How much do the Chinese love their Apple iPads? A lot. Despite delayed launches, they download nearly as many iPad apps as U.S. users
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Thursday Highlights: In yet another blow to Apple, German court rules Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 revision is good-to-go; a new prototype Apple Store set to begin construction in Palo Alto, said to be highly visible, unique; Wired's Rachel Swaby investigates the battle between iCloud and Dropbox; Wetpixel reviews ToneGrade FCPX plug-in; Jim Kerstetter looks back at Steve Jobs' legacy along with tech lessons learned in 2011; iPhone a tough sell in Europe now-a-days; iPad becoming big in the kitchen as a cookbook replacement; China iPad users love iPads almost as much as US users as per App Store downloads; apparently Gannet Company is purchasing thousands of iDevices for reporters to better their newsroom tech; Apple offering big iTunes deals for Boxing Week in Canada; iPhone sales predictions for current quarter number 30.3 million, and 111.4 million for "fiscal 2012"; Apple applies for next-gen fuel-cell devices, Magic Trackpad, and more; Scott Hanselman shows how he lives "a Microsoft lifestyle using Apple iOS products"; Skitch is a new app for iPad, worth a look says VentureBeat; does Apple stand to gain with Microsoft's pull-out at CES?; Jonny Evans says "television is ripe for an Apple moment"; and is it time to retire the "reality distortion field label"?
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"Steve Jobs' legacy and the tech lessons of 2011"?CNET News?8:02 AM
"Distimo: Apple's App Store Still Beats Android On Revenues; Freemium Rules"?paidContent?4:49 AM
"New iPhone? No thanks, say cash-conscious Europeans"?Reuters?4:36 AM
"How much do the Chinese love their Apple iPads? A lot. Despite delayed launches, they download nearly as many iPad apps as U.S. users"?Fortune?9:58 AM
"GCI buys 'thousands' of iPhones and other devices, memo says, in ramp-up of mobile newsroom tech"?Gannett Blog?8:05 AM
"USA Today Parent Company Gannett Stockpiling iDevices for Journalists"?MacTrast?8:05 AM
"1976 letter calls 21-year-old Steve Jobs a hard bargaining, secretive 'joker'"?AppleInsider?4:01 PM
"HTC Announces It's Completed Patent Workaround"?iDownload Blog?8:03 AM
"Apple advertises Boxing Week iTunes sale in Canada, 69-cent songs and albums from $5.99"?9 to 5 Mac?4:36 AM
"More Picture-Takers Are Phoning It In"?AllThingsD?11:58 AM
"Smartphones killing point-and-shoots, now take almost 1/3 of photos"?GigaOM?1:48 PM
"Apple drops 180-day deadline for Complete My Album discount"?SlashGear?8:02 AM
"Video: Santa's Digital Downtime"?AllThingsD?4:03 PM
Non-Apple News
"Seagate backup biz deletes name, restores EVault brand"?The Register?11:17 AM
"Nintendo finds a way to patch Wii Zelda game"?TG Daily?11:16 AM
"Paint-on solar cells could power homes: Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have developed a 'solar paint' that could be slapped on the outside of a house to help generate power for the devices inside."?TG Daily?11:15 AM
"Verizon To Launch a Home Media Server In 2012, Plans To Eliminate Set-Top Box"?TechCrunch?11:12 AM
"3D Printing: A Technology Awaits its iPad Moment"?Computerworld?10:55 AM
"Cricket Becomes Fourth U.S. LTE Carrier"?PC Magazine?10:54 AM
"Sony Xperia Starting Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade in March"?eWeek?10:31 AM
