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  1. Report claims Apple is in talks to acquire German high-end TV maker Loewe for 87.3 million euro (or $112 million). bit.ly/JuRVe8
  2. After hitting 1 billion downloads with Angry Birds, Rovio bets on "Amazing Alex". Thank you guys I feel so honored ! :) bit.ly/JhTko3
  3. Is there a market for "tablet-phones"? With its 4.8" screen, the Samsung Galaxy SIII will soon answer to this question: engt.co/IJ5Obx
  4. Apple did it again: $11.6B profits (+94%!!!), $39.2B (+59%) revenue, sold 35.1M iPhones (+88%) and 11.8M iPads (+151%). bit.ly/I7Fozo
  5. Facebook buys 10 employees mobile app company Instagram for $1 billion, initiates the era of the "Mobile Apps Bubble" : bit.ly/IrFnBc
  6. You read it here first ! A very good source recently hinted me at Apple's plans to build its own data centers overseas starting in 2013 !
  7. New iPad : 3 million pixels screen, 3 days since launch, 3 million units sold. Shares up about 3%, closed at over $600. bit.ly/FREpOi
  8. Apple initiates quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share from July and $10B stock repurchase program starting in 2013. yhoo.it/z3GlwY
  9. Apple invites the press for next-gen iPad launch on March 7. Now worth half a trillion dollars as shares hit new high : vrge.co/wLhZs5
  10. Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel and PowerPoint seen running on the iPad, no plans for an Android version : bit.ly/znGolf
  11. Apple’s shares surge beyond $500. It is now valued at almost $470 billion, or more than Microsoft and Google combined ! soc.li/2J3v4Gh
  12. TomTom car navigation systems maker to enter in a partnership or potentially be acquired by Apple, analyst claims : bloom.bg/zAcxPN
  13. Beware if you're buying a Samsung Galaxy SII. Model GT-i9100 now replaced by the GT-i9100G which has a way slower GPU ! bit.ly/zSxEeh
  14. Facebook may file for an initial public offering with a valuation of $75 to $100 billion as soon as next week ! soc.li/4SJGrOK
  15. Massive Android malware operation may have infected 5 million users shar.es/frZwa
  16. Times change ! Last quarter iPhone sales generated $24.42B. Microsoft's total revenue for the same period was $20.89B : bit.ly/y5kp6J
  17. Record Apple Q1 results : $46B revenue, $13B profit, 37M iPhones, 15M iPads, 5.2M Macs and 15M iPods. Shares skyrocket. bit.ly/RmeRv
  18. Apple just made me want to go back to school ! Video webcast of the education media event available here : bit.ly/AtpuZR
  19. Free Mobile's CEO : "If you pay more than 19.99€/mo for an unlimited voice/sms/mms/data mobile plan, you got scammed !" soc.li/cKseezD
  20. Humor : Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos publicly apologizes for problems on the Kindle Fire during Conan O'Brien's show : bit.ly/sSt2kh