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Feb 02, 2012 - 12:34 AM EST — AAPL: 456.51 (+0.03, +0.01%) | NASDAQ: 2851.12 (+37.28, +1.32%)

Tim Cook emails UK customer: John Browett’s role isn’t to bring Dixons to Apple Retail

I’d never tried when Steve was CEO, but I figured the same approach might work with Tim…

Trump to Tim Cook: Make Apple products in the United States

After a New York Times article described abject working conditions at China-based Foxconn…

Apple succeeds in business without really trying

Apple Inc., without much effort on its part, is making rapid headway in selling to corporations…

The beginning of the end? Google in danger of being shut out of rapidly changing Internet

The upcoming IPO of Facebook, the flak surrounding Twitter’s decision…

Piper Jaffray’s Munster finds more evidence of Apple television

Piper Jaffary analyst Gene Munster has been one the loudest and longest proponents…

Microsoft said to again reorganize marketing operations; may include hundreds of job cuts

Microsoft Corp. is making plans for a companywide restructuring of its marketing operations…

Amazon shares drop as revenues disappoint

You’ve got to be like Apple — smash through the numbers people are afraid even to whisper…

Struggling Sony names Hirai president and CEO, replacing Stringer

Sony Corp named Vice President Kazuo Hirai as president and CEO, replacing Howard Stringer…

Warner’s Middlebronfman: I wish we’d gotten more music pricing flexibility out of Steve Jobs

Today is a big day for Edgar Bronfman Jr. — his last as chairman of Warner Music Group…

Former Apple engineer delivers ZFS support to Mac OS X

Don Brady, a former Apple engineer and his company, Ten’s Complement, are bringing ZFS support to Mac OS X…

Apple appeals rejection of iPad trademark in China

Apple has appealed a Chinese court ruling last December that rejected its ownership of the iPad trademark…

Neil Young calls for better sound quality in digital music; says Steve Jobs preferred vinyl

Steve Jobs as a pioneer of digital music, and his legacy is tremendous…

Amazon Q411 net income plummets 58%; says Kindle device sales nearly tripled during holiday quarter

Amazon (AMZN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011…

Apple shares hit new all-time intraday, closing highs

Apple Inc. (AAPL) shares today rose $3.47 to set a new all-time closing high…

How Apple gets away with markedly lower R&D spending vs. alleged competitors

For a company that manages to debut a new product line every few years…

Eyebrows raised over Apple’s hiring of Dixons CEO to run Apple Retail Stores

It would be safe to say that eyebrows were raised at news that Apple is hiring John Browett…

IBOPE Zogby: Two-thirds aware of upcoming Google privacy changes; even more are concerned about them

Three-fourths of US adults are concerned about Google’s changes to its privacy policies…

Foxconn to build 5 new factories in Brazil to help make Apple iPads, other products

Apple product assembler Foxconn plans to build five additional factories in Brazil…

Apple wins iPhone patents for location tracking, hybrid antenna, and more

Today, the US Patent and Trademark Office officially published…

Republicans vote via Apple iPads in Florida primary

Some voters in Florida’s Republican primary elections will be choosing the man they want in the White House…

Foxconn stock hits 5-month high on iPhone 5 rumors

Foxconn Technology Co. climbed to the highest in more than five months…

Beleaguered RIM’s comeback plan for Blackberry: Cartoon superheroes

Research In Motion downplayed their new ‘BeBold’ campaign Tuesday following widespread derision…

EU launches full-blown investigation of Samsung’s suspected abuse of FRAND-pledged patents; Motorola on notice

The European Commission just announced that it has…

German appeals court upholds Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction

This morning, the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court…

EU opens antitrust investigation into Samsung over patents

The European Commission has opened a formal investigation to assess whether Samsung as abusively…

Aftershocks from Android market share dive rumble through mobile market

RadioShack is plunging by 27% in the pre-market after a substantial warning…

China Telecom to launch CDMA iPhone 4S as early as February

China Telecom could encourage the use of Apple’s iPhone 4S by tens of millions of users…

Apple significantly updates Final Cut Pro X

Apple today released Final Cut Pro X v10.0.3, a significant update to its revolutionary pro video editing app…

Apple hires Dixons CEO John Browett as new retail chief

Apple today announced that John Browett will join the company as senior vice president of Retail…

Steve Ballmer willing to pay $230 per Windows Phone to beat Apple iPhone, Google Android

What is Steve Ballmer willing to pay to beat Apple and Google?

