"Apple's Peter Oppenheimer to Retire at the End of September: In Planned Transition, Luca Maestri to Become His Successor" Apple 7:42 AM
"Apple's Peter Oppenheimer to Retire at the End of September" Business Wire 7:42 AM
"The Architect of Apple's Controversial Tax Strategy Retires" Bloomberg Businessweek 9:22 AM
"Apple CFO to retire in September after he cashes in $53M stock award: Peter Oppenheimer, 18-year veteran of the company, will be replaced by Luca Maestri, 2013 hire, as chief financial officer" Computerworld 12:49 PM
"Apple's CFO says see you in Sept., after 100,000 shares vest: During Peter Oppenheimer's tenure, Apple's revenue increased more than 20-fold." Fortune 9:27 AM
"Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer to retire after 18 years" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 9:08 AM
"Apple's CFO to hand baton to Maestri in September" Reuters 12:50 PM
"Apple's Chief Financial Officer to Retire" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:22 AM
"Apple CFO Oppenheimer to retire" [Video Report] CNBC 7:56 AM
"Apple's new finance steward Maestri takes over $160 bln cash haul" Reuters 4:06 PM
"Who is Luca Maestri? Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer to retire in September, Maestri to take over: As Peter Oppenheimer announces he's retiring from Apple, we take a closer look at his successor, Luca Maestri." Macworld UK 9:27 AM
"Apple CFO's departure signals changing of guard: Peter Oppenheimer won't be the last Jobs-era hyper-growth author to move on" The Register 9:42 PM
"Apple shifts gears with CarPlay, its response to Google Now" CNET News 7:16 AM
"Apple helps blur the line between Silicon Valley and Detroit" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 8:08 AM
"Apple Accelerates Vehicle Integration With CarPlay" Forbes 7:30 AM
"Now Drivers Can Engage Siri in Safe CarPlay" TechNewsWorld 1:00 PM
"Apple unveils CarPlay iPhone system at Geneva show" BBC 7:30 AM
"Apple Tightens Grip on Worldwide Supply Chain With Asia Hiring Spree" Wired 7:26 AM
"Microsoft launches Skype for Outlook.com worldwide, adds Safari for Mac support and HD video calling for PCs" The Next Web 8:39 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Setting up custom keyboard shortcuts in OS X: Ensure a menu command is targeted by a custom keyboard shortcut even if you two or more commands have the same name within a given application." MacFixIt 4:06 PM
"Mavericks discussion includes a Java issue affecting banking; Apple Mail successes and continued problems after the OS X 10.9.2 update; a Disk Utility tweak; the trials of a late adopter; and a number of other troubleshooting and migration tips and experiences." MacInTouch 12:44 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Automator: Creating a Program to Quit All Apps" The Mac Observer 7:34 AM
"How to Rebuild the Spotlight Index Manually" Apple Gazette 7:46 AM
"6 Tools to Keep Your Mac Life Sane and Quiet" The Mac Observer 2:54 PM
"How to Show Holidays in the Calendar App for OS X" OS X Daily 12:38 PM
"Asking Mr. Big: Foster+Partners has designed megaprojects around the globe, from airports to skyscrapers. How are super-size buildings, such as Apple's future headquarters, shaped for the people who will use them?" Architectural Record 7:34 AM
"Architect of Apple Campus 2 reveals Jobs' influence" MacNN 7:34 AM
"iSpaceship designer talks Steve Jobs involvement, project's scale and smart planning" iDownload Blog 7:42 AM
"Can Apple help make hearing aids cool?" CNN 2:04 PM
"Hollywood's first all-iPhone movie hits SXSW" Computerworld 7:17 AM
"Android topples iPad in fast growing tablet market" PC Advisor 2:14 PM
"How Apple's CarPlay Compares to the Competition" Wired 7:27 AM
"2014"s battle for dashboard supremacy: Apple's CarPlay vs. Google's OAA vs. MirrorLink" CNET Reviews 7:30 AM
"Apple's CarPlay is powered by BlackBerry's QNX" iDownload Blog 10:08 AM
"Hands-on with Apple's CarPlay: when Siri met Ferrari (Video)" Engadget 4:51 PM
"Mercedes Demos All The Functions Of CarPlay In This Convoluted 7-Minute Video" TechCrunch 12:59 PM
"Hands-on with Apple's CarPlay: when Siri met Ferrari (Video)" Engadget 8:40 AM
"Apple VP Greg Joswiak helps introduce Ferrari Carplay at Geneva Motorshow [Gallery] 9to5Mac 7:49 AM
