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Bloomberg: Apple and Motorola Mobility Consider Binding Arbitration to Settle FRAND Licensing Issues

Samsung Files to See Terms of Apple-HTC Settlement

U.S. Magistrate Judge Allows Samsung and Apple to Add New Products to Existing Patent Lawsuit

IDC Analyst: iPad Sales Increase in China After iPad Trademark Settlement with Proview

Apple Closing Messages beta for Lion; Suggests People Upgrade to Mountain Lion

iMessage and FaceTime Take a Sunday Nap

Australia Sends Apple a Bill for $28.5 Million in Back Taxes

OpenFeint Closing Down; Developers Urged to Migrate Games to New Owner Gree

Android Version Jelly Bean Omits Birthdays and Events from the Month of December

Authorities Arrest Guy They Believe to be the “Inside Man” at the JFK/iPad Heist

Morgan Stanley Analyst Thinks Apple Will Sell More iPhones and iPads in the Next Six-Months Than Wall Street is Expecting

Credit Suisse Analyst Reiterates “Outperform” Rating on Apple on Computer/Tablet/Smartphone Strength

Jeffries and Co Analyst Sees Something Involving Apple and TV as “Imminent”

Single Source Rumor Has New iMacs Pushed to 2013

USA Today: Survey Shows Significant Number of Windows Users Making Their Next Purchase an Apple Purchase (Though Not Necessarily a Mac)

HP PC-Exec Disses/Dismisses Microsoft Surface

Microsoft Issues Critical Security Updates for Office for Mac 2008 and 2011 and Bug Fixes for 2011

Apple Asking App Developers to Rename or Remove Apps with the Word “Memory” in the Title from the App Store

Apple Releases iBooks 3.0.2 to Fix Crashing Issue on iOS 6 Devices

WSJ: Source Says Google Putting Finishing Touches on Google Maps App for iOS

Apple Takes Control of 1,000+ Nortel Patents Purchased by Rockstar Consortium

Sorkin: Jobs Bio-Pic to Take Place Backstage Before Three Apple Product Launches

Jimmy, Tommy and Hendry Knock Over JFK for $1.5 Million in iPad minis

Samsung Mobile Exec Says His Company Not Pursuing HTC-Style Settlement with Apple

Munster: 20-Percent Increase in A-Series Processors May Eventually Cost Samsung Processor Production for Apple

Fortune: Financial Analysts Still Like Apple Fundamentals; Stand by Their Targets

S&P Capital IQ Analyst Ups Apple Rating from “Buy” to “Strong Buy”

Gartner: Android Increases Lead Over iOS in Smartphones; Apple is Third-Largest Cellphone Maker on the Planet

Lawyer Sues Microsoft Over 32GB Surface RT Having Less Than 32GB of User Accessible Memory

Apple Turns on Turn-By-Turn Navigation in iOS 6 for Australia

Foxconn Takes Delivery of 10,000 “Foxbot” Manufacturing Machines

Fortune: The Man Who Made “The Bear Case for Apple” Is Suddenly in an Apple Buying MoodUBS Hardware Analyst Says Apple Execs Say There are “More Frontiers to Conquer, More New Categories to Create”CNET: Analyst Says Android Tablets Will Overtake iPad in Terms of Sales in First Half of 2013Chetan Sharma: Apple Currently Earns 95% of Global Profits in Tablets and Over 70% of Global Profits in SmartphonesApple Stops Physical Sales of AppleCare in Italy and Modifies Offering OnlineNokia Plans to Launch Maps App for iOS and Android in Coming WeeksApple Tops in Retail Productivity; Makes $6,050 Per Square FootApple Launches 2012 Holiday Gift GuideThe Squier by Fender USB StratocasterOakley Airwave Goggles: Powered by Android, Available Through Apple’s Online StoreThe Next Web: Job Postings Indicate Plans to Expand Apple Retail to Brazil and Turkey

Some 9 to 5 Mac Readers Informed That Their LTE iPad mini Will Arrive This Friday

Wait Time for iPhone 5 Drops to 2-3 Weeks on Apple.com

Apple Asks iPhone Owners to Reboot Their Phone Before Making an Appointment with the Genius Bar

Apple Seeds betas of iOS 6.1 and Apple TV Update to Developers

CNET: Passbook to Get Better Explanation in iOS 6.1

Apple Issues Aperture 3.4.3 to Fix Serial Number Requirement Issue

Apple and HTC Settle Lawsuits; Enter 10-Year IP Licensing Deal

Shaw Wu Guesses HTC Paying Apple $6 to $8 Per Phone is Sells

Windows President Steven Sinofsky Out at Microsoft

Barclays Capital Analyst Lowers PC Sales Forecast for 2012-2016

Report: Samsung Hikes Apple’s Processor Price 20%

Apple Forced to Keep Samsung Statement on UK Site Longer Than Originally Planned; Cover Samsung Fees Related to UK Case

NYT: Text Messages Drop for First Time in U.S. as Messaging Apps Take Hold

Apple Donates $2.5 Million to Red Cross for Superstorm Sandy Relief

Shaw Wu Expects Disparity Between Supply and Demand for iPhone 5 to Shrink Soon

BTIG Analyst Expects Disparity Between Supply and Demand for iPhone 5 to Shrink Soon

Munster Sees First Signs of Supply/Demand Balance for iPhone 5; Expects Apple Stock to Even Out Soon

