"Innovation and iteration: The two sides of Apple" Macworld 7:08 AM
"13" iPad Could Be Apple's Smartest Move In Five Years" Forbes 9:13 AM
"Why Apple's new Mac Pro shows a real commitment to creative pros" Digital Arts 7:02 AM
"Apple 'to use PrimeSense to improve indoor mapping'" Digital Spy 7:03 AM
"Pessimism About Apple Holiday Sales Results" 24/7 Wall St. 6:51 AM
"Apple's really cool rhetoric is ready for an overhaul: Is Angela Ahrendts the speaker who will lift Apple from the rhetorical hole Steve Jobs dug?" Fortune 9:53 AM
"Apple's iMac and Mac mini Targeted in new Patent Lawsuit Regarding Wireless Networks using Low Duty Cycle RF Bursts" Patently Apple 11:03 AM
"Apple iDevices Targeted in new Patent Troll Lawsuit" Patently Apple 2:31 PM
"Apple's Siri on iDevices Targeted in new Patent Lawsuit" Patently Apple 4:36 PM
"Western Digital SmartWare software update addresses data loss bug: Western Digital updated its WD SmartWare Macintosh software on Monday to version 1.3.6. This version is compatible with OS X 10.9, 10.8, 10.7, Mac OS X 10.6, and 10.5. When you download and install this new version, it automatically uninstalls the old version." TUAW 8:04 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Mail 7.0 has problems if it runs for a long time (memory leaks?). For me, it starts to do bizarre things like refusing to open the preferences window, opening viewer windows with the top bar totally blank, refusing to allow selections from menu lists, etc. I now just quit and restart at the first sign of weirdness, maybe once or twice a day." MacInTouch 9:59 AM
"Xsan versions included with, or required by, OS X" Apple Support 2:16 PM
"Xsan: Compatibility of Xsan metadata controllers (MDCs) and clients" Apple Support 2:16 PM
"OS X Server: Adjusting message size limits for the Mail service" Apple Support 8:39 PM
"OS X Server: Configuring services for users of Active Directory or third-party LDAP servers" Apple Support 2:16 PM
"OS X Server: When saving files on SMB shares, the permissions may be changed so only the owner can read or write" Apple Support 2:16 PM
"OS X Server: Adjusting message size limits for the Mail service" Apple Support 2:15 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Apple's Pages, Going the Distance With Word" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:16 PM
"After a month of use, we dish out our biggest gripes with OS X Mavericks" Ars Technica 7:59 AM
"How to set up an external hard drive for use with OS X: Many hard drives come preformatted with special utility software that largely is not needed, and may even be problematic or limiting at times." CNET Reviews 4:39 PM
"Dialogue 1.2 review: Make phone calls on your iPhone through your Mac" Macworld 12:11 PM
"How to add your PDFs to iBooks and organize them" Macworld 7:08 AM
"How to Create a Basic Spreadsheet Using Numbers" Tuts+ 8:05 AM
"Photoshop Killers: Nine OS X alternatives to Photoshop" Macworld 7:08 AM
"TenFourFox extends useful life of older macs" OpenSource 7:56 AM
"Move Dashboard To Another Space Location in Mission Control for OS X" OS X Daily 3:02 PM
"Don't forget that if you want to use PGP encryption for your sensitive e-mail messages, and you really should, basically only Apple Mail and Thunderbird support plug-ins for OpenPGP. There is a plug-in for Outlook but not the latest versions. So e-mail security capabilities is a huge plus for Apple Mail." MacInTouch 9:59 AM
"Force spring-load folder when auto spring load is disabled." Mac OS X Hints 8:05 AM
"How To Add More Than 170 Lighting Effects To Photos On Your Mac" TeraTalks 6:52 AM
"A Better Way To Do Email On A Mac" Mac 360 6:52 AM
"Just What Your Mac Needs: Live Desktop Weather And A World Clock Of The Earth" BohemianBoomer 6:52 AM
"Why This Todo List And Notebook App Is The Best Value For Mac Users" Mac 360 6:51 AM
Op/Ed
"Pages, Going The Distance With Word" MacStories 9:17 PM
"Cassandra: A Minor Change in Keystrokes" eXtensions 8:19 AM
"The case for a new Apple professional application" Alex4D 8:14 AM
"iPhone 5S Wait Time Drops As Foxconn Boosts Production" WSJ Blogs 6:55 AM
"Foxconn Adds More Workers to Assembly Lines as iPhone 5s Supplies Continue to Improve" MacRumors 6:55 AM
"Foxconn building 500K iPhone 5s units for Apple per day with nonstop production lines" AppleInsider 8:00 AM
