Is Apple Testing a Watch/Smartphone Hybrid?" [Video Report]
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Before Apple disrupts the television space, it will disrupt the smartphone AND wristwatch markets with an Apple smart-watch. Agree or disagree?
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Monday Highlights: Is Apple done disrupting markets? Tim Bajarin says no, and rumors grow again that Apple may be ready to tackle the smart watch market with a device that would connect to iDevices and allow some feature sharing; opinions aplenty down in our Op/Ed section including BGR's questioning whether the world even wants an iWatch, Canadian Reviewer thinks an iWatch makes sense, Fortune recalls Dick Tracy watch in pondering what Apple might reveal; meanwhile, Apple and other tech giants facing AU federal parliamentary inquiry over higher prices AU consumers pay for tech products; more in our Apple/Macintosh section; over the weekend came reports that Tim Cook disagreed with Steve Jobs over suing Samsung, citing the critical relationship with their component supplier; Apple buying Pennsylvania Tax Credits in effort to reduce tax liability in the Keystone State according to the Philadelphia Inquirer; Mactuts+ shows how to setup the Keycard app which will lock your Mac automatically when you step away; TUAW shows a way you can extract text from PDFs using Automator; Rich Mogull decries "the every day agony of the password"; and Ted Landau hopes Apple never buys Dropbox; in order to keep Google as the default search engine on iOS devices, the company pays Apple $1 billion yearly; CNET cites user satisfaction study of smartphones which has Apple in 5th place behind four Android handsets; app which informs users of drone strikes apparently banned by Apple; firefighters swearing in ceremony normally has a Bible, but this one used a Bible app on an iPad; BMW said to be employing Apple's Genius model for consumer education of company products; reports of iOS 6.1 causing battery life issues heating up in our Hardware/Software section, and iPhone 5S pictures said to have leaked from Foxconn factory, yet 9 to 5 Mac says they're pix of a clone; CNET reviews HP's AirPrint-friendly Officejet Pro x576dw; Padgadget has tips for how you can "make the most out of the native Reminders app"; former assistant to President Obama, Susan Crawford, explains to Bill Moyers how there's a disparity in the United States when it comes to consumer's spending "a ridiculous amount of money for slow internet".
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"Is Apple Testing a Watch/Smartphone Hybrid?"" ["Video Report"] Bloomberg
7:52 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook May Consider an iWatch" [Video Report]?Bloomberg?9:19 AM
"Apple 'Experiments With' Watch-Style Devices"?Sky News?8:20 AM
"Apple experimenting with an iWatch, secures solar touchscreen patent"?ZDNet?9:24 AM
"Apple 'testing smart watch designs': Apple is testing designs for a smart wristwatch that would link wirelessly to the iPhone and allow wearers to easily access some of the features of the smartphone, according to reports."?Telegraph?8:51 AM
"Apple May Not Have A Choice But To Release A Watch ? ReadWrite"?ReadWrite?1:59 PM
"Australia to grill Apple, others on pricing"?Reuters?8:21 AM
"Apple And Microsoft Summonsed To Explain Price Disparities In Australia"?Kotaku?7:51 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook 'never wanted to sue Samsung': Jobs wanted to go to war, but the court battle hasn't really met his objectives"?Macworld UK?8:38 AM
"Dead Steve Jobs 'made Tim Cook sue Samsung' from beyond the grave"?The Register?8:23 AM
"Apple and Samsung, Frenemies for Life"?Reuters?11:28 AM
"Apple's Cash Conundrum: Pay Tax or Borrow?"?WSJ Blogs?2:05 PM
"Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference: February 12, 2013/Listen to streaming audio from the conference call."?Apple Events?12:39 PM
"Apple's Tim Cook to speak six hours earlier Tuesday: His Goldman Sachs keynote, scheduled for 4:15 p.m. ET has been shifted to 10:15 a.m."?Fortune?12:39 PM
"Apple CEO to speak at financial event tomorrow"?CNET News?1:21 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook to sit with First Lady Michelle Obama during Tuesday's State of the Union address"?Contra Costa Times?3:58 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook to attend State of the Union address as Obama seeks to act on cybersecurity"?The Next Web?4:01 PM
