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Weekend Highlights: After five years of the App Store, The Guardian's Stuart Dredge says Apple is the Big Winner; Business Insider has 9 Ways that Samsung has Blatantly Copied Apple over the years; Daniel Eran Dilger at AppleInsider notes that Android is now paying the price for not foregrounding security as Steve Jobs did at the iPhone's inception; The Financial Times starts a flurry of activity with reports of aggressive hiring for the iWatch team; At Fortune, Philip Elmer-Dewitt asks how many iPhones did Apple sell last quarter?; Over at CNET, Dan Farber predicts that Apple and Samsung will continue their duopoly in smartphone dominance for the foreseeable future; Low End Mac provides an updated Photoshop FAQ that outlines changes added throughout its venerable version history; This weekend's Macalope column looks at recycling dumb ideas about Apple; Ebook publishing seeing a power shift as "prices have fallen sharply" thanks to Apple's loss; but the story, says John Mello, is "still largely unwrit" as following appeal, could possibly return the agency model to where it was when all the litigation started; reporting for The Verge, Matt Brian brings our attention to Indonesia's tin mining industry, and new investigation by Apple as to whether tin used in iPhones is being mined illegally, more on this in our Apple/Macintosh, and General Interest sections; meanwhile, news that Verizon may owe Apple billions for unsold iPhones leads Haydn Shaughnessy to conclude that Apple's carrier strategy might actually be a liability unless it changes; tech site SemiAccurate reports that Apple has bought into a chip fab to make own chips, AppleInsider pieces together clues suggesting the company is United Microelectronics Corportation out of Taiwan; social media study of four major smartphone launches suggests while Apple dominates tech chatter, it is lethargic in controlling it.
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"Seeing Apple in Microsoft's Reorganization" Daring Fireball
6:43 PM
"Man views porn using Safari, files lawsuit against Apple: Nashville man wants porn filters by default; made an EDM YouTube video to argue it."?Ars Technica?1:45 PM
"Rumor: Apple Buys Taiwan Fab to Build Its Own Chips"?Tom's Hardware?7/13
"Apple to Start Making Its Own Chips, Says Report"?Softpedia?7/13
"Apple Also Looks At Globalfoundries To Ensure Chip Capacity Flow"?CDR Info?7/13
"Russia Makes A Beeline Away From Apple As Another Carrier Refuses iPhone"?AppAdvice?7/13
"Google's Schmidt says relationship with Apple has improved"?Reuters?7/12
"Google's Schmidt: Our relationship with Apple has improved/The company's executive chairman says that Apple and Google have conducted 'lots and lots' of meetings."?CNET News?7/12
"Apple and Google having 'lots and lots' of meetings, getting along better, says Eric Schmidt"?9 to 5 Mac?7/12
"Schmidt: Google, Apple Relationship Improving"?PC Magazine?7/12
"Google's Schmidt insists relationship with Apple is improving"?ITProPortal?7/12
"Google and Apple's couples therapy is working - Schmidt"?The Register?7/12
"Thermonuclear War No More? Google, Apple Relations Improving"?Mac|Life?7/12
"Apple investigating claims of illegal tin mining"?iDownload Blog?7/12
"Apple Forms Task Force to Learn if It's Using Illegal Tin for Devices"?Mac|Life?7/12
"Rare Mineral Pushes Tech to Find New Touchscreen Materials"?The Mac Observer?7/12
"Cars getting smarter, but slowly: It was fitting that IBM and Sprint picked July 10 to announce a new platform to integrate drivers' mobile devices with vehicle systems. It happened to be the fifth anniversary of Apple's iPhone App store. Until July 10, 2008, smartphones weren't nearly as smart because the number of apps that could run on handheld devices could be measured only in the hundreds. Today there are more than 900,000 apps for iOS devices and about as many for Android."?San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required]?7/12
"iPad Helps Publishers ? Magazine Ad Sales up 24.5% Compared to 4.9% Decline with Standard Print Sales"?PadGadget?7/12
