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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, August 25, 2013
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple CEO Tim Cook faces big challenges on his second anniversary" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:08 AM
  • "Carl Icahn's Threat To Apple's Long-Term Prospects" Seeking Alpha 6:40 AM
  • "Apple and the enterprise: A complicated relationship" PCWorld 7:35 AM
  • "Apple Has Assembled A Dream Team To Make Its Next Big Product" Business Insider 9:04 AM
  • "Apple Inc. battles US over scope of e-books injunction" Reuters 8/24
  • "Apple and Samsung do not have to publicly disclose profits, judge rules" T3 8/24
  • "Icahn to press Apple CEO Tim Cook on stock buyback over dinner" Computerworld 8/24
  • "Apple and Microsoft, Then and Now" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8/24
  • "Apple Revamps Its Education Web Page Ahead Of iOS 7 Launch" AppAdvice 8/24
  • "On The Symmetry Between Microsoft And Apple" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8/24
  • "Krugman: Apple might be in bigger trouble than Microsoft/While admitting he's not a tech expert, famed New York Times columnist and economist Paul Krugman says that Apple relies on individual, whimsical purchasers, while Microsoft relies on conservative IT managers." CNET News 8/24
  • "Why are Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung so interested in Best Buy?" The Next Web 8/24
OS X
News
  • "Apple quietly launches iWork for iCloud public beta: Anyone with an iCloud account can try the Web-based apps that are free for now" Computerworld 8/24
  • "iWork for iCloud beta now open to anyone with an Apple ID" Engadget 8/23
  • "Apple's iWork for iCloud Beta now open to everyone: The services were previously only available to developers and then those who received invitations." CNET News 8/23
  • "iWork For iCloud Beta Launches To Public" TechCrunch 8/23
  • "Apple's iWork for iCloud Beta Open to Public" PC Magazine 8/23
  • "Cassandra: iWork beta for All" eXtensions 8/23
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/How to remove the VIP mailbox in OS X if it unexpectedly appears, and more, answered in this week's Q&A session." MacFixIt 8/23
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Mac Gems: Google Earth a fun way to see the world through your Mac" Macworld 8/24
  • "Review: When speed is all you care about in a browser, turn to Chrome for Mac" Macworld 8/24
  • "Hands-on: iWork for iCloud beta almost as good as Mac, iOS versions" Macworld 8/23
  • "Apple iMovie '11 review: Updated with 2013 comparisons/iMovie '11 offered a number of standout features including Movie Trailers and one-step-effects, how does it stand up three years later" Macworld UK 8/23
  • "Mac Gems: Looking for the perfect beat? Start with DM1" Macworld 8/23
  • "Sort artists by last name and find missing digital booklets" Macworld 8/23
  • "OS X Tip: Pipe Sound Through Different Devices" Kirkville 8/23
  • "Rearrange the Finder's sidebar sections via drag and drop" Mac OS X Hints 8/23
  • "Use Spotlight To Find And Reveal Files In The Finder [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 8/23
  • "How Is Your MacBook's Battery Health? Find Out With A Click (and it's free)" Mac 360 8/23
  • "Is Your Mac Low On Memory? Free It Up With FreeMemory. It's Free!" Mac 360 8/23
  • "Free: An Easy Way To Create HDR Photos" Mac 360 8/23
  • "How Many Photos Do You Have Lost In Your Email? Find Them For Free With Lost Photos" NoodleMac 8/23
Op/Ed
  • "Why free-to-play app pricing is so effective, and what you can do about it" GigaOM 8/24
