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Hong Kong-Based NGO Says Foxconn is Pulling the Wool Over FLA’s Eyes

Former Wintek Employees Call on Apple Customers to Sign SumOfUs.org Petition for Worker Rights for Apple Supply Chain

NYT: Apple and Proview Face Off in Chinese Court, Receive No Ruling from Court

Barclays Analyst Pumped for Second iPhone Carrier in China and the Approach of Mountain Lion

iPodNN: Japan Gets Access to iTunes in the Cloud; iTunes Match Still Missing

MacNN: iTunes Match for iTunes Japan Should Hit in Second-Half of 2012; Other iTunes Features Added This Week

Apple Sells Beatles Ringtones Through iTunes on iThings

Apple to Open Amsterdam Store at 10am on Saturday 3 March

TUAW: Apple Encouraging MobileMe Users to Make the Migration to iCloud Ahead of June Deadline

California AG: Major App Store Operators to Require Privacy Policies for Personal-Data-Skimming Apps

Business Insider: CA AG Solution Good for the One-Percent Losing Sleep Over AddressBookGate

Direct download: macosken120223.mp3
Category:Tech News -- posted at: 10:04 AM

NPD and Piper Jaffray Look at Current-Quarter Mac Sales

Apple Pushes Sandboxing Deadline for Mac App Store Apps to 1 June

Report: Apple to Allow Independent Environmental Reviews of Some Factories in the Supply Chain in China

Apple’s Facilities Report - Environmental update 2012 Outlines Plans for Renewable Energy at NC Data Center

Apple Confirms Plans for Pineville, Oregon Data Center

The Daily: Microsoft Office for iPad Close to App Store Submission (and They Say They’ve Seen it)

Microsoft Says Pictures in The Daily Are Not of an Actual Microsoft Product

Microsoft Office for Mac Exec Says Office for iPad Would Be News to Her

The Daily Stands By Its Office for iPad Story

Official Microsoft News Twitter Account Kind of Argues Against The Daily Story Sort of

Barnes and Noble Intros 8GB Nook Tablet at 199-Dollars to Fight Amazon Kindle Fire

iPulpit: For the 21st Century Religious Leader

Check out the iPulpit at http://littlemountainproductions.com (Flash Required (???))

Direct download: macosken120222.mp3
Category:Tech News -- posted at: 12:01 PM

China Telecom to Start Sales of iPhone 4S on 9 March

Oppenheimer And Company Raises Apple 12-Month Price-Target to 570-Dollars on iPhone and iPad Strength

FLA CEO Says Organization Has Uncovered “Tons of Issues” at Foxconn Plant in Shenzhen

ABC’s Nightline to Feature a Look Inside Foxconn Tonight

Foxconn Raises Salaries for Factory Workers in China by 16-25%

WSJ: Google Sneaks Past Default Privacy Setting on Safari to Leave Cookies

Microsoft Says Google Cheating Privacy Setting on IE9

Members of Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus Ask FTC for Information on Google/Safari Issue

Apple Wins Ruling Against Motorola Mobility in Germany for Violating Slide-to-Unlock Patent on Android-Based Smartphones

ITC Says Apple Does Not Violate HTC Patents Covering Power Management and Phone Number Directories

Apple Settles AntennaGate Suits in the States

Text in Code Makes Messages Look Like a Mountain Lion-Only Feature After beta

Apple Launches Contest Counting Up to 25-Billion Apps

Apple Launches “Start Developing iOS Apps Today” App Development Overview

Direct download: macosken120221.mp3
Category:Tech News -- posted at: 8:27 AM

Apple Announces OS X Mountain Lion Release for Late Summer 2012; Releases Developer Preview

Wired Says Apple Will Do One Big OS X Update a Year from Now On

Apple Makes Messages App for Mac Available as a Public beta

Apple Posts Teaser Video of Mountain Lion OS

NYT Looks at iCloud Integration of iOS and OS X Devices

Reports Say Some Early Intel-Based Macs Won’t Make the Jump to Mountain Lion

Apple Releases betas of Safari 5.2 and Xcode 4.4 to Developers

Apple Updates Xcode to Version 4.3

WSJ Interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook Makes ARM-Based Mac Seem Possible (Not Necessarily Probable)

All Things D Posts Papers Online That Seem to Show Apple Buying “iPad” Term from Proview

Hong Kong Court Ruled in Apple’s Favor on Proview/iPad Case Last July

Apple Adds Screenshots and Promo Codes for iBookstore Publishers

SumOfUs Upset Over FLA President’s Comments Commending Foxconn and Apple

Direct download: macosken120217.mp3
Category:Tech News -- posted at: 9:28 AM

Twitter Says Its iOS App Uploads User Address Book Info if They Use the “Find Friends” Feature; Stores Info for Up to 18-Months

Congress Seeks Answers Around “Address Book-gate” as Apple Promises Fix in Future iOS Update

Reports: Apple Has Amazon China Pull iPad from Its Site

Authorities Tell Proview Execs That an iPad Export Ban is Unlikely

Apple Seeks Permission from Bankruptcy Judge to Sue Kodak

FLA President Pleasantly Surprised by First Look Inside Foxconn Factory

AdAge: Apple Drops iAd Commitment to 100-Thousand-Dollars

Gartner Says iPhone Sales to Decline This Quarter Versus Last Quarter (and the Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow)

Direct download: macosken120216.mp3
Category:Tech News -- posted at: 10:10 AM

WSJ: Apple Is Testing 8-Inch Tablet Screens

Fortune: No Reason to Expect 8-Inch iPad

Daring Fireball: No Reason to Expect an 8-Inch iPad

NYT: Confiscation of iPads in China Escalates as Proview Complaints Increase

Bloomberg/BusinessWeek: Proview Seeks to Block Export of iPad from China as Trademark Complaints Continue

