"AppleTV Has More Content, Now It Has To Get Good" Forbes 8:12 AM
"Ramping Up Retail in the Run-Up to Release Season: Apple had better clean up some of the accumulating clutter in its retail house before the stampede expected this fall. Not only is Apple releasing a new iPhone, but the Mac Pro will also be available. What a device it will be, if the newly released ads are any indication. Foot traffic will be on the rise as well when Apple's widely expected in-store iPhone trade-in policy goes into effect." MacNewsWorld 9:17 AM
"IPhone 5C: Cheaper for Apple, not for you/Apple has a China problem and it has a profit problem. The eagerly anticipated 'iPhone 5C' will address the latter issue." CNNMoney 8:00 AM
"Judge Plans to Narrow Scope of Proposed Oversight in Apple E-Books Case" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:04 AM
"The Incredible Shrinking Apple E-Book Remedy" AllThingsD 8:15 AM
"Apple Wins Some, Loses Some in E-Book Price-Fixing Case" E-Commerce Times 9:17 AM
"Small victory for Apple: Judge tells government not to regulate App Store in ebooks case" GigaOM 8:45 AM
"Court says Apple needs monitor after 'blatant' ebook price fixing: Federal judge will issue penalties next week" The Verge 8:53 AM
"Judge Proposes External Monitor in Apple eBooks Case" DailyTech 12:39 PM
"Apple Said to Plan First Tokyo Retail Store Since 2005" Bloomberg 8:03 AM
"Apple Confirms AlgoTrim Acquisition" AllThingsD 9:52 AM
"Apple acquires Swedish software start-up: Three years after buying computer vision-company Polar Rose, Apple has acquired another start-up from southern Sweden. Rapidus can today reveal that the technology giant has bought AlgoTrim, a software developer specialized in compression algorithms for mobile phones." Rapidus 8:04 AM
"Apple Reportedly Acquires Swedish Firm AlgoTrim, A Company That Does Mobile Media And Data Compression" TechCrunch 8:03 AM
"Apple acquisition spree continues with data compression firm AlgoTrim" Macworld 10:43 AM
"Apple acquires AlgoTrim, maker of compression tech, report says" CNET News 8:15 AM
"Apple reportedly snaps up mobile data compression company AlgoTrim" VentureBeat 9:20 AM
"Apple Continues Buying Spree with Reported Purchase of Sweden's AlgoTrim" The Mac Observer 8:29 PM
"Unpatched Mac bug gives attackers 'super user' status by going back in time" Ars Technica 6:51 PM
"Old unpatched OS X security flaw can give attackers root access to Macs" AppleInsider 8:33 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Prevent keyboard layout changes from locking you out of your Mac: If you use multiple input layouts with your Mac, use screensaver passwords with caution." CNET Reviews 3:33 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Review: Google, Apple decent contenders to Office" Associated Press 10:42 AM
"Managing passwords is a pain: Mac OS X Mavericks iCloud Keychain will help" Macworld UK 8:52 AM
"How to view your iPhoto images on an Apple TV" Macworld 8:03 AM
"Ancient Pismo PowerBooks And OS X 10.4 Get Extended Lease On Life With TenFourFox – The 'Book Mystique" MacPrices 7:57 AM
"How to Block All Incoming Network Connections in Mac OS X" OS X Daily 4:34 PM
"Disk Utility: Changing Disk Image Passwords" The Mac Observer 7:42 AM
"Add Network Locations And Switch Among Them In The Apple Menu [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 8:44 AM
"Backup iPhone to iCloud and Mac? Yes, But..." FairerPlatform 9:02 AM
"Is There Life After Mail For Mac Users? Yes. It's Called Airmail" TeraTalks 7:37 AM
"This Miminalist Mac App Is Perfect To Manage Assignments, Tasks, And Projects" Mac 360 7:37 AM
"How To Replace QuickTime Player And Get Change Back From $2.00" BohemianBoomer 7:36 AM
"The Prettiest, Easiest To Use, Least Expensive Home Inventory App For The Mac" Mac 360 7:36 AM
"In Memory Of PageMaker, Desktop Publishing Is Alive And Well And Inexpensive On A Mac" NoodleMac 7:36 AM
"How To Know Which Mac Apps Get Used The Most" Mac 360 7:37 AM
