Sunday, March 31, 2013

MONEY TALK | Pets aren't abandoning human - Port Orchard ...

House pets aren?t returning to the wild abandoning human ownership.

House pet population is experiencing the same phenomenon that society is experiencing with adolescents. Both categories are changing in supply and in their respective demands.

It is true that demographics are destiny and can forecast major trend changes within democratized economic systems. Our government?s data on consumer spending is very detailed about family creation and its evolutionary demands.

Typically, Americans get married in the mid-20s ? 26 to 28 ? or so. The first child arrives about two years later and many predictable events unfold afterwards. It is obvious. First is the child?s layette and stroller. Then it?s the walker toy and tricycle. Later, here comes a bicycle, then the petitions for their own car.

What accompanies the early years? Three year olds begin the begging cycle for a pet ? a kitty or puppy often available without charge at your local supermarket. Supply is greater than wanted in someone else?s household.

The acquisition price is free. EBay is not necessary.

Fifteen years later, the parents are paying for college expenses and hoping their child is ready to venture forth into independent living. The child?s success at this stage of life leaves mom and dad with a conundrum.

Sally?s childhood puppy has gown older faster than Sally. Dog and cat life expectancies range around 12 to 15 years. Sally is leaving home without the family pet that is literally on its last legs. The whole family grieves the pet?s demise.

Empty nesting parents are not likely to replace ?Rover? any time soon. They have delayed some personal goals to fund college expenses and perhaps help with a child?s first home or a daughter?s wedding. Renewing a commitment to puppy care without children and the related veterinary expenses is a low priority.

The cycle is predictable. Should you care? Only if you care about the economy. As households with adolescents are in decline, so is the pet population. Demand for veterinary services is in a matching decline.

Vets are facing the ?cat problem? as cat visits have declined 13.5 percent since 2006. Dog visits have been declining, too, but the horse market has been crushed.

Casinos have become significant competition for horse racing facilities and the related need for thoroughbred horses. Even pet horses are expensive. The total number of horses and, likewise, vets in large animal practice, has been severely hurt since the recession.

The New York Times recently profiled an Arizona vet, Haley Shafer, who set her career goal at age 5. At age 30 and in practice, she is struggling to manage the massive college debt incurred.

Veterinary colleges have not been the only active recruiters of students facing a dismal employment future. Given virtually free student loans with eternity payback provisions, college may seem to be a better choice than flipping burgers.

The diminishing need for veterinarians was wholly predictable given the tight relationship to children at home. Other career choices may not be as evident as getting a DVM degree, but massive college debt should be very carefully evaluated before subjecting our country?s future families to a lifetime of unaffordable student loans.

Donald Creech, a Certified Financial Planner and Accredited Investment Fiduciary, is founder and owner of Investor Resource, Inc.

?

Source: http://www.portorchardindependent.com/opinion/200639931.html

international womens day joe the plumber lra lra eric johnson eric johnson big east tournament

U.S. commandos hand over troubled area to Afghans

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? U.S. special operations forces handed over their base in a strategic district of eastern Afghanistan to local Afghan special forces on Saturday, a senior U.S. commander said. The withdrawal satisfies a demand by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that U.S. forces leave the area after allegations that the Americans' Afghan counterparts committed human rights abuses there on U.S. orders.

The transfer of authority ends a particularly rocky episode in the strained relations between the U.S. and Karzai. He had insisted that U.S. forces leave Nirkh district in Wardak province over the alleged torture, kidnapping and summary execution of militant suspects there ? charges U.S. officials firmly denied.

The incident shows the larger struggle of Karzai's government to assert its authority over security matters, even as its green security forces try to assume control of much of the country from coalition forces on a rushed timeline, ahead of the scheduled withdrawal of most of coalition forces by December 2014.

"We're coming out of Nirkh," said Maj. Gen. Tony Thomas, the top U.S. special operations commander in Afghanistan, in an interview with The Associated Press.

Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor of Wardak province outside Kabul, confirmed that U.S. special operations forces withdrew and were replaced by a joint Afghan security forces team.

Karzai had originally demanded the U.S. special operations forces pull out from the entire province, a gateway and staging area for Taliban and other militants for attacks on the capital Kabul. But he scaled down his demands to just the single district after negotiations with top commander in Afghanistan Gen. Joseph Dunford and other U.S. officials.

"President Karzai was specific, it's only for Nirkh, that was a provocative point," Thomas said. "American special operations forces are integral in the defense of Wardak from now until the foreseeable future."

U.S. commandos will also continue to visit the Afghan team in Nirkh.

"We're going to support them from a distance," Thomas said. "The reality is there was such a groundswell of support (from locals) in Wardak after the initial allegations that we're keeping several teams down there to work with the Afghan security forces for the future, with an idea that we'll transition over time."

The American special operations troops are paired with and live alongside locally recruited and trained teams known as Afghan local police. Thomas said most of the local police will be paired with Afghan security forces by the end of the summer, with the Americans making occasional visits as they will do in Nirkh, to assess whether they need logistic or other support.

One Wardak government official expressed relief that the agreement crafted with Karzai did not mean the complete pullout of U.S. forces from the province, saying that local officials were worried their new forces would not yet be able to keep hardcore insurgents out of the area.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because his comments run counter to public statements made by Karzai that the Afghan security forces are ready for complete independence in Wardak.

Meanwhile, Taliban militants attacked a police convoy Saturday morning in Ghazni province in eastern Afghanistan, kicking off a fierce gun battle, according to deputy provincial police chief Col. Mohammad Hussain.

The police requested a coalition air strike, which hit the militants' position and killed 15 fighters but also wounded nine civilians including a woman and child, Hussain said. He did not report any police casualties.

___

Associated Press writer Rahim Faiez contributed to this report.

Follow Kimberly Dozier on Twitter at http://twitter.com/KimberlyDozier

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/us-commandos-hand-over-troubled-area-afghans-085617778.html

george washington russell westbrook horsetail falls ice t president day new york knicks lin

Friday, March 29, 2013

White House to release budget plan on April 10

March 28 (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy, playing for the first time since losing his world number one ranking earlier this week, got off to a shaky start at the Houston Open on Thursday where he dropped three shots over his opening eight holes. The 23-year-old Northern Irishman, who was replaced atop the world rankings by Tiger Woods this week, struggled to find his rhythm on an ideal day for low scoring at the Redstone Golf Club in Humble, Texas. He bogeyed the par-four second hole and made a double-bogey seven on the eighth hole to limp to the turn at three-over. ...

