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Quite frankly it doesn’t matter what you were doing – you’ve missed some Apple news, because this is the most we believe we have ever had. Research and Markets (that’s a research group, in case you were confused) believes that Apple’s revenue will exceed $100 billion in five years. Apple has laid off forty members of the Final Cut team. Apple has posted a work-around for some of the problems regarding Aperture 3. At least one person thinks IDG’s Macworld Expo won’t be happening again. Hardmac took a look at the Intel family tree in regards to the iMac, as well as Sandy Bridge (what is replacing Nehalem – that’s Intel’s chips for those that are lost) MacRumors reports that the 27? iMac is shipping faster. Gizmodo took down their story of Best Buy’s SKUs for the new Apple products, so Cult of Mac put them back up. Computerworld summed up the rumors regarding the future of the MacBook.

You want a whole section on patents and trademarks, here it comes: Patently Apple discovered Apple’s newest patent regarding the Magic Mouse and some crazy functions. PatentlyApple also believes that Apple is getting serious about Near Field Communications for the iPhone (this is way beyond us…) Apple also has panted the-based slideshows according to Macsimum News. AppleInsider commented on one of the other patents of the day which shows a device with a front-facing camera. Speaking of cameras, iLounge believes that Apple is working on something that would help users when using the built-in cameras on their devices.

Since we haven’t had any Adobe news yet, Adobe’s CEO Shantan Narayen decided to bash Apple’s business model. (We can’t we be friends…) iSuppli is reporting that the iPhone and iPad will create a shortage for flash memory. Electronista is reporting that the next iPhone might use Samsung’s Super AMOLED display. (We think that it should be the Super-Duper…) iLounge found that Apple secretly bumped the download limit on the iPhone up from 10MB to 20MB (or something like that…) Google has a new strategy regarding competitors: buy and kill. According to Electronista their other strategy involves buying up start-ups in response to Cupertino’s purchase of Lala. Speaking of which the first effects of Lala can be seen online. Dan Frakes gave his opinion regarding the future of Opera Mini on the iPhone. Hopefully it can get approved as fast as Rob Jonson’s most recent app.

In addition to beating up Reuters reporters in China, the secrecy of Apple continues to expand. CNN’s Apple 2.0 Blog is reporting that Apple has attempted to hide the iPad freight records – and apparently has done a good job doing it. Gawker did play-by-play of Steve’s meeting with the Wall Street Journal and the kind things he had to say about Adobe. Gizmodo thought that it would be good to clarify: an iPad is not a laptop. AppleInsider found some (more) interesting things hiding in the iPad SDK. Electronista believes that HP’s slate will be priced below the iPad. Gizmodo thinks that Apple will actually have significant control over the pricing of the iPad.

And in the not really related to Apple, but just bizarre section of the news (since we had a patent section and all): students at Lower Merion High School (yes, that’s the school Kobe Bryant graduated from before going straight to the NBA) are suing the district because they spied on them via the cameras on their school-given MacBooks. More here.

Jokes aside, we apolgoize for this being late. We highly recommend reading this piece.

Google claims that the war between Apple is non-existent. Steve Jobs is getting an authorized biography, perhaps he can write about the ridiculous month his company had in January. Apple secured a ton of patents, just read this. If you hadn’t had your daily Adobe news yet, here’s MacNN’s thoughts regarding CS5. AppleInsider reported on connection issues hurting the AirPort Extreme & Time Capsule. Cult of Mac reported on the ongoing fight between the publishers and Apple. (Rant Time: Why does this company get in so many fights; Adobe, Google, Verizon, New York Times, Amazon, etc…) Hardmac notes Apple has launched an extension program for the Macbook’s hard drive. If you’d like to buy a prototype MacBook Pro, you can thanks to eBay.

The Macworld Expo drew 250 exhibitors and 20,000 visitors, even without Apple. At the same time, Apple is notably absent from another large conference, the Mobile World Congress. The iPhone’s trademark got a tad bit larger. Apparently RIM’s head doesn’t like the iPhone. Verizon continues to show its love toward AT&T via the television. Distinctive Games concluded that the 3D performance of the Nexus One could not surpass the iPhone. AppleInsider took a look at how the carriers were going to handle the iPhone’s bandwidth – this thing has been out for how many years now?

As part of the daily downfall of Adobe, AppleInsider reported the newest rumor regarding Adobe sabotaging HTML5. TechCrunch notes that despite having trouble with nearly everything else, Adobe’s Photoshop App has topped six million downloads. Adobe is trying to get Flash on the iPhone, one way or another. Computerworld reports that the Mac Pro may have Intel’s newest six-core chips. Japan will begin to investigate the App Store today over billing issues. Aperture 3 is reported to be causing significant memory leaks for many users (including us.) There was much praise for IDG’s Macworld Expo, particularly the success despite the lack of Apple. There was even more praise for Anders Norman’s iMac.

