"Ten things I'm happy Apple is fixing in iOS 7: No device is perfect, and every year I look forward to Worldwide Developers Conference keynotes and the new iOS features that typically come with it" Macworld UK 9:12 AM
"Why Is The Market Not Buying Apple?" Seeking Alpha 6:49 AM
"Don't look Mac in anger: 20 years of change for Apple/IN DEPTH The highs and lows of the the most powerful tech company in the world" TechRadar UK 7:16 AM
"Why Microsoft Won't Release Office For The iPad" InformationWeek 12:06 PM
"One reason Apple is hard to beat: Apple design strengths are also in hard-to-see places. Hmm... I think Steve Jobs once said something like that." CNET News 4:47 PM
"WWDC: how Apple won back our hearts/iOS 7, the new Mac Pro, apps galore and integration – Apple can still generate irrational lust out of thin air" The Guardian 6/14
"WWDC: Now it looks like Apple's going to take out the console market" Computerworld 6/14
"Behind the WWDC Glitter: iOS 7 gives me hope that Apple might get confident enough to loosen its claws and allow users the ability to customize their experience. Otherwise, I'll try to create my own background wallpaper ... and hope like heck the translucency doesn't make me think of falling asleep in Unicorn Land surrounded by pastel lava lamps and the light blue species of butterflies that like to land on horse poop." MacNewsWorld 6/14
"The era of unshackled Apple executives [Opinion] 9 to 5 Mac 6/14
"Apple Turns to Its Brand to Drive Sales" The Motley Fool 6/14
"The DOJ's last best chance in the Apple e-book case has passed: If the government couldn't nail Eddy Cue—and it didn't— how's it going to win?" Fortune 6/14
"The Apple iBooks Origin Story/How's this for irony: Steve Jobs was initially opposed to entering the e-book market over which Apple is now sparring with the U.S. Department of Justice in a Manhattan federal court." AllThingsD 6/14
"DOJ vs. Apple: Attorney Arthur Aidala on the suit against the tech giant related to pricing of its e-books." [Video Report] FOXBusiness 6/14
"Rumors Of Cheap Phones & Big-Screens Mark The End Of iPhone Purity: Apple is gradually coming to the notion that the iPhone is no sacred cow. It is a cash cow. And it is time to adapt." ReadWrite 6/14
"Apple's crucial overscroll bounce patent claim is valid, US patent office says" IDG News Service 6/14
"USPTO Reverses Course, Confirms Apple's 'Overscroll Bounce' Patent" The Mac Observer 6/14
"U.S. Patent Office Says Apple's Rubber Banding Patent Claim Is Valid" AllThingsD 6/14
"Apple says Samsung has continued importing infringing devices during entire ITC investigation" Foss Patents 6/14
"Apple's Challenge: Becoming a Services Company" Tech.pinions 6/14
"Apple to increase Bluetooth integration in iOS 7, OS X Mavericks: Bluetooth enhancements are among the big changes to be found in the next versions of iOS and OS X" Macworld UK 12:09 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/Readers ask about printer access resulting in crashes, and more." CNET Reviews 6/14
"Resolve a 'Couldn't Unmount Disk' Error in Disk Utility" OS X Daily 6/14
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Ask Andru: Will OS X Mavericks be compatible with my Mac?" GeekWire 6/14
"Safari 7.0 streamlined and accelerated for OS X Mavericks" AppleInsider 6/14
"AppAdvice Goes Hands-On With iWork For iCloud Beta" AppAdvice 6/14
"Dealing with iTunes font sizes, file types, and missing files" Macworld 6/14
"Handbrake, The Best Video Conversion Tool You've Never Used: Never used Handbrake, the open-source, super-powerful tool for converting video? Shame on you." ReadWrite 6/14
"Access old Dropbox menu with Option-click" Mac OS X Hints 6/14
"How To Get Freedom From Flash, Freedom From Cookies, Freedom From Tracking" Mac 360 6/14
"For Mac Power Users Only: The Ultimate Productivity Utility. 1,000 Features. 1 Interface" Mac 360 6/14
"What's The Better Way To Browse Photos On Flickr? Use The Free Mac App F-Stop" McSolo 6/14
"Here's The Easy, Free Way To Track The News From Major Newspapers In The U.S." NoodleMac 6/14
Op/Ed
"Best Mac games: First Person Shooters" Mac Gamer HQ 6/14
"A Surfer's View of Apple's Operating System: When I heard the announcement that Apple Inc. had chosen to name its new operating system after Mavericks, one of the most dangerous and storied surf spots on Earth, I was rather intrigued." Bloomberg 6/14
"Three things you (probably) didn't know about OS X Mavericks' name" TUAW 6/14
