"Apple and Samsung battle for hearts and wallets of smartphone customers" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 11:40 AM
"China vs. Apple: The iPad is now in the Party's crosshairs/A watchdog agency demands Apple classify iPads as computers with 2-year warranties" Fortune 8:09 AM
"Apple. China. Cyberwar.: Are China's hacker attacks and its anti-Apple campaign both preludes to a trade war?" Fortune 8:33 PM
"In-app purchases now account for a staggering 76% of App Store revenue according to report" iMore 7:57 AM
"Goodbye Apple iPhone? Wearable Tech Is Coming" CNBC 7:59 AM
"Apple's Rumored iWatch And Why It Matters" Forbes 4:29 PM
"Apple denied iPad Mini US trademark: Apple has been denied a trademark for the popular iPad Mini by the US Patent and Trademark Office." BBC 7:59 AM
"Apple application to trademark iPad Mini denied" CNET News 11:56 AM
"Apple Loses The iPad Mini Trademark" Forbes 12:13 PM
"Apple's Nevada core steadily grows; project turns into reality at Reno Technology Park" Reno Gazette-Journal 8:09 AM
"Telcos hit with iPhone gripes: Telecommunications companies are understood to have been inundated with complaints by Apple iPhone customers keen to find out if a software glitch was behind their escalating mobile phone bills." Melbourne Age 8:24 AM
"Samsung filing confirms 'Apple can seek even more damages [than $1.05 billion] in the new trial'" Foss Patents 3/30
"When will Apple kill the iPod? Apple wants to move all of your 'content' to the iCloud, so the Touch is probably safe, but the rumors about the Classic's demise have been churning for years." CNET News 3/30
"Editorial: Where does Apple take iOS next?" AppleInsider 3/30
"A 4K Apple TV: Does anyone still care? Recent research found that there's plenty of interest in an Apple TV, but is it enough to justify the hype?" CNET News 3/30
"How The iPad Mini Became A Stealth Success" Forbes 3/30
"Why Apple's China Disaster Is Worse Than You Think" Cult of Mac 3/30
"NASA JPL controls rover with Leap Motion, shows faith in consumer hardware (Video)" Engadget 3/30
"Apple's iCloud disparaged over Core Data sync problems" AppleInsider 3/29
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"I am stumped. I have a late 2009 [MacBook] with an OWC SSD running 10.8.3. In the old DVD bay I have the original hard drive running Snow Leopard. This has been working fine for months and I updated to 10.8.3 a week ago with no problems. Starting this morning I can no longer access the internet with Safari or Firefox (running Mountain Lion), and Mac Mail does not work. My wifi network is working. In fact I am writing this using a VNC connection to my desktop. Also FileMaker can see the office server and runs fine. Booting into Snow Leopard, Safari connects fine, so it does not seem to be a hardware problem. I have reset PRAM, and the SMC. I have cleaned caches and run other maintenance scripts with Onyx. I have repaired the disk with Disk Utility and DiskWarrior. Any advice?" MacInTouch 3/30
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/Readers ask about the feasibility of fixing a broken MacBook trackpad, and other Mac-related questions." CNET Reviews 3/29
"Bugs & Fixes: OS X Recent Items glitch" Macworld 3/29
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Image Optimizer for JPEG photos – Smallest File Size" Jacken's Blog 3:31 PM
"San Francisco Mall Store Set for Expansion" ifoAppleStore 8:33 PM
"Sound quality suffers as MP3s take over: Phones and tablets are now the most popular way to listen to music. Shame MP3s can sound so rubbish, says Universal Music's Paul Smernicki in our latest Digital Beats column" Telegraph 7:58 AM
"Leaked Roadmap Reveals BlackBerry's Second Attempt At An iPad-Killer" Business Insider 7:59 AM
"Apple's poker app may be illegal here" Melbourne Age 6:47 PM
"Your iPhone's Long Journey Home [Infographic] iClarified 3/30
"Apple CEO Tim Cook's High School Photos" AllThingsD 3/30
"Apple CEO Tim Cook in high school: Most studious, plaid pants, War Eagle [Gallery] 9 to 5 Mac 3/30
"Rare Apple photos: Cook in high school, Jobs back on the job" CNET News 3/30