"Self-healing system repairs broken wires, traces"?EE Times?10:31 AM
"Amazon separates servers from IP addresses"?ZDNet UK?11:29 AM
"Amazon adds networking tools for private clouds: Enterprises will be able to connect two virtual networking interfaces to one cloud instance"?IDG News Service?10:22 AM
"Nimbula Launches Cloud Migration Service: Startup urges enterprises with systems running in public clouds to move their workloads to in-house private cloud environments."?InformationWeek?10:43 AM
"RIM: Boy Genius Says Development Issues Delayed BB 10"?Barron's?11:38 AM
"RIM BlackBerry 10 Doesn't Work, Says Insider: BlackBerry 10 is delayed because the software isn't ready, an inside source says, not because the company is waiting for a new chipset as RIM CEOs claim."?InformationWeek?11:42 AM
"Nintendo's President Expecting a Strong Holiday and Says What He Really Thinks of Zynga"?AllThingsD?9:46 AM
"Cellphone Jugglers Seek Best Deals"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?9:40 AM
"Nest Thermostat Teardown Reveals Beautiful Innards, Powerful ARM CPU, Zigbee Radio"?TechCrunch?10:04 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Mac Geek Gab Premium Podcast: MGG 371: Managing Your Media, Viruses, Cool Stuff Found"?The Mac Observer?4:14 PM
"Ask Dave Podcast: Change the Color of an Area without Making a Selection"?Layers Magazine?10:54 AM
"Altec Lansing iMT630 Classic provides good sound in a compact package"?Macworld?8:51 AM
"In iPhone car kit face-off, TuneBase outpaces RoadTrip"?Macworld?11:58 AM
"SHOWWX+ HDMI review: Apple-compatible projector reveals bigger picture"?Macworld UK?4:46 AM
"Review + Giveaway: Case-Mate Barely There Brushed Aluminum case for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4"?TiPb?9:11 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Living a Microsoft lifestyle using Apple iOS products - Lync, OneNote, Xbox for iPhone and iPad and more, oh my"?Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen?4:45 AM
"Microsoft SkyDrive for iOS mini-review"?BetaNews?3:59 PM
"Skitch's new iPad app is worthy of drawing your attention"?VentureBeat?5:19 AM
"WD TV Remote iPhone app: Mostly a hit"?CNET News?3:45 PM
"Rolling Stone's Beatles Album-by-Album Guide Review: Beatles guide delivers, but slightly disappoints"?Macworld?8:51 AM
"Download M.U.S.E. for iPad for a Console-Like Shooter Game Experience"?PadGadget?8:16 AM
"'Wind-up Knight' Review - The Little Knight That Could"?Touch Arcade?4:13 PM
"Curio Review: Escape a mental asylum and insanity at the same time by running as far as possible without letting Ron lose his wits."?148Apps?9:11 AM
"Kingdom Rush Review: Orcs, trolls and evil wizards oh my. Kingdom Rush proves that the tower defense genre is still alive."?148Apps?10:08 AM
"SpySpy Review: SpySpy can be a surprisingly fun action/platformer/espionage kind of game, when the controls aren't getting in the way."?148Apps?4:02 PM
"Blockwick Review: The next step in the evolution of the block sliding puzzler genre."?148Apps?4:02 PM
"The Survivors Review"?148Apps?4:02 PM
"Bj?rk: Solstice Review"?148Apps?4:02 PM
"ZENONIA 4 Review: Get ready to embark on an epic quest, spanning multiple time periods, in ZENONIA's most recent and refined offering."?148Apps?8:08 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to prevent stolen iMessages"?Macworld?5:48 PM
