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MacSurfer's Archive: Tuesday, April 23, 2013
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
Apple Q2 Results
  • "Apple Reports Second Quarter Results: 37.4 Million iPhones Sold; 19.5 Million iPads Sold/Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2013 second quarter ended March 30, 2013. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $43.6 billion and quarterly net profit of $9.5 billion, or $10.09 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $39.2 billion and net profit of $11.6 billion, or $12.30 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 37.5 percent compared to 47.4 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 66 percent of the quarter's revenue." Apple 3:48 PM
  • "Apple Reports Second Quarter Results: 37.4 Million iPhones Sold; 19.5 Million iPads Sold" Business Wire 3:48 PM
  • "Apple More than Doubles Capital Return Program: Total of $100 Billion to be Returned to Shareholders by End of 2015" Apple 3:48 PM
  • "Apple More than Doubles Capital Return Program" Business Wire 3:48 PM
  • "Apple's Profit Falls 18%, but Beat the Street" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:00 PM
  • "Apple Snaps Growth Streak: First Profit Drop in a Decade Comes Despite Strong Demand for iPhone, iPad" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:17 PM
  • "Apple dodges bullet with earnings report: Despite mounting concerns over its ability to continue to dazzle the world with its products, the Cupertino-based company on Tuesday posted solid quarterly revenue of $43.6 billion and quarterly net profit of $9.5 billion, or $10.09 per diluted share. That handily beat estimates of analysts, who had predicted profits of $9.98 a share." San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 4:18 PM
  • "Apple posts solid revenue, first quarterly profit drop since 2003" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 4:10 PM
  • "As Profit Slips, Apple Looks to Reward Shareholders" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:25 PM
  • "Apple earnings beat, but next quarter misses big: Apple's second quarter results are in. The company just barely Wall Street's expectations for this quarter, but not for the next one." CNET News 3:56 PM
  • "Apple's Q2: By the numbers/After months of speculation, there's something in Apple's Q2 report for bulls and bears. Here's the scorecard." CNET News 4:05 PM
  • "iPad sales up, Macs flat, as Apple reports on Q2 earnings" Macworld 4:26 PM
  • "Apple Sells 37.4M iPhones, 19.5M iPads" PC Magazine 3:57 PM
  • "Apple profit slips 18%, but investors cheer dividend increase: Apple's cheaper, older devices have been popular with consumers: but those discounts have pinched the company's profits." CNNMoney 4:08 PM
  • "Apple's retail stores brought in 19% less revenue in Q2 2013 at $4.3B but is still up 19% YoY" The Next Web 4:08 PM
  • "Apple's Greater China revenue climbs 8% YoY to $8.2B in Q2 2013, comprising 18.8% of global total" The Next Web 4:02 PM
  • "iTunes revenue hits record high at $4B this quarter" VentureBeat 4:59 PM
  • "Apple beats revenue estimates but margins are falling" The Register 4:29 PM
  • "Everything You Need to Know About Apple's Q2 earnings" Wired 4:09 PM
  • "Apple iPad sales top 19 million but shrinking margins worry investors" V3 7:29 PM
  • "Apple Defies Speculation, Reports Quarterly Records" ifoAppleStore 7:28 PM
  • "Apple Forecasts Sales Below Estimates; Boosts Dividend, Buybacks" Bloomberg 4:01 PM
  • "Apple shares the wealth: Boosts stock buyback, ups dividend 15%" CNET News 3:56 PM
  • "Apple's beats targets, to return $100 billion to shareholders: Sells 37.4 million iPhones, 19.5 million iPads, boosts dividend 15%, increases stock buyback five-fold" Fortune 4:28 PM
  • "Apple: Massive Buyback Powers Shares After Hours" Seeking Alpha 4:28 PM
  • "Tim Cook leaves door open for larger iPhone: The Apple chief disses competitors who sacrifice screen quality for larger size, and hints that his company can do better." CNET News 7:25 PM
  • "Tim Cook talks product pipeline, 5-inch iPhone, growth in China, supply chain, and more" 9 to 5 Mac 5:01 PM
  • "Tim Cook: We Have Awesome Products In The Works, But They're Not Coming Until The Fall" Business Insider 7:28 PM
