"Apple CEO makes no apology for company's tax strategy" Reuters 8:02 AM
"Apple CEO defends tax stance: 'We pay all ... we owe - every single dollar,' he told senators questioning overseas shelters." Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 8:11 AM
"Cook Plays Defense Against Senators Over Apple's Taxes" MacNewsWorld 8:56 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook, Lawmakers Square Off Over Taxes" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:48 AM
"Apple case seen as possible spur to tax action" Associated Press 7:57 AM
"Apple defends offshore decisions that result in low taxes: The company pays every tax dollar it owes, Tim Cook tells senators during a hearing" Macworld UK 8:24 AM
"Apple, former Washington wallflower, now at center of tax fight" Reuters 6:48 PM
"How Apple scores its lower tax bill: Apple is one of America's most profitable companies. And it pays a substantial income tax bill to the U.S. government: by its own account, $6 billion in 2012 and an estimated $7 billion this year." CNNMoney 8:02 AM
"Apple Got No Sweetheart Accord on Corporate Tax Bill, Irish Say" Bloomberg 8:16 AM
"Ireland feels the heat from Apple tax row" Reuters 8:23 AM
"Apple's tax practice in China subject of fierce debate: Technology giant's income from its App Store subject of hot discussions amid US scrutiny over claims of sheltered US$100 billion stash" South China Morning Post 8:12 AM
"Samsung's Galaxy S4 infringes on 5 patents, Apple says" IDG News Service 8:10 AM
"Apple identifies certain patents allegedly infringed by Samsung Galaxy S4 and Google Now app" Foss Patents 6:46 PM
"Apples Tries to Use Decade-Old Patents to Ban Samsung Galaxy S IV" DailyTech 3:21 PM
"Longtime Tech Industry Analyst Michael Gartenberg Joins Apple: Michael Gartenberg, a longtime industry analyst known for covering digital media technologies and companies including Microsoft and Apple, has left his post as an analyst at Gartner Inc. to take a job with Apple." Forbes 2:58 PM
"Apple retail stores - 12 years later" TUAW 1:18 PM
"The iPhone's big lead in customer satisfaction is gone: Apple's lead cut in half as Samsung, Motorola close the gap" Computerworld 8:24 AM
"Samsung beats Apple by wide margin in Rescuecom reliability report" Electronista 9:07 AM
"Are You Wasting Money on Mobile Ads? Advertisers Still Paying for Ads That Never Display. Industry Turns to Tougher Standards for Legitimacy." ["Apple's iAd earlier this month became the first major mobile-ad network to be fully accredited by the Media Ratings Council as adhering to the standards the Interactive Advertising Bureau and Mobile Marketing Association jointly released earlier this year."] Advertising Age 3:22 PM
"Apple Pushes Father's Day iPad Sales In Updated Apple Online Store" App Advice 8:23 AM
"Online Apple Store gets Father's Day revamp" iDownload Blog 8:41 AM
"Apple Rolls Out Online Store Design Changes" MacStories 8:57 AM
"Apple applies design changes to online store" TUAW 10:42 AM
"Apple Launches New Online Store Front" AppleBitch 3:21 PM
"Apple to bring Flickr and Vimeo integration to iOS 7" The Inquirer 8:11 AM
"Apple patent roundup: Magic Mouse force sensor, walkie-talkie iPhone and more/Apple has been granted 26 new patents this week, including a Push-to-Talk feature for iPhone" Macworld UK 8:24 AM
"Apple granted patent for access to a femto-connected network" AppleDailyReport 8:38 AM
"Apple patent filing involves uplink speech signal in a communication device" AppleDailyReport 8:38 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"I have an iTunes ID that my spouse and I share. Our daughter has her own iTunes ID for her purchases. We all share an iMac (running 10.6.8 with latest iTunes) for family use. My spouse and I have one account on the computer, and our daughter has her own account. For iTunes home sharing, my iTunes ID provides the credentials. Until two months ago, everything was fine. Then, when I go to download the fourth Mad Men episide, I get a warning about needed to change the ID back to mine. I do so and then am told I have to wait 90 days before I can actually download the episode because of a 90 day restriction when switching IDs. Huh?" MacInTouch 4:04 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:49 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:49 AM
"myPhoneDesktop Review: myPhoneDesktop won't win any prizes for its looks, but it's a useful app for those who want to transfer information between their PC or Mac and their iOS device." 148Apps 9:08 AM
"Chasing Yello Friends Review: Straightforward and cute, Chasing Yello Friends is also a little lacklustre in terms of content." 148Apps 8:53 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How and Why to Use Private Browsing in iOS" TekRevue 11:27 AM
