Parents told to beware children running up huge bills on iPad and iPhone game apps: Developers are urged to make it less easy for a child to spend hundreds on 'in-app' purchases
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Reuters rescind Phil Schiller's cheap iPhone "denial-non-denial" report in which Phil said cheap iPhone never "focus" of Apple...sorting out the semantics, is this confirmation that one in the cards?
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Weekend Highlights: FOSS Patents reports that Samsung vehemently opposes Apple's request for a re-hearing of the U.S. Nexus decision; Reuters reports that Apple won't blindly pursue market share, refining their position on the report from the Shanghai Evening News; Apple's rumored cheap iPhone was said to be denied by Phil Schiller, but Reuters has since pulled the report sending a mist of intrigue throughout the blogosphere, but what Phil stated is that cheap phones "will never be the future of Apple's products"; others say Apple already has a cheap iPhone in the iPhone 4; reports and opinions aplenty in our Apple/Macintosh, and Op/Ed sections; meanwhile in China, Tim Cook quoted saying China will likely overtake the United States as their biggest market; and Cook discussed with China Mobile chairman "bilateral cooperation" but didn't reveal much else due to confidentiality agreement between the two companies; report says Apple plans to open more than 25 stores in China; Kodak's patents approved for sale to Apple, Google alliance; Microsoft's Surface RT has been jailbroken to run OS X; Macworld feature shows how photographers can use their DSLR with FCPX; Don Melton posts another bit of history behind Safari's development and subsequent release; Apple scores Emmy for streaming engineering technology; Apple brings another Xerox "product" on board, this one is human, named Luca Maestri, who will become the corporate controller reporting to Peter Oppenheimer; Jimmy Iovine, CEO of Beats, said to have spent years selling music subscription service to Steve Jobs; AppleInsider reports that DoCoMo hoping to land iPhones as Japanese competitors gain steam; another batch of rumors that iPad mini 2 with Retina, and iPad 5 to debut this March; iOS 6.1 is being readied for developers; will Apple be doomed again?; looks like Samsung isn't finished copying Apple art, see here the similarity in these icons.
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"Parents told to beware children running up huge bills on iPad and iPhone game apps: Developers are urged to make it less easy for a child to spend hundreds on 'in-app' purchases" The Guardian
8:13 AM
"Apple won't blindly pursue market share, Chinese paper Reports"?Reuters?7:20 AM
"Will a Cheaper iPhone See the Light of Day?"?NewsFactor?5:17 PM
"What Would It Take for China to Become Apple's Biggest Market?"?The Motley Fool?5:26 PM
"Apple Still Has the Upper Hand in Phone, Tablet War"?Barron's [Paid subscription required]?7:23 AM
"Parents told to beware children running up huge bills on iPad and iPhone game apps: Developers are urged to make it less easy for a child to spend hundreds on 'in-app' purchases"?The Guardian?8:13 AM
"Apple CEO: China Will Be Biggest Market" ["China Mobile chairman Xi Guohua and Cook discussed 'bilateral cooperation,' the phone company said in a statement. It said release of other details was barred by a confidentiality agreement between the companies."]?Associated Press?1/11
"Tim Cook: China will be Apple's top market"?CNNMoney?1/11
"Apple's Tim Cook has big plans for China ... and so does China Mobile"?MarketWatch?1/11
"Tim Cook: China to become Apple's largest market/Cook plans to have more than 25 Apple stores in China"?IDG News Service?1/11
"8 Ways Apple Could Make A Cheaper iPhone: To build an iPhone that's affordable in emerging markets, Apple will have to cut some corners or rethink the iPhone entirely. We break down some options."?InformationWeek?1/11
"New intrigue on trail of cheaper iPhone: Reuters has cryptically withdrawn a story pegged to remarks purportedly made by Apple's Phil Schiller in China."?CNET News?1/11
