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Saturday Highlights: Mike Elgan lays out how he sees Apple and Google doing for television what they did for mobile phones?a takeover; continuing on the TV theme, UK's Daily Mail, The Motley Fool also see the battle for internet TV being between Apple and Google; ZDNet's Charlie Osborne has an update on the group of Chinese writers looking to sue Apple for "illegal sale of their work through the Apple App Store"; ifoAppleStore analyzes Apple's expansion in Target stores noting Apple providing "sales, not service"; new survey suggests Apple to see 50% 2012 growth in enterprise spending on Apple products; The Register report on what smartphones are the biggest data hogs; PadGadget on how to avoid paid reviews; and from Friday's highlights, California's Supreme Court affirms large refund to Apple, but rejects issue sparing taxes from company's foreign subsidiaries; Apple rules at CES 5 years in a row despite not attending; Motorola decides to remove a GPS patent from the ITC investigation vs Apple; AppleInsider says Target poised to open Apple Store-within-store at certain locations in 2012; Steve Jobs doll under legal threat from Apple, but actually legal in most states except Indiana; happy 1st birthday to the Mac App Store; is Numbers suffering from drought of updates?; a new slo-mo video of typing on iPad reveals that many typos are in fact Apple's fault, not the typist's; iPhone 4S/Siri responsible for rise in network congestion according to new data?reports in our General Interest, and Op/Ed sections; Apple set to significantly expand store at Florida Mall; you've gotta love shock-proof cases that can protect your iPad 2 from a 100,000 foot fall; Gorilla Glass 2 coming; yet another rumor from DigiTimes says Apple will ship iPad 3 this March, iPad 4 in October, sourced from component makers, and reports aplenty in our Hardware/Software and Op/Ed sections; Apple patent for wind-generator cooling system; Seeking Alpha analyst says Apple "jumped the shark" and has possibly reached its zenith, but Fortune's Philip Elmer-DeWitt is tired of the metaphor, says it's just plain wrong.
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"Week in Apple: developer wishes, iBooks changes, and more"?Ars Technica?4:59 PM
"Survey suggests 50% growth in enterprise spending on Apple products in 2012"?AppleInsider?8:40 AM
"Official: The smartphones that suck much more than others/3G networks are straining to support the demands of punters as their shiny new smartphones demand more and more information from the internet, says a Report by British firm Arieso. iPhone 4S users use twice as much data as iPhone 4 users, and three times as much as iPhone 3G users."?The Register?8:38 AM
"Apple to take a bite out of Destin? Computer giant is hiring for a 'store-in-a-store'"?The Destin Log?8:18 AM
"Apple's iPhone 4S Rings In The Year Of The Dragon: China is now Apple's second largest market after the US, while it sales volume overtook Lenovo, the world's third-biggest PC maker"?Music Dish?4:57 PM
"Apple Dominates Competitors on App Revenue"?PC Magazine?1/6
"Apple said to threaten legal action over Steve Jobs doll: Chinese action-figure maker committing a 'criminal offense'?"?The Register?1/6
"Don't blame the iPhone 4S if your network is congested"?Fortune?1/6
"The iPhone 4S gulps twice as much data as iPhone 4"?GigaOM?1/6
"Apple's Voice Recognition Siri Doubles IPhone Data Volumes"?Bloomberg?1/6
"Siri On iPhone 4S Dramatically Increases Data Consumption"?AppleBitch?1/6
"New Zealander takes on Apple" ["The Apple Corporation has told Hayden Crowther it may object to his use of the word driPhone to market a waterproof and shockproof phone case for Apple's iPhones and Google's Android smartphones. ... He received a letter yesterday from a Wellington patent attorney, instructed by the world's biggest technology company, telling him it wanted more time to consider objecting to the name of his product, launched in May last year."]?Fairfax NZ News?1/6
"Samsung topples Apple with its smartphone sales"?CNN?1/6