  • "Notes of interest from Apple's Q2 2013 conference call" AppleInsider 4:43 PM
  • "Tim Cook On New Products In The Fall, Larger iPhone, iMac Delays, And More" Cult of Mac 9:04 PM
  • "Apple claims 'best quarter ever' in Chinese market" Electronista 7:28 PM
  • "Apple's iCloud Grew 20 Percent In Q2, To 300M Users" TechCrunch 4:31 PM
Apple News
  • "Apple Is Going Into a Good Year, Gene Munster Says: Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray Cos., talks about Apple Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter results, strategy in China and the company's product lines." [Video Report] Bloomberg 8:36 PM
  • "All eyes on Apple Inc.: Its quarterly earnings report is a reality check on three months of speculation." Fortune 8:10 AM
  • "Tim Cook Has the Safest Job in America: Galloway/Rick Heitzmann, founder at Firstmark Capital and Scott Galloway, professor at NYU Stern School of Business, talks with Tom Keene about what CEO Tim Cook needs to do to energize Apple products and shareholders." [Video Report] Bloomberg 8:09 AM
  • "Getting to Apple's Core: Strategist" [Video Report] CNBC 8:24 AM
  • "Apple results: focus on decline obscures strength/As Apple prepares to announce its latest results, Matt Warman argues the company remains the strongest force in its industry" Telegraph 8:57 AM
  • "Serious Qualms Over Apple's Q2" AllThingsD 8:26 AM
  • "5 things to watch when Apple reports its second-quarter earnings" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 9:19 AM
  • "Apple' results, the 'experts' and where the puck is going" Computerworld 9:22 AM
  • "Apple's Tough Road: What Cards Can Tim Cook Play? Bloomberg's senior West Coast correspondent Jon Erlichman previews Apple's second-quarter results expected later today after the bell and looks at the company's high and lows over the last eight months." [Video Report] Bloomberg 8:09 AM
  • "Apple Has an Identity Crisis: Is It a Hardware Company or a Software Firm?"  WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:25 AM
  • "In Defense of Apple's Tim Cook"  TheStreet 8:31 AM
  • "Why Tim Cook Is Like Steve Ballmer"  New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:28 AM
  • "U.S. trade panel says Apple did not violate Google patent"  Reuters 8:37 AM
  • "ITC sides with Apple over Motorola case" ZDNet 8:37 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." Apple Investor Relations 9:04 AM
OS X
News
  • "What will Apple announce at WWDC?" USA Today 4:10 PM
  • "Apple Releases Seed OS X 10.8.4, Build 12E36 To Developers" Cult of Mac 7:30 PM
  • "Apple's iCloud services again hit by global outage" AppleInsider 9:11 AM
  • "Apple's iCloud servers once again experiencing major outages for a growing number of users" 9 to 5 Mac 9:11 AM
  • "Apple iCloud Has Service Issues, Again: Latest iCloud technical problems affect 'some users,' according to Apple." InformationWeek 3:58 PM
  • "Apple iOS users hit by online access glitches: Some Apple users are unable to access their iCloud accounts or create new IDs, according to Apple's status page." CNET News 9:48 AM
  • "Apple's Services Suffering Another Outage as iCloud Sign-In and iTunes Store Go Down" MacRumors 9:19 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Sync Your Lightroom Across All Your Macs With Dropbox [How To] Cult of Mac 11:28 AM
  • "How to Install and Start Using OS X Server" Mactuts+ 8:58 AM
  • "Forget online drives, sync directly with BitTorrent Sync: New BitTorrent Sync offers decentralized file syncing between your computers." MacFixIt 7:28 PM
  • "Manga Studio 5 Review" Mac|Life 10:37 AM
  • "Squeeze Pro 9 transcodes faster, spits out HTML5 page" IT.Enquirer 8:01 AM
  • "Typography for all: Demystifying text for high-impact messages" Macworld 8:59 AM
  • "Did you know about this handy search tool on the Apple website?" Amsys 9:12 AM
  • "Bash Scripting: Examples 2" Amsys 9:12 AM
  • "Make The Mac App Store Re-Download Apps To Your Mac [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 9:13 AM
  • "Quick Tip: Swipe Away That Mac App Store Notification" Apple Gazette 2:20 PM
  • "Photo Tools For The Mac: Is It Art? Or, Simply Black And White Photos And Filters With A Click?" McSolo 8:01 AM
  • "Try The Easiest, Fastest, Simplest Way To Grab A Frame Photo From A QuickTime Movie Clip" Mac 360 8:01 AM
