"Apple's Tim Cook Can't Catch a Break" [Video Report] Bloomberg 8:58 AM
"How Far Can the Mighty Apple Fall?" ["Persistent rumors suggest that the company will eventually introduce a new television device, or perhaps a high-tech watch, either of which could revive investor enthusiasm for the company. But analysts don't expect Apple to unveil a new product until the summer at the earliest, and maybe not until the fall. Until then, the knife may just keep falling."] Time 8:26 AM
"Apple needs the iTV soon: The shine's off the Apple. The seemingly invincible tech titan has lost nearly a quarter of its stock value this year. Shares slipped below $400 for the first time since 2011 on Wednesday. In the first quarter of the year, Apple was one of the worst performers in the S&P 500." CNNMoney 8:03 AM
"Apple Needs More Than Just A Hardware Upgrade" Forbes 9:28 AM
"Apple Slowdown Threatens $30 Billion Global Supplier Web" Bloomberg 8:28 AM
"Will Apple bounce or sink next week? Its GM% may be the key: The focus next Tuesday will be on how efficiently Apple turned revenues into earnings." Fortune 8:15 AM
"The 2013 TIME 100: Jonathan Ive" [Bono: "To watch him with his workmates in the holy of holies, Apple's design lab, or on a night out is to observe a very rare esprit de corps. They love their boss, and he loves them."] Time 10:39 AM
"Apple Struggles With Chinese Checkers: Despite its seeming invincibility, even Apple may struggle to climb the Great Firewall of China." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:20 PM
"Intel's CEO coy about hinting at Apple deal: Intel's CEO doesn't seem keen on the idea of enabling a chip competitor like Apple. But that could change after he leaves." CNET News 7:58 AM
"Apple Revises One to One, Limits Data Migration" ifoAppleStore 8:38 AM
"Apple revises One to One program for new customers" TUAW 11:20 AM
"Steve Jobs Patented an Ad-Supported Operating System – Facebook Built One: In 1999, Steve jobs toyed with the idea of launching a free, ad-supported version of the Mac operating system, and in 2008 he filed a patent on a version of the idea." Technology Review 9:27 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"My MacBook Pro has been experiencing delays in videos and typing to screen when using Mail, TextEdit, Safari, Pages since upgrading to 10.8. These delays are often associated with the spinning beach ball like just happened. ...Everything stops at once. I have turn network communitication on and off. Yes, when your computer is SPODDing, it tends to bring everything to a halt, with rare exceptions (such as the newly-christened Faux SPOD). Assuming your hard drive is okay and wasn't pushed over the edge into failure by your operating system update (check it with SMART Utility), there may well be some left over cruft from a previous system that is interfering. Check the system log right after one of these happens, and see if there are any clues. Check your login items in Users&Groups in System Preferences for outdated files. I also like to check the root level Library for old stuff in Launch Agents, LaunchDaemons, StartupItems,and Internet Plug-ins.You might also use something like Onyx to clear your caches. What do you mean by turning off network communication? If it truly is network-related, then you might try clearing out some networking preferences in Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration (be forewarned you will have to re-set up those preferences.)" MacInTouch 11:22 AM
"FoxTube for Mac 1.0 - Play YouTube Videos Continuously with Playlists" prMac 8:05 AM
"Introducing Play+, simply said, it's 'YouTube for Mac.'Features include: discover trending videos, responsive UI, HTML5 video with less ads, sync with YouTube.com, and a wonderful fullscreen experience." It's About Time 7:53 AM
"Steve Jobs' Widow Makes Public Push for U.S. Immigration Reform" Bloomberg 11:24 AM
