"Apple rests its case against Samsung after calling it a copycat yet again" The Verge 4:34 PM
"Apple rests case in second California patent trial against Samsung" AppleInsider 6:14 PM
"Apple rests in patent suit after experts testify Samsung should pay $2 billion in damages" 9to5Mac 6:14 PM
"Samsung's lawyers try to put a human face on Android: An insider's account of the early days of Android follows behind-the-scenes details from Apple" Computerworld New Zealand 8:28 PM
"Exclusive: Microsoft, Apple diverge on bankrolling big patent buyer" Reuters 7:35 AM
"Microsoft, Sony drop cash on Intellectual Ventures—report: Dubbed a 'patent troll' by some, Intellectual Ventures has built up a massive war chest of patents with help from big tech firms. Apple and Intel apparently did not join this funding round, though, according to Reuters." CNET 8:16 AM
"Exclusive: Apple vs. Samsung docs reveal Galaxy Tab was a flop and Samsung knew it" AppleInsider 7:34 AM
"Apple and Microsoft have bigger cash holdings than UK: Huge rise in foreign cash holdings in last few years mean many large companies have bigger holdings than many sovereign states" Telegraph 10:14 AM
"Apple has three times as much cash as US govt, twice the UK" The Register 3:16 PM
"$1,000 Per Apple iWatch Changes This 'Game-Changer'" TheStreet 8:12 AM
"Apple iWatch could cost more than $1,000, analyst says (+video): Apple iWatch might sell for 'several thousand US dollars.' How much would an Apple iWatch be worth to you?" Christian Science Monitor 8:09 AM
"Wolff Olins Global CEO Karl Heiselman Leaves to Join Apple: News Comes as Apple Nears Hiring Four Digital Agencies" Advertising Age 7:21 PM
"Apple hires CEO of brand consultant Wolff Olins in marketing push" AppleInsider 7:21 PM
"Apple's iOS, OS X don't have Heartbleed bug but BBM for iOS and Android do" ZDNet 9:11 AM
"Apple: iOS, OS X and 'key web services' aren't heartbleeding" BGR 8:09 AM
"Apple is immune from Heartbleed, it says. But don't check if it's true: OSX and iOS unaffected by crypto-busting vuln" The Register 7:52 AM
"Apple Says 'Heartbleed' Security Issue Did Not Affect iOS, OS X, and 'Key Web Services'" MacTrast 7:56 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"About Safari 7.0.3: The Safari 7.0.3 update is recommended for all OS X Mavericks users and contains improvements to compatibility, stability, and security." Apple Support 7:22 PM
"Apple updates standalone FaceTime app for Snow Leopard users with connection bug fix" 9to5Mac 7:03 PM
"Fix a stalled Time Machine backup in OS X" CNET 4:30 PM
"Attention Mac Customers - Flash Player 13 'Plugin Failure' Workaround" Adobe 11:10 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Reeder 2 for Mac Public Beta Now Available" MacStories 11:17 AM
"Importing review markers into Final Cut Pro X from Sony's Ci Mediacloud online collaborative service" fcp.co 11:16 AM
"How to remove application preferences on your Mac" MacIssues 10:14 AM
"Demystifying Microsoft Office & Office 365 Pricing" ["If you're a Mac user, your only options as far as buying a traditional license are Office for Mac Home & Student, and Office for Mac Home & Business, which are equivalent to their PC counterparts as far as apps and pricing."] Tuts+ 7:56 AM
"Review: Hider 2 lets you easily hide your Mac data from prying eyes" Apple Daily Report 7:50 AM
"Speed Up LibreOffice on Your Mac" Low End Mac 8:02 AM
"One Mac App: Sync, Events, Tasks, Notes" Mac 360 7:30 AM
"A Few Words On The Problems Of Managing Passwords On A Mac (and a solution)" NoodleMac 7:30 AM
"Put A Tiny Alarm Clock In Your Mac's Menubar Because Less Is More" TeraTalks 7:30 AM
"How To Put Fun Back Into File Archives" Mac 360 7:30 AM
"How To Create Your Own Spam On A Mac" BohemianBoomer 7:30 AM
Op/Ed
"Using a Mac Does Not Make You Safe from Heartbleed" Low End Mac 4:32 PM
Press Releases
"Popular Sense 3D Scanner v1.1 now available for Mac Users" Architosh 11:37 AM
"Popular RSS client Reeder 2 for Mac hits first public beta" 9to5Mac 11:14 AM
"Warhammer Quest is Apple's App of the Week - Go Download it" 148Apps 9:04 AM
"SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition incorporates Rush Hour expansion pack, exclusively in Mac App Store" 9to5Mac 7:34 AM
"Classic Mac Games: SimCity 4 Now on Mac App Store" FairerPlatform 7:34 AM
"Grand tour of the Apple retail palaces of Europe: Berlin/Second stop on a 5-city tour is a renovated century-old theater on a wide Berlin boulevard." Fortune 8:10 AM
"Judge humiliates Apple staffer for using cell phone during Apple-Samsung trial" Macworld 4:42 PM
