"Why Apple's 'indoor GPS' plan is brilliant: Apple's iBeacons system will enable purchases, contextual marketing, automated check-ins and much more. And it's closer than you think" Computerworld 7:53 AM
"7 Reasons The New iPhones Are Starting to Look Good" Forbes 4:45 PM
"5 Reasons Why Wall Street Is Wrong About Apple" Cult of Mac 12:57 PM
"iPhone 5S: Apple's golden ticket? Two new iPhones, the 5C and 5S, have divided opinion – Matt Warman assesses their chances" Telegraph 7:50 AM
"Nearly two years after launch, Siri seems to exit 'beta' with iOS 7" 9 to 5 Mac 5:23 PM
"Icahn Scoops Up Apple Stock Post Product Launch Plummet: Although Icahn framed his recent buying spree of Apple shares in terms of numbers, he may also be considering the potential of the new iPhone 5s, which seems to have been lost in all the noise about Apple shares falling. 'Having a 64-bit operating system on a smartphone without changing the form factor is a phenomenal innovation,' said tech analyst Trip Chowdhry." MacNewsWorld 9/13
"Why Apple needs to innovate faster: Steve Jobs is gone and Apple is lost. It's time for the company to push new and great products into the market at a faster pace." ZDNet 9/13
"How Apple stretched its wings with the iPhone 5s hardware design" Macworld 9/13
"Apple's iPhone 5s, the A7 Chip, and That 64-Bit Question" AllThingsD 9/13
"The Apple A7--A is for Ambition" Tech.pinions 9/13
"Apple makes biometrics cool with fingerprint sensor on iPhone 5s" Reuters 9/13
"Apple issues final non-security update for OS X Mountain Lion: Patches 30 vulnerabilities, also ships updates for Lion and aged Snow Leopard" Computerworld 9/13
"Apple Releases OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5 Update; Security Update 2013-004 (Lion); Security Update 2013-004 and Safari 5.1.9 (Snow Leopard)" MacPrices 9/13
"OS X 10.8.5 now available, addresses 802.11ac WiFi issues" Insanely Great Mac 9/13
"What's New in OS X 10.8.5? Faster 802.11ac, Security, More" FairerPlatform 9/13
"Mavericks brings OpenGL 4.1 plus notes on the new Mac Pros" Architosh 9/13
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Right, so here's an interesting thing that I just realized. I grabbed the 10.8.5 update and installed it yesterday. Everything seems to be fine. To install it though, I entered no password. Clearly the App Store had remembered my login and password -- it does that, seemingly for a long time. I didn't have to enter my computer administrator password, which is different. That seems downright dangerous and would give me pause as a system administrator." MacInTouch 1:23 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Horus News Reader review: RSS reader with graphical pizazz" Macworld 8:23 AM
"Cinema 4D R15 review - Create stunning 3D graphics: CG artist and art director Jean Pichot gives us a (very) in-depth review at the latest version of the popular 3D suite." Digital Arts 9/13
"Autodesk Mudbox 2014 review - Create digital sculptures on your desktop" Digital Arts 9/13
"iPhone 5C sales begin for Apple and allies: The smartphone maker and several carriers have started taking orders for the phone, initially promising a ship date of September 20. As with previous years, the online sales process has some hiccups." CNET News 9/13
"iPhone 5c pre-orders go live across the web" 9 to 5 Mac 9/13
"iPhone 5c pre-orders now live! Here's how to make sure you get one!" iMore 9/13
"iPhone 5c Pre-Orders Begin in 10 Countries" MacRumors 9/13
"iPhone 5s supply to be severely constrained; sales start at 12:01am PDT online, 8am local at Apple Retail Stores" MacDailyNews 9/13
"Apple confirms details for iPhone 5s availability, business as usual" iMore 9/13
"iPhone 5s Online Orders, In-store Purchases Start Sept 20" The Mac Observer 9/13
"T-Mobile, AT&T Unveil New IPhone Installment-Plan Prices" Bloomberg 9/13
"Live Look At iPhone 5c Models Selling Out" AppAdvice 9/13
"Sprint carrier stores opening 8am for iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c launch" iMore 9/13
"EE and Three reveal iPhone 5C pricing as pre-orders go live" The Inquirer 9/13
"Vodafone starts taking iPhone 5C pre-orders" The Inquirer 9/13
"Apple's iPhone 5c is now available for pre-order in the US, UK, China and 6 other countries" The Next Web 9/13
"Apple's new iPhone 5C cases face 1- to 2-week delay online: Apple's new case for the iPhone 5C is already back-ordered on the company's online store. New buyers face a one- to two-week wait to get one." CNET News 9/13
