"Apple needs gadgets, not financial gimmicks: Apple was known as a technology-engineering powerhouse under Steve Jobs. Now it's a financial-engineering prop house. Since August 2011, when Tim Cook took over the reins of the company, Apple has not released a new product line." New York Post 8:49 AM
"This Is What Apple Will Build When It Finally Collects 1 Billion Credit Card Numbers" Business Insider 11:22 AM
"Apple prepares for jumbo bond sale" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:02 AM
"Google should further appeal the 'Posner' Apple-Motorola case: Federal Circuit panel was divided" Foss Patents 8:11 AM
"Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe Escape Cheaply From The Engineers' Class Action Suit" Forbes 8:46 AM
"Apple vs. Samsung: Google haunts the courtroom arguments" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 7:54 PM
"Apple v. Samsung Trial Extended Due to Appeals Court Ruling" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 8:47 PM
"'Apple: An empire without an emperor'" IndiaTimes 8:07 AM
"Apple to replace faulty iPhone 5 power buttons for free: Devices made through March 2013 may be affected" Computerworld 8:02 AM
"Nike CEO's Comments Reignites Apple iWatch Speculation" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 7:49 AM
"Should Apple ditch the iPod?" Cult of Mac 11:19 AM
"Apple: The S&P's Top Dividend Payer" Barron's [Subscription Required for Full Article] 4/26
"Why Apple's Shares Could Keep Climbing: The company's aggressive share repurchase program should lift earnings per share and support the stock." Barron's [Subscription Required for Full Article] 4/26
"Apple and Motorola can renew patent battle rules US Court of Appeals" V3 4/26
"Apple vs. Samsung, day 11: a twist in the tale" Electronista 4/26
"Apple and Samsung will go into overtime to address key patent issue in court" The Verge 4/26
"Jury to hear extended testimony due to federal appeals court ruling" AppleInsider 4/26
"Copying is all that Samsung needs to do in order to work around four of Apple's five patents-in-suit" Foss Patents 4/26
"Apple put users at risk with 3-week delay between OS X and iOS patches, researchers say: IOS users were kept vulnerable for three weeks to known security issues previously patched in Safari for OS X, a former Apple employee said" IDG News Service 4/25
"The power of free: Mavericks running half of Internet connected Macs" TechnologyTell 4/25
"Mobile Safari creator talks about crafting Apple's first iPhone apps: Each iPhone app was developed largely by a different individual person." Ars Technica 4/25
Press Releases
"Download OS X Mavericks Theme For Windows 8.1, 8 And 7 [Video] Redmond Pie 9:13 PM
"Weight Loss Brainwave App Helps Lose Weight Easily and Naturally" prMac 8:01 AM
"iPhone scammers allegedly use homeless to profit in Apple stores" CNET 3:34 PM
"Grand tour of the Apple retail palaces of Europe: London/Selling iPhones and iPads in an Italianate Piazza with a colorful history." Fortune 4/26
"Nike FuelBand Reveals New Truth Of Competitive Advantage: Nike's acknowledgement that it is slowing down its commitment to making wearables (the FuelBand), covered by Parmy Olsen here, has added to speculation that Apple will launch its iWatch later this year." Forbes 4/26
"Nike CEO: Software Is a 'Bigger and Bigger' Deal After FuelBand" Time 4/26
"Nike's CEO is 'excited' about partnering with Apple for possible iWatch" Cult of Mac 4/26
"After Shutting Down FuelBand, Nike Is Looking To Expand Software With Apple" AppAdvice 4/26
"Comixology removes in-app purchases to avoid paying fees to Apple" The Verge 4/26
"Southeast Asia May be Apple's Next Hot Market" MacTrast 4/25
"BOXX belittles Apple's Mac Pro in new commercial (with Video)" MacDailyNews 4/25
"Software is 'bigger and bigger' deal for Nike: CEO" CNBC 4/25
Non-Apple News
