"Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results" ["Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 fourth quarter ended September 29, 2012. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $36.0 billion and quarterly net profit of $8.2 billion, or $8.67 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $28.3 billion and net profit of $6.6 billion, or $7.05 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 40.0 percent compared to 40.3 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 60 percent of the quarter's revenue."] Apple 4:01 PM
"Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results: 26.9 Million iPhones Sold; Record Fourth Quarter Revenue and Profit/Board Declares Quarterly Dividend of $2.65 per Common Share" Business Wire 3:33 PM
"Apple Records Q4 2012 Earnings of $8.2B on $36B in Revenue, Tops $150B in Sales for Fiscal 2012 [Call Ended] MacRumors 7:15 PM
"Notes of interest from Apple's Q4 2012 conference call" AppleInsider 5:24 PM
"Apple: Lower margins on iPad Mini, iPhone 5 to dampen profits" CNET News 5:28 PM
"Apple Profits Rise 24% on iPhone 5 Sales" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:39 PM
"For some tablets, iPad Mini is a big threat in a little package: Why Apple's new tablet will affect some Android device makers more than others." CNET News 8:28 AM
"Apple aims to stay atop tablet mountain: Even priced at $329, the iPad Mini will be a success" Computerworld 8:17 AM
"With iPad, Apple upends the upgrade calendar" MarketWatch 9:53 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook: What Analysts Miss/Apple's manufacturing power is now entrenched in China. Expect that to change as the new CEO helps reinvent the company, again." InformationWeek 11:01 AM
"Apple's Biggest Threat: Killer Advertising/Apple never skimps on advertising. Because of advertising, by starting with the awesome foundation of the product itself, Apple can charge premium prices and still manage to capture the mindshare of everyday consumers. Apple hasn't been snarky since the days of I'm a Mac and I'm a PC, and even then, the ads were infused with a sense of good fun. The Mac guy was never mean. Bemused, perhaps, but not mean." MacNewsWorld 8:40 AM
"Speculation around Apple TV abounds" Silicon Valley 8:22 AM
"Apple's Online Radio Service to Challenge Pandora in 2013" Bloomberg 2:56 PM
"Pandora Shares Trip Circuit Breakers After Report of Apple Radio Service" WSJ Blogs 3:25 PM
"Apple Moves to Launch Music Service, Pandora Plummets" CNBC 5:25 PM
"Apple faces pressure over iPhone 5 hopes" Telegraph 3:03 PM
"Samsung to appeal ITC ruling: US commission sides with Apple over patents" The Korea Times 8:16 AM
"Samsung infringed four Apple patents, ITC rules" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 8:16 AM
"Samsung says ITU ruling in favor of Apple would mean less choice, higher prices" IDG News Service 8:39 AM
"Casino royale: Apple, Samsung betting on a post-PC world" Computerworld 10:24 AM
"Judge steps down from Apple's Siri patent case" ZDNet 8:20 AM
"Apple Loses Again in Dutch Suit Against Samsung" Associated Press 8:18 AM
"Anthropologist 'confirms' Apple is a religion" ZDNet 8:16 AM
"The Beatles' Apple Corps Logo is now a Registered TM of Apple" Patently Apple 7:58 AM
"Apple now officially owns Beatles' Apple Corps Logo" CNET News 11:01 AM
"Apple Wins Ownership of Beatles' Apple Corps Logo" AllThingsD 3:02 PM
"Apple launches ad for 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro" CNET News 8:28 AM
"Apple Posts New 'Colors' Ad for 13" MacBook Pro with Retina Display" The Next Web 8:13 AM
"Apple airs 'Colors' MacBook Pro TV ad" FairerPlatform 8:00 AM
"iPhone 5 Pro Photographer Challenge" PictureCorrect 9:35 PM
Non-Apple News
"Jailbreaking now legal under DMCA for smartphones, but not tablets" Ars Technica 9:01 PM
"Feds uphold jailbreaking laws on DVDs, game consoles, tablets: While smartphone jailbreaking remains legal, new rules published by the U.S. Copyright Office dictate that cracking DVDs, gaming consoles, and tablets is against the law." CNET News 9:00 PM
"New Samsung Galaxy S3 ad: It's good for sharing sex tapes!" CNET News 2:57 PM
