"Apple Schools Wall Street: 37 million iPhones flew off the shelves in the last three months of 2011, which represents Apple's first fiscal sales quarter. Burgeoning iPhone, iPad and Mac sales sent Apple revenues to new heights. But the question of where those products and other electronic gadgets are made put Apple under the New York Times' spotlight as the paper pondered the U.S.'s waning manufacturing abilities." MacNewsWorld 7:54 AM
"Why Apple Just Pulled Off The Company's First True Post-PC Quarter" mocoNews 1:54 PM
"Apple 'Didn't Bet High Enough' on China IPhone Demand, Cook Says" Bloomberg 8:22 AM
"Apple's Massive Numbers And Some Context" TechCrunch 8:10 AM
"Apple's Record Revenue: By The Numbers/As Apple Reports its highest quarterly revenue and earnings ever, a few numbers pop. One example: Apple has $97.6 billion in cash on hand, enough to buy Sony five times, or about half of Google." InformationWeek 8:27 AM
"Stellar Apple results point to a good year ahead" Reuters 9:30 AM
"iPhone generates more revenue than all Microsoft" BetaNews 8:28 AM
"Apple looks to China's 'staggering potential'" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 3:18 PM
"Apple CEO: 'Amazon Fire didn't dent our sales'/'Year of the tablet? Nope. Year of the iPad'" The Register 8:28 AM
"Apple Sets New Bar for Industry: Apple Inc., Reporting results for the first quarter ending after the death of co-founder Steve Jobs, hit new sales and profit records based on runaway holiday demand for its iPhone and iPad tablet devices." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:51 AM
"Where Have All The Profits Gone? Gone to Apple, Every One" Tech.pinions 9:28 AM
"Apple's blow-out quarter: Once again, the Street blew it/Humiliated by a bunch of bloggers, amateur analysts and assorted day traders" Fortune 8:22 AM
"Apple CEO faces first test with cash mountain" Reuters 7:45 PM
"Apple Takes Lead in Digital Learning" The Motley Fool 2:07 PM
"Apple CEO: Three Horses In Smartphone Race/Tim Cook says Microsoft's Windows Phone can't be counted out, but that Apple ignores rivals and focuses on innovation." InformationWeek 11:49 AM
"Apple iPad outselling HP PCs: Apple's iPad outsold Hewlett-Packard's PCs in the final quarter of last year." Telegraph 12:46 PM
"In business mobile, the data shows it's an Apple world: Good Technology's enterprise Stats show iPads and iPhones lead despite consumers' Android smartphone passion" InfoWorld 10:42 AM
"Boom: Apple Passes Android To Take The Market Share Lead In The US, Says Kantar" Business Insider 8:36 AM
"Apple Q1 results show why the iPhone doesn't have LTE—yet" Ars Technica 2:59 PM
"Android May Have Consumer Market Share, But iOS Is Tops In Enterprise" TechCrunch 10:52 AM
"Apple's iPhone 4S helps iOS stay ahead in the enterprise" GigaOM 11:04 AM
"Apple Net Doubles as IPhone Demand Boosts Pressure on Google" Bloomberg 8:47 AM
"Apple Sells More Phones in a Day Than People Make Babies" Gizmodo 7:59 AM
"Apple CEO Cook to hold employee event to discuss 'exciting new things'" iLounge 8:38 AM
"iPhone Outsells All Verizon Android Phones Combined" Wired 10:54 AM
"Apple growing faster than Android" The Loop 11:49 AM
"Order your pad thai on iPad: Digital dining is expected to cut cost of serving customers" Raleigh News and Observer 10:30 AM
"U.S., Singapore Apple Stores Offer Overall Best Deals" MacNews 9:04 AM
"Taiwan Pineapple Cake Copy iPhone's Packaging" M.I.C. Gadget 8:06 AM
Non-Apple News
"Acer bids to raise prices after levelling inventory mountain" Channel Register 11:10 AM
"Samsung hints next Galaxy Tabs may use pens, 3D gestures" Electronista 11:05 AM
"Sprint Plans To Kill The BlackBerry PlayBook... Again" TechCrunch 11:04 AM
"Teleconferencing Vendors Defend Product Security Features" IDG News Service 10:53 AM
"Board Your Plane with Your Smartphone" Forbes 10:36 AM
"Appliances not that smart yet: Consumers, market haven't bought into all thinking devices" New York Times 10:31 AM
"Node.js inventor extends JavaScript programming beyond browsers/Interview: Ryan Dahl discusses why his invention is catching fire with developers" InfoWorld 10:26 AM
"The Pirate Bay Offers Downloads of Physical Objects" PC Magazine 10:50 AM
"Strong Lumia Shipments Hints at Nokia Turnaround" Forbes 10:35 AM
