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- Report: Apple Stores Getting Special Safes for Apple Watch Edition

- FiftyThree Intro Gold-Colored Pencil Stylus 

- Report: Apple Sharpens Retail Wardrobe with Collared Shirts

- Apple Settles Freemium App Labeling Issues with Italian Government

- Apple Remakes US Holiday Ad for China

- Apple Shows Off Chongqing Store

- Apple Posts Video on Highlighting Art for Jiefangbei Store

- AOL Pulls the Plug on TUAW

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- NYT: New Regs in China Have Companies Crying Protectionism

- Report: Apple Top Luxury Goods Maker in China

- Western Union Adds Apple Pay as Payment Option

- Misconnections Force Short iTunes Connect Closure

- Apple Kicks Off Back-to-School Promotion in Australia and New Zealand 

- Apple Updates Yosemite to v10.10.2 

- Apple Updates iOS to v8.1.3

- Apple Updates iTunes to v12.1 

- Apple TV Update Plugs 16 Security Holes

- 120 Sports Hits Late-Model Apple TVs

- Sony Killing Music Unlimited; Transferring Customers to Spotify 

- Tangerine: Sundance Film Shot on iPhone 5S

- Cast Set for Steve Jobs Movie 

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- Apple Profit Sets Record for Any Company Ever

- Apple Spending on Research and Development Hits Record Level

- Strategy Analytics: Apple and Samsung Tie for Smartphone Sales in Last Quarter of 2014

- Canalys: Apple Beat Samsung in Smartphone Sales in China Last Quarter

- Samsung Profit Drops 36-Percent in December-Quarter

- Wired: Bigger iPhones a Big Deal for Mobile Ads

- Yahoo CEO Reiterates Interest in Safari Sweet Spot

- Wall Street analysts on Apple Earnings

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A look at the blowout first quarter for Apple

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- UBS: Apple Sold More iPhone in China Last Quarter Than in U.S.

- Barrons Presents a Bevy of Last Minute Missives from Wall Street

- Munster Says Focus on Loyal Apple Customers

- Ahrendts Reportedly Seeking U.S. Retail Recruits for China

- Apple Pay Hits PGA in Phoenix

- Apple Expands Apple Maps Connect for Small Businesses

- Apple Grounding Test Flight

- Stanford Adds Courses on Swift to iTunes U

- Dropcam Replacing Older Models Ahead of Obsolescence

- Apple Opens Free on iTunes Section for U.S. Store

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- ChangeWave: iPhone Intent to Buy Riding High

- CIRP: Half of Phones Sold in U.S. Last Quarter Were iPhones

- BlackBerry CEO Asks Congress to Force Popular App Onto BlackBerry Platform

- iOS 8 Adoption Hits 69-Percent

- Apple Hires Burberry VP of Interactive and Digital Design

- Missouri Lawmaker Wants to See Physical ID with Smartphone Payments

- Amazon Launches Cross-Platform Textbook Creator

- NBC to Stream Super Bowl Online - No Cable Authentication Required

- Apple Opens West Lake Store in Hangzhou, China

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- Oppenheimer and Credit Suisse Analysts See Bigger Than Expected First Quarter Numbers from Apple

- Same Goes for UBS

- Chitika Maps U.S. iPhone Penetration

- Mickey Drexler Stepping Down from Apple Board

- Apple Says Which Execs Make What 

- Update: Apple Lobbying Costs Hit 4.1-Million Dollars in 2014

- Report: Apple Watch to Sport 19-Hour Battery Life

- TMO: Apple Buys Online Music Tracker Semetric

- Fortune: Semetric Could Give Apple a Look at Stolen Tunes

- Apple Updates Logic Pro X to v10.1

- Apple Nixes Sales to Crimea in Wake of U.S. Sanctions

- Dumb Story Has Snowden Avoiding iPhone

- Report: China State Internet Information Office to Inspect Apple Kit Over Security Concerns

- Apple Store in Hangzhou to Open This Weekend

- Deciphering Calligraphy in the West Lake Store

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No show today - with apologies

- Morgan Stanley Sees Strong December and March Quarters

- iPhone 6-Line Hits Record South Korean Share

- Proposed FDA Rules Would Not Call Apple Watch a Medical Device

- OpenSecrets: Apple Spent Three-Billion Dollars on Lobbying in 2014

- SOTU Press Gallery Looks Like an Apple Ad

- Dropbox Client Dropping Support for Leopard and Tiger

- TAG Heuer Exec Changes Tune on Apple Watch 

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- Merchbar Sings the Praises of Apple Pay In-App Integration 

- Apple Reminds Developers of New Requirements for App Submissions and Updates

- President Obama Sides with PM Cameron on Anti-Encryption Stance

- Apple Reportedly Nixes Contracts with Developers in Crimea

- Apple Turns Homepage Into MLK Tribute

- Tim Cook Tweets Homage to MLK

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