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comScore: iPad Not for Apple Fanboys Only / Samsung Vows to Fight Back Against Apple Lawsuit / Apple v. Samsung Suit Reveals Number of iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches Sold So Far / Concord Securities Analyst Puts 2nd-Gen Apple TV Sales at 2 Million Units / Electronista Hears Hints Indicating New iMacs Coming Soon / 9 to 5 Mac: Apple Kills 30-Dollar Rebates for iWork and MobileMe

NPD: Mac Says Up 47-Percent in March of 2011 Versus March of 2010 / Three UK Posts (then Pulls) Order Page for White iPhone 4 / Concord Analyst Makes Expected and Unexpected iPhone 5 Predictions / USITC Says HTC and Nokia Probably Not Guilty of Patent Infringement Against Apple / Apple Sues Samsung for “Copying” iThing Elements in Galaxy Lines / Apple Seeks Dismissal of Six-Year-Old iTunes DRM Suit / Apple Issues Minor iTunes Update Dealing Mostly with Syncing iThings / Microsoft Outs Photosynth Panorama Photo App for iOS Devices

JP Morgan Analyst Ups (Most) Expectations for Apple for 2Q FY2011 / Toys R Us (Kind of) Starts iPad 2 Sales in the States / Reuters Sources Say Production Underway of White iPhone 4 / 9 to 5 Mac: Something in Verizon Wireless Inventory System Looks Like a White iPhone 4 / Google Exec: iPhone Growth is Good for Google / Apple Sued Over In-App Purchases in Games for Kids / Apple Ships Update for Developer Preview of Lion / Apple Revamps Discussion Forums Into “Apple Support Communities” / Fortune: Some Apple Discussion Forum Users Not Happy with “Apple Support Communities” Changes / Apple Sells Square Payment Reader Online and In Brick-and-Mortar Stores / Apple Patents Interesting Hybrid Laser Projection Technology / Fox and Discovery Content Return to Streaming Time Warner Cable App for iPad / Reviews for RIM PlayBook Tend to Run Tepid / Enterprise-Only Cisco Cius Set for Wide Release at End of May / US Congressman Seems to Think iPads will Both Save and Destroy the Country

Apple Releases iOS 4.3.2 for Most iOS Devices and iOS 4.2.7 for CDMA iPhone 4 / Apple Issues Security Updates for Safari, Leopard, Leopard (Server), and Snow Leopard / Apple (Re)Confirms Spring Launch for White iPhone 4 / Developer Spots App Store Placeholder for Mystery iOS-Compatible Device / Ticonderoga Securities Analyst Hears Talk of as Many as 45 Million iPads Sold in 2011 / Rumor/Report: Apple Hires Data Center Services Exec Away from Microsoft / Best Buy Plans to Reduce Big Stores and Add More of the Small Best Buy Mobile Stores / Elevations Partner Co-Founder is in Love with Apple and HTML 5

IDC: Apple Grows Mac Sales in 1Q CY2011 While PC Sector Contracts / Silicon Alley Insider: Microsoft Likely to See Hurt from PC Sales Contraction / Electronista Looks at the Hurt Put on Acer by iPad and Its Own Management / Gartner Blames PC Sales Contraction on Media Tablest (aka iPad) / Cross research Analyst Argues Against Arguments for Fall Launch of Next iPhone / Report: Touch Screen Suppliers Say They have Heard Nothing Yet About a New iPhone / IHS/iSuppli: Online TV Revenue Hits $1.6 Billion in 2010 / Ticonderoga Analyst Sees Actual TV from Apple This Year / Bloomberg/Businessweek Sources Say White iPhone 4 Finally on the Way / JP Morgan Analyst Says CDMA iPhone Could Mean Additional 9-Billion Dollars for Apple in 2012 / Apple Hiring Cloud Systems Software Engineer for Super Cool, Super Secret Cloud Type Stuff / TUAW Sees Spike in “Missing” Apps on iOS App Store / Intel: Thunderbolt Developer Kit Due Out This Quarter