"Nokia exec praises Brazilian...: ...for purchase of 1.5 millionth S40 handset" Register Hardware 11:11 AM
"Motorola Droid Razr Maxx on sale Jan. 26" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 11:32 AM
"Motorola Solutions Slides; Q1 EPS Outlook Falls Short Of Estimates" Forbes 10:35 AM
"SAP predicts double-digit growth in 2012" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:33 AM
"SAP sets sights on fresh profit record" Reuters 10:07 AM
"Sweden's Ericsson Says Q4 Profits Dropped" Associated Press 10:08 AM
"At Yahoo, the Ad Decline Continues" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:49 AM
"Google: 'Hundreds' Of Schools In 41 States Use Chromebooks" TechCrunch 11:04 AM
"Google Works on Internet Standards with TCP Proposals, SPDY Standardization" Webmonkey 11:17 AM
"Google's $500M Drug Sales Settlement Brought on by Con Artist" PCWorld 10:53 AM
"Google now posting emergency alerts via Google Maps" CNET News 10:10 AM
"Backlash over Google move to change privacy settings" BBC 10:18 AM
"Protect Very Precious Doughnuts in Porkchop & Mouse – iPad App Review" PadGadget 8:31 AM
"'Star Warfare: Alien Invasion' Review - A Competent Shooter Hampered By Its Upgrade System" Touch Arcade 8:46 AM
"GAIN Fitness Review: A free personal trainer in your pocket." 148Apps 1:58 PM
"Hatchi Review: Any gamer who remembers Tamagotchis from back in the day owes it to themselves to at least give Hatchi a whirl." 148Apps 10:06 AM
"Ash II: Shadows Chapter 1 Review/A retro RPG sequel with potential, but sadly far too unbalanced." 148Apps 12:46 PM
"Life is Crime Review: Life is Crime puts an interesting twist into the RPG genre by adding in location-based gameplay and allowing players to rule over their favorite coffeehouse or even Taco Bell." 148Apps 9:01 AM
"Triple Town Review: This Facebook port combines match puzzling, city building and bear wrangling (bear wrangling?) into an offering that will please both the casual and the committed." 148Apps 8:09 AM
"Top Chef Judges' Table Review: Critique restaurant food like the Top Chef Judges. Pity that it's not more enjoyable." 148Apps 4:08 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"Photos Application in iPhone: In this application we will see how to multiple photos select from the photo gallery and we can display, rotate and swipe this photo in the view." The iPhone Developer Resource 8:43 AM
Tips
"Logitech Solar Keyboard and the Scroll Lock/Num Lock keys" Mac OS X Hints 10:05 AM
"Apple's Rotten Side Has a Familiar Look" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:37 PM
"Macworld Enters 3rd Year Post-Apple; Is it Still Relevant?" Mashable 11:37 PM
"How Tim Cook Is Like a Third-World Dictator" The Motley Fool 11:35 PM
"The Day Apple Left The Tech World's Collective Mouth Agape" TechCrunch 11:35 PM
"Motorola sues Apple over patents, probably with Google's blessing" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 11:34 PM
"Facebook and Apple join forces to give away an iPad 3 (no, not really): With the hype machine for the iPad 3 already beginning to whir into life, it will come as no surprise to anyone that Symantec has uncovered a scam email doing the rounds purporting to give the non-existant devices away." PC World Magazine New Zealand 8:02 PM
"Harvard study finds the iPad can be a pain in the neck" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 8:02 PM
"Poll Finds Consumer Confusion on Where Apple Devices Are Made" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:01 PM
"Former executives accuse Apple of ignoring supplier labor abuses" AppleInsider 11:36 PM
"Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:01 PM
"Apple Is An Extraordinary Company, But ..." Seeking Alpha 4:10 PM
"Apple Is Peaking" ["Hi. My name is Anders and I'm an Apple skeptic. I made that clear two years ago, and the stock has more than doubled since then. So far, I've been very, very wrong."] The Motley Fool 3:04 PM
"The Apple shareholder economy/Commentary: Now that's how you create wealth" MarketWatch 12:47 PM