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-release-budget-plan-april-10-200534446--business.html

clay matthews Ncaa Tournament 2013 2013 NCAA Bracket leprechaun ufc Chris Cline New Pope

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Flipboard (for iPad)


Flipboard just keeps getting better. A continued presence in our 100 Best iPad Apps, Flipboard makes use of the slate's Web-connectivity and large 9.7-inch display (or 7.9-inch display if you're using an iPad mini) to transform blog posts, social networking feeds, images, video, and articles into an impressive layout that replicates the print reading experience?and essentially puts traditional RSS readers to shame (R.I.P.,Google Reader). The latest update, version 2.0, brings a new feature that may change the way you use Flipboard: magazine creation.

The Basics and Content
Flipboard's main page features boxes where you add content. You do this by tapping a blank, square pane, which opens the new Content Guide that lists Flipboard categories such as Art & Design, Business, Food & Design, and Tech. By default, the Featured category is highlighted, which showcases several popular brands such as Fast Company, Make, and Popular Science (as well as Flipboard-curated top stories, Flipboard tips, and Flipboard-related news). Bringing a finger to Sports revealed a Bill Simmons sub-category (one of my favorite writers), which I tapped to see a list of his stories, tweets, and stories he's shared. After deeming the Bill Simmons category worthy, I tapped the "Add" icon, which placed it in the blank square. Pressing and holding a square gives you the option to delete it.

There's an Audio category that features the likes of CMJ Network, Slate Internet Radio, and TWiT; a Video category lets you add Allrecipes.com, CollegeHumor, ESPN and others Both categories also have themed genre collections such as News FM and Gamer TV. Tapping the "+" icon adds that feed to your Flipboard library. Flipboard makes it incredible easy to discover new content. Once a feed is added, you simply launch the pane, and tap the play icon inside. Music and video streamed without a hitch, which made me supremely happy as the lack of audio support was Flipboard's one glaring omission in early versions of the app.

The panes are continually updated as the sources feed fresh content into their streams, so you'll see different images in each one when you launch the app and new stories are available. The first screen has enough real estate to house nine squares, as does the second page. You're limited to just two pane pages; the other saved article streams are seen when you tap the red "More..." icon. That's a definite improvement, but I'd still like more pane pages.

Magazine Creation
Magazine creation is the highlight of Flipboard 2.0. This is how it works: When you find an article you fancy, tap the "+" icon to open a window. Doing so lets you create a magazine name, add an optional description, and assign a category (you can also choose to make the magazine public or private). Flipboard automatically pulls an image from one of the stories to use as its cover, but if you don't like it, tap the "edit" icon and reset the image. You can't manually select a cover image, but Flipboard will choose another for you. Once the magazine's set up, it behaves in the familiar, intuitive Flipboard manner.

Readers can share magazines to Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Sina Weibo, and Renren. Flipboard also offers an email option, but it doesn't actually email the magazine to others. Instead, it emails a link to the Apple and Android marketplaces, so that the recipient can download the appropriate app. Disappointing. Flipboard users, however, can subscribe to public magazines.

Social Networking
Tapping a content box opens articles in a print-style page, with a top story and two to three more along the bottom. You can read an article by tapping on it; otherwise, flip the page over and you'll see more stories. Depending on the story and source in question, a particular article could show up as an entire page of photos, one third of a page, or a small box. You can share stories by e-mail, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter.

In fact, you can almost use the app as a substitute for visiting those social networking sites. Its presentation of your friends' status updates and new photos is much more attractive than on those sites' own home pages. Naturally, you can use Flipboard to update our status and share content. Since everything is integrated in a magazine-style layout, the app also improves on Facebook's ungainly method of displaying the latest news from "liked" sources in a single column. You can also mute authors who bombard your feed.

Flipboard displays content in several ways. If the viewed content comes from one of Flipboard's partners (ABC News, All Things Digital, Bon Appetit, Lonely Planet, SB Nation, SF Chronicle/Gate, Uncrate or The Washington Post Magazine) the new HTML 5-powered Flipboard Pages versions of their websites are displayed. Non-content partners have stories pulled from RSS feeds, and if that isn't available, the webpage itself is shown. Flipboard also has Instagram support, so you can view snapshots uploaded to the social photo network. A new social search features lets you search for content or hashtags across your various networks, and save it as its own dedicated content box?very cool. Pages are extremely clean with excellent use of photos and whitespace, but The Daily, another iPad news reading app, has a layout that truly adopts the magazine aesthetic with its color pages, excellent photography, and full page ads. Flipboard pulls links from numerous social networking sources that you use including Flickr, Google+, and Instagram.

Flipboard now integrates with Apple's iBookstore in its "Bestsellers" section. There you'll find fiction (World War Z) and non-fiction (The Joy of Hate) summaries, cover art, and an icon?that when tapped?opens Apple's iBookstore. Frankly, it feels like an odd inclusion; Flipboard has always been about content, but this is, essentially, a dedicated ad section. The entries could have at least featured a few excerpted pages!

In testing, Flipboard performed admirably. Page layouts always looked great, and I rarely waited more than a second or two for a story or Contents page to load. Overall, Flipboard came the closest to feeling like a "live" magazine than anything I've tested on the iPad; even The Daily, Rupert Murdoch's iPad magazine, updates only a few times per day (unless breaking news occurs). Flipboard now highlights popular stories with a red "Popular" icon, and you'll occasionally find an ad placed between content pages. By default you can't read articles without an internet connection, but you can save individual pages for offline reading if you have an Instapaper, Pocket, or Readability account. Google Currents?lets you save articles without third-party apps.

You'll Flip For Flipboard
Flipboard was plenty of fun to use in its first iteration, and has gotten better over time. Flipboard is a superb alternative to standalone RSS feed readers, browsing individual sites, and following Facebook and Twitter feeds, making it a near-perfect Editors' Choice award-winning app.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ziffdavis/pcmag/~3/zpWVMh5mmpM/0,2817,2367338,00.asp

independence day BET Awards 2012 declaration of independence 4th Of July 2012 Zach Parise Spain Vs Italy Euro 2012 Pepco

Justices Show Reluctance for Broad Marriage Ruling (WSJ)

Share With Friends: Share on FacebookTweet ThisPost to Google-BuzzSend on GmailPost to Linked-InSubscribe to This Feed | Rss To Twitter | Politics - Top Stories Stories, RSS Feeds and Widgets via Feedzilla.

Source: http://news.feedzilla.com/en_us/stories/politics/top-stories/295093770?client_source=feed&format=rss

cyber monday deals small business saturday small business saturday best cyber monday deals best cyber monday deals macaulay culkin Larry Hagman

Gun control backers struggle to win some Democrats

WASHINGTON (AP) ? It would seem a lobbyist's dream: rounding up votes for a proposal backed by more than 8 in 10 people in polls. Yet, gun control supporters are struggling to win over moderate Democrats in their drive to push expanded background checks for firearms purchasers through the Senate next month.

