Going into his fight with Jorge Masvidal at UFC on Fox 8, "The Ultimate Fighter" winner Michael Chiesa was undefeated. Now, he has a loss on his record that he probably will think about for the rest of his career. Masvidal won with a D'arce choke at 4:59 in the second round.
Fighting in his home state of Washington, Chiesa started the fight well. In the first round, Chiesa knocked Masvidal to the ground, and looked close to finishing the fight first with strikes, and then with a choke. Masvidal recovered, returned to his feet, and managed a few shots of his own.
Later in the second round, Masvidal rolled Chiesa into a D'Arce position just before the clapper that announces 10 seconds left in the round sounded. Masvidal squeezed, and Chiesa tapped right before the horn sounded to end the second round. The fight was stopped, and Masvidal earned the win at 4:59 in the second round.
Chiesa stormed out of the cage as Masvidal celebrated his win. There was bad blood between the two before the fight as Masvidal complained about Chiesa's beard and Chiesa said he wasn't happy with Masvidal's smack talk. Between the bad blood, and Chiesa tapping with barely any time on the clock, he will want that fight back.
With control of its bankruptcy case gone,?LightSquared?said it expects multiple proposals to reorganize the company and hopes to have any winning plan approved by December. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.
Exide Technologies Inc. has reached a deal with its official creditors committee to ease court approval of a $500 million bankruptcy loan but still faces opposition from regulators who say the deal is a danger to the public. Click here for the DBR article.
Rotech Healthcare Inc. has secured $357.5 million in financing that will fund the company?s exit from Chapter 11. The DBR Small Cap article is available here.
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Brooklyn, N.Y., hospital Interfaith Medical Center is in danger of closing, The Wall Street Journal reports.
According to WSJ, Detroit city unions are protesting cuts to worker benefits but are facing an uphill battle.
Hedge funds have been lending money to struggling companies in hopes of profiting, WSJ reports.
California-based grocer Mi Pueblo filed for bankruptcy protection, the San Jose Mercury News reports.
The city of Wyoming, Mich., isn?t having trouble selling debt days after Detroit?s bankruptcy filing, WSJ reports.
Pepper Hamilton is the latest law firm coming to represent Detroit in its Chapter 9 bankruptcy case, the Am Law Daily reports.
Law professor Stephen Lubben talks more about Detroit?s bankruptcy via DealBook.
The Wilmington, Del., bankruptcy court is getting another judge to help handle the court?s large number of cases, Bloomberg reports.
CIT Group Inc. posted a profit that beat estimates, Reuters reports.
Write to Melanie Cohen at melanie.cohen@dowjones.com. Follow her on?Twitter at @MelanieLisa.
According to the Wall Street Journal, everyone?s favourite fruit company is now testing devices with larger screens.
The WSJ reports that Apple has asked its suppliers to send over phone screens that are larger than 4 inches and some tablet screens slightly under 13 inches. This seems to indicate that Apple is experimenting with different form factors for its devices.
Apple has recently come under heavy criticism from its investors and fans for appearing to be uncompetitive in a market that is now dominated by Samsung and Google. The latest iPhone has been seen as a simple iteration even though it now sports a 4-inch screen, a jump above the previous 3.5-inch screens. At the same time the iPad Mini has shown that there?s demand for more variety in the company?s line-up.
Samsung and Apple?s other competitors have flooded the market with a plethora of devices, sporting every imaginable screen size. While this is not a perfect strategy it has led to success for Samsung as well as increased the demand for phones with large screens.
Of course there?s no indication that these new iDevices will actually hit markets. Companies routinely experiment with new form-factors and ideas and right now there?s no indication that this is a serious project inside of Apple. Then again we wouldn?t be at all surprised if Apple is trying to diversify its line-up.