  • "Will iWork for iCloud work for you?" PCWorld 8/23
Press Releases
  • "InDesign CC updated with Sync Settings" Adobe 12:52 PM
  • "Apple releases Digital Camera RAW update adding support for new cameras" TUAW 8/23
  • "Words is a very interesting newish 'Read It Later'..." Minimal Mac 8/23
  • "1Password 4 for Mac 'sneak peek' shows what to expect this fall" GigaOM 8/23
  • "Alex4D Transparent Blur: Transparent Blur implements an iOS 7-style overlay onto clips which is used as a text background." Alex4D 8/23
  • "WatchGuard Partners with NCP engineering to Offer Premium IPsec VPN Client for Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X Users" PRNewswire 8/23
  • "Finding something Abstract for your Desktop" prMac 8/23
  • "SniperSpy Mac Spy Software Adds Webcam and Microphone Surveillance" prMac 8/23
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Backed Popular Tile Product Campaign" AppAdvice 6:48 AM
  • "Joshua Hill's Developer Resource OpenJailbreak Launches For All" AppAdvice 6:48 AM
  • "Apple TV rumours won't go away: Apple has no incentive to try to crack the TV market – far more likely is a wearable Apple fitness device" The Guardian 8/23
  • "Apple negotiating directly with TV content providers for television product, report says" Macworld UK 8/23
  • "iPhone Leads Android in Smartphone Loyalty" AllThingsD 8/23
  • "iPad and Samsung Galaxy gain market share as Kindle Fire sputters, says Jumptap" DigiTimes 8/23
  • "iPad and Samsung Galaxy Gain Market Share as Kindle Fire Sputters" MacPrices 8/23
  • "Is Apple Finally Adding Ratings Into Ranking Factors?" The Fiksu Blog 8/23
  • "Apple changing app store ranking: adding ratings, now updating every 3 hours" VentureBeat 8/23
  • "China Mobile's 4G Network Good News for Apple, Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson - China Mobile" 24/7 Wall St. 8/23
  • "Your Future iPhone May Be Stuffed With Wax" ["It's a Core i7 microprocessor — the same chip that runs many of today's desktop and laptop PCs — and the wax is stuffed into a metal mesh surrounding this tiny sliver of silicon. When someone cranks the chip well beyond its recommended speeds, the wax absorbs the extra heat coming off the silicon, and at 54 degrees Celsius, it starts to melt."] Wired Magazine 8/23
  • "Let the smartphone wars continue; 85% of iPhone owners are likely to upgrade to a new model" AppleDailyReport 8/23
  • "Central FL's Lynn University ditches textbooks for iPads for freshmen" MacNN 8/23
  • "Apple Posts Summer Theater Mac Pro Commercial to YouTube" The Mac Observer 8/23
  • "Apple narrows date for next Mac Pro – Says Coming Fall in new Trailer" Architosh 8/23
  • "Magic Beard: Man Uses iPhone App And Ton Of Facial Hair To Create Amusing Viral Video" Digital Trends 8/23
  • "Ashton Kutcher plays Steve Jobs...and Sheryl Sandberg? The star of the movie Jobs lights up Twitter and YouTube with an inspiring speech that evokes not only Apple's late CEO but also Sheryl Sandberg and her Lean In lessons." Fortune 8/23
Non-Apple News
  • "AWS Server Issues Take Down Instagram, Vine, Airbnb And IFTTT" TechCrunch 6:38 PM
  • "Amazon Web Services experienced minor outage on Sunday" GigaOM 7:39 PM
  • "Double trouble: Both Vine, Instagram suffer outages/What are the odds? Both services experience downtime Sunday afternoon." CNET News 5:05 PM
  • "Google blocks Chromecast app that let you stream your own videos" The Verge 4:20 PM
  • "LG Prepares for the Next Wave of Mobile TV Smartphones" Patent Bolt 10:09 AM
  • "Yahoo buys image recognition firm IQ Engines to reorganize Flickr" Engadget 8/24
  • "Guardian teams up with New York Times over Snowden documents" Reuters 8/24