Op/Ed
"MacMost Now 910: 9 Common Mac Myths and Misconceptions" MacMost 10:11 AM
"Upgrade Pricing: The Mac App Store's Achilles Heal" The Mac Observer 9:59 AM
"Final Cut Pro X: Looking forward to Autumn's 10.1 update" Alex4D 9:29 AM
Press Releases
"Fix for GoToMeeting issue with MacBook Air coming September 15" TUAW 4:35 PM
"Cadalog releases Mac version of Viso3D" Architosh 1:29 PM
"AutoCAD 360 App Gets Full Retina Support, Other Improvements" iClarified 11:36 AM
"FileMaker Resource Scheduler Version 5 for MAC and Windows now released" FMScheduler 11:35 AM
"Omni Group releases OmniKeyMaster OS X app for discounted upgrades of apps bought in the Mac App Store" TUAW 9:35 AM
"The App Store gold rush is over as zombies take over the farm" Computerworld 7:38 AM
"Apple's September 10 iPhone Media Event Said to Also Include New iPads" MacRumors 9:17 AM
"Apple projected to ship nearly 65M 'iWatch' units priced at $199 in first year" AppleInsider 9:17 AM
"New Jersey Man Allegedly Burned by his iPhone 4 Files Lawsuit" Patently Apple 12:37 PM
"Apple's 'Find my iPhone' Targeted in new Patent Lawsuit" Patently Apple 11:35 AM
"Apple is the patent trolls' No. 1 target, with 171 suits since 2009: So-called non practicing entities filed 3,025 lawsuits last year and collected on one out of four." Fortune 8:26 AM
"Apple the top target for patent trolls in past 5 years, study says: A new study from PatentFreedom puts Apple at the top of the list of companies that have been targeted in patent lawsuits by companies without products." CNET News 12:38 PM
"Apple, Still the #1 Target of Patent Trolls" Patently Apple 5:36 PM
"Report: Tablet sales slow in China during Q2 2013 as Android devices threaten to outsell the iPad" The Next Web 8:52 AM
"Garmin And TomTom Now Among Top 10 iOS Revenue Generators" Forbes 8:12 AM
"Broadcom CEO Doesn't See Apple and Samsung Dominating the Wearable Device Market" AllThingsD 8:15 AM
"T-Mobile Scheduling Employee Blackout Dates For September 20th-22nd?" TmoNews 3:41 PM
"T-Mobile USA Reportedly Imposing Vacation Blackout Starting Sept. 20th - Just in Time for New iPhones!" MacTrast 3:41 PM
"T-Mobile reportedly blocking employee vacations for September 20, fuels iPhone launch rumors" 9 to 5 Mac 5:41 PM
"iPhone buyback program likely to launch by Sept., tech expert says" CBS News 9:20 AM
"NY iPhone trade-ins to start Friday" New York Post 8:07 AM
"Steve Wozniak's 'Treasonous' Advice To Apple: China Needs A Cheap iPhone Now" Business Insider 3:43 PM
"Woz: Apple may have to build a non-iPhone phone" CNET News 4:33 PM
"AppleCare+ coming to Europe, report suggests" MacNN 3:42 PM
"iPad classes for dogs offered in New York: Dumb chums lured into fanboihood with peanut-butter-smeared fondleslabs" The Register 8:11 AM
"1/3 scale original Mac running Raspberry Pi" Insanely Great Mac 7:42 AM
"Say hello to a teeny tiny working Mac: RetroMacCast co-host John Leake has built a working, miniaturized replica of the original 1984 Mac. And it's terribly cute." CNET News 3:33 PM
"Supersize me: Giants of the smartphone world" [Slideshow] CNET Reviews 12:51 PM
Non-Apple News
"Twitter 'report abuse' button now live on all platforms: The social network makes reporting abusive tweets far easier after a UK activist was harassed and threatened with rape by angry users." CNET News 7:38 PM
"Nintendo unveils cheaper 2DS console in bid to secure portable gaming share" AppleInsider 5:41 PM
"Facebook releases new SDK to bring 3D iOS & Android Unity games to its 260 million gamers" 9 to 5 Mac 5:41 PM
"1st US-Made Smartphone Just As Cheap To Produce" Associated Press 12:51 PM
"Broadcom gears up for the wearable revolution: Selling millions of wireless chips to giants like Apple and Samsung is much different than selling to thousands of tiny startups crowdsourcing their hardware on Kickstarter, say CEO Scott McGregor." CNET News 12:37 PM
"79 Percent of Mobile Malware Targets Android" PC Magazine 11:07 AM
