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Cook and Oppenheimer to Committee: Apple Supports Jobs and Pays Taxes and Does Not Break the Law

The Verge: Cook Cool and Collected Before Senate Subcommittee

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul Berates Senate Subcommittee for Dragging Apple Execs In

Irish PM: Ireland Has No Special Tax Deal for Apple or Any Multinational Company

iPhone Still Tops on ACSI, Though Competition is Gaining

Apple Stays on Top of BrandZ List for 2013

Munster: NPD Mac Numbers Look Good (Though He Is Not Sure He Can Trust the Numbers)

Apple Opening First South Australia Store in Adelaide on Saturday 25 May

Apple CEO Heads to Washington to Face Tax Avoidance Questions

Senator Carl Levin of Michigan Blasts Apple Ahead of Tuesday Hearing

NYT: Apple Accused of Nothing Illegal in Tax-Avoidance Investigation

Samsung Announces 276 PPI Display Panel

Forrester: Macs Command Computers Among Loyalists and Devotees (Though Most Consumers are Free Radicals)

AT&T to Allow FaceTime Over Cellular for Unlimited LTE Customers by Mid-June; 3G by End of Year

F-Secure: 91-Percent of Mobile Malware Target at Android with the Rest Targeting Symbian

MacRumors Says Other Rumors Say Trials Are Underway for iWatch

Kodak Launches Pricey Scanner Aimed at Mac Users in North America and Europe

Guy Steals Three iPhones from Dallas-Area Apple Store

Apple Reportedly In the Running to Provide 10.6-Million iPads to Turkish Education Initiative

Headcast: Put Stephen Fry in Your Pocket, Then Take Him Out and Play with Him

Apple Insider: MacBook Airs Drying Up Ahead of Haswell and WWDC

Fortune: On the Cheers for 10-million Galaxy S4s in 30 Days and the Jeers for 5-Million iPhone 5s in Three Days

iOS Gets Pentagon Approval for Secure DoD Networks

iPad Deployment Expected to Save USAF More Than $50 Million Over Next 10-Years

9 to 5 Mac: Streaming Albums on iTunes Easy Picking for Pirates

Reports: Sony the Fly in the iRadio Ointment

Credit Suisse Analysts: Wearables Are the Next Big Thing

Mac Roundtable Founding Member Tim Verpoorten Passes Away

Politico: Cook to Share Apple Ideas on Comprehensive Tax Reform Before Senate Subcommittee Next Week

Raymond James Analyst Calls for Cheaper iPhone or Bigger iPhone or Both

Global Equities Analyst: Apple Has a Messaging Problem in India

IDC: Windows Phone Takes Third-Place from BlackBerry for Worldwide Smartphone OS Market Share

FLA: Foxconn Still Has Issues Complying with Chinese Labor Laws Regarding Working Hours

CW to Land Ad-Supported Content App on Apple TV In Coming Weeks

Haunting Melissa: Horror Flick Harnesses iThings

Apple Releases iTunes 11.0.3 with MiniPlayer Changes and Other UI Tweaks

Apple Issues “Mandatory” MacBook Air Flash Storage Firmware Update 1.0 for Mid-2012 Machines

Apple Plans Bigger Union Square Store for Downtown San Francisco

Ohio Man Wins App Stores 50-Billionth Download Contest

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Verizon Offering $100 iPhone 5 to Select Featurephone Customers

Apple Insider: AT&T Reportedly Offering Free iPhone 5 to Select Customers with iPhone 4S Trade-In

Strategy Analytics: Nearly All the Profits in Smartphones Are Taken by Apple and Samsung

Apple Says 50-Billionth iOS App Downloaded - Winner Not Yet Announced

Tim Cook Expected to Testify on Corporate Tax Avoidance Before Congressional Committee Next Week

DoJ Still Thinks Apple is Guilty in eBook Price-Fixing Case; Apple Still Maintains Its Innocence

New beta Build of OS X 10.8.4 Seeded to Developers

Apple Seeks Engineer with Experience with Liquidmetal

Google Launches Subscription Music Service: Google Play Music All Access

Google Opens YouTube Live Streaming Capability to Accounts with One-Thousand Subscribers or More

TBS and TNT to Start Streaming Online (for Pay-TV Customers Only)