"Apple pays $5m to settle Elan patent suit"?CNET News?1/6
"Asian Apple Fans Cheer On Apple's All-New Red Friday Sale in Asia"?Patently Apple?1/6
"China Unicom Offers Free IPhone 4S for Users Who Sign Multiyear Contracts"?Bloomberg?1/6
"Apple's iPhone 4S to hit stores next week"?China Daily?1/6
"These iPhone Camera Add Ons Will Take Your Photography Game To A Whole New Level" [Slideshow]?Business Insider?1/6
"iPad Survives 100,000 Foot Fall With G-Form Case"?iDownload Blog?1/6
"The Most Phenomenal Way to Use An iPad 2 On The Subway"?M.I.C. Gadget?1/6
Non-Apple News
"Samsung Reports record quarterly profit on strong mobile handset sales"?Edible Apple?2:08 PM
"Barnes & Noble: Stores, Nook to have 'tight' links"?MarketWatch?1/6
"BlackBerry bug continues to brick handsets"?ZDNet?1/6
"Fusion-io demos billion IOPS server config: Fusion-io has achieved a billion IOPS from eight servers in a demonstration at the DEMO Enterprise event in San Francisco."?The Register?1/6
"E-Fun Announces Android Tablet and Digital Pen"?PC Magazine?1/6
"Pioneer Announces Thin, Light External Blu-ray Burner"?PC Magazine?1/6
"New virus raids your bank account - but you won't notice"?MSNBC?1/6
"Sony to launch flash cards with 125Mbps write speeds: The Japanese electronics giant will be the first to launch memory cards under the new XQD standard"?IDG News Service?1/6
"The hot tech gig of 2022: Data scientist"?Fortune?1/6
"Symantec confirms source code leak in two enterprise security products: Hacking group discloses source code segments used in Symantec's Endpoint Protection 11.0 and Antivirus 10.2"?Computerworld?1/6
"New Denial Of Service Attack Cripples Servers Slowly"?InformationWeek?1/6
"Samsung Quarterly Profit Rises as Galaxy Phones Lure Consumers From Apple"?Bloomberg?1/6
"CES outing for 'world's thinnest' tablet, Ultrabook, says Toshiba"?Register Hardware?1/6
"Trendnet showcases first 802.11ac products at CES 2012"?CNET?1/6
"Ford to open Silicon Valley lab: Ford to open Silicon Valley lab to scout out new car technology"?Associated Press?1/6
"Zynga kicks off new year with 'Hidden Chronicles,' 'Scramble with Friends'"?Washington Post [Free Registration Required]?1/6
"Facebook about to launch Actions, the final piece of its plan for frictionless sharing"?VentureBeat [Free Registration Required]?1/6
"Corning's Gorilla Glass 2 Coming to CES"?PC Magazine?1/6
"New Yahoo Chief Rallies Troops With Talk of Innovation"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?1/6
"Google Made 30 Search Quality Improvements in December"?eWeek?1/6
"Code Year draws 200,000 aspiring programmers"?CNNMoney?1/6
"Warning: All That Free Spotify Music You've Been Enjoying Is Going To End Soon"?Business Insider?1/6
"CES: Corning To Unveil Gorilla Glass 2 (The Sequel!)"?Forbes?1/6
"Siri Sibling Trapit Raises $6.2 Million Series A From Horizons"?TechCrunch?1/6
"Fusion-io passes one billion IOPS barrier thanks to better software, not hardware"?The Verge?1/6
"HTC Has First Profit Drop in Two Years on IPhone Competition"?Bloomberg?1/6
Publications/Podcasts
"The beginning of QuickTime" ["I have posted an excerpt from my book 'Timeline' that details the early days of QuickTime at Apple and the story of Ampex setting out to buy Avid."]?John Buck?8:07 AM
"Gene Steinberg meets Adam Engst of TidBITS, Sean Brown of Sonic Foundry, and Dan Moren of Macworld this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE"?The Tech Night Owl LIVE?1/6
"iWake With AppAdvice For Friday Now Available"?App Advice?1/6
"Foxconn Cuts Prices to Retain Orders for iPhones and iPads"?M.I.C. Gadget?4:14 PM
"Apple iOS 5.1 beta code hints at quad-core iPad, iPhone"?Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required]?1/6
"Apple projected to reach 116M iPhone, 55M iPad sales in 2012"?AppleInsider?1/6
"Report: Apple to launch 'full HD' iPad 3 in March, followed by iPad 4 in October"?9 to 5 Mac?1/6
"Code references in Apple's iOS 5.1 Beta points to quad-core iOS devices"?The Next Web?1/6
"Support For Quad-Core iDevices Found In iOS 5.1 Beta Code"?TechCrunch?1/6