"Rumor of cheaper iPhone gets new life after Reuters pulls report"?CBS News?1/11
"Apple: Cheap phones will never be our focus"?TechRadar UK?1/11
"Apple rejects 'cheap' iPhone: Apple's head of marketing has prompted a new round of speculation about Apple's potential plans for a budget iPhone by telling a Chinese newspaper that 'cheap smartphones' will 'never be the future of Apple's products'."?Telegraph?1/11
"Cracking the China code: Microsoft vs. Apple"?asymco?1/11
"Apple Is Undergoing Massive Changes And Having A Very Strange Quarter"?Business Insider?1/11
"How many iPads did Apple sell last quarter?"?Fortune?1/11
"Ericsson hands over 2,000 patents to licensing company suing Apple, Google and RIM"?ZDNet?1/11
"Apple, Google Deal for Kodak Patents Approved by Judge"?Bloomberg?1/11
"Judge approves Kodak patent sale to Apple, Google, others"?ZDNet?1/11
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News
"Apple Takes Action To Block Java Security Flaw On Macs"?AppleBitch?11:41 AM
"Apple Remote Disables Java on Macs After Major Security Alert"?The Mac Observer?1/11
"Apple blacklists Java on OS X to prevent latest 'critical' exploits"?Ars Technica?1/11
"New malware exploiting Java 7 in Windows and Unix systems: Mal/JavaJar-B is a cross-platform exploit of a new zero-day vulnerability in the latest Java runtimes."?MacFixIt?1/11
"Mac OS Spotted 'Running' On A Jailbroken Microsoft Surface RT"?TechCrunch?1/11
"Mac OS on Windows RT? A hacker makes it happen"?VentureBeat?1/11
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/This week, readers e-mailed in questions about Software Update, Notes, and how to record movies and video on a Mac."?MacFixIt?1/11
"OS X 10.8.2 fix for Active Directory lockouts"?MacWindows?1/11
"Reader networking problem with Parallels 8 and OS X 10.8"?MacWindows?1/11
"Anyone else having trouble with iTunes Match syncing playlists"?iMore?1/11
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How to manage OS X Gatekeeper from the command line: Apple provides three basic settings for Gatekeeper in OS X Mountain Lion, but you can manage this service in finer detail if needed."?CNET Reviews?1/11
"How to use Final Cut Pro X with your DSLR"?Macworld?1/11
"Using the Guest Account in OS X"?Mactuts+?1/11
"How to Remove Duplicate Entries from OS X's 'Open With' Menu"?The Mac Observer?1/11
"Protect Your Shared iTunes Library And Playlists With A Password [OS X Tips]?Cult of Mac?1/11
"Bored With iMovie? Can't Afford Final Cut Pro X? Try This New, Affordable Mac Video Editor"?Mac 360?1/11
"Radio Isn't Dead. Yet. How To Use Your Mac To Bring The News To Your Ears Every Hour"?Mac 360?1/11
"How To Customize The Mac's Launchpad, Dashboard, And Mission Control Absolutely Free"?NoodleMac?1/11
"A Very Simple But Not Quite Free Way To Share Another Mac's Screen"?TeraTalks?1/11
"Just When DVDs Are Dying Out There's A Better Way To Rip DVDs On Your Mac"?BohemianBoomer?1/11
"New To The Mac? Got Lots Of Windows Outlook Email To Import? Get The Free MailRaider App"?Mac 360?1/11
"Finally, A Mac Screen Record And Capture Tool That's Simplified And Affordable"?McSolo?1/11
"Pro Version of Popular Logo Game Hits Apple App Store"?prMac?8:53 AM
"Curious About OmniFocus? Get a Free License"?FairerPlatform?7:15 AM
"Tweetbot For Mac 1.1.1: Bug Fixes, Performance Tweaks"?RazorianFly?1/11
"Gehry Technologies announces Digital Project V1R5"?Architosh?1/11
"ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2013 rolls out today"?Architosh?1/11
"BitTorrent brings torrent discovery, downloading directly to the browser with Surf Chrome extension"?The Next Web?1/11
"Disc Golf 3D Released Through Mac App Store"?prMac?1/11
"Skype for Mac 6.1 Improves Click to Call, User Profile"?FairerPlatform?1/11
"Mac Printer Drivers: Brother, HP Drivers Updated"?FairerPlatform?1/11
"How One Vegas Casino Uses iPads To Loosen Up Gamblers"?Cult of Mac?7:37 AM
"Apple wins engineering Emmy for streaming TV tech"?Electronista?1/11
"Apple Awarded Technology & Engineering Emmy At CES [CES 2013]?Cult of Mac?1/11
