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"Apple rolls out two-factor authentication, iForgot service is back up"?SiliconRepublic?3/23
"Apple rolls out fix for password reset security hole, iForgot site back up"?iMore?3/23
"Apple brings password page back online after fixing security exploit"?The Verge?3/23
"Apple pulls iForgot password recovery system over security bug"?The Register?3/22
"Apple Updates XProtect to Detect Yontoo Adware"?Intego?3/22
"Apple fights Yontoo Trojan with XProtect update: New XProtect definitions identify Yontoo as 'OSX.AdPlugin.i' and block all but the latest versions of Java."?MacFixIt?3/22
"Apple blocks OS X 'Yontoo' malware that injected ads into websites"?9 to 5 Mac?3/22
"Apple updates XProtect.plist to block Yontoo"?AppleInsider?3/22
"Mac Users Getting Slammed By Yontoo Trojan"?CRN?3/22
"Apple leads, Dropbox gains in cloud storage wars: Your digital entertainment habits help propel Apple to quite the lead over other cloud storage services in the U.S., according to a new survey."?CNET News?3/22
"Apple increases iCloud hacking defences: Apple has introduced two-step authentication for iCloud and other services to beef up security against possibly hacking attacks."?Telegraph?3/22
"Security loophole leaves Apple IDs, passwords vulnerable to easy attack"?Digital Trends?3/22
"Apple Enables Two-Step Verification to Thwart Account Hijacking"?eWeek?3/22
"Two-step verification added to Apple IDs"?USA Today?3/22
"Apple confirms password vulnerability, says it's 'working on a fix'"?The Verge?3/22
"Apple Offers Advanced Security Tool"?Zacks?3/22
"Apple security flaw discovered; two-step verification recommended"?Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required]?3/22
"Apple beefs up customer security"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?3/22
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"Wish lists, upcoming-track alerts, adding comments to multiple tracks, and more"?Macworld?3/22
"How to Build a Multilingual Site via Wordpress Plugins"?Foliovision?3/22
"How to Create Fillable PDF Forms on Your Mac"?Mactuts+?3/22
"Setting DHCP Reservations on Your AirPort"?Macinstruct?3/22
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"Mastering Evernote: Version Control Your Notes With History Feature [OS X Tips]?Cult of Mac?3/22
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"A Few Words About The #2 Most Useful, Usable, Necessary Mac Utility You Can Buy (it's free, too)"?Mac 360?3/22
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"A Few Words About The #1 Most Useful, Usable, And Necessary Mac Utility You Can Buy"?Mac 360?3/22
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Op/Ed
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Press Releases
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"Mac Games: Bioshock Infinite, WarCraft Hearthstone Coming This Summer"?FairerPlatform?3/23
"Blizzard's New Gig is a 'Freemium' Card Trading Game"?Tom's Hardware?3/23
"Remo Software Launches PSD Repair Tool for Mac"?prMac?3/22
"Arrival of the Chromebook Pixel forces slight tagline change for Apple's Retina MacBook Pro"?9 to 5 Mac?10:47 AM
"Apple's iPhone 5S could jump-start mobile payments"?MacDailyNews?3/23
"Apple Wants Happy Landings For Fallen Phones: A falling iPhone may no longer result in a cracked screen if one or more of Apple's ideas to protect the device bear fruit."?Sky News?3/23
"The cash register rings its last sale: Stores ditch cash registers, allow sales staff and shoppers to checkout on phones and tablets" ["J.C. Penney, a mid-price department-store chain, said the response by customers has been great since it started rolling out iPod Touch devices late last year in its 1,100 stores. The goal is to have one in the hands of every salesperson by May. The company said that about a quarter of purchases at its stores nationwide now come from an iPod Touch. ... Urban Outfitters had given iPod Touch devices to its sales staff two years ago and the move has been very well received by shoppers, said Calvin Hollinger, the company's chief information officer in his address to investors."]?Associated Press?3/22
"Apple Grabs Top Spot In J.D. Power Customer Satisfaction Study ... Again"?App Advice?3/22
"Apple tops smartphone satisfaction survey for ninth consecutive time"?T3?3/22