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Gartner: Android Powered 75-Percent of Smartphones Sold Worldwide Last Quarter; iOS Powered 18-Percent

Apple Seeks to Add Samsung Galaxy S4 to 2014 Patent Infringement Case

Apple Faces Potential Class-Action Suit Over iPhone 4 Power Button

New Siri Answers to Long Queries Encourage Brevity

BlackBerry Plans to Make BlackBerry Messenger Available for Android and iOS This Summer

iMore: If BlackBerry Messenger Gets Made, All of the Major Mobile Competitors Will Make Apps for iOS

Apple Remembers It Has iWork; Hires Lots of People for It

Apple Issues Minor Update for iMovie for OS X

CNN/Money Lists Things Apple Might Do and Make at Some Point

Business Insider Looks at Cases to Turn iPhones Into Weapons (or Tools for Self-Defense)

Coffee with Cook Charity Auction Closes with $610,000 Winning Bid

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Peter Misek: Just Another Financial Analyst When It Comes to iPhone 5S

Report: Pegatron Picking Up Apple Business That Would Normally Go to Foxconn

Up-Front Price for T-Mobile iPhone 5 Makes Surprising $50 Jump

New York Attorney General Writes to Smartphone Makers About Battling Smartphone Theft

TD Ameritrade: Individual Clients Rush Into Apple Shares on Low-Cost, Dividend and Share Buyback Plans

ABC to Bring Live Local Streaming to iOS Apps (As Long As You Pay for Cable)

Samsung Announces 5G Testing Breakthrough (That It May Have Ready for Sale by 2020)

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Munster Lowers Apple Target Thanks to Anticipated Lower-Margins for (Unconfirmed) Low-Cost iPhone 

AT&T Starts iPhone Sales Through New Pre-Paid Subsidiary “Aio”

Samsung-Infringed Apple Patent Gets Tentative Rejection from USPTO

Apple Wins Case Over Use of Term “iBooks”

Apple Insider: Unnamed Source Says Big Changes Coming to AppleCare and AppleCare+

Apple Insider: Apple Rolls Out Two-Step Verification to at Least 13 More Countries

Amazon Launches Photo Stream Competitor Cloud Drive Photos for Mac and iOS

WSJ: Microsoft Working on Set-Top Streamer (It May Never Release)

14-Year Old Presents on Hazards Related to iPad 2 and Implanted Defibrillators at Heart Rhythm Society

Apple Back Among Top-Five Smartphone Makers in China

Bloomberg: Falling iPad Mini Demand to Push Pegatron Electronics Sales Down

Fortune: Bloomberg Pegatron Piece an Odd Telling of the Tale

Apple Opposes Google “Friend of the Court” Brief in Apple v. Samsung v. Apple Case

Tuesday: Bloomberg Says Apple Seeks Documents from Google Related to Case Against Samsung

Thursday: Businessweek Says Google Ordered to Reveal How It’s Searching for Documents Sought By Apple Related to Case Against Samsung

BestBuy.com Knocks $125 Off of Certain MacBook Airs (But You Should Wait a Few Weeks If You Can)

Apple Issues New beta Build of OS X 10.8.4 to Developers

Apple Issues Thunderbolt Firmware Update 1.2 to Address Target Disk Mode Issues

Report: Universal Signs on for iRadio While Sony Stalls for More Money

RIAA Counting Streaming Audio and Video in Gold and Platinum Song Tallies

WSJ: Amazon Working on Two Smartphones and an Audio Streamer

Jim Dalrymple Launches The Loop Magazine for iOS Newsstand

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T-Mobile Sells Close to Half-a-Million iPhone 5s in First Two Weeks of Availability

T-Mobile Launches iPhone 5 Centered TV Ad

Morgan Stanley Analyst Expects Production of Multiple New iPhones to Start in June or July

Ex-Apple Ad Man Makes the Case for Multiple New iPhones

iMore: An Entrepreneur Makes the Case for Apple in Wake of Walkley Prediction

MacRumors: Sites See Spikes in Visits from iOS 7

Bloomberg Says Apple Exec Peter Oppenheimer Was Top Paid CFO for 2012

AT&T Drops Price of “Facebook Phone” HTC First From $99 to 99-Cents

Fifth Avenue Apple Store in NYC Hit With Minor Flood

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