"Xerox CFO Luca Maestri to Leave Company: Xerox today announced that Luca Maestri, executive vice president and chief financial officer, is leaving the company, effective February 28, to assume the role of corporate controller at Apple."?Business Wire?1/11
"Xerox CFO Maestri Leaving to Become Apple's Corporate Controller"?Bloomberg?1/11
"Apple's Controller Hire Shows Its Recruiting Power"?WSJ Blogs?1/11
"Xerox CFO leaving to join Apple"?Reuters?1/11
"Apple appoints Xerox CFO Luca Maestri as new corporate controller"?The Next Web?1/11
"CFO Maestri to leave Xerox for position at Apple as corporate controller"?9 to 5 Mac?1/11
"Apple Hires New Corporate Controller Luca Maestri Away From Xerox"?TechCrunch?1/11
"Xerox CFO joins Apple as new corporate controller"?ZDNet?1/11
"Xerox CFO Luca Maestri to join Apple as Corporate Controller"?Edible Apple?1/11
"Phil Schiller Interview Casting Doubt On Possible Low-End iPhone Updated, Prompting Reuters Withdrawal"?BGR?1/11
"Cheaper iPhone story withdrawn after 'substantial changes' to China report"?AppleInsider?1/11
"Apple dismisses cheaper iPhone story withdrawn"?Reuters?1/11
"iPhone 5 with $45 Straight Talk Unlimited plan now at Walmart"?GigaOM?1/11
"Beats CEO spent three years trying to convince Steve Jobs to launch streaming music service"?The Verge?1/11
"Beats CEO Jimmy Iovine Tried to Sell Music Subscriptions to Steve Jobs"?iPhoneinCanada?1/11
"Beats CEO spent years trying to convince Steve Jobs to do a music service"?iDownload Blog?1/11
"Beats' Iovine: I talked to Steve Jobs about music subscriptions/The famed record company giant says that he tried to sell Jobs on launching a music-subscription business for three years to no avail."?CNET News?1/11
"Jimmy Iovine discusses his attempts to sway Steve Jobs on a subscription music service"?Edible Apple?1/11
"How Computer Scientists Are Trying To Stop Smartphones And Tablets From Breaking The Internet"?BGR?1/11
"Japan's NTT DoCoMo wants iPhone access as Apple partners gain subscribers"?AppleInsider?1/11
"Japan's NTT DoCoMo says it's open to carrying Apple's iPhone"?The Next Web?1/11
"Amid Customer Loss, Japan's DoCoMo Carrier Opens Door to iPhone"?The Mac Observer?1/11
"NTT DoCoMo changes its tune, now open to carrying iPhone"?TUAW?1/11
"Apple adds subscription TV and movie service Watchever to Apple TV in Germany"?The Next Web?1/11
"Best of CES iOS device accessories [Gallery]?9 to 5 Mac?1/11
"CES 2013: iLuv booth tour"?TUAW?1/11
"Nostalgia Tech 4: 20 Vintage Apple ads"?ZDNet?1/11
"Chinese Apple online store publishes New Year Gift Guide"?MacNN?1/11
"Java allows 'open hunting season' for hackers, experts find"?ZDNet?1/11
"Teaching women to code"?VentureBeat [Free Registration Required]?1/11
"ST-Ericsson uncloaks 2.5GHz Jekyll & Hyde smartphone chip: First out of the gate with FD-SOI and power-saving eQuad tech"?The Register?1/11
"Quantum Dots Get Commercial Debut in More Colorful Sony TVs: Technology from QD Vision replaces the conventional backlight in LCDs, allowing for purer colors."?Technology Review?1/11
"E Ink's future foretold at CES: Next-gen will be high-res, support color"?PCWorld?1/11
"Yahoo Adds Flickr Creative Commons Images to Search"?PC Magazine?1/11
"Firefox getting built-in HTML5-based PDF viewer to improve security: The new PDF viewer in Firefox 19 will be more secure than third-party plug-ins, Mozilla says"?IDG News Service?1/11
"Ray Kurzweil lifts lid on Google AI project"?ZDNet?1/11
"Google Chrome, Now With Cinema-Style 3-D Effects"?Webmonkey?1/11
"Google revs up Chrome, crushes bugs: Patches 24 vulnerabilities in first upgrade in nine weeks"?Computerworld?1/11
"Skype founder browses globe for next tech earner"?Reuters?1/11
"After Just Two Years, Nearly Half of Verizon's Data Traffic Is on LTE"?AllThingsD?1/11
"RIM Turns to Carriers to Help Avoid a Repeat of Palm"?Bloomberg?1/11
"Get ready for pricey 'Ultra HD' TVs"?CNNMoney?1/11
"SAP Challenges Oracle by Boosting Flagship Software Speed"?Bloomberg?1/11
"Tablets rule: Every shape, size, and OS emerges at CES"?PCWorld?1/11
"iPhones, tablets... Pah: By 2020, we'll froth over hot new SOFTWEAR/Cyborg me up - I'm ready and waiting for it, says El Reg's Trevor"?The Register?1/11