"Samsung Breaks Into A New Product Category: Premium Headphones And Audio Devices" Business Insider 8:47 PM
"Polymer droplets turn smartmobes into microscopes" The Register 8:08 PM
"Few Consumers Are Buying Premise of Mobile Wallets" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:54 PM
"Kantar: Windows Phone 'Stutters' Amid Android Price Competition, iPhone 5S Is Apple's Buffer" TechCrunch 7:51 PM
"Supreme Court to rule on warrantless searches of electronic devices" Ars Technica 5:31 PM
"The sweet sound of... your mobile phone? Ring-tones: aural delight or irritation in its purest form? Ivan Hewett investigates" Telegraph 11:22 AM
"Speed reading apps may kill comprehension: Lots of words going in won't necessarily mean lots of meaning extracted." Ars Technica 11:21 AM
"Facebook-funded Silicon Valley police station, with free Wi-Fi, opens: Rich Menlo Park accepts $600,000 to re-open substation in poorest part of town." Ars Technica 4/26
"Google Wins a Pyramid Tablet Stand Design Patent" Patent Bolt 4/26
"Microsoft Patent Reveals 3D Interactive Display System" Patent Bolt 4/26
"Atari E.T. games, buried for 31 years, set to surface at last" CNET 4/25
"LG Files Trademark for 'W Watch' with Very Interesting Features" Patent Bolt 4/25
"GameStop Plans Store Closures as Business Shifts: GameStop plans to make large expansions of its Simply Mac and Spring Mobile stores." PC Magazine 4/25
"Microsoft may halt Xbox One production as inventory piles up" BGR 4/25
"With HBO deal, Amazon Fire TV gains an edge: Exclusive content deal makes select programing available to Prime Instant Video users." Fortune 4/25
"Mozilla to strengthen SSL certificate verification in Firefox" PCWorld 4/25
"With Gundotra out, changes likely for Google+: Google's social network will have to move on without its champion" Computerworld 4/25
"Google's mulling Wi-Fi for cities with Google Fiber" PCWorld 4/25
"More evidence Google is planning its own Wi-Fi networks in Fiber cities" 9to5Google 4/25
"Touch ID coming to iPads, iOS code hooks suggest" iDownload Blog 4/25
"MacBook Pro and MacBook Air help Apple to gain PC market share" Market Realist 4/25
"iPhone 6 (iPhone Air): Release Date, Rumors, News, Specs, and More" Digital Trends 4/25
"Leaked case points to tall, lean iPhone 6: A piece of pink plastic could be the first physical evidence that the many rumors of a larger iPhone 6 are more than just misconnected dots." CNET 4/25
"This is how gorgeous a curved iPhone 6 might be" BGR 4/25
"Review: Element Case Fuse Dek Mounting System" Run Around Tech 7:49 AM
"Review: 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek for Mac" TechnologyTell 7:50 PM
"Review: Logitech Powershell makes a button masher out of an iPhone" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 4/26
"Review: X-Doria Scene iPhone 5c case" TechnologyTell 4/26
"Review: RokForm Fuzion+ Aluminum Case for iPhone 5/5s" Run Around Tech 4/26
"In a world of me-first smart home gear, can smarthubs make them all play nice? Review: We automate this old house with the Revolv and SmartThings smarthubs." Ars Technica 4/26
"Best mouse for Mac: Apple, Razer, Microsoft, Logitech, and more" iMore 4/25
"The BearExtender Turbo Brings 802.11ac Wi-Fi to Older Macs" TekRevue 4/25
"Speck CandyShell Amped: Will this case make your iPhone louder?" CNET 4/25
"Review: Otterbox Defender protective case for iPad Air" 9to5Mac 4/25
"Heavyweights Apple And Google Battle For Mobile Gaming Supremacy" Seeking Alpha 4/25
"iPhone 6: Top 10 features Apple must release to combat Android assault" V3 4/25
"Tim Cook: Apple's 'closer than it's ever been' to releasing new product range/Erm, really Tim? What about the last time you released a new iThing?" The Register 4/25
"The iPad, The Software, and The Screen" MacStories 4/25
"A Few Facts In Evidence Overlooked By The Cult Of Apple Critics" Mac 360 4/25