Thousands line up for iPhone assembly jobs at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou, China plant

On the 30th of January, thousands of hopefuls stood for hours outside a labour agency…

Apple releases AirPort Base Station and Time Capsule Firmware Update 7.6.1

Apple today released AirPort Base Station and Time Capsule Firmware Update 7.6.1 which…

Apple releases AirPort Utility 6.0 for Mac OS X Lion

Apple today released AirPort Utility 6.0 for Mac OS X Lion…

MasterCard/PayPass may be NFC partner with Apple on iPhone 5

he had spoken to Apple iOS engineers on multiple occasions, and they are ‘heavy into NFC’…

Judge sentences murderer, criticizes ‘callous indifference’ of Apple Retail Store employees

A Maryland judge sentenced a convicted murdered to life in prison without parole…

Verizon to allow your iPad and iPhone to share same data plan, screenshot hints

Verizon said it was working on a shared data solution for 2012…

Apple shares hit new all-time closing high

Apple Inc. (AAPL) shares today rose $5.73 to set a new all-time closing high…

Apple’s Siri lays down the vocals on new track from The Flaming Lips

The loose narrative begins with Siri not understanding the moon, the stars, and the sun…

Young Americans place Steve Jobs second to Edison as ‘Greatest Innovator of All Time’

Young Americans are acutely aware of the importance of invention and innovation in their personal lives…

Once-proud HP reduced to shamelessly peddling Apple MacBook knockoffs

It’s painfully obvious where HP drew its inspiration for its newest Envy laptops…

Amazon determined to continue its assault on Apple or something

Last November Amazon launched an assault on Apple’s tablet reign…

Legendary judge hands Apple key patent interpretation victory against Android

Apple scored a strategically important legal victory on Wednesday that could have enormous impact on Apple’s patent assertions against Android.

Apple combats Hong Kong scalpers with new iPhone reservations lottery system

Apple has implemented an interested system to fight those pesky scalpers who spoiled…

Yahoo Finance kills app for beleaguered RIM’s BlackBerry

I remember a day when Blackberry was standard-issue equipment for all the soldiers…

NPD: Tablet shipments to explode five-fold to 383.3 million units by 2017

Shipments of tablet PCs are expected to grow from 72.7 million units in 2011 to 383.3 million units by 2017…

Steve Jobs’ ex-lieutenant Ron Johnson adds $1.5 billion to J.C. Penney in two days

J.C. Penney (JCP), the fourth largest US department store chain, is undergoing a transformation…

Apple’s Siri gets multiple mentions on ‘Big Bang Theory’ (with video)

Apple got more than a few endorsements this week after The Big Bang Theory…

Apple fuels Silicon Valley hiring while some express ‘Bubble 2.0′ concerns

Among U.S. technology companies with a market value of more than $100 million…

Inside Apple: New hires work on pretend Apple products until they can be trusted

Apple’s penchant for secrecy sometimes sees new engineers tasked with working on…

NEC to cut 10,000 jobs as Apple iPhone continues to gobble up Japan’s smartphone market

Japan’s NEC will cut nearly one in ten of its workers as the iPhone continues to gobble up the market for smartphones…

Hon Hai leads Apple supplier shares higher

Hon Hai, an Apple product assembler, climbed by the 7 percent daily limit to…

Apple, the Internet and the constant new normal

Earlier this month, Apple announced what are essentially mind-boggling financial results…

Analyst: Apple could sell nearly 40 million iPhones next year in China alone

China’s rapidly growing middle class

BSR: New York Times’ Apple-Foxconn article contains untruths, inaccuracies, and misleading info

The New York Times. Untrue, inaccurate, and misleading…

Apple blossoms under ‘workaholic’ CEO Tim Cook

Apple, under its new boss Tim Cook, overtook Exxon Mobil this week…