"This Touch-Sensitive Hologram Makes Your Touchscreen Phone Look Old"?Business Insider?1/11
Publications/Podcasts
"From New Media Expo in Las Vegas, Courtney Seiter Profiles RavenInternet Marketing Tools"?MacVoicesTV?7:16 AM
"The TouchArcade Show - 86 - Crazy Volume Edition"?Touch Arcade?1/11
"Special guest Dan Frommer joins John Gruber to discuss CES 2013, the disparity in display size between the iPhone and all of its competitors, and Dan's new endeavor, City Notes."?The Talk Show?1/11
"Gene Steinberg meets author Kier Thomas, Macworld's Dan Frakes, and Bob 'Dr. Mac' LeVitus, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!"?The Tech Night Owl LIVE?1/11
"From New Media Expo ? TravelVegas Helps You Get More Out of Sin City"?MacVoicesTV?1/11
"The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 14"?AnandTech?1/11
"Rumor: Fifth-gen iPad, second-gen iPad mini to debut in March"?AppleInsider?1/11
"iPad Mini 2 To Launch Alongside Thinner, Lighter iPad 5 This March [Rumor]?Cult of Mac?1/11
"Apple testing Retina panels for iPad mini 2 - report: China Times says Apple has received samples of OGS Retina-class displays from Foxconn subsidiary SCST"?Macworld UK?1/11
"Rumor: iPad Mini 2 And iPad 5 Will Launch In March 2013"?AppleBitch?1/11
"Apple to Launch 3G iPad Mini in China in Late January"?BrightWire?1/11
"Final iOS 6.1 beta being prepped for developers - report"?AppleInsider?1/11
"iOS 6.1 Golden Master Testing, Dev Release Coming Soon"?Tapscape?1/11
"iOS 6.1 GM / Final Beta Being Readied For Developers, Could Release Next Week"?Redmond Pie?1/11
"Apple awarded more than a thousand patents in 2012"?TUAW?1/11
"Imitation Apple: Hardware knockoffs through the years" [Slideshow]?Macworld?1/11
AppleCare/Helps
Price Trackers/Deals
"Fish Heroes For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?10:49 AM
"Chicken Revolution For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?10:49 AM
"ZomNomNom For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?10:48 AM
"Refurbished Mac Pro: Save Hundreds on an Apple Tower"?FairerPlatform?7:13 AM
"HDR Fusion For iPhone Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)"?Apple Sliced?1/11
"TeuxDeux For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $2.99)"?Apple Sliced?1/11
"Crumble Zone For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?1/11
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?1/11
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?1/11
"MacBook Air Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?1/11
"Apple MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide -15 Inch Models -Prices From $950 to $3,049 -Best Prices, Reviews & Information"?MacReviewZone?1/11
"Apple MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide -13 Inch Models -$739 To $2,199 -Best Prices, Reviews & Information"?MacReviewZone?1/11
"Apple MacBook Air Buyer's Guide -Prices $700 To $1,599 -Prices, Reviews And Information"?MacReviewZone?1/11
"iPad mini Buyer's Guide -Best iPad Prices Reviews & Information"?MacReviewZone?1/11
"The Cheapest Place to Buy an iPhone 5 is Walmart: $127!"?OS X Daily?1/11
"PadGadget Daily App Deal ? 17 iPad Apps on Sale"?PadGadget?1/11
Deal Brothers Daily Deal: Headed to CES and need a cheap flight?
"Apple Does 1 Thing Other Companies Don't Do"?Forbes?5:38 PM
"Apple Has, Sadly, Banned Newsgames On The iPhone"?Forbes?5:18 PM
"The Macalope Weekly: Jaded"?Macworld?10:15 AM
"How Apple Has Transformed Digital Nomad Living"?Cult of Mac?7:10 AM
"Cheap" iPhone Rumors
"Huawei Blames 'Lack of Innovation' on Loss of Steve Jobs"?Tom's Hardware?1/11
"Apple Will Never Make A 'Cheap' iPhone"?Forbes?1/11
"Here's What Apple REALLY Said About A Cheap iPhone (We Think)"?Business Insider?1/11
"'A cheaper iPhone? Not for us,' says Apple's marketing chief as he rubbishes low-end rumours"?ZDNet?1/11
"Mystery: Did Apple Exec Phil Schiller Really Shoot Down A Cheap iPhone?"?Business Insider?1/11
"Why Did Reuters Pull its iPhone Mini Report?"?Mashable?1/11
"Reuters Withdraws Schiller 'Cheaper iPhone' Rebuttal Following Changes to Source"?Mac|Life?1/11
