"Apple issues rare public comment on its 'commitment to customer privacy'" AppleInsider 6:57 AM
"Apple details government requests for data" Associated Press 7:33 AM
"Apple responds to PRISM reports, emphasizes user-privacy efforts" Macworld 7:09 AM
"Apple details U.S. requests for customer data amid NSA furor: From December 1, 2012, to May 31, 2013, Apple said it received between 4,000 and 5,000 government requests, affecting 9,000 and 10,000 accounts or devices." CNET News 7:13 AM
"Apple releases statement on customer privacy, received over 4,000 government information requests in six months" Engadget 7:02 AM
"Apple responds to accusations of sharing customer data with U.S. government" 9 to 5 Mac 7:01 AM
"After crowning Samsung as Apple's heir, analysts now rethinking their math" AppleInsider 6:57 AM
"Samsung Displaces Apple in Premium Smartphone Market" Gadgetell 2:34 PM
"At Apple, Steve Jobs' Legacy Lives On: Apple made many announcements at WWDC—iOS 7, OS X Mavericks, and iWork for iCloud among them--and from HTML5 support to product design, the late CEO's influence is apparent in all of them" PC Magazine 7:54 AM
"The Apple e-book antitrust case: The final four days" Fortune 9:25 AM
"Apple defense to take over in final days of e-book antitrust case" AppleInsider 12:05 PM
"Apple Executive Defends Pricing and Contracts in Antitrust Case" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:12 PM
"Steve Jobs, Winnie the Pooh and the iBook Launch" AllThingsD 5:08 PM
"Anonymous reexamination requests filed against two more patents Apple is suing Samsung over" Foss Patents 1:57 PM
"Apple is really pushing the iPhone 4 in China, and it's paying off" IDG News Service 5:06 PM
"Jony Ive's title flattened to 'Senior VP, Design' alongside iOS 7 revamp" 9 to 5 Mac 6:51 PM
"Apple Expands Jony Ive's Title to Cover All 'Design'" The Mac Observer 6:51 PM
"Apple Developers Still Waiting For iOS 7 Beta For iPad" App Advice 8:06 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Will OS X 10.9 Mavericks' multiple display features work for you? A new video of the new desktop management features in OS X Mavericks outlines some of advances and drawbacks." CNET Reviews 4:03 PM
"Mountain Lion: Printed Contacts list isn't alphabetical" Apple Support 2:22 PM
"Another Dropbox permissions errors problem, and fix" Mac OS X Hints 10:11 AM
"Ripped DVDs and the empty AUDIO_TS folder" Macworld 8:58 AM
"Ask LH: Will All My Apps Be Upgraded For Mavericks?" Lifehacker 8:06 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Demo: Smart Previews in Lightroom 5" Adobe 1:58 PM
"Use Do Not Disturb In OS X Mavericks Beta [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 8:43 AM
"How To Get The Best Features Of Mac OS X Mavericks Right Now" Gizmodo 8:04 AM
"Retrieve a Lost or Stolen Mac With Find My Mac" Mactuts+ 7:45 AM
"AT&T starts nationwide FaceTime over cellular rollout" AppleInsider 9:36 PM
"What the NSA doesn't have: iMessages and FaceTime chats/Apple joins other tech giants in disclosing government information requests." Ars Technica 6:40 PM
"What data Apple does and doesn't share with the cops" Fortune 7:52 AM
"Apple's Public Statement: No PRISM Involvement from Us" The Mac Observer 9:34 AM
"Apple's Privacy Statement and Other News You Need to Know" [video] Mashable 9:29 AM
"Apple received more than 4,000 government requests for customer data over six months" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 8:02 AM
"Apple Say it Got Up to 5,000 Data Requests in 6 Months" Reuters 7:57 AM
"Apple Releases Figures on Government Data Requests" WSJ Blogs 7:53 AM
"Apple releases info on government data requests" USA Today 7:51 AM
"Wireless Emergency Alerts: What You Need to Know" The Mac Observer 11:05 AM
"AT&T Pushes Emergency Alert Update to iPhone Users" The Mac Observer 8:23 AM
"Macs in business: Macs are now common in workplaces across many different market sectors." Macworld UK 11:29 AM
"Tablet Computers Supplementing — Not Displacing — Laptops, At Least For Now – Harris Interactive Poll" MacPrices 7:49 AM
"Speculation On Future Germany Store Location" ifoAppleStore 9:20 PM
