"Tim Cook's bonus is now tied to the performance of Apple's shares: Under an amendment filed on Friday, he could forfeit 1/3 of his 1 million stock options." Fortune 8:46 AM
"The Fascinating Part Of The Changes To Tim Cook's Restricted Apple Stock" Forbes 9:21 AM
"If Apple Doesn't Perform Well, Tim Cook Has Millions In Stock On The Line" Cult of Mac 12:57 PM
"Why Is Apple Being Evasive About PRISM?" Cult of Mac 8:11 PM
"Apple Loop: Cook To Be Judged On Stock Price, PRISM Prompts Privacy Talk, Steve Jobs On Being Obsolete" Forbes 8:40 AM
"Apple Awaits E-Book Decision With More Suits in Wings" Bloomberg 10:43 AM
"Editorial: iOS 7 shows how Apple is leading mobile computing" AppleInsider 3:53 PM
"Inside iOS 7: Apple's partnership with Yahoo deepens" AppleInsider 10:42 AM
"Banish briefly flashing Adobe update window in OS X: Background updater services showing up may be from duplicate launch agent scripts being used to handle them." MacFixIt 6/21
"SCSC Releases Phoenix for the Mac OS X Operating System. Phoenix is an operating system tool that allows the user to create emergency boot volumes, copy entire volumes, overlay the operating system onto a data-only disk converting it to a bootable volume, and re-install the operating system onto a new drive if needed." prMac 6/21
"Apple and Samsung should be 'scared' of Huawei: The chief executive of Huawei's mobile division tells Matt Warman how the company plans to rule the smartphone market and that it can overcome political 'spying' fears in the US ." Telegraph 8:12 PM
"Twitter heat map: Apple owns England. Android owns Spain." Fortune 8:44 AM
"iPhone users are brain-dead zombies, says new Nokia ad: In its latest attempt to paint those who have an iPhone as retrograde, Nokia offers that its camera doesn't need to use flash, while the iZombie camera pales by comparison." CNET News 12:41 PM
"Registering change in the checkout line" ["For the cost of an iPad and $299 for the Square Stand, the company says small retailers can get a cash register that organizes their inventory and provides instant sales analysis. That's significantly lower than similar systems running on standard cash registers that can be cumbersome and cost thousands of dollars."] Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 8:37 AM
"Walmart Slashes Price on iPhone 5, iPhone 4S" Mashable 8:35 AM
"AT&T, Walmart Hope To Clear iPhone Inventory By Offering Incredible New Deals" AppAdvice 8:57 AM
"Best Buy offering iPhone 5 for 'free' through iPhone trade-in program" AppleTell 9:20 AM
"Apple Begins Clearing U.S Inventory Of iPhone 5 Units Ahead Of Next iPhone Launch?" RazorianFly 3:52 PM
"Virgin Mobile users get access to the iPhone 5 next week" Digital Trends 8:35 AM
"FAA rules set to change, may allow iPad and other tablet use pre-flight" iDownload Blog 12:58 PM
"Watch Aston Kutcher as Steve Jobs in awkward jOBS movie trailer" Macworld UK 8:50 AM
"Here's The Trailer for Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs Movie" AllThingsD 11:01 AM
"Indie band turns iPhone 'Marimba' ringtone into pop song" MacNN 7:45 AM
"Band releases original song using Apple iPhone's 'Marimba' ringtone (with music Video)" MacDailyNews 8:58 AM
"Apple now using Google-like chart to tout iOS 6 adoption" Electronista 6/21
"Apple publicly charts iOS fragmentation to prove it barely exists" Engadget 6/21
"Apple takes swipe at Android with new fragmentation chart: The company claims that 93 percent of its users are running iOS 6, while 6 percent are running iOS 5. Just 1 percent of its users are running an earlier version of its operating system." CNET News 6/21
"Apple thumbs nose at Google over Android fragmentation" 9 to 5 Mac 6/21
