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Twitter 3.0 Has Arrived, Somali Terrorists Launch Twitter Feed, Microsoft And GE Team Up For Health Care IT

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Inside The Papal iPad, Reid Hoffman Expects Facebook IPO In Early 2012, iPad Magazine Readers Want More

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Apple: Does This Spaceship Make My Glass Look Big?

Apple's proposed new "spaceship" building in Cupertino features curved glass and an engineering challenge that makes solving the antennagate and white iPhone problems look cinchy.READ MORE

iFive: More Sony Hacks, Apple Store Refresh, Foxconn Explosion, Copyright Site Seizures, Time Warner Vs. Municipal Nets

Monday may be "a terrible way to spend one seventh of your life," as the saying goes, but at least you have the early news, elegantly served with our summary:READ MORE

A Sneak Peek At The Apple Store's 10th Anniversary Makeover

Ta-DA! Apple stores are getting a facelift for their 10th anniversary, complete with iPad-driven shopping experiences, huge digital displays, and an upgraded sound system (assuming the rumors are true, that is). READ MORE

iFive: AOL Job Cuts, SpaceX Expands Facility, Apple-Canon Partnership, UAV Automatic Refueling, Pop-Up Apple SXSW Store

1. AOL is expected to lay off between 400 and 500 people in the U.S. today (about 8-10% of its staff), as part of its push to make itself more profitable. The content side of AOL is likely to take the biggest hit, due to the new ...READ MORE

Apple's Concierge App Lets Store Customers Check-In Foursquare Style

A location-based app for Apple Store customers may just speed up the in-store experience for the firm's users--and increase profits in the process.READ MORE

Apple's App Store Gets Its Own Apple Store App--Seriously

Apple's App Store is right now carrying the Apple Store app. If that statement doesn't twist reality up in a Doctor Who style for you, then read on to find out about its iPhone-buying powers (from an iPhone!) and Genius session ...READ MORE

Apple Store Cube Is More Popular Landmark Than Statue of Liberty: Cornell Report

A Cornell study says the Cube came in at number 28 worldwide, and number 5 in New York City.READ MORE

Apple's Revamping Its Retail Stores, and Growing Trees Inside

This past October, Microsoft was all aflutter with the launch of Windows 7 and its very own retail store. And those stores bore an uncanny resemblance to Apple's. Apple is now fighting back with a "new prototype for the ...READ MORE

Mon Dieu! Apple Store Coming to the Louvre

There's a price for everything, even in the Louvre: Tomorrow, Apple will be opening up their very first Parisian Apple Store, and it'll sit in the concourse right below I.M. Pei's glass pyramid. According to Bloomberg, this will ...READ MORE

Three Things We Don't Want to See in Apple's Disney Store Makeover

The upcoming makeover of Disney's high street Disney Stores at the hand of Steve Jobs has the news feeds buzzing. Disney's going high tech? Very 21st Century--but here are three things we'd rather not see in the Apple-fied stores.READ MORE

Are Apple Stores a Terrible Place to Work?

We tracked down a former employee of the Lynnwood, Wa. Apple store, who confirms that the management staff was less than friendly during his tenure there. “We were convinced we were making a difference and helping Apple, and the [management] took advantage of that,” he says. READ MORE

Apple Store Economy Worth $2.4 Billion, Dwarfing Android Market

Apps, apps everywhere, but just how big is Apple's app economy anyhow? Chances are, it's bigger than you think. According to mobile ad startup AdMob, $200 million in apps are downloaded each month, making the App Store worth about ...READ MORE

Apple Store Economy Worth $2.4 Billion, Dwarfing Android Market

Apps, apps everywhere, but just how big is Apple’s app economy anyhow? Chances are, it’s bigger than you think. According to mobile ad startup AdMob, $200 million in apps are downloaded each month, making the App Store worth about ...READ MORE

Apple Store Is Highest Grossing Retailer on Fifth Avenue

The 10,000-square-foot Mac Mecca at the corner of 59th Street and Fifth Avenue in Midtown is pulling in an estimated $350 million annually.READ MORE

How to Beat the Apple Tax

So you're thinking about getting a Mac, but you don't want to pay the "Apple tax" that Microsoft's latest ads are always prattling on about. Here's how. Forget eBay The days of deal-having on eBay are gone, ...READ MORE

Microsoft to Open Retail Stores While Apple Plans Makeovers

Microsoft looks to be taking another page out of Apple's book--it's going to be open a series of high-street retail stores. The company's even appointed a new Vice President of Retail Stores to oversee the project. But will this ...READ MORE

Viva la Freedom of Music

If the music industry can't figure out how to make a profit, they might as well just give their music away for free. The major labels have done little to innovate the industry. One innovation, however, that just might work (and one ...READ MORE