  • "What A Mac Can Do For You That You Didn't Even Know You Needed To Do" TeraTalks 8:01 AM
  • "How To Use Your Mac To Teach Math Skills To Children (and learn a few new tricks)" Mac 360 8:00 AM
  • "It's Official. Beer Is Out. Now We're Using A New Mac App To Manage Beverages" BohemianBoomer 8:00 AM
  • "The Easier, Faster Way To Boot Your Mac Into Windows, Linux, Or Other Versions Of OS X" NoodleMac 8:00 AM
Press Releases
  • "Timelines Plugin for Final Cut Pro X" prMac 10:37 AM
  • "Typinator 5.5 - Powerful Text Expansions with Embedded Calculations" prMac 9:11 AM
  • "Spring updates: DEVONtechnologies, LLC releases maintenance updates for all their commercial products from DEVONthink over DEVONsphere to DEVONagent as well as their popular freeware products EasyFind, PhotoStickies, and XMenu. The updates are free and recommended for all users." DEVONtechnologies 8:04 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Glassdoor: Apple employees love Tim Cook" TUAW 8:36 PM
  • "Tim Cook Gets A 94 Percent Employee Rating On Glassdoor" Cult of Mac 9:13 PM
  • "AT&T sold 4.8M iPhones in the first quarter: In comparison, Verizon Wireless sold 4 million units in the same period." CNET News 3:56 PM
  • "AT&T subscriber growth beats estimates, thanks to tablets" Reuters 3:58 PM
  • "As with digital music downloads, the decade-old iTunes Store leveraged first-mover advantage, and popular devices, to command the lead in digital downloads of movies and TV shows." NPD 9:47 AM
  • "Apple Continues to Dominate U.S. Online Video Purchase and Rental Markets" MacRumors 9:47 AM
  • "Apple blocks Google Motorola's sensor patent challenge: Google has failed in its latest attempt to convince a US trade agency that Apple has infringed its intellectual property." BBC 8:27 AM
  • "ITC Drops Motorola Proximity Sensor Patent Claim Against Apple" The Mac Observer 9:26 AM
  • "Apple Beats Motorola; Google's Street View Fine; 500K Facebook Home Downloads" PC Magazine 9:13 AM
  • "Apple: Experts' views on tech firm's next big product" BBC 8:26 AM
  • "Apple'S Q1 Smartphone Market Share Reportedly Sinks As Samsung Dominates" BGR 8:57 AM
  • "Report: Foxconn in trouble as Apple returns up to 8 million faulty iPhones/A report from China claims that Apple has returned 5-8 million iPhone units to Foxconn, which could cost the manufacturer $1.6 billion" Macworld UK 8:43 AM
  • "Apple opening, building new Australian stores" MacNN 8:33 AM
  • "Texting and Driving with Siri Might Not Be So Safe" Techland 4:26 PM
  • "Don't text and drive: Study finds voice-to-text just as dangerous" Reuters 8:26 AM
  • "Download.com team comments on discontinuation of Mac software download services" AppleDailyReport 2:27 PM
  • "UK's dead monster iPad gumble-maker comes back to life/It's been quite a post-Easter week for the Brit firm behind iPhone and iPad accessories maker GEAR4: it went into administration, axed most of its UK workforce, and has risen again in Hong Kong." Channel Register 8:27 AM
  • "Firaxis' Haunted Hollow appears on, disappears from the App Store" TUAW 9:16 PM
  • "Photos: Man Uses Chopsticks to Steal iPhone" PC Magazine 12:16 PM
  • "iPad Survives Encounter With Softball" MacTrast 11:27 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "After Years Of Government Scrutiny Over Security Concerns, Huawei Says It's Quitting The U.S." TechCrunch 9:16 PM
  • "10 Mobile Companies Destined for Eventual Failure" [Slideshow] eWeek 4:09 PM
  • "WD Ships First 5mm, 2.5-Inch Hard Drive" PC Magazine 9:45 AM
  • "Further escalation: Ericsson throws in eight more patents against Samsung" Foss Patents 8:59 AM
  • "German court dismisses (another) Nokia lawsuit against HTC targeting Google Play" Foss Patents 8:59 AM
  • "Podcasting Patent Asserted Against NBC and CBS: Personal Audio Continues Enforcement of its Landmark Patent" PRWeb 8:31 AM
  • "Google Files for New 'MyGlass' Trademark" Patent Bolt 1:25 PM
  • "Lenovo Patents a Unique yet Mysterious Ultrabook Detachable" Patent Bolt 8:02 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Portable Podcast, Episode 182" 148Apps 2:26 PM
  • "The Critical Path #81: Continuous Flow" asymco 2:20 PM
  • "SuperMeet – Quiver Distributes Your Short Film, Music Video and More Easily and Affordably" MacVoices 3:49 PM
  • "SuperMeet – Apogee Shows New Audio Hardware for iOS and Mac" MacVoices 1:25 PM