"Apple Follows Google Into Charting iOS Adoption Figures For Devs" Cult of Android 6/21
"Cybercriminals Increasingly Target Apple ID Data, Kaspersky Warns" Softpedia 6/21
"One of the first Apple computers could fetch $500,000 or more at auction" FOXNews 6/21
"iPad mini will finally go on sale in Brazil starting June 25" 9 to 5 Mac 6/21
Non-Apple News
"Sony Releasing Fix for Bricked PS3 Consoles Thursday" PC Magazine 1:44 PM
"Report: UK hacking scandal went well beyond media" Associated Press 10:43 AM
"US to Hong Kong: Don't delay Snowden extradition" Associated Press 4:57 PM
"White House: 'We expect' Hong Kong to comply with Snowden extradition" CBS News 4:46 PM
"Exclusive: Snowden safe in Hong Kong, more US cyberspying details revealed" South China Morning Post 1:02 PM
"Petition to pardon Edward Snowden passes 100,000 signatures, forcing White House response" The Next Web 11:44 AM
"Secret warrant used to access WikiLeaks volunteer's Gmail account" The Verge 9:01 AM
"Google handed over years of e-mails belonging to WikiLeaks chatroom admin: Google informed 2 men that a US court order mandated a secret search in 2011." Ars Technica 8:50 AM
"Snowden charges first step in long extradition process" Reuters 8:55 AM
"Whistleblower Snowden charged with espionage by US authorities" Digital Trends 8:36 AM
"Pentagon flash drive ban has many exceptions" Reuters 8:31 AM
"iWatch, meet sWatch: Sony teases about new smart wearable wrist device" VentureBeat 6/21
"Why basic 3D printers are crazy cheap now/Starting at $200: A smaller footprint, standardization, and growing interest helps." Ars Technica 6/21
"Disgruntled 'Xbox engineer' details unannounced game sharing and social features" The Verge 6/21
Publications/Podcasts
"Coming June 22: Gene Steinberg meets commentator Daniel Eran Dilger, of AppleInsider, online privacy advocate Mark Weinstein, of Sgrouples.com, and tech columnist Dann Berg, this week on the Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6/21
"AltWWDC -Victor Broido of DigiDNA Explains How DiskAid & FileApp Share Files Between Macs & iDevices" MacVoices 6/21
"First Official Full Trailer of 'Jobs' Starring Ashton Kutcher Released" VernonChan 6/21
"'Inspired by true events': Official trailer for Ashton Kutcher's 'Jobs' film goes live" 9 to 5 Mac 6/21
"AltWWDC – Josh Michaels of Jetson Creative Talks About The Very Wide Range of His Apps, and AltWWDC As An Event" MacVoices 6/21
"The Critical Path #89: Not Bad for a Hobby" asymco 6/21
"Ten years in the shadow of the Power Mac G5" Macworld 8:33 AM
"New 3D renderings show expected design of Apple's low-cost iPhone" AppleInsider 6/21
"This Is Perhaps Possibly the New iPhone's Rear End" Gizmodo 10:00 AM
"New iPhone 5S photos reveal little new about the device" 9 to 5 Mac 6/21
"Apple's iPhone 5S Revealed in New Photos" MacRumors 6/21
"Photos claim to show assembled 'iPhone 5S' chassis, possibly early prototype" AppleInsider 6/21
"iPhone 5S with dual-LED flash, slightly bigger battery spied in blurry rumor-gram" Engadget 6/21
"iPhone 6 rumours: Leaked 'iPhone 5S' components flood the web/It's been a busy week for the iPhone 6 rumour mill, thanks to several parts belonging to Apple's new iPhone that have emerged online" Macworld UK 6/21
"Pegatron CEO Tips Possibility of Mid-Priced iPhone" MacNewsWorld 6/21
Granted Apple Patents
"Apple looks at ways to simplify finding media event info online" AppleDailyReport 6/21
"Apple works on methods for resizing user interface content" AppleDailyReport 6/21
AppleCare/Helps
"Shocker: A new Apple product seems to have Wi-Fi issues/The new MacBook Air has Wi-Fi issues: so say owners in Apple's support community. This wouldn't be the first time that a new Apple product had Wi-Fi hiccups." CNET News 6/21
