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Every monday should start off with a good does of humor and sarcasm about the latest rumors. I enjoyed this article by Chris Rawson.

Clearly I need to stay here.

Some of the worst jokes ever, but that’s the point.

I tripped balls with Andrew Stone at AltWWDC.

I met with the guys from Prss this week to check out what they’re doing around Newsstand magazine apps. What they already have is impressive, but I got a little peek into what’s coming on the platform and it’s amazing. Watch these guys.

Only in Canada can shit like this happen.

There’s some funny stuff in here.

Apple will stream the WWDC keynote live today so everyone can watch. Clearly this is the best way to stay up-to-date on the event, so I won’t be doing a live update myself. I will post my thoughts on any announcements after the keynote.

MindNode is an easy to use and elegant mind mapping app for iOS and OS X. Whether you’re brainstorming for your next project, organizing your life, or taking notes during a meeting, MindNode lets you collect, structure, and expand your ideas. And integrated iCloud sharing means you always have your mind maps with you.

You can learn more about MindNode here.

Mark Zuckerberg strongly denies Facebook is part of the PRISM program.

I cannot make this shit up people.

Cheers brother.

Wall St. can’t make up its mind who is doomed.

This made me smile.

ConnectED is a new Obama administration initiative that hopes to see high speed broadband Internet access in 99 percent of US schools within five years.

In this issue, actor Matthew Modine talks about his short movies, Luis Pérez highlights the importance of accessibility, Eva Giselle looks at the future of design, Dave Addey goes outside his comfort zone and Harry C. Marks investigates his heritage.

You can download The Loop Magazine on the App Store and get a seven-day free trial when you subscribe.

Vesper is a simple and elegant tool for collecting notes, ideas, things to do — anything you want to remember. Use tags to group related items into playlist-like collections. Vesper imposes no system; organize and curate your notes whatever way comes naturally to you. Eschewing complications, Vesper’s focus is on how it feels to use it.

Great looking app from John Gruber, Brent Simmons and Dave Wiskus.

Dan and Jim discuss what could be announced at Apple’s 2013 Worldwide Developers Conference next week in San Francisco. Later they discuss the risk of malicious, hacking iPhone chargers, the importance of an external power source for your phone at events like WWDC, Apple and Samsung’s US market rivalry, The White House’s war on patent trolls, and more.

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According to VCs, without VCs we wouldn’t have Silicon Valley.

Venture capital is the lifeblood of our industry; the jet fuel in our Gulfstream; the saliva in our 23andme test. If it weren’t for free and easy capital, Instagram and Tumblr and {insert your employer’s name here, you unit-test-skipping, standup-meeting-lying bullshit artist} would have had to come up with a pesky business model.

He’s at it again—and it’s funny.

Intel is offically calling Falcon Ridge “Thunderbolt 2” instead.

Is Owen there?

Until now reading aids for the visually impaired and the blind have been cumbersome devices that recognize text in restricted environments, or, more recently, have been software applications on smartphones that have limited capabilities.

In contrast, the OrCam device is a small camera worn in the style of Google Glass, connected by a thin cable to a portable computer designed to fit in the wearer’s pocket. The system clips on to the wearer’s glasses with a small magnet and uses a bone-conduction speaker to offer clear speech as it reads aloud the words or object pointed to by the user.

According to WBZ sports reporter Dan Roche, the pilot on his JetBlue flight from the Steel City back to Boston did a little gloating himself.

It’s way too early to say the Boston Bruins have won the series, but this is classic.

It’s great to see Reeder’s developer Silvio Rizzi adding support for these services.

Katie Marsal:

The U.S. Department of Justice’s opening statements in its antitrust lawsuit against Apple have been published online, laying the groundwork for what the government hopes will prove illegal collusion between Apple and book publishers that led to higher prices.

I think the DOJ is going to have a tough time proving this. Tim Cook recently said at the D Conference that Apple wouldn’t admit to something they didn’t do. Cook is going to fight this and good for them.

“The Short Films of Matthew Modine” will be available tomorrow in the iTunes Store.

Researchers claim to have developed a charger that can inject malware into an iOS device, like something out of a spy movie.