"Is Apple's 13-in. iPad a desktop for kids? Rumors of a large iPad are many and constant, but they make sense only if the tablet is a desktop for schools." Computerworld 7:34 AM
"2013: The Year in Apple and Technology at Large" Daring Fireball 7:50 AM
"Apple chief Tim Cook's pay goes up to $4.2m but stock gains fall" Bloomberg 7:58 AM
"Apple Proxy Statement Reveals Executive Pay Between 2011-2013" RazorianFly 8:25 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook to billionaire Carl Icahn: Step aside" Fortune 12:01 PM
"Apple to shareholders: Vote Icahn off Buyback Island/Board urges vote against trader's proposal for a 9-month, $50B stock repurchasing plan" Computerworld 11:47 AM
"Apple board urges shareholders to vote against Carl Icahn's $50 billion stock buyback proposal" The Verge 8:33 AM
"Apple Vs. Samsung Lawsuit: iPhone-Maker Renews Motion Seeking Permanent Ban On Samsung Products In US" International Business Times 12:01 PM
"Apple Asks Judge to Keep Patent Pressure on Samsung" AllThingsD 7:58 AM
"Apple leads record return of cash to shareholders" USA Today 7:59 AM
"Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Apple" [Statement on Carl Icahn is Proposal No. 10, page 62] Securities and Exchange Commission 12/27
"Apple Explains Why Icahn's Buyback Proposal Should Be Shot Down" AllThingsD 12/27
"Apple to shareholders: Vote against Icahn's stock proposal/Shareholders will vote in February on investor Carl Icahn's 'non-binding' proposal to increase Apple's stock buyback program to $50 billion." CNET News 12/27
"Preliminary Apple proxy filing details Carl Icahn's $50B stock buyback plan up for shareholder vote" AppleInsider 12/27
"No big raise for Tim Cook: Apple pays CEO $4.25 million in 2013/With the help of a $2.8 million bonus, the power tech company's CEO pulls in slightly more in total compensation this year compared to 2012." CNET News 12/27
"Apple CEO's 2013 pay steady but sees part of stock award shrink" Reuters 12/27
"Impact assessment of Apple's renewed motion for U.S. permanent injunction against Samsung" Foss Patents 12/27
"iTunes Connect is back for developers today (like Apple said it would be)" 9to5Mac 12/27
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Fixing 'There is no connected camera' Error with a Mac FaceTime Camera" OS X Daily 12/27
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Apps for your new Mac: Useful utilities" AppleInsider 5:08 PM
"Hands-on with OpenEmu 1.0, a gorgeous classic console emulator for OS X: Promising multi-console emulator comes with its share of missed opportunities." Ars Technica 8:37 AM
"How to find your Mac's serial number: There are several approaches you can take to find your Mac's serial number." CNET Reviews 12/27
"How to assign applications to desktops in OS X: Separate desktops in OS X can be useful for grouping applications by type or function." CNET Reviews 12/27
"How to create a photo book with Lightroom 5" Macworld 12/27
"How To Get Started With Lightroom 5 – 10 Things Beginners Want To Know How To Do" Terry White's Tech Blog 12/27
"NewsBar Raises the Bar for RSS Readers" TechNewsWorld 12/27
"iPad takes top spot in 2013 tablet market, but MacBooks lose out to Google-powered Chromebooks" 9to5Mac 9:30 PM
"Two iPods at two different Target stores (both full of erasers?): A San Diego man says he picked out two different iPods at two different Target stores: and both had been sabotaged the same way." CNET News 8:09 AM
"Apple's 2013 in review – July: iWatch trademark, iOS 7 betas, court cases and Logic Pro X" Macworld UK 12/27
"Best Computing Product Of 2013: 13-Inch MacBook Pro With Retina Display" Digital Trends 12/27
