"Apple Reports Third Quarter Results: Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 third quarter ended June 30, 2012. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $35.0 billion and quarterly net profit of $8.8 billion, or $9.32 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $28.6 billion and net profit of $7.3 billion, or $7.79 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 42.8 percent compared to 41.7 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 62 percent of the quarter's revenue." Apple 4:44 PM
"Apple Reports Third Quarter Results" ["The Company sold 26.0 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 28 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 17.0 million iPads during the quarter, an 84 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 4.0 million Macs during the quarter, a two percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 6.8 million iPods, a 10 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter."] Business Wire 3:32 PM
"Apple has rare miss on pre-iPhone lull, global economy" Reuters 4:46 PM
"Apple Shares Slump After Big Earnings Miss" WSJ Blogs 3:42 PM
"Apple Earnings: A Bummer, Not a Beat" AllThingsD 3:42 PM
"Record iPad sales help Apple enjoy revenue, profit growth" Macworld 5:31 PM
"Apple Q3 earnings: $35B in revenue, 26M iPhones, 17M iPads/Apple missed Wall Street's expectations for its third-quarter earnings, but the company beat its own estimates, and set a record for iPad sales." CNET News 4:52 PM
"Apple misses forecasts despite big iPad sales" CNNMoney 5:03 PM
"Apple Sales and Profit Miss Analysts' Estimates" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:52 PM
"Apple: Inventory Levels Were A Big Factor in Company's Lower Sales and Outlook" AllThingsD 4:46 PM
"Apple misses revenue target: Apple also disclosed that iOS 6 will arrive in the fall, but there was no word on its next iPhone" Computerworld 6:10 PM
"Apple earnings jump, but miss estimates" MarketWatch 3:38 PM
"Apple's earnings disappoint. Shares fall over $30 after hours" Fortune 7:30 PM
"A miss: Apple sells 26 million iPhones in third quarter" CNET News 4:52 PM
"Apple Posts Rare Q3 Miss, $35B Revenue, $8.8B Profit" The Mac Observer 4:47 PM
"Halo effect helps Apple sell 4 million Macs in Q3: Numbers held down by 13 percent year-over-year decline in desktops due to ongoing shift toward portable computers." CNET News 4:52 PM
"Apple sells record 17 million iPads in latest quarter" CNET News 4:52 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook: rumors are a 'great thing about this country'/Apple's Q3 earnings call left us with Mountain Lion's launch date, too." Ars Technica 6:58 PM
"Apple Sold 17 Million iPads Last Quarter" Business Insider 3:39 PM
"Apple TV outsells Xbox 360 in latest quarter, still a 'hobby'" GeekWire 9:11 PM
"Apple TV sales up 170%, reaches installed base of 6.8 million AirPlay-ready HDTVs" AppleInsider 9:22 PM
"Tim Cook: 1.3M Apple TVs sold in Q3, up 170% from a year ago" VentureBeat 5:07 PM
"Tim Cook: We Still Believe in Apple TV, May Lead Somewhere" The Mac Observer 6:10 PM
"Apple Still Generating Boatloads of Cash" WSJ Blogs 4:46 PM
"AAPL Conf Call: No Sign of Economic Issues in US, China" Barron's 4:46 PM
"Apple announces shareholder diVidend payout to occur August 16, 2012" AppleInsider 7:29 PM
Apple News
"New iPhone: big key to Apple's future" Associated Press 8:33 AM
"IPhone 5 Takes a Bite Out of Apple's Growth" [Video Report] Bloomberg 8:31 AM
"All eyes on Apple's earnings: Estimates are sharply divided/The pros are looking for earnings of $10.32 on sales of $37B. The indies are at $12.29 and $41.5B." Fortune 8:27 AM
"What to expect from Apple's third-quarter earnings" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:26 AM
"Apple Earnings: A Basic Beat or a Blowout?" AllThingsD 8:29 AM
"Apple Earnings Will Be Phenomenal, But What's Next?" Breakout 8:32 AM
"Apple earnings: Expecting big iPad, slow iPhone sales" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 12:54 PM
"Apple to report results as eyes turn to iPhone 5" Associated Press 10:23 AM
"Apple Earnings Preview: Despite Growth, Some Issues Overhanging" 24/7 Wall St. 10:23 AM