"PadGadget's DIY iPad Project Spotlight: Modified Solar Powered iPad Charger" PadGadget 9:05 AM
Tips
"Share To Flipboard Magazines From Drafts" MacStories 10:42 AM
"On Using Your iPhone Abroad Without Getting Totally Screwed" Gizmodo 10:14 AM
"Hack an iPhone Carrier Update to Get Faster Data Speeds" Lifehacker 9:41 AM
"iOS Mail: Archive or Delete Individual Emails" The Mac Observer 7:53 AM
"Intel Creates New Devices Division To Make Sure They Don't Underestimate Apple's Next Big Thing" Cult of Mac 8:52 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook Pounds Another Nail Into the Keynesian Coffin" Forbes 1:18 PM
"Of Course Apple Avoids Billions in Taxes—and It Should/The big reveal here is two-fold: The U.S. corporate tax code is an impossible dream (we knew that, already); and Apple is acting like a sensible corporation (we knew that, too)." The Atlantic 1:18 PM
"Cassandra -Taxes, the Senate and Apple (2): The New Moral Compass" eXtensions 12:13 PM
"Tim Cook's testimony on Apple's taxes: The reviews are in" Fortune 10:15 AM
"If Apple Paid More Tax, We Might Pay Less" Forbes 9:18 AM
"Why is Apple held to different standards than other companies?" AppleDailyReport 8:38 AM
"Forget what you know, next-gen consoles change everything: The evolution of gaming is about to make a quantum leap. Here's what you need to know." CNET Reviews 6:30 PM
"Why Microsoft Can Win in the Living Room" Tech.pinions 1:09 PM
"An iPhone Veteran Evaluates a Samsung Galaxy Note II" The Mac Observer 12:20 PM
"IT ops software: CA and HP lose ground while VMware gains" ZDNet 11:39 AM
"What 5G Will Be: Crazy-Fast Wireless Tested in New York City" Technology Review 11:21 AM
"Infographic: What you need to know about LTE wireless" TechHive 11:04 AM
"The job is 'IT manager,' but in title only" InfoWorld 10:45 AM
"The Battle For The Cloud Is On -- Who Will Win?" Forbes 11:47 AM
"Bad first impression? Give the cloud a second chance" InfoWorld 10:45 AM
"First look: Android Studio eclipses Eclipse/Google's new Android development environment pairs rich layout and build capabilities with IntelliJ IDEA's famous ease" InfoWorld 10:44 AM
"Hard or soft G for GIF: All pronunciation is local" Houston Chronicle 10:42 AM
"Can Data Storage Ever Reach An Absolute Limit?" Forbes 10:40 AM
"Virtual and real worlds near synthesis in internet of things" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:37 AM
"Sony's dilemma: Short-term gain vs. long-term strategy" EE Times 10:33 AM
"Good apps for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0" ZDNet 11:39 AM
"IBM Watson: Big data skills move into customer service arena" V3 11:33 AM
"IBM's Watson Moving Closer to Patient Care" CNBC 11:46 AM
"Lenovo ThinkPad Helix convertible Ultrabook now available from $1,679" ZDNet 11:38 AM
"Industry needs to up its research game, says Intel" EE Times 10:33 AM
"New Intel CEO creates 'New Devices' division focused on 'cool technology': Brian Krzanich shakes things up at an organizational level a mere five days after taking the reins as the new CEO of Intel" PCWorld 10:45 AM
"Intel CEO spring cleans his staff" TG Daily 11:26 AM
"Dell Launches New Cloud Products For Citrix Users" InformationWeek 4:04 PM
"AMD lags behind Samsung, Qualcomm" TG Daily 11:26 AM
"Cisco's Success Goes to the Clouds" The Motley Fool 9:44 AM
"White House Pulls Back the Curtains on Big Data Project" E-Commerce Times 10:33 AM
"Lessons for Silicon Valley on Capitol Hill" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:53 AM
"Game Consoles Aim to Revolutionize Your Living Room" [Video Report] Bloomberg TV 9:52 AM
"Touchscreens to be on a quarter of all notebooks by 2016: IHS" ZDNet 11:38 AM
"One-quarter of laptops to use touch screens by '16, IHS says" CNET News 11:51 AM
"Global semiconductor sales down" TG Daily 11:23 AM
"Despite poor work-life balance, IT pros like their jobs: survey/Fast pace of technology and poor work-life balance are highest stress factors of the job, IT pros told TEKsystems" Network World 11:06 AM
"Apple is shifting its tax burden" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 8:13 AM
"Apple Share Buyback - The Numbers Talk" Seeking Alpha 7:57 AM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: NetApp, Apple rise; Cisco, Microsoft slide/Apple Inc. and NetApp Inc. posted gains Wednesday, but most of the tech sector was weighed down by declining shares of Oracle Corp., Cisco Systems and Microsoft Corp." MarketWatch 4:43 PM
"U.S. Stocks Fall on Concern Fed Will Scale Back Stimulus" Bloomberg 2:55 PM
"Stocks Turn Sharply Lower in Late Trading" FOXBusiness 4:43 PM
"Stocks fall on news Fed weighed cutting stimulus" Associated Press 2:56 PM
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