"Customer Satisfaction With Smartphones Increases, Apple Ranks Highest For 9th Consecutive Time"?MacPrices?3/22
"Apple and HP top customer experience ratings for computer companies"?Digital Trends?3/22
"Apple & HP Rated Best For Customer Experience [Report]?Cult of Mac?3/22
"Apple adds 'Offers In-App Purchases' App Store warning to freemium apps: iOS store's tweak makes it clearer which apps offer IAP, which may be a boon for parents"?The Guardian?3/22
"Google To Compete With Apple and Samsung On Smart Watch"?Forbes?3/22
"NYT: Apple allegedly squeezing EU operators on iPhone contracts, regulators looking into it"?The Verge?3/22
"Apple under fire from governments in both hemispheres over alleged anti-competitive practices"?9 to 5 Mac?3/22
"15 of the App Store's most bizarre offerings" [Slideshow]?Macworld?3/22
"Apple Agrees to Accept Syria Wargame if It Doesn't Include Syria"?Forbes?3/22
"Apple Yanks 'Sweatshop' Game From The App Store. Oh, The Irony"?ReadWrite?3/22
"Apple bans sweatshop iPad game"?CNET News?3/22
"Chinese Students Are Signing Up For Horrific Loans To Buy Apple Products"?Cult of Mac?3/22
"iPad Hacker Appeals With Cyber Law Expert as New Lawyer"?Mashable?3/22
"Steve Wozniak Talks About Early Apple in Newly Found 1984 Videos"?The Mac Observer?3/22
"iPad-Playing Penguins Try to Nip at Virtual Mouse"?ABCNews?3/22
"Watch Nokia's Stephen Elop Lob Someone Else's iPhone On The Floor, Promise To Replace It"?TechCrunch?3/22
"Elop throws an iPhone on Finnish TV, refuses to answer Lumia 928 questions"?The Verge?3/22
"Kid Fakes Kidnapping to Con an iPad"?PadGadget?3/22
Non-Apple News
"A New Sony Glass Patent Surfaces"?Patent Bolt?9:14 AM
"Senate embraces Internet taxes: Senators vote 75 to 24 to glue an endorsement of Internet sales taxes onto a Democratic budget bill, despite opponents predicting the idea is antibusiness and a 'bureaucratic nightmare.'"?CNET News?3/22
"ARM's new CEO: You'll get no 'glorious new strategy' from me"?The Register?3/22
"Twitter Archive Now Supports 12 More Languages"?PC Magazine?3/22
"Forget Passwords! EyeVerify Knows You by Your Eyes"?PC Magazine?3/22
"Temporary fixes released for Samsung Android lock-screen glitch"?IDG News Service?3/22
"Researchers uncover vSkimmer malware targeting point-of-sale systems: Malware is sold on cybercriminal forums, McAfee researchers say"?IDG News Service?3/22
"Tech hub working on 'Nigeria's next big idea'"?CNN?3/22
"China to create home-grown operating system: China is working with software firm Canonical on an open-source operating system customised for Chinese users."?BBC?3/22
"Female coder is sacked for tweeting picture of men who made 'sexist' dongle jokes at PyCon developer conference"?The Independent?3/22
"At AT&T Stores, No Welcome Mat for BlackBerry"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?3/22
"BlackBerry CEO Talks Testing Smartphone-Powered Notebooks and Tablets, Will Share More Info In May"?TechCrunch?3/22
"Blackberry boss Thorsten Heins takes bite out of 'outdated' Apple iPhone: Lack of innovation has left iPhone user interface outdated, he says"?The Independent?3/22
"BlackBerry's U.S. Debut Marks Biggest Test of Comeback"?Bloomberg?3/22
"Micron's Revenue Beats Estimates on Higher Chip Shipments"?Bloomberg?3/22
"Vietnamese high school kids can pass Google interview"?The Register?3/22
"Google Opens Universal Analytics Beta To All, Creates A Single Analytics Platform For Tracking Online And Offline Interactions"?TechCrunch?3/22
"Watch Google's Sergey Brin Talk About The Emasculating Smartphone And Google Glass"?TechCrunch?3/22
"Google Drive hit by three outages this week: One of the incidents affected more than 30 percent of user requests to connect to the cloud storage suite"?IDG News Service?3/22
"Google is also working on a smartwatch, following Apple, Samsung"?Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required]?3/22
"Kansas City Hosts Hackathon To Develop Apps For Google Fiber"?Forbes?3/22
"LG developing own iWatch and Google Glass-like wearable gizmo"?iDownload Blog?3/22
"Adobe to Australia: Higher pricing is your 'personalised experience'"?ZDNet?3/22
Publications/Podcasts
"iMore show 342: Mobile accomplishments"?iMore?3/23
"Gene Steinberg meets The Loop's Jim Dalrymple, Laptop magazine's Michael Prospero, and Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' this week on the Tech Night Owl LIVE!"?The Tech Night Owl LIVE?3/22