"Apple Store Being Built Above 15th-Century Spanish Ruins"?Mashable?7/12
"Apple builds flagship store on top of plague hospital"?The Register?7/12
"Sprint guarantees iPhone 6 will never lose unlimited data plan"?Stabley Times?7/12
"Sprint introduces new unlimited plans with lifetime guarantee"?iDownload Blog?7/12
"Sprint guarantees unlimited talk, text and data 'for life'"?PCWorld?7/12
"Best Buy launching two-day iPad trade-in promotion starting today, $200 gift card for your old iPad!"?iMore?7/12
"Best Buy offering $200 gift cards for older generation iPads"?TUAW?7/12
"$500,000 jet flight booked via iPhone app"?Telegraph?7/12
"Off the Grid: Cars and iPhones Are Tools, Not Life Solutions for These Modern Homesteaders"?Wired?7/12
"Metta World Peace: I just amnestied my iPhone 3/Since being amnestied by the Los Angeles Lakers, the former Ron Artest's Twitter feed has taken on a quality that few absurdists could match."?CNET News?7/12
Non-Apple News
"Attention Shopper: Stores Are Tracking Your Cell"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?8:54 PM
"Disruptions: Hollywood, or Silicon Valley: Where's the Money?"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?5:16 PM
"YouTube's massive Los Angeles studio helps creators make better videos, for free"?The Verge?12:51 PM
"Google Patent Points to Google Glass Retail Kits Designed for Prescription Glasses Market"?Patent Bolt?8:57 AM
"Nations Buying as Hackers Sell Computer Flaws"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?7/13
"British Teen Racks Up A $6,000 Phone Bill While In NYC"?Macgasm?7/13
"New HP Patent Reveals a Surprising Smartphone Twist"?Patently Apple?7/13
"AT&T to acquire Leap Wireless in $1.2 billion deal: The carrier has reached an agreement to buy the prepaid wireless provider, which operates the Cricket brand, for $15 a share in cash."?CNET News?7/12
"AT&T to buy Leap Wireless for $1.1B; Cricket brand will survive"?VentureBeat?7/12
"AT&T to Acquire Leap Wireless for $1.19 Billion in Cash"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?7/12
"AT&T to Acquire Leap Wireless, Cricket Brand"?PC Magazine?7/12
Publications/Podcasts
"Talkcast tonight, 10 pm ET: Ebooks and more"?TUAW?7:22 PM
"The TouchArcade Show - 112 - I'd Like A Pepperoni Pizza Please"?Touch Arcade?7/12
"App Store Insiders: David Frampton, Creator of Chopper and The Blockheads/The creator of Chopper and The Blockheads talks about his life on the cutting edge, as one of the first developers to not only be on the App Store, but to later experiment with TV gaming."?148Apps?7/12
"App Store Insiders: John Casasanta of Tap Tap Tap/John Casasanta of tap tap tap, maker of Camera+ tells us what he really thinks."?148Apps?7/12
"App Store Insiders: Keith Shepherd, CEO and Founder of Imangi"?148Apps?7/12
"Podcast: iOS Betas, Unplugging is for quitters, eBooks, 2013 Hackintosh"?Insanely Great Mac?7/12
"Apple reportedly 'aggressively' hiring talent for iWatch project: The gadget maker may have brought in new employees to tackle design issues, sources tell The Financial Times."?CNET News?5:15 PM
"Apple reportedly hiring new talent to solve iWatch design problems"?Engadget?5:07 PM
"iPad mini 2 'Delayed' Until 2014"?Tapscape?7:15 AM
"Which one is the real budget low-cost Apple iPhone Lite?"?VR-Zone?7:37 AM
"Non-retina iPad mini 2 fall release date, retina iPad mini 3 in 2014"?Stabley Times?7/13
"New MacBook Air problems continue as volume issues are reported"?TrustedReviews?7/13
"Report: Retina iPad Mini delayed until 2014"?Geek?7/13
"Jailbreakers Will Be Able To Play Deus Ex: The Fall ... Eventually"?AppAdvice?7/13
"More Claims of No Retina iPad Mini Until Early 2014"?MacRumors?7/12
"Rumor: Apple Won't Release A Retina iPad Mini Until Next Year"?Business Insider?7/12
"Latest Retina iPad mini rumor says Apple eyeing early 2014 launch"?AppleInsider?7/12
"Rumor: Retina iPad Mini Pushed Back to 2014"?PC Magazine?7/12
"Apple reportedly partners into chip fab to bring processor manufacturing in-house"?9 to 5 Mac?7/12
"Apple Reportedly Buys Into a Chip Fab, Looking to Produce Its Own Chips"?MacRumors?7/12