"Apple's 2014 roadmap gets outlined" TG Daily 8:03 AM
"Ahead Of Anticipated iTunes Revamp, Apple Goes On A Hiring Spree" AppAdvice 7:48 AM
"Apple Rumored to Launch Hi-Res24-Bit Tracks on iTunes with Upcoming Remastered Led Zeppelin Catalogue" PadGadget 3:14 PM
"Apple Developers Must Now Agree To Ad Identifier Rules Or Risk App Store Rejection" TechCrunch 11:12 AM
"Bloom.fm: Apple banned us from iAd because we're 'a threat'" CNET 10:14 AM
"Apple Blocks Bloom.fm iAd Advertising Ahead of U.K. iTunes Radio Launch" MacRumors 11:16 AM
"Apple bans UK's iTunes Radio competitor from iAd" iDownload Blog 3:14 PM
"Amazon to unveil smartphone in time for holidays: WSJ" Reuters 4:29 PM
"Google Tests a Way to Follow You to the Mall" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:09 PM
"Pixel Insanity Continues: Here's the First Quad HD OLED Phone Screen" Mashable 12:14 PM
"Dropbox Promises Adding Condoleezza Rice To Its Board Won't Change Its Privacy Views" TechCrunch 4:36 PM
"Dropbox: Condoleeza Rice appointment not going to alter company's privacy commitment" CNET 4:29 PM
"Box Debuts 'Box Open Source' To Share Its Internal Tools With The Larger Developer World" TechCrunch 3:12 PM
"Why Dropbox and Box are expanding beyond straight-up cloud storage: Irresistible apps and services could provide a way out of the cloud storage price wars" PCWorld 11:16 AM
"Amazon Announces Acquisition of Digital Comics Publisher ComiXology" Mac|Life 8:21 AM
"Firefox OS 2.0 screenshots published" Digital Trends 8:08 AM
"Controversy flares as Condoleezza Rice joins Dropbox board" BBC 10:14 AM
"Condoleezza Rice joins board of Dropbox amid controversy: Former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined the board of file-syncing firm Dropbox" Telegraph 8:02 AM
"Heartbleed may not leak private SSL keys after all" The Verge 9:39 AM
"Consumers Can't Stanch Heartbleeding" TechNewsWorld 8:02 AM
"Heartbleed coder admits 'oversight' but backs open source" CNET 7:48 AM
"The Heartbleed Hit List: The Passwords You Need to Change Right Now" Mashable 7:33 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Coming April 12: Gene Steinberg meets Avram Piltch of Laptop magazine and Peter Cohen of iMore this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7:51 PM
"Ghost of glory past: The struggle to keep the magic" [Book Review of Haunted Empire] The Economist 4:38 PM
"Macworld – Macphun Ups The Game on Photo Editing Software For The Rest of Us, on MacVoices http://is.gd/lLfHi7" MacVoices 3:08 PM
"Macworld – Ergotron's WorkFit Provides An Affordable Standing Desk Option" MacVoices 10:15 AM
"Podcast: Gary Busey, iOS 8 Wishlists, thoughts on iPhone 6 (#109)" Insanely Great Mac 7:33 AM
"Apple expected to announce support for NFC and mobile payments: Anticipation is mounting that Apple is finally about to join Google in adopting NFC for payments on its mobile devices and up-coming smartwatch." Finextra 8:16 AM
"Apple Could Finally Adopt NFC On iPhone For Mobile Payment Plans And Touch ID" TechCrunch 8:16 AM
"Dubious iPhone 6 cases already rolling in" 9to5Mac 8:50 AM
"Image shows first alleged iPhone 6 cases" Electronista 11:12 AM
"Analyst: Don't Look for Apple's Custom Baseband Chips this Year" The Mac Observer 10:07 AM
"Taking a tour around the new Sonnet xMac Pro Server at NAB 2014" fcp.co 7:47 AM
"Apple 'Genius' Publishes the 'Ultimate Guide to Solving iOS Battery Drain'" Apple Gazette 8:06 AM
"Apple investigates ways to make Mac laptops even leaner" Apple Daily Report 7:50 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"AirPrint Basics: AirPrint enables instant printing from iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and Mac without the need to install drivers or download software. Simply select an AirPrint printer and print. It's that simple." Apple Support 6:33 PM
"Thunderbolt Disk Connection Problems: Possible Solutions" eXtensions 11:36 AM
"Connecting two Macs using Thunderbolt" Macworld 7:34 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Quest Runner For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" Apple Sliced 7:49 AM
"Omicron HD For iPad And Omicron For iPhone Are Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 7:49 AM
"Final Fury Pro For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $2.99)" Apple Sliced 7:49 AM
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:34 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:34 AM
"Here's one way Apple might make you care about iTunes again" BGR 8:16 AM