Backed by a $12 million TV advertising campaign financed by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, gun control groups scheduled rallies around the country Thursday aimed at pressuring senators to back the effort. President Barack Obama was meeting at the White House with gun violence victims.

Moderate Senate Democrats like Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota are shunning Bloomberg as a meddling outsider while stressing their allegiance to their own voters' views and to gun rights. While saying they're keeping an open mind and support keeping guns from criminals and people with mental disorders, many Democrats are avoiding specific commitments they might regret later.

"I do not need someone from New York City to tell me how to handle crime in our state. I know that we can go after and prosecute criminals without the need to infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding North Dakotans," Heitkamp said this week, citing the constitutional right to bear arms.

Heitkamp does not face re-election next year, but Pryor and five other Senate Democrats from Republican-leaning or closely divided states do. All six, from Southern and Western states, will face voters whose deep attachment to guns is unshakeable ? not to mention opposition from the still potent National Rifle Association should they vote for restrictions the NRA opposes.

"We have a politically savvy and a loyal voting bloc, and the politicians know that," said Andrew Arulanandam, spokesman for the NRA, which claims nearly 5 million paying members.

The heart of the Senate gun bill will be expanded requirements for federal background checks for gun buyers, the remaining primary proposal pushed by Obama and many Democrats since 20 first-graders and six women were shot to death in December at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada already has given up any hope of winning majority support for reimposing a ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines for ammunition.

Today, the background checks apply only to sales by the nation's roughly 55,000 federally licensed gun dealers. Not covered are private transactions like those at gun shows and online. The Senate measure is still evolving as Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Mark Kirk, R-Ill., use Congress' two-week recess to negotiate for additional support in both parties.

Expanding background checks to include gun show sales got 84 percent support in an Associated Press-GfK poll earlier this year. Near universal background checks have received similar or stronger support in other national polls.

Polls in some Southern states have been comparable. March surveys by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute found more than 9 in 10 people in Florida and Virginia backing expanded background checks, the same margin found by an Elon University Poll in North Carolina in February.

Analysts say people support more background checks because they consider it an extension of the existing system. That doesn't translate to unvarnished support from lawmakers, in part because the small but vocal minorities who oppose broader background checks and other gun restrictions tend to be driven voters that politicians are reluctant to alienate.

"It's probably true that intense, single-issue gun voters have been more likely to turn out than folks who want common-sense gun laws," said Mark Glaze, director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the group that Bloomberg helps lead. Glaze, however, said he believes that has changed somewhat since Newtown and other recent mass shootings.

Several moderate Democrats are holding back as they assess the political landscape. They're also waiting to see exactly what the Senate will consider.

Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, said Wednesday his state's voters tell him, "Don't take away our rights, our individual rights, our guns." Begich said he opposes a strict proposal requiring background checks for nearly all gun sales but will wait to see whether there is a bipartisan compromise he can support.

The problems faced by gun control supporters go beyond the challenge of winning moderate Democrats. GOP opponents are sure to force Democrats to get 60 of the Senate's 100 votes to win, and there are only 53 Democrats plus two independents who generally support them.

Also targeted by Bloomberg's ads are 10 Republicans, including Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, home of ex-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was severely wounded in a mass shooting; the retiring Saxby Chambliss of Georgia; and moderate Susan Collins of Maine.

In another indicator of hurdles facing gun control forces, the Senate voted 50-49 last week to require 60 votes for any legislation narrowing gun rights. The proposal lost because 60 votes in favor were required, but six Democrats voted for the proposal, offered by conservative Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.

"It confirms there's no such thing as an easy gun vote," said Jim Kessler, a senior vice president of the centrist Democratic group Third Way.

Underscoring the uncertainty about moderate Democrats:

?Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., is "still holding conversations with Virginia stakeholders and sorting through issues on background checks" and proposals to ban assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines, spokesman Kevin Hal said.

?Pryor said of Bloomberg's ads: "I don't take gun advice from the mayor of New York City. I listen to Arkansans." Spokesman Michael Teague said Pryor opposes universal background checks but could favor expanding the requirement to gun show sales.

?Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., told the Greensboro News & Record she favors expanded background checks, but said her vote would depend on the measure's details. Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., answered, "Yes," when the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette asked whether he supports gun show background checks.

The gun bill also increases penalties for illegal gun sales and slightly boosts aid for school safety.

More abrupt changes like an assault weapons ban generally get slight majorities in polls. Democratic leaders decided to omit it from the Senate bill because such a provision lacks enough votes.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/gun-control-backers-struggle-win-democrats-065637861--politics.html

elizabeth berkley lenny dykstra jenelle evans jenelle evans mlb 12 the show sabu franchise tag

Goldman Sachs, Berkshire amend crisis-era warrant deal

Mar 26 (Reuters) - Leading money winners on the 2013 PGATour on Monday (U.S. unless stated): 1. Tiger Woods $3,787,600 2. Brandt Snedeker $2,859,920 3. Matt Kuchar $2,154,500 4. Steve Stricker $1,820,000 5. Phil Mickelson $1,650,260 6. Hunter Mahan $1,553,965 7. John Merrick $1,343,514 8. Dustin Johnson $1,330,507 9. Russell Henley $1,313,280 10. Kevin Streelman $1,310,343 11. Keegan Bradley $1,274,593 12. Charles Howell III $1,256,373 13. Michael Thompson $1,254,669 14. Brian Gay $1,171,721 15. Justin Rose $1,155,550 16. Jason Day $1,115,565 17. Chris Kirk $1,097,053 18. ...

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/goldman-sachs-berkshire-amend-crisis-era-warrant-deal-130735254--sector.html

g8 summit netanyahu aipac vanessa minnillo super tuesday epidemiology total eclipse of the heart

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

eBay's Sell it Forward splits auction proceeds with Goodwill

eBay's Sell it Forward splits auction proceeds with Goodwill

eBay's latest initiative is a little different from its more recent efforts that have focused mostly on re-branding and expanding the reach of PayPal. Sell it Forward encourages users to sell their used clothes and donate half the proceeds to Goodwill. The pilot program is currently only available in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin, though the company is going out of its way to make the process as painless as possible for those in eligible areas. Instead of creating listings for each item, wannabe auctioneers need only fill the pre-paid mailing bag (provided by eBay) with the clothes and accessories they wish to sell. Everything else will be taken care of for them. Employees will decide if your wares are in decent enough condition to sell, create a listing and, if the item is sold within 14 days, split the proceeds between the "seller" and Goodwill. If the item remains unsold for 14 days it becomes a straight donation to the charity. If you're in one of the trial areas and want to give Sell it Forward a go yourself, hit up the source link.

