"Is Apple Doomed Without a New Product? Analysts say that Apple needs a new product to bolster investor support. Clearly they don't understand how the company operates." PC Magazine 8:31 AM
"Apple gov't rep says next two iPhones were designed under Steve Jobs" AppleInsider 3:36 PM
"Samsung: We could end up owing Apple more than $1.05B/How could the press get the effect of a judge's high-profile ruling so wrong?" Fortune 8:30 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook Apologizes For Warranty Policies" Business Insider 10:23 AM
"Apple CEO apologizes to China over warranties, offers fixes: Apple's chief executive apologizes to Chinese customers, promising change to its warranty service in the region." CNET News 11:33 AM
"Apple CEO apologizes to Chinese consumers, revamps service" Reuters 4:10 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook Apologizes for China Warranty Policies" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:33 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook announces changes to warranty policies, apologizes to customers in China following smear campaign" 9 to 5 Mac 11:35 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook responds to Chinese media, promises better service" Ars Technica 11:30 AM
"Apple to China: 'Sorry!'/But will China stop its attacks?" The Atlantic 3:33 PM
"Will Apple's Apology To China Be Enough To Fix Things?" ReadWrite 3:32 PM
"Pressured by China, Apple Apologizes for Warranty Policies" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:47 PM
"Tim Cook issues an apology to Apple's Chinese customers" Fortune 11:33 AM
"Apple CEO Cook Apologizes for China IPhone Warranties" Bloomberg 11:41 AM
"Chinese media slam Apple's 'arrogance': In a series of editorial spanning a week, state-owned newspaper People's Daily criticizes Apple's discriminatory policies and arrogance toward Chinese consumers. Other local media note the significance of this heavy focus." ZDNet 8:32 AM
"Beijing's Bite of the Apple: China's harassment of the tech giant is about controlling information." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:29 PM
"Apple of Discord in China" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 11:30 AM
"China consumer group demands Apple offer 2-year iPad warranties" GigaOM 10:07 AM
"You Still Can't Resell Your iTunes Songs, Court Rules" AllThingsD 3:56 PM
"Judge denies right to resell iTunes songs, digital media still protected under copyright laws" AppleInsider 4:15 PM
"MP3 resale violates copyright law, court rules: A judge sides with Capitol Records in the lawsuit between the record company and ReDigi: ruling that MP3s can only be resold if granted permission by copyright owners." CNET News 9:47 PM
"NetMarketShare: Mac OS X down, iOS up in February market share" AppleDailyReport 8:58 AM
"Mailbird, A Sparrow-Like Client For Windows, Is Making Email A Platform, Not Just An Application" ["Mailbird works on Windows XP, Vista, 7 and Windows 8 (desktop not tablet). Plans to extend to other platforms – yes, including Mac – are in the works."] TechCrunch 9:49 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"OS X 10.8.3 forces discrete GPU use in 2010 MacBook Pros: The latest graphics-related problem in the mid-2010 MacBook Pro results in persistent use of the discrete graphics card and lower battery lives." MacFixIt 4:15 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Protect and Recover Your Data With Disk Drill Pro" Mactuts+ 8:57 AM
"Preparing audiobooks for the road" Macworld 8:52 AM
"How To Replace The Mac's Display Menu With Something That Does More, Does It Better, And Does It Faster" McSolo 8:22 AM