"How to use Siri to type on your Mac"?MacFixIt?4:13 PM
"Google's Andy Rubin optimistic about Apple's ITC win against HTC"?SlashGear?5:55 PM
"A Samsung vs Apple Argument"?iSource?4:12 PM
"Microsoft, Apple Mount Legal Attack on Android"?Forbes?4:03 PM
"iPhone is for games, Android is for other apps"?GigaOM?3:49 PM
"Will Apple's upcoming 'prototype' store serve coffee?"?CNET News?3:45 PM
"Steve Jobs, Eddie Stobart and other business icons who died in 2011"?Telegraph?11:58 AM
"Steve Jobs on Video games as the future of learning [Video]?The Next Web?11:58 AM
"Siri 2.0: How to serve me better"?ZDNet?11:29 AM
"How U.S. Carriers Fool You Into Thinking Your iPhone 4S Is Unlocked"?Forbes?10:52 AM
"I Used to Be a TV Producer, Until Apple Canceled My Show"?Wired?10:08 AM
"Support Vs. Optimization: Dealing With Mobile Web Browsers"?Webmonkey?10:07 AM
"Apple Versus AT&T: Who Makes the Money?"?Forbes?9:59 AM
"The vacuum left in presenting on things technology now that Steve Jobs has gone. Can All Things Digital's Kara Swisher fill the gap? Um, er, No."?Les Posen's Presentation Magic?8:08 AM
"Apple's Juicy 2012 Hardware Harvest"?MacNewsWorld?8:04 AM
"Smart TV is ready for the Apple television moment"?Computerworld?7:48 AM
"Was Woz Right?" ["Steve Wozniak, Apple's co-founder, alleged that a company like his could have never emerged in 'structured' Singapore, a place he said does not encourage people to think for themselves and dishes out 'severe' punishment for bad behavior."]?WSJ Blogs?4:49 AM
"Explosions, delays and smaller iPads: iPad 3 rumour roundup for the past week"?Network World?4:48 AM
"The Steve Jobs Statue & the Four-Dimensional Visionaries of BIM"?ReadWriteWeb?4:48 AM
"Judge: 'We don't think someone buys a Samsung to make his table neighbor at the coffee house believe he owns an iPad'"?9 to 5 Mac?8:03 AM
"Apple May Get To Remove Obvious Features From Android"?Techdirt?4:34 AM
Non-Apple
"Will There Ever Be A Universal, MP3-Like Standard For E-Books?"?paidContent?11:38 AM
"Best of Google Maps and Google Earth 2011" [Slideshow]?PCWorld?10:55 AM
"Gadget Round Up: Some of the coolest gadgets Technology Review has come across in the past year." [Video Report]?Technology Review?11:13 AM
"The 12 Coolest Gadgets: Take a look at some of the most interesting, drool-worthy, and lust-inducing products to pass through the PCMag Labs lately."?PC Magazine?10:54 AM
"3 game-changers in the cloud: Get ready -- or else"?InfoWorld?10:45 AM
"The tech industry's biggest bozos of 2011: L?o Apotheker, Mark Zuckerberg, Reed Hastings, and the RIM twins are the bozos of the year, along with the iPhone 5 rumormongers"?InfoWorld?10:44 AM
"Samsung Focus S: Slick Windows Phone -- for consumers only/The sleek smartphone's Windows Phone 7.5 'Mango' OS has real appeal, but it can't work in most businesses"?InfoWorld?10:44 AM
"Who should kick off CES with Microsoft no longer opening the show?"?Houston Chronicle?10:42 AM
"Mark your calendar now for the big data days of 2012"?GigaOM?10:39 AM
"Webpages showing sharp growth in girth"?BBC?10:16 AM
"The 12 treats of Christmas: 2011's best tech releases/From the perfect camera to the top phone, read David Phelan's guide to this year's must-have gadgets"?The Independent?10:46 AM
"Last Minute Christmas Gifts: Chargers as Stocking Stuffers"?ABCNews?10:15 AM
"7 Strategies For Better Database Security In 2012"?InformationWeek?10:08 AM