"DoJ Undeterred by Furor Over Apple Antitrust Charges" MacNewsWorld 8:36 AM
"Judge calls Apple and Samsung 'ridiculous' over patent tiff" Crave @ CNET 8:27 AM
"Apple seeks $2.5 billion in damages from Samsung, offers half a cent per standard-essential patent" Foss Patents 8:35 AM
"Apple wants 'billions' from Samsung in patent case: The two will meet for the final time in court today before a trial begins next week" IDG News Service 10:22 AM
"Apple to Samsung: Your patents are worth half a penny per unit" Fortune 10:24 AM
"Apple Wants a Whopping $2.5 Billion From Samsung in Patent Suit" Wired 6:59 PM
"Apple's Pretrial Salvo: It Demands Over $2.5 Billion From Samsung in Patent Case" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:00 PM
"Apple and Samsung patent settlement talks hit deadlock" V3 8:54 AM
"Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 banned in EU in fresh Apple patent twist/Mixed news for Samsung: while its redesigned Galaxy Tab 10.1N can go on sale, its smaller Galaxy Tab 7.7 will see a sales ban in Germany extend to the entire EU." CNET News 8:20 AM
"German appeals court clears Samsung's modified 10.1-inch tablet, bans 7.7-inch version EU-wide" Foss Patents 8:34 AM
"Apple Poll: Cook's Doing a Great Job" TheStreet 12:54 PM
"Apple to ship Mountain Lion on Wednesday" Macworld 5:40 PM
"Apple's Mountain Lion launches tomorrow: Apple's next major release of OS X arrives tomorrow in the Mac App Store. It first debuted in mid-February." CNET News 9:02 PM
"Mountain Lion To Prowl Wednesday" MacNews 4:47 PM
"OS X Mountain Lion to Launch Wednesday" The Mac Observer 4:48 PM
"Apple to unleash OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion on Wednesday, July 25th" MacDailyNews 5:22 PM
"Mountain Lion so close you can almost smell it?" iTWire 8:07 AM
"Bought a New Mac Recently? Get a Free Mountain Lion Upgrade" PC Magazine 10:48 AM
"Bought a Mac after June 10? Get a free upgrade to Mountain Lion" CNET News 10:24 AM
"Windows malware slips into Apple's iOS App Store: It's a low-threat malware package that won't hurt iOS or MacOS but may pop Windows users who manage the app in their iTunes account." MacFixIt 12:54 PM
"Cats On The Prowl: The Evolution of Mac OS X From Cheetah To Mountain Lion [Gallery] Cult of Mac 1:35 PM
"New Apple Mac Trojan Called OSX/Crisis Discovered by Intego Virus Team" Intego 1:45 PM
"New Mac trojan 'OS/X Crisis' discovered" VentureBeat 2:51 PM
"New Mac Trojan Sidesteps User Permissions" The Mac Observer 7:14 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Aperture 3.3: AVCHD clips may not import if folder structure on card is altered" Apple Support 9:28 PM
"Remote Desktop: Unable to authenticate with Mobile Users" Apple Support 7:00 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Getting Ready for Mountain Lion: Performing the upgrade" TUAW 6:41 PM
"Macgo Blu-ray Player Lets Macs Display Blu-ray Movies" Low End Mac 9:15 AM
"Apple Warms Up to Hackers, Plans Presentation at Black Hat" Bloomberg 10:29 AM
"Apple to formally attend Black Hat Security Conference for the first time" Network World 10:28 AM
"Apple to speak at Black Hat conference this Thursday" The Verge 10:29 AM
"Head of iOS security to speak at Black Hat for the first time: Researcher Charlie Miller isn't sure the talk will offer much new info, though." Ars Technica 1:36 PM
"iOS Soars Ahead of Android Development As Apple Quietly Makes Move Into The Enterprise Market" TechCrunch 7:48 AM
"Apple opens up lead on Android in enterprise mobile app dev: Developers are rapidly losing interest in Windows Phone 7, but see potential in Windows 8" InfoWorld 8:22 AM
"Survey: iOS beating Android for business apps, creating opportunity for Windows 8" GeekWire 8:45 AM
"Even with slowing sales, iPhone makes up majority of US smartphones sold" Ars Technica 1:34 PM
"Exclusive: Apple, Samsung chiefs disagree on patent values: source" Reuters 10:21 AM
"AT&T Reports 10 Percent Earnings Growth, Strong Revenue and Margin Gains and Best-Ever Wireless Margins and Churn In Second-Quarter Results" ["In the quarter, the company activated 3.7 million iPhones, with 22 percent new to AT&T."] AT&T 8:28 AM