"Apple Finalizing Lease For Store at 9/11 Site" ifoAppleStore 9/13
"Screw you, Apple: We can do a 64-bit mobe too, says Samsung/Anything you can do, we can also do right after you, Cupertino warned" The Register 9/13
"Digitimes Research: Samsung eager to snatch 14nm A9 chip orders from Apple" DigiTimes 9/13
"Microsoft pulls 'fly on the wall' anti-iPhone ads: Microsoft's online video ads that mocked Apple's latest crop of iPhones have been yanked, following what appears to be a poor reception by viewers." CNET News 9/13
"Apple's new iPhones slammed in latest Microsoft ad: Attack ad from Microsoft knocks Apple's new phones by imagining an internal meeting at Apple headquarters" CNET News 9/13
"The Accident That Created An App Millionaire" Forbes 9/13
"Microsoft offers $200 credit for used iPads, hopes you'll become a Surface convert" Engadget 9/13
"Microsoft dangles $200 gift cards to coax iPad owners to swap for a Surface" PCWorld 9/13
"Microsoft announces iPad amnesty for fanbois: Hand them in and we'll say no more about it. And heyyy ... have a voucher" The Register 9/13
"Microsoft wants to buy your iPad" The Inquirer 9/13
"No Child Left Untableted" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:47 PM
"Graphene made from DNA could shape electronics" Ars Technica 5:59 PM
"Speedy AT&T vs. reliable Verizon: The gap narrows/While Verizon Wireless remains the most reliable network, according to testing firm RootMetrics, AT&T offers a better overall mix of reliability and speed." CNET News 8:24 AM
"Google Knows Every Wi-Fi Password Ever Entered Into An Android Device" Redmond Pie 7:44 AM
"GeekWire Radio: Glenn Fleishman on new iPhones, The Magazine and more" GeekWire 10:35 AM
"Dan Berube and Michael Horton Take The SuperMeet Back to Amsterdam" MacVoices 9/13
"Ars Technicast, Ep. 33: What we talk about when we talk about iPhones/We dig into the new iPhone 5s and 5c announcement, as well as iOS7." Ars Technica 9/13
"iMore show 364: iPhone 5s/5c buyers guide" iMore 9/13
"Podcast: iPhone 5c, 5s, cases, iOS 7, plus more" Insanely Great Mac 9/13
"Review: Nova Defence – A Space-Age Tower Defense for iOS" MacTrast 9/13
"Arma Tactics Review: Sometimes what seems like a match made in heaven ends up being lost in the fog of war. Here is a perfect example of one such misfire..." 148Apps 9/13
"Joust Legend Review: Jousting is a time-honored tradition that has been woefully under-represented on iOS. Joust Legend aims to bring an end to this tragic injustice." 148Apps 9/13
"Ninja Cats vs. Samurai Dogs review: Go barking mad and claw a path to victory in this purr-fectly unique tower defense game." 148Apps 9/13
"How to change the iPhone's status bar color using RGB sliders" iDownload Blog 9/13
Tips
"iOS 7 Ready: What You Need to Do" Tapscape 5:59 PM
"5 Questions To Ask Before Buying A New iPhone: Apple's new iPhones are enticing, but there are plenty of reasons to hold off on buying one. Answer these questions before you rush to the store." InformationWeek 9:26 AM
"The Comprehensive Guide To Buying A New iPhone (And Selling Your Old One)" Forbes 8:19 AM
"Everything you need to know about preordering an iPhone 5c" TechHive 9/13
"Could or should Apple use the iPhone 5s M7 motion coprocessor to lock out texting while driving?" iMore 8:51 PM
"Samsung Giving Apple A Run For Its Money" Seeking Alpha 6:25 PM
"iPhone 5C Gets Colorful Reactions and Other Top Comments" Mashable 5:24 PM
"Hats Off To Ming-Chi Kuo, The Secretive Analyst Who Nailed Apple's iPhone 5S Launch" Business Insider 4:52 PM
"Why can't Microsoft slam Apple with style? Samsung and Google have proved that it's possible to needle Apple successfully. Why is it so hard for Microsoft?" CNET News 4:51 PM
"How to Know If the iPhone 5s Camera Upgrade is Right For You" The Mac Observer 3:10 PM
"Apple shares close lower; the 'experts' arguments don't hold water" AppleDailyReport 10:54 AM
"In Defense of the Gold iPhone 5S" Mashable 10:36 AM
"Microsoft's Now-Deleted Anti-iPhone Commercial Is The Funniest Thing From Redmond Since Windows RT" TechCrunch 8:54 AM
"Apple's iTunes Radio is going to put Pandora into a world of hurt: The pain looming for Pandora will be intense, especially as it quickly becomes a ghetto for Android settlers" MacDailyNews 1:09 PM
"Why iTunes Radio Could Take Down Pandora" Technology Advice 8:23 AM