"Why Skyrim is Not My Game of the Year"?Forbes?9:55 AM
"Is there a cloud bubble? There are plenty of signs that the cloud computing market is maturing -- including blockbuster acquisitions. But is it starting to froth?"?Fortune?9:52 AM
"2012: The Year Of The Disposable Computer"?Seeking Alpha?9:52 AM
"Android tablets to buy if you don't want (or can't afford) an Apple iPad 2"?Bloomberg [Free Registration Required]?9:50 AM
"The Tech.pinions Predictions For 2012"?Tech.pinions?8:59 AM
"Opinion: The best hope for the future of Firefox/Even as Google extends Mozilla's funding for another three years, Firefox is losing market share"?PCWorld?4:48 AM
"Good Riddance: 9 Bad Tech Ideas That Expired In 2011"?Business Insider?4:48 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Siri: The Holiday Horror Movie"?TiPb?8:52 AM
"DOS Emulator Returns To The App Store"?App Advice?5:34 PM
"Virgin thinks your iPhone needs an ugly holiday sweater, too"?The Next Web?4:13 PM
"Autodesk acquires T-Splines technology assets"?Architosh?11:50 AM
"Law And Order Legacies Game For iOS Released"?AppleBitch?11:28 AM
"Just Kik it: New Kik API lets you share from any app across iOS, Android"?VentureBeat?11:02 AM
"Grab it While You Can: iMAME Emulator App for iOS"?Wired?10:07 AM
"Put a Moog synthesizer on your iPhone for 99 cents"?CNET News?10:00 AM
"Jeff Gamet Looks at Kindle Fire, Holiday Gifts The Tech Lounge"?The Mac Observer?9:57 AM
"LogMeIn: Now free on iOS"?ZDNet?11:28 AM
"LogMeIn Offers a Free Remote Access App for iOS with the Ability to View, Control, and Access Files"?Lifehacker?9:15 AM
"UnlockFX: Add New Unlock Animations to Your iPhone"?iDownload Blog?9:02 AM
"Gorgeous-looking platformer Crazy Hedgy dashes onto the iPhone and iPad"?PocketGamer?8:57 AM
"On My Holiday Wish List -Seagate GoFlex"?MacNews Blog?8:56 AM
"Creative Gear for under $50" [Slideshow]?Macworld?8:03 AM
"Hype: iPhone-controlled helicopter and get creative with a shoe-painting kit"?McClatchy-Tribune?8:01 AM
"Top 10 must-have iPad games for 2012"?iPad.Blorge?7:49 AM
"Proven Jailbreak/Unlock Software Available For iPhone 4S/4 iOS 5.0.1"?PRWeb?5:37 AM
"Best Sudoku App for iPad & iPhone Launches New Update On Apple's iTunes App Store"?PRWeb?5:37 AM
"Premium iPhone and iPad Live-Looper Instrument App 'Loopy' Up To 50% Off For Holiday Period"?PRWeb?5:37 AM
"Mega Man X comes to iPhone, fans hate the result"?VentureBeat?11:59 AM
"Mega Man X available on iPhone and iPod Touch, includes in-app purchase upgrades"?The Verge?5:31 AM
"Evernote's Skitch Arrives On iPad...iPhone Version Still 'In The Works'"?TechCrunch?10:04 AM
"Skitch now available on iPad"?TiPb?4:48 AM
"Kindle for iOS updated with PDF, newspaper and magazine support"?BGR?4:48 AM
"An Emergency Kit For Children With Books-Are-Boring Syndrome"?prMac?3:45 PM
"The Perfect Tree for iPad Spruces Up the Holidays"?prMac?9:58 AM
"Move your files from your computer to iOS freely with SyncMeApp"?prMac?9:58 AM
"Play N Wish Merry XMas turns finding Xtmas cards into a gaming adventure"?prMac?9:58 AM
"The Ultimate Stain Removal Tips App is Out"?prMac?9:23 AM
"Feel the spirit of summer in the middle of winter with Farm Mania iPhone"?prMac?9:11 AM
"Letters App - Version 1.0 - educational ABC iPad game"?prMac?8:57 AM
"Play virtually with a friend in real time with Playtime Anna"?prMac?8:57 AM
"Scribble Press Launches iPad App"?prMac?7:50 AM