Filed under:

Comments

Via: The Verge, Business Insider

Source: eBay

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/27/ebays-sell-it-forward/

rick santorum ozzie guillen castro comments phish gluten free diet barry zito mac virus santorum drops out

Georges St-Pierre cast in the next ?Captain America?

The last time we saw UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, he was defending his belt against Nick Diaz at UFC 158. But now you'll get to see him outside the cage, as he was just cast in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." GSP will play Batroc the Leaper, a French mercenary and kickboxer with a penchant for kicking Captain America.

[Related: Georges St-Pierre apologizes for controversial fight attire]

GSP is the perfect fit. He's French-Canadian, and French was his first language. As for the kicking:

It doesn't look like he'll have to do much research to figure that part of the character out.

Memorable Moments from Yahoo! Sports:

Other popular content on Yahoo! Sports:
? Giants DT has nearly $500K in jewelry stolen in Miami
? Watch: Midwest Region Sweet 16 keys
? Y! Sports' fearless forecasts for the fantasy baseball season | Play

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/georges-st-pierre-cast-next-captain-america-134706701--mma.html

spring equinox audacious pollen count mexico city mexico earthquake aziz ansari aziz ansari

The Coolest Shoes in Hollywood Belong to Celebrity Babies

Since Suri Cruise rocked her first pair of pint-sized heels, infants with famous parents have been sporting one cute pair of shoes after another.

Source: http://feeds.celebritybabies.com/~r/celebrity-babies/~3/hvwP8aL0AQ4/

goog Sylvia Kristel st louis cardinals Steelers Schedule tory burch Al Smith Dinner Herman Melville Books

Windows 8 productivity apps get much-needed facelift

Microsoft has announced updates to its Mail, Calendar, and People apps in Windows 8, making them somewhat more viable tools for power users. The updates go live on Tuesday.

Mail received the most improvements: Users can now select to view only unread messages, flag emails as important, or manage them in folders ? all critical features for email clients that seemed a rather glaring omission from the original application.

Likewise, the ability to search through mail archived on the mail server, also added this week, is a core feature that heavy emailers resort to constantly.

Composing messages has also been improved slightly, making the addition of links and bulleted lists easier.

The Calendar app has had its color scheme replaced with a less intense one; Calendar items will now only have a bar of color on the side indicating their type, rather than being entirely that color. It will now also provide others' schedules when inviting them to a meeting, streamlining that process.

Lastly, the People app should be a bit easier to navigate now, using app commands available by swiping down from the top of the screen. Users can also now filter the "What's new" tab by social network, and post directly to Facebook.

The updates will be live Tuesday, at which point they will appear in the updates section of the Windows Store.

Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for NBC News Digital. His personal website is coldewey.cc.

Source: http://feeds.nbcnews.com/c/35002/f/653377/s/29fa2fa0/l/0L0Snbcnews0N0Ctechnology0Ctechnolog0Cwindows0E80Eproductivity0Eapps0Eget0Emuch0Eneeded0Efacelift0E1B90A60A483/story01.htm

bill nye Hurricane Isaac 2012 Snooki Baby terrell owens terrell owens neil armstrong little league world series

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Senate banking chair Johnson to announce retirement

By Margaret Chadbourn

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Tim Johnson, the Democratic chairman of the powerful banking committee, does not plan to run for re-election when his current term ends in 2014, two sources familiar with the matter and a Capitol Hill staffer said on Monday.

Johnson, 66, a three-term senator from South Dakota, has scheduled a news conference for Tuesday in his home state to discuss what his aides described as "his future plans."

His retirement would leave a vacant seat in a conservative-leaning state that could be difficult for Democrats to defend as they try to protect their majority in the Senate.

Political analysts expect Johnson's son, Brendan Johnson, who is South Dakota's U.S. attorney, to emerge as a potential Democratic candidate in the 2014 election. The younger Johnson has not announced any formal plans to seek the Senate seat.

Former Democratic Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, who lost a bid for reelection in 2010, is another leading choice to run if the incumbent senator retires, analysts said.

Johnson's exit from Congress would create an opening at the top of the banking committee, which he has led since 2011.

Currently, Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed is the second-ranking Democrat on the panel. However, Reed might take on a leadership role over the Senate Armed Services Committee for retiring Senator Carl Levin, based on his seniority in Congress.

New York's Chuck Schumer is next in line to take over the gavel after that, followed by New Jersey's Bob Menendez, and then Ohio's Sherrod Brown.

"The immediate question becomes who is next on deck. When you go through seniority and those next in line, you have three lawmakers that are likely to pass on the gavel and it could eventually fall to Sherrod Brown to lead the panel," said Isaac Boltansky, a policy analyst at Compass Point Research & Trading.

He noted Brown is one of the most progressive members of the Senate. "Suddenly, we'll get to 2014 with Brown at the helm and one of the most progressive committees in the Senate."

Johnson joined the Senate in 1997 after a decade representing South Dakota in the House of Representatives. He has faced physical challenges following a blood vessel bursting in his brain in 2006, which has noticeably slowed his speech. He went through physical and speech therapy, and made a comeback and held onto the Senate seat in 2008.

Democratic Senators Tom Harkin of Iowa, Levin of Michigan, Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey and Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia have already announced plans to retire when their terms end. Republicans Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Mike Johanns of Nebraska also have said they will not run for re-election.

Overall, 35 of the 100 Senate seats are up for election in 2014, of which 21 are now held by Democrats and 14 are held by Republicans. The Republicans need a net gain of six seats to take control of the chamber.

Johnson, who was facing a tough reelection bid and was widely expected not to run next year, took over the lead gavel on the Senate Banking Committee following the retirement of Connecticut Democrat Christopher Dodd.

He has stood in as one of the chief defenders of the Dodd-Frank Act, the 2010 overhaul of the nation's financial regulatory system that largely passed along party lines.

Johnson has also been responsible for ensuring President Barack Obama's political nominees garner the votes needed for confirmation, including Federal Reserve governors and officials at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

The committee recently pushed through two White House appointments, allowing former federal prosecutor Mary Jo White's nomination to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission to head to the full Senate floor, along with Richard Cordray, to continue on as the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

During his tenure as the lead Democrat on the banking panel, Johnson has pressed federal regulators and those in the financial services industry. Johnson called Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon to speak before the committee in 2012 to question the JPMorgan Chase CEO on billions of dollars in trading losses.

