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Saturday Highlights: Michael Gartenberg says the key to Apple's future lies in iCloud, which ties Apple's ecosystem together; Judge in Apple vs. Motorola case "upholds largest part of Apple's touchscreen heuristics patent"; Apple responsible for putting a "shine on corporate America" helping increase Standard & Poor's 500 Q1 profits; Investor's Business Daily on whether Apple will be able to reach the $1 trillion market value level; Rob Enderle opines on why Apple products get picked on so much in the press; owners of Macs three times as likely as Windows counterparts to preview their next OS; Kent Nguyen on user interface responsiveness between OS X/Windows, and iOS/Android; Ars Technica looks back at the week in Apple news; Japanese ranks Apple highest rated consumer brand for the first time; Sprint reveals their 2014 LTE target map in the US; from the Classic Computing Blog comes an interesting idea for Apple to consider as part of their new campus: feature a corporate museum along with a public space; Dave Caolo on the behavioral psychology of Angry Birds; you've heard of road rage, but how about "screen rage"?; meanwhile, over at TechNN, Microsoft extends their "smoked by Windows Phone" challenge as they hope to engage iPhone, Android users; CEO of Stardock says Windows 8 is schizophrenic; IBM CEO to be first woman at golf's Augusta tourney.
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"Why Steve Jobs Can Rest Easy" The Motley Fool
3:34 PM
"Judge Posner upholds largest part of Apple's touchscreen heuristics ('949) patent in Motorola case"?Foss Patents?12:16 PM
"Apple and publishers reportedly willing to abandon iBooks 'agency model' to appease Justice Department"?iMore?3:33 PM
"Apple, publishers to settle e-books price-fixing suit: Report/Though Apple is not likely to take a major financial hit after the settlement, Amazon stands to gain upward of $1 billion in revenue, one analyst says."?CNET Reviews?9:29 PM
"The Truth About Apple's Foxconn Workers: They Want To Work MORE, Not Less"?Business Insider?9:11 AM
"EU's Almunia: may probe Motorola, Apple, Microsoft dispute"?Reuters?11:36 AM
"Apple Labor Pact Could Ripple Across China: Manufacturers grappling with rising labor costs and increasing worker demands in China could face further pressure if a critical probe of a major Apple Inc. supplier sets a new standard for China's factory workers."?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?3/30
"Apple, Foxconn set new standard for Chinese workers"?Reuters?3/30
"Apple supplier Foxconn cuts working hours, workers ask why"?Reuters?3/30
"Apple's Foxconn: Robots To Replace Workers"?Sky News?3/30
"Apple backs reform for Foxconn staff"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?3/30
"Apple supplier Foxconn to improve conditions, but workers worried"?Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required]?3/30
"Apple Supplier Foxconn Will Reduce Working Hours: Fair Labor Association association finds significant issues with factories in China operated by Apple supplier Foxconn, which said it would reduce hours for some workers."?InformationWeek?3/30
"Audit Faults Apple Supplier: Outside Audit Finds Health, Safety Violations at Foxconn"?WSJ.com [Paywall]?3/30
"Apple Workers Put Tim Cook Atop List of Most Beloved CEOs"?AllThingsD?3/30
"That didn't take long: Tim Cook rated top CEO/The Apple CEO nabbed the top spot from Ernst & Young CEO Jim Turley and Quallcomm chief executive Paul Jacobs."?CNET News?3/30
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"Week in Apple: iPad styli, iPhone security, UDIDs, and more"?Ars Technica?12:23 PM
"Applesauce: All Things Apple"?redOrbit?3:34 PM
"New iPad returns are less than previously released versions"?Examiner?8:45 PM
"Apple is the highest rated consumer brand in Japan, says Nikkei"?The Verge?9:09 AM
"Steve Jobs' Most Important Products"?Forbes?8:45 PM
"Gravitational Shift: Competition in mobile phones has supplanted competition among networks."?Barron's?9:00 AM