"Apple fanboys mercilessly tweaked in cider ad: Britain's Somersby Cider decides that it should attempt to tickle the ribs of Apple's faithful in a new ad. The difference between this cider and an Apple product? It works in direct sunlight. Ho. Ho." CNET News 3/30
"Hidden messages: An Apple Easter egg hunt" Macworld 3/30
"What 12 Now-Famous Tech Executives Looked Like When They Were Young" [Slideshow, includes Steve Jobs] Business Insider 3/30
"iOS ups lead over Android among business users, report says: Apple's iOS accounted for 58 percent of all mobile devices found among the enterprise crowd in a new report from Citrix." CNET News 3/29
"Google Overtakes Apple As Most Popular Publisher in iOS App Store" PadGadget 3/29
"A Visual Guide to the iPhone 5 on T-Mobile" AnandTech 3/29
"Apple Launches New 'Why You'll Love An iPad' Promotional Webpage" App Advice 3/29
"Apple sings praises of iPad in second part of iDevice Web campaign" Digital Trends 3/29
"Report: Apple pushing to get 'iRadio' going this summer" MacNN 3/29
"Apple once again rumored to be readying an iRadio subscription music service" iMore 3/29
"Omnicom's Paul Wright to run iAds Eurpoe" TUAW 3/29
"Cassidy on Nolan Bushnell: 'Steve was difficult,' says man who first hired Steve Jobs" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 3/29
"1985 TV show discusses the Apple Macintosh" TUAW 3/29
"1985: Computer Chronicles Looks at the Original Mac" FairerPlatform 3/29
"Private collector builds Apple Pop-Up Museum to 'tell the story of Apple': Apple's averse to building its own museum, so collectors are filling the gaps." Ars Technica 3/29
"Brand New Photo Confirms That Kim Jong-un Is A Mac User" Business Insider 3/29
"Engadget Podcast 337 - 03.28.13" Engadget 8:23 AM
"056 - I'm Delicate Like a Flower: Stephen and Myke discuss Apple's iPad marketing, the Retina MacBook Pro, Stephen's impressions of his Pebble smartwatch and the rumored Facebook phone." 70 Decibels 3/29
"The TouchArcade Show - 97 - GDC Special Edition" Touch Arcade 3/29
"Gene Steinberg meets Bryan Chaffin from The Mac Observer and Joe Wilcox from Beta News, this week on the Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 3/29
"Ars Technicast, Episode 23–Ghosts of online services we abandoned: Forgotten and dead accounts tell us a lot about where the Internet was back then." Ars Technica 3/29
"T-Mobile, Final Cut Pro, Apple 4K TV, April Fools (Podcast)" Insanely Great Mac 3/29
"iPhone 6 could tote Retina Plus HD display & two sizes" Phones Review 5:15 PM
"Report: US Patent And Trademark Office Denies Apple's iPad Mini Trademark Application, Deemed 'Merely Descriptive'" TechCrunch 3/30
"Why Apple Doesn't Own the iPad Mini Trademark" The Atlantic Wire 3/30
"Apple's iRadio Is On The Way And They Seem To Be Getting The Songs Cheap" Forbes 3/30
"Apple Reportedly 'Pushing Hard' for an iRadio Summertime Launch" Wall Street Pit 3/30
"Apple may build an iOS game controller" Neowin 3/30
"A flood of prank iMessage texts shows the app can be crashed easily" Ars Technica 3/30
"Industrious Users Performing iMessage Denial-of-Service Attacks" PC Magazine 3/30
"iMessage Security Flaw Allows For DoS-Like Attacks On iOS Users" Redmond Pie 3/30
"P0sixninja Will Hold Back His Jailbreak Exploits for iOS 7" iClarified 3/30
"Exclusive: Apple will launch an official gaming joypad soon/Secret revealed as it opens up to devs at GDC" PocketGamer 3/29
"Apple again said to be planning game hardware: A new report says Apple is shopping around the idea of a physical game controller to developers, with plans to launch it next month." CNET News 3/29
"Apple Working on Dedicated iOS Game Controller?" MacRumors 3/29
"An Apple Game Controller Could Be Coming Soon For An Unidentified Device" App Advice 3/29
"iMessage denial of service 'prank' spams users rapidly with messages, crashes iOS Messages app" The Next Web 3/29
"Newfound iMessage security issue spams, crashes app: A reported attack method can target Apple's iMessage service and flood it with messages. So far it remains highly isolated." CNET News 3/29
"iPhone 5S to launch June 20, go on sale July, claims report: A report from Japanese Web Site MacFan seems the first to suggest a specific date for the launch of the next iPhone." CNET News 3/29