In his time overseeing the banking committee, Johnson has also helped obtain the reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program and the Export-Import bank.

While Johnson has held a number of hearings on the U.S. housing finance system and the government's role in the mortgage market, the leading Democrat has yet to press ahead on crafting legislation that would address the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

(Reporting By Margaret Chadbourn, Rachelle Younglai, Emily Stephenson, Thomas Ferraro; Editing by Sandra Maler and Alden Bentley)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/senate-banking-chair-johnson-announce-retirement-183215746--sector.html

missouri primary minnesota caucus knowshon moreno knowshon moreno sovereign citizen komen chrome for android

Are Apple computers really greener?

?
Home | Apple Stock | Tracked Sites | TechNN | | E-Mail | Sherlock Plugin
Close Left Panel | Login | Subscribe to MacSurfer's Headline News
Poll | Most Popular | Talking Heads | A Year Ago Today |

Sunday, March 24, 2013
Checked 6:20 PM; Last Updated 5:55 PM CDT; 22:55 GMT
?

Subscriptions

Benefits Include:

? Custom Newspages
? Keyword-Built Page
? Timestamp Options
? Choice of RSS Feeds
? Headline Discussions
? MORE ...








Final Week! MacUpdate March 2013 Bundle announces "10 Awesome Apps and 1 Great Price" that normally retails for over $618 and is yours for only $49.99. The lineup includes such programs as Parallels Desktop 8, MotionComposer 1.6, 1000 OpenTypeFonts Collection, DiskAid 6, and 6 months of MacUpdate Desktop, to name a few...

Apple continues its practice of buying small companies. Is this still the best strategy, or should they be looking at bigger, high-profile acquisitions? Cast your vote in "Today's Poll..." in the left column below or go straight to the results here.

Sunday Highlights: Apple inquires indoor location company WifiSLAM, according to the WSJ - more from 9 to 5 Mac, AppleInsider, and Electronista; iMore reports that Apple quickly rolled out a security fix for the password reset vulnerability; BareFeats compares a new Thunderbolt enclosure to the fastest USB 3.0 one, with surprising results; Australia inquiry of Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, others over higher prices in Oz than in other countries; Apple explains high iTunes prices, such as AC/DC's Back In Black being 70% more than in the US, is due to content owners, additional reports in our Apple/Macintosh section; will an iPhone 5S, a "slightly improved" iPhone do anything to quell Apple critics?; Europe scrutinizing Apple's "iPhone sales deals with carriers" for potential antitrust violations; carriers say contracts are "too strict"; former Apple CEO, John Sculley, thinks Jony Ive has the right stuff to notice when the "next big thing" comes along; apparently the Yontoo trojan is slamming Mac users; survey says Apple leading cloud storage wars but Dropbox is hot on their heels; new security measures for iCloud as Apple introduces 2-step authentication, here's how to set it up; Mactuts+ shows how to create PDFs that have fillable forms; iPod touch devices are being used in more and more retail establishments like JC Penney, Urban Outfitters by sales staff in place of cash registers; add two more companies to the smartwatch wars, Google, and LG; Apple continues reign atop J.D. Power's smartphone customer satisfaction survey; Nokia's CEO takes interviewer's iPhone, throws it on the floor; here we go! "low-end iPhone" is coming in 2013, will lack Retina display, sport a plastic case, and arrive alongside the rumored iPhone 5S.

WEEKEND BLOWOUT: Every NEW or RENEWING paid subscriber receives 2 YEARS FREE....

Welcome to MacSurfer's Headline News!
Is this the headline you are looking for?