"Apple may have bought into chip plant as it moves towards building processors in-house"?iDownload Blog?7/12
"How many Macs did Apple sell last quarter? In the context of the industry's longest slowdown, the numbers could have been worse."?Fortune?7/12
"Apple looking to add new Taiwanese suppliers to build 2014 iDevices"?iDownload Blog?7/12
"iOS 7 release date, iOS 7 features, what iPhones, iPods, iPads get iOS 7?"?PC Advisor?7/12
"iPhone 6 release date, rumours and leaked images"?Macworld UK?7/12
"Lenovo Overtakes HP as the Top Global PC Vendor; Apple Number Three In U.S. PC Sales ? IDC"?MacPrices?7/12
"Apple patent filing would allow your iPhone to turn on speaker mode via its built-in camera"?AppleDailyReport?7/12
AppleCare/Helps
"Broken iPhone home button: App Switcher access via assistive touch"?Gordon's Tech?7/13
"AirPort Utility Update Fixes Missing Base Station Issue"?The Mac Observer?7/12
"New MacBook Air woe: unstable volume settings"?TUAW?7/12
Price Trackers/Deals
"Best Buy, Amazon and others host first sales on Apple's all-day power MacBook Airs"?AppleInsider?11:46 AM
"Slide For iPhone Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/13
"Donut Ninja -Tappi Bear For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/13
"Supercow: Funny Farm Arcade Platformer For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $2.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/13
"Girls Like Robots For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/12
"Le Ninja For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/12
"Alien Must Die! 3D For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/12
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?7/12
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?7/12
"MacBook Air Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?7/12
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Reviews
"The Week in iPad Cases: Apocalypto"?Macworld?7/13
"Review: OWC's Envoy Pro EX SSD impresses with its speed, small size"?Macworld?7/12
"Review: BlueLounge Mika Aluminium Stand for Tablets and Laptop from CaseMotions.com"?Run Around Tech?7/12
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Review: 'Dark Manor' app fuses two game styles into on"?USA Today?7:37 AM
"Daily iPhone App: Fold is the most original iOS puzzler in years"?TUAW?7/13
"iOS 7 Maps go full screen, navigation gets night mode, new Siri options"?AppleInsider?7/12
"OneNote for iOS: How does it stack up to Evernote?"?GigaOM?7/12
"IFTTT ? the Web's Universal Automator ? Is Now an iPhone App"?Techland?7/12
"Review: Cal is a slick calendar app that belongs on your iPhone"?TechHive?7/12
"Cal Is A Beautiful & Smart iPhone Calendar App From Any.DO"?AddictiveTips?7/12
"iOS app may bring real world objects into Minecraft"?Ars Technica?7/12
"Tech Review: Comics apps"?Newsday?7/12
"'Deus Ex: The Fall' Delivers Rare Console Quality in a Mobile Game"?Mashable?7/12
"Argus by Azumio Review"?Mac|Life?7/12
"4 Design Secrets Behind Dots, the Insanely Addicting iPhone Game"?Wired?7/12
"Review: UniFrame - Where Photo Frames Meet Photo-Sharing Services"?MacTrast?7/12
"Record Audio From 5 Minutes In The Past With HEARD For iPhone"?AddictiveTips?7/12
"Review: Roaming Fortress is a tower defense game with a twist"?TechHive?7/12
"Appidemic: This is Not a Ball Game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch"?AppleTell?7/12
"FunBITS: Desert Bus for iOS"?TidBITS?7/12
"'Dungeonism' Review - Great Dungeon Crawling with a Touch of Rogue"?Touch Arcade?7/12
"'Kavinsky' Review - Brilliant Marketing and a Shallow, Yet Fun '80s Romp"?Touch Arcade?7/12
"AltaMail Review: AltaMail is an app that's got powerful guts, but a painful user experience."?148Apps?7/12
"Edge of Twilight ? Athyr Above Review: Edge of Twilight ? Athyr Above journeys between night and day to advance throughout the game's stages."?148Apps?7/12
"Dive For Treasures Review: It's not perfect, but Dive for Treasures is a rather charming submarining title."?148Apps?7/12
"Jawfish Words Review: It won't win prizes for looks, or even originality, but there's something enticing about Jawfish Words."?148Apps?7/12