Source: The Wall Street Journal |?iPad Mini image?via Shutterstock
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Weekend Highlights: A number of private negotiations between Apple and Samsung said to focus on resolving patent disputes between the two companies, but it very well could "get even more absurd before it gets better"; Slate's Matthew Yglesias says Apple's map strategy is just fine as the company continues to work hard to improve their offering, and notes even Google has reason to continue improving their Maps app; analyst estimates ahead of Apple earnings predict iTunes revenue anywhere between $3-5 billion; new support document explains Apple Diagnostics reference codes; John Falcone at CNET on Fall's "great tech-spectations" as "a boring summer for tech" is set to get exciting; Haydn Shaugnessy at Forbes on mobile OS innovation with Apple and Google the dominant players, but newcomer Firefox hoping to break the mold; Jeff John Roberts at GigaOM says that "Apple's agnostic approach to TV" is a better approach than Google's, but viewers are still the losers; on the heels of Apple's Locationary purchase, the company also purchases HopStop, another step in improving its Maps foray, more in our Apple/Macintosh section; Cult of Mac presents five new tips/tricks for OS X Mavericks beta users; Richard Devine at iMore says he wants Apple to add ability to send an app purchase from your desktop to a specific iOS device; with T-Mobile leading the charge for device upgrades, AT&T, Verizon follow, but Consumer Reports says they're not as good; 9 to 5 Mac's Mark Gurman reports Apple will be issuing an App Store redesign along with more free content; iMore previews Siri in iOS 7; and Charles Moore takes issue with DePaul University professor who asked "Does the iPad deserve to exist?"; and from Friday's highlights, Peter Kafka at AllThingsD has a tip for Apple (and Google), spend billions of dollars on the NFL's Sunday Ticket, thereby securing "the most valuable programming asset in the country, which makes you an instant player ? one that can credibly start acquiring other 'real' TV programming"; meanwhile, at Bloomberg Businessweek, Adam Satariano and Alex Sherman on the wall of resistance Apple faces in TV content negotiations; bolstering their Maps service, Apple acquires Canadian company, Locationary, which specializes in crowdsourced mapping data, more in our Apple/Macintosh section; it looks like international tax breaks (and loopholes) are beginning to close according to a report out of OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; you may be one of the lucky invitees to start testing out iWork for iCloud beta; Mactuts+ shows you five ways to AirPlay from your Mac to TV.
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News
"Apple invites users to try out iWork for iCloud beta"?T3?7/20
"Apple sends iWork for iCloud beta invitations to everyday users"?Engadget?7/19
"Quick Note: iWork for iCloud Beta Opening up to Non-Developers"?DailyTech?7/19
"Why have Apple's Dev Center and forums have been down for more than 24 hours? Apple says the center is undergoing maintenance but hasn't shed light on the reason, whether system failure, security breach, or a major platform revision"?InfoWorld?7/19
"Apple Developer Center undergoes extended maintenance"?MacNN?7/19
"Apple says developer memberships and apps will not expire due to unexpected maintenance duration"?9 to 5 Mac?7/19
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"iCloud: What do Back to My Mac status messages mean?"?Apple Support?7:56 AM
"Xsan: System does not start up or volume does not mount after labeling LUNs in Xsan Admin"?Apple Support?7:55 AM
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/Options for installing OS X freshly when purchasing a new version of OS X from the App Store, and more covered in this week's Q&A."?CNET Reviews?7/19