"Apple docs: Samsung misled investors about Galaxy Tab sales/A 'top secret' internal report shows Samsung sold half as many Galaxy Tabs as it claimed." Fortune 8:12 AM
"Should Apple take on the task of overhauling America's broadband infrastructure?" Apple Daily Report 7:50 AM
"Apple's #1 Competitor Takes A New Hit" Mac 360 7:30 AM
"Big iPhone? Meh. Big iWatch Price Tag" Mac 360 7:30 AM
Non-Apple
"NSA Said to Exploit Heartbleed Bug for Years" Marco Arment 7:04 PM
"Review: Is Amazon's Fire TV the Android gaming machine you've been waiting for? (Video)" 9to5Google 3:16 PM
"Dueling PC Sales Data; In The Wake Of Windows XP Support Cutoff Is Apple In Third Or Fourth Place?" MacPrices 3:08 PM
"Windows XP is dead, but Bliss lives on" Techie News 7:38 AM
"Exclusive: Microsoft, Apple diverge on bankrolling big patent buyer" Reuters 6:54 AM
"PC Market Continues to Struggle Even After Windows XP Shuts Down" Crave Online 9:01 AM
"A Check-Up On The Dividends From IBM" Seeking Alpha 11:50 AM
"IBM mainframe, tech's 'dinosaur,' turns 50: The IBM mainframe, the drab-looking refrigerator-size machine that was once the symbol of computer technology, turned 50 this week." MarketWatch 11:50 AM
"Intel: 'Being online isn't enough for businesses to survive'" PCR 8:08 AM
"How Intel Plans to Dominate the Wearable Tech Revolution" The Motley Fool 3:16 PM
"Why HP remains the top US PC player as Apple's Mac sales slump" Market Realist 4:44 PM
"HP report: 80 percent of app vulnerabilities are really your fault" PCWorld 12:14 PM
"H-P Russia Bribery Outflanked Company Controls" WSJ Blogs 11:51 AM
"Why HP remains the top US PC player as Apple's Mac sales slump" Market Realist 8:42 AM
"Intel Working Through A Difficult Transition" Investopedia 11:52 AM
"Intel's Earnings Preview: Focus On New Markets To Drive Growth" Forbes 8:06 AM
"Is a Surprise Coming for Intel This Earnings Season?" Zacks 7:16 AM
"AMD: Custom BlueStacks Can Boost APU And Radeon Sales" Seeking Alpha 11:52 AM
"Will AMD Finally Surprise Us?" Seeking Alpha 7:15 AM
"Cisco Systems Inc. and Juniper Networks Inc. warn that Heartbleed bug is found in their products" Binary Tribune 8:55 AM
"Heartbleed Bug Found in Cisco Routers, Juniper Gear: Encryption Bug Affects Equipment That Connects to the Web" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:18 AM
"Former Obama Aide Wades into Europe's Cloud Wars" WSJ Blogs 8:41 AM
"Collaboration 2.0: Old concept meets new tools/Take the essential concept of sharing, then add cloud, social, Web and mobile" InfoWorld 12:11 PM
"Change your company culture and get onto the cloud: Now that cloud computing is the new normal, it's the company culture: not technology: holding back the cloud" InfoWorld 12:11 PM
"The Dangers of the Cloud: Planes, Automobiles...and Wearables" WSJ Blogs 7:10 AM
"Verizon, BT Join Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Ecosystem" Talkin' Cloud 7:43 AM
"Deutsche Bank Initiates AAPL Coverage with $650 Target Price" The Mac Observer 11:11 AM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Nasdaq slips below 4,000; Yahoo, Twitter fall/Shares of Netflix, Apple and Amazon retreat in broad selloff" MarketWatch 4:24 PM
"Stocks: Heading for the exits/Markets are finally closed for the week after a truly bumpy ride that ended with investors running for the exits Thursday and Friday." CNNMoney 4:24 PM
"Markets Close Lower After Dismal Week of Selloffs" TheStreet 4:25 PM
"Wall Street Poised to Extend Slide After JPMorgan Disappoints: U.S. equity markets were set to extend a heavy selloff after JPMorgan Chase's first-quarter miss added to the already gloomy sentiment on Wall Street." FOXBusiness 7:05 AM
"Nasdaq Closes Below 4000 as Stocks Finish Rough Week: Tech-Heavy Index Again Bears Brunt of Selling" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:25 PM
"As Internet shares break down, investors see value in old tech" Reuters 4:29 PM
"Asia Markets: Asian shares tumble; Nikkei hits 2014 low/TOKYO--Japanese stocks tumbled to their lowest level this year in early Friday trading, hit by Wall Street's overnight fall, a stronger yen, and selling by foreign investors." MarketWatch 7:03 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks extend selloff, notch weekly loss/European markets fell sharply Friday, cementing weekly losses as investors backtracked from global stocks on valuation concerns." MarketWatch 11:41 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 4:25 PM
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