"Apple Offers 'Second Chance' WWDC Tickets to Developers" PC Magazine 5:34 PM
"Missed Out On A WWDC Ticket? You Could Still Be In With A Chance" AppAdvice 4/19
"Apple reaching out to developers who didn't win WWDC lottery, offering chance to buy unclaimed tickets" 9to5Mac 4/18
"Didn't win Apple's WWDC ticket lottery? You might still be in luck" CNET 4/18
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"'Enhanced' dictation in Mavericks is true" MacInTouch 4/19
"Is there a way to install Mavericks without using an Apple ID? If you have Lion, for example, then Mavericks is a free upgrade. Most people would get that via the Mac App Store, but that requires an Apple ID. You could get a copy of the installer app from a friend and, since you own a Mac and Mavericks is a free upgrade, it would appear that you have a right to install it (mandatory disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice). You still have to agree to the EULA when you install it, but that doesn't require an Apple ID." MacInTouch 4/18
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How to share a Pages, Keynote, or Numbers file with iCloud" iMore 6:08 PM
"Best screencasting programs for Windows and Mac" Digital Trends 8:24 AM
"How To Download Adobe Photoshop CS2 For Free Legally" Redmond Pie 4/19
"A Few More Mac OS X Tips For You To Try This Weekend" AddictiveTips 4/19
"OmniOutliner 4 Pro review: Top-notch Mac outliner gets a new interface" Macworld 4/18
"Concentrate 1.2.2 review - Focus on the things you need to do: Remove the distractions from your Mac when you need to focus on work with Concentrate; a feature-rich app that is now free." Macworld UK 4/18
"OS X Mavericks: 4 speed secrets" Computerworld 4/18
"How to fix choppy video playback in Safari on OS X" iDownload Blog 4/18
"Ask the iTunes Guy: Glitchy tracks, numbers game, and too-large libraries" Macworld 4/18
"iTunes Radio: Create a Station from a Song or Artist" The Mac Observer 4/18
"iTunes 11: See Aggregate iTunes Radio Listening History" Kirkville 4/18
"Use the Terminal to quickly get a Unix path to a file" MacIssues 4/18
"How To Block Unwanted Messages in Messages for Mac" MacTrast 4/18
"How To Streamline System Preferences on Your Mac" The Mac Observer 4/18
"Lightning Strikes: Is This The Fastest Mac Web Browser Money Can Buy?" Mac 360 4/18
"Beamer Is The One-Click Way To Stream Movies From Mac To Apple TV" BohemianBoomer 4/18
"Missed The 'Blood Moon' Lunar Eclipse? Catch The Next One With This App" Mac 360 4/18
"32 Ways to Love This One-Click Calendar For The Mac" TeraTalks 4/18
Op/Ed
"What's on Richard's Mac dock right now!" iMore 7:00 PM
"What would the Mac look like with Helvetica Neue as the new OS X system font?" iMore 3:15 PM
"Dallas developer's A Dark Room app hits No. 1 spot on Apple app store" Dallas Business Journal 6:23 AM
"How Sometimes You Die Became The Surprise Hit Game Of 2014 [Exclusive] Cult of Mac 4/19
"Is Apple leaning on Shazam to drive iTunes digital music downloads?" VR-Zone 8:35 AM
"Apple Expands Its Maps Flyover Coverage To Include Berkeley, East Bay Area" AppAdvice 4/19
"Apple Maps adds Flyover 3D modeling of Berkeley, East Bay" AppleInsider 4/19
"Forcing Steve Jobs out of Apple was a mistake: John Sculley" Times of India 4/18
"Apple CEO Sculley interview: Ousting Jobs was a mistake" BGR 4/18
"Apple Ripped Off This Clock Design For The iPad And Now The Owners Have Given A Huge Contract To Samsung" Business Insider 4/18
"Samsung deal with Swiss clock maker portrayed as an affront to Apple" AppleInsider 4/18
"Next-Generation Hearing Aids Tune In to the iPhone" Re/code 4/18
"Apple iCloud sparks divorce cases: Apple's iCloud is providing a new way for people to learn whether their partners are cheating on them" Telegraph 4/18
"Analyst forecasts suggest iPad sales have peaked, expect YOY decline this quarter despite 13% holiday growth" 9to5Mac 4/18
"Analysts predict decline in iPad sales: The average analyst estimate puts Apple's iPad sales at 19.3 million units, down 0.7 percent compared with the same period last year." CNET 4/18
"Crazy Siri Hack Brings Voice Commands to Google Maps, Spotify" Time 4/18
"Have Apple's maps found the Loch Ness Monster? Satellite image reveals mysterious shape lurking in the Scottish Highlands" Daily Mail (UK) 4/18
"RadioShack Is Now Offering The iPhone 5s From $99" AppAdvice 4/18
"You can now get the iPhone 5s for just $99 on contract" BGR 4/18
"Apple's former UI wizard applies his magic touch to a deck of cards" iDownload Blog 4/18
"TurboTax Tops Candy Crush for One Day" 24/7 Wall St. 4/18
Non-Apple News
"Healthcare.gov Users Urged to Change Passwords Over Heartbleed Fears" Time 4/19
"Report: Amidst layoffs, Nike to kill production of FuelBand" Ars Technica 4/19
"No activity detected: Nike to abandon wearable hardware" Macworld UK 4/19
"Nike Denies FuelBand Shutdown, but Layoffs Could Reveal New Cracks in Wearables Market" Re/code 4/19
"Microsoft Patent Reveals a Highly Advanced Touchless Input System for Future Mobile Devices & Beyond" Patent Bolt 4/18
"Microsoft Thanks Players for Reporting Xbox One Issues in Update Preview: Your feedback helped fix Xbox One." IGN 4/18