"iMessage bug swats iPhone owners who switch to Android"?ZDNet Australia?1/6
"Update On First Generation iPod Nano Replacement Program"?AppleBitch?1/6
"Apple Reinvents the Ionic Wind Generator Cooling System"?Patently Apple?1/6
"Shipping Delays Hit All Mac Pro Models In European Apple Stores"?Apple Bitch?1/6
"Safari owns over 50% of mobile browser marketshare"?Edible Apple?1/6
AppleCare/Helps
"Just purchased a brand new iMac i7 with Lion operating system. When I turn on my iMac, I have no sound, and the mute box is checked, and another box shows no input or output. I need to reboot my computer every morning. Sometimes works and sometimes not. Spoke to a tech 5 times with no success. Now becoming a nuisance. I have tried to uncheck the mute box, but it is darkened"?MacInTouch?5:13 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Current For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)"?Apple Sliced?10:20 AM
"Wooords For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)"?Apple Sliced?10:20 AM
"The Mac Version Of A Monster Ate My Homework Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)"?Apple Sliced?10:20 AM
"Apimac releases the new version of iDatabase for Mac" ["Below a special -50% Discount Coupon for "iDatabase - Single User" for your readers. Discount code: APIDSCT50IDATA"]?Apimac?3:58 PM
"20% off iTunes gift cards at BestBuy (Digitial Delivery)"?9 to 5 Mac?4:14 PM
"Apple Mac Pro Buyer's Guide -12 & 8 Core Models... Save Up To $260 On Current Machines"?MacReviewZone?2:08 PM
"2011 Apple iMac Buyer's Guide -21.5 Inch -Up To $250 Off Current Models"?MacReviewZone?2:08 PM
"Apple MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide -17 Inch Models -Up to $200 Off Current Models"?MacReviewZone?2:08 PM
"PadGadget Daily App Deal ? 12 iPad Apps on Sale"?PadGadget?8:46 AM
"Inertia: Escape Velocity For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)"?Apple Sliced?1/6
"RC Plane 2 For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?1/6
"ZombiePanic For iPhone Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)"?Apple Sliced?1/6
"PadGadget Daily App Deal ? 11 iPad Apps on Sale"?PadGadget?1/6
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Deals"?MacPrices?1/6
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?1/6
"17" MacBook Pro Prices & Current Bundles"?MacPrices?1/6
"iPad Buyer's Guide -Prices Up To $100 Off Original Price -Best iPad Prices Reviews & Information"?MacReviewZone?1/6
"Microsoft exec admits Windows Phone was response to Apple's iPhone"?AppleInsider?9:16 PM
"Find My iPhone works!"?BetaNews?8:58 PM
"How did copying Apple work for Microsoft? How did not copying Apple work for Microsoft?"?Brian Hall?8:38 PM
"Apple to Release an iPad 4 in October? iThinknot"?PC Magazine?4:59 PM
"Vizio vs. Apple: The Battle of the 'Ultrabooks'"?PC Magazine?4:16 PM
"Fact Or Myth: Killing Apps In The iOS Multitasking Bar Boosts Performance"?App Advice?4:03 PM
"The Macalope Weekly: Same as it ever was"?Macworld?9:10 AM
"Why Paid Reviews are Bad for Consumers and Developers, and How to Avoid Them"?PadGadget?8:47 AM
"Apple will continue to earn majority of app download revenue in 2012"?BGR?1/6
"Friday Night Fights: Is Samsung Really Copying Apple?"?Cult of Android?1/6
"Target Can't Win Shoppers With Apple -- You Said It"?TheStreet?1/6
"A detailed Video breakdown of iOS multitasking shows you don't need to kill your apps"?The Next Web?1/6
"Spaghetti Against the Wall" ["In what regard can Apple be considered behind Samsung, other than unit sales ? a metric Apple has never shown interest in as a primary priority? Apple is after profit share, not unit share."]?Daring Fireball?1/6
"Target Can't Win Shoppers With Apple -- You Said It"?TheStreet?1/6
"Particle Debris: Jet-Propelled Tidbits and the White Stallion"?The Mac Observer?1/6
"Ad network numbers suggest Apple's iPad had a massive Christmas"?MacDailyNews?1/6
"2011 smartphones by the numbers: Samsung v. Apple"?GigaOM?1/6
"Tech fashionista? What your iPhone, iPad says about your style"?CBS News?1/6
"Happy 10th Birthday, 'Luxo Jr' iMac G4!"?Low End Mac?1/6
