"Apple looks to TV as profits set to hit $9.5bn: Apple is expected to deliver record profits this week as Wall Street analysts increasingly turn their focus to a television product as the company's next engine of growth." Telegraph 4:38 PM
"Exclusive: Jobs family absent from Disney board despite stake" Reuters 5:14 PM
"Jobs' seat on Disney board not to be filled by widow or Trust" CNET News 8:49 PM
"Apple schools us on the next wave of textbooks" CNET News 7:59 AM
"How schools are reacting to Apple's entry into education" VentureBeat 10:45 AM
"Apple's new vision of education: Can it do for learning what it did for music and mobile devices?" Computerworld 7:59 AM
"Is There a Worm in Apple's E-Textbook Plans?" WSJ Blogs 2:42 PM
"Apple Just Incentivized Every College Kid To Get An iPad. As For High Schoolers..." TechCrunch 7:49 PM
"On the Proprietary Nature of the iBooks Author File Format" Daring Fireball 8:09 AM
"Is This Apple's Next Nightmare?" ["In the wake of Intel's latest earnings, the guys analyze the company's Ultrabook and its effect on the tablet competitive landscape. Will the Ultrabook replace Amazon.com's Kindle Fire tablet as the primary competitor to Apple's iPad? And what will it mean for other tech giants?"] [Video Report] DailyFinance 7:59 AM
"Opinion: Apple puts users first in the enterprise" Computerworld 9:07 AM
"iPod unit sales estimates for Q1 range from 9 to 18 million" Fortune 2:49 PM
"Apple Tries To Stop Sales Of Nexus Smartphone Court Battle Looms: Is a new round of Apple Vs Samsung set to kick off in the Australian Federal Court after Apple claimed that the new Nexus smartphones which comes with Android 4.0 device is guilty of copying the iOS slide to unlock functionality patented by Apple?" Smart House Magazine 9:19 PM
"New Allegations in E-books Price-fixing Lawsuit: Attorneys representing e-book purchasers in a case that claims five major publishers conspired with Apple to fix the price of e-books today filed an updated complaint including new information and allegations." ["In the class-action lawsuit, consumers claim that the publishers feared Amazon's $9.99 pricing model to such a degree that they conspired with Apple to force Amazon to adopt a new agency model in which publishers set prices directly, effectively ending Amazon's ability to provide consumer-friendly pricing for e-books."] Hagens Berman 8:16 AM
"Expanded lawsuit: publishers picked Apple to punish Amazon" Electronista 8:16 AM
"Amended class-action lawsuit alleges Apple, publishers engaged in 'price-fixing conspiracy'" AppleInsider 8:08 AM
"Antitrust Lawsuit with Tech Giants Google and Apple Set to Begin" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 2:45 PM
"Apple Goes After The Galaxy Nexus' 'Slide To Unlock'" Redmond Pie 8:21 AM
"Apple's Faculty: Colleges excited as their iTunes classes go live" ["'From my viewpoint,' he said, 'we see a group of people who no longer see boundaries to education. It's no longer students just in our service area. For our college to have faculty who are reaching worldwide, that enriches the experience here for everyone. Inside Higher Ed"] Inside Higher Ed 1/20
"Can Apple's new textbook initiative save U.S. education? (infographic)" VentureBeat 1/20
"Apple Unveils IBooks 2 to Help Boost IPad Usage in Schools" Bloomberg 1/20
"New Apple Offerings Could Retool Education" MacNewsWorld 1/20
"Apple's New Math On Textbook Pricing: McGraw-Hill Cos. normally sells high-school textbooks for $75 a pop. Now it says it will sell electronic versions of the same books, via Apple, for $15 each. How can the publisher make that work?" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1/20
"Apple says Galaxy Nexus infringes slide-to-unlock utility model in Germany: A few hours after pronouncing a ruling on one of Samsung's numerous lawsuits against Apple, the Mannheim Regional Court held a hearing on one of Apple's many infringement lawsuits against Samsung." Foss Patents 1/20
"Mannheim court rejects the first one of Samsung's German lawsuits against Apple" Foss Patents 1/20