Price Trackers/Deals
"Kiko: The Last Totem [HD] For iPad And Kiko: The Last Totem For iPhone Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99/$1.99)" Apple Sliced 9:09 AM
"Altimeter+ For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:09 AM
"The Lost World HD For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 9:09 AM
"Futulele -Digital Ukulele For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $3.99)" Apple Sliced 6/21
"Liquid (Pro) For Mac Is Free Right Now (Previously $4.99)" Apple Sliced 6/21
"Wrestle Jump For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 6/21
"Apple MacBook Air 13in (mid 2013) review" PC Pro [Free Registration Required] 9:35 AM
"Review: Calypso Case Cabrio Karim Rashid Case for the iPhone 5" Run Around Tech 9:02 AM
"First impressions of Apple's new MacBook Air: Yes, the battery life really is better, but if you're a hard-core user, 12 hours isn't likely" Computerworld 6/21
"The USB Microphone That Acts Like A Mac" Mac 360 6/21
"Five Hidden Secrets In iOS 7 Beta On The iPhone [Feature] Cult of Mac 10:42 AM
"Foresee Is The Weather App That Lets You Plan For The Future" AppAdvice 4:52 PM
"8 Cool Cloud Tools For iPad: Your iPad was built for the cloud. Check out some surprising things the iPad and cloud can do together." [Slideshow] InformationWeek 9:04 AM
"Stickets review: an elegantly ruthless puzzle game" iDownload Blog 10:42 AM
"Contra Evolution is Contra evolved for iOS" AppleTell 11:44 AM
"Review: AVP: Evolution is a letdown for Alien and Predator fans" TechHive 8:35 AM
"First look at Office Mobile for the iPhone: Simple and useful, with an annoying bug" Computerworld Blogs 6/21
"3 Free iOS Radar Apps for the Weather Conscious" The Mac Observer 6/21
"An iPhone 5S with better camera? Bring it: Will the 5S get a better camera? Speculation points in this direction. If true, it would constitute a significant upgrade for the iPhone." CNET News 8:12 PM
"This 5.7-Inch iPhone Phablet Concept Is Ready To Take On The Galaxy Note Head To Head [Video] Redmond Pie 9:02 AM
"If This Is the Next iPhone, Apple Shareholders Should be Worried" The Motley Fool 8:44 AM
"First Trailer for Ashton Kutcher's 'Jobs' Biopic Shows Tension, Drama—It's Cool" The Mac Observer 6/21
"Apple Highlights Strength of Whole Widget Model with iOS Fragmentation Chart" The Mac Observer 6/21
"What Apple is 'Interested in' with the HDTV Viewing Experience" The Mac Observer 6/21
"Look At How Beautiful A 5.7-Inch iPhone Phablet Could Be [Video] Cult of Mac 6/21
"Why Apple Announced the New Mac Pro Early & Likely Ship Date" The Mac Observer 6/21
"Profits Without Production" ["world. Depending on the vagaries of its stock price, it's either the highest-valued or the second-highest-valued company in America, but it employs less than 0.05 percent of our workers."] New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6/21
"iOS 7 proves once again that change is the way Apple does business" Macworld 6/21
"Slideshow: Apple hardware design mistakes" Macworld 6/21
"Patent abuse: Apple prevails against Samsung yet again" Computerworld Blogs 6/21
"Oh, Snap. Apple Wins Rubberband Patent Case in Japan" The Mac Observer 6/21
"Daily Report: Apple Says Antitrust Case Challenges Way Most Business Is Done" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6/21
"Cassandra -Honesty in Reporting: Third-Party Replacement Batteries for Macs" eXtensions 6/21
"iOS 7 will run steamroller over older apps: Apps will be flat as a pancake on Apple's new platform" TechRadar UK 6/21
"Will the new Mac Pro's performance disappoint? The jury's still out ..." 9 to 5 Mac 6/21
"Apple: Missing Out On The Social Media Revolution" Mac 360 6/21
