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Curtis Rush at the Toronto Star has done a fabulous job of doing absolutely nothing worthwhile. As John Gruber puts it, this article is “Mind-bogglingly misinformed.”

It turns out you can reduce the motion effects in iOS 7 by going to Settings > General > Accessibility > Reduce Motion.

An annual gathering of technologists passionate about creating great things.

I’ll be speaking at this conference next week in Chicago. Join me and a lot of other great speakers—tickets are on sale until midnight tonight Pacific time.

This week, Jim is joined by Back to Work’s Merlin Mann to talk about hands-on experiences with Apple’s new iPhone 5s and 5c and iOS 7.

Including a deep dive on Touch ID; how easier security measures could boost iTunes sales; Jim’s new-found photo skills with the 5s camera; what Jim looks for in the wiring under his wood; and more.

Time is running out for BlackBerry. The company announced on Friday that it is cutting 4,500 jobs and that it will report a net operating loss of roughly $1 billion in its next quarterly earnings report.

I certainly feel bad for the people that lost their jobs, but we all knew this was coming.

Seriously, everyone wants an iPhone.

This is cool. It shows you one word at a time, so you can increase your speed over time.

This is so cute. I love my Border Collies.

I had a lot of fun joining John Gruber on The Talk Show this week where we discussed the iPhone 5s and 5c, among other things.

Dow Jones & Co. won’t renew its partnership with AllThingsD, the technology news website that rose to prominence covering the players of the high-tech industry and reviewing their products.

As part of the separation, announced Thursday by Dow Jones editor-in-chief and Wall Street Journal managing editor Gerard Baker, longtime Wall Street Journal technology columnist Walt Mossberg will leave the paper.

Wow.

Speak of busy, Rene Ritchie wrote almost 14,000 words on iOS 7.

Two things that I thought were particularly interesting in John’s review: the part about innovation and the section on 64-bit. Definitely worth a read.

It’s available from Software Update on your iPhone.

Screens allows you to control your computer remotely from your iOS device. I’ve been using this app since it first came out and it just keeps getting better.

Great looking new app from David Barnard.

This guy has some good friends.

This is so funny. And all of it is absolutely true.

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Interesting article from Ross Rubin on how focusing can help a company more than throwing features into your product.