"Apple's Greg Joswiak appears onstage with Ferrari to introduce new CarPlay-equipped grand tourer" AppleInsider 8:59 AM
"Mercedes-Benz gives hands-on demo of CarPlay in new C-Class [Video] 9to5Mac 9:22 AM
"This Guy Modded Out His DeLorean With an In-Dash iPad and It's Awesome" Gizmodo 7:46 AM
"Ferrari shows off CarPlay with awful resistive touchscreen" iMore 12:38 PM
"Apple sites nearly blocked in Belgium over warranty spat, reports suggest" Gigaom 7:41 AM
"All Apple websites could be blocked in Belgium over AppleCare controversy" 9to5Mac 8:32 AM
"Belgian Judge May Block Apple Websites Over 'Misleading' Warranty Information" MacRumors 9:25 AM
"'iOS In The Lift' Makes Getting Trapped In The Elevator A Joy" Cult of Mac 12:50 PM
"Vegas Could Be A Lucky Lady–4th Apple Store" ifoAppleStore 7:37 AM
Non-Apple News
"How Two Ex-Googlers Created A Place For Silicon Valley To Tell Its Darkest Secrets" Business Insider 3:42 PM
"1 In 10 Believe That HTML Is An STD, According To Study" Digital Trends 2:40 PM
"Watch Cortana, Microsoft's rival to Siri and Google Now" CNET News 3:41 PM
"Microsoft's Siri-like Cortana assistant demonstrated on video" The Verge 2:12 PM
"F-Secure report warns XP zero-day attack is imminent" PCWorld 12:39 PM
"Global PC shipments to fall 6.1 percent in 2014: IDC" Reuters 12:37 PM
"How much did Samsung pay for the best advertising money can buy?" BGR 9:08 AM
"Man 'fixes' women's computers, watches them through webcams: Found guilty on three counts of unauthorized access and two counts of voyeurism." Wired UK 9:07 AM
"Galaxy S5 Could Win Over Mobile Payment Skeptics" TechNewsWorld 7:33 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"The Verge Mobile Show 082 - March 4th, 2014" The Verge 3:42 PM
"HotHardware's Two and a Half Geeks 3/4/14: Intel SSD 730, Ivytown, Merrifield and Moorfield, NVIDIA Maxwell, Samsung Galaxy S 5 and More" HotHardware 2:06 PM
"The Road to Macworld -Don McAllister Counts on Numbers" MacVoices 2:03 PM
"Will the smartphone eat the fitness tracker market? RunKeeper's CEO says yes." Gigaom 7:41 AM
"This Chip Is Apple's Advantage In Enterprise And Payments" Business Insider 8:41 AM
"iPhone 5s continues to track your movements even after the battery dies" BGR 11:09 AM
"iPhone 5s' M7 keeps tracking motion data even on a dead battery" iSource 12:40 PM
"iPhone 5s tracks your movements after the battery dies" Melbourne Age 9:42 PM
"iPhone Cases May Be Partly Responsible For Poor 5c Sales [Analyst] Cult of Mac 7:41 AM
"iPhone Faceplate With Edge-To-Edge Glass Surfaces – [Photo] RazorianFly 7:49 AM
"Is Google Android More Secure Than Apple iOS?" Bloomberg TV 8:00 AM
"iPhone 6 release date, rumours & leaked images: new leaked photo shows iPhone 6 with borderless display" Macworld UK 7:34 AM
"Upgrading a Late 2013 Mac Pro to 10-Core Intel Xeon CPU [Video] 9to5Mac 3:38 PM
Granted Apple Patents
"Apple Granted 36 Patents Today Covering Web Widgets, the iTunes Store GUI and More" Patently Apple 8:33 AM
"Apple Wins Historically Important Patent for a GUI that Interprets Finger Gestures" Patently Apple 7:17 AM
"Apple Wins a Patent for a Transparent Glass iPhone with a Wraparound Display" Patently Apple 7:16 AM
"Apple patent may allow iPhone users to snoop on voice mails for live call screening" AppleInsider 7:17 AM
"Apple granted patent for web-based Video broadcasting system" Apple Daily Report 7:18 AM
"Apple wants your iPhone, iPad to be able to detect songs playing in a store (and if you can buy 'em on iTunes)" Apple Daily Report 7:25 AM
"Apple wants your electronic devices to act their age" Apple Daily Report 7:32 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"Help discussion has questions from two great contributors who have questions of their own today, one on a strange startup failure and another on PCI compliance and router setup, along with more notes about audio CD errors and issues." MacInTouch 12:44 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
"FULL-DISKfighter For Mac Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $9.99)" Apple Sliced 8:30 AM
"WorldScan -Scan Documents & Share PDF For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $2.99)" Apple Sliced 8:30 AM
