"Apple strategy to bring more iPhone sales to Apple Stores" TUAW 10:27 AM
"Why Apple's New Designed in California Ads are Strategic for the USA" Tech.pinions 12:58 PM
"Apple faces competitive hurdle in Brazil market: The tech giant has a small slice of Brazil's smartphone market, largely because of high import tariffs." Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:33 PM
"University professor calls for the iPhone and iPad to be banned as he sues Apple over a patent" Daily Mail (UK) 8:01 AM
"Patent Trolls Are Now Crushing Parts Of The Developer Economy: News that Boston University is suing Apple over parts for the iPhone and iPad (the component in question is called 'highly insulating monocrystalline gallium nitride thin films'), is one more dull thud of the patent lawyers' dossier on the smartphone scene. The University already took action against Samsung back in March. But the bigger picture is that companies like Apple and Samsung are encouraging troll-like behavior. It is reverberating seriously on start-ups in the developer economy." Forbes 7:31 AM
"Apple's iPhone 5 is the most hated handset - while the majority of people love the Samsung Galaxy S4, study finds" Daily Mail (UK) 11:01 AM
"Smartwatch plot thickens as Apple trademarks iWatch" V3 7:42 AM
"Rival iWatch patents in China could derail Apple's global smartwatch trademarking blitz" The Next Web 7:44 AM
"Who owns the iWatch trademark in the UK? Apple is filing for iWatch trademark in Japan, Mexico and elsewhere - but what about here in the UK?" Macworld UK 7:53 AM
"Apple faces legal battle over iWatch trademark in US: Rival Californian firm files for iWatch trademark, seeks to crowdsource funding" Macworld UK 7:53 AM
"Apple releases OS X 10.8.5 to developers" AppleTell 7:37 AM
"OS X 10.8.5 12F17 Seeded, New Mail Coming" FairerPlatform 7:26 AM
"Apple Extends iWork for iCloud Beta To More Users; Firefox Still Not Supported" AppleBitch 7:26 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Apple's iWork for iCloud beta is super-speedy, a first look" Computerworld 11:13 AM
"First look: Keynote for iCloud/Keynote for iCloud defines Apple's vision for web 3.0." Electronista 7:58 AM
"Dropbox Keychains: Apple describes iCloud Keychain, one of the new features in OS X Mavericks, as a secure and easy way to manage your passwords across multiple devices. ... What Apple fails to mention is that you can already perform most of these features using Dropbox and any Mac running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or later" Egg Freckles 9:53 AM
"Pages '09: 'The file format is invalid'" Betalogue 3:55 PM
"Best Free Media Players for PC and Mac" Digital Trends 8:41 PM
"Aviation Empire Review: Ever wanted to control an airline? This might be just what you wanted." 148Apps 10:26 AM
"Bounty Hunter: Black Dawn Review/Do you like Borderlands? Do you prefer to shoot first and ask questions later? If answered yes to either question, we have just the game for you..." 148Apps 8:08 AM
"Cross Horizon Review: A little too much importance placed on premium currency drags down an otherwise perfectly enjoyable action RPG." 148Apps 2:35 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to add a screen fade animation when sleeping or waking your device" iDownload Blog 12:04 PM
Tips
"How to Quickly Fix Stuck Orientation on the iPad, iPhone, iPod touch" OS X Daily 3:03 PM
"Quickly update info for different tracks in iTunes Tips" iLounge 11:42 AM
"Dell eyes wearable computing move as PC business keeps slumping: Computer maker says it is 'exploring ideas', as it admits corporate customers are slow to adopt Windows 8 tablets" The Guardian 6:54 AM
"Dell Looks To Smartwatches And Wearable Tech, But That's Just Another Boat To Miss" TechCrunch 2:12 PM
"Dell Considers Move Into Wearable Computing" Mashable 3:02 PM
"Dell Has So Far Only Sold 'Hundreds Of Thousands' Of Its Windows 8 Tablets" Microsoft News 1:18 PM
"Investors press Dell on 'Plan B' as buyout bid totters" Reuters 12:00 PM
"We are going through a major transitioning, says Dell's Bobbi Dangerfield" Business Today 6:55 AM
"Activist News – Carl Icahn finds $5.1bn financing for Dell bid" Opalesque 6:55 AM
"Patent Case Denied Transfer- Northern District of Georgia Agrees with Southern District of Florida that the Value of Document Location in Considering Transfer Motions Is Accorded Little Weight in Electronic Era" The National Law Review 6:54 AM
"Microsoft and Intel working to improve laptop trackpads for Windows 8.1" Neowin 6:59 AM
"Microsoft, Intel Working to Fix Trackpad Issues in Windows 8.1" Softpedia 7:00 AM
"Motorola's royalty demand from Microsoft was like demanding $54 million for a standard Ford Taurus" Foss Patents 2:35 PM
"Microsoft Share Price: Former Windows Boss Strikes Retirement Deal" Invezz 7:02 AM
"Intel's rumoured eight-core CPU has a hidden secret: ANALYSIS Just like today's Core i7's, Intel's upcoming eight-core chip will have hidden cores" TechRadar UK 12:01 PM
"Intel Corp. Receives 'Buy' Rating from TheStreet (INTC)" Daily Political 1:16 PM
"Intel Pushes For Increased Data Centre Reach: Intel's Diane Bryant says the giant chip's presence in the data centre segment is set to grow" TechWeekEurope 7:00 AM
"Intel-Based ZTE Geek Receives Approvals in China" Softpedia 7:00 AM
"Fourth-gen Intel Core processor: launched" Jakarta Post 7:02 AM
"HP would put up a fight against US Patriot Act" Computing 12:00 PM
"HP unleashes the power of 'Big Data'" Times of Malta 6:56 AM
"HP introduces £369 All-in-One Android PC" AndroidNova.org 6:56 AM
"AMD joins The Document Foundation to push GPU acceleration in Libre Office" The Inquirer 6:57 AM
"LibreOffice gets AMD GPU acceleration" Fudzilla 6:57 AM
"Cisco Systems Receives 'Market Perform' Rating from FBR Capital Markets" Zolmax News 6:58 AM
"New Cisco global distribution exec named" CRN 6:58 AM
"Big Blue storage supremo Andy Monshaw quits IBM" The Register 1:16 PM
"European Central Bank Commits to Low Rate" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1:12 PM
"Europe's central banks step up dovish talk" CNNMoney 1:09 PM
"Euro Falls to 5-Week Low on Draghi Rate Comments; Pound Tumbles" Bloomberg Businessweek 1:10 PM
"Asia Markets: Hong Kong, Australia stocks stage rebound/Stocks in Hong Kong and Australia bounced back on Thursday after better-than-expected U.S. economic data spurred gains on Wall Street, while a strengthened yen dragged on Japanese shares." MarketWatch 6:39 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks surge as ECB, BOE seen as dovish/Portugal, Egypt tensions also abate/The view that Europe's central banks are going to keep monetary policy easy for the foreseeable future triggered a rally for European stocks on Thursday, with investors brushing aside geopolitical worries that triggered losses the prior day." MarketWatch 1:11 PM
"European Stocks Rally as ECB Says Rates to Remain Low" Bloomberg 1:10 PM
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