"The Macalope Daily: The waiting is the hardest part"?Macworld [Insider Content]?1/6
"What Could Apple Be Planning For Rumored 'Media-Related Event'?"?MacNews?1/6
"Is Siri Really a Data Hog on iPhone 4S?"?PCWorld?1/6
"5 Ways that Steve Jobs, Steve Denning, and Peggy Noonan are Dead Wrong"?Forbes?1/6
"Apple Reportedly to open new stores within selected Target outlets this year"?The Next Web?1/6
"The next Steve Jobs is: Kanye West/Hip-hop star launches design institute stuffed with dope ... minds"?The Register?1/6
"Block that Apple metaphor: Is someone seriously suggesting that the company has 'jumped the shark'?"?Fortune?1/6
"'iPad 3 coming March and iPad 4 in October' - Rumor mill recycles failed 2011 rumor"?ZDNet?1/6
"Yup, the iPad 4 Rumors Have Begun"?Techland?1/6
"iPad 3 rumored, believe it or not, for March"?Mac.Blorge?1/6
"Apple 2012 Expectation #2: AirPlay Server and iTunes Concert Streaming Channel"?desinformado?1/6
Non-Apple
"Louis C.K.'s lesson for marketers: Honesty is the best strategy"?GigaOM?1/6
"Do You Really Need an Unlimited Data Plan?"?Yahoo! News?1/6
"Two Weeks with Ooma: Quasi-Free Phone Service Never Sounded So Good"?HotHardware?1/6
"Rooting Android Part 3: A taste of despair, and of victory"?ZDNet UK?1/6
"RIM still misses the point with BlackBerry 10"?ZDNet?1/6
"Initial impressions of the T-Mobile Nokia Lumia 710 (video and gallery)"?ZDNet?1/6
"HTC: It can and will get worse"?ZDNet?1/6
"A GeekMom's 34 Goals for 2012"?Wired?1/6
"Talking Your Tech: 2012 resolutions"?USA Today?1/6
"Sprint's Data Plans Not Quite 'Truly Unlimited'"?PC Magazine?1/6
"Early access: Putting PS Vita to the test" [Video Report]?MSNBC?1/6
"3 big screw-ups you can expect from cloud providers in 2012"?InfoWorld?1/6
"Cloud Computing Skills in Demand, Even Among Non-IT Positions"?Forbes?1/6
"3G, 4G Handsets to Claim More Than 50% of Handsets in 2012: ABI"?eWeek?1/6
"Fedora, Mint, openSUSE, Ubuntu: Which Linux desktop is for you? We look at the top four Linux distributions to find out which is right for which users."?Computerworld?1/6
"More tablets, PCs, and TVs to adopt AMOLED displays"?CNET News?1/6
"AT&T's Super-fast HTC Vivid Android Smartphone: Contributor Gary Krakow explores the HTC Vivid smartphone - one of the first to run on AT&T's amazingly speedy 4G/LTE network." [Video Report]?TheStreet?1/6
"CES 2012: 5 trends that will matter this year"?VentureBeat [Free Registration Required]?1/6
"5 Reasons Google Should Buy Nook"?Forbes?1/6
Humor/Cartoons
"Pearls Before Swine"?GoComics?3:59 PM
"Frequency? For iPad: Your Guide To The Best In Web Video"?RazorianFly?6:54 PM
"Disney Reports 40% jump in iOS downloads from holiday 2010"?TUAW?6:47 PM
"How to Easily Clear iOS 5 Lock Screen Notifications With Ipsum"?iDownload Blog?4:56 PM
"Sanho Launches CloudFTP - Lets Any USB Device Share with Apple iPad, iPhone, WiFi Devices & the Cloud"?Thomas PR?2:08 PM
"Motor Sport App Updated for Newsstand but Not Getting off the Starting Grid"?eXtensions?12:52 PM
"Design your own iPhone 4 and 4S Case from Case Hut"?prMac?6:47 PM
"intelli-Diet App - Don't count calories, eat them"?prMac?8:49 AM
"MEJJI Puzzle Arrives on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad"?prMac?8:49 AM
"iTattoo Cases Make Excellent Use Of Your iPhone, iPad or Mac Apple Logo"?prMac?8:49 AM
"Plush Ninja 1.0 Free for iOS - Slice Plush, Toy, Zombie Bears to Pieces"?prMac?8:49 AM
"Soldier's Tactical NAV iOS App Provides Help to Veterans in Need"?prMac?8:49 AM
"Pocket God Comics Issues No. 12 and No. 13 Now Available on App Store"?prMac?8:49 AM
"Ring In the New Year in Style: Get DressApp - It's Free"?prMac?8:49 AM
"AirBeam Lite turns iPhones, iPads into a free Video surveillance system"?prMac?8:49 AM
"Brand New Free Palm Reading App for iPhone/iPad/iPod touch"?prMac?8:48 AM
"How to keep up with Macworld coverage"?Macworld?8:45 AM
"Mail More Photos: Attach More Than 5 Photos to an Email"?iDownload Blog?8:45 AM
"iPhonelox.com Delivers Quick and Easy Jailbreakme Tool for the iPhone 4/4S and iPad 2"?PRNewswire?8:36 AM
Daily Mail (UK)
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