"Blastron Review: Combine classic Worms with one part robots, plenty of in-app purchase and mix well with some fun."?148Apps?7/12
"Toy Matters & The Hook Machine Review: Like candy, Toy Matters & The Hook Machine is sweet but fleeting and insubstantial."?148Apps?7/12
How-To/Tutorial
"How To: Safely delete an iCloud account from your Mac or iOS device"?9 to 5 Mac?7/13
"Video: How To Set Up A Pebble Watch With iOS"?AppAdvice?7/12
Tips
"Stolen iPhones and cellular accounts"?iLounge?7/12
"Report: Apple could still scrap iWatch project despite 'hiring blitz'/Report questions Apple's in-house abilities to solve iWatch problems"?TechRadar UK?9:26 PM
"Michael Wolff: Apple ad campaign is about ... feelings"?USA Today?9:25 PM
"Apple iWatch: tracking the rumors of a Cupertino-designed timekeeper"?The Verge?5:17 PM
"About that lawyer suing Apple for his Internet porn addiction"?The Loop?9:44 AM
"Deus Ex For iOS Reminds Us That Jailbreakers Are Expendable, At Least For A While [Opinion]?Redmond Pie?7/13
"iPhone 5S vs. iPhone 5: 5 Things Buyers Need to Know"?GottaBeMobile?7/12
"5 Years and Counting ? The App Store Then and Now: How much have things on the App Store *really* changed over the past five years? A lot, actually. Here's a quick history."?148Apps?7/12
"Are luxury helicopter apps like Uber insensitive or innovative?"?Digital Trends?7/12
"Lawyer sues Apple for failing to halt his porn addiction"?MacNN?7/12
"Apple sued because its devices display porn: A possibly optimistic lawsuit brought by a Nashville lawyer insists that all Apple products should have an antiporn filter."?CNET News?7/12
"Is now the time for iPhone users to 'JUMP' onto T-Mobile?"?iMore?7/12
"Purchased Software not Recognised by the Mac App Store: Apple Support Suggests I buy it Again"?eXtensions?7/12
"Social media study: Apple dominates tech chatter, doesn't do enough to control it"?MacDailyNews?7/12
"2013: The year of the personalized, colorful, mid-tier smartphone"?9 to 5 Mac?7/12
"Fighting fire with napalm: How Google's Moto X will battle the iPhone 5S this fall"?BGR?7/12
"Microsoft Overhauls, the Apple Way"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?7/12
"Seeing Apple in Microsoft's reorganization"?Fortune?7/12
"JOBS from beyond grave: I Am Not A Crook, it was an 'aikido move'"?The Register?7/12
"Why Even 'Better' Products Fail Against Apple"?PixoBebo?7/12
"7 predictions for the iPhone 5S: Apple's forthcoming iPhone 5S could include a larger, IGZO-based LCD screen, a faster processor, and a better camera"?InfoWorld?7/12
"Hover Effects / Mouseover will come to mobile devices in the near future."?DougitDesign?7/12
Non-Apple
"Google Explains Why Its Cloud Service Is Different When It Comes To Lock-In"?TechCrunch?5:16 PM
"An Open Letter to Handset Makers: Why Your Phone Is a Loser"?Cult of Android?5:08 PM
"Why Microsoft's reorganization closes the books on an era of computing"?GigaOM?4:51 PM
"Internet Killed The Magazine Star"?TechCrunch?8:58 AM
"Rating The Venture Capitalists"?TechCrunch?7/13
"In the beginning: Ralph H. Baer and the birth of the game console/Ars catches up with the 91-year-old creator of the video game console."?Ars Technica?7/13
"Bitcoin will prosper ? until governments or banks decide to crush it overnight"?GigaOM?7/13
"Your App Is Slow Because Our World Is Ending"?TechCrunch?7/13
"Why We Can No Longer Trust Microsoft: If the NSA is spying on Microsoft products, why would anyone want to use them?"?PC Magazine?7/12
"First there was BYOD, but what about bringing your own internet of things?"?GigaOM?7/12
"Despite anti-iPad campaign, Microsoft forced to lower Surface price"?iDownload Blog?7/12
"Hey, Maybe the PC Isn't Dying: But it's about to get harder to categorize."?Techland?7/12
"Android Fragmentation Concerns Overblown, Says Guy Who Helped Develop Android"?AllThingsD?7/12
"Who's To Blame For The Death Of Microsoft?"?Mac 360?7/12
Humor/Cartoons
"Google Play appears to confuse Mickey Mouse with gay erotica: If you search for 'Where's My Mickey' on Google Play, you get a fine selection of ads for books that are less than mousey."?CNET News?7/13