"iPhone 5S Announcement Rumored For June 20Th, Launch In July" BGR 3/29
"Chatter hints June 20 iPhone 5S, budget iPhone launch" iDownload Blog 3/29
"Rumor: iPhone 5S Launch Date Proposed To Be June 20" AppleBitch 3/29
"iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Mar. 29/Apple iPhone 5S and iPhone 6 scuttlebutt: The June boon, chopped fingers, AppleBerry, stormy iClouds" Network World 3/29
"Apple Has Designs on a Curvy, All-Screen iPhone" MacNewsWorld 3/29
"Apple's new iPhone? Wraparound display, no buttons" ZDNet 3/29
"That Apple Flexible Display For a Future iPhone, Cool And Cute" Forbes 3/29
"Apple iTV May Launch 4Q13 With 4K Resolution" Tom's Hardware 3/29
"Maps: Apple hiring 'ground truth managers' around the world to fix app" Digital Trends 3/29
"Badge Clearer gets rid of icon badges without disabling them" iDownload Blog 3/30
"Flipboard 2.0 heralds magazines for 'an audience of one': Everyone can be an editor in a new world of content aggregation. Faisal Galaria says quality will win the day." Telegraph 3/30
"Abbyy FineReader Touch (for iPhone)" PC Magazine 3/29
"Tempo Smart Calendar for iPhone review" iMore 3/29
"Review: For a different way to type on the iPhone, try Fleksy" Macworld 3/29
"MeteoEarth for iPad review: The weather on your iOS device" Macworld UK 3/29
"Mobli Review: With some rather cool video features in particular, Mobli is a photo and video social networking app that deserves to be noticed." 148Apps 3/29
"Free: The Ultimate Ancient Timer For The iPhone Customizes The Past For The Present" Mac 360 3/29
"The Room for iOS review: An excellent all-around puzzle game" CNET Reviews 3/29
"Daily iPhone App: Nimble Quest arrives on the App Store" TUAW 3/29
"It's Time To Lead Your Tiny Troopers To Victory" App Advice 3/29
"Ms. Splosion Man Review: A few concessions had to be made, naturally, but Ms. Splosion Man is just as chaotic and hilarious on iOS as she is on Xbox and PC." 148Apps 3/29
"Snoopy Coaster Review: It's a little too safe in its interpretation of Chillingo's Madcoaster, but kids and Peanut fans will still enjoy what's here." 148Apps 3/29
"Stone Age: The Board Game Review/An impressive port of the original award-winning board game that requires players to lead their tribe and build a village in order to become the most powerful chief." 148Apps 3/29
"Pirrrates! HD Review: It's an action-packed freemium strategy game that puts pirates against confederates, but its level of difficulty may cause some gamers to swear like a sailor." 148Apps 3/29
"How to re-enable background audio playback for Safari videos in iOS 6" iDownload Blog 3/30
"Securing your iOS device for your children, Part 3: removing apps, limiting social features and other safety options" TUAW 3/29
"Securing your iOS device for your children, Part 2: Lock down your device to prevent in-app purchases and more" TUAW 3/29
"Securing your iOS device for your children, Part 1: Setting up a kid-friendly iTunes account" TUAW 3/29
"How to Set Up an External Microphone on Your Mac" Mactuts+ 3/29
"Configure iOS AssistiveTouch Button To Quickly Perform A Specific Task" AddictiveTips 3/29
Tips
"Pondering an iPhone 5 with T-Mobile? Consider service" Standard-Examiner 11:55 AM
"Did you know you could delete digits in the Calculator app by swiping?" iDownload Blog 3/30
"When the Sahara is not an option: The best ways to dry out a cell phone/Video evidence that we will try pretty much anything to save a wet phone." Ars Technica 3/30
"Prepare iOS device to give or sell" Mac OS X Hints 3/29
"Seeing Apple through rose-colored blasters" iMore 3/30
"The Macalope Weekly: Low expectations" Macworld 3/30
"iPhone 6 release date & specs: what we know so far" Expert Reviews 3/30
"Is Apple Going to Debut an iOS Game Controller in April?" PadGadget 3/30
"If Jim Dalrymple is right about the rumored Apple Game Controller, then something is wrong" iSource 3/30
"Rumor: Big Progress Has Been Made On iRadio And It's Coming This Summer" AppleBitch 3/30
