Amazon talk up 'used' content services" V3 3/8
"Tablet shipments in India hit 3.11 million in 2012, with Samsung, Apple and Micromax leading the way" The Next Web 3/8
"Gogo: Apple and its iPads dominate in-flight internet usage" 9 to 5 Mac 3/8
"At SXSW, brands take over: This year's interactive festival is dominated by marketers and corporations with high-priced agendas. Even Oreo cookies are part of the mix." CNET News 3/9
"Sony's board chairman and ex-CEO Stringer to retire: FT" Yahoo! News 3/9
"Stringer to Leave As Sony Chairman" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3/9
"Sony Chairman, ex-CEO Howard Stringer to quit: The Sony executive said he will pursue 'new opportunities' that he's recently received" Computerworld 3/9
"EA Maxis cops to 'dumb' SimCity launch, offers early adopters a free game" Engadget 3/9
"EA to offer free PC game for SimCity players: So it's come to thi" Destructoid 3/9
"EA offers free catalog game to apologize for SimCity server woes: Maxis chief hopes issues will be totally resolved over the weekend." Ars Technica 3/9
"South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive 101: Five Themes to Follow in Austin" Techland 3/8
"What Google's HQ looked like back in 1999" Network World 3/8
"Microsoft Working on Expandable Smartphones & More" Patent Bolt 3/8
"Google in Race with Apple to Bring Backside Controls to Devices" Patent Bolt 3/8
"Google Glass App Identifies People By Clothes, Hints At Tech That Could Counter Face Blindness" TechCrunch 3/8
"Asus details Transformer AiO Windows 8 device with detachable Android tablet display" V3 3/8
"The TouchArcade Show - 94 - Top Secret Fishing Strat'" Touch Arcade 3/8
"Plotter Turns the Map on Your iPhone Into a Social Discovery Tool" ["Q&A With Tom Nolan, Founder and CEO of Plotter"] Mashable 3/8
"Daniel Bérubé and Michael Horton Preview 12th Annual Las Vegas SuperMeet and Developments in Video" MacVoices 3/8
"Gene Steinberg meets John Martellaro of The Mac Observer and Peter Cohen, of the Angry Mac Bastards radio show and The Loop, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 3/8
"Rumors Of iPhone 5S And The Next iPad On Our Newest CultCast" Cult of Mac 3/8
"Can your smartphone really replace your point-and-shoot camera?" ["But, what, if anything, do I give up in image quality for the convenience of leaving my camera at home? Do the photos that a dedicated point-and-shoot camera captures justify the hassle of packing yet another device?"] Macworld 3/9
"Apple iMac 27in (Late 2012) 'Best' review: The Apple iMac 27in that arrived at the end of 2012 is arguably the finest all-in-one computer money can buy." PC Advisor 3/8
"Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD review: Solid alternative to laptop hard drives" CNET Reviews 3/8
"The phone subsidy is paid off, so why is my monthly bill still high? In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon explains why carriers continue to charge the same monthly service fee even after your phone subsidy is paid. She also explains T-Mobile's prepaid offerings." CNET News 3/8
"Amazing Apple Anecdote: What The First Apple Store Looked Like (Video)" MacTrast 7:48 PM
"Apple's biggest problem: People might quit? There is speculation that some of Apple's best talent might quit because the company can't create the sorts of products it wants in Cupertino. But whose fault would that be?" CNET News 5:46 PM
"The iPhone has lost its lead and needs a rethink, not a retread" Gravitational Pull 5:42 PM
"Cassandra -Monday review: It Will Soon Be Friday" eXtensions 7:24 PM
"Video of Steve Jobs funniest moments on stage" Network World 2:10 PM
"Popular Software Maker Boycotts Apple Because Of Crazy Restrictions" Business Insider 12:24 PM
"No Firefox For iOS Devices Until Apple Makes A Big Change" Apple Bitch 11:00 AM
"The Case for a True Mac Pro Successor" Hypercritical 7:31 AM
"Will the Samsung Galaxy S4 eclipse the iPhone? The Galaxy S4 will be unveiled in New York this week as the battle with Apple hots up again" The Guardian 3/9
"Are Apple and Google Being Forced Out Of TV?" Forbes 3/8
"How Is It That Apple, Google, And Amazon Are All Considered Modern Technology Companies?" PixoBebo 3/8
"Apple Maps vs. Google Maps: The Crazy Apple Critic Declares A Winner!" TeraTalks 3/8