"Fujitsu assigns team of women to design PC for women" The Register 1:45 PM
"Imation cutting 20 per cent of workforce amid losses" The Register 1:45 PM
"Nanya, Inotera see losses widen in 3Q12" DigiTimes 11:13 AM
"China's ZTE slumps to quarterly loss, margins bleed" Reuters 10:25 AM
"Carphone Warehouse leaks LG's Google Nexus 4 phone" BBC 10:41 AM
"LG rolls out 84-inch Ultra HD TV for $19,999.99" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:29 AM
"LG at work on WebOS-based HDTV, report says: The television will reportedly be unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in January." CNET News 10:21 AM
"NASA-style mission control centers for social media are taking off: Companies from Gatorade to Dell are building multimillion-dollar mission control centers to man their social media operations." Fortune 10:08 AM
"Worker Dispute Halts Production at Chinese Electronics Plant" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:04 AM
"AU Optronics 3Q net loss widens on higher costs" MarketWatch 9:46 AM
"TSMC sees six months of weaker sales after record third-quarter profit" Reuters 10:26 AM
"Sprint Building Out LTE in 200+ Cities" Light Reading 3:01 PM
"Sprint's 3Q Red Ink Grows, Sees '12 Slightly Topping Forecasts" FOXBusiness 11:20 AM
"Sprint loses subscribers again in third quarter as Nextel exodus speeds up; loss widens" Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 9:50 AM
"Microsoft Looks to Future 3D Tiles for Next-Gen Windows" Patent Bolt 11:00 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Live # 10 PM ET - iPad Mini, iPad 4, iMac, Mac mini, Fusion Drive, 13" MBP" Insanely Great Mac 3:59 PM
"GOG's Trevor Longino Discusses The Move To Mac" Inside Mac Games 9:41 AM
"Apple iPad mini review/The new iPad mini from Apple: release date, price information, specifications and testing." Macworld UK 7:25 PM
"Review: Mighty iPad Mini looks like a holiday hit" Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 8:25 AM
"How Apple's iPad mini compares with Android tablets" Macworld 8:39 AM
"Apple iMac: Comparing Old and New/The new iMac has arrived, and it's lost some weight since we last saw it. But is it time to upgrade? We compare old and new to help you decide." PC Magazine 11:45 AM
"MacBook Pro 13" Retina Display Late 2012 Teardown" iFixit 7:58 AM
"MacBook Pro 13" Retina Display Teardown...with Kittens" iFixit 3:04 PM
"The Life-Savers Aquatic: Waterproof iPhone Cases" Wired 8:18 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Letterpress: An Addictive New Word Game for iOS" Kirkville 8:44 AM
"Letterpress for iOS review: An addictive and well-designed word game from the man who made Twitter's mobile app." Telegraph 8:07 AM
"LearnVest For iPhone Lets You Access Your Personal Finances On The Go" TechCrunch 8:47 AM
"Languages Might Be The Best Translation App Money Can Buy [Review] Cult of Mac 11:06 AM
"Apple Byte: Has Apple lost some of its magic? New iPad Minis, iMacs, and MacBook Pro Retinas were the stars, but the iPad 4 put the big hurt on Apple loyalists." CNET TV 9:43 PM
"If you are an Apple shareholder, learn to stomach the volatility. It's not going away." iMore 9:43 PM
"Notes from Apple's Q4 2012 Conference Call" iLounge 8:14 PM
"15 interesting points from today's earnings call" iDownload Blog 8:14 PM
"Cassandra -Friday Review -The Weekend Arrives: and so Does Apple's Q4 2012 Report" eXtensions 8:07 PM
"Apple's Shot Heard Round the World (Update 2)" TheStreet 7:27 PM
"The hidden costs of Apple's mobile transition" GigaOM 7:27 PM
"Are Apple's Profit Margins at the Start of a Long Decline?" Mashable 7:23 PM
"Only 60% of Apple revenue is NOT made in the USA, and that's a problem" VentureBeat 7:07 PM
"Cars That Fly *And* Float: Explaining Apple's Q4 And Beyond" TechCrunch 7:25 PM
"Apple CEO Cook: 'We will never do a 7-inch tablet'/'We don't think they're good products,' Cook tells analysts. Meanwhile, the iPad Mini is a 7.9-inch tablet." CNET News 7:07 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook calls Microsoft Surface 'compromised, confusing'" AppleInsider 7:16 PM
"Apple CEO: Microsoft's Surface Is Probably Terrible" AllThingsD 7:05 PM
"Apple Is A Problem For Pandora, Not Sirius XM" Seeking Alpha 7:05 PM