"Britton Mobile Development Releases Portfolio for iPhone"?prMac?7:50 AM
"Lord of the Runes from Nevosoft Now Available on the App Store"?prMac?5:40 AM
"Bubble Breaker - An award winning puzzle game for your iPhone/iPod"?prMac?5:38 AM
"Dirty Hip Hop mini for iPod and iPhone released by Digifilm"?prMac?5:35 AM
"MacPhun Christmas Sale of 7 amazing apps including new app Cartoonatic+"?prMac?5:34 AM
"Lightwood Games brings daily one-minute word challenge to iPhone/iPad"?prMac?5:34 AM
"SmartHF Releases First Wi-Fi Heart Rate Monitor for iPhone, iPad"?prMac?5:16 AM
"PhatWare Releases WritePad for iPhone, Offering Multilingual Handwriting"?prMac?5:16 AM
"PegLight 2 v1.0 Free for iOS - Color Pegs Drawing Tool for Kids Improved"?prMac?5:16 AM
"Gravity Cave - One button puzzle game for iPhone, iPad and Facebook"?prMac?5:16 AM
"iPhone GPS improves Calorie Accuracy"?prMac?4:55 AM
"idig Co presents the AmazingZoo for iPad"?prMac?4:47 AM
"Pocket Informant 2.Oh! Integrating Events, Tasks, Contacts and Notes"?prMac?4:47 AM
"FLK VocalPost 2.0 for iPhone and Android"?prMac?4:47 AM
"Face-Mnemo released for iOS - Digital Memory Trainer"?prMac?4:47 AM
"Pink Princess Games Launches Princessy Cupcakes - Children's Mobile App"?prMac?4:47 AM
"Chopstick Flick - New Sushi Game Challenges Diners to Play with Food"?prMac?4:47 AM
"TheDataManager releases Raghavan's Indian Flavors 1.0 for iPad"?prMac?4:30 AM
"Mindshapes Releases Tap-A-Tune App For iPad, iPhone and iPod touch"?prMac?4:30 AM
Finances
(Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
"Apple's Stock to Fall 50% ... and Other Outrageous Predictions for 2012"?Forbes?4:03 PM
"Apple's Stock to Fall 50% and Other 2012 Predictions"?TheStreet?11:01 AM
"U.S. stocks lifted by economic data/For 2011: Dow up 5.1%, S&P 500 off 0.3%, Nasdaq down 2%"?MarketWatch?5:31 PM
"Financials Lead Wall Street Higher"?FOXBusiness?5:32 PM
"Stocks Gain Steam on U.S. Economy"?TheStreet?5:32 PM
"Stocks end higher on positive jobs data"?CNNMoney?5:32 PM
"Stocks Finish Higher as Banks, Tech Lead"?CNBC?5:33 PM
"Dow Makes It Three in a Row: Stocks headed into the last day of trading before Christmas in good cheer, notching a third straight advance on a batch of better-than-expected economic readings."?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?5:33 PM
"Stock futures fall from highs on mixed economic news"?CNNMoney?9:36 AM
"Mexican stocks up after U.S. labor, consumer data"?MarketWatch?2:56 PM
"Sydney, Tokyo Shares Fall"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?9:47 AM
"Asia Stocks Decline on European Bank Loans, U.S. Home Sales"?Bloomberg?11:21 AM
"Asian techs slip after Oracle disappointment"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?11:38 AM
"Asia Markets: Asia markets fall as Europe debt jitters weigh"?MarketWatch?9:43 AM
"Europe Markets: Banks, resources lift Europe's benchmark/Hungarian stocks tumble after S&P downgrade"?MarketWatch?9:43 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m."?Associated Press?2:58 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at 1 p.m."?Associated Press?2:58 PM
"Are Technology Stocks In Trouble?"?Forbes?11:36 AM
"Oracle Selloff Creates Bargains for Other Software Stocks"?TheStreet?9:37 AM
"2 Undervalued 'Safe Harbor' Tech Stocks"?Seeking Alpha?9:55 AM
"Storm clouds over Nasdaq will part in 2012"?MarketWatch?9:47 AM
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