"Isaacson on Jobs: Should He Have Been a Nicer CEO?" ["If he didn't quite offer an answer, Isaacson did point to the company's unusually high retention rate, and suggested that, contrary to conventional wisdom, it was Apple's culture – not its products – that ultimately set it apart. 'Creating a great product isn't the hard part,' Isaacson said. 'The hard part is creating a great company that will continue to create a great product that will be at the intersection of creativity and technology.'"] Time 11:25 AM
"What Were 15.4 Million Apple Fans Thinking?" ["However, then we get to the 15.4 million iPad 2 units that Apple cleared during the holiday quarter. This is the figure that is really stunning the market. That's a sucker punch to the gut of every Apple cynic. The flying fist came out of nowhere."] The Motley Fool 9:21 AM
"Opinion: President Obama, Apple's record results, and you" Computerworld 9:04 AM
"The Apple Blowout Report: More Goodies to Chew Over" The Tech Night Owl 9:04 AM
"Apple holiday results underscore end of PC era" Mac.Blorge 8:59 AM
"Stay Stoked Apple Fans: This Should Be One Heck Of A Year!" Business Insider 8:36 AM
"Bill Gates Recalls Final Talks With Steve Jobs" Mashable 7:55 AM
"Gates on Jobs' Death: 'You Only Have a Limited Time'" The Mac Observer 9:05 AM
"Hello, Mr. Chips: I received an e-mail last week from someone who is sure to become one of my heroes — an electrical engineer turned high school math teacher. He was concerned about the proper use of technology, especially iPads, in the classroom, and had quite specific suggestions for what to do. We'll probably get to that in my next column but here I'd like to consider his more fundamental idea, which is that technology in schools can be, in many ways, more a distraction than a solution." I, Cringely 7:54 AM
Non-Apple
"Is This RIM's Macintosh Moment?" Low End Mac 4:14 PM
"Kodak: An Affectionate Reminiscence And Eulogy – The 'Book Mystique" MacPrices 2:02 PM
"Videoconferencing Systems Vulnerable To Hackers: Take these steps to secure your videoconferencing system and prevent outsiders from spying on your company." Dark Reading 11:38 AM
"Accommodating personal devices at work and other IT 'myths'" ZDNet 11:19 AM
"How to live with the Facebook Timeline (because you have no choice)" MSNBC 10:46 AM
"The strange case of the missing servers" InfoWorld 10:40 AM
"Guess what? IT isn't afraid of consumerization after all: Two surveys of IT and business execs shows that most are embracing the consumerization trend, not resisting it" InfoWorld 10:40 AM
"RIM's marketing challenge: Revive the 'CrackBerry' addiction" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 10:38 AM
"50 new tech tools you should know about" CNN 10:16 AM
"Apple's soaraway growth is Google's pain - and here's why" The Register 11:09 AM
"Confessions of a Google junkie (or, Privacy? What privacy?)" ZDNet 11:21 AM
"Google's New Privacy Policy: Why You Should Care" PCWorld 10:52 AM
"6 Google Chrome remixes worth trying" InfoWorld 10:40 AM
"Can New Android Software Unify Android Devices?" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:12 AM
"Every moment counts in Mozilla's bid for mobile relevance" CNET News 10:11 AM
"Pre-caffeine tech: Dotcom craziness, best friend memes!" MSNBC 10:46 AM
"The Circuit: European privacy rules, Google's privacy changes, Facebook Timeline" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:57 AM
"Megaupload's Ripple Effect" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:47 AM
"Dell Sees 'Healthy Signs' of Demand in European Business Sector" Bloomberg 10:00 AM
"Dell fluffs up fatter Microsoft private clouds" The Register 11:09 AM
"IBM Netezza Appliance: Speed Lane To Retail Insights/Combining data warehousing essentials with prepackaged analytics for retailers, IBM optimizes cross-channel analysis from point-of-sale to social networks." InformationWeek 10:14 AM
"IBM Brings Higher-Tech Crime Fighting to Las Vegas, Minnesota" Bloomberg 10:03 AM
"Vt. power provider, IBM to help smart grid" Associated Press 10:03 AM
"Overview of Microsoft's and Motorola's petitions for review of preliminary ITC ruling" Foss Patents 10:49 AM
"Microsoft ups the battle with VMware for the private cloud: The new Hyper-V and the new System Center could compete with ESX and vSphere on both capability and price" InfoWorld 10:40 AM
"As Internet Explorer Wanes, MSN Tries iPad Route For Its Content" paidContent:UK 10:06 AM