"EA's Peter Moore clarifies stance on online games, says not every title will require your console to be online" Engadget 8:33 AM
"Infographic: Back-to-School Tech Spending" PC Magazine 8:24 AM
"HTC Developing Smartphone Operating System: Taiwanese Handset Maker Works With China in Bid to Revive Sales" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:11 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"ACM 219: Microsoft's New Path and Samsung's Jump into Wearable Tech" The Mac Observer 8:16 PM
"TUAW TV Live: Pre-Labor Day episode" TUAW 4:36 PM
"MacBreak Weekly 365: Andy's Fish Ladder" iMore 8:57 AM
"Debunk: September iPads, gold iPhone scratch tests, Apple products in Iran, more" 9 to 5 Mac 3:08 PM
"Plastic iPhone dummy units show altered color palette including pink & yellowish-orange" 9 to 5 Mac 9:19 AM
"Apple hoping to trade mark the term 'STARTUP'" TMWatch 8:01 AM
"Apple attempts to trademark the word 'startup'" ZDNet 8:01 AM
"Potential iPad 5 front panel appears in leaked images" GigaOM 8:45 AM
"Leaked iPad 5 photos hint further at Mini-like design: Sonny Dickson, a frequent leaker of all things Apple, publishes new pics of what appears to be the fifth-generation iPad's front panel." CNET News 2:10 PM
"Fifth Generation iPad Images Show Thinner Bezels On The Side, As Expected" AppAdvice 8:43 AM
"Gold iPhone 5S back goes under the knife: literally: New leak shows the gold color of what appears to be Apple's next iPhone getting scuffed up with a knife. Because why not?" CNET News 8:15 AM
"Apple looking to hire experienced plastics material engineer for iPhones/iPads; indicates work beyond internal parts?" 9 to 5 Mac 12:38 PM
"Apple working on a speaker with a horizontal former" AppleDailyReport 7:41 AM
"Apple patent is for active noise cancellation decisions in a portable audio device (think 'iPhone')" AppleDailyReport 7:41 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Listo For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)" Apple Sliced 9:33 AM
"Wooords For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 9:33 AM
"Luminance (Photo) For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:33 AM
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:57 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:57 AM
"Appidemic: Pirate Legends for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" TechnologyTell 9:16 AM
"'Muscle Run' Review - Raw Power Racing... Possibly a Bit Too Raw?" Touch Arcade 4:35 PM
"'Gold Diggers' Review - A Free-To-Play High Score Chaser With A Twist" Touch Arcade 9:19 AM
"KICK Review: Trade cards of your favorite English Premier League players and watch as the fantasy soccer points come flying in, hopefully." 148Apps 3:43 PM
"Ben 10 Slammers Review: Ben 10 Slammers is strong enough for an adult, but made for a kid." 148Apps 9:35 AM
"Phlo Review: Type in one thing to search amongst over 30 different search engines. It's as easy as that." 148Apps 9:20 AM
"MixBit Review: MixBit has a great app and service - but will anyone actually use it?" 148Apps 10:16 AM
"Cool Clash Review: More 'Cool' than 'Clash', this is a stylish beat-em-up that is too light on content to make it worth the asking price." 148Apps 11:37 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to recover your lost or stolen phones, tablets, and other devices: Technology is increasingly the target of crimes, but it can also be used to fight back against the perpetrators." CNET 12:51 PM
"Apple event on September 10 now rumored to possibly, maybe include new iPads" iMore 8:56 AM
"iOS 7 release date, rumours and leaked images - updated with suspected 10 September launch date" Macworld UK 8:52 AM
"Apple iWatch release date, rumours and leaked images - updated with latest launch and pricing details" Macworld UK 8:52 AM
"Web showered in golden iPhone 5S vid glory - but is it all a distraction? What's Cupertino really holding back for its 2013 'One more thing...' moment?" The Register 8:11 AM
