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Apple and Samsung to Meet for Court Directed Settlement Talks Security Expert: Java Updates Won’t Keep Macs Safe from SabPub Variants Apple Hires United-Continental CFO as New VP of Sales Shaw Wu Thinks a 7.85-Inch iPad would Decimate the Competition (Though He Doesn’t Know That We’ll See One Soon) New Siri-Focused iPhone 4S Ads Running with Samuel L. Jackson and Zoey Deschanel Apple Awarded Patent for Look and Feel of iTunes Store Apple Opening Second Store in Rome This Saturday at 10AM Local Time Greenpeace Slams Apple and Others for Powering Data Centers with Dirty Energy All Things D Questions Accuracy of Greenpeace Report  NYC Apple Stores to Host Filmmaker Talks in Conjunction with Tribeca Film Festival Check Out the Apple Store Tribeca Film Festival Events Schedule at Jony Ive on Short List of UK IPO British Visionary Innovators

Apple Launching New iPad in 12 More Countries This Friday, Nine More the Following Friday Apple Heads to Australian Court to Hash Out iPad 4G Marketing Down Under Rumor Has Apple Outing 7.85-Inch iPad in 3Q CY2012 More Malware: Two SabPub Variants Discovered TMO: Kaspersky Spots LuckyCat Trojan Apple Agrees to Environmental Audit of Chinese Printed Circuit Board Supplier with Beijing-Based Organization Apple Adding Several New Features to Next Final Cut Pro X Update Apple Kills Free Trials of Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and Aperture Apple Updates Cards iOS App with New Designs for Mother’s Day, Get Well and Other Categories as Wall as Performance Fixes Apple Issues Minor Update for iBooks IFO Apple Store: A Look at a New Apple “Store-in-a-Store” in a Walmart WSJ: French Designer Confirms That “Revolutionary” Product for Apple is Actually Yacht for the Jobs Family

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”

Sponsor Message: Get 10-Percent Off of VMWare Fusion 4 with Coupon Code macosken12 at   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

Sponsor Message: Get 10-Percent Off of VMWare Fusion 4 with Coupon Code macosken12 at   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

Sponsor Message: Get 10-Percent Off of VMWare Fusion 4 with Coupon Code macosken12 at   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

Sponsor Message: Get 10-Percent Off of VMWare Fusion 4 with Coupon Code macosken12 at   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 Outdo

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The Fair Labor Association Posts Report on Foxconn Audit Read the full FLA Report on the Foxconn Audit at 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

Tim Cook Pops Over to China, Visits an Apple Store and Meets with Chinese Officials Apple CEO Cook Meets with Mayor of Beijing and Other Chinese Government Officials Apple Invites 25-Billionth iOS App Downloader from Qingdao to Beijing Apple Store to Retrieve Prize New iPad Receives China Compulsory Certification from China Quality Certification Center; Still Faces Proview Trademark Hurdle The Telegraph: New iPad Reignites Chinese Grey Market Business Insider: Prices for New iPad Crash on Chinese Grey Market Nokia’s Windows Phone-Powered Lumia 900 to Go on Sale at AT&T on 8 April for 100-Dollars Apple Offers to Make Licensing for Essential Patents in Its nano-SIM Proposal Royalty Free Nokia Calls Apple’s nano-SIM Patent Offer an Empty Promise Apple Issues 32-Bit Bug Fix in Safari 5.1.5 Update 83-Year-Old Woman Sues Apple After She Breaks Her Nose Walking Into the Glass Door of an Apple Store

iMore Hears Rumors of 4G/LTE iPhone with 3.5-Inch Screen in the Fall Consumer Intelligence Research Partners Survey: Best Buy Sells Nearly as Many iPhones in the U.S. as Apple China Unicom Says iPhone Performance Has Been Better-Than-Expected Over the Last Three Years Apple Reportedly Rejecting Some Apps That Want to Access iOS Devices’ UDID Report Has Nokia Paying to Make Lumia 900 the Free Phone for AT&T Employees Forbes Highlights the High Priced Market for Zero-Day Exploits Samsung Design Exec Denies Copying Apple, Praises Jonathan Ive, and Makes Me Sad

PCWorld: New iPad Incredibly Slow to Charge During Use Video Diagnostics Firm DiplayMate Says New iPad Keeps Charging After Battery Level Reads 100-Percent Business Insider: Some Original Smart Covers Not Working with New iPad (Though Apple Will Apparently Swap Out the Covers) Apple Insider: Targus Replacing Slim Cases with New iPad Magnet Issues URL Spoofing Vulnerability Found in Safari for iOS U.S. Representatives Quiz 34 Companies (Including Apple) Over Data Collection and Usage Through Mobile Apps Sony Says It’ll Bring Music Unlimited to iOS in the Next Few Weeks Kindle for iOS Update Adds Support for Embedded Audio and Video Scott Turow Urges DoJ to Tread Lightly in Potential Antitrust Action Against Apple and Publishers Apple Loses Appeal in AppleCare Case in Italy Austin, Texas Okays 8-Million-Dollar Incentive Deal in Exchange for Apple Expansion and Hiring Early: RIM Hiring an iOS Developer Later: RIM Hiring iOS Developer to Support BlackBerry Mobile Fusion for iOS Devices iPhone Unseats