"Google spends $1B a year on iOS search default: analyst"?ZDNet?9:24 AM
"Google paying Apple $1 billion annually in per-device iOS search fees"?iDownload Blog?8:55 AM
"Apple Gets $1 Billion Per Year For Making Google The Default Search Engine On iOS"?App Advice?8:53 AM
"Samsung Emerges as a Potent Rival to Apple's Cool"?New York Times?8:46 AM
"Four Android smartphones beat the iPhone 5 in US user satisfaction, the $0 Motorola Atrix HD takes first place"?The Next Web?9:46 AM
"Apple, Microsoft and Adobe Called to Explain Price Disparities in Australia"?Mashable?8:42 AM
"Australia Forcing Apple, Microsoft Testimony in Product Price Inquiry"?The Mac Observer?8:43 AM
"Apple and Microsoft called to testify before Australian Parliament in pricing investigation"?The Verge?8:46 AM
"Apple, Microsoft and Adobe summoned by Australian parliament in pricing probe"?Digital Trends?8:49 AM
"Apple, Microsoft, and Adobe forced to face IT pricing inquiry"?ZDNet?9:25 AM
"A Big Year for Apple's iPhone in India"?AllThingsD?8:18 AM
"Apple's iPhone sales up threefold in India as company turns to payment plans"?AppleInsider?8:59 AM
"Apple Blocks App Designed To Inform Users About U.S Drone Strikes? ? [Video]?RazorianFly?9:54 AM
"Tablet Shipments Overall To Drop 21.8 Percent In Q1/13; But A 5 Percent Gain For Apple Forecast"?MacPrices?8:13 AM
"Has Tim Cook Killed Nike Fuelband's Android Future?"?Cult of Android?1:57 PM
"Nike Pulled The Plug On Its FuelBand Android Companion App In Favor Of iOS And The Web"?TechCrunch?1:55 PM
"Blizzard Fails to Discourage Apple Store Visitors"?ifoAppleStore?9:08 AM
"Home Depot iPhone switch short-circuits BlackBerry stock: Nationwide retailer decides that it's time to make the move to Apple, a decision which will affect 10,000 employees who will have to turn in their BlackBerry devices."?CNET News?4:03 PM
"Another One Bites The Dust: Home Depot Ditches Blackberry For iPhone"?BGR?8:07 AM
"Paragon CEO: we want to support our app users, but 'Apple says we can't'"?VentureBeat?2:05 PM
"iPad with Bible app saves the day at firefighters swearing-in ceremony"?TUAW?10:39 AM
"BMW taps Apple's Genius model to educate customers: The company says that its dealerships will have young employees on the showroom floor answering questions possible customers might have about cars."?CNET News?10:17 AM
"iTunes Top 10 Fun Facts: 25 Billion Songs, 119 Countries, 800 million devices, More"?FairerPlatform?11:27 AM
"Amazon pokes at iPad price, display in Kindle Fire HD ad"?GeekWire?10:38 AM
Non-Apple News
"Adobe Proposes New Standard for Better Web Typography"?Webmonkey?1:30 PM
"Pandigital eReader hacks create a $38 tablet"?TG Daily?12:26 PM
"New HTC One Flagship Phone Gets Pictured, As A Picture Reportedly Taken With Its Camera Leaks"?TechCrunch?12:23 PM
"DISH's Hopper With Sling Whole-Home DVR Now Available Nationwide, Following CES 2013 Awards Controversy"?TechCrunch?12:22 PM
"Boy Tries To Win Back Ex-Girlfriend On Valentine's Day By Building Her An App"?TechCrunch?12:22 PM
"3D printing's next level: economy cars (w/ video)"?St. Paul Pioneer Press [Free Registration Required]?12:09 PM
"Security firm Bit9 says hackers attacked it and a few clients"?IDG News Service?11:36 AM
"Flickr Bug Makes Privates Public"?PC Magazine?11:34 AM
"Alone, Together: Snowed In, In The Age Of Hashtags"?Associated Press?10:13 AM
"The GoogleReaderpocalypse Is Upon Us ? Google's Feed Reading Service Unusable Since Sunday"?TechCrunch?12:23 PM
"Google plugs Nexus 4 and Google Now in Grammys ad"?PCWorld?11:36 AM
"Google Shows Off Nexus 4, Google Now During Grammys"?PC Magazine?11:34 AM
"Google execs building $82M airport to house their private jets"?VentureBeat [Free Registration Required]?9:50 AM
"BlackBerry Shares Drop As Home Depot Says Ditching Phone"?Bloomberg?10:27 AM
"BlackBerry Z10 On Sale ... for $999"?PC Magazine?11:34 AM
"Solavei Brings BlackBerry Z10 to the U.S. Early ? For Nearly a Thousand Bucks"?AllThingsD?9:48 AM
"You'll Never Squint Again With This Automatically Resizing Font"?Gizmodo?10:54 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"We find out how you set up an Apple TV without the remote and review the Moves fitness app."?The MT Show?8:11 AM
