"Apple's March Quarter Madness" Seeking Alpha 6:15 AM
"Apple updates its 'Why iPhone' page with news of its ninth customer satisfaction award" iMore 6:18 AM
"Where Was Apple's Hardware Release For March?" Forbes 7:24 AM
"iPhone owners know about shattered screens as Apple explores hi-tech solutions: Simon Usborne Reports on a (possible) solution" The Independent 1:57 PM
"In trouble, tech CEO? Bash the iPhone: Two honchos with their own cell phone difficulties: Nokia's Stephen Elop and BlackBerry's Thorsten Heins: decide to deflect by knocking Apple. Is this wise?" CNET News 5:12 PM
"Did China Just Declare War On Apple? Sure Looks Like It." Forbes 5:57 PM
"Apple Acquires Indoor Location Company WifiSLAM" WSJ Blogs 3/23
"Apple buys indoor smartphone locating company WiFiSLAM" 9 to 5 Mac 3/23
"Apple buys 'indoor GPS' company WifiSLAM for $20M" AppleInsider 3/23
"Security Flaws Could Undermine Trust In Apple's Mobile Payment Ambitions" Forbes 3/23
"EU to 'probe' Apple's deal with network operators" ANI 3/23
"The fruits of success – will stagnation follow innovation for Apple and Samsung?" Stuff Magazine 3/23
"8 myths about the smartwatch revolution: New Reports, rumors and predictions about smartwatches are packed with misconceptions" Computerworld 3/23
"Does Apple TV Create a Sticky Situation?" The Motley Fool 3/23
"Apple, In a Rough World, Looks to Patent Some Protection" eWeek 3/23
"How To Unlock That Stashed Foreign Cash" ["Robert A. Olstein, a forensic accountant turned money manager based in Purchase, N.Y., has an elegantly simple solution for Apple, as well as for Cisco Systems and Microsoft, which also keep billions of dollars abroad: he says they should repatriate the wealth — which would require them to pay billions in fresh United States taxes."] New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3/23
"Australian parliament to probe Apple over iTunes pricing" Digital Spy 3/23
"Anatomy of the Apple ID password reset exploit" iMore 3/23
"Apple Plugs Password Security Hole" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3/23
"Security experts applaud Apple's new two-factor authentication: Option locks Apple IDs, stymies account hijacking" Computerworld 3/23
"Apple rolls out two-factor authentication, iForgot service is back up" SiliconRepublic 3/23
"Apple rolls out fix for password reset security hole, iForgot site back up" iMore 3/23
"Apple brings password page back online after fixing security exploit" The Verge 3/23
"Apple pulls iForgot password recovery system over security bug" The Register 3/22
"Apple Updates XProtect to Detect Yontoo Adware" Intego 3/22
"Apple fights Yontoo Trojan with XProtect update: New XProtect definitions identify Yontoo as 'OSX.AdPlugin.i' and block all but the latest versions of Java." MacFixIt 3/22
"Apple blocks OS X 'Yontoo' malware that injected ads into websites" 9 to 5 Mac 3/22
"Apple updates XProtect.plist to block Yontoo" AppleInsider 3/22
"Mac Users Getting Slammed By Yontoo Trojan" CRN 3/22
"Apple leads, Dropbox gains in cloud storage wars: Your digital entertainment habits help propel Apple to quite the lead over other cloud storage services in the U.S., according to a new survey." CNET News 3/22
"Apple increases iCloud hacking defences: Apple has introduced two-step authentication for iCloud and other services to beef up security against possibly hacking attacks." Telegraph 3/22
"Security loophole leaves Apple IDs, passwords vulnerable to easy attack" Digital Trends 3/22
"Apple Enables Two-Step Verification to Thwart Account Hijacking" eWeek 3/22
"Two-step verification added to Apple IDs" USA Today 3/22
"Apple confirms password vulnerability, says it's 'working on a fix'" The Verge 3/22
"Arrival of the Chromebook Pixel forces slight tagline change for Apple's Retina MacBook Pro" 9 to 5 Mac 10:47 AM
"Apple's iPhone 5S could jump-start mobile payments" MacDailyNews 3/23
"Apple Wants Happy Landings For Fallen Phones: A falling iPhone may no longer result in a cracked screen if one or more of Apple's ideas to protect the device bear fruit." Sky News 3/23