"AT&T posts Q2 profit of $3.9B, sells 3.7M iPhones" CNET News 8:19 AM
"The iPhone Accounted For 73% Of AT&T's Smartphone Activation Last Quarter" TechCrunch 8:51 AM
"Both Verizon, AT&T see iPhone activations slip" GigaOM 10:56 AM
"Radio Shack Offering 'Refreshed' and 'Remanufactured' 16GB iPhone 4S for $99.99" MacRumors 2:58 PM
"Despite massive promos for Windows Phone and Android, 3/4ths AT&T's smartphones sold were Apple iPhones" MacDailyNews 8:38 AM
"Samsung Surges but Apple 'iPhone 5" Advance Demand Looms Large – ChangeWave Research" MacPrices 12:51 PM
"Chinese iPhone Owners more 'Elegant and Romantic' than Android Owners" The Next Web 8:53 AM
"iPhone users are 'elegant and romantic': According to Chinese Yelp equivalent, based on research" Macworld UK 8:52 AM
"College only has eyes for iPads: Regis takes step away from textbooks, buys tablets for all" Boston Herald 8:13 AM
"Rebel Sports uses Blink Mobility for OH&S audits" iTWire 8:05 AM
"Apple Features Martin Scorsese in Siri Ad" The Mac Observer 8:21 AM
"Grum botnet briefly returns from the dead" V3 11:27 AM
"Novell offers IT control over mobile devices with Zenworks Mobile Management" V3 11:26 AM
"San Francisco is fast becoming a technology hub" USA Today 11:25 AM
"Ouya will be as small as a Rubik's Cube" TG Daily 11:21 AM
"Blackberry 10 to have voice control" TG Daily 11:20 AM
"Black Hat makes light of accidental password-reset email" CSO 10:52 AM
"2012 Olympics Tech: For the Athletes" PC Magazine 10:48 AM
"Vizio's Google TV Set-top Box Goes on Sale for $99.99" IDG News Service 10:51 AM
"Google Doodle Celebrates Amelia Earhart" Wired 11:30 AM
"Google Doodle Honors Amelia Earhart" PCWorld 10:50 AM
"Google Unveils International Science Fair Winners" PC Magazine 10:48 AM
"Kenyans use cell phones for everything from buying groceries to paying rent" NBC News 10:42 AM
"Adobe Ships Technical Communication Suite 4" eWeek 10:17 AM
"Chip set shortage, weak economy mars Fairchild's sales growth" EE Times 10:16 AM
"Silent update speeds Firefox 14 uptake: Pushes newest version to a 46% share of all Firefox browsers in 7 days" Computerworld 10:12 AM
"STMicro Sees Third-Quarter Sales Trailing Estimates" Bloomberg 10:06 AM
"Stuxnet thwarted by control code update: German engineering giant Siemens has issued a fix for the software loopholes used by the notorious Stuxnet worm." BBC 10:05 AM
"Lexmark Falls After Earnings Forecast Trails Estimates" Bloomberg 9:41 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"023 - Seattle Is Not Like Italy: This week, on the eve of Mountain Lion's release, Stephen and Myke talk about the Nexus 7, the possibility of a smaller iPad, Stephen's losing battle with the iBooks Author EULA and backpacks." 70 Decibels 8:59 PM
"Mike Hardaker Talks About 645 Pro, A Pro-Level iPhone Camera App" MacVoicesTV 2:25 PM
"Two brilliant analysts discuss Apple's future: Android and entropy are the biggest challenges" Covestor 8:10 AM
"Apple Planning 'All-New' iPod Touch and iPod Nano for September Launch?" MacRumors 7:48 AM
"Apple to Update iPod Touch with 4-Inch Display, A5 Chip, Buffed Aluminum Rear Shell?" MacRumors 8:36 AM
"New iPod Touch could match taller size of new iPhone: The next-generation iPod Touch could sport the same tall four-inch display expected to pop up on the iPhone 5." CNET News 8:20 AM
"Supply Chain Intelligence Details Major Fall Releases In All Of Apple's Product Lines" Forbes 8:27 AM
"iPad Mini to debut in September, says analyst" CNET News 8:21 AM
"Kuo: 'iPad Mini' and 13-Inch MacBook Pro To Be Introduced, Later This Year" RazorianFly 8:39 AM
"Mac News: iPhone: New Dock Connector Would Be Huge Boon for iThingy Makers" MacNewsWorld 2:26 PM
"iPhone 5 new connector could get adaptor to save your dock" Crave @ CNET 8:27 AM
"Apple's iOS 6 Removes Password Prompts for Free Apps" PCWorld 8:22 AM
"Apple says Samsung doesn't know its chips: Apple asserts there is more than one way to implement an industry standard that does not violate Samsung's patent" IDG News Service 8:23 AM
"13-inch Retina MacBook Pro to arrive September, says analyst" CNET News 8:53 AM