  • "SuperMeet – CoreMelt Makes Tracking In Your Video Project Easier Than Ever Before" MacVoices 9:17 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "Apple's $15 settlement checks for iPhone 4 'antennagate' begin arriving" AppleInsider 9:11 AM
  • "A last echo of iPhone 'antennagate' -- $15 checks" CNET News 11:27 AM
  • "iPhone 4 'AntennaGate' settlement checks now arriving" TUAW 9:06 AM
  • "$15 Apple 'Antennagate' Checks in the Mail" PC Magazine 3:59 PM
  • "iPhone 4 'antennagate' settlement checks arriving in the mail" Ars Technica 9:26 AM
  • "Apple Begins Sending Out $15 Antennagate Settlement Checks to iPhone 4 Owners" iClarified 8:59 AM
  • "No more smiley faces in Apple's App Store for developers: Latest reports indicate that Apple has started restricting developers from incorporating special characters into their app descriptions" Macworld UK 8:57 AM
  • "Apple reportedly restricting use of special characters in app descriptions [u] AppleInsider 9:11 AM
  • "Apple adds download later option for iTunes purchases" AppleTell 8:59 AM
Granted Apple Patents
  • "Apple Granted a Whopping 54 Patents Today Covering Smart Instruments, Smart Business Cards, Magnetic Port Covers & More" Patently Apple 10:35 AM
  • "Apple Granted a Key Digital Handshake Patent for Many Future Applications including the iWallet" Patently Apple 8:38 AM
  • "Apple Wins Patent for Creating a Comic Book from a Video Game" Patently Apple 8:04 AM
  • "Apple Granted Patents for Virtual Input Tools and Yet Unseen Visual Expander Feature Designed for the iPad" Patently Apple 8:02 AM
  • "Apple invention would allow for peripheral-based authentication, password recovery" AppleInsider 2:25 PM
  • "Apple's virtual input tool patent could bring next-level UI interactivity to OS X" AppleInsider 2:25 PM
  • "Future versions of iTunes may see a tweaked interface" AppleDailyReport 9:04 AM
  • "Apple granted patent for earbuds with electrostatic charge protection" AppleDailyReport 8:27 AM
  • "Apple patent filing involves a system, method for storing a password recovery secret" AppleDailyReport 8:50 AM
  • "Apple patent is for automatically generating a book describing a user's Videogame performance" AppleDailyReport 8:30 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "Outland Games For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:03 AM
  • "Max Awesome For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:03 AM
  • "Dino Cap 2 HD For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 9:03 AM
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:01 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:01 AM
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:01 AM
  • "Refurbished Mac Pros -Prices Start At $929 -Best Deals For Closeout, OpenBox, Refurbished And Used Mac Pros" MacReviewZone 1:25 PM
  • "Apple AirPort Express Base Station Price Tracker -From $59 to $99 -Prices, Deals, Reviews And Information" MacReviewZone 8:01 AM
  • "Apple now selling refurbished 7th gen iPod nano, drops prices on refurbed iPads" 9 to 5 Mac 11:36 AM
  • "Fairer Deal: Cheap Refurbished iPads, iHome for Mom, Pinnacle Coupon Codes, Apps and Games!" FairerPlatform 8:00 AM
  • "PadGadget Daily App Deal – 8 iPad Apps on Sale" PadGadget 8:58 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Your iPhone Becomes A Waterproof Beach Camera In The Seidio Obex Case [Review] Cult of Mac 2:24 PM
  • "Tesseract aluminum storage/stand from Esoterism (Video Review)" Insanely Great Mac 7:43 PM
  • "Reviews: Incipio Dual Auto Charger - 3.4A Lightning" iLounge 10:45 AM
  • "Reviews: Incase Mini Car Charger with Lightning Cable" iLounge 10:45 AM
  • "Review: Speck's PixelSkin HD Wrap offers all-around protection for the iPad, but with some quirks" Macworld 8:58 AM
  • "Trygger's Camera Clip Offers A Polarizing Filter For iPhone 5" The Mac Observer 1:25 PM
  • "Review: Euro Koncepts Carbon Fiber iPhone 5 Case" Run Around Tech 8:58 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "Blux Camera Pro Review" Mac|Life 4:08 PM
  • "Reeder's a Comfy Refuge for Google's RSS Orphans" MacNewsWorld 8:58 AM
  • "Lettrs App Lets You Send Snail Mail From Your iPhone" Mashable 8:37 AM
  • "Apple's New Search Engine Friend Is On A Roll: Try Out The Free iPhone App For Weather" Mac 360 8:00 AM