"2 Letters from Steve: During the 12+ years I worked at Apple I never met with Steve Jobs for work purposes. Of course like all Apple employees I saw Steve in Caffé Macs or walking with Jony Ive around the courtyard inside the Infinite Loop campus. And of course there were Comm meetings that he would run. But I didn't have any direct contact. Until..." David Gelphman 3/29
"A bit of a rant on how the internet is killing newspapers..." Chuq Von Rospach 3/30
"Tracking the rumor that just won't die: The Facebook phone/This urban legend is alive and well, despite regular denials. Here, we've rounded up the rumors from the past two-and-a-half years." CNET News 3/30
"Where Have All The Physical QWERTYs Gone?" TechCrunch 3/30
"Microsoft May Be Developing Smaller Surface Tablets, E-Readers" Forbes 3/29
"Does Anyone Actually Want a 'Facebook Phone'?" AllThingsD 3/29
"Is Microsoft Building a Smaller Sized Surface to Compete with iPad mini?" PadGadget 3/29
"Ihnatko: New Blackberry Functional, Not Fantastic/For managing contacts, calendar and inbox, Z10 works beautifully. Keyboard rocks. But for everything else, it badly trails Apple, Android." Chicago Grid 3/29
"Why BlackBerry's Gain Was A Mirage" Seeking Alpha 3/29
"Netbooks 2.0 and the Era of Good Enough Computing" Tech.pinions 3/29
"Playboy unveils, but doesn't bare, new iPhone app: Playboy's app officially launches on iPhone. Subscription delivers exclusive non-nude pictorials and choice cuts from monthly magazine." USA Today 8:33 PM
"Brew Control Turns Your iPhone into a Mobile Barista" Lifehacker 3:28 PM
"iBatteryInfo provides useful battery data when unplugging your device" iDownload Blog 3:28 PM
"iRoll: Rickrolling with iPhone Web Apps" iRoll 2:53 PM
"Behold The Omnibar And Marvel At The Touch Glow In Skyfire Web Browser For iPad" App Advice 11:58 AM
"Griffin announces SeeSaw and No. 2 Pencil Stylus" Coolest Gadgets 11:55 AM
"Eyespot - A New Interactive Kids And Family Scavenger Hunt Game" prMac 4:57 PM
"Art App Best Of Kirchner is Released For iOS" prMac 11:58 AM
"Muhe Network Announces April Fool's Day Events on Tap Three Kingdoms" prMac 7:56 AM
"Zombie Blaster! - Blast the Undead Back to Grave in New Action Game" prMac 7:56 AM
"Easter Greeting Cards, Frames For Ecard Express iPhone/iPad Apps" prMac 7:55 AM
"Haunted Hollow makes spooking competitive" iMore 3/30
"Defend The Land And Grow Your Kingdom In Knight Storm" App Advice 3/30
"Meet Mittens, Disney's new physics-based puzzler" iDownload Blog 3/30
"How To Get iPod Music Controls In Notification Center On iPhone With Social Sharing Features [Video] Redmond Pie 3/30
"Connect Words, Pictures And Places To Create Stories With Backspaces" App Advice 3/30
"Vine App Now Allows Video Embedding in iOS" redOrbit 3/30
"Keep your apps up-to-date with Auto App Updater" iDownload Blog 3/30
"The Dash Car Dongle Wants To Make You A Better Driver By Syncing With Your iPhone" TechCrunch 3/30
"Fryza App Development Launches Anticipated Easter Maker on App Store" prMac 3/30
"Cutest Africa baby animals ever in jigsaw puzzle for iPad/iPhone" prMac 3/30
"Tell A Friend for iOS - Recommend Apps On Your iDevice" prMac 3/30
"Makalu Interactive Launches Rego - The New App for All Your Places" prMac 3/30
"Made with AppEasy - Murder Detective 2 Corruption is Now Available" prMac 3/30
"What's Dell's Bidding Process Really About? (Clue: It's Not About Fixing Dell)" AllThingsD 3:33 PM
"The Battle for Dell: Solution Providers Hang in the Balance" The VAR Guy 8:26 AM
"Dell's stagnant sales raise pressure for buyout: Planned turnaround remains elusive as suitors haggle over deal with struggling PC maker" Bloomberg 3:33 PM
"Dell opens window on efforts to sell beleaguered company" Associated Press 8:26 AM
"Dell warns of risks of remaining a public company" Reuters 8:27 AM
"Dell and Clearwire, Two of a Kind, With Inside Takeovers at Half What They Are Worth" Forbes 11:56 AM
"Lower screen specs hint smaller Windows 8 tablets incoming" Crave @ CNET 8:28 AM
"Microsoft Corporation Collaborates with Vendors to Produce Smaller Windows 8 Devices" Cogo News 3:36 PM
"Surface Pro battery replacement will cost you nearly $470, other components just as pricey" WinBeta 3:37 PM