"Alleged iPhone 5S assembly line shots show new internal layout, linear motor (Update: clone)/Update: These are likely an iPhone 5 clone (with better vibrating motor). Note the smaller 1150 mAh battery and the (d'oh) SD card slot."?9 to 5 Mac?9:27 AM
"'iPhone 5S' spotted in purported leaked pics of Foxconn factory"?NDTV Gadgets?8:35 AM
"New photos claims to show Apple's so-called iPhone 5S being assembled at Foxconn"?AppleInsider?8:59 AM
"Photos of iPhone 5 Clone Circulating as Alleged 'iPhone 5S'"?MacRumors?9:45 AM
"Alleged iPhone 5S photos leak online"?CNET News?8:47 AM
"iPhone 5S Pics Swirl Around the Internet"?TheStreet?9:48 AM
"Insiders 'now confident' Apple will launch lower-priced, lightweight iPhone as early as June"?AppleInsider?9:04 AM
"Apple's Cheaper iPhone Could Launch As Early As June"?Business Insider?8:38 AM
"Apple hires TV exec, hints at Apple iTV release"?TrustedReviews?1:55 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Super Monsters Ate My Condo! For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?12:38 PM
"Mr. Ball For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?12:38 PM
"Hamster Craze For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?12:38 PM
"Mac mini Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?8:31 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?8:31 AM
"Mac Pro Prices -6 And 4 Core Models... $1,150 to $2,999 -Best Deals, Reviews And Information"?MacReviewZone?7:50 AM
"Refurbished & Used iMac Prices -Deals Start From $109 -Closeout, OpenBox, Refurbished And Used"?MacReviewZone?7:50 AM
"iPod Classic Prices... $101 to $249 -The Best iPod Deals, Reviews And Information"?MacReviewZone?7:50 AM
"PadGadget Daily App Deal ? 10 iPad Apps on Sale"?PadGadget?9:05 AM
"The iWatch: What Can Apple Do To Make Us Need One?"?Forbes?1:44 PM
"Apple's iWatch: What We Know, What We Don't Know, And Why It Really Doesn't Matter"?Mac 360?1:19 PM
"5 wearable ideas Apple could borrow from sci-fi"?Computerworld?11:27 AM
"Apple, newfangled watches and becoming a mature company"?ZDNet?10:54 AM
"Does the world want an Apple 'iWatch'?"?BGR?10:39 AM
"WSJ says Foxconn involved in development of tech that could power Apple wristwatch"?AppleInsider?10:20 AM
"Why Apple iOS-Driven Smartwatch Makes Sense: Apple is reportedly developing a wearable product that features its iOS operating system and curved glass. Watch out, Pebble."?InformationWeek?10:19 AM
"Report: Apple Working on iOS-Based Wristwatch"?WirelessWeek?10:17 AM
"Apple may be developing a smart watch with Corning's flexible Willow Glass"?MobileSyrup?9:26 AM
"What Would an Apple Watch Do?"?BYTE?9:08 AM
"Is There An Apple Smartwatch In Your Future?"?TheStreet?8:58 AM
"Apple cooking up curved-glass wristwatch, report says"?Crave @ CNET?8:28 AM
"Calling All Cars! Apple Working On A Dick Tracy Watch?"?Forbes?8:21 AM
"Features That Would Make iWatch A Killer Product"?Forbes?8:17 AM
"The Apple Dick Tracy iWatch leaks: Why now?"?Fortune?8:17 AM
"Should Apple Buy Dell?"?Forbes?7:57 AM
"Why I love using the iPhone 5"?PalmAddict?7:50 AM
Non-Apple
"Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch"?Wired?12:34 PM
"Minding your p's and q's when texting: Depends on age"?USA Today?12:30 PM
"Half of online shoppers may buy via social networks by 2015"?Computerworld UK?11:35 AM
"A Week With: BlackBerry Z10/The new BlackBerry phone launches with a totally new look and feel, but is it worth the wait?"?The Independent?11:18 AM
"Review: HP Spectre XT TouchSmart/The Ultrabook that reckons it's meant for bigger things"?The Register?12:28 PM
"HP EliteBook Folio 9470M review: An ultrasolid Ultrabook"?InfoWorld?11:14 AM
"ROI calculations done right can help IT projects"?Computerworld?10:45 AM
"Why Google's Cloud Is a Pandora's Box"?Minyanville?10:10 AM
"Square scandal highlights growing pains at tech start-ups"?Reuters?10:06 AM
"The secret to tackling mobile, cloud and big data? Treat them as one."?GigaOM [Free Registration Required]?9:50 AM
"New Nexus 4 Ad Finally Puts Google Now In The Spotlight [Video]?BGR?9:46 AM
"This Latest Google Now Ad Has Me Hating Siri"?TechCrunch?9:13 AM
"The Surface Pro's available storage problem"?ZDNet?9:24 AM
"What Do You Think Of Microsoft's New Surface Pro Commercial?"?Business Insider?8:37 AM
"Windows Surface Pro Sells Out [Like Zune HD, Palm Pre, Surface RT, etc]?Tapscape?8:08 AM
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