"iOS 7: why I'm finally dumping my iPhone for an Android/Summary: My iPhone lies there like a dead fish, telling me nothing. If you believe the weather and clock icons on my iPhone, the temperature and time of day haven't changed for 18 months." ZDNet 6/21
"With Markdown, Even the Blind Can Write" TidBITS 6/21
"Here's The Security Breach Email Facebook Is Sending To 6M Users" TechCrunch 8:55 AM
"All The Ways Facebook Has Ripped Off Twitter" Business Insider 8:51 AM
"The unlikely group putting the kibosh on cable TV: Parents/Tykes are dream customers who don't care how they watch Mickey and clamor to watch him again and again. With Netflix and Amazon catering more to kids, parents may be the next big group to cut the cable cord." CNET News 8:41 AM
"Has Samsung gone too niche with its new GS4 smartphones? Samsung's new Galaxy S4 devices are geared toward niche markets, but they also force consumers to accept some compromises in terms of hardware specs. Will the strategy work?" CNET News 8:41 AM
"Halo No Longer A Trilogy, Now A 'Saga'" Forbes 8:40 AM
"Greg's Bite: NSA faces subpoenas for stored data" AppleDailyReport 6/21
"How libraries can be a haven for makers" opensource.com 6/21
"Samsung Slips Behind Apple's Quality With New S4s" Forbes 6/21
"IBM to customers: Your hand is staining my window" I, Cringely 6/21
"How To Embed Instagram Videos In Any Web Page" AddictiveTips 6/21
"Adobe Creative Cloud: Bargain Of The Year? Or, Way To Raise Prices And Gouge Customers?" PixoBebo 6/21
"Samsung's New MacBook, iPhone, iPad Killers" Mac 360 6/21
"Jefferies readies loans for Icahn's Dell bid: sources" Reuters 8:31 AM
"Dell sells pitch for his firm" New York Post 9:34 AM
"Michael Dell asks shareholders to support his buyout bid news" domain-b 9:32 AM
"The Battle for Dell: WSJ Business Editor Dennis Berman and MaxFunds.com co-founder Jonas Max Ferris on the competing bids for Dell." [Video Report] FOXBusiness 9:33 AM
"Michael Dell's Open Letter to Investors, Shareholders" The VAR Guy 9:31 AM
"Dell to shareholders: Take buyout offer" Associated Press 9:33 AM
"Microsoft Attempts to Fix the Xbox One" Technorati 9:26 AM
"Microsoft Expands Iowa Data Center for $678 Million" The Motley Fool 9:26 AM
"Microsoft's $100,000 bug bounty: Read the fine print" PCWorld 12:57 PM
"Oracle to announce significant cloud partnerships with Microsoft, Salesforce and Netsuite next week" The Next Web 9:27 AM
"Oracle's sales miss magnifies fears about cloud missteps" Reuters 8:27 AM
"Oracle, Microsoft to announce new partnership Monday: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison promises a 'startling series' of announcements next week" InfoWorld 6/21
"Oracle To Unveil Microsoft, Salesforce, NetSuite Partnerships As Revenues Stagnate" CMS Wire 6/21
"Oracle to Transfer Listing to NYSE: Ahead of the Ticker" TheStreet 6/21
"Oracle to move listing to Big Board from Nasdaq in coup for NYSE" Chicago Tribune [Free Registration Required] 6/21
"Oracle Corporation to Transfer Stock Listing to NYSE" BusinessWire 6/21
"Ellison spills beans on Oracle's upcoming SAP HANA competitor and Database 12c plans: Database 12c.1 will focus on in-memory computing, according to Ellison" InfoWorld 6/21
"Oracle Earnings Call Insights: Software Side Details and Cloud Offerings" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 6/21
"Oracle shares fall 9% on reaction to sales results" MarketWatch 6/21
"Oracle Becomes Bellwether of Rough Global Economy" CNBC 6/21
"The Morning Download: Oracle Tilting at the Wrong Windmills" WSJ Blogs 6/21
"Internal power struggle at Oracle leaves Brits cool on Sun" Channel Register 6/21
"Oracle Sales Miss Estimates in Cloud Shift; Dividend Doubled" Bloomberg 6/21
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