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Apple Starts Sales of Verizon iPhone on its Online Store / Gazelle Seeing More Verizon Moto Droids Traded-In Than iPhones Since Verizon iPhone Announcement / Consumer Reports Generally Positive on Verizon iPhone (Despite Negativity Three Weeks Ago) / WSJ Says Production of Second-Gen iPad has Begun / Dell Developing 10-Inch Windows 7 Tablet for Business-Only / HP Holds webOS Event in SF Today at 10 AM Pacific / Goldman Sachs and Barclays Capital Draw Down PC Unit-Sales Expectations in 2011 Thanks to Tablets / Apple Insider Says iPod Classic Could Soon Go Bigger or Go Away / Report: Nokia May Look to Revitalize with Windows Phone 7 / Microsoft Said to Be Promoting Engineers in Management Shuffle / Google Releases Google Translate App for iOS Devices / Roman Catholic Church Approves iOS Confession App / Jobs May Finally Get to Demolish Jackling House

Analysts from Needham and Susquehanna Up Apple Targets / Engadget Says Best Buy and The Source Seem to Be Making Shelf-Space for White iPhone 4 / Report: Best Buy Verizon iPhone Stock to Vary Greatly from Store to Store / iLounge: Verizon Wireless De-prioritizing iPhone 4 Business Orders in Favor of Consumer Orders / SetteB.it Thinks WWDC May Run June 5th Through 9th 2011 / BTR Analyst Expects Next iPhone Debut in June 6th 2011 / Hints That Next iPhone will be WorldPhone Found in Verizon iPhone / comScore Says Android Widens Lead on iPhone in 4Q CY2010 / IDC: Apple Third-Largest Smartphone Maker on the Planet / 9 to 5 Mac: MacBook Pro Refresh Imminent / CNET Looks at The Sandy Bridge Delay and Near-Future Computers / Intel Says Sandy Bridge Chipsets Should Start Shipping Again by Mid-Month / Apple Tops in Online Video Sales and Rentals in 2010 / MacRumors Says Apple Looking to Pull Boxed Software from Retail Sooner than Later / LA Cops Seize Over 10-Million Dollars in Counterfeit iThings

Verizon Wireless Says More iPhones Pre-Ordered in First Two Hours Than Any Other Phones Sold on Any First Day / Analyst Figures as Many as 2-Million Verizon iPhones Ready to Roll / Report: First Consumer Takes Delivery of Verizon iPhone Over the Weekend / Verizon Wireless Seeks to Allay Worries Over Throttling Heavy Data Use / A Look at the Moto Xoom Ad Mocking Apple / Best Buy Ad: Motorola Xoom to Cost 800-Dollars and Require a Month of 3G Service to Activate WiFi / Verizon Wireless Spends Three-Million-Dollars on Ad for iPhone / The Daily Runs a Super Bowl Ad and Addresses User Issues / Forbes: Most Companies Do Not Have CEO Succession Plans / MacStories.net Says iOS Update Coming Next Week / Search Filters and Other Changes Land on App Store for iPad / Apple Adds Genius Recommendations to iTunes Store for iPhone and iPod touch / Apple and Adobe and Autodesk and Rosetta Stone Sue Site and Proprietor for Alleged Software Piracy / Georgia State Legislators Weigh Apple Proposal for iPads as Textbooks

MacNN Hears Word of Trouble for Some Verizon iPhone Pre-Orders / Verizon Wireless Sells Out of Pre-Order iPhone 4 Stock / Early Buyers Notified That Verizon iPhone Have Already Shipped / Verizon Wireless Reserves Right to Throttle Data Speed for Top 5-Percent of Users / Call for Published Apple CEO Succession Plan Gains Traction with Shareholders / Munster Says Apples 3.9B Could Indicate Apple Entrance Into TVs / Rumor: iOS 4.3 and iPad 2 Event Next Week (and Why It Seems Unlikely) / Apple Hiring iOS Photography Software Engineer to Build Apps for Mac and iPad Platforms / European Publishers Uneasy Over Apple and In-App Purchase Option Mandate / Lexmark Printers Update Out for Snow Leopard / Nielsen Study Indicates iAds More Effective Than Traditional TV Advertising