"OS X 10.9 Mavericks: A boost for post production" Alex4D 6/14
"What's an Apple user worth? This week Apple announced that iTunes has 575 million accounts." ["The number of accounts has increased by almost a factor of six since late 2009. It amounts to an account growth rate of about 500,000/day or 44% compounded annually."] asymco 6/14
"Apple now adding 500,000 new iTunes accounts per day" AppleInsider 6/14
"Apple now reportedly adding 500,000 new iTunes accounts per day" iDownload Blog 6/14
"Apple's iTunes Grows by 500,000 New Accounts Daily" Mashable 6/14
"Bot Wheels: Anki Drive's Cars Are Tiny, High-Speed Robots" Techland 6/14
"Cable TV Business Reaches For Apple As Garden Blooms" Forbes 6/14
"Apple's iPhone still tops Japan, but discounts give Sony a big boost" AppleInsider 6/14
"Apple, Samsung credited for moving toward phones that deter thieves" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 6/14
"iOS Device Usage Peaks at 9:00 PM [Charts] iClarified 6/14
"L.A. schools give iPads, cars for perfect attendance: In a very modern attempt at motivating kids, the Los Angeles United Schools District offers interesting technological prizes for, well, turning up." CNET News 6/14
"It's curtains for Songbird: No encore is anticipated as the iTunes alternative Songbird announces that it has run out of funding." CNET News 6/14
"AT&T adds emergency alert system to iPhone 5 and 4S with software update" AppleInsider 6/14
Non-Apple News
"Xbox One E3 demos were played on Windows gaming PCs" SlashGear 9:05 PM
"Google opts out of FISA disclosure deal made by Facebook and Microsoft, calls it 'a step back for users;' Twitter agrees" The Verge 7:12 AM
"Web giants get broader surveillance revelations" Associated Press 7:10 AM
"Facebook reaches agreement to disclose national security-related data requests" GigaOM 6/14
"Facebook Makes The First Big Dent On FISA, Releases Full Requests It Has Received From The U.S. Government" TechCrunch 6/14
"Facebook to release FISA request orders in transparency report, says up to 19k accounts looked at" The Next Web 6/14
"Facebook Releases Data, Including All National Security Requests" Facebook 6/14
"Phones Leave a Telltale Trail" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6/14
Publications/Podcasts
"Woz talks iOS 7 and PRISM in an off the cuff airport interview" The Next Web 6/14
"Bruno Virlet at WWDC: Apple is Taking a Big Risk with iOS 7" The Mac Observer 6/14
"Brent Simmons at WWDC: Gruber & Wiskus are Trying to Kill Me!" The Mac Observer 6/14
"Joe Kissell Takes Control of Backing Up Your Mac" MacVoices 6/14
"Why iOS 7 Is A 'Work In Progress' And The New Features *You* Love On The CultCast" Cult of Mac 6/14
"Podcast: iOS 7, Mavericks, Mac Pro, iTunes Radio + More" Insanely Great Mac 6/14
"Inside iOS 7: Animations work with flat graphics to create sense of space" AppleInsider 9:39 PM
"A closer look: iOS 7 Control and Notification Centers" Electronista 8:57 PM
"Apple shows iOS 7 game controller plans" bit-tech 7:16 AM
"Apple website mistake reveals alternative iOS 7 icons, with tweaks to Weather, Passbook, and more" 9 to 5 Mac 6/14
"Amid criticism, Apple website showing off alternate iOS 7 icons" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 6/14
"Apple Quietly Changes iOS 7 Icons on Its Website" MacTrast 6/14
"Office Mobile for iPhone now available for Office 365 subscribers" Microsoft Office News 6/14
"Microsoft Office for iPhone is finally here, and it changes everything" PCWorld 6/14
"A brief primer on Microsoft Office for iOS rumors: After years of rumors, Microsoft's Office finally comes to Apple's platform on Friday. Here's a quick breakdown on how it got here." CNET News 6/14
"Lightweight Microsoft Office available on iPhone: Microsoft's Office software package is coming to the iPhone for the first time Friday, offering people the ability to read and edit their text documents, spreadsheets and slide presentations at the doctor's office or at a soccer game." Associated Press 6/14
"Hell freezes over: Microsoft Office Mobile arrives for iOS/Free (for Office subscribers), the iOS app apes Windows Phone 8's capabilities." Ars Technica 6/14
"Office on the iPhone: It's Real and It's Here" Techland 6/14
"Microsoft Brings Office 365 to Apple's iPhone" AllThingsD 6/14
"Microsoft Office Mobile coming to iPhone" USA Today 6/14
"Microsoft Releases Free Office For iPhone App, But Only For Office 365 Subscribers" TechCrunch 6/14
"Microsoft Office For iPhones. Not iPads" TheStreet 6/14