"Apple scores small patent victory against Samsung in Germany: Samsung will wait for the written grounds of the verdict and then make up its mind about a possible appeal" IDG News Service 1/20
"Samsung patent lawsuit against Apple struck down in German court" CNET News 1/20
"Judge narrows Apple and Motorola patent battle to five points" Digital Trends 1/20
"German court rules against Samsung in Apple patent suit" ZDNet 1/20
"German Court Rules Against Samsung in Apple Suit" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1/20
"Apple, Microsoft Patent Lawyers Spend Fridays in Mannheim" Bloomberg 1/20
"FY 12 First Quarter Results Conference Call" ["Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 2:00 p.m. PST/5:00 p.m. EST"] Apple Press Info 1/20
"Apple claims ownership of digital photography patents asserted by Kodak" AppleInsider 1/20
"How to adjust OS X's Software Update" Macworld 1/20
"Monitor Disk Activity in Mac OS X" OS X Daily 1/20
"Mac Tip: Show All Hidden Files In The Finder" MacTrast 1/20
"True fullscreen in Microsoft Word 2011" Mac OS X Hints 1/20
"Install recent versions of Adobe Creative Suite on case-sensitive volumes" Mac OS X Hints 1/20
Op/Ed
"Apple discussions continues on this week's electronic publishing announcements, including iBooks Author capabilities and compatibility, licensing/distribution issues, Knowledge Base updates, file formats, and more, while other notes talk about file systems vs. databases and a Windows iTunes update." MacInTouch 8:51 PM
"Lion commentary also revolves around file systems, databases and documents - fundamental issues in computer systems design." MacInTouch 8:51 PM
"iBooks Author Kerfuffle: I don't understand the kerfuffle over the iBooks Author EULA. Apple is not claiming rights to your text or illustrations." NSLog(); 8:45 PM
"iBook Author's Interesting Terms and Conditions" Forbes 2:46 PM
"Lion discussion continues on files vs. documents vs. databases vs. bundles; printer compatibility issues; and iOS-like systems vs. professional needs." ["Some observations and suggestions regarding the dumbing down (or iOS-ification) of Mac Lion: I've read most of the comments posted over the past few months on MacInTouch. What bothers me to the most are [those] Mac users who simply can't imagine what working on a computer is like for the pro-users -- especially those with thousands of files."] MacInTouch 1/20
"Computing with Bifocals: When Force Quit Doesn't Work & Other Tales of Horror" The Mac Observer 1/20
"iBooks Author: You Work For Apple Now" PC Magazine 1/20
"EPub On Mac; A Weird Issue For Apple?" AppleBitch 1/20
"Four open questions about iBooks Author" Macworld 1/20
"Enthusiasm for iBooks Author marred by licensing, format issues" Ars Technica 1/20
"iBooks Author Rules: Audacious, No Big Deal Or Sign Of Wars To Come?" paidContent 1/20
"Developer Week in Review: Early thoughts on iBooks Author" O'Reilly Radar 1/20
"Use iBooks Author, only Apple can ever publish your work: Cupertino grants itself exclusive rights via EULA" The Register 1/20
"How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 2:47 PM
"How Santorum gets Apple to move from China to Charleston" Fortune 8:20 AM
"Week in Apple: Apple's textbook push, why Video pros are disgruntled, and more" Ars Technica 3:42 PM
"Steve Jobs Action Figure Designer Apologizes to Fans of Apple Founder: Pressure from the Apple founder's family: and Apple attorneys: led to the toy being pulled off the market." The Hollywood Reporter 5:17 PM
"Study: Algebra iPad app garners higher math scores over traditional textbooks" DigitalTrends 8:34 AM
"Steve Jobs' Figurine that Never Was and His Technology Wits" Technorati 9:43 AM
"Windows Phone Predicted to Displace iPhone" Computerworld 2:46 PM
"Student Creates Pilot Korean Version of iPhone's Siri" Chosunilbo: S. Korea 7:59 AM
"These (Smartphone) Doctors Make House Calls" LAPTOP Magazine 5:13 PM
"Activity Spotted For Two Future France Stores" ifoAppleStore 8:15 AM
"Paper iPads and iPhones help honor the deceased during Chinese New Year" The Next Web 11:55 AM
"Georges Clooney is Mac guy. What else?" Mac Amour 8:14 AM