"Sprint's target 2014 4G LTE coverage map revealed"?The Verge?9:09 AM
"Apple Picked As Top Consumer Brand In Japan For 1st Time"?Nikkei?3/30
"Apple Becomes the Number One Consumer Brand in Japan"?Tech.pinions?3/30
"iJapan: Apple ranked as top consumer brand in Japan"?VentureBeat?3/30
"Apple vaults past Google to top Japanese brand survey"?CNET News?3/30
"Tablet owners in Japan, US view their devices differently"?MacNews?3/30
"Apple's 'brand power' tops Japanese consumer survey"?AppleInsider?3/30
"EU's Almunia: may probe Motorola, Apple, Microsoft dispute"?Reuters?3/30
"Apple products now found in half of all American dwellings"?The Register?3/30
"ETSI vote on SIM card standard postponed, says French financial daily Les ?chos"?Foss Patents?3/30
"With Apple and Nokia at war, nano-SIM vote is postponed"?GigaOM?3/30
"Google Heightens Rivalry With iPad"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?3/30
"Apple Updates iPad 4G Marketing Notices on Australian Site"?The Next Web?3/30
"Amazon, iTunes scam nets British gang Madonna-like royalties"?CBS News?3/30
"iPhone to be used for top secret info: The Australian government's peak adviser on information security has given the tick of approval for iPhones and iPads to be used for storing and communicating classified government information."?Australian Associated Press?3/30
"Gang is jailed over Amazon and Apple upload fraud"?The Inquirer?3/30
"With Tablet Plan, Google Goes After Apple and Amazon"?New York Times?3/30
"From Apple to Zipcar, Auto Brands Hunt Millennials: Auto makers are deeply concerned that Millennials don't care about vehicles nearly as much as they do about the next iPhone. So the companies have become decidedly more intent on roping in these car-reluctant twenty-somethings."?Forbes?3/30
"Is Windows Phone faster than an iPhone? Lumia challenge comes to London"?Electricpig?3/30
"Apple Goes After Applecom.com, ApplePrinters.com Domains"?The Next Web?3/30
"Video: Chinese security guards clash at the great wall of Apple"?Fortune?3/30
Non-Apple News
"Starboard Says AOL Has Delayed Annual Meeting"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?3/30
"Yahoo Layoffs Set to Begin Next Week, Followed by Restructuring the Week After"?AllThingsD?3/30
"Linux 'internet of things' gizmo ships: Ninja Blocks has begun shipping its eponymous Linux gadget designed to interact with sensors and automate your world."?Register Hardware?3/30
"Battlefield 3 game update cripples PS3 users"?TG Daily?3/30
"Dawn of Amazon's robot squad: Amazon's new business makes robots that can stock its warehouse shelves much faster than its human workers."?New York Times?3/30
"Gnome 3.4 brings a bevy of big changes: New features include video calling and Windows Live online account integration"?PCWorld?3/30
"Kelihos Botnet Still at Work, Security Experts Say"?eWeek?3/30
"Nokia adopts Microsoft's 'Smoked by Windows' stunt"?CNET News?3/30
"New Google Drive Leak Points To 5GB Of Free Storage, Release In Third Week Of April"?TechCrunch?3/30
"Real-time traffic returns to Google Maps directions"?MSNBC?3/30
"Google takes CAPTCHA security to the streets: An experiment with digital images from Street View aims to stymie CAPTCHA-resistant bots"?InfoWorld?3/30
"Google planning online store to sell tablets"?BBC?3/30
"RIM shares up as new CEO draws praise: Street stays bearish on BlackBerry maker, but likes Heins' approach"?MarketWatch?3/30
"RIM: 'It's Going to Be an Absolute Gong Show for the Next Few Quarters'"?AllThingsD?3/30
"RIM lost $54 million on four-day global BlackBerry outage"?ZDNet?3/30
"A giant undersea cable makes the Internet a split-second faster"?CNNMoney?3/30
"Keeping Tabs: Apple's new iPad is out, but how does it stand in a tablet-savvy market?"?Bangkok Post?8:46 PM
"Review: Epson MegaPlex MG-850HD Projector turns your iOS device into a portable home movie theater"?9 to 5 Mac?5:33 PM
"Video Review: The HiShop Roche2 Timao Bumper Case for iPhone 4/4s"?Run Around Tech?9:20 AM
"Apple Mac mini (Mid-2011) Core i5 2.3GHz review"?PC Advisor?3/30