"How to reset an OS X account password with an Apple ID: Among other options, Apple supports resetting a user account password at the login window using a valid Apple ID."?MacFixIt?7/19
"Sync Services: Advanced troubleshooting for contact and calendar syncing"?Apple Support?7/19
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Viewfinder for iOS is a unique way to share photos and memories"?TUAW?10:12 AM
"How to Use the Mask & Instant Alpha Tools in iWork for Mac -Part 2"?The Mac Observer?7/20
"How-to: Change the email address associated with your Apple ID"?9 to 5 Mac?7/20
"Here Are Another Five Great Tips And Tricks For OS X Mavericks Beta [Feature]?Cult of Mac?7/20
"Review: Photo Sense - An Easy-To-Use Batch Photo Editor For Mac"?MacTrast?7/20
"Review: Face2Face makes Apple Mail more personable"?Macworld?7/20
"Share Bucket For Mac Offers Quick Screenshot & File Sharing Via Dropbox, Google Drive & SkyDrive"?AddictiveTips?7/20
"OS X Mavericks Preview: App Nap helps you work longer from your laptop"?iMore?7/19
"Hands-on: Unibox is a 'people-centric' Mac email client"?Macworld?7/19
"5 Ways to AirPlay From Your Mac to Your Television"?Mactuts+?7/19
"Mac Gems: Actions turns your iPad into a Mac control pad"?Macworld?7/19
"MacMost Now 893: Editing Photos In External Editors"?MacMost?7/19
"Mechanic by Bitdefender helps Mac users improve performance, stability and privacy"?BetaNews?7/19
"Want more battery-life from your laptop? Close some tabs"?9 to 5 Google?7/19
"Create unique slideshows with ScatterShow for Mac"?TUAW?7/19
"ScreenFloat makes taking, managing screenshots a breeze"?AppleDailyReport?7/19
"Set Default Font Choices For Messages You Send And Receive In Mavericks Beta [OS X Tips]?Cult of Mac?7/19
"Where To Find The Ultimate PDF Reader For The Mac"?TeraTalks?7/19
"The Best Mac Writing Tool For Real Mac Writers"?Mac 360?7/19
"Do To Your Mac What You've Always Wanted To Do But Didn't: Pimp Your Screen"?NoodleMac?7/19
"Finally, An Easier, Faster, Better Way To Find Email Messages On Your Mac"?BohemianBoomer?7/19
"My Favorite Way To Create Movies From Photos"?Mac 360?7/19
Op/Ed
"iTunes want: Sending apps straight to a specific iOS device from the desktop store"?iMore?7/20
Press Releases
"ZipZapMac Releases Periscope Pro - Motion-Based Mac Video Surveillance"?prMac?7/20
"Defense of the Ancients 2 for Mac, free multiplayer battle game, released on Steam"?iMore?7/19
"Realmac Software Teases Ember, A Digital Scrapbook For Your Mac [Video]?Cult of Mac?7/19
"Great tech-spectations: What's next in tech for 2013/A boring summer for tech is about to get a lot more exciting. Here's what to expect."?CNET Reviews?8:05 AM
"Apple refunds 8-year-old's ?4,000 bill for in-app purchases"?Crave @ CNET?8:08 AM
"Apple refunds $6000 to dad over 8 year-old's iPad bill"?MacNN?7:59 AM
"The iPhone Is Alive and Well (At Least in the United States)"?The Motley Fool?7/20
"Major crackdown planned for tech's biggest alleged tax dodgers"?BGR?7/20
"Apple refunds dad $6,000 iPad bill racked up by 8-year-old: Incredibly, there are still some 8-year-olds who don't know that in-game purchases involve real money. As Lily Neale's aerospace designer dad discovers when his bank account is frozen."?CNET News?7/20
"Clamour for smartphone 'kill switch' as 'Apple-picking' surges"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?7/20
"From Apple to Nest Labs, Always a Designer"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?7/20
"More work ahead in Apple, Samsung antitheft crack attack: The results of attempts to crack the antitheft security on Apple's iOS 7 and Samsung's Galaxy S4 Lojack system are still being compiled."?CNET News?7/19
"Apple, Google, dozens of others urge U.S. surveillance disclosures"?Reuters?7/19
"Microsoft attacks iPad to unload Surface RT inventory: In a new ad, Microsoft compares a Surface RT to an iPad. An Apple Siri-like voice, representing the iPad, says, 'This is not going to end well for me.'"?CNET News?7/19