"iPhone 5s production in numbers: 500K phones a day, 600 workers per iPhone" 9to5Mac 8:01 AM
"Report: Foxconn Boosts iPhone 5s Production Ahead of Holidays" PC Magazine 2:50 PM
"iPhone 5s availability improves" TechnologyTell 8:54 AM
"Chart Of The Day: The Difference In Developer Revenue Between Android And iOS" Business Insider 6:57 AM
"Developers Are Still Making The Most Money In The App Store" AppAdvice 9:06 AM
"Does Apple Dominate The App Store?" Seeking Alpha 1:46 PM
"Apple Has Twice The Global 'Ad Impression Share' Of Android" Marketing Land 4:43 PM
"Apple working with earpiece maker on 'Made For iPhone' Bluetooth hearing aids: Apple helped make LiNX iPhone-compatible hearing aid that will launch in March 2014, reports claim" Macworld UK 8:05 AM
"Microsoft's new Surface ad calls out iPad over 'hands free' gestures, multiple user accounts" AppleInsider 7:04 AM
"iPhone 5S/C made up 76% of new smartphone sales in Japan this October" Unwired View 8:07 AM
"iPhone 5s, 5c take lion's share of Japan's smartphone sales in October" BGR 7:58 PM
"App economy to get a big boost this holiday season" CNBC 8:41 AM
"New Surface 2 ad: Ew, Apple fondleslabs... You have to TOUCH 'em 'n' stuff/Microsoft vids aim to get more users swallowing its tablets" The Register 8:18 AM
"Microsoft Once Again Takes Aim At Apple's iPad In New Surface Ads" AppAdvice 6:57 AM
"iPhone May Come to China Mobile on December 18" The Mac Observer 8:19 AM
"Apple's Black Friday deal likely to be store gift card promotion, not discounts" 9to5Mac 3:03 PM
"Apple's Black Friday Plans For Retail Stores Come Into Focus" AppAdvice 8:01 AM
"Select Honda and Acura cars now offering Siri Eyes Free integration" TUAW 9:07 AM
"iPads might have something to do with the Portland Trail Blazers' 11-game winning streak" GeekWire 7:06 AM
"Jobs the movie now available to own forever from the iTunes Store" iMore 7:10 AM
"Presto! iBalance magic trick makes smartphones float in midair" CNET Reviews 3:03 PM
Non-Apple News
"Google Seeks to Patent a Privacy Display for Mobile Devices" Patent Bolt 5:41 PM
"Samsung Chief Innovator: The Future Of Smart TVs Goes Way Beyond The Set" Business Insider 9:23 AM
"Samsung's curved Galaxy Round smartphone fails to sell" The Inquirer 8:42 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"ACM 232: Jeff and Bryan's Expensive Apple and Gagdet Shopping Guide" The Mac Observer 9:21 PM
"The MacJury's Holiday Gift Guide #2" MacVoices 3:07 PM
"Podcast: Is Apple still an innovator?" Macworld 11:50 AM
"App helps Lowe's shoppers find products without asking: Mapping products in stores is an emerging app-based service, garnering interest from top retailers" Computerworld 2:09 PM
"Songkick Concerts lets you know when your favorite bands are playing in town" iDownload Blog 8:05 AM
"Turn Smartphones and Tablets Into Helpful Elves/Review: Santa's Bag, RedLaser and Other Apps to De-Stress Christmas" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:38 AM
"Appidemic: Groove Vortex for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch" TechnologyTell 8:00 AM
"Virtual Body Human Anatomy is an impressive 2D anatomy app" iMedicalApps 8:13 AM
"'AdvenChewers' Review - It's Time to Chew Bubble Gum" Touch Arcade 9:53 AM
"A Quick Look At My Favorite Mac, iPhone, And iPad Todo List Manager" NoodleMac 6:51 AM
"Debt Down Review: Debt Down manages debts and helps iOS users pay them off by utilizing the debt-snowball method, budgets, and expense tracking." 148Apps 11:19 AM
"Coaster Crazy Deluxe Review: Building rollercoasters proves to be great fun in this colorful simulation." 148Apps 8:54 AM
"Tiger & Chicken Review: From the first episode Tiger & Chicken is a remarkable, extremely solid adventure that deserves to be played and recognized for the masterpiece that it is." 148Apps 2:16 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"Make a Mavericks Emergency Flash Drive" Low End Mac 1:31 PM
"How To: Set Up and Use iCloud Keychain on iOS 7" 148Apps 1:08 PM
"Smartphone screen repair: seven DIY fixes/iPhone screen repair after scratches or cracks can often be expensive, so Daniel Johnson brings you seven cheap DIY fixes" Telegraph 8:54 AM
"PadGadget's DIY iPad Project Spotlight: Craftsy for iOS Gets Major iOS 7 Redesign" PadGadget 8:42 AM