"Teardown: new 13" retina MacBook Pro is twice as repairable as the 15" (which isn't saying much)" VentureBeat 11:48 AM
"Hey Ladies, Apple Thinks You're Going to Love the iPad Mini" PadGadget 11:46 AM
"Apple vs. Amazon: Has the iPad mini kindled new competition? Are Apple and Amazon the new Sharks and Jets of the tablet world?" Network World 11:44 AM
"Apple's iPad Mini Deemed 'Pixel-Poor'" BGR 11:06 AM
"New iPod and iPad mini ads: Why Apple's back on world class form" Electricpig 11:02 AM
"Greg's Bite: Apple's New IOS Connector Tech" MacNews 11:00 AM
"Apple Critics and the Lack of Innovation Part 1: The New Macs" eXtensions 9:42 AM
"Apple iMac: Comparing Old and New/The new iMac has arrived, and it's lost some weight since we last saw it. But is it time to upgrade? We compare old and new to help you decide." PC Magazine 9:14 AM
"BYOD resistance loosening but security practices lacking: SANS survey of more than 650 IT and security professionals shows access control and VPNs favored for mobile" Network World 11:42 AM
"What's the big deal with 3D printing? Does it really mark the advent of a 'new industrial revolution'? Will Dean heads to the first-ever 3D printing consumer trade show to find out if the hype is right" The Independent 11:26 AM
"The lesson from the Amazon outage: It's time to layer the cloud" InfoWorld 11:24 AM
"Antivirus Tool Fail: Blocking Success Varies By 58%/Only two of 13 endpoint security software scanners blocked more than 80% of known exploits, NSS Labs study reports." InformationWeek 11:22 AM
"Facebook Overload: Just Getting Worse/The more we use Facebook, the more overwhelmed we feel, study finds. User reaction to Facebook's revamped news feed not so positive." InformationWeek 10:28 AM
"Is Windows 8 the PC's Best Chance to Stay Relevant?" CNBC 10:16 AM
"Will Google Release Multiple Nexus Phones Next Week?" Minyanville 10:13 AM
"Cloud contracts: Watch those gotchas" ZDNet 2:05 PM
"Why the Cloud Needs a Network Decongestant" Forbes 10:03 AM
"How email, loathed but indispensable, might finally enter the future" GigaOM 9:32 AM
"Behold! The Microsoft Surface skateboard" Digital Trends 2:56 PM
"HP's Entry-level, Web-connected DesignJets target small studios" Architosh 3:02 PM
"GoSmart Stylus Now Available in 27 European Countries through Amazon U.K." Thomas PR 1:02 PM
"Vectorworks 2013 launches in Europe" Architosh 1:02 PM
"First 'Bad Piggies' Update Brings 15 New Levels, Huge New Sandbox, and Widescreen Support" Touch Arcade 3:07 PM
"Bad Piggies get 15 new levels in a 'Flight in the Night' episodic update" iDownload Blog 12:41 PM
"Dress Your iPad Mini in These Swanky Cases" [Slideshow] Mashable 11:46 AM
"Pocket's Mac App Brings All That Saved Content To The Best Place To Use It" TechCrunch 9:40 AM
"GTSO: iPad Mini Launch to Result in Tablet Recycling Boom" Business Wire 8:55 AM
"Hot on the Heels of the Freshly Launched Apple Mini Tablet, SolaWerks Prepares to Unveil the Ultimate Apple Accessory - the Latest SolaCase" Business Wire 8:55 AM
"Great Chat Client Apps to Stay in Touch on the iPad" PadGadget 8:44 AM
"Get Tickled Into Total Submission With Gluddle 3.0" App Advice 8:32 AM
"New iPhone apps worth downloading: Etsy update, M.dot, Save Them All" Appolicious 8:16 AM
"LearnVest's Money Management App Hits the iPhone" The Next Web 8:12 AM
"Budge Studios Launches Chuggington Traintastic Adventures App for iOS" prMac 9:14 AM
"Gyro+ spins its way onto the App Store" prMac 8:42 AM
"One Dozen MacBook Pro 13-inch Retina Cases & Bags Unveiled by WaterField" prMac 7:54 AM
"Securely Wipe All Data With iShredder: Before You Get The New iPad mini" prMac 7:54 AM
"Sleepy Dog Software Updates EvalueMate with iPad Interface" prMac 7:54 AM
"PhotoPhrase - For Creative Photo Captioning" prMac 7:54 AM
"Group Email! Mail Client with Attachments - iOS Universal" prMac 7:54 AM
"Gauntlet Galaxy Released for iOS/Android: Retro/Arcade Flight Game" prMac 7:54 AM
"Samuel Marin Announces Sliding Sam - Angry Birds Meets Drawing" prMac 7:54 AM
"Noisy Typing Releases Alphabet Connection for iPhone and iPad" prMac 7:54 AM
"New App Lets you Guess Images With Friends, Takes on DrawSomething" prMac 7:54 AM