"A Pirate iOS App Store in China Will Let You Installs Pirated Apps Without Jailbreak" M.I.C. Gadget 8:38 AM
"Foul ball smashes into man using iPad as camera: Is it really necessary to use an iPad as a camera? At one softball game in Northern Iowa, an iPad user is made to think twice about the iPad as Canon. But not for long." CNET News 1:30 PM
"Behold! iPad saves man's life by taking one for the team" Network World 4:17 PM
"iPad 4, iPad mini sold out-of-stock at Best Buy and MacMall retailers" Stabley Times 7:56 AM
Non-Apple News
"Senate edges closer to vote on Internet sales tax" Yahoo! News 5:20 PM
"Expenses Mount for App Launches: Some Games Cost $5 Million to Get off the Ground; ZeptoLab Lines Up Burger King" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:28 PM
"By Prescription Only: Google Will Brick Glasses If You Loan Them Out" HotHardware 10:11 AM
"Amazon Has Acquired a Siri-Like App Company" Gizmodo 8:23 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"NAB – Synology Offers RAID Storage With A Variety of Options and Apps for Media Use and More" MacVoices 4:25 PM
"The Tech.pinions Opinion Cast: The PC Slumps" Tech.pinions 12:11 PM
"YML Archives for April 17th, 2013" Your Mac Life 7:51 AM
"Apple reportedly stops placing Mac component orders: Apple has reportedly stopped placing component orders for its Mac series products recently and related upstream suppliers so far have not yet received any word about when the US-based vendor will resume its orders, according to sources from the upstream supply chain." DigiTimes 8:07 AM
"Apple Halting Mac Component Orders Due to Overestimated Demand?" MacRumors 8:16 AM
"Apple Stops Placing Mac Component Orders After Overestimating Demand [Rumor] Cult of Mac 8:23 AM
"Apple could foster ties with Taiwan's tech industry in manufacture of rumored fingerprint sensor" AppleInsider 8:29 AM
"iPad 5 Estimated to Be 15% Thinner, 25% Lighter Than Current iPad" MacRumors 9:55 AM
"Apple's next-gen 9.7" iPad expected to be 25% lighter, 15% thinner, debut in Q3" AppleInsider 8:29 AM
"'iPad 5' Details Emerge From Most Solid Source Yet" BGR 9:55 AM
"Is This The Budget iPhone's Plastic Casing?" Cult of Mac 8:23 AM
"Dubious budget iPhone plastic shell leaks" iDownload Blog 9:04 AM
"Lower-Cost iPhone's Plastic Rear Shell Reportedly Surfaces" MacRumors 9:04 AM
"Image leaks of lower-cost iPhone with plastic case" CNET News 12:11 PM
"Rumor: First Image Of Lower Cost iPhone With Brand New Design Appears" AppleBitch 9:05 AM
"Hands on: Twitter Music finds fresh tunes, but lacks crucial features" TechHive 10:46 AM
"Twitter unveils its new #Music app for the Web and iOS, integrates with Rdio, Spotify and iTunes" The Next Web 8:14 AM
"Quick Review: Twitter #music for iPhone, iPod Touch is now playing" 9 to 5 Mac 10:46 AM
"Twitter #Music Hands On: A Celeb-Stalking, Music Discovery Dream" Gizmodo 10:46 AM
"Here's Your Complete Tour Of The New Twitter Music App" [Slideshow] Business Insider 9:35 AM
"Documents review - Quality iPhone, iPad file manager from Readdle: Free file manager from Readdle brings almost all files under one attractive roof" Macworld UK 8:39 AM
"Time to Panic, Status Board for iPad is a Great New Status App" The Mac Observer 4:18 PM
"Building Your Own Status Board for iPad Module" The Mac Observer 4:19 PM
"ScreenLab review: Create custom wallpapers for your iPhone and iPad" iMore 8:39 AM
"Tabular for Mac makes reading and writing tab music easy" TUAW 8:35 AM
"You Know What You Did, But Was It Worth It? Here's A Free App That Tells You" Mac 360 7:54 AM
"Ark of Sinners Advance for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch review" AppleTell 8:35 AM
"'Dungeon Hunter 4' Review - An Exercise In What Could Be" Touch Arcade 1:29 PM
"GolfStar Review: GolfStar offers an enjoyable and tactical game of golf in every swing as players experience a number of different courses with gorgeous scenery." 148Apps 10:37 AM