"Step By Step To The Perfect MacBook" Mac 360 4/25
"Buy Comcast? Maybe Apple should buy Nike instead" Apple Daily Report 4/25
Non-Apple
"Lessons from NYPD Twitter scandal: Careful when asking Internet's opinion" Ars Technica 7:51 PM
"Here's What Happens When You Strap An Oculus-Controlled Video Camera To A Drone And Take It For A Spin" TechCrunch 7:51 PM
"Facebook In The Age Of Mobile-Only" TechCrunch 5:31 PM
"How I used Heartbleed to steal a site's private crypto key: Extracting keys from unpatched servers requires skill, but it's eminently doable." Ars Technica 3:53 PM
"It's time for a rational perspective on Wi-Fi" Gigaom 3:33 PM
"Here's Why Amazon's Fire TV Shouldn't Scare Sony's PlayStation 4" The Motley Fool 8:49 AM
"Will Amazon Lose Money For Years?" 24/7 Wall St. 8:46 AM
"Does Digital Media Make Physical Artifacts Obsolete?" Gizmodo 4/26
"Google Glass mocked mercilessly in bank ad" CNET 4/26
"A Different Approach To Tech M&A" TechCrunch 4/26
"Why the social networks are falling apart/The new business model for social: Harvest personal data anywhere you can, then sell ads anywhere you can." Computerworld 4/26
"Why You're Not Seeing More Smart Home Appliances" Mashable 4/26
"Samsung Galaxy S5 Review: The Iterative Approach Results In A Safe And Unspectacular Android Smartphone" Forbes 4/26
"A Personal Reflection On Google+" TechCrunch 4/25
"Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus Review" HotHardware 4/25
"Why Japanese watchmakers have no time for smartwatches" TechHive 4/25
"24 Hours with Linux – LXLE: A Review" Low End Mac 4/25
"After Heartbleed -- what has the vulnerability taught us?" BetaNews 4/25
"Whatever Happened To Net Neutrality? Follow The Money Trail" TeraTalks 4/25
Humor/Cartoons
"What It's Really Like to Be Around Neil deGrasse Tyson (Comic)" Joy of Tech 4/25
"This is what happens when iPhone rumors get out of hand" TUAW 4/25
"Kensington 'Me' iPad folio cases are all about you" TechnologyTell 4/26
"TranquilityTV for iOS gives you soothing video and audio for relaxation" TUAW 4/25
"Activator beta updated with exciting new Profiles feature" iDownload Blog 4/25
"Chop your veggies like Jony Ive with this wooden MacBook Pro cutting board" Cult of Mac 4/25
"The Booqpad for iPad Air Doubles as a Paper Notepad" Apple Gazette 4/25
"Badland Gets A Big Update Adding New Try-Before-You-Buy Content" AppAdvice 4/25
"Research and Markets: The Personal Cloud: A Strategic Imperative for Operators with Apple, Dropbox, Google and Microsoft Dominating" Business Wire 4/25
"Microsoft targets $50bn affordable mobile phone market" IndiaTimes 8:49 AM
"Completion of Nokia buy signals Microsoft's official plunge into mobile industry" Tech Times 8:47 AM
"Microsoft completes purchase of Nokia" Digital Journal 8:49 AM
"Microsoft to move beyond PC manufacturing" ANI 8:48 AM
"Microsoft discloses zero day in all versions of Internet Explorer" ZDNet 8:48 AM
"New zero day vulnerability identified in all versions of IE: The flaw, which is being leveraged in 'limited, targeted attacks,' allows remote code execution, Microsoft warns." CNET 3:39 PM
"Microsoft Web Browser Has Security Flaw: Hole Poses Particular Trouble for Anyone Who Runs Windows XP" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:48 PM
"Oops, we did it again! Microsoft warns of new and nasty IE zero day: Remote code execution vulnerability impacts all IE versions from 6 to 11" The Register 7:54 PM
"Security flaw puts all Internet Explorer users at risk, exposes Windows XP" The Verge 3:53 PM
"Microsoft Web Browser Security Bug Could Impact Millions of Users" Mashable 7:48 PM
"Microsoft rushes to fix browser after attacks; no fix for XP users" Reuters 5:30 PM
"AOL strikes deal with Microsoft to get more eyeballs on its online videos" Engadget 8:50 AM
"Microsoft To Release Windows 9 In April 2015 [Rumor] ValueWalk 8:47 AM
