"Apple Reports First Quarter Results: Highest Quarterly Revenue and Earnings Ever" ["The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $26.74 billion and net quarterly profit of $6 billion, or $6.43 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 44.7 percent compared to 38.5 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 58 percent of the quarter's revenue."] Apple 3:45 PM
"Apple Reports First Quarter Results" Business Wire 3:45 PM
"Apple Shines In First Quarter Without Steve Jobs: Apple Inc. proved it could manage just fine in its first quarter without co-founder Steve Jobs, recording its highest quarterly profit and revenue on the strength of iPhone and iPad sales." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:33 PM
"Apple returns to form, blows Wall Street targets away" Reuters 9:30 PM
"Apple's $46 billion sales set new tech record" CNNMoney 4:11 PM
"Apple: FY Q1 Crushes Street Ests; Revs $46.33B; EPS $13.87; 37M iPhones; 15.4M iPads; Cash Now $97.6B" Forbes 4:08 PM
"Apple Q1 2012: $46.33B revenue, record $13.06B profit with $13.87EPS, 37.04M iPhones, 15.43M iPads sold" The Next Web 4:08 PM
"Apple's staggering Q1 earnings by the numbers" VentureBeat 4:33 PM
"iPhone 4S propels Apple to massive earnings: Any doubts that Apple's iPhone 4S was a lame duck were erased with Apple's quarterly earnings." CNET News 4:11 PM
"Apple now largest computer maker, sold more iPads alone than HP sold PCs" AppleInsider 8:21 PM
Apple News
"Apple to Hold Company Town Hall Discussing 'Exciting New Things' at Apple" MacRumors 7:27 PM
"Apple and the American economy" ["Here we have a company that's been phenomenally successful, making products people love and directly creating nearly 50,000 American jobs in doing so, criticised for not locating its manufacturing operations in America, even as Americans complain to Apple about the working conditions of those doing the manufacture abroad ... It isn't enough for Apple to have changed the world with its innovative consumer electronics. It must also rebuild American manufacturing, and not just any manufacturing: the manufacturing of decades ago when reasonable hours and high wages were the norm."] The Economist 10:03 AM
"Apple Inc.: 10 Astonishing Facts/While Apple added 8,000 people to its American workforce last year, some people contend that wasn't enough. And although Apple's overall U.S. employement is at an all-time high, there are those who believe Apple bears an obligation to push those numbers even higher." Forbes 7:41 AM
"Apple's Q1: The iPhone 4S will carry the day: Wall Street is expecting fiscal first quarter earnings of $10.08 a share on revenue of $38.85 billion." ZDNet 7:47 AM
"All Eyes on Apple Earnings" [Video Report] MarketWatch 9:44 AM
"A guide to Apple's guidance: What to make of those pesky forward-looking statements in today's earnings Report" Fortune 7:50 AM
"Apple's results hinge on the iPhone question" MarketWatch 8:59 AM
"Apple again loses Dutch bid for Samsung tablet ban" Reuters 7:50 AM
"Apple Loses Dutch Appeal to Block Samsung Tablets" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:44 AM
"Samsung wins against Apple in the Netherlands on tablet design: Apple's products do not warrant the intellectual property protections that it claims, Samsung said" IDG News Service 12:12 PM
"Apple loses appeal over Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Dutch court" BBC 11:45 AM
"Apple denied Samsung Galaxy sales ban in Dutch court" ZDNet 8:16 AM