"Surface RT takes on the iPad and wins!"?BetaNews?7/19
"Google to take Apple's iPhone head on: August 1 Moto X media event is a go"?iDownload Blog?7/19
"More iOS Apps Are Free Than Ever Before"?Wired?7/19
"Recharging iPhone blamed for another serious shock in China: iPhone 4 connected to a counterfeit or third-party charger leaves 30-year-old man in a coma for the past 10 days, according to reports from Asia."?CNET News?7/19
"Beijing fanboi in coma after iPhone 4 shock treatment" ["The handset and charger in question didn't show any signs of damage, however the latter was not an 'official' Apple peripheral."]?The Register?7/19
"Another iPhone shock case in China leaves man in coma"?ZDNet?7/19
"State, federal governments testing Apple's antitheft tech"?TUAW?7/19
"Verizon's iPhone Activations Could Have Been Helped By iPhone 4 Upgrades"?Forbes?7/19
"Top-3 mobile telecom carriers in Russia to give up iPhone, say Taiwan makers"?DigiTimes?7/19
"Take a nostalgia trip with minimalist renders of old Macs"?TUAW?7/19
Non-Apple News
"Samsung to Debut Smart Watch Prior to iPhone Event"?Patently Apple?11:47 AM
"750 million phones could be vulnerable in massive SIM security flaw"?The Verge?10:12 AM
"SIM Cards Have Finally Been Hacked, And The Flaw Could Affect Millions Of Phones"?Forbes?8:52 AM
"Mozilla unveils 'aggressive' Firefox OS schedule: Quarterly feature releases, security updates every six weeks"?The Next Web?7/20
"Official Press Shots Leak for Google's Moto X"?PC Magazine?7/20
"Consumer Reports weighs in on device upgrade plans"?iDownload Blog?7/20
"U.S. Music Sales Down As Streaming Up 24% To 51B Tracks In 6 Months; Harlem Shake Bumps Its Way To The Top"?TechCrunch?7/19
"Scientists power mobile phone with urine" [Video Report]?BBC?7/19
Publications/Podcasts
"Mobile Roar Podcast #4: iPhone 5S specs roundup, new Carrier upgrade plans, Apple negotiating ad skipping, and more [Video]?iSource?10:10 AM
"Coming July 20: Gene Steinberg meets Dan Frakes, of Macworld, Daniel Eran Dilger, of AppleInsider, and John Martellaro, of The Mac Observer, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!"?The Tech Night Owl LIVE?7/19
"9to5Mac Happy Hour Podcast: iWatch rumors, special discounts, more"?9 to 5 Mac?7/19
"Jeff Carlson Takes Control of Your Digital Photos, One Step At A Time"?MacVoices?7/19
"iMore show 355: An episode of hoarders"?iMore?7/19
"HD Images Showing The Comparison Of Cheap iPhone And iPhone 5 Leak Out"?Techkiddy?7/20
"Hi-res photos of the budget iPhone compare it to the iPhone 5"?GSMArena?7/20
"As part of iPhone sales push, Apple Store app to be redesigned & gain free iTunes content"?9 to 5 Mac?7/20
"'Apple Store' iOS App Update Coming Tuesday with Free iTunes Store, App Store, and iBookstore Deals"?MacRumors?7/20
"Update to Apple Store app will offer free iTunes, App Store content -- report"?CNET News?7/20
"Apple Store iOS app reportedly being re-designed to offer free iTunes content"?iMore?7/20
"Amid Apple developer site outage, users report unauthorized password resets: Apple's developer site has been down for two days. Some have experienced password reset emails, which appear to be sent by Apple, but were not authorized: suggesting foul play."?CNET News?7/20
"Is Apple seeing double? Budget iPhone could arrive in two flavours: Budget iPhone? Try budget iPhones"?TechRadar UK?7/20
"Apple hard drives twice as bad as others, says consumer watchdog: Apple hard drive faults 'worrying'"?Macworld UK?7/20
"Apple Wins Two Loopy Design Patents in Hong Kong"?Patently Apple?7/20
"Apple iPhone Lite to have two versions: Zenvo and Zagato/Bertone codenames appear"?phoneArena?7/19
"Apple 'iPhone Lite' pictured in two versions: report: The devices are currently known as their codenames, Zenvo and Zagato/Bertone, a new report claims."?CNET News?7/19
"Leaked documents may suggest specs for low-cost iPhone"?Electronista?7/19
"Apple Could Be Prepping Two Different 'iPhone mini' Versions"?AppAdvice?7/19
