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Apple to resume full online sales in Germany

Saturday, February 4, 2012

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Apple Inc said it was cleared to resume selling older models of its iPhone and 3G-based iPads via its German online store on Friday, after the suspension of an injunction won by Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc in December. "All iPad and iPhone models will be back on sale through Apple's online store in Germany shortly," Apple spokesman Alan Hely said, adding that Apple was ...

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Apple is Censoring Music on iTunes Match

Friday, February 3, 2012

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Apple is unintentionally censoring rap music and other explicit tracks downloaded using its iTunes Match service -- by replacing them with the clean versions of the same songs.

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Apple tops in smartphone sales, but Samsung hot on its heels

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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(Credit: Apple) Apple won the smartphone wars last quarter, but Samsung was close behind in second place, according to Juniper Research. Buoyed by the iPhone 4S, Apple sold 37 million iPhones during the December quarter, giving the company a 25 percent share of the market. Though Samsung lost its top perch, the Korean handset maker still managed to carve out a 21.7 percent share thanks to ...

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Apple AirPort Utility 6.0: No love for Windows or Snow Leopard

Monday, January 30, 2012

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Apple's latest version of its Portrait Utility software offers a more streamlined networking experience but doesn't support Windows or Snow Leopard.

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NUTS: Apple Dominates Smartphones, Google Sparks Criticism Over Privacy

Sunday, January 29, 2012

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Apple retained its dominance over the U.S. smartphone market, boasting strong fourth quarter profits, while Google upset government regulators, consumers and social networking sites with big policy changes.

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Apple juggernaut gets little investor respect

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

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Apple is worth $415 billion, putting it neck and neck with Exxon Mobil as the world's most valuable company. But by standard Wall Street measures, its stock is a bargain.

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Apple 2012: Smooth sailing, for the most part

Monday, January 23, 2012

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc coasts into 2012 with a strong wind in its sails, a clutch of envelope-pushing products in its hold, a record share price, and a steady hand at the tiller.

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Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class

Sunday, January 22, 2012

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Apple once bragged that its products were made in America. But it has since shifted its immense manufacturing work overseas, posing questions about what corporate America owes Americans.

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Apple's Hidden Museum Reveals Clashes in the Jobs Interregnum

Friday, January 20, 2012

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The period between when Steve Jobs left Apple in 1985 and the company's eventual decline forced it to bring him back by buying his startup is a 12-year gap that gets little attention from historians of the world's most valuable tech company. Walter Isaacson, in his mammoth Steve Jobs biography, barely touches on it.

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Apple's Next Announcement Has an Inscrutable Catchphrase: 'GarageBand for Textbooks'

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

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Apple's next big announcement is scheduled to take place on Thursday, January 19th, in New York City's Guggenheim Museum, and is anticipated to be about getting into the textbook business. From there the speculation gets baroque. But before we get too excited, we have to drop in an obligatory pre-Apple event disclosure: we don't know anything for sure until chief executive Tim Cook or whichever ...

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Apple Earnings Next Week Looking Large As Suppliers Show Strength

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

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Apple is set to report its December 2011 ending quarterly results on January 24.

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Apple Is Said to Ready IPad 3 With Sharper Screen, LTE Access

Sunday, January 15, 2012

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Apple Inc.’s next iPad, expected to go on sale in March, will sport a high-definition screen, run a faster processor and work with next-generation wireless networks, according to three people familiar with the product.

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Apple admits supplier abuse of workers

Saturday, January 14, 2012

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Apple admitted some of its suppliers continued to overwork and underpay employees, as it threw open its factory doors to monitors after a spate of suicides at a Chinese plant.

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Apple Trails Samsung In Smartphones But Stock Still Good For $500

Thursday, January 12, 2012

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We believe that the only way for Apple to make a comeback is to come out with newer versions of the iPhone at a faster rate and bring new hit features like Siri to its new lineup. However, given its history, Apple takes its time to come up with newer versions of iPhone.

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Apple CEO’s Stock Awards Lift Compensation to $378 Million

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

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Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook will receive compensation for 2011 worth $378 million, one of the biggest pay packages on record, boosted by restricted stock awards that he’ll receive over the coming decade.

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