Apple is now giving away the iPhone OS 3.0 Update free to all iPod touch users. Cult of Mac reports that Apple has banned hackers from the App Store. Microsoft announced something today. Cult of Mac questioned if everyone could join together to fight the App Store. The reality, you have a better chance of seeing a unicorn. SlingPlayer in 3G hit the iPhone App Store today, alongside Meebo. TechCrunch looked at the most expensive iPhone App, BarBri.

In what has to be our favorite news story of the day: only three stories about the iPad. First, the L.A. Times explained DRM & iBooks. Boy Genius Reports claims that AT&T will sell the iPad 3G in stores. Lenovo showed off its new tablet, sort of…

For the second consecutive time, the news is late. We’ll just blame it on Valentine’s Day or that hole in the Daytona track that held up the NASCAR race. There oddly was not a whole lot of news, despite the fact the largest Apple convention was going on. 9 to 5 Mac claims that vendors at the show were at least busy, even if there was little news. Softpedia claims that Mac OS X 10.6.3 should be coming any time now… Our (least) favorite person, John Gruber, told CNN’s Apple 2.0 what Apple’s ten largest problems were. Being Baron’s “most respected” is probably not one of them. While Canada is trying to host the Olympics in Vancouver/Whistler, Quebec City is getting an Apple Store. CNET took to mocking Apple over the lack of Core i5 in notebooks. Ars Technica discusses the uncertainty of the new Outlook for Mac. But don’t worry, only four people love Office for Mac 2008 Business Edition. Anyone want to make it five?

Someone (else) got around to offering insurance for the iPhone. Boy Genius Reports is reporting that RIM is making a “big” announcement on Tuesday. Not only can we add Wired’s Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson (not the Denver Nugget’s Birdman) to the list of people that love the iPad, but Wired is coming to the iPad by summer.

The Apple Investor posted an article we liked (you can find it here) – you want to talk about shameless plugs… Well for starters, we think you should check out our giveaways, particularly this one.

Screw the iPad – we are starting with what we want. As we noted earlier today, the Macworld Expo kicks off tomorrow and with it we expect a whole lot of third-party accessories. A French blogger indicates that he has been tipped off about a MacBook Pro update tomorrow. Here’s a round-up of your favorite sites regarding Macworld 2010:

• 9 to 5 Mac
• Apple 2.0 (CNN/Fortune)
• Bloomberg
• Computerworld
  
• Cult of Mac
• Macworld (Magazine)
• MacRumors

Despite what the forums might tell you, Apple shockingly continues to lead in customer service quality according to some people that measure quality for a living. Adobe’s Kevin Lynch responded to his own blog post indicating that Adobe was committed to making Flash play nicer on OS X. (We just hope they are more committed then we are to following this story – apologies for the five day late update. TweetDeck (our favorite free Twitter app) got some major updates in version .33.

TechCrunch reports that Apple has began to survey iPhone Developers’ happiness. (We apologize for the lack of joke there) While Medialets found that 14% of iPhone users have updated to OS 3.1.3 and now the jailbreakers can begin to update (with caution, repeat don’t do this) thanks to the iPhone Dev-Team, perhaps they won’t have problems with battery life and playlists. According to PCProUK, Mozilla has killed Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Northern Kentucky University has launched the first “iPhone academy” – we aren’t sure what to think either. What we can tell you is that iResQ claims to have gotten the iPhone 4G parts (whatever that is) and it turns out they are taller then the current iPhone. We echo Erik Silvka at MacRumors who indicates that these likely aren’t real. Apparently the Wall Street Journal staff decided to tweet from an iPad and Mr. Jobs made them delete the post (in a top hat.) Inspired by Steve’s recent trip to NYC, it seems that the iHat is coming out. MacInquirer has posted a Dylan ad, as well as a screenshot of the updated Apple site. AAPLinvestors posted some thoughts about how AAPL will fare between now and the launch of the iPad.

Speaking of the iPad… Despite the universal belief, a very trusted source tells VentureBeat that the Apple A4 chip was not a creation of a P.A. Semi. Shenzhen Great Long Brother Industrial Co. (we’ll call them SGLBIC for short) is going through with plans to sue Apple, an interview with the newspaper El Mundo indicated that company president is “angry” at Apple for stealing their clone design. The Wall Street Journal is claims that if for some reason the iPad doesn’t sell in numbers, Cupertino is open to lowering prices. In what is essentially a completely opposite theory, Mitch Wagner at Computerworld wrote an interesting piece about how the iPad could hurt the Mac.

Tomorrow marks the start of IDG’s Macworld Expo. While we won’t be attending the Moscone Center, the obvious absence is a company from Cupertino. Staring in 1997, the Macworld Expo has proved to be a vital part of Apple’s strategy with Steve (for the most part) delivering a keynote that was normally considered to be one of the most important for Apple in terms of its yearly structure. A lot of things have changed since 1985 (the first Macworld Expo) and many wonder is 2010 the last? We hope not, some more thoughts after the break.

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