"The cash register rings its last sale: Stores ditch cash registers, allow sales staff and shoppers to checkout on phones and tablets" ["J.C. Penney, a mid-price department-store chain, said the response by customers has been great since it started rolling out iPod Touch devices late last year in its 1,100 stores. The goal is to have one in the hands of every salesperson by May. The company said that about a quarter of purchases at its stores nationwide now come from an iPod Touch. ... Urban Outfitters had given iPod Touch devices to its sales staff two years ago and the move has been very well received by shoppers, said Calvin Hollinger, the company's chief information officer in his address to investors."] Associated Press 3/22
"Apple Grabs Top Spot In J.D. Power Customer Satisfaction Study ... Again" App Advice 3/22
"Apple tops smartphone satisfaction survey for ninth consecutive time" T3 3/22
"Customer Satisfaction With Smartphones Increases, Apple Ranks Highest For 9th Consecutive Time" MacPrices 3/22
"Apple and HP top customer experience ratings for computer companies" Digital Trends 3/22
"Apple & HP Rated Best For Customer Experience [Report] Cult of Mac 3/22
"Apple adds 'Offers In-App Purchases' App Store warning to freemium apps: iOS store's tweak makes it clearer which apps offer IAP, which may be a boon for parents" The Guardian 3/22
"Google To Compete With Apple and Samsung On Smart Watch" Forbes 3/22
"NYT: Apple allegedly squeezing EU operators on iPhone contracts, regulators looking into it" The Verge 3/22
"Apple under fire from governments in both hemispheres over alleged anti-competitive practices" 9 to 5 Mac 3/22
"15 of the App Store's most bizarre offerings" [Slideshow] Macworld 3/22
"Apple Agrees to Accept Syria Wargame if It Doesn't Include Syria" Forbes 3/22
"Apple Yanks 'Sweatshop' Game From The App Store. Oh, The Irony" ReadWrite 3/22
"Kid Fakes Kidnapping to Con an iPad" PadGadget 3/22
Non-Apple News
"A New Sony Glass Patent Surfaces" Patent Bolt 9:14 AM
"Senate embraces Internet taxes: Senators vote 75 to 24 to glue an endorsement of Internet sales taxes onto a Democratic budget bill, despite opponents predicting the idea is antibusiness and a 'bureaucratic nightmare.'" CNET News 3/22
"ARM's new CEO: You'll get no 'glorious new strategy' from me" The Register 3/22
"Twitter Archive Now Supports 12 More Languages" PC Magazine 3/22
"Forget Passwords! EyeVerify Knows You by Your Eyes" PC Magazine 3/22
"Temporary fixes released for Samsung Android lock-screen glitch" IDG News Service 3/22
"Researchers uncover vSkimmer malware targeting point-of-sale systems: Malware is sold on cybercriminal forums, McAfee researchers say" IDG News Service 3/22
"Tech hub working on 'Nigeria's next big idea'" CNN 3/22
"China to create home-grown operating system: China is working with software firm Canonical on an open-source operating system customised for Chinese users." BBC 3/22
"Female coder is sacked for tweeting picture of men who made 'sexist' dongle jokes at PyCon developer conference" The Independent 3/22
"Joyent Offers NoSQL Database As A Service" InformationWeek 3/22
"At AT&T Stores, No Welcome Mat for BlackBerry" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3/22
"BlackBerry CEO Talks Testing Smartphone-Powered Notebooks and Tablets, Will Share More Info In May" TechCrunch 3/22
"Blackberry boss Thorsten Heins takes bite out of 'outdated' Apple iPhone: Lack of innovation has left iPhone user interface outdated, he says" The Independent 3/22
"BlackBerry's U.S. Debut Marks Biggest Test of Comeback" Bloomberg 3/22
"Micron's Revenue Beats Estimates on Higher Chip Shipments" Bloomberg 3/22
"Vietnamese high school kids can pass Google interview" The Register 3/22
"Google Opens Universal Analytics Beta To All, Creates A Single Analytics Platform For Tracking Online And Offline Interactions" TechCrunch 3/22
"Watch Google's Sergey Brin Talk About The Emasculating Smartphone And Google Glass" TechCrunch 3/22
"Google Drive hit by three outages this week: One of the incidents affected more than 30 percent of user requests to connect to the cloud storage suite" IDG News Service 3/22
