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Apple purchases mapping company Locationary: report

Apple purchased Locationary, a data management company that specializes in creating accurate maps.
Apple 'tax gimmicks': rotten to the core or sensible business? (+video)

Two senators on Tuesday plan to grill Apple CEO Tim Cook about the company's tax practices, which they say cheat the US out of billions of dollars. Apple says it's playing within the rules.
AAPL: sweeter dividend, sour outlook

Apple (AAPL) will give shareholders $100 billion over the next two years by boosting its dividend 15 percent. Although AAPL beat earnings and revenue estimates for the quarter, it says revenue could fall this quarter.
AAPL, below $400 a share, may fall more

AAPL needs to announce a dividend increase or its share price will fall even more, warns analyst Dan Niles. Its lack of products at the low end and middle range of the market has already pushed AAPL down from more than $700 a share to less than $400.
Microsoft: Facebook Home is cool. But a lot of those ideas are ours.

Facebook Home, a new suite of Android apps, was unveiled at a big press event yesterday. And one Microsoft exec is saying that we've seen it before.
Steve Jobs had a hand in next two generations of iPhone: report

Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, who passed away in 2011, may have had a more active role in the development of the iPhone line than previously thought.
Apple CEO apologizes to China for repair policies

Apple CEO apologizes after Chinese government media attacked Apple repair policies in the country. Some Chinese consumers mocked the government's attacks but Apple CEO apologizes nonetheless.
Chapter & Verse Apple update: Tim Cook to testify

Apple CEO Tim Cook has been deposed by the court and will testify for four hours in the Apple price-fixing case.
Chapter & Verse Apple CEO may testify in price-fixing case

Internet superpower Apple has been embroiled in a legal suit against the US Department of Justice since April 2012. Five publishers were accused along with Apple, but as of February, they have all settled with the DOJ.
Horizons Tim Cook describes bold future for Apple. But cheaper iPhones? Maybe not.

At Goldman-Sachs tech conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook tiptoes around rumors of a cheaper iPhone, applauds Apple stores, and provides some insight on the future.
Horizons Next Mac Mini might be 'Made in USA'

Apple CEO Tim Cook said earlier in December that the company would produce some Mac computers in the US in 2013, but he didn't say which ones. A new rumor from Taiwanese tech magazine DigiTimes says the Mac Mini will be moved stateside.
Apple iPhone gets blockbuster weekend, thanks to China

Chinese consumers snapped up 2 million iPhone 5 handsets over the weekend. Still, a new Citi Research report helped drive Apple shares down.
Global News Blog Good Reads: American manufacturing, Apple's new CEO, and a father-son journey to meet two presidents

A round-up of this week's long-form good reads include takes on America's manufacturing power, how religion is faring in the US, and the power of seeing a son in a new light.
Google Maps app returns to the iPhone

The new Google Maps iPhone app includes turn-by-turn directions, street-level photography of local neighborhoods and listings for more than 80 million businesses. The Google Maps iPhone app still lacks some of the mapping features available on Android phones, such as directions in malls and other buildings.
Stocks edge up, led by Apple

Stocks rose on Wall Street Thursday despite the lack of agreement on a fiscal cliff deal in Washington. Apple and other technology companies led the stock market up.
Stocks edge up ahead of election

Stocks managed slight gains in thin trading as President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney made final efforts to woo voters. Just 2.9 billion shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, well below the recent average.
Horizons iPad Mini, new iPad set new sales record (sort of)

Apple said it had sold 3 million iPad tablets in the first weekend that the iPad Mini and the fourth-generation iPad were available.
Horizons At Apple, two high-profile executive departures

Apple announced this week that Scott Forstall, the VP in charge of iOS software, is leaving the company -- reportedly in connection with the rocky launch of Apple Maps. It also announced the unrelated departure of retail chief John Browett. Is Apple floundering a bit, or just streamlining?
Horizons Apple CEO blames rumor-mill for underwhelming iPad sales

Apple iPad sales were up in Q4 of 2012 – just not as much as many analysts had predicted.
Horizons Apple apologizes for botched iPhone 5 maps app

Apple Maps has caused consumers "frustration," Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement today. He pledged that the company would work to improve the maps app on the iPhone 5 and iOS 6.
Horizons Apple factory brawl? Rioting at Foxconn plant delays production.

Apple factory brawl? A brawl in Taiyuan, China, leaves at least 40 Foxconn workers injured. Foxconn's factory network makes parts for Sony, Amazon, and Apple. No word on what devices will be affected.
Horizons iPhone 5 sales top 5 million, but miss some estimates

The Apple iPhone 5 sold well in its opening weekend, Apple announced. Still, stock opened down two percent Monday morning.
Horizons Google and Apple execs are reportedly talking. Is a truce at hand?

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google chief Larry Page conducted at least one 'behind-the-scenes conversation' last week, shortly before a California jury issued a verdict in a major copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Apple.
Samsung v. Apple: secrets of iPhone's early days revealed

Samsung slavishly copied Apple's smartphone design, two Apple executives argue in court, as they lay out how the iPhone was created and marketed. Samsung has countersued, saying its patents were copied.
Patents dispute: Apple claims Samsung stole iPhone technology

Patents owned by Apple were ripped off by Samsung, Apple designer claims. The patents lawsuit between Apple and Samsung wrapped up its first day of testimony Tuesday afternoon.