  • "Appidemic: Crazy Machines Golden Gears for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" AppleTell 8:59 AM
  • "New iPhone apps worth downloading: Skitch and Arcane Legends updates, Crazy Machines Golden Gears" Appolicious 8:57 AM
  • "Dungeon Hunter 4 review: Epic gameplay if you have the patience" CNET Reviews 2:27 PM
  • "Bookworm Heroes Review" Mac|Life 3:07 PM
  • "Oh Hey, Firaxis's 'Haunted Hollow' Isn't An Uninspired, Boring Free-To-Play Game" Touch Arcade 11:36 AM
  • "Touchfit: GSP Review" 148Apps 2:26 PM
  • "Super Kiwi Castle Run Review" 148Apps 2:26 PM
  • "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rooftop Run Review" 148Apps 2:26 PM
  • "R.I.P. Rally Review" 148Apps 3:07 PM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How to delete podcast episodes in the Podcasts app for iPhone and iPad" iMore 2:20 PM
  • "How to minimize noise in digital photos" TechHive 8:58 AM
Tips
  • "Use Zoom And Large Text Options To Help See Stuff On The Screen [iOS Tips] Cult of Mac 2:24 PM
  • "Quickly type domains for different countries in iOS" Mac OS X Hints 9:48 AM
  • "Making the change from iPhone to Android as easy as possible" CNET 8:37 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Apple's new pitch to investors" Reuters 7:28 PM
  • "Cassandra -Wednesday Review: the Week in Full Swing; and Apple Financial Numbers" eXtensions 7:23 PM
  • "5 Reasons Wall Street Hates Apple: Apple is expected to report its first profit decline in a decade, which has caused the Wall Street vultures to begin circling. Why? Here are five reasons." PC Magazine 3:57 PM
  • "Radio Shack Guy: We're Selling A Lot More Samsung Galaxy S3s Than iPhone 5s" Business Insider 2:24 PM
  • "Can Carriers Handle a Low-End iPhone?" Tech.pinions 1:25 PM
  • "The Next Evolution of User Interfaces" Tech.pinions 10:29 AM
  • "GDP and the IPhone Problem" Forbes 10:12 AM
  • "The Only Thing Apple Really Sells" Gizmodo 9:48 AM
  • "Here's Why Apple Is Really Screwed" TheStreet 11:36 AM
  • "Prepare for Apple's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Earnings Report Today" The Atlantic Wire 9:44 AM
  • "FirstMark's Heitzmann Says Apple Missing Vision (Audio)" Bloomberg 9:44 AM
  • "Tim Cook Still Not Impressed by Phablets" PC Magazine 7:28 PM
  • "Was Apple caught off guard by the rise of phablets?" TG Daily 2:24 PM
  • "Apple Reportedly 'Caught Flat-Footed' By The Rise Of Phablets" BGR 9:19 AM
  • "Is 'Apple's Tim Cook cooked'? Not so fast" NBC News 10:11 AM
  • "Tim Cook Vs. Steve Ballmer" BGR 9:16 AM
  • "Why Apple's No Longer Alone in Designing Beautiful Smartphones"  Techland 8:59 AM
  • "The Macalope: The fine art of trolling" Macworld 8:59 AM
  • "The job the iPhone is hired to do, part II" asymco 8:58 AM
  • "Where are all of Apple's Siri-integrated cars?" The Verge 8:57 AM
  • "Siri still a privacy worry despite Apple spelling out policy: Apple came clean that it keeps anonymous Siri data for two years, but that has not quelled fears about corporate data privacy" CSO 8:42 AM
  • "Could Apple's Legacy iPhones Be As Important As The Latest and Greatest?" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 8:11 AM
  • "Rumour: Business Magazines to Fire Clueless Reporters" Opinionations 8:02 AM
  • "If Women Are From Venus, And Men From Mars, Then Apple's Critics Are From Bizzaro World" Mac 360 8:00 AM
  • "Apple's Crazy Drive Down The Misinformation Super Highway And The Speed Bumps To Avoid" PixoBebo 8:00 AM
Non-Apple
  • "Can 'Tetris' Cure Lazy Eye?" Mashable 5:02 PM
  • "Death of the PC Is Greatly Exaggerated: Bertelsen" [Video Report] Bloomberg 9:44 AM
  • "TV viewing habits continue to change, especially among 12-to 17-year-olds" AppleDailyReport 8:05 AM
  • "Make cool shows, make money: Netflix's Shocking TV strategy/'Internet TV' biz counts House of Cards gamble winnings" The Register 8:25 AM
  • "Netflix Now Bigger Than HBO" Tapscape 8:01 AM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Nike+ FuelBand App Update Adds Facebook Photo Sharing" Mashable 9:15 PM
  • "OnForce Mobile Apps Give IT Field Service an Efficiency Boost: Faster time to work completion and reduced administrative hassles - increasing productivity and responsiveness for IT service companies" PRNewswire 4:33 PM
  • "Trulia Launches Redesigned iPad App With Improved Navigation, Listing Pages And Maps" TechCrunch 2:52 PM
