"Apple's Next Big Thing: A Gesture-Controlled TV?" Variety 8:12 PM
"Why Apple Bought PrimeSense" ["But PrimeSense can bring back Siri. So far, mobile phones have come to understand voice command in a clumsy sort of way, and to talk back in a slightly better fashion. Now the voice of Siri can acquire the eyes of PrimeSense, and that in itself could be a very big deal."] Forbes 2:01 PM
"Kinecting the Dots: Apple just paid $350 million for the company behind the first Xbox Kinect. Why?" Yahoo News 2:02 PM
"3D Imaging Coming to the iPhone?" Newsweek 9:09 PM
"Apple Pays $350 Million to Watch You Move: The gesture-technology plot has thickened in the goopiest of ways with Apple apparently buying Israel's PrimeSense for about $350 million." Bloomberg Businessweek 8:26 AM
"Apple acquires Israeli 3D chip developer PrimeSense" Reuters 8:22 AM
"Apple confirms it bought Kinect sensor startup PrimeSense" ZDNet 8:17 AM
"Apple buys PrimeSense, a 3D sensor company" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 5:21 PM
"Apple Acquires Israeli 3D Chip Developer PrimeSense" Reuters 8:58 AM
"Apple Gains Edge In 3D Sensing, Confirms Purchase Of Israeli Startup" Forbes 8:25 AM
"Apple buys 3D sensing company PrimeSense for $350m" Telegraph 7:36 AM
"Apple Acquires Israel's PrimeSense" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:38 AM
"Apple Defeats Patent Claim Over Invention of Smartphone" Bloomberg 8:46 PM
"Apple Beats 'Computer + Phone = Smartphone' Patent in Court" The Mac Observer 9:09 PM
"Reader confirms Outlook on Mavericks duplicating messages" MacWindows 8:41 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Navigate the spotlight search in OS X: Apple's Spotlight search offers some quick navigation features for selecting your desired results." MacFixIt 7:50 PM
"Calca review: A text editor that's also a math wiz" Macworld 12:09 PM
"PhotoSweeper review: easily clean out duplicate images on your Mac" iDownload Blog 8:47 AM
"7 Tools You Should Be Using With the New iMovie Update" Tuts+ 8:35 AM
"How To Get Started With Adobe Photoshop CC – 10 Things Beginners Want to Know How To Do" Terry White's Tech Blog 8:06 AM
"Speed Up Your Mac: Turn Off OS X Dashboard To Instantly Free Up RAM" Redmond Pie 10:03 AM
"OS X Mavericks Tips and Tricks you need to learn" Network World 9:20 AM
"DssW, the leading developer of Mac energy saving software, today announced the release of Power Manager and Power Manager Professional 4.1.7 for Mac OS X. This release adds new authorization capabilities and improves support for OS X 10.9, Mavericks." DssW 8:04 AM
"Study: Apple Stores now sell 11 percent of all US cell phones" Electronista 8:12 PM
"Google's Schmidt claims only Samsung, Google match iPhone?" Computerworld 8:06 AM
"Eric Schmidt's Easy, Four-Step Guide to Switching From iPhone to Android" AllThingsD 8:56 AM
"Eric Schmidt explains how to switch from iPhone to 'more intuitive' Android: 'Like the people who moved from PCs to Macs and never switched back, you will switch from iPhone to Android...'" The Guardian 8:20 AM
"Eric Schmidt tells iOS users how to switch to Android" The Inquirer 8:26 AM
"Switching From iOS to Android? Let Eric Schmidt Guide You" PC Magazine 11:34 AM
"Eric Schmidt writes iOS to Android guide" T3 8:29 AM
"Dump iPhone for Android? Google tells you why and how" CNET News 9:21 AM
"Nokia: iPad will put women off/In a new ad for the Nokia Lumia 2520, a man wonders whether his iPad isn't going over well with women. After all, it doesn't have a keyboard." CNET News 6:47 PM
"Nokia takes page from Microsoft in new Lumia ad, goes after iPad's lack of physical keyboard" AppleInsider 7:04 PM
"Hearing aids to gain iPhone support: iWhat? According to reports, Apple has partnered with hearing aid device companies to provide wireless iPhone connections." ZDNet 8:16 AM