"Consumers give Microsoft Surface Pro almost perfect rating (Photos)" Examiner 3:37 PM
"Microsoft and BlackBerry Look to Step Up the Tablet Battle" CMS Wire 3:38 PM
"Microsoft currently in talks with Vringo to settle search advertising patent lawsuit" WinBeta 3:37 PM
"Former supercomputer king Roadrunner to shut down today: Created to monitor the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, the IBM supercomputer was the first to break the petaflop barrier." CNET News 3:32 PM
"World's top supercomputer from '09 is now obsolete, will be dismantled: IBM Roadrunner, the first petaflop machine, goes offline today." Ars Technica 3:43 PM
"1 Simple Reason HP Will Never Be Great Again" The Motley Fool 3:35 PM
"Fourth Generation Intel Core Designed For Gaming" Empowered News 8:31 AM
"GDC 2013: AMD Reveals Radeon Sky Specifications" PC Perspective 8:29 AM
"Buy Cisco; It's Intel Without The Drama" Seeking Alpha 4:57 PM
"Review: Tablet-PC hybrids a study in trade-offs" Associated Press 8:28 AM
"Print in another dimension: 3-D gadgets leave paper behind" Boston Herald 8:23 AM
"Two unlikely PC makers emerge: Google, Microsoft/The tech giants are certainly big enough to make waves in the market for personal computers." CNET News 3/30
"How Microsoft lost the future of gesture control: Microsoft's Kinect was miles ahead. Here's how they're snatching defeat from the jaws of victory." Computerworld 3/30
"Microsoft to gain strength in mobile enterprise race, survey says" CIO 3/30
"Windows Blue: What We Know/Will Windows Blue, Windows 8's successor, be a nail in the coffin of traditional PCs? Here are 5 key facts that have emerged." InformationWeek 3/30
"Microsoft May Merge Windows RT into Windows Blue" Tom's Hardware 3/30
"Microsoft Worldwide Telescope brings the universe to your computer" Geek 3/30
"Microsoft reportedly bringing WebGL support to Internet Explorer 11" The Verge 3/30
"Dell's Stagnant Growth Shows Urgency of Silver Lake Buyout" Bloomberg Businessweek 3/30
"Real Mastermind Behind Dell Buyout? Perhaps Not Billionaire Michael Dell" Forbes 3/30
"Dell warns of risks of remaining a public company" Reuters 3/30
"Report: Dell likely to receive more takeover bids" Associated Press 3/30
"Don't Panic! HP admits website error, Slate 7 still coming in April: HP ain't no April fools" TechRadar UK 3/30
"Intel eyeing Israeli gesture recognition start-up: The multinational chip giant is reportedly in negotiations to acquire Omek Interactive, a Beit Shemesh-based start-up that develops software that creates an interface for identifying gestures through the use of three-dimensional cameras." Haaretz: Israel 3/30
"Intel in talks to buy Omek Interactive - report" Globes: Israel 3/30
"Intel Ivy Bridge-E extreme CPUs to launch in Q3 2013" CPU World 3/30
"AMD and Nvidia lock horns on a race to the cloud" Digital Trends 3/30
"How Technology Will Become The Center Of The New Learning Organization" Forbes 3/30
"What we learned at GDC 2013: Consoles and PCs merge, but mobile is king" Digital Trends 3/30
"Google and Facebook Are Shaking Up the Server Market" Barron's 3/30
"In your face, Facebook style: You won't be able to ignore ads on Facebook any longer, and that's going to thrill advertisers and Wall Street: unless users are like me and hate it." CNET News 3/30
"End of the line for Roadrunner supercomputer" Associated Press 3/30
"When Will Apple Boost Its Dividend? Soon." The Motley Fool 3:43 PM
"Apple Bulls Aren't Going to Like This" The Motley Fool 8:35 AM
"Apple's Nearly Single Digit P/E Seems Underserved" Seeking Alpha 8:24 AM
"3 Reasons Apple Is One of the Best Buys in Tech Today" The Motley Fool 3/30
"BlackBerry Vs. Apple: Which Is A Winning Bet For 2013?" Seeking Alpha 3/30
"Chart: When Apple Inc. and the S&P 500 parted company" Fortune 3/29
Industry News
"Asia Markets: Japan stocks leads Asia losses after tankan/Asian markets were lower in light volume on their first trading day of the new fiscal year." MarketWatch 9:40 PM
"Why bond funds and ETFs are breaking" MarketWatch 3/29
"Asia Markets: Japan stocks enjoy good end to great quarter" MarketWatch 3/29
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