"Can Apple return the 'wow factor' in the Mac line?" AppleDailyReport 7:41 AM
"What Of The Mac In The Post-PC Era Of Mobile?" Mac 360 6:56 AM
Non-Apple
"I was, uh, wrong: Chromecast does what Google claims" I, Cringely 8:36 PM
"How the 2DS could have been Nintendo's first true portable tablet: One small design change could have revolutionized the portable gaming market." Ars Technica 6:52 PM
"Nintendo's 2DS is a short-term fix for a long-term problem/The low-cost handheld misses an important dimension: the future" The Verge 6:04 PM
"You Can Bet On Who Will Be Microsoft's Next CEO (Marissa Mayer Pays Out 33 To 1)" TechCrunch 6:05 PM
"Why Parallels Access for iPad is bad news for Microsoft" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 12:37 PM
"Samsung Galaxy Mega review: 'It doesn't fit in my pants'" TechHive 8:13 AM
"HTC, What Does It Stand For? Campaign Closes Perception Gap" Forbes 8:07 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Some of our favorite Nintendo 2DS jabs so far" CNET News 7:47 PM
"The Birthday Surprise!" The PC Weenies [cartoon] 7:57 AM
"NSA job application flowchart." The Joy of Tech [cartoon] 7:37 AM
"Split Microsoft Now: The Case Against 'Macrosoft'" Bloomberg TV 9:09 AM
"Microsoft: 11 Fix-It Strategies/Business Leaders, Tech and Management Gurus Discuss a Post-Ballmer Company" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:06 AM
"Microsoft Blasts Motorola Bid To Drop Device Import Suit" Law360 3:09 PM
"Who will be Microsoft's next CEO? Online gamblers bet on Nokia's Stephen Elop" Bloomberg News 3:11 PM
"Bookmaker Handicaps Microsoft CEO Race: Adding insult to injury after Wall Street boosted Microsoft's stock price when CEO Steve Ballmer announced he would retire, now a U.K. bookmaker is taking bets on Ballmer's replacement." Computerworld 3:11 PM
"New Microsoft CEO: Elop's tip-top, bookies say. Sandberg? Long shot" CNET News 3:33 PM
"AMD: Digitimes' Rumor Not Relevant To Investors" Seeking Alpha 8:08 AM
"Canonical looking to tap Dell to promote Chinese version of Ubuntu OS" IDG News Service 8:14 AM
"Oracle software will run faster with new SPARC M6 chip" IDG News Service 8:14 AM
"Oracle's latest PeopleSoft in-memory app taps unstructured data for 'complex' projects" ZDNet 3:12 PM
"Cisco globalization chief: 'Internet of everything' to change cities of tomorrow" Denver Business Journal 9:17 PM
"Server revenue continued slide in Q2 on weak demand, says IDC" IDG News Service 9:03 AM
"Server shipments up but revenues fall" BetaNews 8:54 AM
"MIT develops 110-core processor for more power-efficient computing: MIT says the power-efficient data transfers of the experimental Execution Migraine Machine chip could apply to mobile devices and databases" IDG News Service 9:03 AM
"Why Apple Could Be One Of The Worst Investments You Could Make Right Now" Seeking Alpha 8:08 AM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Groupon, TiVo gain as techs advance/Tech stocks added to their gains in afternoon trading Wednesday, with Groupon Inc. and TiVo Inc. rising among the advancers as the tech sector tried to shake off big losses that dragged on the overall market in the prior trading session." MarketWatch 2:07 PM
"Stocks crawl back a day after sell-off" CNNMoney 12:43 PM
"Stocks Edge Higher as Calm Gradually Restored" TheStreet 12:43 PM
"Asia Markets: Asia slammed by Syria fears; stocks, rupee fall/PetroChina, Kunlun shares sink; Indian rupee takes a thrashing" MarketWatch 9:04 AM
"Europe Markets: Syria woes bruise Europe stocks for third day/European stock markets dropped for a third straight day on Wednesday, amid a selloff in global markets on growing concerns that the U.S. will take military action against Syria." MarketWatch 9:04 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12:43 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 9:18 PM
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