"'Made for iPhone' hearing aids aim to shake stigma" CNET News 8:46 PM
"Apple, Danish Company Partner on Hearing Air" PC Magazine 4:06 PM
"Have you heard the one about a hearing aid from Apple?" Fortune 8:56 AM
"Five things you didn't know about Apple's Jony Ive: Jony Ive and his products feature heavily in our day-to-day lives, but how much do you know about the man himself? Leander Kahney, author of a new biography of Apple's design chief, offers five little-known facts" Telegraph 8:31 AM
"Bumpy landing of iOS 7 in the enterprise leaves room for Windows Phone growth, says ABI Research" DigiTimes 8:15 AM
"Jony Ive and Marc Newson curated Project (RED) auction a huge success; Mac Pro fetches $977,000 while Leica M camera nets $1.8 million bid" TUAW 8:42 AM
"Mac Pro goes for $977,000 at Jony Ive and Marc Newson's (RED) charity auction" Digital Trends 8:44 AM
"Apple's Mac Pro Breaks Price Record for a Desktop PC at Auction" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 8:54 AM
"How Much Would You Pay For Gold Headphones Designed By Jony Ive?" TechCrunch 8:45 AM
"Honda 'to add iOS in-car mirroring to 2014 range'" Digital Spy 8:56 AM
"SIM-free unlocked iPhones coming to a channel near you..." Channel Register 8:25 AM
"iPhone 5s now available unlocked from Apple" Insanely Great Mac 10:26 AM
"Gold and Silver iPhone 5c appear in Japan" SlashGear 7:14 PM
"iPhone thief in China sends victim handwritten list of almost 1,000 contacts" The Independent 7:12 PM
"'Jobs' Actor To Push China's Lenovo" Forbes 2:46 PM
Non-Apple News
"Global smartphone shipments to reach 1.8B in 4 years, with 82% of market" VentureBeat 10:06 AM
"Samsung goes big again with Galaxy Grand 2 smartphone" CNET News 9:09 AM
"Yahoo's Own Employees Don't Want To Use Yahoo Mail" Business Insider 8:29 AM
"Hon Hai, Foxconn ramp up hiring efforts before 4G launch" ZDNet 8:18 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"There's a slew of new app enabled devices available at the Apple Store just in time for Black Friday. Some are cool and some are just plain weird." The MT Show 8:08 AM
"Black Friday and Cyber Monday at DEVONtechnologies: DEVONtechnologies, LLC is offering a 25 percent discount on all new purchases of its software products as well as on all upgrades from Black Friday through Cyber Monday weekend, starting November 29, 2013. Discounted titles include all editions of DEVONthink, DEVONagent, and DEVONsphere as well as MyThoughts." DEVONtechnologies 10:53 AM
"If you take photos and Videos with your iPad, the MirrorCase is handy" Apple Daily Report 8:13 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"24me (for iPhone) Review & Rating" PC Magazine 11:32 AM
"24me 2.0 Review: 24me is a smart calendar and to-do list rolled into one with impressive features sprinkled on top to make it a go-to app for busy iOS users." 148Apps 11:34 AM
"Review: Video Recorder with 30X zoom for iOS" TUAW 8:42 AM
"'Final Fantasy IV: The After Years' Review - More of an Afterthought" Touch Arcade 8:34 AM
"Appidemic: Stargate SG-1: Unleashed Ep 1 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" TechnologyTell 8:41 AM
"Clumsy Ninja May Tug Your Heartstrings" MacNewsWorld 8:39 AM
"Team Monster Combines Pokemon And Battleheart Into One" AppAdvice 2:04 PM
"Flick Kick Football Legends Review" Mac|Life 5:20 PM
"A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving – Nostalgic as Well as Family Friendly: I find A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving to be the most Child friendly app in the series." 148Apps 12:38 PM
"Easy Annotate Review: Easy Annotate, just like its name suggests, provides a clean and easy-to-understand user interface that allows the annotating of up to two documents simultaneously. But it could do with more ways to share the documents one edits." 148Apps 12:35 PM
