"Editorial: Apple's market disruption savvy is bad news for Android" AppleInsider 7:18 AM
"The Real Meaning Behind Apple's Apology To China" Forbes 7:21 AM
"Karl Marx Explains The Problem With The Apple, Google No Poaching Conspiracy Allegations" Forbes 2:50 PM
"Judge Gives Green Light To Claims That Apple And Google Agreed To Suppress Salaries" Agence France Presse 7:43 AM
"Judge deals blow to high-tech workers' lawsuit against Apple, Google" Associated Press 7:20 AM
"Judge denies anti-poaching lawsuit involving Apple, others" Apple Daily Report 7:18 AM
"Apple Files a New iWallet Financial Transaction Patent" Patently Apple 9:32 AM
"Apple's spaceship HQ attacked as extravagantly anti-people: Extravagant new Apple HQ $2 billion over budget say shareholders and architects" Macworld UK 4/5
"German court invalidates Apple slide-to-unlock patent: Apple can appeal the decision to a higher court" Macworld UK 4/5
"Apple Reportedly closing in on deal with record labels for 'iRadio' service, could sign within a week" AppleInsider 4/5
"Apple Reportedly closing in on 'iRadio' deals, still aiming for summer launch" 9 to 5 Mac 4/5
"Apple Gaining Ground on Android and Samsung in U.S. Smartphone Market" AllThingsD 4/5
"Reasons for iOS outperformance in the US" asymco 4/5
"Chart: Android continues to lose ground to Apple in U.S." Fortune 4/5
"Apple's iPhone Continues To Show Strong Growth In The U.S., Samsung And Android Adoption Slow" TechCrunch 4/5
"Corrected ITC ruling finds Android's text selection to infringe two more claims of an Apple patent" Foss Patents 4/5
"ITC judge rules Samsung infringed Apple's text-selection patent/Summary: Things have taken a nasty turn for Samsung in its worldwide battle against Apple with a new ruling from the International Trade Commission." ZDNet 4/5
"Apple's slide-to-unlock patent invalidated in Germany (decision is appealable)" Foss Patents 4/5
"Developers give Apple an iCloud ultimatum: Fix it by June/Summary: Developers agree that iCloud needs to be rewritten from the ground up or replaced outright. In fact, it might be Apple's greatest disappointment to date." ZDNet 4/5
"Microsoft: No more support for you, Office for Mac 2008/Continues to shortchange Mac users with just five years of Office support; Windows customers get support twice as long" Computerworld 4/5
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"How To Protect Macs in the Enterprise: Mac OS X has developed a reputation for security – which means many people ignore measures they should take to secure Macs in the enterprise." eSecurity Planet 7:28 AM
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/Readers ask about options for managing birthdays in the OS X calendar, and other Mac-related questions." CNET Reviews 4/5
"iMovie '11: Some Video clips may not import into iMovie when using the Camera Import window" Apple Support 4/5
"US Army threatened by rogue iPhones" FOXNews 7:20 AM
"How JC Penney is using iPod Touches to revamp customer service in 1,100 stores" CITEworld 4/5
"Consumerism in China Reflected in Fake Apple Gifts for the Dead" The Mac Observer 4/5
"Judge denies class action certification in poaching lawsuit involving Apple, Google" AppleInsider 4/5
"Apple's 'iRadio' Reportedly close to launch, yet labels still have to sign: The streaming service is expected to be ad-supported and offer easy downloads." Ars Technica 4/5
"Apple tweaks its online store with new touch-friendly scrollable menu bar" AppleInsider 4/5
"Apple online store updated with iOS friendly navigation bar, other tweaks" 9 to 5 Mac 4/5
"Tim Cook's apology to Chinese customers fully translated, published online" AppleInsider 4/5
"iTunes accounts with credit cards a 'tremendous asset' for potential Apple e-wallet" AppleInsider 4/5
Non-Apple News
"Google Invents a New Compass Interface for Google Maps" Patent Bolt 4/5
"Samsung sacrificing innovation in a bid to out-do Apple?" Reuters 4/5
"The TouchArcade Show - 98 - In Loving Memory of Jared's Beard" Touch Arcade 7:52 AM
"Gene Steinberg meets John Rizzo, from MacWindows.com, and Daniel Eran Dilger, from AppleInsider, this week on the Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 4/5
"YML Interview -'Thomas Matthews, Executive Editor, Wine Spectator" Your Mac Life 4/5
"YML Interview - 'Michael Hiltzik, How Apple invites facile analysis'" Your Mac Life 4/5
"iOS 7 improvements to user experience visualized" Product Reviews Net 7:21 AM
"Latest iOS 7 concept shows slick widget integration, enhanced lockscreen & much more" 9 to 5 Mac 4/5
"Photos of alleged iPhone 6 prototype with edge-to-edge display, no Home button emerge: New photographs could reveal what Apple's next-generation iPhone will look like" Macworld UK 4/5
"Is this the iPhone 5S or iPhone 6? Pics of Curvy Apple smartphone emerge" ITProPortal 4/5
"VirnetX patent loss forcing Apple to change its iOS VPN On Demand in forthcoming update" 9 to 5 Mac 4/5
"Pre-orders for T-Mobile iPhone 5 go live ahead of April 12 launch" AppleInsider 4/5
"Technologies you could see in future Macs, part 5: Macs with foldable screens" Apple Daily Report 4/5