  • "Regulators beware, Uber has a very powerful friend: Google" The Next Web 8/23
  • "NSA Paid Tech Companies Millions For Prism: Leaked documents show taxpayer cost of involving Google, Microsoft and other tech companies in Prism digital dragnet." InformationWeek 8/23
  • "Sleep Texting Is The Latest Digital Epidemic You Don't Need To Be Worried About" Digital Trends 8/23
  • "Apple supplier Foxconn sells augmented reality patents to Google, probably for Google Glass" VentureBeat 8/23
  • "Google Car + Uber = Killer App" Forbes 8/23
  • "Google Buys Patents From Apple Ally Hon Hai" WSJ Blogs 8/23
Publications/Podcasts
  • "New digital version of best selling film editing book: Timeline Digital" prMac 6:52 AM
  • "The core of Apple's problem is Tim Cook, Scoble says" VentureBeat 8/23
  • "Podcast: Gold iPhone, Fingerprint scanners, mobile gaming, Zombies & in-app purchases" Insanely Great Mac 8/23
Hardware/Software
  • "Rumored Apple A7 chipset gets rumored speed increase, motion tracking companion core, 64-bit testing" iMore 5:33 PM
  • "Apple said to have tested 64-bit 'A7' chips for iPhone 5S, 31% speed increases reported"  9 to 5 Mac 12:24 PM
  • "A7 Processor to Be 31% Faster and 64-Bit, iPhone 5S to Support Motion Tracking?" MacRumors 6:13 PM
  • "Could Apple pull the trigger on a 'gunmetal' iPhone 5S? Black, white, gold and...erm... gunmetal?" TechRadar UK 9:55 AM
  • "Leaked Photo Shows A Bunch Of iPhone 5C Handsets In Final Testing" Redmond Pie 7:03 AM
  • "iPhone 5C captured in high-def Video: red, yellow, green, blue, white" VentureBeat 8/24
  • "Multiple iPhone 5C Units Snapped At Pegatron Factory" TechnoBuffalo 8/24
  • "Picture of iPhone 5Cs leaked by Pegatron employee" 9 to 5 Mac 8/24
  • "Champagne / Gold iPhone 5S Shell Leaked Again In New Set Of High Quality Photos" Redmond Pie 8/24
  • "iPhone 5S 5C Release Date: China launch on November 28th?" BGR 8/23
  • "iPhone 5S, 5C release date set in China, rumor claims: Following news about Japan's release date for the iPhone 5S, a new rumor from China tries to peg that country's date for the iPhone 5S and 5C." CNET News 8/23
  • "New report claims iPhone 5S, 5C will launch in China on November 28" iDownload Blog 8/23
  • "Apple Inc. iPhone 5S, 5C Release Date For China Out" ValueWalk 8/23
  • "Alleged retail packaging leak confirms iPhone 5S name and 128GB model" TechnologyTell 8/23
  • "Leaked images round-up: iPhone 5C scratch test, iPad 5 rear shell, iPhone 5S gold casing" Macworld UK 8/23
  • "Haswell MacBook Pros On Track To Ship In September [Report] Cult of Mac 8/23
  • "Haswell MacBook Pros Due in September, Say Sources" Tapscape 8/23
  • "Apple may replace laptop hinges with an interlocking flexible metal sheet" Geek 8/23
  • "Apple patent filing involves electronic text manipulation and display" AppleDailyReport 8/23
  • "Apple working on a dual orientation connector with external contacts" AppleDailyReport 8/23
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "MiniFlyer For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" Apple Sliced 8/24
  • "Alien Invasion Vs Spaceship : The Real Combat Mission For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8/24
  • "PetWorld 3D: My Animal Rescue For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $3.99)" Apple Sliced 8/24
  • "Bioshock, Bioshock 2 Mac: 50% Off on Mac App Store" FairerPlatform 8/24
  • "War of Words 2 For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8/23
  • "Alien Shooter -Survive For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8/23
  • "Naughty Boy -Sling And Shoot For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 8/23