"Outlook and PowerPoint for iOS spotted in Microsoft job postings" The Verge 8:45 AM
"Going native on apps can get Apple user loyalty: Apple's efforts to rein in its reliance on third-party apps with the next iteration of its iOS mobile operating system (OS) will help Cupertino gain a competitive edge over rivals and win customer loyalty. These native apps, though, should focus on communications rather than basic functions such as e-mail or calendaring." ZDNet 11:36 AM
"How 'Siri Eyes Free' Will Team With Your Car's Voice Tech" Wired 11:34 AM
"18 Notable Apple Alumni" [Slideshow] Network World 10:56 AM
"Is AT&T's iPhone dominance slipping?" ZDNet 10:54 AM
"To be or not to be like Steve Jobs?" Inc. 10:26 AM
"Apple: Being great without the insanity" MoneyWatch 8:57 AM
"Why Apple needs to reinvent the television" Stemmings 8:37 AM
"Will Nokia Eat Apple's Lunch? Not So Fast" TheStreet 8:26 AM
"Why Apple Will Lose the War for the Living Room" The Motley Fool 8:26 AM
"Why the iPhone 5 will be the most expensive iPhone ever" Macenstein 8:36 AM
"Rumor: Massive Changes To Apple's Product Line In The Fall" Apple Bitch 8:09 AM
"The Stacked Deck: How Apple Runs Up The Numbers, Quarter After Quarter" PixoBebo 8:07 AM
"Apple planning to release 4-inch iPod Touch alongside redesigned iPhone-esque iPod Nano" Edible Apple 9:26 AM
"Apple May Change The Dock Connector In The iPhone 5, but No Reason To Panic" AppleBitch 8:04 AM
"Apple Siri Ad Features Martin Scorsese" Business Insider 8:57 AM
"DoJ defends controversial e-book suit" TG Daily 8:57 AM
"Reality Bites: DOJ takes down Apple, publishers ebook defenses" Gravitational Pull 7:59 AM
Non-Apple
"Rear Projection vs. LCD vs. Plasma" CNET Reviews 11:46 AM
"Motorola Atrix HD Review: The Mid-Range Gets Good" Techland 11:24 AM
"Save time with these three Chrome extensions" CNET 11:46 AM
"Warning: Battery-saver app on Android is malware" ZDNet 11:35 AM
"Android 4.1 Jelly Bean review: Google's mobile upgrade chewed over" Register Hardware 11:23 AM
"The evolution of small screens" TG Daily 11:21 AM
"The 10 Best Cheap Prepaid Phone Plans You've Never Heard Of" PC Magazine 10:49 AM
"Which is the right back-to-school computer for your kids?" tecca 10:44 AM
"Time off to innovate: Good idea or a waste of tech talent?" Computerworld 10:29 AM
"3 new roadblocks to cloud computing" InfoWorld 10:29 AM
"4 tech trends in IT disaster recovery: Cloud services, virtualization, mobile devices, and social networking can keep your business going when catastrophes hit" CSO 10:28 AM
"Why you should embrace the cost of mobile" InfoWorld 10:28 AM
"Motherboard players may see single-digit percentage growth in 3Q12 shipments" DigiTimes 10:16 AM
"SSDs still no threat to notebook hard drives: Pricing for SSD-equipped notebooks must below $700 to be competitive with devices that use hard drives, researcher says" Computerworld 10:12 AM
"Western Digital My Net N900 HD Dual-Band Router Review" HotHardware 9:45 AM
"The Shift Toward Mobile Computing Can't Stop Google" Seeking Alpha 9:44 AM
"Hawtin: Google May be Clouded by Motorola Purchase" [Video Report] Bloomberg 9:44 AM
"Will The RIM-Pire Strike Back?" Seeking Alpha 9:43 AM
"Will Nokia Eat Apple's Lunch? Not So Fast" TheStreet 9:43 AM
"VMware Buys Nicira: Start Of Networking Wars?" InformationWeek 9:59 AM
"Why did VMware buy Nicira?" GigaOM [Free Registration Required] 9:31 AM
"Here's the app that could kill Facebook" MarketWatch 9:30 AM
"Will Falling PC Sales Drag HP Down?" The Motley Fool 9:40 AM
"Microsoft Tops H-1B Visa Employer List: Software and tech services companies dominate the 25 biggest corporate users of the labor-import program." InformationWeek 10:25 AM
"Survey says developers see Apple winning in mobile in enterprise; possible opening for Microsoft" Seattle Times 11:05 AM
"Microsoft, TheFind Boost Catalog Shopping With HTML5" PC Magazine 10:48 AM
"Dell offers new laptops with Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Dell's commitment to the Linux OS grows with its new Precision mobile workstations that offer RHEL 6 as an option" IDG News Service 10:29 AM