"Interview with Janice Stillman of The Old Farmer's Almanac"?Your Mac Life?3/22
"Apple logs patent for 'anti-drop' iPhone technology"?The Scotsman?3/23
"Rumor: First iPhone 5S Components Appear"?Apple Bitch?3/23
"Rumor: Apple to launch cheaper iPhone with plastic casing, non-Retina display this summer"?AppleInsider?3/22
"iPhone 5S, Low-End iPhone With No Retina Display Reportedly Launching This Summer"?BGR?3/22
"When Apple's new iPhones are due"?Fortune?3/22
"Jony Ive Leaves His Mark As Skeuomorphism Concept Vanishes From One App"?App Advice?3/22
"With Apple's Jony Ive leading effort, iOS 7 could have simpler look"?Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required]?3/22
"Apple Management Shake-Up Results in Better Collaboration Between Apple Design Teams, New 'Flat' Design for iOS 7"?PadGadget?3/22
"iOS 7 to be flatter, starker, and simpler"?T3?3/22
"Apple's iOS 7 Could Come With Simpler, 'Flat' Design Jony Ive Says"?LAPTOP Magazine?3/22
"Apple iOS Platform Preferred by Enterprises Worldwide: Citrix/The report, which also details trends in dealing with apps and security policies, found iOS is the preferred platform in many vertical industries."?eWeek?3/22
"iPhone 6 Concept: Waterproof iPhone with New Home Button"?GottaBeMobile?3/22
"Photos show alleged Home button, vibrator for iPhone 5S"?Electronista?3/22
"iPhone 5S Update -Everything You Need to Know"?Tapscape?3/22
"Apple warns 'we will reject apps that aren't iPhone 5, Retina ready, use UDID'"?Macworld UK?3/22
"Apple places kill date on apps that use 'UDID' device identifiers"?ZDNet?3/22
"Apple granted four design patents, files for vibrating iPad 5, iBooks Author"?Macworld UK?3/22
"Apple plans iPhone that always falls on its feet"?Telegraph?3/22
"Apple's Next iPhone Could Come With Built-In Drop Protection, Patent Hints"?LAPTOP Magazine?3/22
"Yet more problems said to plague Retina MacBooks: Problems with fans and ghosting on the Retina display, and now claims that users are experiencing 'other significant performance issues'."?Macworld UK?3/22
Price Trackers/Deals
"WarCom: Genesis For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?3/23
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"Save The Pencil For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $1.99)"?Apple Sliced?3/22
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?3/22
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?3/22
"MacBook Air Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?3/22
"MacBook Pro Prices -13 Inch Models -$1,019 To $2,194 -Best Deals, Reviews & Information"?MacReviewZone?3/22
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"MacBook Air Prices -$640 To $1,599 -Best Deals, Reviews And Information"?MacReviewZone?3/22
"PadGadget Daily App Deal ? 17 iPad Apps on Sale"?PadGadget?3/22
Deal Brothers Daily Deal: Snapheal for Mac 60% off Today and Tomorrow
Reviews
"Ableton Push review: a dedicated controller for the Live faithful"?Engadget?1:00 PM
"WHICH IS FASTER? Thunderbolt Bus Powered 2.5' or USB 3.0 Bus Powered 2.5' Storage?"?Bare Feats?3/23
"Roku 3 Review: The New Best Streaming Box"?Gizmodo?3/22
"Review: GOAL ZERO's Switch 8 Solar Kit juices your iPhone with sunbeams"?AppleInsider?3/22
"Part Deux: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 versus other Mac Pro GPUs"?Bare Feats?3/22
"Profectus's iPhone Wallet/Case Is Well Made and Butter Soft"?The Mac Observer?3/22
"iKit NuCharge Battery Case for iPhone 5 Review"?148Apps?3/22
"Review: BodyGuardz ScreenGuardz Pure for iPad Mini"?iSource?3/22
"Review: Moshi Luna keyboard for Mac offers backlit keys, stylish design"?Macworld?3/22
"Video Review DBA CASES Thin Grip Case for iPhone 5"?Run Around Tech?3/22
"Dual-jack Heist may not be Wicked good, but they're pretty good earbuds"?AppleDailyReport?3/22
"Aztaka: These days it seems like the return of the sidescroller. There have been action sidescrollers, stealth sidescrollers, underwater puzzle sidescrollers, and now even an action-RPG sidescroller, Aztaka. Given the large quantity of games to compare it against, does Aztaka bring something new to the table? Does it bring in a new gameplay mechanic, a compelling story, expansive environments, or none of the above? Well, there's only one way to find out. Let's get playing."?Inside Mac Games?3/22