"How much of the school tablet market belongs to Apple? 100% according to a survey of educational technology directors conducted in October" Fortune 1/20
"Textbooks e-volve with Apple: Harvard biologist, Hub publisher preview iPad app for schools" Boston Herald 1/20
"Foxconn Responds To CEO's 'Employees Are Animals' Comment" TechCrunch 1/20
"Google Tops Fortune's List of Best Companies to Work For" The Mac Observer 1/20
"Apple, Intel Cherry-Picking Talent From HP's WebOS Team" CRN 1/20
"Samsung Gears Up for Super Bowl Spot With Another Anti-Apple Ad" AllThingsD 1/20
"Apple clears another regulatory hurdle to bring iPhone to China Telecom" IDG News Service 1/20
"China Telecom launch imminent as iPhone gets crucial CDMA-2000 network access license?" 9 to 5 Mac 1/20
"Is Apple Helping its Rivals to Sell More Phones During Lunar New Year?" M.I.C. Gadget 1/20
"Apple's Lunar New Year Snub of China Could Benefit Samsung" eWeek 1/20
"Out-of-stock Apple set to lose out during China's $64bn New Year sales" The Next Web 1/20
"IPhone Scarcity During Chinese New Year May Benefit Samsung" Bloomberg 1/20
"Microsoft Joins Apple in Public Support of Same-Sex Marriage" The Mac Observer 1/20
"Apple Reportedly looking to open Apple Stores in India" The Next Web 1/20
"Apple to take sales space in posh people's shop Harrods" Register Hardware 1/20
"Apple Set To Open Retail Store Within London's World Famous Harrods Department Store [Rumor] Cult of Mac 1/20
"Non-camera iPhone from M1 is now official: Singapore operator M1 has made its non-camera iPhone official. This comes a week after we first discovered the product pages for the devices on the company's Web site, which were most likely put online prematurely and subsequently pulled." CNET Asia 1/20
Non-Apple News
"Disney Keeps 10-Person Board After Jobs's Death, Departures" Bloomberg 1/20
"Street stays bullish on Google despite miss: Shares fall on results, but analysts say core business is strong" MarketWatch 1/20
"Google Maps gets UK train travel info" ZDNet UK 1/20
"New Google accounts automatically register users for Gmail, Google+" ZDNet 1/20
"Google Abandons Anonymous Accounts With New Signup Form" Webmonkey 1/20
"Tech the star at NAMM musical instrument show" USA Today 1/20
"Nokia Launching Windows Phone 7 Handsets for China in First Half of 2012" IDG News Service 1/20
"Tinseltown offensive: Studios strike back with $3M SOPA ad blitz" New York Post 1/20
"OpenSSL fixes DoS flaw introduced by critical DTLS patch" IDG News Service 1/20
"LG Spectrum Android Smartphone Coming to Verizon" eWeek 1/20
"ARM not worried about Intel foray into handheld device platforms, says ARM executive" DigiTimes 1/20
"Acer, Asustek, Lenovo to offer Thunderbolt ultrabook PCs in 2Q12" DigiTimes 1/20
"Facebook turns Like into Want, Cook, Read, and many others: Making good on its promise of 'frictionless sharing,' Facebook introduced 60 Timeline apps on Wednesday evening. The apps create real-time Facebook status updates on what you're listening to, reading, cooking ... the list goes on." Christian Science Monitor 1/20
"Gene Steinberg meets author Kirk McElhearn, commentator Daniel Eran Dilger, and tech writer Rob Pegoraro this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 1/20
"Publisher Terry McGraw on Steve Jobs and Digital Textbooks: 'This Was His Vision'" [Interview] AllThingsD 1/20
"These fantasy sports iPhone apps are worthy of their own store" Appolicious 8:34 AM
"Hands-on: iBooks 2 introduces interface changes, pop quizzes" Ars Technica 1/20
"Smarten up for free with Apple's iTunes U app" ITworld 1/20
"The Most Awesomest, Coolest, Usable Note Taking App Isn't On The Mac" Mac 360 1/20
"Blowing Up the Book: A new crop of digital books comes loaded with Videos, songs, animated shorts and pop-up graphics. Is this the future of publishing?" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1/20
"Codosaurus Review: On-the-go Web page editor is useful, but limited" Macworld 1/20
"Alice for the iPad: A Charming Must Have" The Mac Observer 1/20
"Jazz: Trump's Journey Review/Egg Ball and BulkyPix have made what might very well be the first-ever Video game (loosely) based on Luis Armstrong's life. And it's GOOD." 148Apps 1/20
