Apple head honcho Tim Cook slipped into a Sun Valley, Idaho retreat for media and tech executives. The speculates he was there to strike deals with entertainment leaders, but I think he clearly meant to take a left turn at Albuquerque.

(The New York Observer)

Speaking of Rupert Murdoch-owned properties, rumors say that News Corp.'s iPad-only publication, The Daily, has been put "on watch." Which may mark the first time since the magazine's debut that anybody has been watching it.

(GigaOm)

GigaOm has the behind-the-scenes look at the finagling needed to build Apple's $1 billion data North Carolina center, including some hardball negotiating tactics from Apple. But fortunately, everything's totally rosy now ...