"Fully assembled budget iPhone appears in leaked picture"?BGR?7/19
"LG reportedly says 'no 2014 delay' on iPad Mini Retina: LG Display now seems to be saying that a 2013 iPad Mini Retina is a possibility. That contradicts what analysts have been saying."?CNET News?7/19
"DigiTimes changes course, claims Retina iPad Mini will launch in fall"?9 to 5 Mac?7/19
"LG Shipments Indicate Retina iPad Mini Could Arrive As Early As October"?MacRumors?7/19
"Apple works on ways to proofread electronic publications on portable devices"?AppleDailyReport?7/19
AppleCare/Helps
"Bugs & Fixes: Resolving an iPhone camera dust-up"?Macworld?7/19
"Apple rolls out MacBook Air software update to resolve recent issues"?Digital Trends?7/19
"2013 MacBook Air Problems? Apple Fixes the Lot"?FairerPlatform?7/19
"Apple issues fix for MacBook Air Wi-Fi bug and screen flickering problems"?BGR?7/19
"MacBook Air (Mid 2013): Troubleshooting Wi-Fi connection issues"?Apple Support?7/19
"How to update proof-of-purchase information"?Apple Support?7/19
"How to request a refund for an AppleCare agreement"?Apple Support?7/19
Price Trackers/Deals
"Demolition Physics For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/20
"Real Cliff Diving For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/20
"Dragons Rage 2 For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/20
"Voro -Unique And Addictive Puzzler For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/19
"Redline Rush For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/19
"SkySafari For Mac Is Free Today (Was $4.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/19
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?7/19
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?7/19
"MacBook Air Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?7/19
"Best Buy Slashes $200 Off MacBook Pro"?Mashable?7/19
"PadGadget Daily App Deal ? 10 iPad Apps on Sale"?PadGadget?7/19
Deal Brothers Daily Deal: Save $25 on 5th Gen 32GB Apple iPod Touch, Free Shipping
Reviews
"iPhone 5 vs. Nokia Lumia 1020 Specs: Can Nokia Defeat iPhone With 41-Megapixel Camera? (Photos)"?Christian Post?7:47 AM
"Lenmar Meridian battery case for iPhone 5 review"?9 to 5 Mac?11:54 AM
"Review: Bluelounge Milo Micro-Suction Aluminum Stand for iPhone, iPod, Smartphones from CaseMotions.com"?Run Around Tech?7/20
"Review: Velodyne vPulse In-Ear Headphones Bring Well-Balanced Sound to the Table"?Run Around Tech?7/20
"New products: Wireless speaker streams from iPhone"?USA Today?7/20
"Apple TV in Thailand: At Last; Again"?eXtensions?7/19
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Review: Prime World: Defenders an enjoyable tower-defense game for Mac"?Macworld?11:51 AM
"Plants vs. Zombies 2 preview: More plants, more zombies, more fun, some freemium crap"?iMore?11:51 AM
"Drive Assist iPhone App Review: A Truly Stunning Driving App"?Tapscape?7:59 AM
"iOS 7 preview: Siri gets a new look, access to settings, more services, still no predictive results"?iMore?7/20
"Review: Magic 2014 for the iPad is like poker for nerds"?Macworld?7/20
"Drive As Fast As You Can Without Crashing In Dolmus Driver HD For iPad"?AppAdvice?7/20
"Review: VLC returns to iOS after long hiatus, yet still needs refinement"?GigaOM?7/19
"Best email apps for iPhone: Mailbox, Triage, Boxer, and more!"?iMore?7/19
"RadarScope for iOS: Beautiful, Visual Access to Weather Radar"?The Mac Observer?7/19
"Pacific Rim for iOS: Battle giant monsters with a giant robot and go poor in the process"?iMore?7/19
"Daily iPhone App: Grid is an idea organizer for the visually oriented"?TUAW?7/19
"iPad App Video Review: Ravenmark: Mercenaries"?Appolicious?7/19
"XCOM: Enemy Unknown for iPad and iPhone review - Acclaimed alien invasion strategy game"?Macworld UK?7/19
"Leisure Suit Larry sleazes his way onto iOS"?CNET Reviews?7/19
"Baseball Slam Review: A fun and exciting take on the baseball genre, combining addictive single player with competitive multiplayer to make a thoroughly enjoyable game!"?148Apps?7/19