"New iPad brings a display like no other"?Dallas Morning News [Paid Membership Required]?3/30
"IFixit, You Fix It With IMac Hard Drive Upgrade Kit"?MacNews?3/30
"Weekend Reading: The Apple Experience by Carmine Gallo [excerpt]?9 to 5 Mac?3/30
"Audyssey's Lower East Side Audio Dock Air is a compact, good-sounding AirPlay speaker"?Macworld?3/30
"FatCat's PowerBar: Portable Battery Charger With Style"?The Mac Observer?3/30
"Hitachi Touro Mobile Pro 750GB is a speedy performer"?Macworld?3/30
"Stay Connected With TP-Link's Nano WiFi Router"?Wired?3/30
"Case lets you turn iPhone into scuba-diving camera: The TAT7 case supposedly lets you take your iPhone down to 100 feet to shoot photos and video. But there are some caveats."?CNET News?3/30
"Incipio Inscribe Stylus review: Shorter than your typical pen, this stylus is a simple and effective combination of smooth black barrel and rubberised tip."?Macworld UK?3/30
"iChic Gear Phantomus review: Stylus boasts the weight, shape and feel of a typical ball-point pen"?Macworld UK?3/30
"Hip Street iPad 3rd Generation/iPad 2 Bluetooth Multimedia Aluminum Keyboard Case"?MacPrices?3/30
"GreenSmart Baringo Messenger Mac Accessory Review"?Macworld?3/30
"Griffin Reserve Battery Case: An attractive case with an extra battery to boost your iPhone's runtime."?Register Hardware?3/30
"PhotoDealer Review: One great feature courtesy of this photography app, but otherwise it might be too basic for some users."?148Apps?3/30
"5 Ways To Have Fun Playing Cards Against Your Mac (can you beat a Mac?)"?Mac 360?3/30
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"TurboTax for iPad Was Better Than My Accountant"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?9:00 AM
"Review: VisualTalks ? A New Way To Produce Animated Presentations On The Go"?MacTrast?9:21 AM
"This iPhone and Web App Helps You Find Stuff to Do"?The Next Web?9:10 AM
"Bloomsbury Dictionary of Computing and Other Specialist Dictionaries"?eXtensions?3/30
"Hold the Solar System in your hands with Brian Cox's Wonders of the Universe for iPad"?iMore?3/30
"Experience Instagram better than ever with Gramory for iPhone"?iMore?3/30
"Paper: Beautiful, Basic Drawing for the iPad"?Techland?3/30
"Inspire Pro - Paint, Draw and Sketch Review"?Macworld?3/30
"OmmWriter Dana distraction-free word processor gets an iPad version"?AppleTell?3/30
"A Social Network Built for Two: A new app gives couples a private network to share texts, videos, and virtual kisses?and shows there's space for social innovation."?Technology Review?3/30
"Connect by QuickOffice and Box OneCloud attack iPad file round-trip challenge"?TUAW?3/30
"Barefoot World Atlas Review"?Mac|Life?3/30
"MAD for the iPad: Just in time for April Fool's Day, the iconic humor magazine MAD gets its first dedicated iPad app."?Download?3/30
"Appidemic: Ion Racer for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch"?AppleTell?3/30
"The TouchArcade Show - 45 - Crystal Charge Level: MAXIMUM"?Touch Arcade?3/30
"'Final Freeway 2R' Review - The 'OutRun' Homage that We've Been Waiting For (Review)"?Touch Arcade?3/30
"Ion Racer Review: Ion Racer takes mission-driven progress and combines it with third-person racing to great effect."?148Apps?3/30
"Galactic Alliance 2 Review: More alien invaders must be stopped in this sci-fi tower defense sequel."?148Apps?3/30
"Paper by FiftyThree ? Silky Smooth Drawing Experience"?Apple'n'Apps?3/30
"Zaarly Review: Crowd sourcing help, assistance and items all through this community focused form of Craigslist."?148Apps?3/30
"Paper By FiftyThree Review: An utterly beautiful and inspiring way to draw and sketch."?148Apps?3/30
How-To/Tutorial
"How to install aTV Flash (black) on the new Apple TV interface"?iDownload Blog?9:16 AM
"How to jailbreak the new Apple TV interface"?iDownload Blog?9:16 AM
Tips
"Wind Noise Messing With Your iLife? Check Out DeadCatDots"?App Advice?8:45 PM
"6 Tips to Improve Typing on the iPad"?OS X Daily?3:27 PM
"License music for your presentation" ["Are Macs a good buy?"]?USA Today?11:39 AM
"Replace carrier name with logo in iPhone status bar"?Mac OS X Hints?3/30