"The iBooks Profitability Puzzle: Apple's new iBooks textbook market saw lots of activity over the weekend as users downloaded 350,000 copies of books, according to Global Equities Research. If iBooks catches on in a big way, it'll certainly be profitable to Apple. But whether it will be a good deal for authors and publishers has yet to be determined." MacNewsWorld 8:07 AM
"The Pros And Cons Of Google Music vs. Amazon Music vs. iTunes On A Mac" Mac 360 7:34 AM
"Tired Of The iTunes Mess? Try A Free Alternative Music Player On Your Mac" Mac 360 7:33 AM
"10.7: Unlock screens using any admin password" Mac OS X Hints 10:05 AM
"Mac Tip: Adding New Voices For Text To Speech In Mac OS X Lion" MacTrast 8:13 AM
"Quickly create new Sticky notes" Macworld 8:07 AM
Op/Ed
"Editorial: iCloud Integration With Finder" AppleBitch 11:00 AM
"7 days living with....the other computer (Apple Mac OS X): I'm a PC...." Pocket-lint 9:08 AM
"Why Apple's Restrictive iBooks Author Rules May Not Be Legally Enforceable" ReadWriteWeb 3:27 PM
"IBooks Author Looks Good -- Now How About IBooks On The Mac?" MacNews 8:36 AM
"Top 70 Requests for Final Cut Pro X: January 24th, 2012 (early 2012)." FCPX.tv 7:34 AM
Press Releases
"At MacIT Conference, Austin Convention Center To Present FileMaker-based iPad App That Earned 200% ROI: City of Austin IT staff will cover their use of FileMaker Go, the top-selling business database app for iPad and iPhone" Business Wire 3:03 PM
"Liveblog: Apple's FY2012 Q1 earnings call this afternoon" Ars Technica 10:36 AM
"An Apple store is worth as much as the White House" CNNMoney 7:46 AM
"Apple App Store: Not So Safe?" PC Magazine 7:49 AM
"Inside Apple's secret packaging room" Network World 7:34 AM
"Book details Apple's 'packaging room,' Steve Jobs's interest in advanced cameras" AppleInsider 8:00 AM
"'Inside Apple' offers a glimpse into Apple's secret unboxing room" 9 to 5 Mac 8:00 AM
"Apple Has an Unboxing Room to Test Hundreds of Variants of their Product Packaging" MacRumors 8:07 AM
"Steve Jobs rumored to have explored Lytro light-field camera company as part of his plan to re-invent photography" iMore 8:14 AM
"Apple expects its new employees to be their own IT department" The Next Web 12:08 PM
"iPads in class energize kids as teachers test how to use them/Read The Denver Post's Terms of Use of its content: http://www.denverpost.com/termsofuse" Denver Post 11:08 AM
"'Apple University' Trains Future Apple Executives with Focus on Missteps of Apple and Others" MacRumors 9:22 AM
"Verizon Posts Loss on Pension Costs as IPhone Boosts Expenses" Bloomberg 8:12 AM
"Verizon rides iPhone 4S, LTE in Q4 at expense of profit margins" ZDNet 8:17 AM
"Verizon's 4.2 million new iPhones came at a steep cost" CNNMoney 10:43 AM
"Obama to honor wife of late Apple visionary's, Jobs" AFP 2:14 PM
"President Obama has invited Steve Jobs wife Laurene to State of the Union address" The Next Web 2:14 PM
"Steve Jobs' widow to attend State of Union speech" MarketWatch 2:06 PM
"Android, Windows Phone Creep Up on iOS" Techworld 12:17 PM
"iPhone 4S survey shows many choose 64GB version" SlashGear 7:45 AM
"Study shows iPhone 4S customers' buying habits" TUAW 11:05 AM
"The Portable Podcast, Episode 121: On this episode of The Portable Podcast, host Carter Dotson talks to Lumi developer Foundation Games about bringing the title from Xbox to iOS, and with Life is Crime developer Red Robot Labs about bringing their location-based MMORPG to iOS from Android." 148Apps 8:18 AM
"Apple: 37.04 million iPhones sold in Q1" ZDNet 4:29 PM
"Apple Retail Store Sales Up 43% From Last Year" The Mac Observer 4:36 PM