Apple Patent Applications
"Apple working on ways to grant indirect authentication for content on an authorizing device" Apple Daily Report 4/5
"Mittens Review/Mittens is a physics-based puzzle game from Disney that looks great and is fun to play." 148Apps 4/5
"RRBBYY Review/Adding an unique element to a familiar genre, RRBBYY is sure to test the mental and physical reactions of many block busting game fans." 148Apps 4/5
"PopaGraph: A Photo App that Takes a Little Learning; but with Useful Results" eXtensions 4/5
"Zip Review/With attractive graphics and plenty of humor, it's unfortunate that Zip lacks the all important compelling game mechanics to be a hit." 148Apps 4/5
"Review: Photoshop Touch for iPhone - Applelinks.com" Applelinks 4/5
"Review: The revamped Wunderlist 2.0 sports shared lists, better organizational tools for iOS" Macworld 4/5
"Crack Some Eggs, Make An Omelet In Brave Eggs" App Advice 4/5
How-To/Tutorial
"Find missing podcast playlists, replace converted songs in playlists, and more" Macworld 4/5
"And Privacy Kudos Of The Week Go To... Apple??" ReadWrite 4/5
"Why and when the iPad is the best e-reader: For the first time in history, when we sit down to read a book, we're faced with more than simply a choice of what to read - we must also decide How To read it" Macworld UK 4/5
"A $5 app isn't expensive: Customers need to help fix the App Store economy" Macworld 4/5
"Why Do We Keep Making Ebooks Like Paper Books?" Gizmodo 4/5
"Facebook Home: Is That a Feature or a Threat?" The Mac Observer 4/5
"Xbox tweets hint at 'always on' future: Don't want a gaming console that requires a persistent Internet connection? 'Deal with it,' says Microsoft Studio's creative director" CNET News 4/5
"First Ouya reviews hit the Internet: Initial reaction is ... not glowing" Destructoid 4/5
"LG Optimus G Pro Review: the phone-tablets are here to stay/It's bigger and faster and, in a lot of ways, better." Ars Technica 4/5
"TrafficVille 3D 1.0 for iOS - New Traffic Control Game by Fan Studio" prMac 10:27 AM
"New iPhone/iPad App For Kids To Master Spellings of 2000 words" prMac 7:52 AM
"A World of Happiness: Independent publisher Luigi Savagnone announced A World of Happiness for iOS, the story of a man who is basically a misfit in the society in which he lives." prMac 7:29 AM
"Sony outs Lightning-friendly speaker dock in Japan, alarm clock and radio features in tow" Engadget 7:25 AM
"Macworld Awards: first round of nominations announced/Macworld has announced the first round of nominations for the Macworld Awards" Macworld UK 4/5
"DollyDrive Offers 10 GB Of Free Storage, Sync & Backup for Mac for a Limited Time" MacPrices 4/5
"Good Deal: Solar weather app free on iOS today" The Verge 4/5
"Celtic Lore: Sidhe Hills from Nevosoft Now Available for iPhone and iPad" prMac 4/5
"Can I Stream It makes movie night simpler" TUAW 4/5
"Planning A Wedding? Loverly Offers Up Inspiration For Prospective Brides" App Advice 4/5
"Shopster - The geo-learning groceries list - v1.0 released" prMac 4/5
"Dead Resurrection: Francis The Trapper of Zombies" prMac 4/5
"New iPhone App: Guaranteed To Help Users Kill Their Junk Food Cravings" prMac 4/5
"Will The Turtle Outrun The Hare? Find Out The Answer In Run Sheldon!" App Advice 4/5
"Word Trip Challenges Gamers to Create Words and Reveal Solar Objects" prMac 4/5
"Blackstone's latest move may upset Michael Dell bid" Reuters 7:35 AM
"Dell now offering Ubuntu Linux OS as option for Alienware X51 gaming PC" ZDNet 7:35 AM
"Gartner Indicates That MSFT May Be In Some Serious Trouble" Seeking Alpha 7:34 AM
"Microsoft releases statement about next-gen Xbox's always-online requirement" Moneycontrol.com 7:38 AM
"No One Could Ever Kill Windows – Analysts" Softpedia 7:39 AM
"Celeron 1019Y, Intel's New ULV Ivy Bridge CPU" Softpedia 7:37 AM
"AMD enables Video decoding on their open source drivers" Muktware 7:37 AM
"City of Bunbury uses IBM for future private cloud plan/Summary: The WA regional city has spent AU$234,000 on implementing IBM's PureFlex hardware." ZDNet 7:38 AM
"IBM: Cyber-Security Practices Key for Electric Power Sector" eWeek 1:59 PM
"The Breakup Of HP Just Got A Lot More Plausible" Business Insider 4/5
"Hewlett-Packard Chairman Ray Lane Resigns" InformationWeek 4/5
"H.P. Chairman Steps Down as 2 Resign From Board" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4/5
"HP Chairman Lane resigns, Whitworth takes over for now" The Street 4/5
"HP in $210M Deal to Create UK 'e-Hospital'" eWeek 4/5
"Intel confirms USB bug in 'Haswell' chipset: The chipmaker says a USB bug in the chipset that accompanies the 'Haswell' processor exists and will be fixed." CNET News 4/5
"Should Intel Sell Its Own Phones?" Seeking Alpha 4/5
"AMD and Adobe Collaborate on Upcoming Version of Adobe Premiere Pro Software to Enable Breakthrough Video Editing Performance Through Open Standards" The Street 4/5
"Dell to Reimburse Icahn If He Drops Fight" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4/5
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