"Apple Is Building A Massive New Apple Store To Outshine Microsoft In Palo Alto" Cult of Mac 2:35 PM
"Apple building a new flagship store in Palo Alto – close by the Microsoft one" 9 to 5 Mac 10:32 AM
"Former Apple Global SMB Leader Bill Rielly Joins McAfee" Softpedia 7:56 AM
Non-Apple News
"It's back: District court judge revives SCO v IBM/Decade-old lawsuit exhumed in response to SCO motion for reconsideration." Ars Technica 1:57 PM
"UK internet provides reject default porn filters" BBC 10:07 AM
"Samsung mass producing speedier solid-state drives: The new solid-state drives use PCI-Express (PCIe) connections to deliver speeds more than 2.5 times faster than those of SATA-based SSDs." CNET News 7:39 AM
"Report: NSA doesn't collect citizens' geolocation data because it would cost too much" The Verge 7:23 AM
"China likely to become No. 1 in supercomputing this week: With 3.1 million cores and the ability to run at speeds of 55 petaflops, the Tianhe-2 is expected to take first place on the Top500 list this week." Computerworld 7:00 AM
"Netflix signs multi-year DreamWorks deal for 300 hours of animation" Electronista 7:47 AM
"Netflix signs exclusive deal for over 300 hours of original DreamWorks Animation content" The Verge 7:23 AM
"Purported 'iPhone 5S' logic board has tweaked screw placement, lacks CPU" AppleInsider 9:30 AM
"Rumor: New iPhone 5S Parts Appear" AppleBitch 2:15 PM
"What you can look forward to with Apple iOS7" CBS News 9:25 AM
"Apple redesigns widely criticised iOS 7 app icons" Macworld UK 7:14 AM
"The new Mac Pro: What we wanted, what we're actually getting" Macworld 7:08 AM
"What 802.11ac Networking Is, And Why You Want It" Wired 7:33 AM
"First Impressions of Apple's iOS 7: Apple's updated mobile OS showcases a confident design" Computerworld 7:00 AM
"A closer look: iOS 7 Multitasking, AirDrop and the Share widget" Electronista 7:47 AM
"This Is What iOS 7 Will Look Like On The iPad" Cult of Mac 7:15 AM
"Get iOS 7 Control Center Toggles & In iOS 6 Notification Center" AddictiveTips 7:37 AM
"Inside iOS 7: Apple adds Instagram-like filters, square capture to Camera app" AppleInsider 7:37 AM
"iOS 7 Adds Lossless Zoom To iPhone 5 Video Camera" Cult of Mac 7:37 AM
"This could be one of the first Apple authorized iPhone gaming controllers" 9 to 5 Mac 7:35 AM
"Photo shows prototype Logitech 'Made for iPhone' gaming controller" AppleInsider 7:56 AM
"Blurrycam image purports to be a Logitech G-Series gamepad for iPhone 5" iMore 7:44 AM
"Peripheral makers gearing up for iOS 7's gamepad APIs, suggests blurry photo: Purported Logitech gamepad could be the first in a wave of iOS gamepads." Ars Technica 5:06 PM
"Microsoft attacks with Office Mobile for iPhone; Apple defends with iWork for iCloud: Office Mobile for iPhone and iWork for iCloud reveal difference between Apple and Microsoft's strategies for the iPhone market" Macworld UK 7:15 AM
"Microsoft Office for iPhone is finally here, and it changes everything: Microsoft finally releases an Office version for iOS, making the iPhone even more viable as a productivity device" Macworld UK 7:15 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"AirPort base station does not appear in AirPort Utility" Apple Support 5:54 PM
"iPhone: Understanding U.S. government alerts" Apple Support 2:22 PM
"AirPort base station: Software and firmware download links" Apple Support 2:22 PM
"How to identify keyboard localizations" Apple Support 10:05 AM
"Advice from an Apple Tech: Your first time under the hood" Macworld 7:09 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Plexiword: What's the Word For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:23 AM
"PicturePimp For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 8:23 AM
"Amazing Breaker For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:23 AM
"Emperor iOS 7 has no clothes, and other 'Apple is doomed' craziness/The week's best Apple-bashing articles, given the Macalope treatment" Macworld UK 7:14 AM
"iOS 7 game controllers a great first step in creating an entire Apple gaming ecosystem" AppleDailyReport 7:05 AM
"Apple keeps up PRISM denials, but do read between the lines!" Computerworld Blogs 6:55 AM
