“Apple” on The Daily Caller

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A watchful eye has arrived on San Francisco’s bar scene, but not to keep you in check. It just wants to check you out. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — The metaphor is an easy one, overused and perhaps even a bit overwrought. We are forging forward into a digital frontier, leaving convention behind, traveling without guides into an uncharted virtual land where progress and profits are forever around the next bend. (more)

For most of Gossip Girl’s first four seasons, none of the hit show’s glamorous teens carried the most talked-about smartphone of the last five years: Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone. Because of a product placement deal, they could only be seen with phones chosen by Verizon Wireless. Then, this season, shortly after the deal lapsed, several main characters started receiving their “Xoxo, Gossip Girl” texts on Apple’s hit device. (more)

BOSTON (AP) — A mutual fund manager usually can count on having a good year if the largest investment in the portfolio is surging. But that’s not the case for Tony Trzcinka. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s latest Galaxy phone will have a high-definition touch screen that’s nearly twice the size of the iPhone, while being thinner and lighter than Apple’s phone. (more)

Apple’s next huge move isn’t into the television or banking industries according to one expert. Instead, Apple will take on carriers like AT&T and Verizon Wireless by becoming a direct mobile service provider. Veteran wireless industry strategist Whitey Bluestein, who has managed strategic deals for the likes of AT&T, Intel, T-Mobile, Verizon, Microsoft, Nokia and Best Buy, says Apple will soon begin to offer wireless service directly to iPhone and iPad users. Apple has the distribution channels, digital content portfolio and customer base to make the move, Bluestein says, and it also has more than 250 million credit cards on file for iTunes users who could be billed directly for wireless service. (more)

RENO, Nev. — Apple, the world’s most profitable technology company, doesn’t design iPhones here. It doesn’t run AppleCare customer service from this city. And it doesn’t manufacture MacBooks or iPads anywhere nearby. (more)

TORONTO (AP) — The newest board member of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. said Thursday that a turnaround could take three to five years. (more)

Not long after the iPhone came out, skeptics questioned how much appeal the costly device and related wireless service would have in countries like China with lower income levels. On Tuesday, Apple provided the answer: A lot. (more)

Flashback infections are increasing! Flashback infections are decreasing! Flashback infections are staying the same! (more)

You’ve heard about the Foxconn factory in China where your iPad is assembled. But have you ever considered the energy required to store your e-mails, photos, and videos in the cloud? (more)

The U.S. hit Apple Inc. AAPL -0.36% and five of the nation’s largest publishers with an antitrust lawsuit over the fast-growing e-book market, alleging they conspired to raise prices and block Amazon.com Inc. AMZN +0.53% from selling e-books at $9.99. (more)

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Apple and several major book publishers Wednesday, alleging that the companies colluded to fix the price of ebooks. (more)

It’s been quite a week for Mac owners. And that’s all thanks to Flashback, a drive-by-download attack that requires absolutely no input by users in order to install itself on one’s Apple system. Visit a malicious website and that’s it: The code exploits a vulnerability in your Java runtime and begins to install other software components designed to yoink your login credentials and pass them off to a remote Internet servers. (more)

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More than half a million Macs are infected with the Flashback Trojan, a malware package designed to steal personal information, according to a Russian antivirus company. (more)

While being Interviewed for a Japanese TV program, a Foxconn recruiter let it slip that the iPhone 5 comes out in June, reports Apple Insider. (more)

Tim Cook is getting the nod from Apple employees. A new survey of the Top 25 Highest Rated CEOs puts Apple’s CEO at the top of the list, with a 97 percent approval rating. (more)

March 30 (Bloomberg) — Foxconn Technology Group workers would rather boost their salaries, bonuses and training before cutting hours or improving conditions, according to an audit of Apple Inc.’s biggest manufacturer. (more)

Android generated less than $550m in revenues for Google between 2008 and the end of 2011, if figures provided by the search giant as part of a settlement offer with Oracle ahead of an expected patent and copyright infringement trial are an accurate guide. (more)