RBC Analyst Ups iPad Sales Expectations for 2Q FY2011 to 7 Million / RBC Analyst Sees 17 Million iPhones Sold in 2Q FY2011 / Sterne Agee Analyst Shaw Wu Expects Apple to Beat the Street / Jefferies Analyst Sees Some Sort of Video Something Tied to Something Else Coming out of Apple / Fortune Plays iPhone 5 Whack-a-Mole / All Things D Speculation: iPhone 5 Could Debut at Traditional Fall Music Event / DigiTimes: No iPad 3 in 2011 / Report: Foxconn to Move iPad Production to Brazil by December 2011 / Apple Outs Final Cut Pro X at FCPUG Supermeet in Las Vegas / Apple Tells The Loop “Stay Tuned” for Other Titles in Final Cut Suite / Apple Focus on Carbon Fiber Casing Could Include Wireless Syncing for iPod Line / Walker Digital Sues Over 100 Companies - Including Apple - for Alleged Patent Infringement / Microsoft Releases First Update for Office 2011 for Mac / Microsoft Issues Security and Reliability Update for Office 2008 for Mac / Cisco Kills Flip Camcorder Unit in Shift in Focus Away from Consumers

Fortune: Pro and Amateur Analysts Split on iPod Sales for 2Q FY2011 / Ticonderoga Analyst: Huge March Growth for Apple Suppliers Likely Due to iPad 2 / Gartner Says Apple Will Dominate Tablets Through 2015 / Bloomberg/Business Week Launches iPad App with In-App Subscription Option / Andy Zaky Says Apple Investors Should Not Sweat Android / Intel Says 35 Atom-Powered Tablets and Hybrid Devices on the Way This Year / Avian Securities Sources Indicate iPhone 5 in Late 2011 or Early 2012 / iPhone 4 Constraint Eases in Hong Kong and China Gives Initial Approval for iPad 2 / Two Carriers in India Announce Plans for iPhone 4 in Coming Months / Amazon Launches Reduced Price Kindle Subsidized by Advertising

Fortune: Analysts Expect Growth or Phenomenal Growth for Mac Sales in 2Q FY2011 / AdMob Survey: Over One-Fourth of Tablet Owners No Longer Using a PC / Apple Looking Into 3G Connectivity Issues with Verizon-Compatible iPad 2 / Gartner and IDC See Microsoft in 2nd and iOS in 3rd in Smartphone Platforms by 2015 / Clorox Employees Choose iPhone in a Huge Way Over Android and Windows Phone 7 / Ticonderoga Analyst Still Sees Possibility of Summer Launch for Next iPhone / Caris and Co Analyst Makes Case for Fall Launch of Next iPhone (and Points to Importance of iOS) / BootCamp Update for Latest MacBook Pro Fixes One Issue While Apparently Borking Another / Apple and Several App Developers Sued for Collection of Identifying Information Via iThings / Apple Hires New Senior Composites Engineer / Viacom Sues Time Warner Cable Over iPad Streaming App / Woz Would Consider a Return to Apple if They Asked / Report: Jobs Working with Simon and Schuster on Official Biography for 2012 / Greek Consumer Gets New iMac from Service Provider that Threatened to Sue Him

Analysts Guess on iPhone Sales in 2Q / Ticonderoga Analyst Looks at Apple, Components, and Competition / TMO: Report Says RIM PlayBook Launch Hindered by Lack of Touch Screens (Thanks to Apple) and Software Testing Issues / Wired Says Flash Implementation Could Have Delayed PlayBook Launch / Rumor: Toys R Us to Get iPad 2 / Office for Mac 2011 SP1 Due Out Next Week / Microsoft Says Apple Responsible for Lack of Sync Services Support in Office for Mac 2011 SP1 / TWC Asks for Declaratory Judgment Over iPad App Issues / ESPN Launches Streaming iOS App for a Few of Its Channels for Customers of a Few Cable Operators / Second Utah Apple Store Apparently in the Works / Microsoft Execs Would Like as Many Stores as Apple Has

DigiTimes: Secret Supply Chain Sources Say Apple Received as Many as 2.6 Million iPad 2s in March / Deutsche Bank Puts Motorola Xoom Shipments at 100k for the First Month / Needham and Company Analyst Doubts Chances for Pre-Paid iPhones or iPhone nanos / Reports: Apple Pulls White iPhone 4 from Its Retail Database / Apple Reportedly Buys 12 Petabytes of Storage for Something / Apple Suit Against Seven Company for Making iPod Accessories Outside of “Made for iPod” Program / CNET: Apple iAd Gallery App Violates App Store Rules / Report: Apple Rejected iAds Gallery-Type App from Indie Developer in Mid-2010 / Apple Hiring for Engineers to Work with Thunderbolt / New Apple Patent Could Cover Thunderbolt Implementations