"Top vendors like Google, Apple hope to take smartwatches mainstream in 2014: Smartwatch developers must focus on cutting prices, adding more apps, and improving the look to attract broad consumer interest" Computerworld 12/27
"U.S. Christmas Shoppers Bought More on iOS Than Android" AllThingsD 12/27
"iOS five times as popular as Android for Christmas shopping on mobile" iDownload Blog 12/27
"Christmas Online Stats are in: Apple's iOS Obliterated Android" Patently Apple 12/27
"Apple Is No Longer The English-Speaking World's Most Talked About Company" Business Insider 12/27
"Glass Door Is Unhinged At Store, Injures Man" ifoAppleStore 12/27
"San Diego Target Stores Sold iPod Boxes Filled with Erasers and Index Cards" The Mac Observer 12/27
"Nokia yanks Here Maps from the App Store, iOS 7 'harms the user experience'" iMore 12/27
"Nokia purges Here Maps from App Store over iOS 7 issues: The navigation app is no longer available for iOS users, a move that Nokia blamed on recent changes to iOS 7 that 'harm the user experience.'" CNET News 12/27
"Nokia Removes Here Maps from App Store, Cites iOS 7 Issues" LAPTOP Magazine 12/27
"Nokia Yanks HERE Maps From App Store, Cites iOS 7 Issues" PC Magazine 12/27
"Get lost, fanbois: Nokia pulls Here Maps from Apple's App Store" The Register 12/27
"Nokia thinks iOS 7 Sucks, Pulls HERE Maps App" The Mac Observer 12/27
"AppleCare employees get windbreakers, (paper) notebooks, and pens for the holidays" 9to5Mac 12/27
Non-Apple News
"Reading Your Palm for Security's Sake" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3:35 PM
"Korean Press Shocked at Samsung's Galaxy S4 Sales Disaster" Patently Apple 10:34 AM
"Rdio shutters Vdio service, as it should" Macworld 12/27
"New Mac Pro teardown reveals CPU, RAM upgradable" Electronista 8:04 AM
"Mac Pro 2013 Teardown Reveals Upgradeable Cpu" Digital Trends 7:59 AM
"New Mac Pro Is Very Upgradeable" Tapscape 7:25 AM
"Mac Pro teardown shows 'removable' Intel processor: The new Mac Pro packs a processor that can be removed from the system by a user and upgraded, according to a number of reports." CNET News 9:01 AM
"Rethinking Retina: Apple's 13-inch iPad Pro Is Rumored To Have A 4K Display" Forbes 12/27
"Video Analysis With the iPhone 5s" Wired Magazine 12/27
"Teardown of new Mac Pro reveals upgradeable CPU" 9to5Mac 12/27
"Teardown Shows Apple's New Mac Pro Has Socketed (Replaceable) CPU" The Mac Observer 12/27
"Teardown of Apple's new Mac Pro reveals socketed, removable Intel CPU" AppleInsider 12/27
"New Patent Reveals That Apple Wants to Grant Siri More Power" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 12/27
"Apple wants your Mac to be able to automatically identify languages" Apple Daily Report 12/27
"Apple files patents for improving its earbuds" Apple Daily Report 12/27
AppleCare/Helps
"Cassandra: Indications of a Potential Battery Problem with the new 13" MacBook Pro" eXtensions 12/27
"There are couple of things that dual ethernet ports can accomplish. If you're on a network with virtual LANs, your Mac can have a 'foot' on each one. This is mainly useful if you're running Server and want/need services on both VLANS. You can combine both ports into one virtual Ethernet port. This is called 'link aggregation'. You end up with a 2-gigabyte ethernet port for faster network transfers. Your network electronics also have to support this. Apple's KB article on this is here:" MacInTouch 12/27
Price Trackers/Deals
"Air Transfer+ For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" Apple Sliced 8:48 AM
"InstaWeather Pro For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 8:49 AM
"UnWord For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:49 AM
"Square Enix's Huge Holiday App Sale Just Got Even Bigger" AppAdvice 7:39 AM