"Office finally arrives on iOS, but with limitations" BetaNews 6/14
"Microsoft Calls iPhone: 'Hey, Come To My Office'" Forbes 6/14
"New iPhone 5S parts leak, again pointing to internal overhaul" BGR 6/14
"Pegatron to start shipments of inexpensive iPhone, next-generation iPad mini in August, say Taiwan makers" DigiTimes 6/14
"IHS sees iPad Mini Retina display production in Q3: Yes, the market researcher says, the iPad Mini Retina is coming. Exactly when is the real question." CNET News 6/14
"Apple's Retina iPad Mini Is On Its Way" The Motley Fool 6/14
"Developer secretly tested new Mac Pro for weeks inside Apple's 'Evil Lab'" AppleInsider 6/14
"Apple clamping down on cheaters & adding new features for gamers in iOS 7" 9 to 5 Mac 6/14
"iOS 7 Eliminates MAC Address As Tracking Option, Signaling Final Push Towards Apple's Own Ad Identifier Technology" TechCrunch 6/14
"iOS 7 game controller plans confirmed by Apple, partnering with Logitech and Moga" TrustedReviews 6/14
"Here's what iOS 7 looks like on iPad and iPad Mini [Official] 9 to 5 Mac 6/14
"Apple's Retina iPad Mini Is On Its Way" The Motley Fool 6/14
"Apple's 11in Macbook Air uses just one Samsung chip" The Inquirer 6/14
"Apple works to improve mobile device roaming in wireless networks" AppleDailyReport 6/14
AppleCare/Helps
"Reader Reports: Time Capsule" MacInTouch 11:28 AM
"Reader Reports: Apple" [Thunderbolt and Firewire questions] MacInTouch 11:28 AM
"Does anyone know if the mid-2012 MacBook Pro 15" Retina is capable of enjoying faster WiFi with the new [802.11ac] base stations? [According to the Retina MacBook Pro specs, the current models support only 802.11n, not the newer, faster 802.11ac. We expect to see updated Retina MacBook Pros announced by Apple sometime over the next several months (not sure when, though). -MacInTouch]" MacInTouch 6/14
Price Trackers/Deals
"PhotoComic For iPad And PhotoComic For iPhone Are Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:03 AM
"Tiny Dentist For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 9:03 AM
"PowerCam For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:03 AM
"Fairer Deal: 10' Lightning USB Cable, Poser 2014 Discount, CoD 4 for $20" FairerPlatform 3:30 PM
"AutoRap For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)" Apple Sliced 6/14
"Stellar Stacker For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 6/14
"Monkey Mind For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $2.99)" Apple Sliced 6/14
"Scosche RH1060 are superb Bluetooth stereo headphones" AppleDailyReport 6/14
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"'Battlestone' Review - It Has Stones, but Not the Right Kind" Touch Arcade 7:18 PM
"Office Mobile for iPhone: What you need to know/Microsoft on Friday announced a mobile version of its Office productivity suite for the iPhone." Macworld UK 9:20 AM
"Facebook releases Stats to reassure users about NSA spying" CNET News 6/14
"A hands-on look at Microsoft Office for the iPhone" ZDNet 6/14
"Microsoft Office for iOS: Complete Video Walkthrough and Hands On" Gizmodo 6/14
"Daily iPad App: Nova Elements walks you through the periodic table" TUAW 6/14
"Daily iPhone App: Elevatr helps you build a booming startup" TUAW 6/14
"FocusTwist Review: FocusTwist re-focuses images after users take them and is a cheaper alternative to the expensive Lytro camera." 148Apps 6/14
"Solstice Arena Review: Solstice Arena is a very solid attempt at a mobile MOBA, but actually playing against other people can be a chore." 148Apps 6/14
"Shelter Review: Survive the zombie apocalypse in this story-driven collectible card game." 148Apps 6/14
"Monsters Invade: Oz Review/Catch 'em all in this simplistic, Pokémon-style, free-to-play role-playing game." 148Apps 6/14
"Pet Rescue Saga Review: Far from an unique title, Pet Rescue Saga is still a quite fun, if in-app purchase heavy, Match Three-style puzzle game." 148Apps 6/14
How-To/Tutorial
"Restrict volume on iPhone, iPod, and iPad: Afraid your kids are blowing out their eardrums with their iPod, iPhone, or iPad? CNET's Donald Bell shows how to lock down a maximum volume setting." CNET 6/14
"How To Switch Off Apple's iPhone Tracking System In iOS 7" Business Insider 6/14
"How Jony Ive Would Redesign Things Other Than iOS, From Star Wars to Coke" Wired 6/14
"There are lots of questions about the upcoming Mac Pro" AppleDailyReport 6/14
"So maybe tablets aren't killing personal computer sales..." AppleDailyReport 6/14
