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Apple Releases iOS Updates to Address Location Logging Bugs / Shaky Story Sides with Talk of No New iPhone This Summer / NPD Analyst Sees Short-Lived Bump Coming from Updated iMacs / Reports: New iMacs Get Early Access to Unreleased Intel Platform Controller Hub / Apple Issues a Slew of Thunderbolt-Related Updates / Apple Insider: Mac OS X 10.7 to Be Sold Through Mac App Store / Hearst Signs On for iTunes Subscriptions for Popular Mechanics, Esquire, and O / News Corp Says “The Daily” Loses 10-Million-Dollars in First Quarter / Research Firm Says U.S. Doctors Into Apple Tech for Tablets and Smartphones / DigiTimes: iPad Competitors Run Risk of Sitting on Many Unsold iPad Alternatives / Seagate Promises “Perfect Companion” for iPads and Other Tablets Later This Month / Apple at Center of California Class Action Suit Over “Non-Poaching” Agreements / Warner Bros. Agrees to Buy Social Movie Site Flixter

Apple Stuns No One - Releases Updated iMacs with Thunderbolt I/O and Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs / Apple Updates Boot Camp to v3.2 for Brand New iMacs / Apple Offers Either Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad Included with New iMacs / UBS Analyst Stoked Over Updated iMacs / Ticonderoga Securities Analyst Pumped Over iMac Refresh / Canaccord Securities Analyst: Apple Makes Half of All Profits of Top Eight Cellphone Makers in 1Q CY2011 / Australia Still Seeing In-Store Stock-Outs of iPad 2 / Korean Carriers KT and SK Telecom Suspend Online Orders for iPad 2 / iPad 2 “Currently Unavailable” Through Apple Site for Singapore / Apple Launches Second TV Ad for iPad 2: If You Asked / South Korean Police Visit/Raid Google Offices in Seoul Over Privacy Concerns and AdMob / Microsoft Lands Deal to Make Bing Default Search Agent for BlackBerry / EA Buys “Flight Control” Developer Firemint / Apple Bars Recipients of Promo Codes from Reviewing Those Apps in App Store / Judge in NVIDIA Class Action Settlement Says Sub-500-Dollar Compaq  Laptop Suitable Replacement for 17-Inch MacBook Pro

MACDefender: Malware in Disguise / Report: Minor iOS Update Associated with Location Data Expected Within Two Weeks / Best Buy Runs Sale on All Macs Through Its Website / Consumer Reports: White iPhone 4 Not Thicker Than Black iPhone 4 / Accelerometers, Gyroscopes, and Microphones Make Apple Number Two in MEMS Purchases in 2010 / Rumors Point to Amazon Making Some Kind of Tablet / DEG: Movie Rentals Shift from In-Store to Subscription / TV Ownership in the States Drops for First Time in 20 Years / PopCap Teams with 9-Year-Old Boy to Make a Game as Part of Make a Wish Foundation

NPD: Apple Fourth-Largest Cellphone Maker Worldwide / ABI Research: iPhone Could Knock Nokia to Third in Smartphones by Year’s End / Microsoft Creates New API Mapping Tool to Aid in Importing iOS Apps to WP7 / NetApplications: Mac, iOS, and Safari See Gains in Web Surfing / Apple Insider Expects New iMacs This Tuesday / Apple Releases Update 2 of Preview 2 of Mac OS X 10.7 / Apple Releases Preview 4 of Xcode 4.1 / Google Sued Over Android Location ‘Tracking’ / Senator Franken: Apple and Google to Attend Mobile Phone and Tracking Hearing / Subscribers to Some Time Inc. Mags to get Free iPad Access / Apple Wins Preliminary FTC Ruling Against Elan Microelectronics / Fake iPad 2 Jailbreak Teaches (Maybe) and Enrages (Definitely) / Report: Apple VP Schiller Denies That White iPhone 4 is Slightly Thicker Than Black iPhone 4

iLounge Sees Short Line at One Store for White iPhone 4 / 45 Line Up for White iPhone 4 at Apple’s Fifth Avenue Store in NYC / Macworld UK: Huge Lines in Beijing for White iPhone 4 / Forbes: White iPhone 4 Thought to Have Sold Out in Beijing and Hong Kong / Reports Say White iPhone 4 About .2mm Thicker Than Black iPhone 4 / NPD: Apple Third Largest Phone Seller in the States with Top Two Phones on the Market / RIM Offers Troubling Guidance for Current-Quarter BlackBerry Sales / Forbes: Lines Three-Blocks Long for iPad 2 in Tokyo / Canalys: Apple Fourth-Largest PC Maker (If We Count Tablets as PCs) / Best Buy Sees “Great (Though Undefined) Success” with BlackBerry PlayBook / Vague Indications from RIM and Motorola Mobility Around Sales of PlayBook and Xoom / Samsung Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Apple In the U.S. / Report: Three Foxconn Employees Arrested in Connection with iPad 2 Leaks / Rumor: Apple Buys iCloud.com Domain for 4.5-Million Dollars