Tips
"Use a Swipe Gesture to Go Back in Many iOS 7 Apps" OS X Daily 1:43 PM
"Black Friday vs. Cyber Monday: When should you buy a smartphone? In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon offers some advice on getting the best deal on a smartphone this holiday season." CNET Reviews 8:26 AM
"Cyber Monday shopping tips (Video)" CNET News 8:25 AM
"Why I'd never buy Apple (because it sucks)" DigitalRant 6:55 AM
"Solved: The Real Problem With Apple Maps" Mac 360 6:51 AM
Non-Apple
"How to talk your family out of bad consumer electronics purchases: Uncle Frank, drop the Black Friday fliers and put your hands on your head!" Ars Technica 8:40 PM
"And Then There Were Two: Microsoft Prepares to Kill Windows RT" The Mac Observer 1:41 PM
"The Truth About USB Flash Drives" Low End Mac 10:00 AM
"The fall (and rise?) of Yahoo: How the web giant crumbled and built some great tech in the process" Gigaom 8:53 AM
"Touchscreen notebooks increase in popularity -- but why? Why? WHY?!" BetaNews 8:01 AM
"Popular iPad Stylus 'Pogo' Gets an Update Just in Time for the Holiday Season" PadGadget 3:02 PM
"R2D2 is my co-pilot – and my power source!" The Gadgeteer 2:44 PM
"Skulls of the Shogun Arrives on iOS" iClarified 2:17 PM
"T-Mobile offering iPhone 5s/5c with $0 down for Black Friday weekend only" iDownload Blog 12:11 PM
"SaneBox email filtering now offered in Boxer iOS app" PCWorld 11:52 AM
"Quarriors! for iPad® - Uber-Strategic Monster-Battling Trailer Available Now" Quarriors 11:17 AM
"Shiver me timbers! Assassin's Creed: Pirates sailing into mobile seas on December 5" iMore 11:03 AM
"Deathfire RPG for Mac, Windows, Linux Needs Backing on Kickstarter" The Mac Observer 11:02 AM
"Angry Birds gets New Levels, Bird Powers" The Mac Observer 8:55 AM
"iOS 7 for developers: The InfoWorld special report/Apple's mobile OS offers all kinds of bells and whistles: here's how to take advantage of them, courtesy of InfoWorld's experts" InfoWorld 8:53 AM
"This Is the Coolest Driving App You Can't Have (Yet)" Wired 8:42 AM
"TMO Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for Tech Lovers" The Mac Observer 8:32 AM
"Annotate and link PDFs side-by-side the easy way" Easy Annotate 8:31 AM
"Smartphone apps for last minute pre-shopping" Reuters 8:25 AM
"Official MEGA App For iPhone Now Available On App Store [Download Link] Redmond Pie 8:52 AM
"Kim Dotcom's cloud storage service Mega now has an iOS app" The Next Web 8:18 AM
"What's the App? - Free to Download Today" prMac 8:41 AM
"Namer - The Origin of Names for iPhone and iPod touch is now 50% Off" prMac 8:14 AM
"A Free Photo App with a Difference - Fun, Creative with Unique Features" prMac 8:14 AM
"Catbusters 1.0 released for iOS - Find Cats Hiding In Unexpected Places" prMac 8:14 AM
"Best Gin Rummy Card Game for iOS - iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" prMac 8:14 AM
"Solitaire 7 for iPhone - The only solitaire designed with iOS 7 in mind" prMac 8:14 AM
"Add new life to your photos with Alayer for iPad" prMac 8:14 AM
"Ember digital scrapbooking app coming to iOS" iMore 8:04 AM
"Tin Man Games Brings Gary Chalk's Gun Dogs Game-Book To Apple's iOS" AppAdvice 8:01 AM
"Rockstar bringing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas to iOS" Insanely Great Mac 7:56 AM
"GLIF iPhone mount get update to be adjustable" Insanely Great Mac 7:56 AM
"Popular cloud storage service Mega launches iOS app" iDownload Blog 7:09 AM
"Both 1Password and XCOM: Enemy Unknown are half price right now" iDownload Blog 7:09 AM
"Jawbone adds Liquipel 2.0 water resistance option to Jambox speakers" Electronista 7:09 AM
"Notefile 2.0 Features iOS 7 Interface Refresh, iCloud Keychain Support And More" AppAdvice 6:58 AM
"HP shares set to open 6 percent higher after revenue surprise" Reuters 8:25 AM
"HP posts weak PC sales but sees a rise in profit" The Inquirer 8:42 AM
"Hewlett-Packard reports Q4" [Video Report] CNBC 8:30 AM
"Retail, Hewlett-Packard In Spotlight" [Video Report] TheStreet 8:30 AM
"HP's Turnaround Is Still Turning" [Video Report] TheStreet 9:51 AM
"Things worth hearing on H-P earnings call" USA Today 2:10 PM
"Judge rules investors can sue Meg Whitman and HP over Autonomy" The Register 8:42 AM