"Apple is biggest buyer of semiconductors, Gartner says: Rising sales of smartphones, tablets, and laptops pushed up Apple's semiconductor spending last year" IDG News Service 7:45 AM
"Apple takes the semiconductor spending crown as mobiles trump PCs" GigaOM 9:45 AM
"Apple, Samsung Are Top Semiconductor Customers in 2011: Gartner" eWeek 11:34 AM
"Apple Worldwide Leader of Semiconductor Purchases in 2011" The Mac Observer 2:16 PM
"Happy 28th Birthday, Apple Macintosh!" MacDailyNews 10:19 AM
"All Yoga Review: All Yoga is a full-featured mobile yoga experience that features a range of poses along with prebuilt or customizable sequences." 148Apps 12:12 PM
"Frederic Resurrection of Music HD Review: Chopin gets a contemporary and hilarious gaming makeover." 148Apps 11:05 AM
"Day One Review: Day One is a journal app that has some neat ideas such as syncing with a Mac app of the same name, but it needs a few more pertinent iOS features to be essential." 148Apps 9:02 AM
"Puzzlejuice Review: A challenging combination of word games and block busting." 148Apps 8:05 AM
"Breakout Boost+ Review: Breakout Boost+ is not a new game but a premium paid re-release of the app Atari released last year - with new levels, bonuses, and a new price." 148Apps 2:12 PM
"Monster Shooter Features Monsters Both Shooting and Being Shot At" 148Apps 8:39 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"Mac 101: Breathe new life into your Mac with a memory upgrade" GigaOM 2:12 PM
"Video sums up every tech support call ever made" MSNBC 11:40 AM
"Ten technologies that will shake the CE World" EE Times 11:10 AM
"Private Cloud Adoption Growth Continues to Accelerate" eWeek 11:14 AM
"Cloud computing: Can start-up trump Amazon in the cloud? Cloud computing start-up Joyent has $85 million in venture funding and a new deal with Telefónica to compete with Amazon in cloud computing services." VentureBeat 10:41 AM
"Alienware x51 review: A proper, affordable gaming slim tower" CNET News 10:25 AM
"Ultrabooks: The Next Big Thing In Notebooks/Aren't notebooks and PCs in general on the way out as we adopt tablet and touch interfaces and everything else moves to the cloud? Not so fast." InformationWeek 10:30 AM
"Keen On... Brad Noble: Why Google's 'Search Plus Your World' Is Creepy (TCTV)" [Video Report] TechCrunch 1:22 PM
"Google's push for Google+ risks user ire -- and worse" InfoWorld 11:24 AM
"'Don't Be Evil' Gives Google Possible Antitrust Cover" Forbes 11:18 AM
"What's next for RIM's Jim Balsillie?" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 11:22 AM
"No sale: Why a new owner can't save the BlackBerry" InfoWorld 11:24 AM
"New RIM CEO Staying the Course--Time to Jump Ship?" PCWorld 11:46 AM
"Thorsten Heins: Not the right CEO for RIM" Fortune 11:20 AM
"RIM RIP? How Heins can help save the company" TG Daily 1:26 PM
"Kodak Needed A Turnaround Lesson From Steve Jobs" Forbes 12:10 PM
"Digitize Film Movies With Your iPhone Using the LomoKino Adapter" Wired 10:33 AM
"Avaya Flare Communicator iPad App Launches: Flare, originally introduced as a desktop Video device for executives, now brings its UC capabilities to the Apple iPad." InformationWeek 10:31 AM
"Xobni Brings Contact Manager Smartr To The iPhone" TechCrunch 10:31 AM
"New iOS Hack Lets You Natively Tweet By Talking To Siri" TechCrunch 10:31 AM
"Stanford Athletics to pilot instant replay to fan's mobile devices" Insanely Great Mac 10:30 AM
"Speed Blazers Racing Onto The App Store Soon: Action and racing go together like chocolate and peanut butter. Speed Blazers already sounds delicious!" 148Apps 10:30 AM
