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It’s Not A Good Day To Be A GPS Manufacturer
4:09AM Adam Frucci | Google’s free GPS feature on Android 2.0 is great news! Unless you’re the fine folks at Garmin and TomTom, in which case, oh shit. [Engadget] More »
Business
Apple Stock Hits All-Time High, Flaunts Recession
2:58PM Dan Nosowitz | Apple’s stock has hit a personal high for the company at $US205.04 per share, up from its previous high of $US202.96 back in 2007. The company’s overall value is rated at $US183 billion (Microsoft is $US236 billion, in comparison). [BusinessWeek]
Software
Puma Index Application Strips Girls As Stocks Go Down
7:20AM Jesus Diaz | Your Apple stock has taken a dive because His Steveness got a cold? Is Motorola’s crashing once again? Fret not, because the Puma Index iPhone application is here to cheer you up, with plenty of naughty bits. For free. More »
Business
SEC All Up In Apple’s Business For Possible Illegal Insider Stock Trading
8:08AM Matt Buchanan | The SEC is all up in Apple’s business again, this time over suspicions that some illegal trading may have gone down using insider information in regards to “three particular Apple-related developments”. HuffPo’s Dan Dorfman points at someone getting an “illegal lead” on iPod sales, true knowledge of Steve Jobs’ health, and when Apple was gonna release info about those two things. Hmm. [HuffPo]
Business
Even More Head-Scratching Apple Analysis From CNBC
6:00AM Jack Loftus | Additional Apple-related shenanigans from CNBC as they report on Apple stock “tanking” in January following Steve Jobs’ poor health: More »
Entertainment
Jon Stewart vs Jim Cramer on Manipulating Apple Stock
4:02PM Brian Lam | It’s been interesting watching the CNBC’s bad habits come under fire by the mighty Jon Stewart. Gawker’s got a clip of Cramer as he appears on The Daily Show tonight, where Jim Cramer is quoted talking about manipulating Apple stock. More »
Software
Microsoft Songsmith Cheerily Documents the Collapse of the World Economy
10:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | Microsoft’s inherently-ironic Songsmith software is such a goldmine. Here, some jokester has turned those stock market frowns upside-down by setting them to Songsmith’s relentlessly upbeat Casiotone beats. More »
Business
Palm Stock Jumps 34.85% On Palm Pre News
10:00AM Jesus Diaz | Despite the stupid Pre name, Palm has jumped up $US1.15 to $US4.45. Doesn’t look like a lot, but that’s 34.85%, which is like a 1,548% in the Investors Confidence Index, and 543% in dog years. More »
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