"Word Palooza For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 8:30 AM
"Architect iPhone App Review: Build Your Own iPhone App" Tapscape 7:24 AM
"Kwit iPhone App Review: Quit Smoking For Good" Tapscape 7:24 AM
"'Avadon 2: The Corruption' Review - A Worthy Return To The Black Fortress" Touch Arcade 8:41 AM
"'Out There' Review - The Lonely Joy of Being Lost in Space" Touch Arcade 11:10 AM
"'Continue?9876543210' Review - In My Time Of Dying" Touch Arcade 2:14 PM
"QuizFortune for iPhone brings individual gameplay to the social trivia app mix" The Next Web 7:23 AM
"Cloud Breaker Review: A simple concept, Cloud Breaker is fiendishly challenging. Even for those used to the brick-busting genre." 148Apps 2:40 PM
"Circuits Review: Trying to remember much of anything in a day is hard enough, but try piecing together parts of a song to make a whole, just from memory?" 148Apps 12:39 PM
"Urp! Review: Urp! is a charming adventure puzzler designed in a way that will appeal to many children, but leave mature audiences wishing for more of a challenge." 148Apps 2:05 PM
"Fishton Review: Build up a fishipedia with this simple to play and quite satisfying casual fishing game." 148Apps 3:36 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"'Robocop' Guide - How To Win Without Spending Real Money" Touch Arcade 2:13 PM
"How To Monitor Canon EOS DSLR Camera From iPad [Video] Redmond Pie 12:39 PM
Tips
"iOS 7 video Tip: Tweaking the Calendar time picker" TUAW 2:13 PM
"Walking Dead: The Game S2 Ep 2 coming to iOS this week" iDownload Blog 3:40 PM
"Meet SurfacePad for iPad mini: Modern. Thin. Innovative. Introducing a new breed of cover for iPad." twelvesouth 3:31 PM
"Mention Launches An iPad App For Its Media Monitoring Tool, Opens Office in New York" TechCrunch 2:40 PM
"BGR for iPhone and iPad updated for iOS 7" BGR 2:40 PM
"Video-Streaming Power of Roku Channeled Into a Stick" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:37 PM
"Ayeris iOS 7 Theme For iPad Now Available To Download" Redmond Pie 2:14 PM
"DuoBoost iPhone 5 Solar Charger Case: Free Yourself from Wall Charging" MacPrices 2:06 PM
"The Lifesaver iPhone Case Does More Than Just Protect Your Handset" AppAdvice 2:05 PM
"Shoot Stuff in Space with Star Horizon - a Beautiful New iOS Exclusive from Tabasco Interactive" 148Apps 1:02 PM
"Yep, 'Walking Dead: The Game - Season 2' Episode 2 Hits iOS this Thursday" Touch Arcade 12:59 PM
"Appologic's Videography app turns iPhone into a motion-tracking video camera" CNET Reviews 12:50 PM
"Apps For Free Daily: neu.Notes+, Joust Legend, Baldify, And More" Apple'n'Apps 12:49 PM
"Best Twitter apps for iPad: Twitterrific, Echofon Pro, HootSuite, and more!" iMore 12:49 PM
"iExit gets new features and is now free" TUAW 12:40 PM
"Whatever you do, don't download this app" BGR 12:39 PM
"One in three new iOS games are Flappy Bird clones" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:25 AM
"Hipsters, Bieber and More: 5 Most Ridiculous Flappy Bird Clones" NBC News 10:25 AM
"Fitness Tracker Basis May Belong to Intel Now" The Mac Observer 9:51 AM
"Red Clock 'is a simple, bright, desktop clock app that is meant to be easy to read with only the most essential of information present on the screen. It was recently significantly updated. It supposedly has the largest font of any app currently available in the App Store making it highly legible, even when half asleep.'" morethan 8:54 AM
"Logitech's Harmony Smart Keyboard for Apple TV & your entire living room" 9to5Mac 10:34 AM
"Logitech launches Harmony Smart Keyboard for Apple TV" iDownload Blog 10:09 AM
"Logitech brings its Harmony brand to the keyboard, wants to control your home theater" BetaNews 8:39 AM
"Disky: Air Hockey Mania is sweeping your iOS device" TechnologyTell 7:57 AM
"Emulsio 2 - Great Video Stabilization App for iOS" Creaceed 7:54 AM
"Facebook updates Paper with new sharing options, sound settings and more" iDownload Blog 7:42 AM
"Tonewood Products Introduces iPhoneŽ Cases Made From Premium Guitar Tonewoods: Maple, Mahogany and Rosewood Cases Protect iPhones While Providing the Look and Feel of a High-End Acoustic Guitar" Tonewood Cases 7:35 AM
"Revealr: A Voice-Based Dating App" The Next Web 7:23 AM
