"Political Scandal Could Threaten iPad & Store Deal: A growing political scandal in Turkey threatens to involve the country's prime minister, a key player in a program to purchase $4 billion worth of iPads for thousands of schools, which in turn was a major motive for Apple's plans to open a retail store in the country early next year." ifoAppleStore 7:56 AM
"Cook's 'big plans' remark reveals nothing about Apple product timing, everything about what fans crave: 'What else can he say?' asks analyst" Computerworld 8:28 AM
"Apple's Obsession With Perfection Includes Packaging" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 7:45 AM
"Apple's China Mobile Deal Expected to Boost Revenues by 5 Percent in 2014" TechnoBuffalo 4:19 PM
"Google and Apple gear up for next mobile battle" Telegraph 7:53 AM
"Google fights back against Rockstar patent group: Company files lawsuit against the Apple- and Microsoft-backed consortium, asserting that its 'patent dragnet' has placed a cloud on Google's Android platform." CNET News 3:09 PM
"Google Asks Court to Protect Android Licensees from Apple-Owned Rockstar" The Mac Observer 3:23 PM
"Top 10 lessons for the new Mac user" Macworld 7:56 AM
"Google vs. Dropbox: Which Is Better for Hosting and Sharing Photos?" Lifehacker 7:44 AM
"Quickly Change OS X's Default Screenshot Format and Location" Lifehacker 4:15 PM
"Change default reminder alert time in iCal?" Ask Dave Taylor 9:49 AM
"Meetings For Mac: Run Better Meetings" Mac 360 7:25 AM
"Make New Photos Look Old On A Mac" Mac 360 7:26 AM
"Love Keynote And Pages? You'll Love These 125 Graphic Designs (about 8-cents each)" McSolo 7:26 AM
Op/Ed
"After the most recent Mail update, I still occasionally have a 'sent' email marked as unread. My outgoing mail all comes from iCloud.com." MacInTouch 4:11 PM
"I'm back on Mail (v7.1). The Mavericks 10.9.1 update seems to have fixed the duplicate email problems I was seeing on my POP accounts. My IT guy recommended I go back to Mail, since he was configuring me to work with the company's Exchange server, and his instructions only talked about Apple Mail." MacInTouch 4:11 PM
"This Year's 20 Must-Have Mac OS X Utilities" Gizmodo 11:54 AM
"Yet again this year, the only tech worth stealing is Apple's: 2013 in Review" ZDNet 3:10 PM
"iOS 7 to iPad Air: Apple's Year in Review" PC Magazine 8:28 AM
"Apple's 2013 in review: June brings the Apple price fixing trial, Mavericks, Mac Pro at WWDC, Ive, Woz and more" Macworld UK 7:53 AM
"Apple's iOS Completely Blew Away Google's Android For Shopping On Christmas" Business Insider 1:22 PM
"IBM: iOS crushed Android in Christmas shopping with 5 times the sales" AppleInsider 3:23 PM
"iOS Remains More Popular Than Android for Holiday Shopping in the U.S." MacRumors 4:15 PM
"Xmas Day Sales from iOS Devices 5 Times Higher than Android" The Mac Observer 7:17 PM
"Here's The Evidence That A Bunch Of People Got New iPhones For Christmas" Business Insider 8:25 AM
"Google dethrones Apple to become most talked-about company of 2013" BGR 11:54 AM
"Apple confirms annual 'Lucky Bag' sale set to kick off Jan. 2 at retail stores in Japan" 9to5Mac 8:25 AM
Non-Apple News
"Amazon Holiday Delivery Woes: Send In the Drones! Today, Amazon doesn't control how quickly you get your stuff. Tomorrow, who knows?" Techland 8:26 PM
"Amazon Prime: 20 Million Members Strong." RazorianFly 4:38 PM
"To get the girl, game designer crafts his own playable wedding proposal" The Verge 3:45 PM
"Google's Chromebooks Were The Best Selling Laptops At Amazon, Beating Windows And Mac Computers" Business Insider 9:30 AM
"From Twitter to Tinder: Social media's biggest hits and misses of 2013" TechHive 8:39 AM
"Digitimes Research: Google turns to push Android-based TV products" DigiTimes 7:53 AM
"Cook's 'big plans' remark reveals nothing about Apple product timing, everything about what fans crave: 'What else can he say?' asks analyst" Network World 9:38 PM
"Macworld, the 'Grand Old Lady' of Mac magazines, is turning into a doddering old fool." Diary of a Mad Man 4:37 PM
"How the China Mobile Deal Will Benefit Apple" The Motley Fool 4:20 PM
"Steve Jobs calls an audible and does a little dance" The Loop 2:14 PM
"iPhone 6 Release Date: History Suggests A Fall Release" ValueWalk 2:12 PM
"Life After Apple's China Mobile Deal" The Motley Fool 1:39 PM
"Testing the 'Apple tax': What would it cost to build a Windows version of the new Mac Pro?" BGR 1:19 PM
"2013 – The Year In Review For Apple Portables – The 'Book Mystique" MacPrices 1:16 PM
"Future Classics: the white iPhone 4" 512 Pixels 11:53 AM
"Microsoft in 2014: What to expect/IN DEPTH Xbox, Surface, Windows updates and more" TechRadar UK 7:08 AM
"Microsoft In 2013: 7 Lessons Learned/If a key to success is learning from your mistakes, Microsoft should be well positioned for 2014." InformationWeek 9:13 AM
"Stocks: The gift that keeps giving" CNNMoney 9:50 AM
"Dow Closes at Record High as Retail Stocks Rejoice" TheStreet 5:32 PM
"Better news on US job market sends stocks higher" Associated Press 9:56 AM
"Dow Strikes New High in Data-Induced Rally" FOXBusiness 5:34 PM
"U.S. Stocks Extend Winning Streak: Few Sellers Seen as Investors Take Positions for the New Year" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:31 PM
"Asia Markets: Nikkei Average above 16,000, China stocks fall/Japan's Nikkei Stock Average extended its six-year high, pushing comfortably above the psychologically important 16,000 mark Thursday as a weaker yen attracted foreign investors, and as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tackled some of the remaining doubt over his stimulus measures." MarketWatch 7:17 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 2:03 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 5:27 PM
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