Mac OS Ken
This is daily Apple news. Monday through Friday, Ken Ray brings commute-sized tech news to the podsphere. If it's Apple news, Apple-related news, or news related to Apple-related news, you'll hear about it here. News you'll like... this is Mac OS Ken.

Analysts Trip Over Themselves to Raise Apple Target Price

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Apple Posts Record Revenue, Profit, Mac, iPhone, and iPad Sales

Forbes: Apple FYQ1 Crushes Street Estimates

MarketWatch Runs Through Wall Street Expectations Ahead of the Apple Earnings Call

Electronista: Apple Retakes Smartphone Lead from Samsung in Holiday Quarter

Verizon Earnings Show 55-Percent of Its Smartphones Sold Last Quarter Were iPhones

Apple Posts FY1Q Earnings Call as Podcast

Gartner: Apple the Biggest Buyer of Semiconductors in CY2011

One Carrier in Denmark Says Lumia 800 Windows Phone Demand is Comparable to iPhone 4S Demand, Two Others Say It’s Not

Reuters: Apple Loses Appeal to Bar Sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the Netherlands

24 January 2012: The Mac Turns 28

First Lady Michelle Obama Invites Steve Jobs’ Widow Laurene Powell Jobs to Be Guest at State of the Union Address

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Category:Tech News -- posted at: 9:38 AM

Pew Internet Survey Says Ownership of Tablets Nearly Doubled Over the Holidays, As Did Ownership of eReaders

British Airways Expanding iPad Deployment for Cabin Crew

Global Equities Research Says 350k iBooks Textbooks Downloaded in First Three Day; 90k Downloads of iBooks Authors

Apple Launches Support pages for New iTunes U at http://www.apple.com/support/itunes-u/

Apple Names Anderson Teixeira Its First Ever Head of Latin American Division

Ovum: Android to be Bigger with Developers than iOS by Start of 2013

Virgin America Dubs One of Its Planes “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”

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Piper Jaffray Analyst Pleased with Apple Education Announcements

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pilot Bodes Well for iBooks Textbooks

CNET: Apple’s Answers to EDU Raise at Least as Many Questions

RIM Co-CEOs Out, New CEO “Confident” in Current Line of BlackBerry Phones and PlayBook Software Update

M1 Selling Modified, No-Camera iPhones to Members of Singapore Military

Apple Seeks to Stop Kodak from Trading on a Digital Camera Patent It Says It Owns

German Court Hands Samsung a Legal Loss and Apple Hands Samsung a New Lawsuit

Apple Releases Driver Update for Brother Printers

Foxconn Clarifies Gou Remarks Likening Workers to Animals

Extra Credit Reading: THE iECONOMY - How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work

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Apple Announces iBooks 2, iBooks Textbooks, and iBooks Author

Engadet and All Things D: iBooks Textbooks Top Out at $14.99

TechCrunch: iBooks Textbooks Start with Eight Titles Despite Partnerships with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill and Pearson

Apple New iTunes U App for iOS Devices; Organizes All Aspects of Courses Into App

Apple Updates iTunes to v10.5.3 Adding Support iBooks Textbooks Syncing

Business Insider: Potential Problems in the Way of Apple’s EDU Revolution

Apple Posts Thursday EDU Event as a Podcast on iTunes Here

China Unicom Says First-Week iPhone 4S Sales Better Than First-Week iPhone 4 Sales

Security Firm Study Finds iOS Taking Top Spot From BlackBerry in Corporate Smartphones

IHS: Windows Phone to Take Second Place from iOS Phones in 2015

IHS iSuppli: Apple World’s Largest Buyer of Microphones in 2011

At the Taipei Zoo: Hon Hai Chairman Likens Managing Million-Person Workforce to Managing a Million Animals

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Category:Tech News -- posted at: 9:00 AM

Credit Suisse Analyst Reiterates Overweight Rating on Apple Shares Based on iPhone and iPad Strength

RBC Capital Analyst Ups Apple Price Target to 525-Dollars

Shaw Wu: iPad 3 Likely to Drive iPad Sales to 48-Million Units in CY2012

Nielsen: iPhone 4S Helps iOS Narrow Gap with Android in 4Q CY2011

Apple Shares Back in Record-High Territory

New Study Sees Big Value in Used-iPhone Market

Nissan Shows Off “Self Healing” iPhone Case

Apple Issues Sixth beta of OS X 10.7.3 to Developers

IDC Expects Rebound for Dedicated Handheld Game Devices in 2012

IHS: In-App Purchases to Make Up Nearly Two-Thirds of Mobile App Revenue by 2015

Canadians Call for Apple to Do Something About Desirability of Apple Products (or Something)