"Apple's 2013 in review: August brings legal victories and defeats, and a much-anticipated Steve Jobs movie/A generally quiet month, August 2013 still saw plenty of action for Apple's legal team" Macworld UK 8:10 AM
"Check Out This Exploded View of the iOS 7 SpringBoard [Photo] iClarified 12/27
"ADB, the Epitome of Early Apple" Egg Freckles 12/27
"What to Expect From Apple in 2014" Apple Gazette 12/27
"Positioning-Apple is A Products Company, Google Is A Service" VoIP Watch 12/27
"The Mac Pro Report: The Apple Tax is a Tax Refund" The Tech Night Owl 12/27
"2013 Mac Pro Reviews: 'Ridiculously Fast and Powerful" Tapscape 12/27
"Apple, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Feature Creep" Mac 360 12/27
Non-Apple
"Google's drive into robotics should concern us all: The company's expansion into robotics was developed in tandem with the US military. Where will its power play stop?" The Guardian 9:40 PM
"Cable giant Comcast roared in 2013, but will it use its power to trample the web in 2014?" VentureBeat 9:21 PM
"I'm 22 years old and what is this.: Fighting to get the open web back sounds great. But I don't know what that means." Medium 5:46 PM
"Infographic: How Android Updates Are Pushed To Users" Redmond Pie 1:15 PM
"A Look Back At How The Content Industry Almost Killed Blockbuster And Netflix (And The VCR)" TechCrunch 8:37 AM
"Play practically every game for five vintage consoles in your web browser" The Verge 8:34 AM
"What The Data Says About How We Spent Christmas Mornin" TechCrunch 8:26 AM
"Cassandra: Apple's 12 Days of Xmas (Thailand App Store), Day 4 -Toca House" eXtensions 7:36 PM
"12 Days Of Gifts U.S [Day 3]: Lonely Planet's Best In Travel 2014" RazorianFly 8:19 AM
"Coca-Cola Releases New Placelists App for iPhone" iClarified 1:14 PM
"Byte By Byte LLC Releases Montazuma's Temple for iOS" prMac 9:40 AM
"Australian Native Plant Guide app for iPad" prMac 9:40 AM
"'Area 51' Deals Back On The Map" OWC Blog 9:40 AM
"Frozen Snowman 1.0 for iOS: Hello Winter! Frozen Style" prMac 8:38 AM
"Nike updates Training Club app to help you keep those New Year's resolutions" Engadget 8:03 AM
"iTunes Connect returns to service after scheduled winter closure" AppleInsider 7:47 AM
"Tweetbot for Mac fixes numerous usability bugs with latest update" AppleInsider 7:47 AM
"Coca-Cola Launches Spotify-Powered Placelists Social Music App On iOS" AppAdvice 7:47 AM
"Day 3 Of Apple's 12 Days Of Gifts Offers 'Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2014" For iBooks" AppAdvice 7:34 AM
"New Website Allows Users to Estimate Apps Data Usage" MacTrast 12/27
"Awesome Deals On Retro Games For iOS" Cult of Mac 12/27
"Cassandra: Apple's 12 Days of Xmas Day 3 -Halftone 2" eXtensions 12/27
"5 Free Business Centric Apps To Start The New Year Off Right" The Mac Observer 12/27
"Coming December 28: Gene Steinberg meets tech commentator Dann Berg and AppleInsider's Daniel Eran Dilger, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 12/27
"Here's what biteSMS running on iOS 7 looks like on video" iDownload Blog 12/27
"My Mountain of Debt, an app that merges debt reduction and video games to help users see their debt reduction progress in a new and exciting way. To make paying off debt fun, users watch an animated story unfold depending on how much debt they pay off. Video games are fun and entertaining. My Mountain of Debt uses video game elements to help users stick to their goal of becoming debt free by making it visually rewarding." My Mountain of Debt 12/27
"Top 10 Must-Have Games for Your New iPad" PadGadget 12/27
"Mnemonizer - PIN code and password keeper for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" Happymagenta 12/27