"Perion Releases New PhotoJoy App for iPad and iPhone" Business Wire 10:19 AM
"Meridian Compensation Partners Unveils Exclusive, New iPad Application for Board Compensation Committee Members" Business Wire 10:18 AM
"New RetailMeNot Mobile Website Innovates the Online Coupon Experience on iOS and Android Handheld Devices" Business Wire 10:18 AM
"New Free Avery® App for the iPad® Mobile Digital Device Offers Easy, On-the-Go Avery® Label Printing" Business Wire 10:18 AM
"Acrobits' Video VoIP-SIP iPhone Application Challenges Skype™ and Apple's Facetime™" Business Wire 10:18 AM
"Naturespace 3-D Audio App Delivers a 'Wow' Moment Like No Other!" Business Wire 10:17 AM
"Xylem's Bell & Gossett ESP-System Syzer® Now Available as a Mobile App" Business Wire 10:17 AM
"macProVideo Launches MPVHub Audio Magazine" PRNewswire 10:16 AM
"Restaurant.com iPhone App Serves Up Dining Deals On the Go" PRNewswire 10:16 AM
"Crimson (USA) LLC Announces New Colors and Finishes Have Been Added to Its Hugely Popular Aluminum Frame Case (AFC) for iPhone 4/4S Product Line" PRNewswire 10:15 AM
"Brother™ Color Inkjet All-in-One Units Now Support AirPrint™" PRNewswire 10:15 AM
"MSN iPad app launched with offline content access" T3 9:45 AM
"Dar-Soft releases PDF Forms 1.5.0 for iPad for comprehensive signing and filling of PDF documents" Dar-Soft Solutions 9:41 AM
"Crayon Stylus Makes Using the iPad Fun" PadGadget 8:59 AM
"Best Buy Launches Remote Control iOS App for Rocketboost Devices" PadGadget 8:59 AM
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail comes to Blu-ray March 6th, brings an iPad app" Engadget 8:59 AM
"Magnus Magnetic Stand for iPad 2 ships this week" Insanely Great Mac 8:58 AM
"How to Help the People Who Make Jailbreaking Possible" iDownload Blog 8:37 AM
"Mobile MORE Field Guide to Life App Keeps Addict On Road to Recovery" LAPTOP Magazine 8:07 AM
"VoiceUtils makes your iPhone 4S wish into a Siri command (Video)" Engadget 8:01 AM
"'Lets Draw Lines'- Time To Have Some Fun On The Board" prMac 9:23 AM
"View Weather Forecasts on your Travels with Weather Router 2.0 for iOS" prMac 9:23 AM
"Sheet Music Reader for iPad Charms Musicians around the World" prMac 7:56 AM
"123 Color, International Edition, Talking Coloring Book for iOS Released" prMac 7:56 AM
"Nynix LLC releases Knots 3D v2.0 for iOS" prMac 7:56 AM
"FingerMusic Player for iOS-Music Player Features Full Screen Play Button" prMac 7:56 AM
"Tristis 1.0 for iOS - Cosmic, Magic Squares, Logic Game with 4 Levels" prMac 7:56 AM
"AirForShare Free/Share Files by Wi-Fi Across All iOS and Windows Devices" prMac 7:56 AM
"VideoGrade - Color Grading for iOS - Made Easy" prMac 7:56 AM
"VersaTimer - Timer/Stopwatch App with Speech and unique Rule System" prMac 7:55 AM
"iTerminal HD - Remote command line utility - Your ultimate admin tool" prMac 7:55 AM
"New App turns your iPhone/iPad into a Scanner, Doc Manager and Printer" prMac 7:55 AM
"Quote Seeker 1.0 For iOS Out Now - Quote Finding Done Right" prMac 7:55 AM
"Live the Simple Life in this innovative new iPhone title" prMac 7:55 AM
"MovieLog - An App That Tracks the Movies You've Watched" prMac 7:55 AM
"Heroes of Pelegrin for iPhone and iPad - New Multiplayer RPG Game App" prMac 7:55 AM
"iOmoney for iPhone - Easy Expense Sharing - With Apple Integration" prMac 7:55 AM
"Writing Kit 2.5 with custom theme now available" prMac 7:54 AM
"GeoLogTag 4.0 geotags iPad and Google+ photos" prMac 7:54 AM
"Get Stellar Preparation For College Writing With High School Writing 3.0" prMac 7:54 AM
"HP doesn't get memo that netbooks are dead, releases $399 Mini 1104" ZDNet 1:47 PM