Sat Mar 23
"Are Apple computers really greener?" The Daily Texan 8:15 PM
News
  • "Anatomy of the Apple ID password reset exploit"?iMore?3/23
  • "Apple Plugs Password Security Hole"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?3/23
  • "Apple rolls out two-factor authentication, iForgot service is back up"?SiliconRepublic?3/23
  • "Apple rolls out fix for password reset security hole, iForgot site back up"?iMore?3/23
  • "Apple brings password page back online after fixing security exploit"?The Verge?3/23
  • "Apple pulls iForgot password recovery system over security bug"?The Register?3/22
  • "Apple Updates XProtect to Detect Yontoo Adware"?Intego?3/22
  • "Apple fights Yontoo Trojan with XProtect update: New XProtect definitions identify Yontoo as 'OSX.AdPlugin.i' and block all but the latest versions of Java."?MacFixIt?3/22
  • "Apple blocks OS X 'Yontoo' malware that injected ads into websites"?9 to 5 Mac?3/22
  • "Apple updates XProtect.plist to block Yontoo"?AppleInsider?3/22
  • "Mac Users Getting Slammed By Yontoo Trojan"?CRN?3/22
  • "Apple leads, Dropbox gains in cloud storage wars: Your digital entertainment habits help propel Apple to quite the lead over other cloud storage services in the U.S., according to a new survey."?CNET News?3/22
  • "Apple increases iCloud hacking defences: Apple has introduced two-step authentication for iCloud and other services to beef up security against possibly hacking attacks."?Telegraph?3/22
  • "Security loophole leaves Apple IDs, passwords vulnerable to easy attack"?Digital Trends?3/22
  • "Apple Enables Two-Step Verification to Thwart Account Hijacking"?eWeek?3/22
  • "Two-step verification added to Apple IDs"?USA Today?3/22
  • "Apple confirms password vulnerability, says it's 'working on a fix'"?The Verge?3/22
  • "Apple Offers Advanced Security Tool"?Zacks?3/22
  • "Apple security flaw discovered; two-step verification recommended"?Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required]?3/22
  • "Apple beefs up customer security"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?3/22
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/Readers ask about the feasibility of fixing a broken MacBook trackpad, and other Mac-related questions."?MacFixIt?3/22
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Riffstation, an app to help you learn guitar parts by ear"?GigaOM?3/23
  • "User+Interface+Issues: Commentary..."?MacInTouch?3/23
  • "Get An Overview Of Mac Folder Sizes & Drive Space Usage With DiskSpace"?AddictiveTips?3/23
  • "Review: Yandex 1.5 browser offers a lot of Cyrillic, but not much else"?Macworld?3/23
  • "Mac Gems: Type2Phone pairs your Mac keyboard with your iOS devices"?Macworld?3/22
  • "Wish lists, upcoming-track alerts, adding comments to multiple tracks, and more"?Macworld?3/22
  • "How to Build a Multilingual Site via Wordpress Plugins"?Foliovision?3/22
  • "How to Create Fillable PDF Forms on Your Mac"?Mactuts+?3/22
  • "Setting DHCP Reservations on Your AirPort"?Macinstruct?3/22
  • "MacMost Now 842: Using the Secondary Click"?MacMost?3/22
  • "Mastering Evernote: Version Control Your Notes With History Feature [OS X Tips]?Cult of Mac?3/22
  • "Show the total number of messages in Mail mailboxes"?Mac OS X Hints?3/22
  • "Small Is Beautiful. Less Is More. And 'Done' Is The Mac Todo List App You Can Actually Use"?NoodleMac?3/22
  • "A Few Words About The #2 Most Useful, Usable, Necessary Mac Utility You Can Buy (it's free, too)"?Mac 360?3/22
  • "A New And Juicy Way To Manage Color Palettes And Schemes On A Mac"?TeraTalks?3/22
  • "PassLocker Is The Inexpensive, Easy Way To Secure Logins And Passwords, Mac To iPhone"?Mac 360?3/22
  • "Just What Every Mac Coder Developer Needs: Yet Another Free Text Editor"?BohemianBoomer?3/22
  • "A Few Words About The #1 Most Useful, Usable, And Necessary Mac Utility You Can Buy"?Mac 360?3/22
  • "The Easiest Way Ever For Mac Users To Connect To Remote Servers Right From The Finder"?McSolo?3/22
  • "How To Fall In Love With A Money Management App That Syncs Up iPhone To Mac"?Mac 360?3/22
Op/Ed
  • "Looking for the best Google Reader replacement, don't forget the plumbing"?Gravitational Pull?12:18 PM
  • "DeferredInstall"?Rixstep?6:14 AM
Press Releases
  • "Ace Slots Machine Casino 2 Brings More Las Vegas Style Slots to the Mac"?prMac?3/23
  • "Mac Games: Bioshock Infinite, WarCraft Hearthstone Coming This Summer"?FairerPlatform?3/23
  • "Blizzard's New Gig is a 'Freemium' Card Trading Game"?Tom's Hardware?3/23
  • "Remo Software Launches PSD Repair Tool for Mac"?prMac?3/22
  • "Arrival of the Chromebook Pixel forces slight tagline change for Apple's Retina MacBook Pro"?9 to 5 Mac?10:47 AM
  • "Apple's iPhone 5S could jump-start mobile payments"?MacDailyNews?3/23
  • "Apple Wants Happy Landings For Fallen Phones: A falling iPhone may no longer result in a cracked screen if one or more of Apple's ideas to protect the device bear fruit."?Sky News?3/23
  • "The cash register rings its last sale: Stores ditch cash registers, allow sales staff and shoppers to checkout on phones and tablets" ["J.C. Penney, a mid-price department-store chain, said the response by customers has been great since it started rolling out iPod Touch devices late last year in its 1,100 stores. The goal is to have one in the hands of every salesperson by May. The company said that about a quarter of purchases at its stores nationwide now come from an iPod Touch. ... Urban Outfitters had given iPod Touch devices to its sales staff two years ago and the move has been very well received by shoppers, said Calvin Hollinger, the company's chief information officer in his address to investors."]?Associated Press?3/22
  • "Apple Grabs Top Spot In J.D. Power Customer Satisfaction Study ... Again"?App Advice?3/22
  • "Apple tops smartphone satisfaction survey for ninth consecutive time"?T3?3/22
  • "Customer Satisfaction With Smartphones Increases, Apple Ranks Highest For 9th Consecutive Time"?MacPrices?3/22
  • "Apple and HP top customer experience ratings for computer companies"?Digital Trends?3/22
  • "Apple & HP Rated Best For Customer Experience [Report]?Cult of Mac?3/22
  • "Apple adds 'Offers In-App Purchases' App Store warning to freemium apps: iOS store's tweak makes it clearer which apps offer IAP, which may be a boon for parents"?The Guardian?3/22
  • "Google To Compete With Apple and Samsung On Smart Watch"?Forbes?3/22
  • "NYT: Apple allegedly squeezing EU operators on iPhone contracts, regulators looking into it"?The Verge?3/22
  • "Apple under fire from governments in both hemispheres over alleged anti-competitive practices"?9 to 5 Mac?3/22
  • "15 of the App Store's most bizarre offerings" [Slideshow]?Macworld?3/22
  • "Apple Agrees to Accept Syria Wargame if It Doesn't Include Syria"?Forbes?3/22
  • "Apple Yanks 'Sweatshop' Game From The App Store. Oh, The Irony"?ReadWrite?3/22
  • "Apple bans sweatshop iPad game"?CNET News?3/22