"Microsoft keynoter to DesignCon attendees: 'Believe!'" EE Times 10:58 AM
"Microsoft rolls out Hotmail for the Kindle Fire" ZDNet 11:19 AM
"Hotmail hops onto Kindle Fire" CNET News 11:36 AM
"Microsoft to cash in chips on virtual currency: Microsoft will call time on its virtual currency, Microsoft Points, with a switch to real money on the cards later this year, it has been claimed." Register Hardware 11:10 AM
"HP Recallls Laptops Over Faulty Batteries" PCWorld 10:52 AM
"HP to Commit webOS to Open Source by Fall 2012: New Version of Acclaimed Enyo Developer Tool and Source Code Available Now" Marketwire 2:20 PM
"HP Still Has Big Dreams For WebOS, But Can't Quite Explain What They Are" Business Insider 2:20 PM
"HP adds virtual desktops to turnkey VirtualSystem portfolio" V3 11:14 AM
"How the new European data law will affect U.S. companies" ZDNet 11:20 AM
"Internet Users to Get New Rights Under EU Data Protection Proposals" IDG News Service 10:52 AM
"Feds Issue Comprehensive Cloud Security Guidance: National Institute of Standards and Technology urges government and private sector users not to leave cloud security to providers or service arrangements." InformationWeek 7:48 PM
"Obama attacks offshoring, seeks visa reform: Touts tech innovation, jobs in State of the Union speech against a mixed record so far" Computerworld 10:26 AM
"Are CIOs Championing Consumer Tech?" CIO 10:55 AM
"Wireless bandwidth: Are we running out of room? As mobile devices proliferate, wireless networks are edging near capacity -- a potential threat to price, performance, and innovation." Computerworld 10:27 AM
"Thai flooding impact on tech companies, suppliers: What tech manufacturers and suppliers say about the impact from heavy flooding in Thailand" Associated Press 11:33 AM
"Hard drive shortages continue to bite tech industry: Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices, and Intel all said HDD shortages caused by the floods in Thailand have impacted their business" IDG News Service 10:41 AM
"Tech job cuts at lowest level since 1997: report" ZDNet 11:19 AM
"Apple shares close on a high following earnings bump" CNET News 4:13 PM
"Apple Is Most Valuable Company by Market Cap: With a market cap of $419 billion, Apple has surpassed Exxon's $415 billion market valuation, Jessica Vascellaro reports on digits." [Video Report] MarketWatch 1:55 PM
"Apple Again Becomes Most Valuable Company, So What's Next?" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:03 AM
"With $97.6 billion, Apple has more cash than ..." CNNMoney 12:47 PM
"Apple tops Exxon as most valuable U.S. company" CNNMoney 9:21 AM
"Apple Overtakes Exxon As Most Valuable Traded Company In The World... Again" TechCrunch 12:47 PM
"Apple shares hit new all-time intraday high; Apple passes Exxon as world's most valuable company" MacDailyNews 9:03 AM
"Apple shares hit high on blow-out results: Brokers raise estimates, price targets following strong report" MarketWatch 9:56 AM
"Apple Tops Exxon In Market Cap After Stunning Quarter" Forbes 10:05 AM
"New $650 Price Targets For Apple" 24/7 Wall St. 8:17 AM
"Will Apple Shares Go to $500? Why Not? Following Apple's earnings report, shares edged up, closing in the gap on a possible $500 share price, Tomi Kilgore reports on digits." [Video Report] MarketWatch 1:55 PM
"Apple's 44.7% gross margins are highest in at least 15 years" AppleInsider 9:26 AM
"The anti-contrarian on Apple's high" Reuters [Free Registration Required] 8:03 PM
"Apple juggernaut gets little investor respect" Associated Press 3:40 PM
"The analysts weigh in on Apple's $46 billion quarter: Nothing but praise—after the ship had sailed—from folks who totally missed the boat" Fortune 8:22 AM
"Apple Investor: 'We Haven't Seen Anything Like This Before'" TheStreet 2:07 PM
"Last Qtr: Apple iPad Outsells HP's PCs" The Mac Observer 1:59 PM
"What Wall Street is saying about Apple's record quarter" GigaOM 10:06 AM
"Apple's 'blow out' results: analyst reaction" Telegraph 8:46 AM
"Easy Money Has Already Been Made In Apple" Forbes 10:08 AM
"Apple Topping Exxon as Price Targets Zoom" Barron's 8:37 AM
"Insatiable Hunger for Apple" [Video Report] TheStreet 11:35 AM
"Why Apple Stays on Top: Cramer" [Video Report] TheStreet 11:04 AM
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