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8/23
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8/23
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8/23

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "My first week with the Mac mini: First and lasting impressions from a Windows user gone awry" ZDNet 9:37 PM
  • "The Sony MDR-X10 Headphones: Absolutely The Best Bass Bang for Your Buck [Review] Cult of Android 6:13 PM
  • "Review: SHARKK Apple iPad & iPad Mini Backlit Keyboard Case" Run Around Tech 8/24
  • "Reviews: Optrix PhotoProX for iPhone 5" iLounge 8/23
  • "Arduino: An Introduction" Mactuts+ 8/23
  • "Mad Science: ProMAX ONE+ with four GeForce GTX 770 GPUs --INSIDE the box" Bare Feats 8/23
  • "Review & Giveaway: ARMORZ Stealth Extreme R Tempered Glass for Apple iPhone 5" Run Around Tech 8/23
  • "Hands on: SPRNG clip for Apple EarPods" Electronista 8/23
  • "The MXL AC-404 USB microphone is worth a listen for FaceTime, Skype users" AppleDailyReport 8/23
  • "Review: ECBC Zeus could use some improvements" TechHive 8/23
  • "Review: The Misfit Shine is gorgeous but dumb" TechHive 8/23
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "Solar Flux HD' iPad Review - Setting Suns on Fire" Touch Arcade 12:51 PM
  • "Apple iOS 7: 6 Betas Later [Video]"  Redmond Pie 8/24
  • "Reward Summit for iOS helps you choose what credit card to use to maximize points and rewards" iMore 8/24
  • "Dystopian Text-Based Puzzler 'Blackbar' Arrives in App Store" MacRumors 8/24
  • "New iOS Game: Blackbar Creates Its Own Category" Kirkville 8/24
  • "No more nagging: 5 apps for sharing tasks at home" GigaOM 8/24
  • "Cassandra: Not all Photo Apps Suit -Studio Design" eXtensions 8/24
  • "Pocket Is The Better Way To Manage News On Your Mac, iPhone, and iPad For Free" BohemianBoomer 8/23
  • "'League of Evil 3' Review - Same Old, Same Quality" Touch Arcade 8/23
  • "The Drowning – Call The Lifeguard, This Game Is Sinking" Apple'n'Apps 8/23
  • "SolForge Review: Control armies of zombies, mystical creatures, cybernetic troops, and more in this free-to-play trading card game." 148Apps 8/23
  • "Zombies Ate My Friends Review: This sidescrolling RPG puts players right in the rotting heart of a zombie apocalypse." 148Apps 8/23
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How-to: Setup and use Dropbox to manage and share photos, files" 9 to 5 Mac 8/24
  • "How to get great graphic designs using stock images" Macworld 8/23
  • "How to save storage space by removing photos from your iPhone" iDownload Blog 8/23
Tips
  • "How will a cheaper iPhone 5C affect pricing for older iPhones? In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon offers some advice about buying an older iPhone in light of a new, less-expensive iPhone 5C potentially hitting the market." CNET News 8/23
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "New iPad Pro in larger form envisioned" Phones Review 10:06 AM
  • "The People Have Spoken, The Favorite New iPhone Colors Are Still Black And White" Forbes 9:03 AM
  • "Steve Ballmer Quotes: Top 10 Apple Gaffs" Tapscape 6:38 AM
  • "Apple's Gold iPhone Joins The New Smartphone Battlefield of Color And Customization" Forbes 8/24
  • "The Macalope Weekly: Farewell" Macworld 8/24
  • "Apple trolls, you reap what you sow" iMore 8/23
  • "iPhone 5C: What we expect about the announcement, specs, and release date of Apple's rumored cheaper iPhone/Apple's cheaper iPhone 5C doesn't officially exist, but plenty of gossip suggests that it does. CNET details what we know, what we think we know, and what we don't know." CNET Reviews 8/23
  • "How We Came to Understand Apple's Unreleased iPhone 5C" The Mac Observer 8/23