"The Untold Story: How Apple Saved Best Buy" Mac 360 6/14
"iOS 7 Leaves Innovation to the Competition" SvenOnTech 6/14
"iOS 7: Full Of Estrogen, Or Testosterone Free?" Mac 360 6/14
"Microsoft Office vs. Apple's iWork Trio: How The Cloud Levels The Playing Field" PixoBebo 6/14
"Whatever Happened To iRadio? And Why Is iTunes Radio Better Than A Subscription?" BohemianBoomer 6/14
"A Cheap iPhone With Cheap Colors Coming To A Store Near You" TeraTalks 6/14
Non-Apple
"Kanye remixes: I am the next Steve Jobs/Kanye West repeats his assertion in a New York Times interview that he is, indeed, the second coming of the Apple CEO." CNET News 9:10 PM
"Fix Things, Never Force It: Lessons From Grandpa" iFixit 8:41 PM
"The Secret Science Behind Big Data And Word Of Mouth" TechCrunch 8:39 PM
"Facebook Made Me Do It" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 5:34 PM
"Parsing the difference between the Internet and the Web according to Alan Kay: Kay thinks the Internet was built better than the Web. Is he right?" Ars Technica 4:37 PM
"Here Are the Very First Posts on Your Favorite Websites" Gizmodo 7:04 AM
"How super high-def displays change everything: Ultra high-resolution displays are suddenly possible for all screen devices. It's a great time to be an eyeball." Computerworld 6:54 AM
"X-Doria brings style and stylus to your iPhone" AppleTell 6/14
"The Atlantic magazine debuts first weekly publication as iOS-only app" AppleInsider 6/14
"Coming June 15: Gene Steinberg meets Adam Engst, of TidBITS, Kyle Wiens, of iFixit, Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' and Bryan Chaffin, from The Mac Observer, this week on the Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6/14
"Grab the iOS 7 Default Wallpapers for iPhone & iPod touch" OS X Daily 6/14
"Me Books Brings Children's Favorite Books To iPad, Lets You Be The Narrator" TechCrunch 6/14
"Thomas Penfield Jackson, Outspoken Judge, Dies at 76/Thomas Penfield Jackson, a federal judge who ruled in 2000 that Microsoft was a predatory monopoly and must be split in half, only to see an appeals court reverse his order because he had improperly discussed it with journalists, died at his home in Compton, Md., on Saturday. He was 76." New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:56 PM
"Microsoft releases government data request Stats: over 6,000 in six months" Engadget 6:57 AM
"Facebook, Microsoft Disclose National Security Data Requests" PC Magazine 9:56 AM
"Facebook, Microsoft release NSA Stats to reassure users: In an effort to reassure users, Facebook discloses it has received legal orders to turn over details on about one-thousandth of one percent of user accounts. So does Microsoft, and Google plans to do the same." CNET News 7:04 AM
"Facebook, Microsoft release information on government data requests" FOXNews 7:34 AM
"Microsoft Wins Mobile Design Battle, Loses War" Forbes 5:27 PM
"Microsoft Plans To Build 'Windows Stores' Inside Hundreds Of Best Buys" Business Insider 5:26 PM
"IBM dumps over 2,000 US employees in latest round of cuts" ITProPortal 7:32 AM
"IBM Is Getting Aggressive in the Cloud" The Motley Fool 9:04 PM
"Dell Unveils Gaming Laptop Series At E3 Gaming Conference" iDigital Times 7:29 AM
"Best Buy Partners With Microsoft To Bring Windows Mini-Stores To Retail" redOrbit 6/14
"Microsoft pays '$100,000 or more' to get devs coding for Windows Phone" Ars Technica 6/14
"Sources: Microsoft Is Paying Developers Up To $100,000 To Write Windows Phone 8 Apps" Business Insider 6/14
"Microsoft's Entertainment Segment Wins at E3" The Motley Fool 6/14
"Xbox One has the power of more than 10 Xbox 360s, says Microsoft" Video Gamer 6/14
"Oracle Set to Dominate Tech Earnings in the Week Ahead" 24/7 Wall St. 6/14
"Oracle readies 40 security fixes to plug holes in Java SE" IDG News Service 6/14
"Oracle to ship 40 security fixes for Java SE: Oracle has pledged to improve Java's security features in the wake of high-profile vulnerabilities" Computerworld 6/14
"Larry Ellison's Fantasy Island" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6/14
"Cassandra project chair: We're taking on Oracle" InfoWorld 6/14
"Intel's Mobile Strategy: 60% Gross Margins Are More Than Likely" Seeking Alpha 6/14
"Intel wants to be your new cable provider: But the chipmaker could face fierce adversaries in cable and ISP providers who control bandwidth and content" Computerworld 6/14
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