  • "Chinese Students Are Signing Up For Horrific Loans To Buy Apple Products"?Cult of Mac?3/22
  • "iPad Hacker Appeals With Cyber Law Expert as New Lawyer"?Mashable?3/22
  • "Steve Wozniak Talks About Early Apple in Newly Found 1984 Videos"?The Mac Observer?3/22
  • "iPad-Playing Penguins Try to Nip at Virtual Mouse"?ABCNews?3/22
  • "Watch Nokia's Stephen Elop Lob Someone Else's iPhone On The Floor, Promise To Replace It"?TechCrunch?3/22
  • "Elop throws an iPhone on Finnish TV, refuses to answer Lumia 928 questions"?The Verge?3/22
  • "Kid Fakes Kidnapping to Con an iPad"?PadGadget?3/22
Non-Apple News
  • "A New Sony Glass Patent Surfaces"?Patent Bolt?9:14 AM
  • "Senate embraces Internet taxes: Senators vote 75 to 24 to glue an endorsement of Internet sales taxes onto a Democratic budget bill, despite opponents predicting the idea is antibusiness and a 'bureaucratic nightmare.'"?CNET News?3/22
  • "ARM's new CEO: You'll get no 'glorious new strategy' from me"?The Register?3/22
  • "Twitter Archive Now Supports 12 More Languages"?PC Magazine?3/22
  • "Forget Passwords! EyeVerify Knows You by Your Eyes"?PC Magazine?3/22
  • "Temporary fixes released for Samsung Android lock-screen glitch"?IDG News Service?3/22
  • "Researchers uncover vSkimmer malware targeting point-of-sale systems: Malware is sold on cybercriminal forums, McAfee researchers say"?IDG News Service?3/22
  • "Tech hub working on 'Nigeria's next big idea'"?CNN?3/22
  • "China to create home-grown operating system: China is working with software firm Canonical on an open-source operating system customised for Chinese users."?BBC?3/22
  • "Female coder is sacked for tweeting picture of men who made 'sexist' dongle jokes at PyCon developer conference"?The Independent?3/22
  • "At AT&T Stores, No Welcome Mat for BlackBerry"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?3/22
  • "BlackBerry CEO Talks Testing Smartphone-Powered Notebooks and Tablets, Will Share More Info In May"?TechCrunch?3/22
  • "Blackberry boss Thorsten Heins takes bite out of 'outdated' Apple iPhone: Lack of innovation has left iPhone user interface outdated, he says"?The Independent?3/22
  • "BlackBerry's U.S. Debut Marks Biggest Test of Comeback"?Bloomberg?3/22
  • "Micron's Revenue Beats Estimates on Higher Chip Shipments"?Bloomberg?3/22
  • "Vietnamese high school kids can pass Google interview"?The Register?3/22
  • "Google Opens Universal Analytics Beta To All, Creates A Single Analytics Platform For Tracking Online And Offline Interactions"?TechCrunch?3/22
  • "Watch Google's Sergey Brin Talk About The Emasculating Smartphone And Google Glass"?TechCrunch?3/22
  • "Google Drive hit by three outages this week: One of the incidents affected more than 30 percent of user requests to connect to the cloud storage suite"?IDG News Service?3/22
  • "Google is also working on a smartwatch, following Apple, Samsung"?Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required]?3/22
  • "Google's Schmidt nixes Android-Chrome merger talk"?V3?3/22
  • "Kansas City Hosts Hackathon To Develop Apps For Google Fiber"?Forbes?3/22
  • "LG developing own iWatch and Google Glass-like wearable gizmo"?iDownload Blog?3/22
  • "Adobe to Australia: Higher pricing is your 'personalised experience'"?ZDNet?3/22
Publications/Podcasts
  • "iMore show 342: Mobile accomplishments"?iMore?3/23
  • "Gene Steinberg meets The Loop's Jim Dalrymple, Laptop magazine's Michael Prospero, and Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' this week on the Tech Night Owl LIVE!"?The Tech Night Owl LIVE?3/22
  • "Interview with Janice Stillman of The Old Farmer's Almanac"?Your Mac Life?3/22
  • "Apple logs patent for 'anti-drop' iPhone technology"?The Scotsman?3/23
  • "Rumor: First iPhone 5S Components Appear"?Apple Bitch?3/23
  • "Rumor: Apple to launch cheaper iPhone with plastic casing, non-Retina display this summer"?AppleInsider?3/22
  • "iPhone 5S, Low-End iPhone With No Retina Display Reportedly Launching This Summer"?BGR?3/22
  • "When Apple's new iPhones are due"?Fortune?3/22
  • "Jony Ive Leaves His Mark As Skeuomorphism Concept Vanishes From One App"?App Advice?3/22
  • "With Apple's Jony Ive leading effort, iOS 7 could have simpler look"?Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required]?3/22
  • "Apple Management Shake-Up Results in Better Collaboration Between Apple Design Teams, New 'Flat' Design for iOS 7"?PadGadget?3/22
  • "iOS 7 to be flatter, starker, and simpler"?T3?3/22
  • "Apple's iOS 7 Could Come With Simpler, 'Flat' Design Jony Ive Says"?LAPTOP Magazine?3/22
  • "Apple iOS Platform Preferred by Enterprises Worldwide: Citrix/The report, which also details trends in dealing with apps and security policies, found iOS is the preferred platform in many vertical industries."?eWeek?3/22
  • "iPhone 6 Concept: Waterproof iPhone with New Home Button"?GottaBeMobile?3/22
  • "Photos show alleged Home button, vibrator for iPhone 5S"?Electronista?3/22
  • "iPhone 5S Update -Everything You Need to Know"?Tapscape?3/22
  • "Apple warns 'we will reject apps that aren't iPhone 5, Retina ready, use UDID'"?Macworld UK?3/22
  • "Apple places kill date on apps that use 'UDID' device identifiers"?ZDNet?3/22
  • "Apple granted four design patents, files for vibrating iPad 5, iBooks Author"?Macworld UK?3/22
  • "Apple plans iPhone that always falls on its feet"?Telegraph?3/22
  • "Apple's Next iPhone Could Come With Built-In Drop Protection, Patent Hints"?LAPTOP Magazine?3/22
  • "Apple patent filing involves electronic device keyboard illumination"?AppleDailyReport?3/22
AppleCare/Helps
  • "Yet more problems said to plague Retina MacBooks: Problems with fans and ghosting on the Retina display, and now claims that users are experiencing 'other significant performance issues'."?Macworld UK?3/22
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "WarCom: Genesis For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?3/23
  • "Centrifeud For iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)"?Apple Sliced?3/23
  • "Fire Escapes For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?3/23
  • "Fractal Combat For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?3/22
  • "Super Goalkeeper For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)"?Apple Sliced?3/22
  • "Save The Pencil For iPhone Is Free Today (Was $1.99)"?Apple Sliced?3/22
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?3/22
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?3/22
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?3/22
  • "MacBook Pro Prices -13 Inch Models -$1,019 To $2,194 -Best Deals, Reviews & Information"?MacReviewZone?3/22
  • "MacBook Pro Prices -15 Inch Models -$1,100 to $3,049 -Best Deals, Reviews & Information"?MacReviewZone?3/22
  • "MacBook Air Prices -$640 To $1,599 -Best Deals, Reviews And Information"?MacReviewZone?3/22
  • "PadGadget Daily App Deal ? 17 iPad Apps on Sale"?PadGadget?3/22