"HP Mini 1104 With Intel Atom Starts at $399: HP is offering college students a new lightweight, low-cost option, the Mini 1104, which runs a low-power, dual-core Intel Atom processor and starts at $399." eWeek 11:14 AM
"HP palms £316m in DWP desktop deal: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has awarded a significant desktop management contract to HP under the Desktop 21 framework agreement." The Register 1:29 PM
"Microsoft Pulls The Plug On Its Annual Developer Event In Vegas" Business Insider 2:11 PM
"Microsoft to replace Mix with a new developer conference" ZDNet 1:46 PM
"Microsoft names alleged Kelihos botnet creator: Microsoft says the man lives in St. Petersburg and used for work for a computer security software company" IDG News Service 10:44 AM
"Microsoft names ex-antivirus employee as botnet 'suspect'" BBC 10:33 AM
"Microsoft: 'Kelihos' botnet master worked for AV vendor" ZDNet 1:47 PM
"Microsoft reveals launch date for SQL Server 2012: Microsoft will introduce the next generation of its database product March 7, but it's not clear when the release will be generally available" IDG News Service 11:25 AM
"AMD A8-3870K Unlocked Llano Quad-Core APU Review" HotHardware 11:42 AM
"Cisco: Nearly half of IT managers still against BYOD trend" ZDNet 1:47 PM
"Cisco finds firms slow to issue tablets due to security concerns" V3 1:34 PM
"Next Frontier in Piracy: Downloading Physical Objects to Your 3D Printer" Techland 1:31 PM
"Has the patent lottery gone cold?" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:17 AM
"Average Silicon Valley tech salaries now top six figures" TG Daily 1:26 PM
"Average Silicon Valley Tech Salary Passes $100,000" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:49 AM
"Average Silicon Valley Salary Tops $100,000" PC Magazine 11:43 AM
"IT Workers Unlikely to Face Layoffs: Report/Technology job cuts did surge in the second half of 2011, raising concerns about whether the upward trend will continue into 2012." eWeek 11:12 AM
"The Web's Growing Muscle: Tech Industry Rises in Washington by Combining Cash, User Clout" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:51 AM
"No pressure, Mr. Cook.: Wall Street is used to Apple Inc. publishing results that blow through earnings estimates and sales forecasts. And shares have popped accordingly." MarketWatch 3:00 PM
"What could go wrong with Apple's earnings: Analysts are expecting Apple to soar in this quarter's earnings Report, with estimates for record-breaking figures for iPhone, iPad and Mac sales." Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 2:07 PM
"With Apple on Deck, Tech Takes Star Billing" TheStreet 12:54 PM
"Apple, Yahoo, AMD results on deck after hours" MarketWatch 12:38 PM
"Apple: Don't Let the Cheap Valuation Fool You, It Has to Smash Estimates Today" Minyanville 11:58 AM
"Why An Apple Breakout Is Likely After Earnings" Seeking Alpha 11:01 AM
"Asia Markets: Japan advances, Sydney flat in muted Asia" MarketWatch 9:52 AM
"European Stocks Slide: Disappointing earnings, particularly in the European tech sector, and a worrying delay in debt negotiations between Greece and its private creditors resulted in a fall in Europe's main stock markets Tuesday." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1:52 PM
"Europe Markets: Greek debt talks keep Europe stocks under pressure/Blue-chip heavyweights' quarterly results weigh on stocks" MarketWatch 1:52 PM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 2:09 PM
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