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Verizon Activates 9.8-Million Smartphones in 4QCY2012 with “Higher Mix of Apple Smartphones”

T-Mobile USA CEO Says iPhone Sales to Start in 3-to-4 Months

Bloomberg: Secret Source Says Apple Working on Cheaper iPhone for Developing Markets

Munster: Low-Cost iPhone Could Add $6.5 Billion to Apple Revenue This Year (!?!)

NPD DisplaySearch: Tablets to Out Ship Notebooks This Year

Apple Freezes App Store Screenshots in Attempt to Thwart Scammers

Don McAllister: App Store Screenshot Freeze Does Not Affect Newsstand Apps

Horace Dediu Says iTunes Store Likely Generates More Revenue Annually Than Apple Did When It Launched the iTunes Store

Apple Drops Price of 2-meter Thunderbolt Cable to $39; Intros Half-Meter Thunderbolt Cable for $29

Anniversary Week: Apple Releases iTunes on 9 January 2001

Anniversary Week: Apple Releases Safari on 7 January 2003

Anniversary Week: Apple Intros iPhone on 9 January 2007

Microsoft Killing Windows Live Messenger for Skype on 15 March

TC Watch: Apple CEO Schmoozes Staff at Apple Authorized Reseller in China

iPhone-Inspired Steve Jobs Memorial Unveiled at University in St. Petersburg, Russia

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WSJ: Apple May or May Not Intro Lower-Cost iPhone Later This Year

Strategy Analytics: iPhone Tops 2013 Intent-to-Buy Survey in U.S.

TMO: AT&T Sees Record Quarter for Smartphones; Record Sales of iPhones and Androids

T-Mobile USA Has 1.9-Million iPhones On Its Network (Up from 1.7-Million 30-Days Ago)

T-Mobile USA Strengthens Its Network Ahead of iPhone Launch

Walmart Adds iPhone 5 and iPhone 4 to “Straight Talk” Unlimited Service

Tim Cook on Another Visit to China

Fortune: As a Standalone Business, iPad Would Be No. 98 on the Fortune 500

David Bowie Puts New Album Up for Pre-Order on iTunes

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Apple Announces 40-Billion Downloads in App Store, 2-Billion Downloads in December and 500-Million Payment Methods On-File

Neil Mawston: 2013 Will Be the Year of the Phablet

Business Insider: Apple is Nowhere in Phablets (But May Be on the Way)

Rewind: Topeka Capital Analyst Says Apple May Go Bigger and Smaller in Next Round of iPhones

Analysts: What Apple Needs Is a Cheaper iPhone That Is Not Just Last Year’s iPhone

Shaw Wu Thinks iPads, Macs and Windows 8 will Slow Windows-Based PC Sales Growth in 2013

Munster Sees Big Growth for Big iPad Thanks to Big Business in 2013

NPD: MacBook Sales Down 6% in U.S. for Holidays 2012 Versus Holidays 2011

Fujitsu Limited to Miss Annual Sales Expectations on “Weak” Windows 8 Demand

Forrester Sees Growth for Apple in the Enterprise in 2013; Stagnation for Windows-Based Machines

RBC Analyst Sees Robust Growth for Apple in 2013; Muted Growth for Tech Sector

The Telegraph: On Analysts and iPhone minis

WSJ: Retailers Complain to States Attorneys General Over Walmart Ad-Practices Tied to Holidays and iPhone 5

TUAW: Corning to Show Gorilla Glass 3 at CES

US Customs and Border Patrol Nabs $635,000 Worth of Fake Lightning Connectors From Chinese Plane

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Bernstein Research Analyst Says Apple Growth is Slowing (Though There’s Still Plenty in the Tank)

Evercore Partners Analyst Expects December Quarter Sales of 50-Million iPhones and 24-Million iPads

Chitika Insights Sees 7% Market Share Drop for iPad Over the Holidays (Kind of)

Barnes and Noble Says the nook Took a Beating in Holiday Sales

comScore: Apple and Samsung Grow Cellphone Share in US While Everyone Else Sees Shrinking Shares

Wednesday: Rumor Has Apple Considering Buying Community-Based Traffic and Navigation Service Waze

Thursday: Reality Has Apple NOT Considering Buying Community-Based Traffic and Navigation Service Waze

Upper West Side NYC Apple Store Closed Temporarily Due to Neighborhood Fire

Ashton Kutcher/Steve Jobs Biopic Set for April Release

Apple Fined Just Under $166,000 in China for Copyright Violation

Telsey Advisory Group Analyst Expects Something “We Haven’t Even Thought of Before” from Apple

Munster: Apple Has a Future in Wearable Computers

Last Week: Left Field Rumor Has Apple and Intel Making a Smartwatch

Topeka Capital Markets Names Apple Share Top-Pick for 2013; Expects New and Different iPhones in May/June Period

Apple 1Q Fy2013 Conference Call Set for 23 January

Flurry Analytics Says Worldwide Mobile App Downloads Hit 1.76-Billion in Last Week of 2012; Over 50-Million iOS and Android Devices Activated

Topeka Capital Analyst Sees “Insatiable Demand” for iPad mini in China and Hong Kong

Samsung Loses Bid in Judge Koh’s Court to Keep Device Sales Data Secret

Apple Says Samsung Should Withdraw Some USITC Charges Based on Withdrawal Before European Commission

The Mac Observer: Rumor Has Unimicron Technology Winning Apple Contract for A-Series Processor Production

9 to 5 Mac: Rumor Has TSMC Winning Apple Contract for A6X Processor Production

Apple False Advertising Case Against Amazon Appstore Dismissed; Trademark Case Continues

iOS 6 Do Not Disturb Feature Goes Long in First Week of New Year

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Flurry Analytics: 17.4 Million New Portable Devices Activated Worldwide on Christmas Day

Distimo: App Store Downloads Up 87% on Christmas Day; App Store Revenues Up 70%

Buzzfeed: First Tweets from iPads Rule Tablets on Christmas Day

RW Baird Analyst Says Holiday Sales of Surface RT Seemed Weak at Best Buy and Staples

Fortune Runs Pictures of Packed Apple Store and Practically Empty Microsoft and Sony Stores from one Mall on Christmas Eve

Microsoft Announces Six New Retail Locations to Start 2013

Sesame Workshop Publishes “Best Practices Guide for Children’s App Development”

Apple Device Thefts Leas to First Rise in Overall Crime in Two-Decades in NYC

Apple Wins Patent for Creating Curved Glass without the Use of Chemicals

Apple Announces Lucky Bag Promotion for Japan for 2 January

Samsung Suing Apple for Alleged Patent Infringement Related to Notification Center for iOS

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Kantar Worldpanel ComTech: Sales of iPhone Top 50% Market Share in the States Heading Into the Holidays

Distimo: The Real App Money is Still in iOS

The Mac Observer: Change to App Store in China Blocks Government Censors

Apple Sees Second Fine Over AppleCare in Italy; Irons Out AppleCare Issues with Italian Antitrust Authority

Apple Seed 10.8.3 beta Two-Days After Previous 10.8.3 beta

NASA Releases Free iBookstore Title - Hubble Space Telescope: Discoveries

The Wall Street Journal Hits Apple Newsstand

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