"'Time of Heroes' Review – Time to Sharpen Your Tactical Skills" Touch Arcade 1/20
"Order Up!! To Go Review: Order Up! To Go is a solid time-management game for those looking to become the next 'Top Chef.' Despite the freemium version's ad-stricken gameplay, there's a lot of addictive potential to be unlocked." 148Apps 1/20
"Stop Those Fish Review: Three redneck bears, three boats, and a load of dynamite to fight off the attacks of overly aggressive aquatic life." 148Apps 1/20
"Feed 'Em Up Review: Cute and loveable looking but beneath this predictable surface is a challenging puzzle game." 148Apps 1/20
"Updraft Jack Review: Jump, run, glide and dodge through lush forest environments and keep Jack the sugar glider alive for as long as possible." 148Apps 1/20
How-To/Tutorial
"iOS 5 Untethered Jailbreak: How to Use Absinthe to Jailbreak iPhone 4S and iPad 2" International Business Times 9:14 AM
"How To Fix 'Error Establishing Database Connection' While Jailbreaking With Absinthe" Cult of Mac 1/20
"How to Manage Data Backups with iOS 5 and iCloud" The Mac Observer 1/20
Tips
"Daily Tip: How to set a triple-click action for your iPhone Home button" iMore 10:37 AM
"3 Great Siri Tweaks for Your Newly Jailbroken iPhone 4S" iDownload Blog 8:15 AM
"Daily Tip: How to set your iPhone or iPad calendar entries for different time zones" iMore 1/20
"Steve Jobs rumored to have shot down Push Pop Press for iBooks Author" AppleInsider 1/20
"Apple: School should center on the iPad" CNN 1/20
"Apple's iBooks Author Software: Just Say No/Buried in the iBooks Author software license agreement is a contractual requirement that gives Apple considerable power over content that you create using the software." InformationWeek 1/20
"Apple textbook domination? Not so fast.: A look at the math behind yesterday's iBooks announcement." Fortune 1/20
"Will Apple's Textbook Initiative Help Grow the Market?" PadGadget 1/20
"Studying up on Apple's new education apps" Appolicious 1/20
"Looking Forward to the Next Round of Innovation" Tech.pinions 1/20
"Apple Embroiled in iBook Publishing Controversy" Minyanville 1/20
"Opinion: The Apple Education Announcement Falls Short" Wired 1/20
"Apple's iBooks Textbooks initiative is a welcome and natural progression" ZDNet 1/20
"The Macalope Daily: Farewell to the Half-Blood Prince/Apple didn't so much 'digitally destroy' the textbook publishing industry on Thursday as it offered it a ride to the future in its aluminum time machine." Macworld 1/20
"Apple's iBooks 2 was Steve Jobs' 'vision,' textbook publisher says" CNET News 1/20
"Hey Apple: Here's A Company That's Already Disrupting Education" Business Insider 1/20
"Teacher: We're Not Going To Buy A Bunch Of iPads At My School" Business Insider 1/20
"Apple's iBooks Textbooks: 4 Reasons to Be Skeptical" Techland 1/20
"Will Textbooks for iPad Change Education?" iDownload Blog 1/20
"Two thoughts on the Apple's Education Event in NYC: Its presentation software, Keynote is alive and well and expected to prosper, and Android-based tablets are dead in the water in the K-12 education domain." Les Posen's Presentation Magic 1/20
"The 6 Facebook Timeline Apps to Check Out First" Wired 1/20
"Why IT managers should look east in 2012" V3 1/20
"Poll: Linux's big data guzzling worries melt away/Concerns about using Linux on servers to crunch huge data workloads are evaporating, according a survey." Channel Register 1/20
"Asus Transformer Prime Ice Cream Sandwich Update" HotHardware 1/20
"The best new Android tablets: Do they stand a chance?" MSNBC 1/20
"AT&T rate hike unnecessary given typical data use?" MSNBC 1/20
"Empower Apple iPad-Carrying Students With WaterField's Protective, Stylish Cases" WaterField Designs 1/20
"TUNEMAX Energy Jacket for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4" USBfever 1/20
"USB OTG cable for iPad / iPad2 (Camera Connecter Kit, Dock to USB Female host)" USBfever 1/20
"Empower Apple iPad-Carrying Students With WaterField's Protective, Stylish Cases: Lightweight & Protective, All-in-One Cases for the iPad, Wireless Keyboard, and Accessories" Marketwire 1/20