Apple Issues Statement Addressing iOS 4 Location Logging Issues / Apple CEO Steve Jobs Talks Location Logging with D: All Things Digital / Privacy Expert Takes Issue with Some of Apple’s Location Logging Statements / Forbes: Apple Applied for Patent for ‘Location Histories for Location Aware Devices’ in 2009 / Apple Mentions Eventual Traffic Service for iOS Users in Next Couple of Years / Apple Announces Availability of White iPhone 4 in 28 Countries Today / Lines form in Hong Kong for White iPhone 4 Soon After Announcement / iPad 2 Launching in 12 Countries This Week / Angry Birds Developer Sings Song of Love for iOS / Research Firm Says Android Market Could Overtake iOS App Store in Number of Titles in Next Few Months / Developer Says It Got an iOS 5.0 Crash Report / AT&T Starts Second Round of Busting Unauthorized iPhone Tethering

Nielsen: Android Takes the Lead for Smartphone OS in States / iOS Top of Mind for Smartphone and Tablet Developers / Leaks from Canadian Carriers Indicate Imminent Arrival of White iPhone 4 / Barclays Analyst: Apple Cap-Ex Plans Make Him Think His Revenue Estimates Are Low / Amazon (Finally) Responds to Apple Suit Over Term “Appstore” with Countersuit / Report: The Apple-iTunes-Cloud-Locker May Eventually Cost Consumers Money to Use / Apple Adds Card Themes and Bug Fixes with iPhoto ’11 Update / Apple Releases Snow Leopard Font Update / Apple Updates MobileMe Control Panel for Windows / 9 to 5 Mac Reader Says G3 Macs Suddenly Incompatible with iTunes Store / Steve Jobs in Carbonite iPhone 4 Case Offered (Then Apparently Pulled) by Society 6 / South Park Starts 15th Season with Some Sort of iPad Parody: HUMANCENTiPAD

Apple Insider Sources Say Apple Retail Prepping for Imminent Arrival of White iPhone 4 / Pics Clicked of White iPhone 4 from Vodafone UK / Electronista: Best Buy Inventory System Points to 27 April Launch of White iPhone 4 / Ticonderoga Securities Analyst Thinks White iPhone 4 Could Boost Device Sales / BGR Shows Shots of What Looks Like a Test iPhone on T-Mobile USA / Rumors and Reports Indicate New iMacs as Early as Next Week / Governments of Italy and France Looking into iOS 4 Location Logging / South Korea Looking into iOS 4 Location Logging / Illinois AG Would Like to Meet with Apple and Google on Data Collection / Senator Franken Calls Apple and Google to May 10th Hearing on Privacy, Technology, and the Law / Jobs Reportedly Responds to Location Logging Email Questions Saying “We Don’t Track, Android Does.” / WSJ: Turning Off Location Services in iOS 4 Doesn’t Stop Location Logging / First Lawsuit Over Location Logging Filed in Florida / Apple Issues Update for Mid-2010 iMac Hard Drive Firmware / Apple Drops 7-Year Attempt to Trademark “POD” in Canada / Apple Seeks Trademark for Term “Startup” Associated with Retail

Fortune: Amateurs Whip Pros (Again) in Apple 2Q FY2011 Estimates / Pros Ignore Their Misses and (Mostly) Sing Praises of Apple Going Forward / Verizon Activates 2.2-Million iPhone 4s in Truncated Quarter of Sales / Verizon CFO Indicates That Next iPhone Will be a “World Phone” / 9 to 5 Mac: Apple Invites Select Game Developers to Play with iPhone with A5 Chip / Strategy Analytics: Apple Tops the World’s Phone-Makers in Terms of Revenue / comScore: Total iOS Platform Easily Beats Total Android Platform in Europe / Samsung Countersues Apple Outside the U.S. / Rep. Markey Joins Sen. Franken in Call for Answers Over iOS 4 Data Logging / German Government Seeks Info on iOS 4 Data Logging / Gruber: iOS 4 Data Logging Could Be a Bug or a Whoops / Reuters: Apple is THIS CLOSE to a Cloud-Based Music Locker Service / Apple Issues Minor Update for iBooks iOS Application / Indications That Apple May Hold Celebration of Sorts for 10th Anniversary of Apple Retail Next Month

Apple Reports Record March Quarter Numbers / Reuters Sources Say Next-Gen iPhone to Launch in September / AT&T Sees iPhone Activations for March Quarter Grow by Nearly One Million Units Y-O-Y / iPad 2 Wait Drops to 1 to 2 Weeks in Several Countries / Security Researchers Find iOS 4 Devices Storing Wheres and Whens of Users / Silicon Alley Insider: Hide Location Data by Encrypting Device Syncs / Senator Al Franken Sends Questionnaire on iOS 4 Data Collection to Apple CEO Steve Jobs / Tech Forensics Expert Says He Published Data on iOS 4 Data Gathering Months Ago