"OS X: How to change your account name or home directory name/Learn how to change your user account name and home directory name (which should match) by using the advanced procedure described below." Apple Support 4:08 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"8 Good Reasons to Leave Apple's OS X Utility Apps Behind" The Mac Observer 4:07 PM
"Create very unique signatures in Preview" Mac OS X Hints 2:44 PM
"Tweet Any Highlighted Text From Your Mac [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 8:45 AM
"Cheap: Pretty Portraits From Your Mac" Mac 360 7:43 AM
"Survey: 40% of early adopters would buy a bigger iPhone" Fortune 7:51 AM
"Consumer interest in Apple's 'iPhone 6' at record levels, as new sketches show rumored big-screen design" AppleInsider 7:46 AM
"More Proof That Apple's Next iPhone Is Going To Be Huge" AppAdvice 9:45 AM
"Survey Shows Strong Consumer Interest in Larger-Screen iPhone 6" MacRumors 7:50 AM
"More North American consumers than ever planning to buy the iPhone 6, says survey" 9to5Mac 7:46 AM
"Apple Poised to Add Four Digital Agencies, Including Huge and AKQA: Spree Comes as Trial Reveals Envy of Samsung Marketing" Advertising Age 11:00 AM
"Apple signing up new ad agencies to battle Samsung, report says: The rumours follow courtroom-revealed emails that show Apple is worried about Samsung's 'in the zone' marketing." CNET 7:54 AM
"Apple Teams With New Ad Agencies To Counter Samsung Threat" Cult of Mac 7:25 AM
"How Samsung & Google teamed up to steal Apple Data Detectors for Android" AppleInsider 7:18 AM
Non-Apple News
"Amazon Goes Deep into the Comics Game with ComiXology Purchase" The Mac Observer 4:29 PM
"Facebook will force you to install another one of its apps" BGR 7:47 AM
"Facebook Is Going to Force You to Install Its Messenger App" Time 7:37 AM
"Facebook to pull chat from iOS and Android apps in favour of Facebook Messenger: Social network wants more real estate on your smartphone's homescreen" The Inquirer 7:27 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Macworld – Double Robotics Puts Your Face on a Robot...or a Fleet of Robots" MacVoices 4:50 PM
"Debug 33: Ken Ferry on Auto Layout, Passbook, and Understudy" iMore 10:52 AM
"Macworld – RefurbMe Makes Sure You Get The Refurb You Want From Apple" MacVoices 7:12 AM
"ACM 249: King Jony and the TV Settop Box Wars" The Mac Observer 7:02 AM
"Microsoft drags customers 'kicking and screaming' into its world of faster updates: Mandates Windows 8.1 Update to receive future patches; evidence of commitment to constant OS refreshes, say experts" Computerworld New Zealand 5:27 PM
"Windows XP migrations offer temporary lifeline to sinking PC sales: Microsoft's cutoff of XP support prompted more organizations to upgrade to new computers, but PC shipments still dropped during the first quarter, say research firms IDC and Gartner." CNET 7:54 AM
"Microsoft OS chief Myerson on the future of 'One Windows'/Summary: The head of Microsoft's unified operating system group, Terry Myerson, shares more details on Microsoft's one Windows vision in a Q&A with ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley." ZDNet 7:46 AM
"Microsoft OS chief Myerson talks turkey on transparency, cadence and cross platform" ZDNet 12:45 PM
"Head of Xbox: Microsoft wants to build products that change the world/Phil Spencer says that's why he has stayed at Microsoft for 26 years." GameSpot 8:13 AM
"Getting to know Microsoft's new Xbox lead, Phil Spencer" Engadget 8:14 AM
"Windows 8.1 update causing havoc for Windows Server users" The Inquirer 7:49 AM
"Microsoft Starts To Give Away Windows: Should Investors Give Away The Stock?" Seeking Alpha 9:26 AM
"Intel unveils Education 2 in 1 device" PC Retail 8:10 AM
"Intel Is Experimenting With Fully Immersed Cooling for Computers" Gizmodo 7:49 AM
"With PC Sales Improving, Is Intel Set To Rocket?" Seeking Alpha 7:13 AM
"PC Markets Are Stabilizing And Intel Will Benefit" Seeking Alpha 12:10 PM
"Samsung breaks Intel Xeon NDAs in a press release" SemiAccurate 7:36 AM
"Intel: Are You In For The Run Up?" Seeking Alpha 1:34 PM
"AMD working with Toshiba on AMD-branded SSD" Geek 8:10 AM
"Hewlett-Packard: Does The Stock Really Have A 20% Upward Potential?" Seeking Alpha 10:51 AM
"Windows on the move with HP's Omni 10: Go mobile with HP's full Windows tablet" The Irish Times 8:11 AM
"IBM Hursley Park: Where Big Blue buries the past, polishes family jewels/How the internet of things has deep roots in the English countryside" The Register 8:13 AM
"IBM snatches up Silverpop as marketing automation race continues" Gigaom 2:44 PM
"Oracle Support Costs: 2 Savings Strategies/Oracle software maintenance costs have customers turning to growing ranks of licensing consultants and third-party support providers. Here's the skinny." InformationWeek 12:31 PM
"Qualcomm completes 64bit lineup with Snapdragon 810, 808" EE Times Asia 7:13 AM
"News flash: The cloud is the computer for enterprises too" Gigaom 7:25 AM
"Death of Windows XP can't quite reverse slowing PC sales" Engadget 7:26 AM
"Thank XP: Desktop PC sales take off again in Western Europe/Enterprises are buying desktops again to get away from Windows XP, according to Gartner" Computerworld New Zealand 8:44 AM
"PC Market Posts Smaller Than Expected Q1 Declines On Strength Of Windows XP's Demise" TechCrunch 4:09 PM
"Apple Looks To Integrate Display Chip Design; Puts Overseas Cash To Work" Forbes 7:50 AM
"Apple: Saving The Best For Last?" Seeking Alpha 7:00 AM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Facebook, Google Apple fall as techs dive/EBay falls as Icahn gives up PayPal fight; BlackBerry CEO: No handset exit" MarketWatch 1:36 PM
"Stocks: Third day of gains at risk" CNNMoney 8:08 AM
"Asia Markets: Asia shares buoyant despite fall in Japan stocks/Japanese stocks shot lower on Wednesday as Tokyo reacted to a sharply stronger yen. Meanwhile an overnight pickup on Wall Street buoyed the rest of Asia, with Australian stocks hitting their highest level since June 2008." MarketWatch 8:07 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks choppy, retreat from gains/Bank of England leaves policy unchanged; retailers on the rise/Stocks across Europe pulled back Thursday, easing away from positive territory carved out after dovish monetary-policy signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve. Iberdrola SA was among the losers, while LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA lifted a handful of retailers." MarketWatch 8:07 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 1:36 PM
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