Apple Outlines Verizon Wireless iPhone 4 Availability for Next Week / Best Buy Says It Will Have Verizon iPhones on 10 February Too / Verizon Wireless COO Asks Employees and Their Families to Hold Off on Buying iPhone 4 / VZ Transfer App for Upcoming Verizon iPhone Already in App Store / Early Review Point to Higher Call Quality for Verizon iPhone / Macworld: 30-Dollar Unlimited Plan Mandatory for Verizon iPhone 4 / News Corp and Apple Launch Tablet-Only News Pub “The Daily” / Murdoch Says “The Daily” Will Not Be iPad-Only Forever / Eddy Cue Says Additional iOS Subscription Announcements Coming Soon / Forbes Scribe Worries Over Ad Presentation in “The Daily” / Silicon Alley Insider Looks at Possible Political Leanings for “The Daily” / NYT Previewing Social-Supported News.me App / Murdoch Praises Steve Jobs on Fox Business News / Reuters Says Second-Gen iPad Spotted at the “The Daily” Launch / Third beta of Next Snow Leopard Update Seeded to Developers / Google Shopper - Comparative Shopping App - Hits iOS App Store / Google Launches Android market Web Store

iPhone Orders for Current Verizon Customers to Start 3 A.M. EST on 3 February / Apple Updates iTunes with CDMA iPhone Support / iOS for Verizon iPhone Sees Early Release / Apple Seeds Third beta of iOS 4.3 to Developers / Verizon to Offer $30/month Unlimited Data for iPhone 4 for a Limited Time / Report: AT&T Offering Some Customers $30/month Unlimited Data Ahead of Verizon iPhone / AT&T Reaches Out and Touches Existing Customers Ahead of Verizon iPhone Launch / IDC Says Apple Moves from Fourth Largest Handset-Maker to Fifth from 3Q2010 to 4Q2010 / Net Applications Sees Growth for iOS and Safari in January / News Corp and Apple Execs Likely to Announce ‘The Daily’ Today in NYC / USA Today Says It Loves Being on the iPad / Android Gains Notable Market Share in Tablets / Canalys Says Apple Third-Largest PC Maker on the Planet (If We Count ‘Pads’ as PCs) / Canalys Says Android Top-Selling Smartphone Platform in 4QCY2010 / WSJ says Samsung Says Number of Galaxy Tabs Sold to Consumers “Quite Small” / Samsung Says Exec Said “Quite Smooth” Not “Quite Small” / Researcher Says Return Rate on Samsung Galaxy Tab Around 15-Percent  / Moto Ad for Xoom Likens Apple and iOS to Big Brother / NYT Says Apple Getting More Restrictive on Booksellers and iPads / Fortune Examines Apple/Bookseller Hullabaloo / The Loop Gets a (Sort of) Clarifying Statement from Apple on Bookseller Apps / UK Office of Fair Trading to Investigate eBook Pricing / Second Build of Snow Leopard Update beta Out to Devs (About a Week Ago) / MacRumors Sees Hints of New MacBook Pros Coming Soon / TUAW: Intel Chip Recall May Delay Mac Refreshes / Apple Still Tops in Phone-In Tech Support Though Satisfaction Slips / Man Sues Apple for Alleged Defective Design of iPhone 4 / Apple and Several App Developers Sued Over Excessive Demographic Data Collection / AT&T Sued for Over-Billing for Data on iThings / Apple Shareholders Meeting Set for 23 February

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Apple iPhone 4 Ad Highlights Both US Carriers / 10-Billionth App Downloaded Through iOS App Store / 10 Billion iOS Apps: SAI Plays with Numbers / 10-Billionth App Winner Hangs Up When Apple Calls / Nuance Opening Dragon Mobile SDK to iOS and Android Developers / Apple Replacing Phillips Screws on Repaired iPhone 4s with Security Screws / Rumors Have Apple Hiring Serious Security Guy / iOS 4.3 beta-Probers Find Reference to 1MP Camera for iPad / Toshiba Ridicules Lack of Flash-Support on iThings / SF MUNI Bus Stops Host Citywide Video Game Competition

Apple Releases First Build of 10.6.7 to Developers / More Hints at Camera/s for Second-Gen iPad in iOS beta / iPodNN: Calendar Icon in iOS beta Could Put Second-Gen iPad Announce on the 9th of February or March or Some Other Month / Apple Updates iWork Apps for iPad / Apple Updates iMovie and Ships Updated Brother Printer Drivers / MacRumors Thinks the 3.9-Billion Apple is Spending is on LCD Panels for iThings / First Verizon Video Spot Shows Up Online / Apple Shipping Apparent Universal Bumper for Both Verizon and AT&T iPhone / Apple Counter-Sues Nokia Over Touchscreen Scrolling Patents / Chinese Environmental NGOs Criticize Apple for Lack of Supplier Oversight / Google CEO Stepping Aside (Not Leaving Company) / Apple Patent Points to Computer Input Devices with Built-In Displays / iMacworld App for iThings Updated for 2011 Expo