Bob Mansfield, Apple's Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, to Retire: Dan Riccio to Take Over Role When Transition is Complete
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Thursday Highlights:Rejoicing the in the streets thanks to rumor that Apple making "one of the largest changes to the world's biggest music store" in the near future, touted to be geared for iCloud and music sharing?reports in our Apple/Macintosh, and OS X sections; meanwhile, Apple ponies up $2.6 million for a bond to protect against a successful appeal by Samsung of Galaxy Tab sales injunction; China Labor Watch says Apple's entire supply chain is characterized by "deplorable working conditions", beyond Foxconn's factories; don't forget MobileMe is gone for good this Sunday!; Pierre Igot explores crashing issue in Adobe InDesign CS6; Cult of Mac previews Mountain Lion Server; five years ago Friday, iPhone was as an "uncertainty" only to become a "runaway hit" providing "the blueprint for the modern day smartphone"; Google anticipating education demand for Chromebooks will nudge out Apple, Microsoft from schools; ZDNet's James Kendrick uncovered what may be a damper for folks looking to buy a used Verizon iPad 4G, the prepaid data plan does NOT transfer to a new owner; an $89 million tax break will help Apple build a data center in Reno, NV; Virgin Mobile now carrying iPhones; report from DigiTimes suggests there are no signs in the supply chain that iPhone 5 is in production; Apple applies for patents covering GarageBand, text input using speech data, and others down in our Hardware/Software section; PC Magazine pits Google's Nexus Q against Apple TV, and guess who's back! The OS X Modbook, coming soon in a Pro model; looking for an ultrathin keyboard-cover for your iPad, The Next Web reviews Logitech's Ultrathin Cover; Bento 4 for iPad "useful" and provides "a glimpse of independent mobility".
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"Mansfield Retiring from Apple"?TidBITS?5:56 PM
"'Hokey' Kim Dotcom case a threat to the net: Apple co-founder"?Associated Press?7:12 PM
"'Who needs an app store?' Five years of iPhone: The iPhone has evolved?and altered the course of the smartphone industry."?Ars Technica?4:38 PM
"iPhone to Lead Smartphone Charge in 2013"?PC Magazine?4:26 PM
"The original iPhone -the blueprint for the modern day smartphone"?Network World?11:29 AM
"Apple's iPhone turns 5 on Friday: June 29 marks fifth anniversary of iPhone launch" [Slideshow]?MarketWatch?8:40 AM
"Activating 5.6 million units per day"?asymco?8:07 AM
"How Samsung is eating western Europe's mobile phone market: Apart from the Korean company, only Apple is managing to thrive, while Nokia has seen its share of both featurephones and smartphones dive since its announcement of the shift away from Symbian"?The Guardian?8:52 AM
"Apple's Core Market Is Under Attack! Is Apple about to lose its luster as the electronics supplier of choice for schools? Google would like to think so. The search king says Chromebooks have become a popular PC and Mac alternative for the nation's school systems."?The Motley Fool?8:19 AM
"Google takes Nexus step against Apple: Undercuts mini-iPad release, Nook and Kindle"?Boston Herald?8:16 AM
"Google's Chrome browser comes to Apple's iPhone"?CNNMoney?4:24 PM
"Google claims Chrome is the world's most popular browser: Apple targeted with Chrome and Drive builds for iOS"?The Register?4:38 PM
"Prepaid Apple iPhone available now from Virgin Mobile"?MobileBurn?8:52 AM
"T-Mobile confirms iPhone users on next-gen network will keep legacy data plans"?9 to 5 Mac?8:11 AM
"Is Your Customer a Mac or a PC? You might want to find out: Orbitz shows higher-priced deals to Mac users because they tend to spend more. But be careful with the data you find."?Inc.?4:37 PM
"National Weather Service to send severe weather warnings directly to smartphones"?The Verge?8:22 AM