Oppenheimer Analyst Sees Apple Shares Pulling Out of Slump Soon 

Topeka Capital Analyst Sees Strong Sales for Apple in Supply Chain Numbers

Apple Shipping First Round of Pre-Ordered LTE iPad 4s and iPad minis Next Week

Apple Reportedly Requiring Made for iThing Licensees to Abide by Its Supplier Code of Conduct

Apple Issues MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Update 2.0 for June 2012 Mac Notebooks

Judge Koh to Look into Possible Jury Foreperson Misconduct in Apple v. Samsung v. Apple Case

AT&T Opens FaceTime Over Cellular to Tiered Data Plan Consumers on LTE Devices (Though Not Necessarily on LTE)

AT&T Offers $100 Off of LTE iPads and Other Tablets with 2-Year Data Contract

Hon Hai Chairman: iPhone 5 is Still Hard to Produce

CNN/Money: Market, Mixed iPad mini Reviews and Executive Shakeup Pull Apple Shares to Five-Month Low

Apple Named Most Innovative Company for Third Consecutive Year in Booz & Co Global Innovation 1000 Study

Canalys: Apple Drops Out of Top-Five Smartphone Makers in China in 3Q (Though Number of iPhones Sold Still Grew Y-o-Y)

Apple Found Guilty of Violating Four VirnetX Patents in FaceTime; Ordered to Pay $368 Million

Apple Wins Ornamental Patent for Design of iPad

Apple Updates Its Store App for iOS with Passbook Compatibility and Siri Integration

The Verge: Microsoft to Out Limited Office for iOS and Android in Early 2013

Wired: AT&T to Offer 32GB Nokia Lumia on Windows Phone 8 for $100 (with 2-Year Contract)

DC Adds Individual Comic Issues to iBookstore, Kindle Store and Nook Book Store

Apple Senior VP Eddy Cue Joins Board of Ferrari

Delta Airlines: Buy a Private Jet Card for $100,000 and Get a Free* Not Top-of-the-Line MacBook Air

Pixar Names Its Headquarters “The Steve Jobs Building”

TUAW: Fourth-Gen iPad Listed as “In Stock” in US, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Singapore

Bloomberg: Apple Working Toward Ditching Intel Inside Macs for Self-Designed ARM Processors

Shaw Wu Sees Apple’s Eventual Move from Intel to ARM as Sensible (Perhaps Inevitable)

Verizon Closing Its Android/BlackBerry App Store

Federal Judge Tosses Apple Patent Case Against Motoroogle in Wisconsin

Developer Build of iOS 6.1 Gives Siri the Power to Buy Movie Tickets in the States

Cult of Mac: Server Logs Show First Appearances of OS X 10.9

Former iAd Chief Andy Miller: Forstall Was “a Miracle Worker” and “Ridiculously Professional”

Apple Sells Three Million iPad minis and Fouth-Gen iPads Combined on Launch Weekend for Both Devices

All Things D’s Peter Kafka Upset with Apple for Not Breaking Out iPad mini Sales Numbers

The Loop’s Jim Dalrymple Upset with Peter Kafka for Being Upset with Apple for Not Breaking Out iPad mini Sales Numbers

Business Insider’s Jay Yarow Upset with Jim Dalrymple for Being Upset with Peter Kafka for Being Upset with Apple for Not Breaking Out iPad mini Sales Numbers

Fortune: Analysts Largely Positive on Weekend iPad/iPad mini Sales Launch

IDC Sees iPad Lose Worldwide Market Share in 3QCY2012 as People Waited to See About iPad mini

IHS Says Each Individual 32GB Surface RT More Profitable for Microsoft Than Each 32GB iPad is for Apple

9 to 5 Mac: Windows Surface RT FAQ Shows Only 16GB of Useable Memory in 32GB Unit

IHS Figures Each $199 Kindle Fire HD Costs Amazon $207 to Make

The Guardian: Google Maps App for iOS Expected to be Ready by Year’s End (Though Secret Sources Doubt Apple Will Approve It)

Wired Doubts Apple Would Freeze a Google Maps App Out of the App Store 

TUAW: Apple Appears to Be Tightening Control of Retail Experience for its Gear in China

NYC 5th Ave Store: TMO Weighs the Length of the iPad mini Line

NYC 5th Ave Store: Piper Jaffray Analyst Says iPad mini Launch Line the Third-Longest in Four Year; Topeka Capital Analyst Says All Sold Out in Two Hours and Ten Minutes

Barrons: R.W. Baird Analyst Unfazed by Shorter Lines for iPad mini

KGI Analyst Says Less Than a Million iPad minis Sold Last Weekend WOuld Still Put it on Top of the Mid-Size Tablet Market

BTIG Analyst Says If iPad mini Sells Under 3-Million Units in First Weekend Than it is a Failure

BGR: Apple Adding Next-Day Pickup Option for iPad mini

Apple Shares See Friday Selloff; End Day Down 3.31%

IHS Says 16GB Wifi-Only iPad mini Costs $188 in Pieces and Parts

iFixit Gives iPad (4th Gen) 2 out of 10 for Repairability; Disappointed by Tablet’s Speakers

IDC: Android Equals 75% of Smartphone Market Worldwide in 3Q, iOS Equals 14.9%

comScroe: iOS and iPhone Gain Market Share in the States

WSJ: Rumor Has Microsoft Testing Its Own Smartphone

Rewritten Apple Statement on Samsung Starts Running in Newspapers in UK

AMTRAK Adds Passbook Support to iPhone App