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Ultimate iPad Guide: Note Taking & Idea Apps for Architects"?Architosh?3/23
"Hands on: Apple's Podcasts app loses reel animation, gains playlists/Apple's Podcasts 1.2 for iOS replaces skeuomorphism with iCloud and playlists."?Ars Technica?3/23
"PaperDesk For iPad Is A Powerful, Versatile Note-Taking App We've Come Across In A Long Time"?Redmond Pie?3/23
"Get A Gesture-Based, Predictive Keyboard On Your iPad With Path Input"?AddictiveTips?3/23
"Little Things Forever for iPhone and iPad review"?iMore?3/23
"GarageBand for iOS review: The music creation app that continues to amaze"?CNET Reviews?3/22
"Apple's Podcasts review: New features close the gap, but it's not perfect"?CNET Reviews?3/22
"Review: Apple's Podcasts app catches up with the competition"?GigaOM?3/22
"Hands on: Podcasts 1.2 is the one Apple should have shipped"?Macworld?3/22
"Create & Send Doodles From The iPhone Messages App"?AddictiveTips?3/22
"Thoughts On Mailbox App"?Forbes?3/22
"Over for iOS review: Adding text to your photos is fun with Over"?CNET Reviews?3/22
"Now TV 2.0 for iPad and iPhone review: Movies and Sports on your iOS device"?Macworld UK?3/22
"Addappt opens its contact sync app for iOS to the public with new group and messaging features"?The Next Web?3/22
"Build beautiful slide decks on your iPad with Haiku Deck"?PCWorld?3/22
"Sorry, DNG iPhone app won't let you shoot true raw photos: A new iOS camera app called Digital Negative uses Adobe's DNG format to store uncompressed photos, but it's not the original raw sensor data. Developer Cypress Innovations hopes Apple will open up."?CNET News?3/22
"Moment Camera For iPhone Is A Charming Alternative Snapper With A Beautiful And Clean User Interface"?Redmond Pie?3/22
"Abalone Swims To The App Store, But This Game Is No Wet Fish"?App Advice?3/22
"Review: Karateka for iOS is a beautiful fighting game for the casual player"?Macworld?3/22
"'Le Vamp' Review - This Endless Runner Bites, but That's a Good Thing"?Touch Arcade?3/22
"Plasma-Sky Review: Plasma-Sky is another one of those addictive arcade shooters that is available in the App Store and has the appeal to attract almost anyone to its vibrant and enjoyable gameplay."?148Apps?3/22
"Solitaire Blitz Review"?148Apps?3/22
"Review: Heist and Run ? A Fast-Paced 'Beat The Cops' Racing Game for iOS"?MacTrast?3/22
How-To/Tutorial
"How To speed up Retina MacBook Pro wake from sleep"?iMore?7:42 AM
"How do I print from an iPad: A reader asks Rick Maybury How To go about printing from a 3G iPad"?Telegraph?6:18 AM
"How To accept Game Center friend requests on iPhone and iPad"?iMore?3/23
"How to remove a friend from Game Center on iPhone and iPad"?iMore?3/22
"Apply Live Wallpapers & Scrolling Backgrounds To iPhone Home Screen"?AddictiveTips?3/22
Tips
"Charge Your Phone Faster by Switching to Airplane Mode Before Plugging In"?Lifehacker?3/22
"How Apple invites facile analysis: Conjecture and misunderstanding can trump actual knowledge when it comes to evaluating a company; the hubbub surrounding Apple is a case study."?Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required]?3/23
"The smartest column about Apple that I've read all week"?Fortune?3/23
"The Macalope Weekly: That's one opinion"?Macworld?3/23
"Apple Anonymous: Tales from behind the Genius Bar"?Fortune?3/23
"For iOS 7, Apple May Dispense with the Leather and Felt"?Techland?3/22
"Why I won't be going back to BlackBerry from iPhone: After using BlackBerry phones for years before switching to an iPhone, I was intrigued to see whether the Z10 could tempt me back. But glitches and a lack of apps left me cold."?CNET Reviews?3/22
"Apple's Wrongheaded, Dangerous Censorship of Satirical Sweatshop for iPad"?Techland?3/22
"Here's One Way Apple Continues to Dominate"?TheStreet?3/22
"Scaling on a Shoestring, Lessons from NewsBlur"?Webmonkey?3/22
"Will Obamacare Tax Your iPhone as a Medical Device?"?CIO?3/22
"The Challenge for Smartphone Makers in 2013"?Tech.pinions?3/22
"Will There Be More Than One New iPhone This Summer?" [Video Report]?Bloomberg?3/22
"Managers: Those iPads coming to work, it's not what you think"?ZDNet?3/22
"Apple: On the art of entering a (corporate) corner/Apple's reconstituted design organization is beginning to work together again."?ZDNet?3/22
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