Non-Apple News
"RIM looks to BB10, software licensing for survival"?AppleInsider?6:17 PM
"Vizio rolls out XVT Cinemawide 21:9 aspect ratio TV"?TG Daily?11:29 AM
"Amazon Will Reportedly Launch A 10-Inch Quad-Core Tablet Alongside New Metal-Clad 7-Inch Fire"?TechCrunch?11:26 AM
"North Korea Is Allegedly Building Its Own Tablet, The Samjiyeon"?TechCrunch?11:26 AM
"Red Hat Aims Its Cloud at Bigger Rival VMware"?TheStreet?11:52 AM
"Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst Weighs in on Strategy, Oracle and Growth"?IDG News Service?11:11 AM
"The rock, paper, scissors playing robot that never loses"?Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required]?10:56 AM
"Amazon Said To Add Social Features For Tablet Digital Games"?Bloomberg?10:13 AM
"Google adds movies, TV shows and magazines to Google Play store"?Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required]?10:57 AM
"Google Glass Designer Gives Us An Up Close Look"?ABCNews?10:08 AM
"Google App Engine Gets Ready For Business: Google platform now hosts one million active applications; Release 1.7.0, unveiled at Google I/O, to add business-friendly features."?InformationWeek?10:01 AM
"Vodafone nabs newly departed T-Mobile USA chief"?CNET News?9:55 AM
"Analysts to focus on layoffs, inventory when RIM releases results"?The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required]?10:49 AM
"RIM earnings preview: Bleak, disappointing, 'terrible'"?CNET News?9:55 AM
"Want affordable OLED TVs? Don't hold your breath, Panasonic says"?CNET News?9:53 AM
"Samsung Electronics faces concerns in U.S., China"?MarketWatch?9:29 AM
"Nokia releases Windows Phone update for Lumia 800 and 710"?IDG News Service?10:24 AM
"Nokia's secret Linux team is looking for refuge"?GigaOM?9:09 AM
"Microsoft Dreams up Tablet-Gesturing for Future Surface Devices"?Patent Bolt?7:31 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Ted Landau Gives WWDC Perspective and Delivers Speculation on Apple's Future"?MacNotables?3:27 PM
"The iMore show 300"?iMore?8:37 AM
"Upstream supply chain sees no sign of Apple starting mass production of new iPhone in July"?DigiTimes?10:24 AM
"August iPhone 5? Not so fast, maybe, say supply chain sources"?Tapscape?10:30 AM
"Apple's iTunes Expansion is Just Scratching the Surface in Asia"?The Next Web?7:56 AM
"Apple Opens iTunes Store in China & Early iPhone Rumors Dashed"?Patently Apple?7:31 AM
"Battery issues arise in Apple's development of next iPhone - rumor"?AppleInsider?8:01 AM
"Apple reportedly facing a battery challenge with the next iPhone"?iDownload Blog?9:17 AM
"Next MacBook Air could cost just ?662: The price of Ultrabooks could feasibly decrease to $859 (?552 ex VAT, ?662.40 inc VAT) this year"?Macworld UK?8:37 AM
"iOS app placement functionality coming to Apple TV"?AppleTell?8:36 AM
Apple Patent Applications
"Apple's Retina Display Patent Comes to Light"?Patently Apple?1:00 PM
"Apple Files Patents for GarageBand, Multiple Camera Sensors & New Optical Display Coatings"?Patently Apple?8:05 AM
"Apple Files Patent For Text Input Using Speech Data"?MacNews?9:29 AM
"Apple Patent Is For An Universal Interface For Info Retrieval"?MacNews?9:29 AM
"Apple wants to improve autocorrect by detecting typing speed, word intent"?AppleInsider?8:01 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"Apple releases a plethora of printer driver updates: Apple's drivers are available via Software Update"?MacFixIt?6:15 PM
"Is your new MacBook Air crashing frequently? Blame Google Chrome"?9 to 5 Mac?9:27 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Jurassic Park: The Game 1 HD For iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $6.99)"?Apple Sliced?9:14 AM
"Sketch Paper Camera For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?9:14 AM
"Parking Lot By Crustalli For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?9:14 AM