"New PAD Tags Customize your iPad 2 Smart Cover" prMac 1/20
"Wallpapers - Inspiration Dormant for iPhone and iPad Adds Color to Life" prMac 1/20
"A Big Texan Breakthrough for the Internet of Things" The Motley Fool 8:52 PM
"Microsoft's Mixed Q2 and Its 'Philosophy Problem': Microsoft's latest quarterly Report shows one particularly worrying trend for the company: declining sales of its Windows OS: but that may not be as big a problem for Microsoft as the challenges it faces in refining its strategy and restoring its image as a tech powerhouse. 'This is a company with a lot of strengths,' said tech analyst Laura DiDio." E-Commerce Times 8:39 AM
"Microsoft and Intel: Riding the Highs of Low Expectations/The tech titans offered cautionary views of the latest quarterly results amid a clouded personal-computer outlook. But Microsoft kept costs under control and gained in server software for corporations. And Intel forecast a big 2012 sales climb." Barron's 8:05 AM
"Microsoft: Missing the Bigger Picture" Seeking Alpha 8:50 AM
"Microsoft: Dividend Dynamo or Blowup?" The Motley Fool 2:45 PM
"Microsoft's Windows 8 on Tablets a Necessity: Analyst" eWeek 5:18 PM
"Microsoft Mocks Apple's iBooks Author policies on Twitter" The Next Web 8:45 AM
"Microsoft Shares Reach Highest Level Since Spring 2010" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:43 AM
"Former Microsoft Exec Declares Google Has Lost Control of the 'Fragmented' Android" PadGadget 8:53 AM
"Windows 8 Mobile Tablets & Broadband, Microsoft Looks Ahead" TechieInsider 8:53 AM
"How Much Does Windows Phone 7 Cost?" The Motley Fool 9:14 PM
"IBM Releases Google Docs Competitor" eMoney Daily 8:53 AM
"IBM responsible for rise in illegal mining operation: Odisha FM Ghadei" Orissa Diary, India 9:01 AM
"Intel Doesn't Settle for Good Enough" The Motley Fool 5:13 PM
"Intel to Enter Smartphone Segment" FrenchTribune 8:54 AM
"Intel promotes Andy Bryant as executive chairman" CIOL 8:56 AM
"Intel reshuffles management team" Telecompaper 8:56 AM
"Intel shakes up management, appoints COO" MyBroadband 8:55 AM
"Intel Vows to Integrate 4G Tech into Chips." X-bit labs 8:55 AM
"Oracle disputes claims over ERP failure" IDG News Service 9:02 AM
"How Cheap Is Apple's Stock by the Numbers?" The Motley Fool 2:46 PM
"Apple stock worth twice Google's due to tidal shifts" Electronista 8:17 AM
"Earnings Preview: Apple to Report 1Q results" Associated Press 1/20
"Apple Market Cap Surpasses Several Countries' GDP" The Mac Observer 1/20
Industry News
"Microsoft, IBM gains offset Google loss: Tech stocks put in a largely upbeat trading session Friday, led by gains in shares of Microsoft Corp. and IBM Corp., and helping overcome losses from Google Inc." MarketWatch 1/20
"U.S. stocks gain for third week, near 6-month high: Microsoft, IBM lift Dow on Friday; Google drags on Nasdaq" MarketWatch 1/20
"Stocks Finish Mixed as GE, Google Earnings Rattle Confidence" TheStreet 1/20
"Stocks gain 2% for the week, despite slow Friday" CNNMoney 1/20
"Most U.S. Stocks Rise on Technology Shares" Bloomberg 1/20
"Stocks open mixed, driven by earnings, debt talks" Associated Press 1/20
"Wall St slips on GE, Google results" Reuters 1/20
"Blue Chips Push Higher: Blue-chip U.S. stocks rose on pace for a fourth-straight session gain after strong earnings reports from International Business Machines and Microsoft, but discouraging reports from other bellwethers kept a lid on gains." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1/20
"Stocks: Cautious trading day ahead" CNNMoney 1/20
"Canadian stocks slip on unimpressive U.S. earnings" MarketWatch 1/20
"Hang Seng Ends Above 20000 for First Time in 10 Weeks: Asian stocks climbed Friday, with financial stocks and exporters again leading the charge, on eased worries about the euro-zone debt crisis and Thursday's higher finish on Wall Street." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1/20
"Asian Stocks Advance on U.S. Jobless Claims, Europe Debt Sales" Bloomberg 1/20
"Asia Markets: Asian stocks get lift from banks, exporters" MarketWatch 1/20
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