"Sell Those Old iOS Devices Now, They Will Never Be Worth More (148Apps Readers Get 10% Bonus)" 148Apps 12/27
"Trade In Your Old iPods At NextWorth And Receive A 25 Percent Bonus" AppAdvice 12/27
"The Week in iPhone Cases: Pop the champagne" [Slideshow] Macworld 12/27
"Tydlig Calculator Is Like Scrawling Numbers On Paper, Only Smarter" Cult of Mac 12/27
"Enjoy creating mind maps of any size with Dream X" prMac 12/27
"Think you could save the world using a Museums app for iPhone and iPad?" prMac 12/27
"Alternative iOS music player receives major usability update" prMac 12/27
"4 New Rhymes Added in Nursery Rhymes App for Kids for iPad, iPhone" prMac 12/27
"David Zacik Releases Fun New Christmas Apps" prMac 12/27
"My iStory mobile app debuts significant iOS update" prMac 12/27
"Answers to the big questions - in 140 characters" prMac 12/27
"Padgram - Popular Instagram Viewer Now Available for iPhone" prMac 12/27
"8 Moons Media introduces 99 Stamps 1.0 for iPad - New Year Edition" prMac 12/27
"ES Business Card - Promote Your Business Creatively" prMac 12/27
"Numtris - The mix of Tetris with numbers hits the App Store" prMac 12/27
"Tiny Utopia Launches New Obama Game On Mobile" prMac 12/27
"New Concentration Game for iOS Will Challenge Your Brain" prMac 12/27
"Beat Boss - The electronic dance music sampler app with the most samples" prMac 12/27
"Tipitap launches Slides & Ladders app with an Apple iTunes feature" prMac 12/27
"dB Meter is the best software for sound level measurements at the time. It has very clear and simple interface in iOS 7 style with amazing animations. It calibrated with professional high-precision sound level meter, therefore it much more precise than any other app of such kind." dBMeterPro 12/27
"Microsoft applies for trademark on 'Mod'/Summary: Could Microsoft be hoping to use 'Mod' as a replacement for 'Metro'? A new trademark application" ZDNet 10:48 AM
"Supply pinch dogs Microsoft's Surface tablets: Microsoft's Surface Pro 2 and Surface 2 are chronically in short supply. Is this because the new tablets are flying off the shelves or just not reaching the shelves?" CNET News 3:43 PM
"7 Lessons Microsoft Should Take Into 2014" RazorianFly 8:19 AM
"One Near-Term Problem for Intel's Smartphone Strategy" The Motley Fool 9:41 PM
"Intel Investing in Car DVR and Smart Surveillance Device Developer" Softpedia 8:53 AM
"Hewlett Packard (HP) Kicks Off its Christmas Scratch & Win Promo Nationwide!" Bella Naija 8:51 AM
"Tech Stocks: Twitter tumbles in biggest one-day drop/Twitter downgraded to sell by Macquarie; Apple, Facebook also fall" MarketWatch 12/27
"Stocks pause at end of strong week" CNNMoney 12/27
"Stocks Pause as Markets Sit at Record Highs" TheStreet 12/27
"Wall Street Looks to Extend Winning Streak" FOXBusiness 12/27
"Stocks end day mostly flat in quiet trading" Associated Press 12/27
"Stocks Little Changed But End Week Higher: Trading Light in Holiday-Shortened Week" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/27
"Asia Markets: Asian stocks close mixed, but China outperforms/Chinese shares outperformed the region, as a week-long spike in interbank lending rates settled Friday, easing concerns about the health of China's financial system." MarketWatch 12/27
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks charge higher as euro soars/European investors returned from a two-day Christmas break to push stocks higher on Friday, playing catch-up with U.S. markets as the euro soared to a two-year high versus the dollar." MarketWatch 12/27
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 12/27
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at the close of trading" Associated Press 12/27
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