"The Macalope Weekly: Like clockwork" Macworld 7:55 AM
"Apple's M7 chip is the Trojan Horse for its wearable computing plans" GigaOM 9/13
"Apple's New iPhones: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" The Motley Fool 9/13
"Why Apple's Move to a 64-bit iPhone 5s is So Darn Clever" The Mac Observer 9/13
"iPhone 5s: It Doesn't Make Sense to Steal Your Finger" The Mac Observer 9/13
"iPhone 5C preorder calm before the 5S storm: Apple's iPhone 5C is now on sale online, but prepare for an iPhone 5S gold rush in stores when the phone goes on sale September 20. Plus, models will flaunt gold iPhones on the runway, and the HTC One could also be going gold." CNET News 9/13
"How the Jealous Investor Community Tries to Punish Apple" The Mac Observer 9/13
"Apple Hackers Rate iPhone 5s Security: Apple will soon release the iPhone 5s, and hackers plan to test these 6 exploit techniques on the smartphone. Will the fingerprint scanner hold them off?" InformationWeek 9/13
"Interrogating Siri: We ask Apple's digital assistant the hard-hitting privacy questions" TUAW 9/13
"Give Apple your fingerprint? It's your call" CNN 9/13
"Will the next iPads get the iPhone 5S' best hardware features?" CNET Reviews 9/13
"Apple's M7 Coprocessor In iPhone 5s 'Knows' When You're Sleeping, Walking, Running Or Driving" Redmond Pie 9/13
"Apple's A7 64-bit chip could mean universal, desktop-class apps on the iPad and iPhone" Lou Miranda 9/13
".. Just One More Thing... (they ain't)" Avi Learner 9/13
"Cassandra: Apple Announcements (3) -After Some Dust has Settled" eXtensions 9/13
"The Most Forward Thinking Apple Yet: What the 64-bit capable iOS 7 and the M7 chip really mean" CannyVision 9/13
"Why in the World Would You Need a 64-bit Smartphone? Don't let the iPhone 5S's 64-bit-ness (or straw-manning about what Apple's claiming) fool you." Techland 9/13
"Flop or adequate supply? All five colors of Apple's iPhone 5C still available for preorder" MacDailyNews 9/13
"M is for Mystery" ["Apple chose to highlight a component (curious in itself) which it bills as a 'motion coprocessor'. ... But what for? The examples given during the presentation for an iPhone with M7 don't add up to a lot of benefit."] asymco 9/13
"Comparing the iPhone 5s fingerprint scanner and older technologies" TUAW 9/13
"Opinion: iPhone 5c or the iPhone 5s? Why I'm upgrading ... and going for the gold" 9 to 5 Mac 9/13
"Apple is WAY ahead of the rest of the industry, but I'm sticking with Android. Here's why." The Next Web 9/13
"Breaking down the iPhone 5S upgrade math" PCWorld 9/13
"Apple's Huge Ecosystem Blunder: In response to my article about 'Apple's Loser Strategy' quite a few readers criticized me for supposedly 'failing to understand' that the value of the iPhone is 'not in the hardware' (where many competitors have arguably equaled the iPhone in quality), but in the 'software' and Apple's unique 'ecosystem.'" Seeking Alpha 9/13
"Wondering Why The New iPhones Look So Freakishly Familiar?" SiliconANGLE 9/13
"Massively leaked iFail 5S pounds pundits, excites chavs: Frantic 'experts' backtrack as new iPhone unexpectedly sucks" The Register 9/13
"Meet Apple's New Monday Morning CEO Wannabe" Mac 360 9/13
"How Apple Torpedoed Google And Microsoft Again" Mac 360 9/13
Non-Apple
"How the Internet is killing innovation" VentureBeat 5:04 PM
"Is it a bad practice to modify code strictly for testing purposes? Developers weigh in on testing the software as-is versus making it easier to maintain." Ars Technica 4:54 PM
"How Sony Could Beat Microsoft At Its Own Game And Win The Living Room War" Forbes 12:31 PM
"Wait, When Did Software Become So Boring?" TechCrunch 8:28 AM
"Twitter's Frankensteins: The Spambots that look like people" TechHive 7:55 AM
"Prepare to cringe: Microsoft's video ads across the decades/Microsoft's latest videos mocking Apple and its new iPhones are part of a long tradition of corny commercials." CNET News 9/13
"For Developers, a Downside to a Public Twitter" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9/13
"Microsoft will pay $200 for your used iPad — but what will they do with it?" VentureBeat 9/13
"Samsung Galaxy S5: Release date, price, specs, news and rumours" T3 9/13
"What if Marissa Mayer went to jail?" I, Cringely 9/13
"Why there's still hope for Facebook Home (seriously)" CNET News 9/13
Humor/Cartoons
"The iPhone 5C and 5S Keynote Comic Strip" Apple Gazette 9/13