  • "Hewlett-Packard's New Touch Screen Calculator: HP Prime" The Mac Observer 2:21 PM
  • "'Liege' Is An Upcoming Hand-Drawn Strategy RPG That You've Just Got To See" Touch Arcade 2:20 PM
  • "Tweetbot For iOS Update Adds Swank New Media View, Redesigned Image Viewer And More" Cult of Mac 12:16 PM
  • "Google Fiber TV app lands on iPad, letting people in Kansas City browse, buy, watch and record content" The Next Web 11:37 AM
  • "Facebook rolls out new action-oriented mobile Pages, making it easier for users and brands to interact" The Next Web 11:28 AM
  • "Facebook Challenges Yelp With Mobile Pages Redesign Featuring Actions, Local Biz Details, And Ratings" TechCrunch 11:27 AM
  • "Jitbit releases an iPhone App for Jitbit Helpdesk" Jitbit Software 11:24 AM
  • "Never Miss Your New iOS Device Shipment Again With Improved FedEx Mobile App" App Advice 10:38 AM
  • "iTalk's iPod Touch Sleeve Converts Your iPod Into a Smartphone" LAPTOP Magazine 10:14 AM
  • "Mementum. Pair of words about urgent. A smart and handy voice reminder. It gives an opportunity to sort your recordings by categories and write additional text notes if neccessary." Allgoritm 10:10 AM
  • "Popular iPad photo editing app FX Photo Studio HD goes free for a limited time" iDownload Blog 9:19 AM
  • "Infinity Cell Lets You Charge Your iPhone Simply By Shaking It" TechCrunch 9:13 AM
  • "Namco Brings Three Idolm@ster Games To iOS, Charges $55 Apiece" Cult of Mac 9:13 AM
  • "Get a lifetime subscription to iOS Centric [VB Store] VentureBeat 9:11 AM
  • "Logitech unveils Surface-like $149 FabricSkin Keyboard Folio" iDownload Blog 9:47 AM
  • "Turn your iPad (*gasp*) into a Microsoft Surface with new Logitech FabricSkin Keyboard Folio" 9 to 5 Mac 9:11 AM
  • "Logitech intros FabricSkin Keyboard Folio for iPad, Folio for iPad/iPad mini" TUAW 9:05 AM
  • "War Thunder to take flight on iOS and Android" AppleTell 8:59 AM
  • "Yahoo! For iPhone Redesigned, Adds Summly-Like Summarized Stories" AddictiveTips 8:58 AM
  • "AppShopper Releases New iOS App Discovery Tool With Social Elements" AddictiveTips 8:58 AM
  • "Watching the Champions League semi-final tonight? Check out Vubooo for iOS" The Next Web 8:57 AM
  • "FocusTwist app for iOS gives you Lytro-esque refocusable images Mobile" Engadget 8:42 AM
  • "When I think about you I touch my... iPhone app" ComputerWeekly 8:32 AM
  • "VicMan Visage Lab PRO HD – a portrait retouch fairy for your photos! Perform virtual makeup in a click: remove red eye, get rid of acne and wrinkles and whiten the teeth!" VicMan 8:06 AM
  • "Fun Photo App Snapfriends Challenges iOS Photographers" prMac 10:45 AM
  • "New Personal Finance App Yomaney Offers Free and Easy Money Management" prMac 8:06 AM
  • "Document Templates for Pages released" prMac 8:06 AM
  • "Weather Tune For iPad - Version 2.0 Storms into the App Store" prMac 8:06 AM
  • "Visio Touch Lets Users View and Comment on MS Visio Diagrams on iOS" prMac 8:06 AM
  • "LetsTans Contour for iOS - 200 Original Puzzles, Free For a Limited Time" prMac 8:06 AM
  • "TurboScanner 2013 - Make Perfect PDF Documents from Your iPhone" prMac 8:06 AM
  • "Shadow Era: Dark Prophecies TCG Expansion Released" prMac 8:06 AM
  • "Parachuting Frog releases 1800 for iOS" prMac 8:06 AM
  • "Inkstone Mobile Unveils Audiobooks HQ 2.0 and Audiobooks Free 1.0 Apps" prMac 8:06 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Big tech is struggling with old age: Some of the world's most well-known and powerful tech titans--IBM, Microsoft, Intel--are marked by trying to manage declining aspects of their businesses." Fortune 6:13 AM
  • "How Microsoft is shifting the Office trains into high gear: Microsoft's Office team has an ambitious plan. But can a team of 5,000 engineers move from delivering product releases every two or three years to every quarter: or even faster?" CNET News 9:47 AM
  • "Microsoft expects cheaper Windows 8 PCs and tablets this fall: Using Intel's new 'Haswell' Core and 'Bay Trail' Atom processors could lower prices dramatically and boost battery life" InfoWorld 6:06 AM
  • "Microsoft targets end of May for expanded Surface Pro availability/Summary: Microsoft is broadening availability of its Surface Pro PC/tablet hybrids during May and June, officials are saying." ZDNet 12:19 PM
  • "Barbarians At The Gate For Microsoft, But History Will Not Repeat" Seeking Alpha 12:16 PM