"iOS Video Tip: Text Expansion In iOS 5"?MacTrast?3/30
"Third-gen iPad raises a few red flags: The latest iPad is a good effort by any standard, but it begins to stray from the Jobsian design philosophy."?CNET News?5:34 PM
"Gartner: iPads Will Need 300% More Wifi [I Say Horse Pucky]?iPadCTO?2:33 PM
"Dr. Skinner, your birds are angry"?52 Tiger?12:23 PM
"Screen Rage is the New Road Rage"?Forbes?12:23 PM
"MacOS KenDensed: The New Foxconn, Government Hacking & Nokia's SIM Hate"?The Mac Observer?12:14 PM
"The Macalope Weekly: Outlandish claims"?Macworld?9:39 AM
"Why Amazon can't win a tablet price war against Google: Google and Amazon are about to go to war for the future of non-iPad tablets. Here's why Amazon needs a new strategy."?Computerworld?9:04 AM
"How Do You Say Tim Cook In Mandarin Chinese?"?Forbes?8:59 AM
"NBC Universal Caught Using Infringing Graphic From Apple, Probably Won't Learn Anything"?Techdirt?3/30
"Remains of the Day: Creme de la creme"?Macworld?3/30
"Where have all the iPads gone? Apple pulls refurbs from store"?FairerPlatform?3/30
"Apple's nonexistent iPhone naming scheme: Will next one be the iPhone 6, 5 or 4G?"?ZDNet?3/30
"Apple Should be Careful What it Signs up For!"?Forbes?3/30
"Apple Faces Brand New Challenge"?Forbes?3/30
"The Macalope Daily: Full of win"?Macworld [Insider Content]?3/30
"Macworld says the new iPad's screen is underrated"?TUAW?3/30
"Retina Display Macs May Be Getting Closer"?MacNews?3/30
"Is Apple really in half of US homes?"?SlashGear?3/30
"Apple Patent Hints at iPhone's Hideous 3D Future"?Gizmodo?3/30
"The Ground Beneath Apple's Walled Garden"?TechCrunch?3/30
"Does Google earn more cash from Apple iPhone than Android?"?Computerworld?3/30
"Foxconn Workers Express Concern Over Reduced Overtime"?MacRumors?3/30
"FLA announces Foxconn results, Apple promises action"?Mac.Blorge?3/30
"Roadkill: What Apple Is Doing To The Competition"?PixoBebo?3/30
Non-Apple
"Sony's accidental in-car iPod killer"?The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required]?9:04 AM
"The Evolution of Facebook for Brands"?Yahoo! News?3/30
"Why it's wrong to call copyright infringement 'theft'"?GigaOM?3/30
"An Open Letter To the 5 Million Confused People Who Bought a Samsung Galaxy Note"?Gizmodo?3/30
"Google, Facebook working to undermine Do Not Track privacy protections"?AppleInsider?3/30
"Hey devs, Amazon apps can make almost as much as iOS apps"?GigaOM?3/30
"Repeat after me: There is no perfect smartphone"?ZDNet?3/30
"Firefox 11 review: Firefox has jumped the shark"?ZDNet?3/30
"The Bureaucracy of Videogames: Why San Andreas Had to Tone Down the Sex"?Wired?3/30
"What if Sony's So-Called 'PlayStation Orbis' Really Does Kill Used Games?"?Techland?3/30
"'People expect privacy on Facebook and Twitter'"?The Register?3/30
"Will hacker group Anonymous bring down the Internet on 31 March? Will Operation Global Blackout go ahead this weekend, or is it all an elaborate April Fools' joke?"?Computerworld UK?3/30
"E-mail Etiquette Part I: The End-of-Thread Dilemma"?PC Magazine?3/30
"Red Hat's $1 billion proves value of software freedom"?InfoWorld?3/30
"The Not-So-Hidden Risk of a Cloud Meltdown, and Why I'm Not So Worried"?Wired?3/30
"Is it time to take the fight into the Clouds?"?The Register?3/30
"6 Reasons To Use Multiple Cloud Providers: Music Mastermind, Coupa Software share why they turned to more than one cloud services supplier. Yes, you can mix and match Amazon and Rackspace."?InformationWeek?3/30
"Video: The Most Insanely Important, Mind-Blowing Tech News of the Week"?Techland?3/30
"Data Backup, Protection Plans Lacking Among Small Businesses: Mozy"?eWeek?3/30
"Google Must Make Android Upgrade Worth Networks' While"?BYTE?3/30
"Google Tablet: A very good thing done the right way"?ZDNet?3/30
"Do We Need World Backup Day? March 31 is World Backup Day. Do we really need a day devoted to something that we should be doing every day? If we do, we should have a World Test Recovery Day, too."?InformationWeek?3/30
"At last, broadband in the boonies, but at a price"?CNET News?3/30
