Pentagon Clears iPhone and iPad for Use on Secure Networks

The DOD grants Apple the same mobile device security clearances it gave to BlackBerry and Samsung last week.
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Laurene Powell Jobs Goes Public to Promote Dream Act

Laurene Powell Jobs has taken on a public role, backing one of the most contentious causes in the U.S. today: immigration reform. And she is doing it using some of the tactics that her late husband, Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs, employed to great effect at the technology giant.

Apple’s Cook to Face Senate Questions on Taxes, Offer Reforms

“Apple does not funnel its domestic profits overseas.”
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Apple Plans Fresh New Showcase Store for San Francisco

The new venue will be 24,819 square feet — about 45 percent larger than Apple’s current SF store.
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Now Fully Kickstartered, Pebble Raises $15M in Venture Capital From CRV

Charles River Ventures backs the Kickstarter darling.
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Mobile Game Biz to Nintendo and Sony: Seasons? What Are Those?

A double whammy for the devices that used to define “mobile gaming.”
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Android Quietly Commits to Better Support for Bluetooth

With the move, Google will now support low-energy and other features found only in the latest version of the short-range wireless technology.
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Apple’s iTunes App Store Passes 50 Billion Downloads

Apple couldn’t have timed its countdown to 50 billion app downloads more perfectly. Just hours after Google revealed during its I/O conference keynote that app installs from its Google Play store had hit 48 billion, the iTunes App Store countdown clock rolled over to 50 billion, passing another major milestone and surpassing the achievement its rival had announced earlier in the day. The 50-billionth app? Say the Same Thing. Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio, will receive a $10,000 App Store gift card for downloading it.

Here’s That Steve Jobs E-Book Email to James Murdoch

“Heck, Amazon is selling these books at $9.99, and who knows maybe they are right and we will fail even at $12.99.”
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