"Timing-Countdown Game: New addictive game in the App Store" prMac 12:50 PM
"AwesomeDial 2.0 released for iPhone - Easy and Fast Contact Way" prMac 9:25 AM
"Mine Out for iPhone - Time for Pickaxes and Pigs" prMac 9:07 AM
"Windows to iPad/iPhone File Sharing just got Easy" prMac 7:22 AM
"Killtimeapp releases Zombie VS Missile 2 for iOS" prMac 7:22 AM
"Earth Escape released for iOS - Must have Free Space Game" prMac 7:22 AM
"Where To? 6.7: Send local search results to Mercedes-Benz vehicles! The iPhone app "Where To?" helps with local search in the vicinity. The convenient app knows more than 700 business categories from Acupuncture to Zoos. The new version Where To? 6.7 allows to send search results to Mercedes-Benz vehicles. The location is sent to the in-car navigation system and the driver can move off right away." FutureTap 7:19 AM
"Ballmer: Microsoft Missed the Mobile Market Over Last Decade" WSJ Blogs 1:55 PM
"Ballmer owns up to blowing it with Windows Phone" BGR 1:55 PM
"Ballmer: If I could 'redo the last 10 years,' Microsoft wouldn't be behind on mobile" VentureBeat 2:26 PM
"Steven Ballmer Reflects on Missteps and Ponders the Future of Microsoft" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3:21 PM
"Ballmer: Regrets, he's had a few/But not too many: as he regales an audience of Oxford students one month after stepping down as Microsoft's chief executive." CNET News 4:53 PM
"Windows XP's Lingering And Troubling Market Share" TechCrunch 4:46 PM
"Weeks before expiration date, Windows XP still has 29% OS market share/One thing is clear: come April 8th, plenty of people are going to get owned." Ars Technica 8:54 AM
"Windows XP diehards aren't going quietly" BGR 7:00 AM
"Microsoft Office's devices and services future becomes clearer" CITEworld 8:55 AM
"Microsoft releases Windows 8.1 Update 1 to manufacturing/Summary: Microsoft's Windows 8.1 Update 1 is done and heading towards general availability in April, according to various sources." ZDNet 5:36 PM
"Windows 8.1 Update 1 hits RTM ahead of April release" Windows Phone Central 8:10 AM
"Windows 8.1 Update 1 goes RTM: Mouse and keyboard users can't wait for April 8" ExtremeTech 1:25 PM
"Microsoft finalizes Windows 8.1 Update 1, improved desktop features available next month" The Verge 7:23 AM
"Microsoft reportedly signs off on Windows 8.1 Update 1 for RTM" Electronista 7:06 AM
"Gartner: Microsoft sells more tablets in 2013, still lags far behind Android, iOS" CITEworld 8:34 AM
"Microsoft To Sell Windows Tablets In India Which Costs Around Rs.10,000 Later This Year" Microsoft News 8:10 AM
"Microsoft to take on Android with low-cost tablets" IndiaTimes 8:06 AM
"Nadella rejigs Microsoft's top management" Deccan Herald 8:09 AM
"From Politics to Advising Microsoft's Chief, Not Without Noise" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:04 AM
"Microsoft begins privately testing Windows Azure Government Cloud/Summary: Microsoft has begun closed, 'private preview' testing of its Windows Azure Government Cloud with select U.S. government customers." ZDNet 11:55 AM
"Intel buys smartwatch maker Basis for reported $100M to $150M" AppleInsider 7:01 AM
"Rumor: Intel acquires Basis Science for $100-$150M" Electronista 7:28 AM
"Basis Goes To Intel For Around $100M" TechCrunch 8:06 AM
"Intel gobbles up Basis for around $100M" SlashGear 7:57 AM
"Intel grabs smartwatch maker: report: Intel has reportedly purchased smartwatch maker Basis Science to become part of the firm's arsenal in the wearable device industry." CNET News 11:33 AM
"Intel reportedly bought Basis for somewhere between $100 and $150M" Gigaom 8:34 AM
"Intel Purchases Smartwatch Maker Basis For $100m: Acquisition of leading health band maker allows Intel to continue its development of wearable technology" TechWeekEurope 7:57 AM
"Intel snaps up smartwatch maker for $100m: report/Summary: Intel has reportedly purchased smartwatch maker Basis Science to become part of the firm's arsenal in the wearable device industry." ZDNet 8:00 AM
"Intel picks up wearables specialist Basis" bit-tech 7:59 AM
"Intel Updates Bay Trail-M SoC/CPU Price List with Three Models" Softpedia 8:00 AM
"AMD touts new low-cost desktop chipset, calls Intel's a 'dead-end': Developing markets targeted with $60 price point for chip and mobo combined." Ars Technica 6:08 PM