"AppleScripting Microsoft Outlook > Announce New Emails By Voice" TUAW 9:27 AM
"Turn on hidden Siri feature in OS X 10.8.3 Stickies" Mac OS X Hints 9:43 AM
"Until Apple Changes How We Listen To Music, Again, Get Your Music Fix From Music Pub" Mac 360 8:22 AM
"2 Ways To Manage All But The Most Popular Cloud Storage Solutions On A Mac" BohemianBoomer 8:23 AM
"How You Can Clean Your Mac's Memory With A Click (and why you might want to– or not)" Mac 360 8:22 AM
"Try The Clever New Way To Keep Files Organized And Apps Ready To Launch With A Click" NoodleMac 8:22 AM
"How To Add Harmony, Tranquility, And Big Fat Goldfish To Your Mac Life" TeraTalks 7:46 AM
Op/Ed
"The Brushed Metal Diaries: Et Tu, iTunes?" 512 Pixels 9:11 AM
"Apple needs to get its software house in order" AppleDailyReport 8:22 AM
Press Releases
"HyperSwitch Makes Task-Switching Faster, Brings Windows-Like App Previews to the Mac" Lifehacker 8:49 AM
"Free online Automator training workshops for educators, business professionals, and training staff. Guided course materials, with instructor notes, demonstrate how to use Automator in OS X to create digital content and books for the internet, mobile devices, and computers." MacOSXAutomation 7:45 AM
"Apple Gets Siri-ous, Posts 12 Siri-Related Job Openings" Fast Company 10:13 PM
"Apple looks to be amping up Siri: The software giant posts several job openings to work with its speech recognition personal assistant that will 'help build out new areas of expertise for Siri.'" CNET News 10:12 PM
"Streaming radio may be the next frontier for Apple's music efforts" TUAW 6:22 PM
"Apple will launch iRadio streaming service this summer, report claims" Digital Trends 8:26 AM
"Semi-official 'Apple Refurb' eBay store closed: Offered better deals than official refurb outlet" MacNN 8:26 AM
"Has Apple's Purported Refurbished Outlet On eBay Gone Out Of Business?" App Advice 8:57 AM
"Tim Cook High School yearbook photos reveal Apple CEO was voted 'most studious' two years running" TUAW 8:32 AM
"On Apple's Birthday, A Brief History Of Computing" NPR 1:53 PM
"Now With 3 Million New Users, Google Reader's Heir Apparent Feedly Relaunches On iOS & Android, Reveals How It Plans To Make Money" TechCrunch 11:37 AM
"The Great Apple Challenge - Round 5: The Mac: The Apple computer that ignited the PC revolution/Are you the Mac daddy? Do you know your Macintosh IIci from your Macintosh Quadras? Test your knowledge here." Macworld UK 8:53 AM
"A Siri for advertising: These mobile ads talk back to you" GeekWire 9:11 AM
"The Great Apple Challenge - Round 4: Everything iOS/You probably own an iOS device, but how much do you know about the history of the iPad, iPhone and iPod?" Macworld UK 8:53 AM
"The Great Apple Challenge - Round 3: Apple Through the Years/How clued up are you on Apple's history? Do you know your Pippins from your QuickTakes?" Macworld UK 8:53 AM
"The Great Apple Challenge - Round 2: Apple Alumni: Woz, Ive, Cook and Co/As Tim Cook keeps reminding us, there are a lot of good people at Apple. But how much do you know about them?" Macworld UK 8:53 AM
"The Great Apple Challenge - Round 1: The Life and Times of Steve Jobs/Do you know everything there is to know about Apple's superstar co-founder Steve Jobs?" Macworld UK 8:53 AM
"Rumor: Reports In China Say Two More Foxconn Workers Jumped" Kotaku 9:08 AM
"Job cuts at Foxconn reportedly prompt worker to jump from Shenzhen factory roof" AppleInsider 9:08 AM
"Foxconn, media make conflicting claims about Shenzhen jumpers" Electronista 9:42 AM
"Report: Foxconn Worker Jumps From Factory Roof Amidst Job Cuts" PC Magazine 12:03 PM