"Magnificent Alfie - New Endless Runner from Fan Studio" prMac 7:54 AM
"JixiPix Announces Portrait Painter - iOS Gallery Quality Auto Painting" prMac 7:54 AM
"Guess Who?! For iPhone Recreated With Celebrity Stars" prMac 7:54 AM
"Fully Gyro-Controlled iPhone Platform Little Bird Game Released" prMac 7:54 AM
"The EU's Microsoft Vendetta: The mandarins try to soak a 'monopoly' with 25% market share." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:45 AM
"Microsoft is risking an $18 billion empire on Windows 8" CNNMoney 9:32 AM
"Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has plans for more hardware" BBC 10:42 AM
"Microsoft's Ballmer Hints at More Hardware" PC Magazine 11:38 AM
"Microsoft boss confirms more hardware on the way" CNET News 10:22 AM
"Ballmer and Dell Talk Windows 8 and Surface Tablet in Joint Interview" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:04 AM
"Windows 8 recasts PC industry: CEO Ballmer" Reuters 10:04 AM
"Windows 8: Make-or-break moment for Microsoft CEO" CBS News 10:56 AM
"Windows 8: 10 Questions For Microsoft's Enterprise Chief/Erwin Visser, Microsoft's senior director for Windows Commercial, says enterprises can expect immediate benefits from Windows 8 in key areas like mobility, security, and virtualization." InformationWeek 11:22 AM
"Microsoft kicks off Windows 8, Surface" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 1:52 PM
"Microsoft's New Look: Windows 8" [Video Report] CNBC 10:16 AM
"Microsoft Launches Windows 8 After 1.24B Hours Of Public Testing, Available On Over 1,000 Certified Devices" TechCrunch 1:34 PM
"Windows 8 to officially kick off at 12:01 a.m. Friday" CNET News 2:57 PM
"Microsoft officially launches Windows 8" NBC News 11:31 AM
"Microsoft kicks off Windows 8 campaign" Associated Press 10:16 AM
"Can Windows 8 Save Microsoft?" [Video Report] Breakout 10:14 AM
"The Apple-ization Of Microsoft: As Microsoft prepares to launch Windows 8, the hardware world faces a big question. Is going it alone exactly what Microsoft wants?" InformationWeek 10:28 AM
"Windows 8 aims at Apple's core" Boston Herald 10:47 AM
"Microsoft Looks to Future 3D Tiles for Next-Gen Windows" Patent Bolt 10:41 AM
"Here's Why Surface Beats Apple's iPad: Ballmer" CNBC 10:12 AM
"Ballmer: Microsoft Surface 'Literally a Full PC'" [Video Report] Bloomberg 10:14 AM
"Steven Sinofsky On Surface: 'Everything Microsoft Has Done Is Coming Together'" TechCrunch 1:32 PM
"Ballmer: We Have Great Facebook Integration" [Video Report] Bloomberg 10:13 AM
"Microsoft's Arm embrace could be awkward" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:15 AM
"HP's 'strained' relations with Violin: Vulture-on-the-windowsill account" The Register 1:44 PM
"IBM Received Request From SEC Over Dealings With Iran, ZTE" Bloomberg 2:52 PM
"IBM says Commerce Department has asked it about ZTE" Reuters 2:52 PM
"Legal woes for IBM's e-health contract" ZDNet 2:05 PM
"AMD Faces Looming Cash Crunch Amid Quest for New Markets" Bloomberg 10:02 AM
"Amid Market Difficulties and Layoffs, Chipmaker AMD Faces a Cash Crunch" AllThingsD 2:49 PM
"AMD to announce more Windows 8 tablets with Z-60 chips" Techworld 1:37 PM
"Intel Is Ready For Windows 8, But More Importantly Ready For The Future" Business Insider 2:53 PM
"Apple Falling From the Tree? A look at what investors should expect from Apple, when the company releases its fiscal fourth quarter earnings later today, with Colin Gillis, BGC Financial analyst." [Video Report] CNBC 8:24 AM
"Who is it that makes pots of cash from Apple and Facebook?" The Register 8:26 AM
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks dented by Apple earnings/Asia stocks edged lower Friday, with technology firms taking a hit after Apple Inc. released weaker-than-expected results overnight." MarketWatch 8:48 PM
"Zynga, Angie's List lead gains for techs: Facebook slips as investor cuts stake; Apple down ahead of results" MarketWatch 9:48 AM
"U.S. stock indexes tally small gains: iPhone and iPad maker Apple is due to report after the bell" MarketWatch 2:10 PM
"U.S. Stocks Advance on Better-Than-Estimated Earnings" Bloomberg 2:10 PM
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