"MacBook Air Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?8:26 AM
"iPad (2012) Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?8:26 AM
"Apple MacBook Air Buyer's Guide -Up To $400 Off -Models, Prices And Information"?MacReviewZone?7:31 AM
"Apple AirPort Express Base Station Price Tracker -Up To $30 Off -Prices, Deals, Reviews And Information"?MacReviewZone?7:31 AM
"Best Selling Mac Scanners -From $100 To $496 -Prices, Reviews And Information"?MacReviewZone?7:31 AM
"Special Offer On BatchOutput For Microsoft Word, Excel, And PowerPoint At TheMacBundles"?TheMacBundles?7:32 AM
"PadGadget Daily App Deal ? 22 iPad Apps on Sale"?PadGadget?8:35 AM
Deal Brothers Daily Deal: Mac mini 2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i5:? $1189.00 Delivered
"Apple's Senior VP of Hardware Engineering, Bob Mansfield, is retiring"?TUAW?7:48 PM
"Five years in, the iPhone's greatest legacy: Its apps"?CNET News?4:35 PM
"Will Google's Nexus 7 prod Apple into producing an iPad Mini? In 2010, Steve Jobs said a 7-inch screen wasn't sufficient for making great tablet apps. With the rumored iPhone 5 in the wings and a flimsy business rationale, an iPad mini is unlikely to surface."?CNET News?4:35 PM
"Dollar for Dollar, No One Updates You Like Apple"?Low End Mac?4:33 PM
"5 Strategies for Marketing on the iPad"?Mashable?4:26 PM
"37-second observation: how Samsung and Apple pitch products"?ZDNet?11:59 AM
"The MacBook Retina Display ? Pros and Cons"?Amsys?10:23 AM
"John C. Dvorak: Why I Said The iPhone Was Going To Bomb"?Cult of Mac?9:35 AM
"Buzzblog: Wrong? Dvorak blames his 'getting screwed over' by Apple"?Network World?9:34 AM
"Will Microsoft Save RIM From a Certain Death to Beat Apple?"?TheStreet?8:50 AM
"Google's Nexus Won't Be Able To Dethrone Apple"?Seeking Alpha?10:06 AM
"Google disproves Apple's claims that devices can't be built in US: Google experimenting with manufacturing hardware in US, proves to Apple that it can be done"?Macworld UK?8:38 AM
"Slap an Apple Logo on Your Tablet; People Will Love It"?TheStreet?8:16 AM
"Send In The Clowns: How Apple's Competitors Are Cloning Each Other"?PixoBebo?7:32 AM
"Bill Gates Is Right. And Wrong. Devices Have A Horrible Track Record (and especially his devices)"?Mac 360?7:32 AM
Non-Apple
"Hidden Dimensions: What Google's New Tablet Tells Us, on The Surface"?The Mac Observer?4:39 PM
"Why BYOD Is A Disaster Waiting To Happen For Schools"?Cult of Mac?4:31 PM
"Prevailing Cloud fears mostly unfounded"?ZDNet?11:46 AM
"Do Kids Need an Internet Tablet?"?Wired?11:43 AM
"We need to be careful when arguing the case for video conferencing technology"?V3?11:36 AM
"Want to hide digital traces? Try using mobile privacy app Wickr"?Techworld?11:28 AM
"Verizon's new plan changes game: Smartphones and computers share data plans under the new pricing scheme. But critics say some users could end up paying more."?Minneapolis Star-Tribune?11:00 AM
"The long death of fat clients"?InfoWorld?10:47 AM
"Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 Review"?HotHardware?10:44 AM
"Sony Xperia Ion: Entertainment-Filled, but Running on Empty"?AllThingsD?9:28 AM
"For Google, hardware is the new black"?ZDNet?11:45 AM
"Google+ Updates: Tablet Optimization, Events, and History API"?PCWorld?11:12 AM
"The Android IQ test: How much do you really know about the fastest-growing mobile OS? Whether you're an Android newbie or a guru, some things about Google's OS may surprise you"?InfoWorld?10:46 AM
"When Will You Get Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean?'"?PC Magazine?11:08 AM
"Android 4.1 Jelly Bean: Does It Measure Up? Google's newest OS sports fewer new features than previous updates. Instead, Android 4.1 focuses on improving core features and making the platform faster."?InformationWeek?10:02 AM
"Solving the mystery of why Android tablets have flopped"?Houston Chronicle?10:44 AM