  • "A Quick Fix for Apple TV's Netflix Woes" TidBITS 8/23
  • "Apple, Samsung do not have to publicly disclose profits, court rules" AppleInsider 8/23
  • "Why Steve Jobs worked as a manager but not in a movie" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8/23
  • "Apple Could Lead the Next Big Tech Trend--Security as a Service"  Tech.pinions 8/23
  • "Exclusive T3 render of the Apple iPad Pro" T3 8/23
  • "What Steve Jobs Can Teach Us About Living In The Post PC Era" Forbes 8/23
  • "Does Apple Really Need The Aluminum Cover For Its iPhones?"  Seeking Alpha 8/23
  • "The state of Apple's TV quest" The Loop 8/23
  • "When Apple's Iron Fisted Control Backfires Users Suffer" The Mac Observer 8/23
  • "Plants vs. Zombies 2 Pro-Tips: Free-to-Play or Free Forever?" 148Apps 8/23
  • "Do we really need yet another photo sharing app? No, we do not" TUAW 8/23
  • "Should Apple Change its Stance on Touchscreen MacBooks" Apple Gazette 8/23
  • "How the Apple Maps fiasco paved the way for Jony Ive's iOS 7" BGR 8/23
  • "Samsung Apple rubber band patent retrial denied" BGR 8/23
  • "The Fear And Desperation Of Apple's Competition" Mac 360 8/23
  • "Dozens of iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C Photos Revealed" PhoneBuff 8/23
  • "Is this the budget iPhone 5c?" T3 8/23
  • "Champagne iPhone 5S: The New Gold?" Tapscape 8/23
Non-Apple
  • "Microsoft: Google's corrupting your kids at school/Oh, those terrible people at Google. In the latest 'Scroogled' ad, Redmond says Google is peddling vitamin supplements to kids. And that's not all." CNET News 5:06 PM
  • "How 'Minecraft' Is Shaping The Future Of Touch Interfaces" Digital Trends 9:35 AM
  • "5 Reasons Why You Should Get a Tracking App on Your Mobile Device" Social Barrel 7:03 AM
  • "VMware Killed the Past. Can It Claim the Future?" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8/24
  • "Medium needs to figure out what it wants to be when it grows up" GigaOM 8/24
  • "Why you plug gadgets into the wall like a Neanderthal: Wireless charging? We have the technology; what we don't have is industry vision: or unity." Computerworld 8/24
  • "iFixit teardown of Moto X finds it plenty repairable" Engadget 8/23
  • "Running with Google Glass: This app lets you race against a ghost version of yourself" GeekWire 8/23
  • "This Insane Samsung Ad Is Insane for a Reason That Samsung Wants Hidden" Valleywag 8/23
  • "My Lady Brains Can't Comprehend This Terribly Sexist Samsung SSD Commercial" Digital Trends 8/23
  • "Five Reasons Ballmer Had To Go" Forbes 8/23
  • "Is Ballmer's Retirement a Prelude to a Microsoft Split-Up? With Ballmer leaving Microsoft within a year, I can see the company splitting into separate divisions."  PC Magazine 8/23
  • "Microsoft, With CEO Ballmer Headed For Exit, May Need Outsider To Drive Innovation Fix" Forbes 8/23
  • "Microsoft's Big Risk As Ballmer Departs: Windows Phone" InformationWeek 8/23
  • "Best of Ballmer: The products and moments that marked the tenure of Microsoft's CEO" The Next Web 8/23
  • "Ballmer: Microsoft doesn't want to be IBM (or Apple)" CNET News 8/23
  • "What Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer did for Xbox — and what his retirement means for its future" VentureBeat 8/23
  • "Steve Ballmer's leaving. Now what?" CNNMoney 8/23
  • "Ballmer is Retiring. A Look Back and a Look Ahead for Microsoft" Tech.pinions 8/23
Humor/Cartoons
  • "56 Steve Ballmer Photoshops in Honor of His Retirement" Gizmodo 8/23
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Crowdfunding roundup: eleMount car & camera mount, TILT Stealth Cooling Station, Piper home automation, more" 9 to 5 Mac 6:14 PM
