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Friday Highlights: Tim Cook is not the reason for Apple's stock decline argues Ashraf Eassa over at Seeking Alpha, rather, it is "the harsh competitive realities of the consumer electronics market"; MG Siegler at TechCrunch believes Apple's fall Apple TV lineup will see Nat Brown's belief that Apple could rule gaming come true, not by directly challenging the consoles, but by changing the rules; Andrew Stevenson of Neowin prognosticates Apple's future, expresses concern the current executive direction is "going down the same path that got Apple in trouble" requiring Microsoft bailout in the 90's; Apple files 21 page document explaining to court why Einhorn lawsuit is a waste of time; Adobe releases Photoshop 1 source code; yet another Mac Gmail client reviewed: Email Pro for Gmail; Mactuts+ explains how to boost performance of your Mac; got kids? The Mac Observer walks through setting up iTunes allowances for them; memeburn explains WebKit; Jony Ive receives BBC's gold Blue Peter badge, "the greatest accolade in UK children's TV"; analyst says Microsoft passing up a boatload of cash by not releasing an Office for iPad app; Staples next retail stores to start selling Apple kit in Canada, US; John Browett lands on his feet from Cupertino to the UK as CEO of Monsoon Accessorize; Technology Review feature on the Nest thermostat boys, former iPhone/iPod creators, and how they plan to connect the rest of your house; Piper Jaffray believes Apple will release new iPad body styles in April, still thinks media event likely; Apple to release iOS 6.1.2 on 20 Feb, according to German site, ifun, fixing passcode unlocking flaw, more on the hack in our Hardware/Software section; ReadWrite has a handy chart showing how fixable popular gadgets are; new iOS weather app, Haze, reviewed at Engadget, The Verge; Jonny Evans on forthcoming iWatch competition from Samsung; App Advice says despite popularity of daily Apple rumors, focusing on them is a "dangerous game"; skeuomorphism? Fuhgeddaboudit, "the digital world is getting flatter", says Brian Proffitt; Henry Blodget says if the report that Apple has delayed the rumored large-screen iPhone to 2014 is true, then "Apple may be hosed".

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"How a Fake Story About Apple's Fake Jobs Turned into the Truth" The Atlantic Wire 3:25 PM
  • "Apple's Sir Jonathan Ive gets gold Blue Peter badge"?Telegraph?8:12 AM
  • "Apple's Jony Ive receives the greatest accolade in UK children's TV: A golden Blue Peter badge"?The Next Web?8:08 AM
  • "Apple's Sir Ive honored with BBC kids TV's greatest honor, the gold Blue Peter badge (Video)"?Engadget?9:49 AM
  • "Samsung starting to catch up to Apple on the mobile web as iPhone traffic share drops"?VentureBeat?12:29 PM
  • "Android and iOS have a duopoly in the smartphone marketplace."?Digital Trends?2:19 PM
  • "Apple tech Found On Android: Passbook gets pay-by-bonk/While Apple and its Android rivals fight like cat and dog over smartphones, one piece of mobile technology from the iPhone maker has wound up on Google-powered devices."?The Register?7:50 AM
  • "Kiwi cops to buy 6,500 iPhones, 3,900 iPads: Smartphones and fondleslabs will do the work of 345 officers"?The Register?7:57 AM
  • "Staples Likely To Begin Selling Apple Products In Canada And US Soon"?App Advice?8:21 AM
  • "Apple Products May Finally Go On Sale at Staples Stores in US"?Mashable?9:35 AM
  • "Cider store The Apple Shop forced to change name after numerous calls from disgruntled iPhone and iPad owners"?Digital Trends?8:20 AM
  • "Apple store forced to change its name"?CNET News?12:42 PM
  • "Apple Customers Push Cider-Selling 'Apple Shop' to Change Name"?The Mac Observer?2:07 PM
  • "Australia Is Killing 1,300 iMac G4s After They Lasted A Full Decade"?Cult of Mac?12:55 PM
  • "Ousted Apple retail boss John Browett becomes chief executive at Monsoon Accessorize"?Macworld UK?8:02 AM
  • "Former Apple Executive Browett Joins Fashion Chain Monsoon"?Bloomberg?8:58 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Preparing for War, Valve Launches Steam for Linux"?Wired?12:20 PM
  • "Archos unveils 116 Platinum Android tablet with 11.6-inch IPS display for $349"?ZDNet?11:50 AM
  • "Control your office door lock from cloud, smartphone"?ZDNet?11:49 AM
  • "Finally, a Trash Can on Wheels That Automatically Catches Your Trash"?Techland?11:39 AM
  • "Firm moves to trademark 'Python' name out from under the language: Open-sourcers struggle against hostile snake snatch"?The Register?11:38 AM
