"FaceTime audio calls finally arrive on OS X in latest Mavericks beta" AppleInsider 12/20
"Apple Launches First Beta Of OS X 10.9.2 For Registered Developers" AppAdvice 12/20
"Just days after 10.9.1 update, Apple preps Mavericks for 10.9.2" CNET News 12/20
"Mavericks Upate: Apple Seeds OS X 10.9.2 13C32 to Devs" FairerPlatform 12/20
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"The first 24 hours with Apple's new Mac Pro and Final Cut Pro 10.1" fcp.co 12/20
"Review: Inpaint For Mac Fixes Precious Photos That Are Worth a Thousand Words" MacTrast 12/20
"Screen Capturing and Screen Recording Like a Boss" Tuts+ 12/20
"Run Classic Mac OS on a Mac Plus Emulator in Any Web Browser" OS X Daily 12/20
"OS X: Dock Functions for Finder and Trash" The Mac Observer 12/20
"What You Didn't Know Your Mac Could Do, It Does, With This App" TeraTalks 12/20
"One Of The Coolest Creations Ever On A Mac Is Made Easy With This App" Mac 360 12/20
"A Crazy Name For A Decent, Affordable Mac Screen Recorder App Which Thinks Different, Does Less" NoodleMac 12/20
"How To Change Mac Icons: Easy, Free" Mac 360 12/20
"If You Like To Tinker With Your Mac, You Need To Use TinkerTool (hint: it's free)" BohemianBoomer 12/20
Op/Ed
"I have never built my own computer, but I would consider a Hackintosh to run Snow Leopard. I want to stay with SL because it's a very stable OS, and I want to continue using some Rosetta-dependent apps. However, the build guides on the TonyMac site for Snow Leopard-compatible machines contain CPUs and motherboards that are now discontinued and unavailable from Amazon and Newegg. I would welcome any information from 'Hackintoshers' about the possibility of using current components for a Snow Leopard installation. If this is possible, what are the recommended components?" MacInTouch 12/20
Press Releases
"UI Browser: The ultimate assistant for GUI Scripting and Accessibility" PFiddlesoft 1:10 PM
"Noteboom Productions introduces Tutor for iMovie for OS X" prMac 12/20
"RC Trackpad 3.0 Released - Now a Universal App with a Redesigned UI" prMac 12/20
"New Boat Watch is first-ever boat spotting and tracking app for Mac" prMac 12/20
"To Text Converter 1.2 converts various file formats (PDF, HTML, RTF, RTFD) to standard plain TEXT using drag-and-drop" Tension Software 12/20
"Is Apple's New Spaceship Headquarters Already Behind the Times?" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 9:34 AM
"The Most Important Tech Product of the Past 2 Decades" The Motley Fool 9:32 AM
"The iPhone forced Google to start over ... or not, depending who you believe" 9to5Mac 12/20
"How Apple's iPhone Forced Google to 'Start Over' on Android" Mac|Life 12/20
"Strategy Analytics: Big Shakeup In Tablet Apps Processor Rankings As Qualcomm Wins In Non-iPad Tablets In Q3 2013/Apple's Tablet Apps Processor Dominance Continued" PRNewswire 12/20
"US Apple Stores holding different holiday hours" TUAW 12/20
"San Francisco Protesters Stop Apple Shuttle, Demand an End to Evictions" The Mac Observer 12/20
"Fanbois, prepare to lose your sh*t as Brussels kills iPhone dock" The Register 12/20
"Netherlands Apple Store Won't Open This Year, Christmas Tree Returned" Cult of Mac 12/20
"'iPotty' named worst toy of the year" Telegraph 12/20
Non-Apple News
"RF Safe Sees Hyper Growth In Protection From Potential Cell Phone Radiation Hazards" PRWeb 7:03 PM
"Target Customer Information Shows Up on the Black Market" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12/20
"Stolen Target customer data is flooding the black market" The Verge 12/20
"North Carolina has morphed into a solar power leader this year" Gigaom 12/20
"Foxconn boss: We're crossing Mexican border ... to bring TV-making jobs into US" The Register 12/20
"The season's weirdest, wackiest tech gifts" Associated Press 12/20
"Winamp is dead, Spotify tries to resuscitate it" BetaNews 12/20
"Winamp May Not Shut Down After All: AOL is reportedly finalizing talks to sell the legendary MP3 software." Techland 12/20
Publications/Podcasts
"Podcast: iPhone gifts, Mac Pro, Mavericks Update, Holidays" Insanely Great Mac 12/20
"Why Apple's Heartfelt Holiday Promo Might Be Their Best Ad Yet [CultCast] Cult of Mac 12/20
"New Apple Mac Pro To Enter The Market Soon" Empowered News 8:58 AM
"Apple looks at ways to increase the energy density of portable battery cells" Apple Daily Report 1:25 PM
"eBay sellers scalp Mac Pro cylinders for nearly double retail price: They price Apple's hard-to-get radical desktop as high as $5,800, a 93% markup" Computerworld 12/20
"Apple Mac Pro 2013: in pictures/We're currently testing Apple's new Mac Pro – so until that's ready, check out how it looks both inside and out from our exclusive photoshoot." Digital Arts 12/20
"Apple reveals its vision for the future of maps: Apple has revealed in a patent application how it intends to make maps more powerful by adding highly-specialised layers relating to a user's current location and activity" Telegraph 12/20
"Apple Explores Custom-Built Interactive Maps In New Patent" Cult of Mac 12/20
"Apple files patent for an interactive map" AppleDailyReport 12/20
"Adding More Layers is Apple's Patent-Suggested Plan For Fixing Maps" Gizmodo 12/20