"AMD guns after Intel Bay Trail with 'system in a socket' AM1 Platform" The Inquirer 7:56 AM
"New AMD Sempron chip targets desktops: Updated version of the polarizing Advanced Micro Device chip built to run low-price desktop computers" Computerworld 11:34 AM
"AMD's Sempron lives on with new desktop chips: AMD's new Sempron chips could go into systems starting as low as $60." IDG News Service 7:28 AM
"Dell Precision M6800 Mobile Workstation review: a good desktop replacement laptop for professionals that's lacking a little style" PC Advisor 7:46 AM
"Dell creates virtual environment for eClerx; company gains 40 percent improvement in cost savings" Information Week 7:46 AM
"Oracle faces ouster from Oregon Obamacare website" CNBC 8:19 PM
"State, Oracle reach transition deal: The tech firm will get partial payment in return for continued work on Cover Oregon" The Register-Guard: Eugene, OR 8:13 AM
"Cover Oregon, Oracle enter transition agreement" Sacramento Bee 8:08 AM
"Cover Oregon withholds $25.6M from Oracle under a 'transition agreement'" Portland Business Journal 8:09 AM
"Lenovo's IBM deal will help EMC expand its market, storage systems giant says" South China Morning Post 8:14 AM
"IBM Australia slashes jobs to rebalance workforce/Summary: IBM Australia is expected to cut 500 jobs as part of plans to move investments in areas such as cloud, analytics and cognitive computing." ZDNet 8:01 AM
"Samsung and Google question Nokia-Microsoft merger in China" Neowin 8:10 AM
"Samsung announces new Chromebook lineup" TG Daily 7:23 AM
"How much did Samsung pay for the best advertising money can buy?" BGR 8:55 AM
"PC shipments to keep falling through 2018: report: Though shipments were slightly higher than expected last year, IDC's forecast has taken a turn for the worse." CNET News 11:41 AM
"No rebound for PC sales in 2014, says IDC" CITEworld 11:56 AM
"PC Shipments Dropped 9.8% in 2013 - IDC: Research Firm Sees Further Declines This Year" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:26 PM
"Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer retiring after 18 years" The Verge 7:56 AM
"Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer to retire at end of September" AppleInsider 7:57 AM
"Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer To Retire By End Of September, Replaced By VP Of Finance Luca Maestri" TechCrunch 7:57 AM
"Apple CFO role to change hands in June: Peter Oppenheimer will be retiring later this year. Taking his place will be Luca Maestri, currently VP of finance and corporate controller." CNET News 8:32 AM
"Apple: Time For A Dividend Raise" Seeking Alpha 7:27 AM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter lead tech rally/Tech sector bounces back as broader market recovers from selloff" MarketWatch 11:36 AM
"Dow up 200 as Ukraine fears ebb" CNNMoney 11:36 AM
"Market Hustle: Stock Futures Climb on Easing Ukraine Tensions" TheStreet 8:22 AM
"Stocks surge as tensions ease in Ukraine" Associated Press 11:36 AM
"U.S. Stock Futures Rally as Ukraine Tension Cools" FOXBusiness 8:23 AM
"Global Stocks Rally, Pushing S&P 500 to Record: Haven Assets, Including Gold and Treasurys, Drop" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:36 PM
"Asia Markets: Asian shares mixed; eyes on Ukraine/Asian markets were mixed on Tuesday, though stocks in Japan and Hong Kong picked themselves up from a selloff in the previous session sparked by concerns over the situation in Ukraine." MarketWatch 8:23 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks rebound from Ukraine-led selloff/Ashtead and Glencore Xstrata advance after reporting earnings/European stock markets partly rebounded after a sharp prior-day selloff on Tuesday after Russian troops reportedly were called back to their bases, signaling an easing of tensions between Russia and Ukraine." MarketWatch 8:23 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 1:25 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at 1 p.m." Associated Press 1:25 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at the close of trading" Associated Press 5:35 PM
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