"How The 'Open' Android OS Is Getting Clobbered By Apple's 'Closed' iOS iPhone and iPad" Mac 360 3/8
"More features iOS should take from Android? Ars readers weigh in: How apps are handled, keyboards, text selection, and widgets made the list." Ars Technica 3/8
"Developer of popular Instapaper app says 'open' has very little to do with anything Google does" Foss Patents 7:33 AM
"Google admits WebM infringes H.264 patents" Marco Arment 7:33 AM
"Google's Android powered by remarkable new 'flexibly adaptive logic'" RoughlyDrafted Magazine 7:42 AM
"Al Gore credits Snapchat's success to 'stalker economy': During a talk at SXSW 2013, the former vice president says the popular photo app appeals to people because it erases the risk of a permanent record." CNET News 3/9
"We're live at SXSW's Al Gore on The Future panel" Engadget 3/9
"The astoundingly cheesy iPhone app launch from Domino's: See what you make of Domino's Pizza Japan President Scott Oellkers as he grins and poses and, perhaps, sells his company's new iPhone app." CNET News 3/9
"Anne-Marie Slaughter on female workplace equality: it's about men, too" GigaOM 3/9
"A Shrinking Garmin Navigates the Smartphone Storm: Smartphones are digital 'Swiss Army knives' that do just about everything. Can the world's leading GPS company survive?" Technology Review 3/8
"How I ditched the security risks and lived without Java, Reader, and Flash" PCWorld 3/8
"What's Next for Android: Google's New Hardware Strategy" TheStreet 3/8
"Almost all mobile malware now targets Android" TG Daily 3/8
"More Chromebooks emerge online, but Google's OS still lags" Techworld 3/8
"Where the Pixel Fits Into Google's Game Plan" PC Magazine 3/8
"Two personal Wi-Fi hotspots: Different strokes for different folks/The Verizon Wireless JetPack and the FreedomPop Photon both offer mobile Wi-Fi -- one is fast but pricey, the other is limited but free." Computerworld 3/8
"Wireless Capacity Crunch Answers At MWC 2013" InformationWeek 3/8
"U.K. Ranked Tops In European Broadband Study" InformationWeek 3/8
"A look at Facebook's new layout" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 3/8
"Facebook rolls out jazzy news feed, fights irrelevancy: The changes unveiled Thursday attempt to address complaints that the social network has become too disjointed" Salon 3/8
"Here's the $4.99 utility that might just have saved Windows 8: Is Microsoft listening, though?" The Register 3/8
"In The Age Of Mobile Devices, Is That A Storm Cloud Hanging Over Windows 8?" BohemianBoomer 3/8
"New York Magazine to launch new subscription-based iPad app in April" AppleInsider 7:52 AM
"Palm Top Theater turns your iPhone into a mini-3D display" Engadget 7:52 AM
"PayPal Launches Mobile SDK To Enable Seamless App Integration On iOS" App Advice 7:34 AM
"Updates to iOS Apps: Adobe Reader, Kickstarter, Quotebook, and Vintique" eXtensions 3/9
"Google Field Trip to Chipotle: 2 new, 3 updated iOS apps to check out/Also in this week's roundup: GroupMe, Marvel Unlimited, and... Angry Birds?" Ars Technica 3/9
"Vizzywig Video Camera Updated With Ken Burns Effects And Other Features" App Advice 3/9
"This Week's Must-Have iOS Apps: Sonic Dash, 8 Ball Pool, Path On & More [Roundup] Cult of Mac 3/9
"Making Beautiful Presentations Is A Breeze With Haiku Deck 2.0" App Advice 3/9
"Adobe Reader For iOS Update Brings Smart Zoom, Night Mode And More" App Advice 3/9
"PowerSkin brings a new Battery Case for the iPhone 5" iTechNews 3/8
"Samsung Executive Says Windows 8 Is No Better Than Vista" Redmond Pie 7:36 AM
"Microsoft Surface Pro, RT, and Windows 8 All Trashed By Samsung" iTech Post 8:11 AM
"Best Buy Survey Reveals The Reason Behind Sluggish Windows 8 Sales" Seeking Alpha 11:20 AM
"To touch or not to touch: poking the Windows 8 version of Lenovo's Ultrabook/It costs an additional $150 to feel the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon Touch—worth it?" Ars Technica 5:55 PM
"Is Nokia-Microsoft Partnership One Sided?" Seeking Alpha 8:14 AM
"Analyst Michael Pachter: Microsoft will win next-gen console war" Neowin 9:01 PM
"Office 2013 doesn't die with your PC" Melbourne Age 8:11 AM
"Deals Now Make Sense, Not Just Money" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:59 PM
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