"Apple Legal Posts 'Commitment to Privacy' Letter" FairerPlatform 6:45 AM
"BMW iDrive sucks: Apple's iOS 7 in the Car should be BMW's best friend" Stabley Times 6:46 AM
"iOS 7: What's Better? What's Worse? Will It Matter?" TeraTalks 6:39 AM
"Apple's quiet 6 months were a flurry of innovation behind closed doors" Stabley Times 6:45 AM
"The iPhone Kill Switch: Why The Government Wants To Stop Smartphone Theft" Mac 360 6:39 AM
"Apple's iOS 7 icons are ugly and a step backwards" Network World 6:42 AM
Non-Apple
"Microsoft's Xbox One indie games policy baffles developer" Indie Research 8:50 PM
"Lost in (hotel) Wi-Fi: My love & hate relationship with hotel Wi-Fi" GigaOM 5:33 PM
"If it's Ethernet versus Godzilla, then Godzilla is DOCSIS" I, Cringely 1:58 PM
"A handy guide to Samsung's insane array of Galaxy devices" BGR News 1:56 PM
"Cassandra -They are all it: Japan Joins the Surveillance Party" eXtensions 8:55 AM
"Android's Biggest Problem is Not the Features or the Fragmentation" The Tech Night Owl 8:53 AM
"Hardware is Hard, That's Why They Call it Hardware" WSJ Blogs 7:53 AM
"Instagram To Take On Vine With New Video Sharing Service [Rumor] Cult of Android 7:39 AM
"If I was only concerned about managing Nintendo for this year and next year — and not about what the company would be like in 10 or 20 years — then I'd probably say that my point of view is nonsense." ParisLemon 7:13 AM
"More than three-quarters of Americans don't trust cloud security to save their music, photos, files" AppleDailyReport 7:05 AM
"HP launches Haswell-powered all-in-one desktop and tower PCs" TechRadar UK 9:01 AM
"Under Meg Whitman's Leadership, HP Stands To Gain 33 Percent" Seeking Alpha 8:48 AM
"HP Delivers a Common Architecture for Converged Cloud" Zawya 9:01 AM
"Microsoft: We've had surveillance requests on over 31,000 customers" Computerworld Blogs 12:02 PM
"Microsoft claims Azure now used by half of the Fortune 500" ZDNet 8:56 AM
"Windows 8 Continues Ascension in User Popularity Rankings" Softpedia 8:57 AM
"Microsoft denies providing US government with vulnerabilities" The H 8:57 AM
"Do Microsoft's vulnerability tip-offs give the U.S. a cyber sword or a cyber shield? Microsoft's early vulnerability disclosures to the U.S. may give the government both a shield and a sword." PC Advisor 8:55 AM
"Microsoft on Spending Spree For Windows Phone Apps" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 8:47 AM
"Is Microsoft's Modern UI the real problem?" InfoWorld 8:54 AM
"Oracle Java virtual machine putting the brakes on high frequency trading, says Azul CEO" Comnputerworld UK 9:06 AM
"Experts support Google in Oracle's lawsuit over Java APIs" Computerworld 8:43 AM
"Intel's Next Trick May Be Octa-Core Processors" TheStreet 10:23 AM
"Intel claims first place in Top 500 with Xeon Phi" The Inquirer 10:25 AM
"Intel Corporation (INTC) Television Could Become a Reality" Insider Monkey 9:04 AM
"Intel schedules Haswell-E enthusiast processors for release late 2014" Electronista 8:42 AM
"Intel: Ahead Of Q2 Earnings, Shares Remain Cheap" Seeking Alpha 8:50 AM
"Intel eDRAM attacks graphics in pre-3-D IC days" EE Times 9:43 AM
"AMD +4.6% after Barron's praises the chipmaker, arguing its SeaMicro server platform unit will..." Seeking Alpha 9:03 AM
"AMD may bounce back in server market: analyst" My Broadband 9:02 AM
"AMD reveals 5GHz FX CPU, but won't be selling it to the public" MCV 9:03 AM
"AMD rises following report on SeaMicro buyout" Associated Press 11:26 AM
"Cisco Systems Reaches New 52-Week High" TheStreet 11:26 AM
"Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO): This Tech Powerhouse Has 20% Upside Potential" Insider Monkey 8:59 AM
"Cisco reaffirms company's commitment to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" AME Info 9:00 AM
"Cisco impresses with first crack at next-gen firewall" Computerworld 8:42 AM
"Cisco Brings SON Innovation to Israel" Light Reading 12:04 PM
"What to expect at Cisco Live in Orlando" Network World 12:03 PM
"Cisco Live 2013: Collaboration's Role in the Internet of Things" Biztech 12:03 PM
"Cisco CEO John Chambers in Israel again" Globes 12:03 PM
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