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Category:Tech News -- posted at: 7:54 AM

Piper Jaffray Raises 1Q FY2012 iPhone Sales Expectations; Lowers Expectations for Holiday Mac Sales

Shipping Time on iPhone 4S Drops to 3 to 5 Business Days in the States

Canaccord Genuity Analyst Stoked for Next iPhone and iPad and New MacBook Airs; Not Worried About Ultrabooks

Macotakara Sources Say iPad 3 and iOS 5.1 Event in February; Release in March

Report: iOS 5.1 beta 3 Full of Hints of Facebook Integration

Apple Opens iTunes Match to 19 New Countries

Apple Brings New Smartphone Suit Against Samsung in Germany

Upcoming Book - Inside Apple - Says Scott Forestall Likely Next CEO of Apple

Inside Apple Says Eddy Cue the Real “Dealmaker” for Jobs and Cook

Ars Technica: Apple EDU Event to Include Textbook Platform to “Digitally Destroy” Textbook Publishing

Fortune: Apple EDU Event Being Blown Our of Proportion

Revisiting Jobs’ Thoughts on Textbooks Today from the Walter Isaacson Biography

ZDNet: Publishers Stoked for Apple EDU Event and the Chance to Kill the Used Textbook Market

WSJ: iWork Head Roger Rosner Said to Be Leading eTextbook Initiative

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Category:Tech News -- posted at: 9:30 AM

IDG Study: 9-out-of-10 Business People with iPads Use It More for Business Than Anything Else

DigiTimes Sources Says Microsoft and Intel Pricing May Strangle Wintel Tablets Before They Get Going

TechCrunch: Windows 8 ARM-Based Tablets Will Be Windows 8 Only

Apple Opens iTunes Match to the Netherlands

German Interior Ministry Bans iPhones and BlackBerries for Ministry Employees

Apple No. 8 on Interbrands 100 Best Global Brands of 2011

Classic Computing: 80 Minutes with John Sculley

InIcons Drops Plans for Creepy Steve Jobs Action Figure

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NYT: Apple Suspends Sales of iPhone at Its Physical Stores in Mainland China / iPhone Gets Fourth and Potentially Disruptive Carrier in France / Bloomberg Sources Say Next iPad Due in March; Will Sport High-Def Display, Quad-Core Processor, and 4G/LTE Support / Morgan Stanley Analyst Sees, Thinner, Quad-Core 3G/4G/LTE iPhone Later This Year / Apple Loses Preliminary Ruling in ITC Case Against Motorola / Apple Makes Supplier Responsibility Report More Transparent; Joins Fair Labor Association / iPodNN: Email Reportedly from Tim Cook Talks FLA Membership and Apple Working for Supply Chain Workers / Apple Supplier Responsibility Report Confirms Aluminum Dust as Cause of Foxconn and Pegatron Explosions in 2011 / Apple Expands Recycling Program in UK, France, and Germany to Include iPhones and iPads / Apple Supplier to Take 6-Million Dollar Hit to Making USB and Power Cords More Eco-Friendly

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Sponsor Message: Get 10-Percent Off of VMWare Fusion 4 with Coupon Code macosken10 at http://vmware.com/mac / MacNN: Thousand Cue-Up for iPhone 4S in China / Sanlitun Beijing Store Fails to Open on iPhone 4S Day; Gets Pelted by Eggs / Piper Jaffray Analyst Says the Next iPhone is Going to Be Bigger Than Big in Terms of Sales / Verizon Says All of Its New Smartphones in 2012 Will Be 4G/LTE Devices / Macworld: Big Phone-Makers at CES Talk Trimming the Number of Models on the Market / UBS Sees Huge Holiday-Quarter for Apple Based on Huge Holiday Quarters for Apple Suppliers / Target Confirms Plans for Apple Mini-Stores at 25 Locations as Part of Bigger Store-in-Store Push / ForeSee Survey: Apple.com Tops in Satisfaction for Shopping Via Mobile Devices / Report: Apple Leasing Space for 1,300 Workers in Sunnyvale / Samsung Exec Belittles Steve Jobs Statements About “Cracking” TV / Lenovo CEO: Apple Has Tablets Locked Up Near Term

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