"Is Google's Nexus 7 just another Android tablet?"?TG Daily?11:29 AM
"Google's Nexus 7: 'Just Another Android Device'"?Daily Ticker?9:42 AM
"Google vs everyone: an epic war on many fronts"?GigaOM?9:08 AM
"Watch Video of Google I/O's Day 2 Keynote Live Here"?PCWorld?11:11 AM
"8 Reasons Why Mimi Would Sell Microsoft and Dump Steve Ballmer"?Money Morning?11:31 AM
"Print is Dead? Not so Fast."?Forbes?8:44 AM
"Hands-on with new Google+ tablet app and events features (video)"?The Verge?8:42 AM
"We'll Store Over 1/3 Of Our Digital Content In The Cloud By 2016"?MacNews?8:30 AM
"Why is Microsoft's Surface Obsessed with Keyboards"?Tech.pinions?8:25 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Comedian Louis C.K. on the iPhone and iCloud [Video]?iClarified?12:01 PM
"iPhone Hands On Review, Five Years Later"?Gizmodo?8:38 AM
"Cthulhu Saves the World tops iPhone Games of the Week"?Appolicious?6:15 PM
"Griffin's Kiosk iPad mount now available | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog"?TUAW?5:15 PM
"Peel Announces AllPlay TV, A Remote Control For Netflix, DVR, And (Eventually) More"?TechCrunch?4:28 PM
"Schwab Launches Advisor App for the iPhone(R)"?Business Wire?4:27 PM
"This iPhone Case Can Float Like a Boat"?Mashable?4:26 PM
"Google touts release of 'Safari-ized' Chrome for iPhone, iPad: Confirms that browser is Google UI wrapped around Safari's rendering and JavaScript engines"?Computerworld?6:55 PM
"Chrome for iOS is live and ready for download, here's what you need to know"?The Next Web?4:30 PM
"Google Brings Chrome to App Store for iPhone & iPad"?The Mac Observer?3:27 PM
"Google Plus coming soon to the iPad"?TUAW?12:10 PM
"(Fake) Hacking on the iPad With Uplink"?Wired?11:59 AM
"Introducing Modbook Pro, World's Most Powerful and Largest-Screen Tablet Computer: Modbook Inc. Announces New Mac-Based Pen Tablet Computer ? Highly Portable, 13.3-Inch Modbook Pro Set to Ship in Early Fall."?PRWeb?10:30 AM
"Just Mobile Ltd., the leading brand of mobile accessories, today, announced the global launch of the Just Mobile GumTM, redefining pocket-sized power packs for mobile devices."?just|mobile?9:21 AM
"Jennifer Lopez, CAA Launch iPad Dance App"?PC Magazine?9:16 AM
"HGTV Launches Free App 'HGTV SHELF' Available for Download on Apple? iPad?"?Business Wire?8:47 AM
"Horn, The Next Title From Phosphor Games"?148Apps?8:41 AM
"Hit Desktop Game Dynamite Jack Explodes Into iOS With Brand New iPad Version"?App Advice?8:37 AM
"SmartRadar Apple Pack Brings Social Networking to the Road"?LAPTOP Magazine?8:37 AM
"Safari Download Manager For iOS Finally Gets Support For iOS 5 [Jailbreak]?Cult of Mac?8:07 AM
"Instagram for iOS receives major update: 'Explore tab', visual tweaks"?It's All Tech?8:04 AM
"2 Million Astrowings Fans Rejoice - Astrowings 3: Icarus Launches"?prMac?7:59 AM
"Alien Vision Simulator - See the world as you never seen before"?prMac?7:59 AM
"Astral 3D Worlds 1.0 for iOS - Available for Download: Free for 5 Days"?prMac?7:59 AM
"Basket - A Grocery List, Free for iOS: Convenience App with iCloud Sync"?prMac?7:58 AM
"Genius Scan for iOS Receives Update - Now Available for Android"?prMac?7:58 AM
"Guess the Character 2.0 - Guess Who? Game for iPhone and iPad"?prMac?7:58 AM
"Never Miss Interesting Twitter Content Again with Plume 1.0 for iPhone"?prMac?7:58 AM
"Octavian Music Theory iOS App Progresses to Version 2.0.0"?prMac?7:58 AM
"Pay it Forward iPhone App Provides Gentle Reminder"?prMac?7:58 AM
"Popular Kids App, Lola's Math Train Releases Lite Version"?prMac?7:58 AM
"Sign Off for iPad Lets Users Create Custom Email Signatures"?prMac?7:58 AM
"Theater - Appracadabra 1.0: New Kid's App by Award Winning Publisher"?prMac?7:58 AM
"Vote ClayWare - Pad Bracket iPad Wall Mount at Mission: Small Business"?prMac?7:58 AM
"Votely for iOS Helps Make Decisions With Input From Friends"?prMac?7:58 AM
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