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May 22, 2013 - 12:46 AM EDT — AAPL: 442.17 (-0.76, -0.17%) | NASDAQ: 3498.965 (+33.722, +0.97%)

Ireland: We have no special tax rate deal with Apple

There is no deal for any company to pay 2 percent corporate tax in Ireland…

BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2013: Apple Inc. #1

Apple remains the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brand for 2013…

Apple prepares for Washington onslaught: CEO Tim Cook isn’t taking any chances with senators looking to grandstand

Apple isn’t taking any chances with senators looking to embarrass CEO Tim Cook…

AT&T waives voice, data and text overage fees for Oklahoma tornado victims through June 30th

In response to the devastating tornado that hit Okalhoma City on Monday…

Watch Apple CEO Tim Cook’s live testimony before U.S. Senate, starting at 9:30am EDT

Apple CEO Tim Cook goes before a Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations…

As sales of Windows PCs fade, Mac sales hold steady in April

According to NPD, Mac sales for the month of April in North America…

U.S. Senate investigation found no evidence that Apple did anything illegal in avoiding taxes

The investigation found no evidence that Apple did anything illegal..

Apple’s U.S. tax fallout set to have global impact

The clamour surrounding Apple’s tax affairs in Washington on Monday…

Hagens Berman investigating Apple Inc., others regarding tax-avoidance schemes; seeks whistleblower information

Watch how the U.S.’s largest corporate taxpayer will be vilified…

Grandstanding U.S. Senate panel expected to castigate Apple CEO Tim Cook for leading U.S.’s largest corporate income taxpayer

Members of the United States Senate are expected to sharply criticize Apple’s global tax tactics…

AT&T finally to allow any iPhone or iPad use FaceTime over Cellular by mid-June

Since it was revealed that FaceTime over Cellular was coming to iOS 6 last summer…

Deutsche Bank: T-Mobile USA poised to leapfrog Sprint with Apple iPhone, LTE

Now that T-Mobile USA finally has Apple‘s iPhone…

Apple publishes full testimony to be given before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee

Apple today published the company’s full testimony to be given before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee…

Apple intros new incentives to make iPhone more affordable in India

Apple is offering a range of incentives to make its iPhone more affordable to Indian customers…

NPD: Nearly one-third of all U.S. smartphone sales are prepaid

Year-over-year total smartphone sales increased 42 percent

The iPhone and the death of the mid-range smartphone

Current Analysis tracks U.S. device pricing for phones and tablets…

Bloomberg News poll: 71% say Apple has lost its cachet as an industry innovator

When Steve Jobs passed away in October 2011…

In attempt to catch Apple iPhone, Samsung to pay developers for Galaxy phone apps

As part of its efforts to strengthen its software capabilities Samsung..

Bearish technical trader: Apple is starting to form an incredibly bullish pattern

Anyone who has read my blog knows that I have been a huge bear on Apple…

Apple retail revenues per visitor reach new record

Apple Retail Stores showed a 7% growth in visitors and a new record revenue…

How Apple’s iPad is revolutionizing social games

Slamjet Stadium is a shared screen multiplayer game with a futuristic deathball theme…

Apple reportedly testing 1.5-inch oled displays for smart watch

Apple has begun sampling 1.5-inch OLED displays from RITEK subsidiary RiTdisplay…

Analyst: Apple will be a major player in wearable tech market

The wearables market is a lot bigger than investors realize…

Up to 33% lighter 5th-gen iPad trial production begins in July, sources say

Trial production of Apple’s 5th-generation 9.7-inch iPad will begin soon…

Apple’s billions are building an empire for the future

Apple now sits on well over $144.7 billion in liquid resources…

Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion

The board of Yahoo, the faded Web pioneer, agreed on Sunday to buy Tumblr…

Google whistleblower reveals massive tax avoidance scheme; ready to hand over 100,000 emails to UK authorities

A former Google executive has blown the whistle on a massive and ‘immoral’ tax avoidance scheme…

Can Apple’s design guru Jony Ive fill Steve Jobs’ shoes?

When Steve Jobs died on Oct. 5, 2011, many investors were afraid the company’s…

Teen dies, run over trying to hold onto iPad during theft

It’s a natural instinct to resist if someone tries to steal something out of your hand…

2013 MacBook Air: Coming sooner than later, but those wanting Retina display will have to wait

Intel and its OEMs are expected to begin shipping new Haswell…

Apple CEO Tim Cook to propose ‘dramatic simplification’ of U.S. corporate tax laws

Apple chief executive Tim Cook plans to propose a ‘dramatic simplification’ of corporate tax laws…

Why Johnathan Ive won’t be removing skeuomorphism from iOS 7

When Jony Ive became responsible for user interface design as well as hardware design…

Apple pulls ‘Bang With Friends’ from App Store

Last week, Bang With Friends proudly announced Android and iPhone versions…

Apple iTV concept with iPad mini remote and Siri integration (with video)

The problem facing Apple TV is that it is essentially…

Beleaguered Dell is an utter disaster

Dell’s financial decay worsened during its latest quarter as the company slashed…

Samsung Galaxy S4: 10 million in 4 weeks; Apple iPhone 5: 5 million in 3 days

Samsung Electronics co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun told reporters at an industry forum in Seoul…

Whoops! Intel’s Otellini passed on Apple’s iPhone

For 40 of those years, a timespan that saw computing go from curiosity to ubiquity…

Apple’s iRadio is still mired in licensing talks and may not be ready for WWDC, sources say

Google’s long-rumored Play Music All Access service is already out the door…

Apple iPhone, iPad cleared for use on U.S. military networks

The Pentagon cleared Apple Inc. devices for use on its networks…

MacBook Air inventory drying up ahead of Apple’s WWDC 2013

With Intel’s next-generation Haswell processors set to launch…

U.S. Air Force to save $50 million by deploying up to 18,000 Apple iPads

Apple’s popular iPad is now a key weapon in the U.S. Air Force’s battle for efficiency…

Apple gearing up for next-gen iPad mini release in late third-quarter 2013, sources say

As Apple gears to release the next-generation iPad mini…

Corning launches Lotus XT Glass; prime candidate for future Apple iOS devices

Corning, the company that currently supplies glass for Apple’s iOS devices…

Apple CEO Tim Cook to propose U.S. tax reform for offshore cash

Apple Inc., which holds $102 billion in cash and investments outside the U.S…

Steve Jobs’ widow sets philanthropy goals

Laurene Powell Jobs is famous because of her last name and fortune…

Google makes Android, but Samsung takes all of the money

When Google first started giving away Android to manufacturers…

Microsoft is missing apps the same way they missed the early Internet

Microsoft is so drastically behind the curve…

U.S. Congress asks Larry Page if Google Glass infringes ‘on the privacy of the average American’

Google Glass privacy concerns have only grown louder…

Tim Cook: ‘Made in the U.S.A.’ Mac will utilize ‘many’ US-made components

Cook confirmed that the computer set to roll off Apple’s first US-based production line in nearly 20 years…

Foxconn to miss Apple overtime deadline

Efforts to improve working conditions at Apple’s main manufacturer in China…