"HD Voice Will Start Coming to AT&T Later This Year" AllThingsD 7:41 PM
"HD Voice coming to AT&T later this year, an exec reveals" CNET News 7:50 PM
"AT&T to offer iPhone 5-compatible HD Voice later this year" AppleInsider 7:51 PM
"Apple may have to pull Pokerstars iOS app" GoMo News 10:25 AM
"Apples: Cider company uses tech giant's product launches as inspiration for new TV ad" Digital Trends 8:49 AM
Non-Apple News
"Lenovo Invents Flex-Display Functionality for Smartphones" Patent Bolt 1:05 PM
"Saudi Arabian Government Mulls Ban Of WhatsApp, Skype And Viber Over Regulatory Requirements" TechCrunch 8:42 AM
"Don't lie down on this computer-parts carpet: Federico Uribe's whimsical electronic-parts carpet takes you on a ride in repurposing objects. Just keep your Roomba away." CNET News 8:36 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"iMore show 343: Mobile Nations at GDC 2013" iMore 8:28 PM
"Podcast: Why the digital age needs an effective content licensing strategy" GigaOM 8:58 AM
"Apple's 'iPad Mini' Trademark Application Initially Denied, but Resolution Should Be Simple" MacRumors 9:26 AM
"Apple denied trademark for 'merely descriptive' iPad mini name: What's in a name? Nothing says the US patent office" TechRadar UK 8:25 AM
"US Trademark Office says the 'mini' in iPad mini is 'merely descriptive': Apple has until July 24 to modify its trademark application and resubmit." Ars Technica 10:26 AM
"Apple denied trademark protection for 'iPad mini'" The Register 3:38 PM
"iPhone Patent Filing Could Put Apple Back at the Top of the Cell Phone Food Chain" Benzinga 8:24 AM
"Apple loses bid to trademark yet another word: You can say 'mini' without getting sued" TechEye 8:42 AM
"China Has a Way Better iPhone Warranty Than America to Go with Its Apology from Apple" The Atlantic Wire 4:32 PM
"Apple to China Consumers: Sorry if We're 'Arrogant'" Associated Press 4:29 PM
"Why Apple had to apologize to China" MarketWatch 1:52 PM
"Apple Canada Authorized Reseller shuts its doors as Apple shows little interest in it rural customers" AppleDailyReport 1:05 PM
"The Day my Wife's Car Answered my iPhone" The Mac Observer 1:04 PM
"MacBook Pro makes unintended cameo during Game of Thrones premiere" Network World 12:00 PM
"Holding Apple to a Higher Standard -Solving Texting While Driving" Tech.pinions 11:11 AM
"The Macalope Special Edition: Fools of the Year" Macworld 9:43 AM
"The case for Apple slowing down, rather than speeding up" iMore 9:10 AM
"It's time to cut cable's cord" ["While I'm hesitant to buy more hardware, an AppleTV could be an option. We could use its AirPlay feature to stream video and Web content to the TV from the iPad or our Macs, but that would be a $99 expenditure. It would also give us the option of using the iTunes Store to watch content that might not be available through Amazon."] Houston Chronicle 9:09 AM
"Understanding App Store Pricing — Part 1" Jury.me 9:09 AM
"Do iOS users really want mobile web applications?" ZDNet 9:09 AM
"Are You Ready for the Next Apple/Samsung Battle?" The Tech Night Owl 8:55 AM
"Technologies you may see in future Macs, part 1: 5G Wi-Fi" AppleDailyReport 8:21 AM
"What Apple Does To Win. What Samsung Does To Win. And What's Different About Each" Mac 360 8:20 AM
"Streaming Subscription Music vs. Own And Store Your Own Music On Your Mac, iPhone, or iPad" PixoBebo 8:20 AM
"Thoughts on the Apple iPhone 5 camera" Ming Thein 7:46 AM
"Twitter Announces 'Twttr' — Will Start Charging $5 A Month If You Want To Tweet Using Vowels" TechCrunch 8:42 AM
"Google and Microsoft trade insults for April Fools" The Verge 8:44 AM
"Google Revolutionizes Its Email Service by Introducing Gmail Blue" Mashable 8:28 AM