"Aliens poked NBA star's nose (at least that's what he says): Former Warriors star Baron Davis believes he had an encounter with aliens just two weeks ago. How could this be?"?CNET News?7/13
"San Francisco Street Cleaning Schedule FREE iPhone app just released"?prMac?5:16 PM
"Moon-Themed iPhone Shell Is Made Out of Concrete"?Cult of Mac?1:20 PM
"Cartoon Network's Best Park In The Universe - Regular Show Gets First Content Update"?AppAdvice?8:59 AM
"Instapaper Creator Marco Arment Releases Skitch-Like Bug Reporting App Bugshot"?AppAdvice?7:33 AM
"TRYPTpic for iOS makes Instagram profile a mega display of photos"?prMac?7:30 AM
"Power App AG releases Color Blaze HD 1.0 - Photo FX Enhancement"?prMac?7/13
"Think You Know Your Pro Sports Players? Take the Icons of Sports Quiz"?prMac?7/13
"Domo Gets The Doodle Jump Treatment In Newly Released Domo Jump"?AppAdvice?7/13
"Popular Journal App Day One Updated With Inter-App Improvements And More"?AppAdvice?7/13
"New Simon-style memory game for iOS is family-friendly and addictive"?prMac?7/13
"Saturn Defense - All-new style 3D defense game for iPad and iPhone"?prMac?7/13
"Bawtry PaintBall Fields App Released - With Wallpaper of One Direction"?prMac?7/13
"Keyboard Case Turns Your iPad Into a Pint-Sized Piano"?Mashable?7/12
"Valve introduces Pipeline, teaches high school students how to get a job in gaming"?The Verge?7/12
"Coming July 13: Gene Steinberg meets Adam Engst, of TidBITS, and Bryan Chaffin, of The Mac Observer, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!"?The Tech Night Owl LIVE?7/12
"Tangent transforms your iPhone snaps into trippy works of art"?The Next Web?7/12
"Two games launch with Tango support: Candy Brick Breaker and Jetpack Jinx"?iMore?7/12
"eBay Exact for iOS launches for 3D-printed goods"?ZDNet?7/12
"eBay Exact launches on iOS, lets you buy customizable 3D-printed merchandise"?iDownload Blog?7/12
"Five Years of the App Store: How the App Store Changed Carter's Life"?148Apps?7/12
"Rovio Teases New 'Angry Birds' Star Wars Game"?Touch Arcade?7/12
"Terra Motors Unveils Electric Scooter With iPhone Dock"?PC Magazine?7/12
"Electric scooter shares info via iPhone dock"?TUAW?7/12
"Manfrotto Pixi iPhone Tripod Has 'Minimal Italian Style'"?Cult of Mac?7/12
"Fray Fix Fixes Frayed MagSafe Cables"?Cult of Mac?7/12
"Heads Up! iOS Game From Ellen DeGeneres And Clear Co-Developer Goes Universal"?AppAdvice?7/12
"MLB.com updates At Bat iOS app with All-Star goodies, new iPhone UI"?Engadget?7/12
"iPhone case with built-in stun gun protects both you and your phone"?TUAW?7/12
"Protect your phone and yourself, with bonkers iPhone case/stun gun combo"?Macworld UK?7/12
"Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic half off for 10th anniversary sale!"?iMore?7/12
"TRENDnet? Ships Adapter to Connect a Computer to a HD TV"?Run Around Tech?7/12
"Binocular Adapter for iPhone 5 adds some serious zoom"?Coolest Gadgets?7/12
"V3 Tablet App with 4G theme and iOS 7 update run-down goes live for iPad"?V3?7/12
"'Deus Ex: The Fall' will jam your guns on jailbroken iOS devices"?The Verge?7/12
"Infinity Blade: Dungeons saga concludes with cancellation by Epic Games"?iMore?7/12
"Get Your Game On: Deus Ex, Rovio Tiny Thief, KOTOR Cheap, Civ V Brave New World"?FairerPlatform?7/12
"Light Blue v4.2 released, including iPhone and iPad apps: Light Blue Software ships a new release of their award-winning business management software for photographers, with iPhone and iPad apps available in the App Store."?Light Blue Software?7/12
"ipash ME 1.0 released for iPhone - Popular Command Line/Shell Utility"?prMac?7/12
"Heliceum Catapults Naughty Boy: Sling And Shoot Onto iOS and Android"?prMac?7/12
"Zeami - Challenging Logic Game for iPad"?prMac?7/12
"Cgmatic Launches Guess Icon for iOS Devices"?prMac?7/12
"Skin Health and Beauty Tips Now Available at Your Fingertips"?prMac?7/12
"Very Popular Trivia game Sketchomania Pro Hits Apple App Store"?prMac?7/12
"Challenge your friends' brand IQ with Logo Quiz VS on iPhone and iPad"?prMac?7/12
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