"Vendetta Online Review: Finally, a hardcore PC MMO experience finds its way to iOS." 148Apps 8:39 AM
"Reef Run Review: Familiar to Ecco the Dolphin fans, Reef Run is all about swimming around, collecting fish and defeating evil jellyfish." 148Apps 1:30 PM
"Crafty Crates Review: Style over substance isn't always a great trade off." 148Apps 9:28 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"Buying Guide: How to Choose the Right Tablet" Techland 8:39 AM
"How to Get Through College on a Mac" Mactuts+ 8:37 AM
Tips
"Taking Photos while Recording Video Tips" iLounge 4:26 PM
"Fix iOS SpringBoard home screen crash" Mac OS X Hints 9:35 AM
"Apple Doesn't Need an iCar to Rule the Road" LAPTOP Magazine 11:59 AM
"Touch Computing is Touching Every Part of Our Lives" Tech.pinions 11:58 AM
"Is 4 million Verizon iPhone sales bad news for Apple?" Fortune 12:36 PM
"Absolutely Terrifying News for Apple" ["Think about it. You're a rank-and-file smartphone customer. You walk into a Verizon store. You compare iPhone 5 side-by-side with the 4S and 4. Chances are you would be in the Apple Store or at Apple.com making the purchase if you absolutely needed to have the latest model. Obviously, plenty of rational people have decided that, to save a few bucks, they would take an older model."] TheStreet 12:35 PM
"iPhone sales up 25% at Verizon Wireless, but why people are still flocking to older iPhone models?" MacDailyNews 11:25 AM
"Even As Wall Street Gets Stupider About AAPL, Verizon Sells More iPhones Than Ever" Cult of Mac 9:55 AM
"The Macalope Daily: The cool police" Macworld [Insider Content] 9:35 AM
"Apple Must Rebuke The Temptation Of Facebook Home For iOS" Seeking Alpha 9:05 AM
"AirPlay to the HDTV Is More Hot Air Than Play: Apparently, AirPlay is one of the coolest things Apple has ever come up with that nobody uses." MacNewsWorld 8:37 AM
"The iPhone Ended My Panic Attacks - Could Smartphones Help Others, Too?" ReadWrite 8:33 AM
"Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Review" AnandTech 8:38 AM
"Wireless Witch: Lease or Buy a Cable Modem? What are the pros and cons of buying your own DSL or cable modem rather than leasing it from an ISP?" PC Magazine 8:03 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Harrison Ford storms out of 'Kimmel,' confronted by 'Star Wars' characters: Harrison Ford appears with Jimmy Kimmel. He agrees to take questions from the audience, but demands that none be about 'Star Wars.' Trouble ensues." CNET News 5:03 PM
"Microsoft Q3 earnings and revenue up, as all divisions make gains: In the wake of dismal PC sales Reports from market researchers, Microsoft shows that Windows sales increased" Computerworld 7:04 PM
"Microsoft CFO to leave; profit, shares rise" Reuters 4:22 PM
"Microsoft posts Q3 2013 earnings, generates $6.06 billion in profit as its CFO steps down" Engadget 4:38 PM
"The Microsoft number we all want to know: Windows 8 sales to date/Summary: Microsoft didn't release an updated count of Windows 8 licenses sold as part of its third quarter earnings. But here's what the company did say about Windows." ZDNet 5:51 PM
"Reading between the Microsoft CFO lines on Windows Blue and the Start Button/Summary: Think this through: Why might Microsoft be willing to look like it's 'caving' and introduce boot-to-desktop and Start Button options?" ZDNet 7:14 PM
"Microsoft licenses Android, Chrome devices to Hon Hai" EE Times Asia 6:17 AM
"Microsoft testing smart watch prototype with a Surface connector: Report" NDTV Gadgets 6:58 AM
"Microsoft offers Outlook, Skype and Xbox users two-step authentication: Extra security across all your accounts" The Inquirer 6:59 AM
"Microsoft Earnings: Prelude to a Miss?" The Motley Fool 7:09 AM
"Microsoft to Launch Surface Tablets in New Markets in H2 2013" Softpedia 9:59 AM
"Why Doesn't Microsoft Understand Tablets?" Forbes 12:18 PM