"Breach & Clear Review: Elements from several of the most popular (and beloved) modern tactical franchises come together to create something no strategy fan should be without."?148Apps?7/19
"Zumba Dance Review"?148Apps?7/19
"Kamikaze Pigs Review: Kamikaze Pigs is a game about chain reactions to destroy pigs. Sure, it sounds fun, but randomness only goes so far."?148Apps?7/19
"Argus Review: Argus makes it possible to reach health goals thanks to its many features and impressive honeycomb interface."?148Apps?7/19
"Iesabel Review: Iesabel scratches that action RPG itch, but just barely."?148Apps?7/19
How-To/Tutorial
"How to Use Restrictions as Parental Controls on an iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch"?OS X Daily?7/20
"Disable Gmail's inbox sorting"?PCWorld?7/20
"How to automatically post Instagram photos directly to a Facebook page"?iMore?7/19
Tips
"Instagram Crashing For You On iOS 7 (B3)? ? Here's The Fix."?RazorianFly?7/19
"Forget second-screen apps. Today, the TV is the second screen"?GigaOM?11:53 AM
"My iPhone - putting the smart into smartphone"?PalmAddict?11:48 AM
"The AppAdvice Week In Review: It's Silly Season In The World Of Apple"?AppAdvice?8:04 AM
"Apple's New Patent Could Introduce Liquid Metal to Mobile Market"?Mashable?7/20
"Craigslist horror stories: What not to do when buying, selling, or trading used iPhones"?iMore?7/20
"Microsoft's Surface tablets: A trip down memory lane, via Apple"?Fortune?7/20
"'Does the iPad Deserve To Exist?' Not really the question to be asking at this point"?TechnologyTell?7/20
"The Macalope Weekly: Loss of perspective"?Macworld?7/20
"Nokia's struggles suggest consumers are 'content' with iOS and Android duopoly"?AppleInsider?7/19
"Next stop: Public transportation directions in Apple Maps?"?GigaOM?7/19
"Apple and Samsung Still in Settlement Talks, 'No Indication' of Imminent Agreement"?MacRumors?7/19
"Apple and Samsung back at the bargaining table, deal came close in February"?9 to 5 Mac?7/19
"How willing are you to re-purchase apps for iOS 7?"?TUAW?7/19
"Why Apple Should Not Create a Low-End iPhone"?Tech.pinions [Paid Membership Required]?7/19
"A new trend? 'Posegram' developer shows off iOS 7 UI elements in older iOS versions [Video]?9 to 5 Mac?7/19
"Why the Surface RT Failed and the iPad Did Not"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?7/19
"Why Apple needs iTunes Radio"?GigaOM?7/19
"Smartwatch makers: You need apps to beat Apple/So be nice to developers and give them good tools"?The Register?7/19
"Microsoft, Google Join Apple's Walking Dead Line"?Mac 360?7/19
"Apple TV: The Best New Way To Watch Television"?Mac 360?7/19
Non-Apple
"9 ways that 3D printing is going to change business"?The Next Web?8:51 AM
"Android Activations Top 1 Billion"?Tapscape?7/20
"After Mobile: Smarter TVs"?Forbes?7/20
"Will technology ever deliver a perfect speaker or headphone?"?CNET News?7/20
"Smartphone Plans: 5 Ways To Avoid Trouble/AT&T and Verizon rolled out ugly smartphone plans this week. Before you choose any new plan, consider this advice."?InformationWeek?7/20
"Editorial: The mysterious failure of Microsoft's Surface RT"?AppleInsider?7/20
"Latest iPad-bashing Microsoft ad focuses on peripherals, new Surface RT price point"?AppleInsider?7/19
"Consumer Reports: AT&T Next is almost $300 more expensive than T-Mobile JUMP [updated]?BGR?7/19
"Why I hate read receipts: Read receipts come to Facebook, Snapchat, and more?and make our lives miserable."?Ars Technica?7/19
"Did You Ever See Geordi La Forge With a Keyboard on His Tablet?"?The Mac Observer?7/19
"What Should Microsoft Do With its Surface Surplus? Around six million Surface tablets are wasting away in a warehouse somewhere and I have a few ideas on how Microsoft should move them."?PC Magazine?7/19
"Google Just Proved That Those Price-Fixing Conspiracy Theorists ? Like Adobe ? Were All Wrong"?Business Insider?7/19