"Google is also working on a smartwatch, following Apple, Samsung" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 3/22
"iMore show 342: Mobile accomplishments" iMore 3/23
"Gene Steinberg meets The Loop's Jim Dalrymple, Laptop magazine's Michael Prospero, and Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' this week on the Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 3/22
"Apple logs patent for 'anti-drop' iPhone technology" The Scotsman 3/23
"Rumor: First iPhone 5S Components Appear" Apple Bitch 3/23
"Apple to launch 'low-end iPhone' without Retina in 2013: report: That's the claim from Amit Daryanani of RBC Capital Markets, who says the device will have a 4-inch display, but come with plastic casing." CNET News 3/22
"Rumor: Apple to launch cheaper iPhone with plastic casing, non-Retina display this summer" AppleInsider 3/22
"iPhone 5S, Low-End iPhone With No Retina Display Reportedly Launching This Summer" BGR 3/22
"Apple's Jony Ive working on new look iOS" Digital Trends 3/22
"Jony Ive Leaves His Mark As Skeuomorphism Concept Vanishes From One App" App Advice 3/22
"With Apple's Jony Ive leading effort, iOS 7 could have simpler look" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 3/22
"Apple Management Shake-Up Results in Better Collaboration Between Apple Design Teams, New 'Flat' Design for iOS 7" PadGadget 3/22
"iOS 7 to be flatter, starker, and simpler" T3 3/22
"Apple's iOS 7 Could Come With Simpler, 'Flat' Design Jony Ive Says" LAPTOP Magazine 3/22
"Apple iOS Platform Preferred by Enterprises Worldwide: Citrix/The report, which also details trends in dealing with apps and security policies, found iOS is the preferred platform in many vertical industries." eWeek 3/22
"iPhone 6 Concept: Waterproof iPhone with New Home Button" GottaBeMobile 3/22
"Photos show alleged Home button, vibrator for iPhone 5S" Electronista 3/22
"iPhone 5S Update -Everything You Need to Know" Tapscape 3/22
"Apple warns 'we will reject apps that aren't iPhone 5, Retina ready, use UDID'" Macworld UK 3/22
"Apple places kill date on apps that use 'UDID' device identifiers" ZDNet 3/22
"Apple to iOS Developers: Go Retina or Go Home" The Mac Observer 3/22
"Apple granted four design patents, files for vibrating iPad 5, iBooks Author" Macworld UK 3/22
"Apple plans iPhone that always falls on its feet" Telegraph 3/22
"Apple's Next iPhone Could Come With Built-In Drop Protection, Patent Hints" LAPTOP Magazine 3/22
"Yet more problems said to plague Retina MacBooks: Problems with fans and ghosting on the Retina display, and now claims that users are experiencing 'other significant performance issues'." Macworld UK 3/22
Price Trackers/Deals
"WarCom: Genesis For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 3/23
"Centrifeud For iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 3/23
"Fire Escapes For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 3/23
"Fractal Combat For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 3/22
"Super Goalkeeper For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 3/22
"Save The Pencil For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 3/22
"Video Review DBA CASES Thin Grip Case for iPhone 5" Run Around Tech 3/22
"Dual-jack Heist may not be Wicked good, but they're pretty good earbuds" AppleDailyReport 3/22
"Aztaka: These days it seems like the return of the sidescroller. There have been action sidescrollers, stealth sidescrollers, underwater puzzle sidescrollers, and now even an action-RPG sidescroller, Aztaka. Given the large quantity of games to compare it against, does Aztaka bring something new to the table? Does it bring in a new gameplay mechanic, a compelling story, expansive environments, or none of the above? Well, there's only one way to find out. Let's get playing." Inside Mac Games 3/22
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Ultimate iPad Guide: Note Taking & Idea Apps for Architects" Architosh 3/23
"Hands on: Apple's Podcasts app loses reel animation, gains playlists/Apple's Podcasts 1.2 for iOS replaces skeuomorphism with iCloud and playlists." Ars Technica 3/23
"PaperDesk For iPad Is A Powerful, Versatile Note-Taking App We've Come Across In A Long Time" Redmond Pie 3/23