"The 1 Thing You Must Do to Make 2014 a Great Year" The Motley Fool 3:02 PM
"Agricola Updated To Add New In-App Decks, iOS 7 Support And Fixes" AppAdvice 12:31 PM
"Google Play Music gets a new look for iOS 7 and 'I'm feeling lucky' radio" Engadget 10:29 AM
"Slip Stopper Launches Coolest iPhone 5S Cases and Supports Bitcoin" PRWeb 9:38 AM
"3 Artsy Apps for iOS, and They're FREE!" The Mac Observer 12/20
"Romo, an iPhone-Powered Programmable Robot" The Mac Observer 12/20
"'PKPKT' is a Bluetooth iPhone game for kleptomaniacs" The Verge 12/20
"Popular iOS Apps Now Free or Discounted for the Holidays" MacRumors 12/20
"We have released our new game Salvation. This game is free and designed for the wide range of users, including children. It is very interesting to play Salvation, you will need smartness, carefulness and reaction! We approached the creation of arkanoid from unusual part." Foggy Bus 12/20
"Add Highest Performance Wireless To Any Apple PowerBook Or MacBook" MacPrices 12/20
"Coming December 21: Gene Steinberg meets Jeff Gamet of The Mac Observer, and Avram Piltch of Laptop magazine, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 12/20
"Shazam iPhone app updated to listen for songs, shows automatically" Los Angeles Times 12/20
"ArtRage Painting Software & App Holiday Sale Up to 50% Off" Thomas PR 12/20
"Fragment lets you get creative with photo prism effects" TUAW 12/20
"AMC's Yeah! app adds bonus content and trivia to iPad movie rentals" The Verge 12/20
"Nike+ Running for iPhone now gives you personalized training programs, tips and reminders" The Next Web 12/20
"iPhone users exhale, MyGlass for iOS back in the AppStore" O'Grady's PowerPage 12/20
"Microsoft and the NSA Take Over the Obamacare Website" OpEd News 12/20
"Microsoft's 'father of Kinect' working on wearable Windows" ZeeBiz 12/20
"Microsoft: Bing is not a bottomless money pit (any more)" ZDNet 12/20
"Microsoft in 2013: Big changes, big surprises, and a unifying vision" CITEworld 12/20
"Take control of your privacy in Windows 8.1" BetaNews 12/20
"HP Chromebook 11 gets new power adapter after recall" PCR 12/20
"IBM Responds To The Criticism - Its Chinese Operation Is The Real Deal" Forbes 12/20
"IBM'S Anual '5 IN 5' Released: IT giant aims to change the way people 'work, live and interact' during next five years with list of innovations" Datacenter Dynamics 12/20
"Oracle Buying Online Marketing Specialist Responsys for $1.5 Billion" The Motley Fool 12/20
"Oracle buying Responsys for about $1.39 billion" Associated Press 12/20
"Oracle to acquire Responsys for $27 a share" CNBC 12/20
"Oracle to buy Responsys in $1.5 billion cloud software push" Reuters 12/20
"Oracle to Buy Responsys for $1.5 Billion" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/20
"Why Oracle dropped $1.5B for marketing software company Responsys" VentureBeat 12/20
"Oracle 2013 Technology Year In Review" Forbes 12/20
"ORCL Stock Jumps, But Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Still Not a Happy Camper" InvestorPlace 12/20
"Will Cisco Systems, Inc. Able To Withstand Challenges" US Trade Voice 12/20
"Cisco Boosts Desktop and Mobile Collaboration" InternetNews 12/20
"Nvidia: Why Oppenheimer's Downgrade For AMD Misses The Big Picture For Nvidia" Seeking Alpha 12/20
"Tech Anti-Poaching Lawsuits Are Common" Channel Nomics 12/20
"Yes, In The Internet Of Everything, Things Will Have Passwords" InformationWeek 12/20
"It's Official: Cloud Now Considered 'Normal'" onestopclick 12/20
"Technology Giants Popping Up In Shopping Malls" UTSanDiego 12/20
"The PC's fate hinges on tablets, but it's 2014 or bust: 'Glimmers of hope,' says analyst, of industry rescue by more capable tablets" Computerworld 12/20
"Tech Stocks: Apple, Red Hat, BlackBerry lead tech rally/Technology stocks were mostly higher Friday, propelled by gains in shares of Red Hat Inc., which rose sharply a day after posting upbeat results." MarketWatch 12/20
"Ho! Ho! Ho! Dow, S&P end at record highs" CNNMoney 12/20
"Stocks Confirm 'Santa Claus' Rally With Best Week Since October" TheStreet 12/20
"Stock Futures Push Higher as GDP Data Beat Views" FOXBusiness 12/20
"Stocks rise on strong US economic growth" Associated Press 12/20
"DJIA Sets Inflation-Adjusted Record High: U.S. Growth Reading Is Better-than-Expected" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/20
"Asia Markets: Chinese stocks drop to 17-week low; rest of Asia mixed/Chinese stocks closed at a 17-week low on Friday, as local money market rates hit a six-month high, while the rest of Asia was mixed as regional investors continued to digest the Fed's decision to cut back its stimulus measures." MarketWatch 12/20
"Europe Markets: European stocks eye best week since April/European stock markets headed for the strongest weekly gain since April on Friday, as the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to taper its bond buying continued to spur optimism about the U.S. economy." MarketWatch 12/20
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 12/20
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 12/20
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