"Relax, Everyone, Google's 'Bad Quarter' Actually Wasn't All That Bad..."?Business Insider?7/19
"What's an Android user worth? Excluding Motorola, Google's gross margins have dropped for seven out of the last nine quarters."?asymco?7/19
"Windows 8.1 preview final verdict: Did Microsoft fix Windows 8?"?Digital Trends?7/19
"Why Microsoft's Surface RT Failed"?Mashable?7/19
"When will consumers make use of their 4K TVs?"?DigiTimes?7/19
Humor/Cartoons
"Who's the Boss? Your Cellphone."?Mashable [comic]?7/19
"This Is Exactly How Fast the Windows Monopoly Is Being Destroyed"?Business Insider?8:09 AM
"More bad news for Microsoft cranks up pressure on Steve Ballmer"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?8:00 AM
"How Microsoft spent a decade 'sleeping on the job'"?The Observer?8:09 AM
"What can we learn from the Surface RT disaster?"?TabTimes?8:10 AM
"Should Microsoft keep bashing Apple, Google? Despite financial disappointments, Microsoft has offered a new, more aggressive stance toward competitors. Instead of telling people that Apple is bad, should Microsoft start telling people why it's good? Or is that too hard?"?CNET News?11:50 AM
"Microsoft's Xbox 360 Stands Tall in the U.S., Outsells PS3 and Wii for 30 Straight Months"?HotHardware?8:09 AM
"Microsoft Internet Explorer Pushes Beyond Second Screen To Companion Web"?Forbes?2:04 PM
"Can Hewlett-Packard Continue Its Good Run?"?Seeking Alpha?8:05 AM
"Amazon vs. IBM: Big Blue meets match in battle for the cloud"?Reuters?7:56 AM
"IBM high-fives Netflix open-source tools"?GigaOM?10:14 AM
"What's IBM Doing at a #Mobile Conference, Anyway?"?Technorati?8:12 AM
"Regeneron in final talks to take over Dell's Irish facility"?Irish Independent?8:15 AM
"Intel looks to catch up with appetite for mobile devices"?Arizona Republic?8:14 AM
"Facebook's Open Compute network is limited, Cisco says"?Network World?2:03 PM
"U.N. warns on mobile cybersecurity bugs in bid to prevent attacks"?Reuters?8:06 AM
"Microsoft shares hit by biggest sell-off since 2000"?Reuters?7/20
[unable to retrieve full-text content]A large 16-year study finds men who reported that they skipped breakfast had higher risk of heart attack or death from coronary heart disease. The timing of meals, whether it?s missing a meal in the morning or eating a meal very late at night, may cause adverse metabolic effects that lead to coronary heart disease. Even after accounting for modest differences in diet, physical activity, smoking and other lifestyle factors, the association between skipping breakfast (or eating very late at night) and coronary heart disease persisted.
Children in summer camp can be their essential selves, not worrying about how their parents might react.
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When I look at my phone, I see my daughter leaving for camp on my home screen. She stands at the bottom of an airport escalator, an orange backpack over her shoulder. She'd cut her long, strawberry blond hair the day before, so the person smiling from under the?carrot top?doesn't look familiar. But the image of a kid who just needs a backpack and a ticket is one I recognize. Some parents may have to nudge their children to camp. For the last two summers, our daughter has run out the door. "Yukon ho!" she yelled when leaving this year, an expression she learned from Calvin and Hobbes' main character Calvin, whom she now resembles.
I hadn't been at the National Airport departure gate for her first trip as an Unaccompanied Minor. I was in the stands at my son's baseball tournament. For pickup my wife and I flipped the load-sharing. She did baseball duty, and I flew to Minnesota, driving almost four hours to a packed-dirt road lined with birch trees that ended at the shores of Lake Pokegama: Camp Mishawaka.?Thirty-six years earlier, I had been the 9-year-old flying alone from Washington to this place with a new haircut.?
