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Weekend Highlights: The Macalope explores the less intelligent side of Apple punditry in Dubious Conclusions; New Apple/Google war comes out of left field, and it's all about gaming as Google said working on Android-based game console possibly in response to rumors Apple is on the same trajectory; Haydn Shaughnessy at Forbes believes Apple could once again claim top spot with QDEF color enhancing display technology which would put LCD tech, including Retina, on par with OLED; former Apple exec, Ken Segall, opines on press-battering of Apple, and how the company is different and not doomed without Steve Jobs; New York Times gives advice to reader concerning reorganizing iTunes 11 library; Macworld OS X Mavericks hands-on tackles new tabs and tagging in Finder; Adobe InDesign CC covered in detail at Macworld; Mactuts+ introduces beginners to Messages on your Macs, iOS devices; Android narrowing gap in app downloads, but iPhone downloads were up 31%; Ace Metrix says Apple's new ads are ineffective with consumers, but it should be noted that Samsung is currently a client of Ace Metrix; largest mobile carrier in Japan thinks Android phones are just as good as iPhone, sees no need to carry Apple's product; Apple Map errors featured as Salvador Dali-esque art; BGR hears word that iOS 7 Beta 3 will be released on 8 July; photograph depicting tray of batteries thought to be for iPhone 5S; PC Magazine has 5 solutions you can try if you are having WiFi issues with your MacBook Air.
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AppleCare/Troubleshooting
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Reviews/How-To/Tips
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"Safari 7.0 to bring web notifications to OS X Mavericks"?AppleInsider?6/28
"Hands-on with OS X Mavericks: Finder tabs and tagging"?Macworld?6/28
"Review: InDesign CC boosts ePub features, font menus"?Macworld?6/28
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"Apps of the week: Instacast, Wibbitz, Over and more!"?iMore?7:35 AM
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"WSJ: Apple signs iOS device chip deal with TSMC, decreasing dependence on Samsung"?iDownload Blog?6/28
"Apple Is Finally Going to Ditch Samsung's Chips"?Gizmodo?6/28
"WSJ: Apple struck deal this month with TSMC for iOS device chip production, beginning in 2014"?9 to 5 Mac?6/28
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"Apple Should Be Ashamed of Itself"?TheStreet?6/28
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"Apple Death Knell No. 62"?Fortune?6/28
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"Apple's New Friend Is Google's 2nd Worst Enemy"?Mac 360?6/28
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"Digital Thievery: Is Apple Stealing From Competitors?"?PixoBebo?6/28
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"The ARM Diaries, Part 1: How ARM's Business Model Works"?AnandTech?6/28
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Humor/Cartoons
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"Tweetbot adds support for Instagram Video. No, seriously!"?iMore?6/28
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"Turn Your iPhone Into a 3D Camera With Poppy"?Mashable?6/28
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"Glasshouse Apps Sold To Other Developers, Tweetglass Acquired By Tweetbot Creator"?AppAdvice?6/28
"Subway Surfers Says Bonjour To Paris As Its Latest World Tour Stop"?AppAdvice?6/28
"Digg: iOS app roll-out done, crawling over 3.3 million feeds, full Web release up next"?The Next Web?6/28
"Titob 2.0 for iOS released - Remarkable Free Search App"?prMac?6/28
"True 3D Shooter Space Game for iOS"?prMac?6/28
"Phonetic Birds available on the Apple App Store"?prMac?6/28
"eWeather HD One Day Sale - Starts Today"?prMac?6/28
"New Share & Spare app makes social travel simple and fun"?prMac?6/28
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"500 Russian Audiobooks for iOS: Books Read Aloud in Russian/English"?prMac?6/28
"TV Classic - Charlie Brown's All Stars! Swings onto the App Store"?prMac?6/28
"Prompts 1.0 for iOS - More than 1000 ways to beat writer's block"?prMac?6/28
"Guess This Pic - Whats the pic iPhone trivia game"?prMac?6/28
"Fun with Crazy Balls - Extremely Hard Puzzle Arcade Game for iOS"?prMac?6/28
"Educational Summer Fun - Bunny Math Race game for 3-8 year old kids"?prMac?6/28
"Byte By Byte LLC Releases Jewels of Egypt for iOS"?prMac?6/28
"Microsoft inks deal with Time Warner Cable, bringing more live TV to your Xbox"?GeekWire?6/28
"Microsoft partners with Time Warner to launch an Xbox 360 app with 300 live TV channels this summer"?The Next Web?6/28
"Soon You'll Be Able To Watch Live TV From Time Warner Cable Through Your Xbox"?Business Insider?6/28
"A Deal With Time Warner Just Gave Your Xbox 300 New Live TV Channels"?Gizmodo?6/28
"Xbox Announces Landmark Deal with Time Warner Cable to Bring More Live TV to Xbox 360"?Xbox Wire?6/28
"Landmark Deal Between Microsoft And Time Warner Cable Brings 300 Live TV Channels To Xbox 360"?Microsoft-News?6/28
"Time Warner Cable will let Xbox 360 users stream TV later this summer"?The Verge?6/28
"Time Warner Cable to launch app for Xbox 360"?paidContent?6/28
"Xbox One and Windows 8 could share apps, Microsoft hints"?Crave @ CNET?6/28
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