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Piper Jaffray Analyst Expects More iPhone Sales Than the Street for 2Q FY2012, Fewer iPads and Macs

Report: Some White iPhone 4s Replaced with 4Ses Due to Replacement Unit Shortages

Apple Issues Flashback Removal Tool Specifically for Macs Running Lion

Macworld: Kaspersky Labs Puts Its Flashback Removal Tool Back Into Distribution as Norton Adds a Tool of Its Own

TUAW: Apple Seeds Third beta of OS X 10.7.4 to Developers

Apple Loses Second Push Email Cases Against Motorola Mobility in Germany

Apple Insider: Tim Cook Reportedly Visits Valve HQ

CNET: Cook Visit to Valve Could Be About New Hardware for Valve

Instagram Adds 10-Million New Users After Addition of Android App and Purchase by Facebook

French Designer Phillipe Starck Says He’s Working on a Revolutionary Product for Apple

Apple Says Starck Not Working on Anything for Apple, While All Things D says He Might Be Working on a Yacht for the Jobs Family

Apple Treat Employees to Cirque di Soleil’s “Totem”

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Apple Calls DoJ Charges in eBook Suit “Simply Not True”

Australian Financial Site Says Australian Competition and Consumer Commission May Join in eBook Suits

Apple Issues Java Update That Removes Most Common Flashback Variants

Kaspersky Suspends Distribution of Flashback Removal Tool After It Also Removes Some User Settings

Apple Prompting iOS Device Owners to Provide Security Questions and Answers

Credit Suisse Ups Apple Target to $750 on iPhone Strength and Device Synergy

Barclays Survey Says 80-Percent of CIOs Who Plan to Support Tablets Plan to Support iPads

Research Firm Chipworks Finds Shrunken A5 Processors in 3rd-Gen Apple TV and New Models of iPad 2

Gartner and IDC Show Apple in Third-Place for U.S. Computer Vendors in 1Q CY2012 at or Above a 10-Percent Market Share

TUAW: Apple Offering Discounts on Hardware to Publishers of iBooks

Apple, RIM and Samsung Sued by Likely Patent Troll “Touchscreen Gestures” Over - You Guessed It - Touchscreen Gestures

Apple (Finally) Allowed to Intervene on Behalf of Developers in Lodsys Suits

American Public Media’s MarketPlace Posts Video Tour of a Foxconn iPad Factory at http://marketplace.org

App Developer Fiftythree Says Paper Crosses Million-and-a-Half Download Mark in First Two Weeks

Prototype Mac with “Twiggy” Floppy Drive on Auction on eBay for $100,000 Starting Bid

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US DoJ Brings Suit Against Apple and FIve Publishers for Alleged Collusion in eBook Pricing

Three Publishers Settle with the DoJ

16 States Sue Apple and Publishers (Two of Which Have Already Settled with the States)

DoJ Says Apple Proposed “Illegally Dividing” Digital Content Worlds with Amazon

Apple Investors Apparently Unfazed by News of DoJ Suit

Shaw Wu Ups iPad Sales Expectations and Apple Price Target

Apple Working on Flashback Fix for Snow Leopard and Lion

Symantec Says Number of Macs Infected with Flashback Down to 270,000 and Falling

Apple Issues Updates for Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Compressor

Apple Changes Look of “We’ll Be Back Soon” Signage (and Drops the Word “Soon”)

Apple Changes Look of Sales Chat Window in Online Store; Adds Screen Sharing to Part of Brazilian Store

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Apple Insider: 15-Inch MacBook Pro Stock Constrained at Third-Party Resellers Ahead of Likely Refresh

Gartner: Apple to Control at Least 45-Percent of Tablet Sales Through at Least 2016

Consumer Federation of America Calls on DoJ to Go After Apple and Publishers for Collusive Behavior Around Ebook Pricing

Reuters Reports Says DoJ Could Launch Case Against Apple on Ebook Price-Fixing as Early as Today

Apple Tries to Shut Down a Dr. Web Domain (for One Reason or Another)

Apple Lures Symantec SVP to Be Its Tax Man

Apple at $270 Guy Says Microsoft and Windows 8 Will Shake Cellphones and Computers to the Ground

Nokia and AT&T Find Connectivity Issue in Lumia 900; Offer Swap-Out Option and $100 Dollar Credit on AT&T Bill

Best Buy CEO Resigns

Best Buy Says CEO Resigned Ahead of Completion of Investigation Into Personal Misconduct

Tim Cook to Speak at Opening Night of D:10

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Forbes: One Analyst Puts Apple Shares at $1650 While Another Targets $270

BTIG Research Analyst Downgrades Apple from “Buy” to “Neutral” on iPhone Concerns and Expectation of No Apple Television in 2012

Topeka Capital Analyst Sees Unibody, 4G/LTE iPhone with 4-Inch Screen Launching This Fall

HR Exec at Foxconn Factory Says Next iPhone to Hit Around October

All Things D: Who Launches a Phone When the Phone Stores are Closed? Microsoft and Nokia!