"Less Expensive iPhone Rumors Continue To Be Cloudy"?AppleBitch?1/11
"Is Apple Coming Out With a Cheaper iPhone? The Answer Is Unclear"?Mashable?1/11
"Cheap iPhone: When Does No Not Mean No?"?Tapscape?1/11
"Cheap iPhone Good or Bad for Apple?"?Zacks?1/11
"Cheap iPhone will 'never be the future of Apple'"?Crave @ CNET?1/11
"Don't count out the cheap iPhone yet: Reuters rescinds Apple exec denial"?VentureBeat?1/11
"Apple rubbishes rumours of iPhone for the masses"?The Register?1/11
"Apple Not Focused On Developing Cheaper iPhone, Says Marketing SVP Phil Schiller"?TechCrunch?1/11
"As Reuters Pulls 'iPhone mini' Story, But No One Seems Sure Why"?Reuters?1/11
"Reuters withdraws story on Phil Schiller's reported denial of 'cheap' iPhone"?The Verge?1/11
Apple Op/Ed
"CES 2013: How to Avoid Getting Sued by Apple? Have Good Lawyers, Source Says"?DailyTech?1/11
"Will Apple Copy Xerox's Generosity?"?WSJ Blogs?1/11
"Selling Windows Phone: Microsoft's Ben Rudolph on why iPhone and Android users will love and buy his device"?VentureBeat?1/11
"Working as an Apple Genius Is Good Training For Future -Like Parenting Toddlers"?The Mac Observer?1/11
"Android's next big challenge to the iPhone: The new breed of Android devices exceed the iPhone 5 in every category - hardware, operating system, and apps."?CNET News?1/11
"So, what is Apple's next big thing going to be?"?ZDNet?1/11
"iPhone 6 rumor rollup for week ending Jan. 11: Smaller, cheaper; bigger, cheaper; bigger, more expensive"?Network World?1/11
"Apple: One Analyst's Post-CES Wish List For Future Products"?Forbes?1/11
"Is Apple Releasing Products Too Fast?"?TheStreet?1/11
"Why Apple's iOS will win the platform war over Google's Android"?MacDailyNews?1/11
"Office for iOS may be coming (yawn)"?AppleTell?1/11
"How many iTVs would Apple sell?"?Fortune?1/11
"The less expensive iPhone"?iMore?1/11
"A Story About Steve Jobs, Steel Balls and Gorilla Glass (You, with the Cracked Phone: Read This)"?Techland?1/11
"The Flipside: Embracing Closed Gardens Like The Apple App Store Shows Just How Un-Free You Want To Be"?Techdirt?1/11
"Apple's Marketing Nazi: 'No Cheap Apple Products For You!"?PixoBebo?1/11
"Is Apple A Hardware Or A Software Company? Or, A Struggling Web Services Company?"?Mac 360?1/11
Non-Apple
"The Boy Who Cried Facebook Phone"?TechCrunch?5:40 PM
"What does Twitter have to do with Sherlock Holmes?"?GigaOM?4:44 PM
"Government warns of new Windows computer virus, as always Mac users unaffected"?Beatweek Magazine?5:29 PM
"Has the Wii U had a good reception?"?Tapscape?1/11
"CEA on 'Booth Babes': The Name Is the Problem"?Mashable?1/11
"10 Pros and Cons of Gmail's New Compose Feature"?Mashable?1/11
"The Decision: Why I picked the Samsung S3 over iPhone and Windows"?GeekWire?1/11
"Nvidia's Project Shield Can Succeed Even If It Fails"?Techland?1/11
"Review: Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 Windows 8 convertible Ultrabook"?The Register?1/11
"How to nominate someone for Internet Hall of Fame: Who will join Cerf, Berners-Lee and Torvalds in online-only Hall of Fame?"?Network World?1/11
"Would You Pay $100 to Message Mark Zuckerberg?"?PC Magazine?1/11
"Top Patent Recipients in 2012: IBM and Samsung"?PC Magazine?1/11
"Why cloud computing ROI tools are worthless"?InfoWorld?1/11
"How to get a new PC without Windows 8"?InfoWorld?1/11
"OLED and 4K at CES 2013: The fantasy and the reality (video)"?PCWorld?1/11
"CES 2013: Land of the Dongle, Year of the Little Guy"?Wired?1/11
"CES 2013 round-up: Paper tablets, eight-core chips and Ballmer surprises"?V3?1/11
"In Pictures: Gadgets Galore at the Consumer Electronics Show" [Slideshow]?Techland?1/11
"CES 2013: Amazing spectacles and awkward moments"?PCWorld?1/11
"The worst of CES 2013" [Slideshow]?PCWorld?1/11
"CES 2013: The technology you'll actually want/In a sea of retread and me-too products, here are the 5 technologies that stand out" [Slideshow]?InfoWorld?1/11
"CES: When The Going Gets Weird, The Weird Turn Pro"?Forbes?1/11
"Five intellectual property trends to watch in 2013"?EE Times?1/11
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