  • "Windows 8 Update: Smaller, less expensive gear on tap for autumn/What about the Start button?" Techworld 6:07 AM
  • "Microsoft to End Support for Windows XP by April 2014" IndiaTimes 6:10 AM
  • "ValueAct takes USD 2 billion Microsoft stake" Reuters 6:10 AM
  • "Microsoft launches personal privacy campaign with new site, commercial" ITProPortal 6:11 AM
  • "Microsoft sued over Skype patents" V3 6:11 AM
  • "Microsoft: Finding Value Beneath The Surface" Seeking Alpha 5:53 AM
  • "The Dell mirage/Commentary: The Dell you've read about isn't the real company" MarketWatch 6:00 AM
  • "Why Hewlett-Packard is hiring dancers" CNNMoney 6:01 AM
  • "What the man behind HP's new internal IT plan has in mind/As someone who spent billions with HP over 20 years while in IT leadership roles at Boeing and Verizon Wireless, John Hinshaw knew the big hardware, software and services company from the outside as well as anyone. In the year and a half since becoming executive vice president of technology and operations at HP, he's been putting that knowledge to use on the inside." Computerworld New Zealand 12:25 PM
  • "HP's New Multi-Touch Graphing Calculator Has Smartphone Aspirations" Gizmodo 9:50 AM
  • "Is Intel betting on Android for hybrid laptops?" ITProPortal 6:06 AM
  • "Complete Intel Haswell 4th-Gen CPU Family Specifications and Prices" Softpedia 6:07 AM
  • "AMD reveals G-Series X embedded chips, drops a little ARM-powered bombshell" Engadget 5:54 AM
  • "AMD puts its SoCs on" TG Daily 5:56 AM
  • "AMD Unveils SoC Platform for Embedded Devices" eWeek 12:25 PM
  • "AMD launches new G-Series family, hints at future ARM chips" bit-tech 6:04 AM
  • "AMD says a sub-9W G series SoC is weeks away" The Inquirer 6:05 AM
  • "AMD pins future growth to embedded marketplace" The Register 6:05 AM
  • "IBM Aims To Expand DevOps Strategy With UrbanCode Acquisition" redOrbit 7:56 AM
  • "IBM's solar tech is 80% efficient thanks to supercomputer know-how: Water that cools photovoltaics gets used for other purposes, upping efficiency." Ars Technica 12:19 PM
  • "IBM Research uses supercomputer tech to 'harness the energy of 2,000 suns'" ExtremeTech 6:11 AM
  • "CFO warns IBM's 'underperforming' storage crew: We'll take 'substantial action'" The Register 6:08 AM
  • "Java users beware: Exploit circulating for just-patched critical flaw/If you haven't installed last week's Java update, now would be a good time." Ars Technica 12:20 PM
  • "Is Android the answer to falling PC sales?" Bangkok Post 6:06 AM
  • "ASIC's communications days could be numbered" EE Times Asia 7:48 AM
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Apple News
  • "Apple Management Discusses Q2 2013 Results (Webcast)" Seeking Alpha 5:01 PM
  • "Apple Profits Fall And Growth Slows. Welcome To The New Normal" ReadWrite 7:29 PM
  • "Live blog: Apple's Q2 2013 earnings call" 9 to 5 Mac 4:29 PM
  • "Live Blog: Apple breaks down its 2Q 2013 earnings" Macworld 4:27 PM
  • "Apple Q2 Earnings Live-Blog" TheStreet 4:06 PM
  • "Apple Q2 2013 Earnings Call liveblog" TUAW 4:00 PM
  • "Live: Apple Reports 2Q Earnings" WSJ Blogs 3:54 PM
  • "MacDailyNews presents live notes from Apple's Q213 Conference Call" MacDailyNews 3:53 PM
  • "We're Live Blogging The Apple Q2 2013 Earnings Call At 5PM/2PM EDT/PDT [Live Blog] Cult of Mac 2:24 PM
  • "Liveblog: Apple's Q2 2013 earnings call at 5pm EDT today" Ars Technica 8:38 AM
  • "Live: Will Apple's First Decline in Profit in 10 Years Mean Anything?" SiliconANGLE 9:11 AM
  • "Apple CEO hints bigger iPhone screen may come when 'trade-offs' can be avoided" AppleInsider 5:22 PM
  • "Tim Cook: Apple Will Sell No 5' iPhone Before Its Time" The Mac Observer 7:39 PM
  • "Apple Posts Another Record iPad Quarter, Cook Alludes to New Products and Services" PadGadget 7:29 PM
  • "Apple's Cook pushes back against Wall Street, hints at fall for new products" AppleInsider 4:42 PM
  • "Apple CEO hints no major product announcements until fall" Electronista 7:27 PM
  • "Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'We Acknowledge That Our Growth Rate Has Slowed'" TechCrunch 4:18 PM
  • "Apple Posts $43.6 Billon in Revenues, EPS of $10.09" The Mac Observer 3:59 PM
  • "Apple Sells 37.4M iPhones And 19.5M iPads In Q2, Tablet Business Shows 65% YOY Growth" TechCrunch 4:02 PM