Sprint CEO Sees iPhone Customers as More Valuable Than Others Long-Term Barclays Capital: Apple Currently Testing Parts for 4G/LTE iPhone to Be Launched in September WSJ: Owners of New 4G/LTE iPads Burning Through Data Plans at Breakneck Speeds Industry Analyst Says Only One-in-Ten Tablets Uses Cellular Connectivity UBS: Roughly Half of New iPads Sold Will Be Wifi Plus 4G/LTE Apple Insider: Apple Support Thread Sports Complaints of Wifi Trouble with New iPad Have you had unexplained or fraudulent charges show up through iTunes? If so, please email me and let me know. Use the subject line “Bad iTunes Charge” and email . And thanks. Financial Times: Apple and Smartphone Rivals at Odds Over Nano-SIM Proposal in Europe Flurry: China Tops US in iOS and Android Activations for First Time in February Microsoft China CEO Says Windows Phone will Beat iPhone in China (and IDC Agrees) The Loop: Apple Says iPhoto for iOS Hit 1-Million Unique Users in Under 10 Days HP CEO Answers One Question Several Times: Why

Munster, Moskowitz and Wu Stoked Over New iPad’s 3-Million Unit Weekend In-Stat: Apple Likely to Overtake Intel and No. 1 Mobile Processor Maker by the End of 2012 Wait Times Shrink for New iPad Orders Tests by Dutch Site Show New iPad Runs Up to 9-Degrees Fahrenheit Hotter Than iPad 2 Apple Says New iPad Operates Within Accepted Thermal Specifications Consumer Reports Sees Hotter Temps in Its New iPad Tests; Doesn’t Seem to Mind Apple Says Worker Hours Improving in the Supply Chain Judge Reverses Decision on Motoroogle and Android Development Docs in Apple/Motorola Mobility Case European Consumer Organization Calls on Apple to Change AppleCare Marketing in EU Apple Issues Snow Leopard-Specific Software Installer Update

Apple Sells Three-Million New iPads in First Three Days Apple CEO Cook Starts Day Calling New iPad Sales Record Breaking The Verge: Source Says Apple Fifth Avenue NYC Store Sold 18 iPads a Minute for First 12-Hours of Availability AT&T Trumpets Record First-Day for New iPad Sales; Gives No Numbers Apple Announces Dividend and Share Repurchase Plans Wired: CEO Cook Sees Little Support That Stock Splits Help Stocks TUAW: CEO Cook Says Apple Pipeline is Full of Stuff Fortune: A Slew of Analysts Are Super Stoked About Apple’s Cash Plan Forbes: Canaccord Genuity Analyst Stoked as Well Evercore Partners’ Analyst Ups Apple Target to 750-Dollars on Strength of iPhone and iPad as Well as the Cash Plan Apple Closes Monday at 601-Dollars for First Close Above 600 ABC News: Cash Plan Marks Major Break with Philosophy of Steve Jobs Apple Adds “Answer from the Community” to Product Pages on Online Store Macworld UK: Doctor Sees Rise in Shoulder Injuries Thanks to Increased Tablet Use

Apple to Talk Cash Hoard on Monday Morning Conference Call Hear the call live at 9AM EDT/6AM PDT or as a replay at UBS Analyst Ups Apple Target to 675-Dollars; Stoked About “iPhone 5” and New iPad Oppenheimer Analyst Ups Apple Target to 700-Dollars on Strength of New iPad and iPhone 4S USITC Upholds Ruling in Apple/Motorola Mobility in Moto’s Favor German Court Stays Push Notification Block in Motorola Mobility Case Against Apple German Judges Freezes Apple Case Against Samsung Over Slide-to-Unlock Pending Ruling by German PTO Apple Releases First External beta of Lion 10.7.4 Apple Releases Mountain Lion Developer Preview 2 to Developers Developers Developers New Construction Underway on Apple Parcel in Maiden, NC AT&T Drops Plans to Appeal Ruling; Pays Matt Spaccarelli 935-Dollars

Sponsor Message: Get 10-Percent Off of VMWare Fusion 4 with Coupon Code macosken12 at   Report: FaceTime Still Requires Wifi Connection on 4G/LTE iPad Harrods Opening Tech Department Today with Apple Shop Inside Reports Say a Number of New Apple TVs Delivered a Day Early Munster Reiterates “Overweight” Rating on Apple Shares; Raises Target to 718-Dollars on Strength of iPhone and iPad Apple Shares Hit 600-Dollars for the First Time Ever Strategy Analytics Study: Smartphone Owners say 4-4.5 Inch Screens Hit the “Sweet Spot” (Though 90-percent Have Phones with Smaller Screens) Rumors Fly of Either a 15-Inch MacBook Air or a Thinner 15-Inch MacBook Pro Members of US House of Representatives Seek More Answers on Privacy and Mobile Apps from Apple Bloomberg/BusinessWeek: Path Co-Founder Hauled to Apple and Grilled by Apple CEO Over Address Book Issue AdAge: Conde Nast FInally Ready to Share Tablet Readership Stats with Advertisers The New England Journal of Medicine Lands on the iPad