"Microsoft partners say Windows 8 caused 'millions of customers' to switch to Apple" BGR News 9:46 AM
"Hewlett-Packard to Integrate Motion-Sensing Capabilities into PCs .: HP Partners with Leap Motion to Bring Motion-Sensing to PCs" X-bit labs 6:54 AM
"HP's Latest Plan To Boost Pc Sales: Integrating Leap Motion 3D Motion Control Sensors" BGR 6:27 AM
"The Intel Succession Crisis Continues" The Street 9:58 AM
"Despite PC Slowdown, Intel Remains Steadfast" Mobile Tech Today 12:14 PM
"Intel Makes Push Into Competitive SDN Space" eWeek 6:36 AM
"Intel's CEO coy about hinting at Apple deal: Intel's CEO doesn't seem keen on the idea of enabling a chip competitor like Apple. But that could change after he leaves." CNET News 6:43 AM
"Intel CEO pours cold water on possible Apple chip deal" Electronista 6:32 AM
"Intel CIO Kim Stevenson on big data, OpenStack, women in IT/Summary: Intel's chief information officer talks about avoiding cloud proVider lock-in, what will never go in the cloud, and the returns on big data projects." ZDNet 12:15 PM
"Intel buys Mashery for its services division: Important to keep its margins high" The Inquirer 6:56 AM
"AMD's revenue drops 31 percent as CPU sales plummet: Sales of AMD's processors and graphics chips were both down from last year" Computerworld 7:05 PM
"AMD reduces its quarterly losses, but the news isn't great either/Wall Street analyst: 'At least they do not appear to be collapsing yet.'" Ars Technica 5:49 PM
"AMD posts $98 million loss, smallest deficit in a year" Electronista 9:27 PM
"AMD Q1 2013 earnings: softer $146 million net loss on $1.09 billion revenue" Engadget 5:03 PM
"Advanced Micro Devices Earnings: Your Sneak Peek to the Big Announcement" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 7:08 AM
"I.B.M. Shares Fall After Earnings Miss Estimates" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:21 PM
"IBM 1Q net down on software, mainframe deals delay" Associated Press 4:52 PM
"IBM earnings fall short as mainframe deals slip: Big Blue sees demand drop off at the end of the first quarter as revenue and earnings miss expectations. Other tech giants saw a similar tough finish to the quarter." CNET News 4:45 PM
"IBM Plans to Cut 14 Percent of Workforce in France, AFP Reports" AFP 12:15 PM
"IBM to shed up to 1,400 jobs in France by end 2014" Phys.org 12:16 PM
"Cloud keeps looking good for IBM, and flash storage could help in the months ahead" GigaOM 7:36 PM
"IBM In Talks To Sell x86 Server Business To Lenovo" CRN 12:16 PM
"Cisco CEO John Chambers: An Indian may take my position" IndiaTimes 6:55 AM
"US STOCKS-Wall St slides further, uptrend in peril" Reuters 12:02 PM
"Google, IBM, Microsoft are Thursday's big earnings: Google, International Business Machines., Microsoft, and Morgan Stanley are among the big names slated to report earnings on Thursday." MarketWatch 6:58 AM
"It's set to be a heavyweight late afternoon for the tech sector, with Google (GOOG), IBM (IBM)..." Seeking Alpha 6:57 AM
"Verizon's Q4 2013 Sees Revenues Miss At $29.4B, EPS Beat At $0.68, Now Has 98.9M Total Wireless Customers" TechCrunch 6:51 AM
"Asia Markets: Sydney, Tokyo stocks sink; Shanghai edges up/Most Asian markets declined Thursday as sentiment took hits from falling commodity prices and weak U.S. corporate results, with some technology stocks dropping after a sharp fall in Apple Inc. shares." MarketWatch 7:01 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks recover from 2013 low/European stock markets climbed on Thursday, after a solid bond auction in Spain, recovering from the previous day's losses when most major bourses closed at 2013 lows." MarketWatch 7:02 AM
"Eyes on Netflix subscriptions in 1Q Report" Yahoo! News 12:12 PM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 2:17 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at the close of trading" Associated Press 7:15 PM
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