  • "Apple beats Street on EPS and revenue; more than doubles quarterly dividend" MacDailyNews 3:58 PM
  • "Why Apple's Giving Back So Much Money to Its Investors" The Atlantic Wire 5:00 PM
  • "Apple Posts First Profit Decline in a Decade" Mashable 4:08 PM
  • "The iPad Once Again Steals The Show As Apple Announce Its Quarterly Earnings" App Advice 4:02 PM
  • "Apple's Q2 2013 Earnings At A Glance [Charts] Cult of Mac 5:01 PM
  • "Apple reports Q2 2013 earnings" TUAW 4:00 PM
  • "Apple's Quarterly App Store Developer Payments Top $1B" The Mac Observer 7:23 PM
  • "Apple Had Gross Margin of 37.5% With $153 Per Share in Cash and Investments." Forbes 4:01 PM
  • "Going Into Debt Will Help Apple Avoid Taxes" Slate 7:25 PM
  • "Einhorn Supports Apple's Big Payouts" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:25 PM
  • "Apple Expected To Announce $41B-$43B In Revenue For Q2, 2013 – [Updating] RazorianFly 10:37 AM
  • "Apple's Fine Even as It's About to Die" TheStreet 8:58 AM
  • "Apple: It's Not All Bad" TheStreet 8:42 AM
  • "Is Apple Foreshadowing a Broader Market Top?" ETFguide 12:16 PM
  • "Apple investors jittery but Microsoft given $2bn vote of confidence" V3 9:18 AM
  • "Summing Up The Crazy: What Today's Apple Quarterly Earnings Actually Means" Cult of Mac 9:16 AM
  • "Earnings or not, Apple is the buy of the year" MarketWatch 8:11 AM
  • "Peak Apple: First 'profit slip' in a decade - and, boy, it's gonna be BIG/Clammy hand of Steve Jobs felt on cold Q2 numbers, say analysts" The Register 8:27 AM
  • "Latest Apple results may reveal first profits fall in a decade" [Video Report] BBC 8:26 AM
  • "Apple earnings report today: record iPad sales, Mac ok, iPhone nags" Stabley Times 9:43 AM
  • "What a sell-side Apple analyst thinks the buy side is thinking: The expectations of institutions that sell and those that buy are two different things." Fortune 8:26 AM
  • "Apple stock up $18 in prelude to today's earnings release" VentureBeat 11:24 AM
  • "Apple to Host Q2 2013 Earnings Conference Call this Afternoon" The Mac Observer 9:04 AM
  • "Is Apple souring retail investors on stocks? Why the market's rally isn't raising investor confidence" MarketWatch 8:09 AM
  • "Apple's Future: Slowing Growth And Declining Margins, But The Stock Is Still A Bargain" Seeking Alpha 8:24 AM
  • "Weak iPad, iPhone demand hits LG Display in the wallet: Apple shares below $400 for first time in 2 years" The Register 8:27 AM
  • "Do you own too much Apple and gold? Commentary: Why both investments dominate so many portfolios" MarketWatch 8:09 AM
Industry News
  • "Tech Stocks: Netflix, Lexmark soar, leading techs higher/Apple edges up ahead of results; AT&T, VMware on deck" MarketWatch 2:20 PM
  • "Stocks Boomerang After Twitter Hack Spooks Markets" TheStreet 4:06 PM
  • "Stock Futures Jump; Earnings, Data in Focus" FOXBusiness 8:46 AM
  • "Stocks Notch Strong Finish After Reeling From Fake Tweet" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:06 PM
  • "Asia Markets: Asia stocks trip over weak China data/Most Asian markets fell Tuesday after data showing Chinese manufacturing activity expanded at a slower rate in April, with Shanghai-listed stocks hit particularly hard, although Australian shares climbed on the back of banks and energy producers." MarketWatch 6:15 AM
  • "Europe Markets: Europe stocks on track for third day of gains/European stock markets mostly climbed on Tuesday, after data showed the pace of region's downturn didn't accelerate in April, although German stocks erased earlier gains after a disappointing reading." MarketWatch 6:15 AM
  • "German downturn bodes ill for eurozone" CNNMoney 6:14 AM
  • "ARM first quarter results show higher revenues, profit" Electronista 5:54 AM
  • "As traditional PC sales and chipmakers slump, ARM rakes in the cash/Licensing chip IP pays off: 2.6B ARM-based chips ship in first quarter of 2013." Ars Technica 12:20 PM
  • "ARM tops forecasts on boom in smartphones and tablets" Reuters 7:58 AM
  • "Xerox steps up restructuring, second-quarter EPS goal below Street" Reuters 9:47 AM
  • "Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 7:42 PM
  • "Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 7:42 PM
  • "Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12:35 PM

 
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