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Spotify takes the stage on Apple’s iPadNews from USA TODAY: Spotify users have wanted it for a while, and finally the popular global music service is delivering a native iPad app that makes it easy to search, browse and play tracks from a catalog of more than 17 million on-demand songs. The new app, which [...]

Apple’s tax rate: 9.8 percent?News from Washington Post: A weekend story from the New York Times shared a surprising statistic: Apple paid just $ 3.3 billion on $ 34.2 billion of profits last year — giving it a tax rate of just 9.8 percent. The report, which points out that nearly every major technology firm [...]

Apple’s gain is others’ painNews from USA TODAY: NEW YORK – Apple is set to report another record quarterly profit on Tuesday, continuing the relentless string of results that’s made it the world’s most valuable company. Those profits don’t come out of thin air: A range of businesses — from the company’s wireless carrier friends [...]

Will Apple’s game plan beat the trustbusters?News from CNET: The challenge for Apple’s attorneys is presenting a different picture of the e-book market than the one offered by the Department of Justice, experts say. A flag outside a European Apple retail store. (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) Most companies finding themselves staring at the business end of [...]

Apple’s Flashback malware remover now liveNews from CNET: Apple’s removal tool for the Flashback malware is now live as part of a Java security update that went out today, offering users a way to get rid of it if they’re infected. by Josh Lowensohn April 12, 2012 2:01 PM PDT Apple this afternoon released an [...]

Apple’s ‘iPad’ is the only tablet people knowNews from BusinessWeek: By MAE ANDERSON order a reprint digg this save to del.icio.us NEW YORK Apple is on the verge of doing what few others have: change the English language. When you have a boo-boo, you reach for a Band-Aid not…………… continues on BusinessWeek … Read the [...]

Apple’s iPad is the only tablet computer that people knowNews from NOLA.com: Apple is on the verge of doing what few others have: change the English language. When you have a boo-boo, you reach for a Band-Aid, not a bandage. When you need to blow your nose, you ask for Kleenex, not tissue. If you [...]

Google’s Page: Apple’s Android Pique ‘For Show’News from BusinessWeek: On April 3, Google (GOOG) co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Larry Page sat down with Bloomberg Businessweek to discuss his first year at the helm of the technology giant, his plans for the future, and the company’s relationships with its competitors. Excerpts: When you took over [...]

Apple’s Biogas Fuel Cell Plant Could Go Live By JuneNews from Wired News: Apple plans to power this Maiden, North Carolina, data center with biogas. Apple says that a biogas-powered fuel cell system that will help power its Maiden, North Carolina, data center could be up and running as early as June, much earlier than [...]

Apple’s Chief Puts Stamp on Labor IssuesNews from New York Times: Bobby Yip/Reuters A Foxconn factory in Guangdong Province. A day after Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, toured a Chinese factory where the company’s products are made, an audit commissioned by Apple criticized the long hours and dangerous working conditions at plants run by [...]