  • "Simple Generative Music App Poly Gains Universal Support For iPhone And iPod touch" AppAdvice 5:09 PM
  • "Photoful Updated With Empty Trash Workaround, Screenshot Support And Other Features" AppAdvice 11:32 AM
  • "What Do You Want To Be? - An Educational Mobile Application" prMac 7:03 AM
  • "HelloLab 1.0 - A different kind of Photo Camera for iOS" prMac 8/24
  • "InWeby - The First and The Only Full-featured Website Builder for iPad" prMac 8/24
  • "See through government censorship in Blackbar" iMore 8/24
  • "Right Wrong Word Game now available on iPad" prMac 8/24
  • "Wheel Introduces A Quick New Way To Apply Photo Effects On iOS" AddictiveTips 8/24
  • "New Job Listing Suggests League Of Legends For iOS Could Be Incoming" AppAdvice 8/24
  • "Oceanhorn - Debut Trailer is here!" Oceanhorn 8/23
  • "Powerocks Magicstick Lipstick/Cigar Shaped Charges Smartphones, Tablets & Other Devices" Thomas PR 8/23
  • "Coming August 24: Gene Steinberg meets John Martellaro, from The Mac Observer, and Avram Piltch, from Laptop magazine, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 8/23
  • "iOS Hackers And Devs Gather For JailbreakCon 2013" Cult of Mac 8/23
  • "Rdio For iOS Gets Station Tuning, New Collection Options" MacStories 8/23
  • "Rdio For iOS Gets Station Tuning, Improved Search, And Redesigned Collection" Cult of Mac 8/23
  • "'Candy Crush Saga' Update Adds a New Episode and More Levels" Touch Arcade 8/23
  • "Tempo Smart Calendar Adds A New Company Card To Better Connect You With Companies" 148Apps 8/23
  • "Music Libraries Become Personalized Radio Stations with New iPhone App SongSpeaker" PRNewswire 8/23
  • "The Next Candy Crush Saga? Colorful Match-Three Game Jelly Splash Launches On iOS" AppAdvice 8/23
  • "Cloud Spin lets you take to the skies in a fantasy adventure" iDownload Blog 8/23
  • "Jimdo for iOS Enables Website Creation, Editing On the Go" Mac|Life 8/23
  • "BlackBerry leaks BBM manuals for iOS, Android, hints at launch" Electronista 8/23
  • "Pandora's iOS and Android apps get sleep timer, might protect against data-limit night terrors" Engadget 8/23
  • "Pandora To Drop 40-Hour-Per-Month Limit On Mobile Ahead Of iTunes Radio Launch" AppAdvice 8/23
  • "iPad Animation App Loop Captures The Fun Of Making Doodled Flipbooks" TechCrunch 8/23
  • "Modus III Is A Portable Workstation That Wants To Turn Your iPad Into A Desktop" TechCrunch 8/23
  • "ControlCraft 3 - Sequel to Popular Action Strategy Game Now on iOS" prMac 8/23
  • "Passwarden 2.0 adds auto-login, in-app iOS browser" prMac 8/23
  • "Baby's Day Out 1.0 for iOS - Fertility, Ovulation and Period Tracker" prMac 8/23
  • "Call Voice Changer-IntCall 2.0 Disguises Voice for Fun Phone Pranks" prMac 8/23
  • "Dazzling Wasabi Storybook App Delivers Common Core Aligned Edutainment" prMac 8/23
  • "Duck Duck Moose Launches Moose Math" prMac 8/23
  • "'Podium', the best iPhone case / dash mount ever." MadMacMods 8/23
Computer Industry
  • "Steve Ballmer's Microsoft years: What the critics are saying" Fortune 7:16 AM
  • "Windows 8 stains Ballmer's legacy: Over-optimistic predictions of Windows 8's success led to CEO's downfall" Computerworld 10:03 AM
  • "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer forced out after US$900M Surface RT debacle" Computerworld 7:53 PM
  • "Next CEO's Biggest Job: Fixing Microsoft's Culture/At Software Giant, Taking the Safe, Profitable Route Often Wins Out Over Innovation" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:45 PM
  • "Starting Monday: the jury trial that wouldn't have to be held if not for Google's patent schizophrenia" Foss Patents 6:14 PM