"H-P Lowers Bar for Shareholder Votes: A Two-Thirds Supermajority Is No Longer Required, Easing Board Nominations" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:50 PM
"HP storage bods: We're not up there with EMC, but we're CRUSHING IBM" The Register 8:43 AM
"H-P Will Replace Verizon in Hosting HealthCare.gov Website: U.S. Government Won't Renew Contract With Verizon's Terremark Unit" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:38 PM
"Healthcare.gov will soon be hosted by HP rather than Verizon" The Verge 8:05 PM
"WSJ: H-P replacing Verizon as Obamacare site hosting provider" Seeking Alpha 5:37 PM
"Steve Ballmer's replacement needs to make this phone call: If Microsoft's outgoing chief executive had listened to Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's incoming CEO would have a much easier go of it." CNET News 8:26 AM
"Microsoft Surface Barely Registers On Web Usage: Microsoft Surface tablets are still getting crushed by the iPad, web use data shows." InformationWeek 8:24 AM
"Microsoft appears set to abandon Windows RT: Operating system based on ARM chips for tablet devices could be killed off in 2014" Telegraph 8:08 AM
"Microsoft is missing the point with Chromebooks" ZDNet 2:03 PM
"Microsoft blocks censorship of Skype in China: advocacy group" Reuters 1:13 PM
"Microsoft may be skirting Chinese censorship with new Skype" TechRadar UK 2:05 PM
"Microsoft reportedly wants to combat NSA with stronger encryption" The Verge 8:06 AM
"Microsoft to encrypt network traffic amid NSA datacenter link tapping claims" ZDNet 2:04 PM
"Microsoft Publishes Sexist Form Letter To Help Dudes Convince Women To Let Them Buy An Xbox One" TechCrunch 3:03 PM
"Microsoft slammed for sexist Xbox One ad" Eurogamer 2:02 PM
"Microsoft's 'Sexist' Xbox One Ad Stirs Controversy" Mashable 4:43 PM
"Intel to offer US$1 billion marketing subsidies to promote tablet processors in 2014, say Taiwan makers" DigiTimes 7:02 AM
"AMD: I Think Management Is Unlocking Value" Seeking Alpha 8:58 AM
"Touch panel makers see increased orders from Lenovo, HP" DigiTimes 7:02 AM
"Oracle Blamed for 'Disaster Zone' Obamacare Website That Didn't Signed Up A Single Person" Business Insider 8:13 AM
"Here comes the tipping point: Half of PCs shipped will be tablets" ZDNet 2:04 PM
"Tablets to account for nearly 50% of PC sales in 2014" T3 8:13 AM
"H-P jumps on profit; Apple hits key milestone" MarketWatch 9:06 AM
"Apple Stock Closes at Highest Point since Start of 2013" Modmyi 7:04 AM
"Apple Investors Are Feeling Very Thankful This Holiday Eve" AppAdvice 8:54 AM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Apple, H-P gains give a boost to tech stocks/Apple Inc. closed at its highest point since January, and Hewlett-Packard Co. had its best day in six months Wednesday, with the stocks leading a slate of gains in the tech sector a day ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S." MarketWatch 4:40 PM
"Investors give thanks to their portfolios" CNNMoney 4:40 PM
"[Video] Market Hustle: Futures Rise Amid European Green Shoots" TheStreet 11:01 AM
"Stocks climb after HP advances on earnings" Associated Press 4:40 PM
"Stock Futures Waver Amid Mixed Data" FOXBusiness 8:21 AM
"Stocks: Cheery mood on Thanksgiving eve" CNNMoney 7:09 AM
"No tech bubble here: The tech-heavy Nasdaq index recently topped 4,000 ... a level it hasn't reached since the dot-com boom days of 2000. But this run-up is nothing like the tech bubble of 13 years ago." CNNMoney 8:33 AM
"Markets Rise, Helped by Hewlett-Packard Earnings" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:24 AM
"Asia Markets: Chinese shares rise on reform hopes/Chinese stocks moved higher Wednesday on financial reform hopes, giving a boost to stocks in neighboring Hong Kong." MarketWatch 8:21 AM
"Europe Markets: European investors cheer German consumer data/European stock markets climbed on Wednesday, taking inspiration from the prior day's gains on Wall Street, as investors welcomed better-than-expected German consumer-confidence data." MarketWatch 8:21 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 1:45 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at 1 p.m." Associated Press 1:45 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at the close of trading" Associated Press 8:11 PM
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