"10 Great Apps That Are Still Exclusive To The iPhone" Business Insider 3/23
"Get A Gesture-Based, Predictive Keyboard On Your iPad With Path Input" AddictiveTips 3/23
"Little Things Forever for iPhone and iPad review" iMore 3/23
"GarageBand for iOS review: The music creation app that continues to amaze" CNET Reviews 3/22
"Apple's Podcasts review: New features close the gap, but it's not perfect" CNET Reviews 3/22
"Review: Apple's Podcasts app catches up with the competition" GigaOM 3/22
"Hands on: Podcasts 1.2 is the one Apple should have shipped" Macworld 3/22
"Now TV 2.0 for iPad and iPhone review: Movies and Sports on your iOS device" Macworld UK 3/22
"Addappt opens its contact sync app for iOS to the public with new group and messaging features" The Next Web 3/22
"Build beautiful slide decks on your iPad with Haiku Deck" PCWorld 3/22
"Sorry, DNG iPhone app won't let you shoot true raw photos: A new iOS camera app called Digital Negative uses Adobe's DNG format to store uncompressed photos, but it's not the original raw sensor data. Developer Cypress Innovations hopes Apple will open up." CNET News 3/22
"Moment Camera For iPhone Is A Charming Alternative Snapper With A Beautiful And Clean User Interface" Redmond Pie 3/22
"Abalone Swims To The App Store, But This Game Is No Wet Fish" App Advice 3/22
"Review: Karateka for iOS is a beautiful fighting game for the casual player" Macworld 3/22
"'Le Vamp' Review - This Endless Runner Bites, but That's a Good Thing" Touch Arcade 3/22
"Plasma-Sky Review: Plasma-Sky is another one of those addictive arcade shooters that is available in the App Store and has the appeal to attract almost anyone to its vibrant and enjoyable gameplay." 148Apps 3/22
"Apple's first quarter of negative income growth since 2003" Fortune 9:16 PM
"Cassandra -Monday Review: It will soon be Friday" eXtensions 9:13 PM
"How Apple invites facile analysis: Conjecture and misunderstanding can trump actual knowledge when it comes to evaluating a company; the hubbub surrounding Apple is a case study." Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 3/23
"The smartest column about Apple that I've read all week" Fortune 3/23
"Apple and the Jaw-Dropping Grandmaster Chess Move" The Mac Observer 3/23
"The Macalope Weekly: That's one opinion" Macworld 3/23
"Apple Anonymous: Tales from behind the Genius Bar" Fortune 3/23
"A Dozen Candles: Happy Birthday OS X!" FairerPlatform 3/23
"Does Apple's iWatch Signal a Cheap iPhone?" The Motley Fool 3/22
"For iOS 7, Apple May Dispense with the Leather and Felt" Techland 3/22
"Why I won't be going back to BlackBerry from iPhone: After using BlackBerry phones for years before switching to an iPhone, I was intrigued to see whether the Z10 could tempt me back. But glitches and a lack of apps left me cold." CNET Reviews 3/22
"Apple's Wrongheaded, Dangerous Censorship of Satirical Sweatshop for iPad" Techland 3/22
"Here's One Way Apple Continues to Dominate" TheStreet 3/22
"Scaling on a Shoestring, Lessons from NewsBlur" Webmonkey 3/22
"Will Obamacare Tax Your iPhone as a Medical Device?" CIO 3/22
"The Challenge for Smartphone Makers in 2013" Tech.pinions 3/22
"Will There Be More Than One New iPhone This Summer?" [Video Report] Bloomberg 3/22
"Can Apple Survive a $99 Kindle Fire Tablet?" The Motley Fool 3/22
"Managers: Those iPads coming to work, it's not what you think" ZDNet 3/22
"Apple: On the art of entering a (corporate) corner/Apple's reconstituted design organization is beginning to work together again." ZDNet 3/22
"The real breakthrough of Google Glass: controlling the internet of things" GigaOM 3/23
"The Economics of Evil Google" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3/23
"New Web Domain Names: Should You Pass?" InformationWeek 3/22
"VMware Crosses The Rubicon Once Again" Seeking Alpha 3/22
"The door starts to open: HBO mulling the first step toward a la carte programming" AppleDailyReport 3/22
"Facebook's social status can't cement its future" MarketWatch 3/22
"Swapping Windows 8 for Linux Mint, openSuSE and Fedora on my new netbook" ZDNet 3/22