"IBM and Microsoft try to show they can build on — and surpass — their legacies" Gigaom 3:37 PM
"How Intel Just Confused Its Investors" The Motley Fool 8:46 AM
"Supreme Court takes on privacy in digital age" Associated Press 8:03 AM
"Lenovo teases a new 10-inch ThinkPad tablet in Australia" Engadget 8:02 AM
"Tech revolutions comes to the commercial real estate industry" North Jersey Record 8:47 AM
"Can UK tech firms crack America? The allure of working in the world's most successful tech cluster is one that all startups aspire to. Two UK tech companies that are prospering there reveal how they did it to Monty Munford" Telegraph 8:04 AM
"Social media could provide early warning of power outages" Telegraph 8:04 AM
"New Microsoft VP consigns the PC to irrelevance: With the Nokia acquisition, Microsoft hardly sees the PC as its future. Upcoming devices will likely further distance Microsoft from its PC past." CNET 4/26
"Microsoft + Nokia: What's Next? Microsoft now owns Nokia's handset business, and it must move quickly to offer new mobile devices, apps, and software." InformationWeek 4/26
"Top 10 Secret Reasons Microsoft CEO Ballmer Retired: Steve Ballmer didn't get the credit he deserved, as evidenced by Microsoft's strong financial position when he resigned. Here are 10 reasons you've never heard about why he stepped down." InformationWeek 4/26
"Microsoft tackles Apple, Samsung with Nokia deal: Microsoft's 5.44 billion euro ($7.5 billion) acquisition of Nokia's devices business could give it the impetus to take a bigger slice of the smartphone pie, analysts told CNBC on Friday." CNBC 4/26
"Microsoft Azure: Turning the Cloud Into a Big Data Processing Machine" The Motley Fool 4/26
"Microsoft: Tax breaks not 'the' factor in choosing Iowa for data center" The Olympian 4/26
"Under fire over net neutrality, FCC asks for early feedback: The agency set up an email box for reactions to a plan that hasn't been formally released" IDG News Service 4/26
"Homeland Security struggles to tempt, retain cyber talent" Reuters 4/26
"Discrimination potential seen in 'big data' use" Associated Press 4/26
"Apple Inc's Disappointment: The Highs and Lows of Apple's iPad" The Motley Fool 4/26
"Don't Buy Apple... Before You Read This" StreetAuthority 4/26
"How Will Apple's Stock Split Impact Its Shareholders?" Seeking Alpha 4/25
"Poll: Would you buy Apple after the split?" CNBC 4/25
"Apple, Inc. Earnings: 3 Things to Love About Its Blowout Report" The Motley Fool 4/25
"Apple & Facebook Soar -- Is 1900 Next?" Forbes 4/25
Industry News
"Stocks: Federal Reserve to the rescue?" CNNMoney 8:41 AM
"Tech Stocks: Amazon, Pandora drag on tech stocks/Both companies fall after delivering disappointing guidance" MarketWatch 4/25
"Stocks end week in red as tech gets hammered" CNNMoney 4/25
"Stocks Slide as Ukraine Tensions Rise; Pandora, Ford Disappoint" TheStreet 4/25
"Stocks drop sharply; Amazon, tech shares drop" Associated Press 4/25
"Stock Futures Fall on Mixed Earnings, Ukraine Worries" FOXBusiness 4/25
"U.S. Stocks Fall on Mixed Earnings News: Selling in Internet Stocks Puts Investors on Edge" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4/25
"Asia Markets: Asian shares lackluster as Tokyo looks to earnings/South Korean stocks fell and Japanese stocks were flat early Friday, as Tokyo was held back by a firmer yen, as investors focused on a flurry of earnings reports." MarketWatch 4/25
"Europe Markets: European stocks slide as Ukraine tensions heighten/Continuing concerns about the fallout from the Ukraine-Russia standoff added pressure on European stocks on Friday, with German equities bearing the brunt of tension." MarketWatch 4/25
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 4/25
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at 1 p.m." Associated Press 4/25
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