  • "Two Linux tablet projects take a step forward: As the PengPod line begins shipping, the KDE-powered 'Vivaldi' tablet sets a May target."?PCWorld?11:15 AM
  • "Take your smartphone to lunch and let it pay for you"?TechHive?11:10 AM
  • "Google CFO: We want to fix 'broken' world"?ZDNet?11:50 AM
  • "Google Play shares too much personal info, app developer says"?CSO?11:13 AM
  • "Google careless with Android app users' privacy, critics charge"?Reuters [Free Registration Required]?10:48 AM
  • "Buffalo sets Feb. launch date for 'world's fastest' external PC hard drive"?IDG News Service?10:38 AM
  • "Steam lands on Linux, revving up for a living room battle"?PCWorld?11:11 AM
  • "Valve opens Linux video game store"?BBC?10:29 AM
  • "Amazon Takes Redshift, Its Cloud-Based Data Warehouse Killer, Global"?TechCrunch?11:31 AM
  • "Amazon's cloud-based data warehouse Redshift becomes generally available: The data warehouse service costs from US$0.85 per hour on-demand"?IDG News Service?11:14 AM
  • "HTC Flagship Smartphone Details, Images Leaked"?InformationWeek?10:21 AM
  • "Facebook highlights privacy protection for minors on Graph Search"?CNN?10:35 AM
  • "Facebook lets users promote friends' posts"?Bloomberg [Free Registration Required]?10:00 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Gene Steinberg meets Adam Engst, of TidBITS and Take Control Books, and Daniel Eran Dilger, of Roughly Drafted and AppleInsider, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!"?The Tech Night Owl LIVE?12:31 PM
  • "iWatch Fever: Why This Round Of Rumors Might Actually Be True On The CultCast"?Cult of Mac?9:12 AM
  • "Macworld 2013 ? BigDay Helps You Give and Get The Gifts You Really Want On Special Occasions"?MacVoicesTV?4:02 PM
  • "Macworld 2013 ? Dolly Drive Expands Into Dolly Space, on MacVoices"?MacVoicesTV?8:56 AM
  • "Macworld 2013 ? EuroSmartz' WritePDF Merges Multiple Document Formats Into PDF"?MacVoicesTV?7:44 AM
  • "Piper Jaffray says Apple media event still likely by April, sees 'new iPad body styles'"?AppleInsider?8:16 AM
  • "Apple may update iPad design this spring, Munster says: Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster believes Apple will redesign the larger iPad to make its body similar to the iPad Mini. But he doesn't expect any major products this spring."?CNET News?11:31 AM
  • "New Apple updates likely in spring: Piper Jaffray"?MarketWatch?8:15 AM
  • "Apple event 'likely' in March or April for iPad, analyst says"?Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required]?11:05 AM
  • "Apple to release iOS 6.1.2 to address passcode vulnerability by February 20 -report"?AppleInsider?9:13 AM
  • "iOS 6.1.2 to Address Exchange and Passcode Bugs Reportedly Coming Early Next Week"?MacRumors?12:06 PM
  • "iOS 6.1.2: Will Fix Exchange, Lockscreen Issues"?Tapscape?12:05 PM
  • "Apple To Reportedly Fix Lockscreen Exploit Next Week With iOS 6.1.2"?Macgasm?7:29 PM
  • "iOS 6 bug lets institutional users bypass 'Don't Allow Changes' account restriction, install unapproved apps"?9 to 5 Mac?9:16 AM
  • "iOS 6.x hack allows personal data export, free calls"?The Register?7:58 AM
  • "iOS 6.1.1 causes battery drain, say some iPhone 4S users"?CNET News?7:51 AM
  • "Beware: Apple's iOS 6.1 lockscreen is pretty easy to bypass."?Digital Trends?9:49 AM
  • "It's easy to bypass Apple's iOS 6.1 passcode"?The Inquirer?7:53 AM
  • "Apple looking for managers to lead 'high-priority' next-generation Apple TV feature development"?9 to 5 Mac?12:54 PM
  • "Rumor: Apple Looking To Bring Full USB 3.0 Support To iOS Devices"?AppleBitch?8:16 AM
  • "How Fixable Is That New Gadget? [Chart]?ReadWrite?8:29 AM
  • "Apple patent filing involves categorizing digital media based on media characteristics"?AppleDailyReport?8:45 AM
  • "Apple eyeing a mouse with improved input mechanisms using touch sensors"?AppleDailyReport?8:40 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "ShaqDown For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?8:18 AM
  • "Nitro Chimp For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?8:18 AM
  • "Air Jump For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?8:18 AM
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?8:12 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?8:12 AM
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?8:12 AM
  • "Exclusive: Lowest prices anywhere on over a dozen MacBook Pro Retina configurations"?AppleInsider?11:27 AM
  • "MacBook Air Prices -$680 To $1,599 -Best Deals, Reviews And Information"?MacReviewZone?8:56 AM