"Five Opportunities for Mobile Computing: Thousands of startup companies see mobile computing as their chance to strike it big. We picked five." Technology Review 3/22
"Facebook's Sandberg and Yahoo's Mayer don't pass muster as tech role models for UK young women" V3 3/22
"Women aren't even safe in the Twittersphere: When women, like Adria Richard, speak up, they risk the misogynist wrath of those who try to shut them down" Salon 3/22
"Unboxing the Razer Edge Gaming Tablet" PC Magazine 3/22
"The top 8 cloud skills employers now demand" [Slideshow] CIO 3/22
"Worried your cloud service will die? Get open source insurance" InfoWorld 3/22
"Google, LinkedIn, and Microsoft prove no cloud is too big to fail: Crashes are inevitable in the cloud. The trick to a successful cloud strategy is to design for the impending failure" InfoWorld 3/22
"Email forever! Why social apps can't replace it" InfoWorld 3/22
"'Freemium' model makes video-game marketing tough slog" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 3/22
"PC monitor demand to continue declining in 2013, but large display segment set to grow, says IDC" DigiTimes 3/22
"Three cool things you can do with your flash drive" Austin American-Statesman [Free Registration Required] 3/22
"Google Driverless Car: Hands-On Account Of Driverless Car Ride" BGR 3/22
"Could drive vendors end transient drive failures?" ZDNet 3/22
"Don't Fear Your Kids' Technology Use; Embrace it" Mashable 3/22
"US Department Of Defense Comes To The Defense Of ... BlackBerry?" App Advice 3/22
"Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Blackberry Q10 specs comparison" The Inquirer 3/22
"Commentary: Foxconn does not need Sharp Mexico plant" DigiTimes 3/22
"Dell board weighs competing takeover offers, Report says: Things have gotten complicated for the PC maker with a pair of last-minute preliminary proposals, one from asset management firm Blackstone Group and the other from activist investor Carl Icahn." CNET News 7:00 PM
"Blackstone and Icahn enter Dell bidding: Blackstone, the world's largest private equity firm, and activist investor Carl Icahn are preparing to submit formal bids for US computer company Dell, according to people familiar with the matter." Telegraph 6:32 AM
"Dell Said to Get Rival Buyout Bids From Blackstone, Icahn" Bloomberg Businessweek 6:34 AM
"Sale of Dell Financial Arm Could Be Worth About $5 Billion" WSJ Blogs 6:35 AM
"Blackstone, Icahn: 'Let's make a Dell!'" New York Post 6:34 AM
"Blackstone, Carl Icahn put in bids for Dell buyout" Associated Press 6:33 AM
"Michael May Have To Fight for Dell: Both Blackstone and Icahn have Reportedly submitted tentative offers" Sys-Con Media 6:34 AM
"Windows Blue leak shows changes large and small: In a newly leaked build, the Windows 8 Start screen appears with both bigger and smaller Live Tile setups, an additional snap view, and new personalization options. It also shows a smidgen of IE 11." CNET News 11:21 AM
"Leaked Windows Blue build 9364 reveals multiple Live Tile sizes, same-width side-by-side apps" Engadget 12:18 PM
"New alleged Windows Blue build shows off coming interface tweaks/Summary: A supposed partner build of Windows Blue shows off some of the early interface tweaks Microsoft may be making with its Windows 8 successor." ZDNet 12:47 PM
"Microsoft did not violate Google patent: ITC judge" Agence France Presse 6:40 AM
"HP to Seek $4 Billion in Damages From Oracle Over Itanium" eWeek 12:48 PM
"Intel Haswell desktop CPUs are available for pre-order" CPU World 6:37 AM
"AMD Introduces Radeon HD 7790 GPU" CPU World 6:36 AM
"Oracle Sparks The Next Wave Of M&A -- Who Will Be Acquired?" Seeking Alpha 6:41 AM
"How Safe Is Cisco's Dividend?" Seeking Alpha 6:37 AM
"Wall Street rises on hopes for Cyprus deal, but dips for week" Reuters 3/22
"Stocks Gain as Nike Outweighs Cyprus" TheStreet 3/22
"Stocks rise on Cyprus hopes: U.S. stocks rose Friday on optimism that officials in Cyprus will reach a deal this weekend to rescue the nation's troubled banks." CNNMoney 3/22
"Dow Bounces Back to Nearly Erase Week's Losses" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3/22
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