Apple Sees Significant Delays in Time Capsule Shipping

Bloomberg/BusinessWeek: Pegatron Says It Hasn’t Heard Anything About Inspections of Working Conditions at Factories

JP Morgan Analyst: First Round of PC-Based Ultrabooks Not Likely to Meet With Success Enjoyed by MacBook Air

Barclays Capital Analyst Sees Six Potential Catalysts for Apple Shares

Jeffries and Company Analyst Says Apple Will Start Paying Dividend in Second-Half of 2012

Tim Cook Talks iPhones, Cash, Workers Rights and More at Goldman Sachs Conference

Hear the Tim Cook Presentation at Goldman Sachs Conference at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/conference/

Direct download: macosken120215.mp3
Category:Tech News -- posted at: 9:55 AM

Apple Shares Close Above 500-Dollars

NPD Says Spending on Apple Accounts for Close to One-Fifth of Tech Spending in the States

Harris Interactive Poll Puts Apple at Top of US Companies in Terms of Image/Reputation

WSJ Says Next iPad to Support 4G/LTE Connectivity Through AT&T and Verizon

AT&T Doubles Device Upgrade Fee From 18-Dollars to 36-Dollars

Fair Labor Association Begins Inspections of Apple Suppliers

Report: Apple Issues “Them or Us” Ultimatum to Pegatron Over Asustek Ultrabook

Reports Have Authorities in One City in Northern China Pulling iPads from Store Shelves as Trademark Battle Continues

EC Green-Lights Google Acquisition of Motorola Mobility

US DoJ Gives Its Approval for Motoroogle Deal

US DoJ Approves Purchase of Nortel Patents by Apple/Microsoft/RIM Combo

\Apple Streaming Tim Cook Presentation at Goldman Sachs Technology Conference Today at 12:30 PST/3:30 EST at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/conference/

Direct download: macosken120214.mp3
Category:Tech News -- posted at: 9:10 AM

Apple Replaces MacBook White with EDU-Only 13-Inch MacBook Air

Apple Insider: Secret Sources Say Style of MacBook Pro to Morph Into Style of MacBook Air

Shaw Wu: Now’s a Sensible Time for Apple to Pay a Dividend

Mizuho Securities Starts Apple Coverage with 635-Dollar Target; Dividend or Stock Buyback Expectation

Electronista: Dwindling Stock at 3rd-Party Resellers Points to New Apple TV Set-Top Box

German Court Rules Against Motorola Mobility in Patent Case Against Apple

Apple Files Suit in California Against Motorola Mobility Over Licensing Suit in Germany

Apple Files a New Suit in the States Against Samsung for Alleged Patent Infringement; Seeks to Block Galaxy Nexus Sales

Electronista: Internal USA Today Numbers Indicate Huge Disparity Between iOS and Android App Adoption

Direct download: macosken120213.mp3
Category:Tech News -- posted at: 8:30 AM

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All Things D Says Apple Will Hold Event for Next iPad in the First Week of March

The Loop Says “Yep” to All Things D iPad Event Story

Your Daily Mac Puts Release of iOS 5.1 on 9 March (and Maybe Next iPad as Well)

Game Developers Conference 5 March Through 9 March at Moscone Center; May Be Disrupted (Again) by iPad Event

Microsoft Details Plans for Windows on ARM

Germany Says Changes to Saumsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N Enough to Avoid Violating Apple Intellectual Property Rights

NOAA Drops RIM’s BlackBerry for Apple’s iPhone

Analysts for Needham and Company and Canaccord Genuity Raise Price Targets on Apple

SumOfUs.org and Change.org Activists Deliver “Ethical iPhone” Petition to Apple Retail Locations

Report: Foxconn Hacked By Hackers Hacked-Off Over Worker Treatment

Kodak Getting Out of the Consumer Digital Camera Business by Mid-2012

FBI Releases Its Steve Jobs File

Direct download: macosken120210.mp3
Category:Tech News -- posted at: 10:11 AM

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Sprint Sells 1.8-Million iPhones in 4QCY2011; Takes Huge Hit to Bottom Line on Subsidies

CNN Money: The High Cost to Carriers of Carrying iPhone

T-Mobile USA Giving Away Phones and Tablets as Part of “Valentine’s Day Sale” (Three Days Before Valentine’s Day)

Priceonomics: iPhone Best Smartphone Value Over Time

Path Apologizes and Purges Uploaded User Address Book Info

Hipster App Also Sends Address Book Info to Company Servers Without User Knowledge

Hipster Apologizes; Plans to Hold a Privacy Summit

ZDNet Goes Chapter and Verse on iOS Apps and Data Collection

Apple Live-Streaming Paul McCartney Concert Tonight via iTunes and Apple TV

Amazon Makes Streaming Video Deal with Viacom

New EFI Firmware Updates Bring Lion Internet Recovery to MOst Macs Made Since 2010

MacRumors Says Apple Kills MacBook White for Educational Institutions

PCMag Awards Final Cut Pro X “Editors Choice” After Recent Update

Change.org and SumOfUs.org Plan Petition Deliveries at Apple Stores Around the World

Smart Audio Technologies Goes a-Trollin’ Against Apple, Creative Arts, and Philips Over Audio Playlist Patent

Virgin Australia Airline Sued for Not Having Flight CHarts on iPads Before iPad Was Released

Direct download: macosken120209.mp3
Category:Tech News -- posted at: 9:05 AM