When I was at camp, my parents didn't know what was happening to me. We weren't allowed to use the telephone, so even on my birthday I just received word that they'd called to wish me a happy one. All they got on their end was a handful of sentences written in loopy script with scattershot spelling.?Technology makes hovering easier now.?For the last few weeks, my wife and I ended our days poking around on the camp website, scanning photographs for the flash of red hair among the campers playing capture the flag and canoeing. Now, as I stood on the soft grass at the edge of the compound, I was doing the same scan, watching my daughter fling herself around along with the other campers, passing time before the?organizing ring of the dinner bell.
Some of my best encounters with our children are the ones they don't know about. At school pickup, I watch them conspiring with friends. When I drive carpool, I stay quiet so I can hear them making claims and testing theories. I notice that the voice mail messages from my son are different if he?s calling in the presence of his friends. Instead of speaking in his usual soft meander, he delivers crisp, informative sentences. One time I expected him to ask if we had ever really considered the?benefits of a term life insurance policy.
These hidden glimpses of children in their natural habitat show us their essential version of themselves. What you see is both new and familiar?like the picture of my daughter on the escalator at the airport.?The moments?don't last long. When the kids sense that you're watching?notified by some?fibrillation?of the hairs on their arms or inner ear?disturbance?they change, even if it's to run to give you a hug. As I watched my daughter on the open field, I put my camera under my jacket. They can sense those at 60 paces.
This?disturbance?in the Force is what walls us off from watching the truly great moments. But this is an evolutionary necessity.?The best moments of childhood?the memories that stay with you into adulthood?are ones where your parents aren't there. They are moments you experienced?truly for yourself. In?Homesick and Happy, Michael Thompson writes about a study where people were asked about their happiest childhood memory; more than?80 percent name a parent-free moment.?Thompson explains that kids are better off when they accomplish something without having to think about how their parents would view it. Those memories are also more?indelible.?The self-confidence that comes from that accomplishment sticks better because it is completely earned.
So, as a parent you should want to push your kids out of your space to where they can rack up these 80 percent experiences?to explore, take risks, and try new identities. We are not invited, which is a paper-cut echo of the truth at the heart of parenting: You're doing it best when you're teaching them to leave you. Camp is an intensive course in how your children can do this successfully. "You step away from the care of your mom and dad into the world of independence. And that's your job in life. Every one of you accomplished steps in that direction,? said the Girls Camp director?at the final-night campfire. To signify the change they've made, girls throw crystals into the fire, which explode like Floo Powder in flashes of color.?
This makes camp sound a little bitter for the parent, but it doesn't need to be. The upside to camp is that it also offers a back door to sneak into their world undetected.?The glut of independence dulls their parental defenses. They?forget to remember they are oppressed. My kids are at that sweet age before the teenage years, before they are encased in those headphones that look like hamburger buns. Nursing resentments about the parents is not yet their full-time occupation. So when we picked up our son from a week of surfing camp, he went on a talking spree,?explaining where he got his necklace made of shells, describing each room of the World War II defense bunker at the state park, and showing the campground layout with objects on the dinner table.?
We had five hours inside his world, until after dinner, as he was scrubbing his utensils thoroughly the way he had each night at the campground, he stopped and looked at us:?"What am I doing??Shouldn't?you?be doing this?"?Good one, Necklace Boy. We all laughed and then started the slow descent to the old?relationship.?
By traveling to my daughter's new turf with the cloak of having been a camper there myself, I thought maybe the?bubble might last a little longer. Maybe it would be 10 hours before our old routine closed back around us.?
She tackled me. I'd been spotted. We hugged, though it?s more accurate to say I wore her like a koala for a minute. Then we were off into her world. She?introduced me to the counselors and campers?two categories: "nice" and?"not so nice."?All these glowing little people knew her name.?I wasn't quite sure how to handle myself.?Have you ever seen what happens when parents try too hard in front of their child and their child?s new friends? They use the word "man" or "awesome" and children just stare at them with brutal pity.?When you transport from Washington?the land of permanent eye circles and insipid arguments?into a close room full of oxygenated children who've had at least 10 hours of sleep, your instincts fail you.?