Fortune: AT&T Stores Were Closed and AT&T Resellers Didn’t Have Nokia Lumia 900 on First Day of Products Launch

AdAge: AT&T Reportedly Spending $150-Million to Promote Nokia Lumia 900

AT&T Helping Off-Contract iPhone Owners Unlock Handsets for Use on Other Carriers

Mac Developer Outs Free Flashback Malware Checker

Facebook Buying Instagram for $1 Billion

Strength of Harry Potter eBook Sales Surprises Pottermore.com

NYC Pilot Program Will Replace 250 Outdoor Pay Phones with 32-Inch “Smart Screens”

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Flashback Malware Infects Over Half-a-Million Macs Worldwide

Apple Issues Java Updates to Combat Flashback Malware

Apple Sets Q2FY2012 Earnings Call for 24 April at 5PM EDT/2PM PDT

Piper Jaffray and Topeka Capital Set Apple Targets Between $910 and $1,001

Jefferies and Co Analyst Ups Apple Target to $800 Based - in Part - on Belief in Apple Television

Nielsen: Tablet and Smartphone-Owning TV Watchers Using Tablets and Smartphones While Watching TV

Computerworld: New iPad Appears More Readily Available In-Store Than Online

John Gruber Talks 7.85-Inch iPad Possibility

Universal Movies Now Available to Re-Download Through iCloud

Report: Foxconn Employees Upset at Having Overtime Cut Back to 36-Hours Per Month

Apple Tops Nikkei List of Top Brands in Japan for First Time Ever

WSJ Report Says Apple and Two Publishers Resistant to eBook Settlement Terms from U.S. DoJ

Network World: Apple Apparently Settles with Guy Who’s House It Searched Last Summer

European Regulators Push nano-SIM Decision to End of May

Apple Updates iAd Producer to v2.1

Halifax Mac Store Closing Ahead of Apple Retail Arrival

Ashton Kutcher to Play Steve Jobs in First of at Least Two Bio Pics About Steve Jobs

Talk to you on April 9th.

The Fair Labor Association Posts Report on Foxconn Audit

Read the full FLA Report on the Foxconn Audit at http://www.fairlabor.org/report/foxconn-investigation-report

Apple CEO Tim Cook Visits Foxconn Plant

Nielsen: iPhone Sales Draw Close to Android Sales for First Part of 2012

Bloomberg/Businessweek: Sources Say Apple and Samsung Execs Recently Discussed Settlement Options

“Antennagate” Settlement Website is Up and Running

Get More Info on the “Antennagate” Settlement at http://iPhone4Settlement.com

Second Suit Brought Against Apple for False Advertising Regarding Siri

Apple Seeds New Lion 10.7.4 beta to Developers with No Known Issues

Apple Issues Stability Update for iPhoto

Best Buy Closing 50 Stores; Shifting Focus to Mobile

Mashable Says Canon 5D Mark II - Not iPhone 4 - is Most Popular Camera on Flickr (Though TUAW is Not So Sure)

Apple CEO Meets with Chinese Vice Premier

Barclay’s Capital Analyst Thinks Cook Trip to China May Indicate Talks for iPhone/China Mobile Deal

Fortune: Proview, Workers’ Rights, and Retail Expansion Possible Points of Tim Cook’s Trip to China

Barclay’s Analyst Jazzed by iPhone Dominance on Flickr

CNBC Survey: 50-Percent of Households in US Own at Least One Apple Product

Authorities in Sweden and UK Express Concerns Over Possibly Misleading “Wifi + 4G” Marketing

Denmark Consumer Ombudsman Investigating New iPad “Wifi + 4G” Marketing

US Federal Judge Denies Two Samsung Motions in Current Lawsuit with Apple

Report: New Intel Ivy Bridge Processors Should Be Out by Last Week in April

Apple Issues iTunes 10.6.1 with Multiple Bug Fixes

AT&T Says Nokia Lumia 900 Launch Will Be Bigger Than Any Previous Smartphone Launch (Including iPhone)

Nokia Plays Chicken with nano-SIM Standards and European Regulators

Sprint Says iPhone Deal Not Contingent on 4G/LTE Coverage

Apple Says New iPad Charges Past 100-Percent Intentionally

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Upset with Apple Over Application of “4G” Label to iPad Down Under

Apple Agrees to Refund Cost of 4G iPads for Australian Consumers Who Did Not Realize It Was Not Compatible with 4G in Australia

Apple Adds $124.99 and $174.99 Price Tiers to iOS App Store Options

Apple Hiring Data Center Project Construction Manager for “Next Generation” Facilities 

Graphics Property Holding (Formerly Silicon Graphics) Sues Apple and Five Other Smartphone Makers for Alleged Patent Infringement

Distimo: iPad Users Spending $70,000 a Day on iOS Newsstand Content

RIAA: Music Subscription Services Take in 241-Million Dollars in 2011; Claim 1.8-Million Users

JK Rowling Sells Harry Potter Series as eBooks on Her Own Site

Microsoft: Xbox Live Users Now Spend More Time Accessing Video and Music Than Playing Games