"Coming September 14: Gene Steinberg meets Daniel Eran Dilger of AppleInsider, Leith Speights of Insider Software, and USA Today columnist Rob Pegoraro, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 9/13
"First 'Junk Jack X' Update Addresses People Being Jerks Online" Touch Arcade 9/13
"Infinity Blade III Launches September 18th, New Trailer & Animated Short" Apple'n'Apps 9/13
"I, me, mine: Chrome for iOS learns pronouns" PCWorld 9/13
"Photoshop Express for iOS gets overhauled, pared-down design" MacNN 9/13
"Battle zombies in space in Dead Effect on iOS" TechnologyTell 9/13
"Official 'Angry Birds Star Wars II' Trailer Shows Playing as 'The Pork Side' In Action" Touch Arcade 9/13
"Angry Birds Space Gets 35 New Levels, New Breakable Planets, More" iClarified 9/13
"iPhone / iPad Pocket Projector – Movie Theater, To Go" Coolest Gadgets 9/13
"10 Cases That Cost More Than the iPhone 5C" [Slideshow] Mashable 9/13
"Go Get It! Asphalt 8: Airborne Goes Free For This Weekend Only" AppAdvice 9/13
"Take Your Music To The Next Level With Modular Synthesizer For iOS" AppAdvice 9/13
"Here comes a gold Lightning cable to match the gold iPhone: A new Kickstarter project called Juicies+ aims to sell golden Lightning cables at $18 a piece." CNET News 9/13
"Make Big Beats With This Tiny DJ Controller for iPad" Wired 9/13
"30% Discount on New Xojo Licenses for Programmer's Day Holiday" prMac 9/13
"Toonia Cardcreator - Great Creative App for Kids" prMac 9/13
"Best-selling App SpinArt celebrates 5 years of fun with 50% off sale" prMac 9/13
"Microsoft CEO search closely-watched" IVC Post 8:59 AM
"Microsoft fixes bad patch detection: Several of the security updates released by Microsoft this past Tuesday repeatedly offered themselves even after installation. This has been fixed. If you have hidden the update, unhide it and install." ZDNet 8:51 AM
"Microsoft Cortana Might Give Siri and Google Now a Run for Their Money" DeviceMAG 8:59 AM
"Microsoft's Answer To Apple's Siri May Be Halo's 'Cortana'" Forbes 10:36 AM
"Windows Phone Store passes 9 million daily transactions; targeted ads incoming" Engadget 10:35 AM
"Some Microsoft volume licensees will have to wait to get Windows 8.1" Neowin 8:59 AM
"A Windfall for Michael Dell: The CEO's hotly contested deal to take Dell private looks like a bonanza for Michael Dell and his investment partners. Public holders will be left in the cold. And Francesca's Holdings, down 35% since our cautionary article, could face still more trouble. Best to shop elsewhere." Barron's 9:06 AM
"Dell computer company's founder takes over firm" Washington Post 9:06 AM
"Two consortia set to build chip foundries in India; IBM, STMicro interested" Financial Express 9:09 AM
"IBM, STMicro in $8-bn chip JVs in India news" domain-b 9:09 AM
"IBM with Jaiprakash Associates to set electronic chip units" PTI 9:08 AM
"There's Upside for Intel: The chip giant's shares got a lift following an upgrade from Jefferies. But the stock has further to climb." Barron's 9:03 AM
"Intel layoffs to hurt Hudson" Boston Herald 8:24 AM
"Intel cut Hudson jobs after tax deal expanded" Boston Globe 9:02 AM
"Intel Corporation Acquires Language Tech Company Indisys" ValueWalk 9:01 AM
"Intel quietly acquires Spain-based natural language processing startup Indisys" TopNews 9:02 AM
"Intel's Atom CPUs finally get serious with the new Bay Trail architecture: But in smartphones and tablets alike, Intel is still the underdog." Ars Technica 12:31 PM
"Intel Unveils New Haswell Powered NUC D54250WYK" PC Perspective 9:05 AM
"Jefferies cites iPhone 5s Touch ID concerns, lowers target to $425" MacNN 4:46 PM
"'Golden cross' may set Apple up for rebound" MarketWatch 8:11 AM
"Apple: Disappointment Is Likely To Be Temporary" Seeking Alpha 9/13
"Apple: Please Quit Your Whining" Seeking Alpha 9/13
"Jefferies Lowers Price Target on Apple" Forbes 9/13
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Twitter IPO buzz puts social-media stocks in focus/Talk about Twitter filing to go public was the buzz of Wall Street Friday, and social-media companies such as Facebook Inc. and other Internet stocks got some attention from investors." MarketWatch 9/13
"The September stock surge continues" CNNMoney 9/13
"Stocks Gain as 'Bad News Is Good News' Eases Investor Concerns" TheStreet 9/13
"Stocks Open Slightly Higher On Wall Street" Associated Press 9/13
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