  • "MacBook Pro Prices -15 Inch Models -$1,229 to $3,049 -Best Deals, Reviews & Information"?MacReviewZone?11:26 AM

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  • "Now we know why Apple was leaking stupid iWatch rumors: Samsung's releasing one"?VentureBeat?8:10 PM
  • "Institutional Selling Demonstrates Depth of $AAPL Ignorance"?The Mac Observer?7:07 PM
  • "Rumored HTC handset looks even more like an iPhone 5 in leaked photo"?AppleInsider?6:25 PM
  • "Always Beaten: In thinking about the latest round of rumors of another company supposedly 'beating' Apple to a market in which Apple hasn't entered yet, I remembered how this sort of scenario happened many times in the past. I wanted to understand if 'beating to the punch' is really the parameter we should be looking at."?MacStories?4:22 PM
  • "Apple Analysts: An Unfortunate Rumor Mill Love Story"?MacTrast?3:27 PM
  • "How a Fake Story About Apple's Fake Jobs Turned into the Truth"?The Atlantic Wire?3:25 PM
  • "Does Apple Pay Enough Attention To Security? Maybe Not"?Forbes?2:19 PM
  • "Apple Stores are prospering, but the SVP of Retail slot seems to be a tough sell"?GigaOM?1:41 PM
  • "Flaws in iOS 6.1 May Bruise Apple's Business Appeal"?MacNewsWorld?10:49 AM
  • "Apple iWatch Vs. Smartwatches Past And Present" [Slideshow]?InformationWeek?10:57 AM
  • "Apple's Next Great Thing(s) Will Revolutionize TV And Watches (but it won't happen overnight)"?Mac 360?10:40 AM
  • "Rumor: Samsung plans Apple 'iWatch' competition"?Computerworld?9:28 AM
  • "Opinion: Focusing On Daily Apple Rumors Is A Dangerous Game, But A Popular One"?App Advice?9:13 AM
  • "TLDR: iMac vs MacBook?" [Video Report]?blip?8:30 AM
  • "Forget Skeuomorphism: The (Digital) World Is Geting Flatter"?ReadWrite?8:29 AM
  • "How Lightning Tightens Apple's Control Over Accessories"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?8:26 AM
  • "Apple TV and the future of gaming"?iMore?8:26 AM
  • "Third party apps may finally land on the Apple TV this fall"?iDownload Blog?8:17 AM
  • "Rumor: Apple TV To Spearhead A Major Push Into Television Apps And Games"?AppleBitch?8:12 AM
  • "Apple: At Least Tim Cook Doesn't React Like Hysterical Media Members"?TheStreet?8:30 AM
  • "CEO Tim Cook: Apple retail stores are 'like Prozac' to me"?The Register?7:50 AM
  • "Apple's Rumored IWatch: Potential Disruption Or High Priced Accessory?"?Tech-Thoughts?7:45 AM
  • "Microsoft doesn't want to take billions from Office for iPad?"?iDownload Blog?8:17 AM
  • "From Mac To iPhone To iPad To Apps: How Apple Is Crushing Microsoft To Oblivion"?PixoBebo?7:45 AM
Non-Apple
  • "WebOS Dies Again"?OStatic?4:22 PM
  • "Contracts? We don't need no stinking contracts!"?ZDNet?11:50 AM
  • "Linux trailed Windows in patching zero-days in 2012, report says"?ZDNet?11:50 AM
  • "Top 10 security tips to protect your firm from cyber woes"?V3?11:42 AM
  • "Q&A: How safe is private browsing?"?USA Today?11:40 AM
  • "The 5 biggest tech myths"?USA Today?11:40 AM
  • "What is Samsung's Galaxy Altius?"?TG Daily?11:36 AM
  • "Peak Gmail: Too Many Messages, Not Enough Space, And, Finally, A Way Out"?TechCrunch?11:32 AM
  • "Google Rated The Best Place To Intern In 2013, Followed By Qualcomm, Microsoft, Intel And Cisco"?TechCrunch?11:32 AM
  • "DIY Cloud: Choosing your own virtual machine image sizes/Why settle for off-the-shelf virtual machine image sizes when you can customize them?"?Network World?11:15 AM
  • "14 Tips for Selling Software and Services Online"?CIO?11:13 AM
  • "Why You Shouldn't Care About Android 4.2.2"?PC Magazine?11:09 AM
  • "10 Samsung Galaxy S III Tips and Tricks"?PC Magazine?11:09 AM
  • "Facebook's latest revenue trick: Pay to promote friends' posts"?Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required]?11:02 AM
  • "What you can learn from the monster LibreOffice project"?InfoWorld?10:51 AM
  • "The top 15 cities for tech startups: If you're considering working for a tech startup or launching one of your own and need to know where the venture capital is flowing, one of these cities may soon be the place you call home"?CIO?10:51 AM
  • "B is for browser: An homage to 12 Web greats/In honor of Mosaic's 20th birthday, join us for an alphabetical appreciation of 12 of history's great windows on the Web." [Slideshow]?Computerworld?10:37 AM
  • "Did screenshots of a Samsung Altius smartwatch leak?"?CNET News?10:18 AM
Humor/Cartoons
  • "Common afflictions of kitchen appliances."?The Joy of Tech [cartoon]?7:45 AM
  • "Adobe Comeuppance: Game, Set, Match!"?The PC Weenies [cartoon]?7:44 AM
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