"Google Nose Harnesses Your Sense of Smell for Search" Mashable 8:28 AM
"Apple's and Microsoft's secret pact for tech domination: 15 years ago, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates agreed to let Apple own the client and Microsoft the back end to thwart antitrust probes, newly discovered emails say" InfoWorld 8:27 AM
"Apple to bottle, sell scent of Steve Jobs: Apple's Jonathan Ive, a team of specialist perfume designers and the sweet smell of apples" Macworld UK 8:25 AM
"First Device to Receive a O out of 10 Repairability Score" iFixit 8:18 AM
"Apple to Bring Back the Floppy Disk" MacNews Blog 7:45 AM
"Announcing Storage Doubler for iPhone" Amsys 7:44 AM
"Michael Dell Said to Consider Blackstone LBO Only With CEO Guarantee" Bloomberg 8:54 AM
"Report: Michael Dell Demands CEO Guarantee in Blackstone LBO" FOXBusiness 8:48 AM
"Michael Dell's Contract in Buyout Would Pay $950,000 Salary" WSJ Blogs 8:48 AM
"Dell's Poisonous Culture Is Sinking Its Ship -- and Raises Questions for Potential Buyers" Forbes 3:39 PM
"Dell faces some unpleasant home truths" TG Daily 9:25 AM
"Dell says PC business in danger from poor Windows 8 sales, low revenue" The Verge 10:57 AM
"Dell proxy lays out damned-if-we-do, damned-if-we-don't quandary" GigaOM 1:52 PM
"Windows 8 Climbs to 3 Percent of OS Market/Windows 8 is slowly but surely climbing up the desktop OS rankings, according to new statistics from Net Applications. The OS to beat: Windows 7." eWeek 8:29 PM
"Windows 8 Momentum Sputters: Windows 8 keeps gaining users but its growth is losing steam. With Windows Blue and new hardware still months off, Microsoft's newest OS isn't likely to rebound right away." InformationWeek 4:10 PM
"Amazon reviews show users like Windows 8 more than Vista (but nothing compares to Windows 7)" Digital Trends 4:15 PM
"Windows 8 and Windows 7 are helping sink Dell, company says" Computerworld Blogs 10:55 AM
"Q2 FY13 Earning Release: Apple plans to conduct a conference call to discuss financial results of its second fiscal quarter on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET. A link to the audio webcast will be provided at a later date." Apple Investor Relations 6:34 PM
"Apple to reveal Q2 2013 earnings on April 23: The company will discuss its second-quarter 2013 financial performance later this month, as part of a scheduled earnings release and conference call." CNET News 6:52 PM
"Apple earnings in three weeks: everything depends on iPhone and iPad sales" VentureBeat 6:51 PM
"Apple Stock May Have Hit Bottom" Barron's 4:29 PM
"Apple's Major Growth Opportunities" The Motley Fool 11:33 AM
"Fidelity Contrafund's Danoff cuts Apple stake by 10 pct" Reuters 9:52 AM
"Apple's largest active shareholder cuts stake by 10%" AppleInsider 9:51 AM
"Apple down, BlackBerry up: The new normal?" CNNMoney 12:13 PM
"Apple: Major Concerns Overstated And More Than Priced In" Seeking Alpha 10:07 AM
"Vote Now! Apple vs. General Electric—Which One Should Win?" CNBC 8:31 AM
Industry News
"Asia Markets: Japan stocks slide while Australia trades up/Asian stocks were trading mixed Tuesday with the Japanese market sharply underperforming due to a stronger yen, while the Australian market was modestly higher ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's policy decision." MarketWatch 8:48 PM
"Tech Stocks: Apple leads tech slump; eBay, BlackBerry rise/CEO Tim Cook issues apology for customer-service issues in China" MarketWatch 3:32 PM
"Stock rally stalls on weak manufacturing data" CNNMoney 4:11 PM
"S&P Pulls Away from Record High on Weak Data" FOXBusiness 12:29 PM
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