Deal Brothers Daily Deal: Snapheal for Mac 60% off Today and Tomorrow


Reviews
  • "Ableton Push review: a dedicated controller for the Live faithful"?Engadget?1:00 PM
  • "WHICH IS FASTER? Thunderbolt Bus Powered 2.5' or USB 3.0 Bus Powered 2.5' Storage?"?Bare Feats?3/23
  • "Roku 3 Review: The New Best Streaming Box"?Gizmodo?3/22
  • "Review: GOAL ZERO's Switch 8 Solar Kit juices your iPhone with sunbeams"?AppleInsider?3/22
  • "Part Deux: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 versus other Mac Pro GPUs"?Bare Feats?3/22
  • "Profectus's iPhone Wallet/Case Is Well Made and Butter Soft"?The Mac Observer?3/22
  • "iKit NuCharge Battery Case for iPhone 5 Review"?148Apps?3/22
  • "Review: BodyGuardz ScreenGuardz Pure for iPad Mini"?iSource?3/22
  • "Review: Moshi Luna keyboard for Mac offers backlit keys, stylish design"?Macworld?3/22
  • "Video Review DBA CASES Thin Grip Case for iPhone 5"?Run Around Tech?3/22
  • "Dual-jack Heist may not be Wicked good, but they're pretty good earbuds"?AppleDailyReport?3/22
  • "Aztaka: These days it seems like the return of the sidescroller. There have been action sidescrollers, stealth sidescrollers, underwater puzzle sidescrollers, and now even an action-RPG sidescroller, Aztaka. Given the large quantity of games to compare it against, does Aztaka bring something new to the table? Does it bring in a new gameplay mechanic, a compelling story, expansive environments, or none of the above? Well, there's only one way to find out. Let's get playing."?Inside Mac Games?3/22
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "Ultimate iPad Guide: Note Taking & Idea Apps for Architects"?Architosh?3/23
  • "Hands on: Apple's Podcasts app loses reel animation, gains playlists/Apple's Podcasts 1.2 for iOS replaces skeuomorphism with iCloud and playlists."?Ars Technica?3/23
  • "PaperDesk For iPad Is A Powerful, Versatile Note-Taking App We've Come Across In A Long Time"?Redmond Pie?3/23
  • "Get A Gesture-Based, Predictive Keyboard On Your iPad With Path Input"?AddictiveTips?3/23
  • "Little Things Forever for iPhone and iPad review"?iMore?3/23
  • "GarageBand for iOS review: The music creation app that continues to amaze"?CNET Reviews?3/22
  • "Apple's Podcasts review: New features close the gap, but it's not perfect"?CNET Reviews?3/22
  • "Review: Apple's Podcasts app catches up with the competition"?GigaOM?3/22
  • "Hands on: Podcasts 1.2 is the one Apple should have shipped"?Macworld?3/22
  • "Apple's Podcasts iOS App Gets Playlists, Custom Stations & More"?AddictiveTips?3/22
  • "Create & Send Doodles From The iPhone Messages App"?AddictiveTips?3/22
  • "Thoughts On Mailbox App"?Forbes?3/22
  • "Over for iOS review: Adding text to your photos is fun with Over"?CNET Reviews?3/22
  • "Now TV 2.0 for iPad and iPhone review: Movies and Sports on your iOS device"?Macworld UK?3/22
  • "Addappt opens its contact sync app for iOS to the public with new group and messaging features"?The Next Web?3/22
  • "Build beautiful slide decks on your iPad with Haiku Deck"?PCWorld?3/22
  • "Sorry, DNG iPhone app won't let you shoot true raw photos: A new iOS camera app called Digital Negative uses Adobe's DNG format to store uncompressed photos, but it's not the original raw sensor data. Developer Cypress Innovations hopes Apple will open up."?CNET News?3/22
  • "Moment Camera For iPhone Is A Charming Alternative Snapper With A Beautiful And Clean User Interface"?Redmond Pie?3/22
  • "Abalone Swims To The App Store, But This Game Is No Wet Fish"?App Advice?3/22
  • "Review: Karateka for iOS is a beautiful fighting game for the casual player"?Macworld?3/22
  • "'Le Vamp' Review - This Endless Runner Bites, but That's a Good Thing"?Touch Arcade?3/22
  • "Plasma-Sky Review: Plasma-Sky is another one of those addictive arcade shooters that is available in the App Store and has the appeal to attract almost anyone to its vibrant and enjoyable gameplay."?148Apps?3/22
  • "Solitaire Blitz Review"?148Apps?3/22
  • "Review: Heist and Run ? A Fast-Paced 'Beat The Cops' Racing Game for iOS"?MacTrast?3/22
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How To speed up Retina MacBook Pro wake from sleep"?iMore?7:42 AM
  • "How do I print from an iPad: A reader asks Rick Maybury How To go about printing from a 3G iPad"?Telegraph?6:18 AM
  • "How To accept Game Center friend requests on iPhone and iPad"?iMore?3/23
  • "How to remove a friend from Game Center on iPhone and iPad"?iMore?3/22
  • "Apply Live Wallpapers & Scrolling Backgrounds To iPhone Home Screen"?AddictiveTips?3/22
Tips
  • "Charge Your Phone Faster by Switching to Airplane Mode Before Plugging In"?Lifehacker?3/22
  • "How Apple invites facile analysis: Conjecture and misunderstanding can trump actual knowledge when it comes to evaluating a company; the hubbub surrounding Apple is a case study."?Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required]?3/23
  • "The smartest column about Apple that I've read all week"?Fortune?3/23
  • "The Macalope Weekly: That's one opinion"?Macworld?3/23
  • "Apple Anonymous: Tales from behind the Genius Bar"?Fortune?3/23
  • "For iOS 7, Apple May Dispense with the Leather and Felt"?Techland?3/22
  • "Why I won't be going back to BlackBerry from iPhone: After using BlackBerry phones for years before switching to an iPhone, I was intrigued to see whether the Z10 could tempt me back. But glitches and a lack of apps left me cold."?CNET Reviews?3/22
  • "Apple's Wrongheaded, Dangerous Censorship of Satirical Sweatshop for iPad"?Techland?3/22
  • "Here's One Way Apple Continues to Dominate"?TheStreet?3/22
  • "Scaling on a Shoestring, Lessons from NewsBlur"?Webmonkey?3/22
  • "Will Obamacare Tax Your iPhone as a Medical Device?"?CIO?3/22
  • "The Challenge for Smartphone Makers in 2013"?Tech.pinions?3/22
  • "Will There Be More Than One New iPhone This Summer?" [Video Report]?Bloomberg?3/22
  • "Managers: Those iPads coming to work, it's not what you think"?ZDNet?3/22
  • "Apple: On the art of entering a (corporate) corner/Apple's reconstituted design organization is beginning to work together again."?ZDNet?3/22
  • "Analyst predicts iPhone 5S, low-cost iPhone this summer (but I'm dubious)"?AppleDailyReport?3/22
  • "Eric Schmidt: Apple is a 'tremendous technology innovator'"?TUAW?3/22
  • "So long, break-even"?asymco?3/22
  • "Apple Fixes Its Podcast App, One Of Its Biggest Embarrassments"?Business Insider?3/22
  • "6 Ways The iPhone 5 Still Outshines Samsung's Galaxy S4"?Business Insider?3/22
  • "Is The iPhone Outdated? [Poll]?ReadWrite?3/22
  • "Poll: Six weeks on, are you still using Mailbox?"?The Next Web?3/22
  • "Friday Poll: What killer feature do you want in the next iPhone?"?CNET News?3/22
  • "Galaxy S III, iPhone Users Not So Different After All"?AllThingsD?3/22
  • "The Pressure is on Apple to update the iPhone's Aging Interface"?Patently Apple?3/22
  • "BlackBerry CEO Says iPhone Is 'Passe'"?ABCNews?3/22