"Dell launches first laptop with a stereo 3D screen for creative pros: New line of Dell Precision mobile workstations add Intel's 'Ivy Bridge' processors." Digital Arts 11:18 AM
"Dell brings 3D display technology to refreshed Precision notebook line" V3 11:27 AM
"Dell uncloaks trio of muscular mobile workstations: Two no-nonsense workhorses and one 'shiny object'" The Register 11:23 AM
"Cisco wins EU approval for $5 billion NDS acquisition" Reuters 9:38 AM
"Cisco Wins EU Approval To Buy Digital-Video Company NDS Group" Bloomberg 9:39 AM
"Cisco's Takeover of NDS Get EU Go-ahead" IDG News Service 10:50 AM
"Cisco to Cut 1,300 Jobs as Corporate Spending Slows Amid Economic Concerns" eWeek 10:17 AM
"Oracle resists Google's demand for $4 million in court costs: The case's mixed results means each side should pay their own freight, Oracle argues" Computerworld 6:11 PM
"Victoria University chooses IBM cluster to crunch radio wave data" Computerworld New Zealand 8:49 PM
"IBM cluster powers Murchison Widefield Array's radio telescope, answers mysteries of the universe faster than ever (Video)" Engadget 9:20 PM
"Key Console Player Leaves Advanced Micro For Nvidia" Forbes 11:43 AM
"Clemson CIO tapped for new Internet2 post: CIO Jim Bottum will seek to expand research network's reach" Network World 10:52 AM
"Senate to consider stronger cybersecurity measures" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:32 AM
"The Latest Threat: A Virus Made Just for You/Malware authors are finding ways to make automated analysis harder for antivirus firms." Technology Review 11:17 AM
"Escaping the Microsoft Web: The Future of Managing Windows in the Enterprise" Forbes 11:44 AM
"Apples Shares Fall as Much as 6% Post Market" [Video Report] Bloomberg 5:04 PM
"Apple is Still the Best Growth Name in Tech: Wu" [Video Report] Bloomberg 5:04 PM
"Apple Disappoints, But Adds $7 Billion To Balance Sheet" Seeking Alpha 4:56 PM
"Without saying no, Apple's Tim Cook teases upcoming iPhone 5: CEO Tim Cook doesn't flatly rule out the possibility of a fall product" CNET News 4:52 PM
"Apple disappoints as iPhone sales abate" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 4:48 PM
"A miss: 26 million iPhones in Apple Q3" CNET News 4:48 PM
"iPhone, iPad, Mac sales all increase in latest fiscal quarter" MacNews 4:47 PM
"Apple Just Gave Stock Market a Big Headache" CNBC 4:46 PM
"TMO Live Coverage: Apple Q3 Earnings Report" The Mac Observer 4:46 PM
"Live updates on Apple's earnings" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 2:58 PM
"Reaction to Apple's Earnings: Holland 'I'm Sad'" [Video Report] Bloomberg 5:04 PM
"TMO Coverage: Apple Q3 Earnings Report Today" The Mac Observer 8:42 AM
"Liveblog: Apple's FY2012 Q3 earnings call today, July 24 at 2pm PDT" Ars Technica 8:40 AM
"Join us live for Apple's Q3 earnings call today: Apple's on deck to report its third-quarter earnings today. Join CNET for live coverage of the company's conference call." CNET News 8:19 AM
"Is Apple Gearing Up for Another Blowout Quarter?" Mashable 10:26 AM
"Tavis McCourt on Apple Earnings Outlook, Strategy" [Video Report] Bloomberg 10:31 AM
"Piper Jaffray's Munster Sees 'Air Pocket' For IPhone (Audio)" Bloomberg 10:31 AM
"Dow Falls to Third Triple-Digit Loss in a Row" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:50 PM
"Stocks: China lessens the gloom" CNNMoney 9:20 AM
"U.K. stocks drop as worries mount over euro zone: Banks and oil firms weigh on stocks" MarketWatch 11:42 AM
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks lifted by improving China data/Cnooc shares tumble in Hong Kong after $15.1 billion Nexen deal" MarketWatch 9:25 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks continue downturn; Spain drops/Italy's FTSE MIB closes at lowest level on record; Software AG rallies" MarketWatch 11:40 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 1:38 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at 1 p.m." Associated Press 1:38 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies" CBS News 5:52 PM
"Markets pressured by Spanish bailout fears as country's borrowing rates keep rising" Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 9:32 AM
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