"Nokia? What Went Wrong This Week and Why?" [Video Report]?TheStreet?3/30
"Can RIM Make a Comeback? The Word on the Web"?PCWorld?3/30
"Cook, Zuckerberg, Chambers, Elop All In China: What Is It Telling Us?"?Forbes?3/30
"Bye bye Blackberry, RIM concedes consumer space"?Tech.Blorge?3/30
Humor/Cartoons
"Google's first April Fool this year is brilliant: 'Maps 8-bit' for the NES"?The Motley Fool?5:36 PM
"Google Launches 8-bit Google Maps for NES. Brilliant"?vernonchan?12:14 PM
"85-Year Old Inventor Celebrates First App Launch With 'DABBLE'"?RazorianFly?8:45 PM
"Top 10 iPhone Word Games"?Mashable?9:39 AM
"10 AirPlay-Ready iPad Apps That Make Apple TV Worth It"?ReadWriteWeb?9:22 AM
"SMSNinja For iPhone Blocks Incoming SMS/MMS And Calls Using A Highly Effective Firewall"?Redmond Pie?9:21 AM
"Jailbreak 5.1 On iPhone, iPad, iPod touch Using Sn0wbreeze 2.9.3"?Redmond Pie?9:20 AM
"Evernote iOS app updated, now ready for the Retina display of new iPad"?GadgeTell?9:17 AM
"Tethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0 on Apple TV now available"?AppleTell?9:17 AM
"Get ready for Games of Thrones with these iPhone apps fit for a king"?Appolicious?9:02 AM
"The Most Challenging iPhone Puzzle Game Yet - Monsters In My Room"?prMac?5:34 PM
"iPhone App is Raising Money and Awareness for Students with Autism"?prMac?9:39 AM
"Cool New Word Search Game For Kids on iPad/iPhone"?prMac?8:56 AM
"drahtwerk releases iScreen 3 - Turns iOS Devices Into Wireless Screens"?prMac?8:56 AM
"Get All Questions Answered With Free Tarot Card Reading on iPad/iPhone"?prMac?8:56 AM
"Brain Battle Show Deluxe released for iOS - The intelligence TV Show"?prMac?8:56 AM
"April Fools' Day App/Add Broken Glass, Dents, Scratches to Car Photos"?prMac?8:56 AM
"Word Cracker - Put Vowels Back Where They Belong - New App by eoz games"?prMac?8:56 AM
"Ticker Quiz - A Unique Blend of Fun and Finance - New App by eoz games"?prMac?8:56 AM
"Tasks in Cloud 1.0 Free for iOS - Manage Notes, To-Do Lists, and Tasks"?prMac?8:56 AM
"Scared With Friends Now Available Exclusively on the Apple App Store"?prMac?8:56 AM
"Glow Worm 1.0 for iOS - Capture and Transport Bacteria in a Living Cell"?prMac?8:56 AM
"Appsonic Games Releases New iPhone Game Paintball Ninja"?prMac?8:56 AM
"Dream Sleuth is a hidden object game with the puzzles and original mini-games."?Nevosoft?8:37 AM
"Our Story Got Foursquare To Kill API Access To Creepy Stalking App Girls Around Me [Update: Facebook Responds]?Cult of Mac?3/30
"OWC Wins About.com 2012 Reader's Choice Award for 'Best Mac Peripheral Reseller'"?Other World Computing?3/30
"Make Animated GIFs Anywhere with GifBoom"?148Apps?3/30
"OEM iPhone's 30-pin Dock Female to Regular Audio 3.5mm Plug Cable"?USBfever?3/30
"Cassette Tape -Look Case for iPhone 4 / iPhone 4s"?USBfever?3/30
"Rumor: New Facebook iPad App On The Way?"?AppleBitch?3/30
"Jailbreak Only: Camera Grabber For iOS 5 - Available Now In The Cydia Store"?App Advice?3/30
"Creepy iPhone Case Forces You to Interact with Siri"?Mashable?3/30
"Sensational New Space Shooter for iOS - Endless War"?prMac?3/30
"Kdan Launches Pocket Snapper - Virtual Studio and iModel for iPhone"?prMac?3/30
"iHelpNYC releases Chem Pro for iPad"?prMac?3/30
"The Window 1.0 for iOS - Soothing, Interactive, Bedtime Book for Kids"?prMac?3/30
"Metaversal Studios: Updraft Jack 2.0 Released - Adds New Content"?prMac?3/30
"60% off on great Montessori apps on Friday 30th March"?prMac?3/30
"iSyslog HD - iOS System Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting for the iPad"?prMac?3/30
"Dropage Leaps onto the iOS Platform"?prMac?3/30
"Math Guardians - Arcade Fighting game for Math Training on iPad"?prMac?3/30
"Apple Approves Infamous Horror Film Director's First App for iOS"?prMac?3/30
"Vegetable Samurai 3D PRO 1.0 for iOS - Slice Many Veggies in One Stroke"?prMac?3/30
"Picflick for iPad takes social photo sharing & storage to the next level"?prMac?3/30
"Nyan Cat Adventure - Internet Phenomena Pop Tart Cat comes to iOS"?prMac?3/30
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