Matthew Panzarino gives us one good example of what’s wrong with writers these days.

I chuckled a few times reading this.

When the fights are live on SPIKE, this app is your companion, allowing you to participate in the on-air broadcast. The fight is in your hands, as you become The 4th Judge. Score the fight as it happens using comprehensive real-time fighter analytics you can only get in this app. Developed from the ground up to make watching LIVE fights richer, Bellator MMA allows you to compare fighters and historical statistics to make your pre-fight picks, watch exclusive videos, and dig deep into robust bio pages.

That’s very cool.

The Tokyo District Court rejected the request as Samsung hadn’t negotiated “sincerely” with Apple over licensing data- sending patents, Judge Ichiro Otaka said in a ruling today. The court also ruled that Samsung doesn’t have the right to seek damages from Apple.

Now AT&T wants approval to convert all of this to an all-IP system. And because of the FCC’s flawed view of IP, this move would jettison all of the public interest protections that govern common carriers like AT&T. (The centuries-old “common carriage” concept applied to entities like railroads, shippers, and telecoms that transport goods often using public rights-of-way; since these functions are critical to commerce, common carriers are usually regulated even if they don’t operate in monopoly markets).

Get ready to grab your ankles, folks. And don’t expect so much as the courtesy of a reacharound.

Absolutely crazy.

According to Fortune they are No. 1. That should piss off the Wall Street Journal, but don’t worry they’ll try to spin it into bad news for Apple.

Apple is the most profitable, can’t make enough products to meet demand, is the most admired by its peers, yet it is doomed. Reality distortion field.

The facts don’t line up with the picture being presented by the street and the headline seeking mainstream media. And the most unfortunate thing about it is that it is affecting many who aren’t stuck in the reality distortion field. Apple’s shareholders.

Ben nails it.

Onboard storage of SIM cards & eject tool. Use any standard credit card or membership card as a stand. Sleek, low profile design.

I love the fact that it has storage for SIM cards. This is perfect if you travel and swap out your SIM in other countries.

Another lackluster Apple event…

No you moron, it was a shareholder meeting, not an event where things get announced.

As a result, Leap said, it could end up with $100 million worth of unsold iPhones by the middle of this year. That spells more trouble for Leap, a company struggling to keep pace with larger competitors, and sheds light on the challenges facing Apple in cracking the huge market for smartphones being bought by lower-income consumers.

Oh NOES. The iPhone is a failure! Everyone hates Apple now! SELL AAPL! SELL! SELL!

Leap, which has about 5.3 million total subscribers, is also handicapped by the fact it lacks the robust nationwide networks of the country’s biggest carriers, and because technological limits mean it can’t sell the iPhone in all of its markets.

Oh, gee, you think this may explain part of the reason why fewer customers than expected are rushing to buy iPhones from this company? No, it has to be “challenges facing Apple.” Right.

Earlier today, CBS This Morning (video clip not yet available) mentioned that Mayer had viewed remote workers’ VPN usage, only to discover that employees were not using the virtual private network when and as often as they should be. If true, this would sound alarm bells for any executive, especially one at the helm of a company facing as many challenges as Yahoo does today.

This furthers my belief that telecommuting isn’t the core issue, but rather effective management of the remote workforce. Right now I’m sure everyone at Yahoo is under Mayer’s microscope, including the managers who have done a particularly poor job of handling telecommuting employees.

It may also save Yahoo money to make it unpleasant enough for these workers to quit rather than offer them severance.

Creative manipulation of images, from layering to composition to special effects, can add depth to web projects.

Tricks of the trade.

Launched 55 years ago, in 1958, the ES-335 is undoubtedly a classic, not only of Gibson’s but of all electric guitar designs. What the Les Paul model is to solidbodies, the ES-335 is to semis – beautiful, versatile and coveted by players across all genres.

Some history on one of the great guitars.

This is brilliant.

Jim and Dan discuss the latest Apple and tech news.

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CNBC’s Jon Fortt had a live blog of the meeting.

Now thinner to accommodate the Retina Display-equipped MacBook Pro. Some of the best and prettiest camouflage you can buy for your Apple devices – make them look like hardbound leather books.

They’re not just talking about future EA games for iOS and Android. All EA games are going to nickel and dime you to death from here on out.

Screw that.

A little while ago I sarcastically asked on Twitter how the Wall Street Journal could take good news about Apple and turn it into bad news. Well, they did it. I can’t even link to them, but Gruber noticed it too.

Apparently, a glitch in the update is erasing the user’s entire book library from their iOS device.

Brutal update.

Come on Samsung, can you at least try not to be a bunch of assholes.

But it’s hard not to pin Tuesday’s action in Apple to [Seabreeze Partners hedge fund president Douglas] Kass’ Twitter posts or to see how he profited from them. The stock was down. He tweeted the split rumor. The stock went up. He sold shares while tweeting that his rumor was baseless.

Good on Philip Elmer-Dewitt for calling this like he sees it.

The manga will be an adaptation of the Japanese edition of “Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography,” an official biography based on interviews with Jobs and published in 2011 with his blessing.

No word on whether it’ll be translated into English, but I’m willing to bet scanlations will appear before too long. Just remember kids, every time you read a scanlation, the angry copyright gods kill a kitten.

(Some NSFW content on that page – unrelated to the Steve Jobs content – just FYI.)

Matthew Panzarino:

Apple sent one over to Fancy to commemorate its role as a launch partner on Google+ Sign-In. A picture of the cake was posted by Fancy’s Jake Frey and we confirmed that yes, it was indeed sent from Apple.

Love it.

Update: The original story was updated saying Google sent the cake, not Apple.

Developers will love this.