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An Article of Faith for Marketers: Place No Faith in Articles

This is an article about articles. They’re going AWOL.

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Successor Faces Tough Job at Apple

Steve Jobs is legendary for a relentless, driving style that has helped him disrupt more industries than any other chief executive of his generation.

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For Apple, a $76 Billion Dilemma

Apple Inc. has built up a $76.2 billion cash hoard. Now the question is what the company intends to do with the money pile.

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Some Apple Directors Ponder CEO Succession

Since Steve Jobs went on medical leave this winter, some members of Apple Inc.’s board have discussed CEO succession with executive recruiters and at least one head of a high-profile technology company, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Apple to GetJar: Drop App Store

In Apple Inc.’s latest effort to control its U.S. trademark for the term “App Store,” a law firm representing the company sent a cease-and-desist letter to wireless-application store operator GetJar.

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Apple to Tighten Control on Content

Apple Inc. is working to funnel more electronic sales of magazines, newspapers and other content through its iTunes store, an effort that is making some publishers uneasy. The effort is aimed largely at spurring more subscription sales of digital content for Apple’s hit iPad, which the company hopes to accelerate with the aid of a coming new delivery and billing system that it discussed at an event Wednesday.

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App Watch: Fiddling on the IPad

Music app developer Smule’s latest app, Magic Fiddle, emerged out of a dare. Walking out of classical musician Lang Lang’s concert in San Francisco last April, in which the pianist played an encore with Smule’s iPad piano app, Smule co-founder Ge Wang joked with colleagues about creating a violin app that would force users to put their iPads up to their face and rest their chins on the device to make it work.

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AmTran and JVC Pair Up in TV Deal

AmTran Technology, a contract manufacturer of monitors and televisions, is making a bold bet. It licensed the rights to make, distribute and market TVs in North America under the brand of JVC, the long-troubled Japanese consumer-electronics maker, and it promises to offer affordable but high-end TVs by the end of the third quarter.

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Vizio Extends Battle Plan

Vizio Inc., which put inexpensive flat-panel TVs in living rooms, now is setting its sights on cellphones and tablet computers. Vizio, which has vied with Samsung Electronics Co. for leadership in U.S. sales of television sets, plans Monday in advance of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to discuss its new mobile products.

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Your Apps Are Watching You

Few devices know more personal details about people than the smartphones in their pockets: phone numbers, current location, often the owner’s real name–even a unique ID number that can never be changed or turned off. These phones don’t keep secrets. They are sharing this personal data widely and regularly, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found.