"Skee Ball Arcade Review: Offering a fairly entertaining adaptation of the popular game of Skee Ball, it's a shame this game's quite cluttered with money making opportunities." 148Apps 9:21 AM
"Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse Review" Mac|Life 7:27 PM
"Castle of Illusion Review: Castle of Illusion resurrects a gaming classic with modern standards." 148Apps 2:04 PM
"Strike Force Heroes: Extraction Review/SFH:E implements a cover system and several exciting set pieces to make it a truly unique and action-packed endless runner." 148Apps 8:38 AM
"There's a Map on My Lap! Review: There's a Map on my Lap! is an educational app that teaches young children about many map-themed topics." 148Apps 10:53 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"Printer buying guide: How to find the best model for your home or office" Macworld 8:45 AM
"How to Reduce the Cost of iPhone Ownership" Apple Gazette 8:38 AM
Tips
"Congratulations! You just won Black Friday with these 11 awesome tips" Macworld 8:46 AM
"Can't Wait for That New iPad Mini? Try an Apple Store." AllThingsD 8:27 AM
"Schmidt Talk: Majority of TVs vs Everybody's Switching" Tapscape 7:29 PM
"Reminder: What You Post on the Internet Is Visible to the Internet" AllThingsD 5:21 PM
"Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro Review: Flipping Fantastic" Gizmodo 4:36 PM
"Open Letter To Intel: Stay The Course" Seeking Alpha 10:07 AM
"The Ten Commandments Of Microtransactions" Forbes 10:03 AM
"7 iPhone? Yep, Chinese cloners have done that too" Unwired View 9:42 AM
"Why should the Internet be tax-free? Maybe it's unfair to expect Internet services like Airbnb to collect hotel taxes, but then why should Hilton or Sheraton have to? It's just like the Internet sales tax problem. Happy holiday shopping season!" ZDNet 8:17 AM
"Stir Kinetic Desk Now Available For Pre-Order" MacPrices 8:06 AM
"Kamikaze Ninja is an endless runner game where you have to dodge obstacles, terrain, collect scrolls, and try to survive as long as possible. New obstacles, levels, characters, and powers will be added with updates. The game was made to be challenging and addictive at the same time." Kamikaze Ninja Games 8:05 AM
"Here's What the Guy Who Sued Apple Is Buying and Selling" The Motley Fool 8:58 PM
Industry News
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks mostly lower; Japan pulls back after rally/Japanese stocks fell on Tuesday, failing to hit a new high for the year, while the Australian dollar picked up after the Reserve Bank of Australia dampened speculation that it's close to intervening in the currency markets." MarketWatch 9:16 PM
"Tech Stocks: Facebook, Yelp drop as momentum stocks lose favor/Facebook and Yelp both saw big drops Monday, even as the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite broke through a key level for the first time this decade." MarketWatch 4:12 PM
"Nasdaq topped 4,000. Dow hits record again" CNNMoney 4:12 PM
"Market Hustle: Stocks Slip as Oil Shares Drop With Crude" TheStreet 4:12 PM
"Markets Eye Fresh Records Despite Housing Data" FOXBusiness 2:46 PM
"Stocks up after Iran nuke deal; Nasdaq tops 4,000" Associated Press 2:46 PM
"Stocks End Mixed; Nasdaq Misses 4000 Close: Oil Prices Fall on Iran Nuclear Deal; Europe Markets Gain" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:13 PM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks move higher on Iran-deal relief/European stock markets traded broadly higher on Monday, with investors in a mood to take on more risk after Iran made a nuclear deal with major world powers. Airlines were among stocks to benefit from the Iran news as the price of crude oil tumbled." MarketWatch 8:30 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:03 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:03 PM
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