  • "Microsoft, Motorola set for second round of trial over patents" Reuters 7:03 AM
  • "Terry Myerson: what you need to know about the new head of Windows/IN DEPTH A colourful history" TechRadar UK 7:38 AM
  • "Screenshot shows Windows 8.1 at build 9600; no leak yet" Neowin 7:17 AM
  • "Intel Core i7-4771 Quad-Core CPU Available for Pre-Order" Tom's Hardware 7:14 AM
  • "Intel Still Has The Potential To Become A Leader Once Again" Seeking Alpha 11:21 AM
  • "Intel setting up shop in NY, LA ahead of television push" Electronista 7:14 AM
  • "Eric Schmidt calls Oracle CEO's claims about Google 'simply untrue'" The Verge 6:13 PM
  • "Lenovo, Taking Page From Apple, Chases Samsung in China" Bloomberg 7:50 PM
  • "CEO Exit Sets Microsoft on New Path: Steve Ballmer to Leave Within a Year; Stock Jumps 7%" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/24
  • "3 people who can lead Microsoft after Steve Ballmer" TG Daily 8/24
  • "Only an outsider CEO can help Microsoft: Unless Microsoft finds its next CEO outside its current and former ranks, it won't change, say analysts" Computerworld New Zealand 8/24
  • "Ballmer's Exit Marks the End of an Era at Microsoft" eWeek 8/24
  • "A New Direction For Microsoft As CEO Steve Ballmer Retires Within 12 Months" Seeking Alpha 8/24
  • "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months; board searches for successor" Asian Age 8/24
  • "Microsoft releases to manufacturing Windows 8.1: Sources" ZDNet 8/24
  • "Windows 8.1 Release To Manufacturing (RTM) Finalized, Will Be Available On October 17th" Redmond Pie 8/24
  • "Windows 8.1 is ready for its October 17th release" The Verge 8/24
  • "Bing intros robust product results for snappier impulse shopping" Engadget 8/24
  • "Microsoft Shares Jump As Ballmer Announces He Will Step Down Within 12 Months" RazorianFly 8/24
  • "Intel setting up shop in NY, LA ahead of television push" Electronista 8/24
  • "AMD Rocks Gamescom 2013: Partners with Publishers to Showcase Latest PC Gaming Evolved Titles" HotHardware 8/24
  • "Cisco patches serious vulnerabilities in Unified Communications Manager" Global Data Point 8/24
  • "HP CEO Whitman: Acquisitions Are in Company's Future" eWeek 8/24
  • "Lenovo's PC 'Start menu' may just be another form of bloatware" BGR 8/24
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Apple: A New Era Begins, What Will Happen To Its Earnings?" Seeking Alpha 8/23
Industry News
  • "Tech Stocks: Microsoft up on Ballmer exit; Facebook rises/Microsoft Corp. jumped Friday on news that CEO Steve Ballmer is planning to retire, which gave a boost to the tech sector despite post-earnings selloffs on stocks like Pandora Media and Marvell Technology." MarketWatch 8/23
  • "Stocks Gain, Housing Stocks Sink" TheStreet 8/23
  • "Microsoft pushes Nasdaq to weekly win" CNNMoney 8/23
  • "Stocks Wobble Amid Weak Housing Data" FOXBusiness 8/23
  • "U.S. Stocks Gain: Nasdaq Shares Climb a Day After Trading Glitch" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/23
  • "Asia Markets: Japan stocks rally, as China shares retreat/Japanese stocks led most Asian markets higher Friday, cheering gains on Wall Street and a weakened yen, while Chinese stocks retreated amid concerns about liquidity conditions" MarketWatch 8/23
  • "Europe Markets: Europe stocks rise after German, U.K. data/European stock markets moved mostly higher on Friday, after data confirmed that the German and U.K. economies are on track for a sustainable recovery. Investors awaited the latest take on consumer confidence in the euro zone, due in the afternoon" MarketWatch 8/23
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