"Tablets are killing consoles in the video streaming market" BGR 4/18
"HTC scores a major coup against Samsung, hires the man behind its killer ad campaigns" BGR 4/18
"The Heartbleed Bug Is Mostly Fixed, but Not Entirely" Re/code 4/18
"Google accused of being selfish and playing favourites over Heartbleed security bug disclosure" Melbourne Age 4/18
"auki for iPhone review: iOS 7 quick reply the way Apple should do it" iMore 4/19
"First Impressions of Excel for iPad" Accounting Web 4/18
"Chrome: the great mobile equalizer: The Chrome browser is available on most every mobile platform. That makes it the obvious choice for multi-platform online work." ZDNet 4/18
"Cortana vs. Siri: Battle of the Virtual Assistants" Mashable 4/18
"Sketch 3 makes a great design tool even better" TUAW 4/18
"Hands-on with Flickr 3.0, with new features that make Flickr cool again" TechHive 4/18
"Best payment and wallet apps for iPhone: Square Wallet, PayPal, Passbook, and more!" iMore 4/18
"Yet Another Notes App, Todo App, Lists App For Mac, iPhone, And iPad" NoodleMac 4/18
"Union lets you stack, blend, and superimpose images together for great effects" iDownload Blog 4/18
"Sparkle Unleashed Review: It's a concept we've seen before, but Sparkle Unleashed is a solidly enjoyable orb shooting game." 148Apps 4/18
"Union Review: Create some stylish imagery with this layers focused photography app." 148Apps 4/18
"Trials Frontier Review: Trials Frontier finally brings the famed stunt racing franchise to mobile, but how much does its free-to-play nature affect the game?" 148Apps 4/18
How-To/Tutorial
"How To Install New Fonts On iPhone And iPad Without Jailbreaking" Redmond Pie 4/19
"How to turn a dead iPod into an upgraded budget music player" TUAW 4/18
"How to reduce the number of ads in Gmail" CNET 4/18
"iPhone 101: Add a useful message or contact information to your lock screen" TUAW 4/18
Tips
"Yet Another 25 Tips for Mastering iPhone Photography" The Mac Observer 4/19
"Ask Walt: FaceTime and iMessage vs. Hangouts" Re/code 4/18
"Artist Captures Spontaneity in Everyday Objects With an iPhone" Mashable 4/19
"Nike has reportedly fired most of its FuelBand team and is getting out of the hardware business" Gigaom 4/18
"Nike Fires Majority of FuelBand Team, Plans to Stop Making Wearables" MacRumors 4/18
"Nike to reportedly exit wearables market, fires bulk of FuelBand team" AppleInsider 4/18
"Nike rumored to be axing Fuelband hardware division" iMore 4/18
"Six ways Apple can fix what's 'broken' about the iPhone: An iPhone 6 announcement is imminent. Here's what I want from Apple's next handset." CNET 4/18
"Why Apple Didn't Try to Copy Google Glass" The Mac Observer 4/18
"Why We Think Intel Will Trade North Of $30 Before Year's End" Seeking Alpha 6:16 AM
"Intel Burns Nearly $1 Billion on Mobile in Q1" The Motley Fool 7:00 AM
"Microsoft reportedly plans to rename Nokia Oyj: New Microsoft Mobile Oy subsidiary will serve as the company's mobile devices division, according to a letter obtained by Nokiapoweruser." CNET 5:26 PM
"Dell kicks-off commercial distribution business with multi city roadshow" IndiaTimes 6:57 AM
"IBM: A Decent Q1 But Worse Than Expected Outlook" Seeking Alpha 7:00 AM
"Microservers and the hurry up and wait conundrum/Summary: Like most new technologies, the enthusiasm for new developments usually outpaces the revolution. Microservers will play out the same way, but ultimately have a big impact on the data center." ZDNet 6:58 AM
"Intel launched embedded Haswell processors" CPU World 4/19
"Microsoft to open $1.1 billion 'Project Alluvion' data center in Iowa" GeekWire 4/19
"Microsoft takes Iowa from corn to .com: Fiber, low-cost power has Microsoft building nearly 1.5M square-feet of data center space" Computerworld 4/19
"Updated: State approves incentives for $1.1 billion Microsoft data center in West Des Moines" Des Moines Register 4/19
"Microsoft App Developers Can Respond to Your Reviews" Tom's Hardware 4/19
"HP gains against Cisco in Ethernet switch survey, Huawei not in top 6: Infonetics" Infotech Lead 4/19
"HP Innovations launch – some stylish business kit" iTWire 4/19
"Experience More with the HP 'Easter EggCellent Promotion' | Attend their Mall Activations & Demo Days!" Bella Naija 4/19
"Investors Are Leaving Apple For Microsoft. Should You?" TheStreet 4/18
"Apple: The Case Against A Dividend Increase" Seeking Alpha 4/18
"The Power of Dividend Investing: Procter & Gamble, Apple, and Lowe's" The Motley Fool 4/18
"TSMC Rises to Record After Forecasting Sales Growth" Bloomberg 4/18
Industry News
"What Does the Recent Tech Stock Downturn Mean? The Truth Is Nobody Knows." Re/code 4/18
"Asia Markets: Asian shares rise; Nikkei rebound continues/Stock markets in Japan and South Korea in thin trade Friday, while many Asian markets were closed for the Good Friday holiday." MarketWatch 4/18
"Europe Markets: European stocks turn higher, but Rémy, Diageo lag/European stocks settled higher Thursday, with Barclays PLC pacing a rise in banking shares as the firm planned to outline its growth strategy, but shares of Rémy Cointreau SA struggled following the cognac maker's profit warning." MarketWatch 4/18
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