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Wednesday Highlights: Tim Cook expressed dismay that Apple is only selling 20% of iPhones sold through Apple Stores, plans to change it, but new analysis suggests that will be a "difficult proposition"; Apple's earnings report is on tap and analysts are up to usual prognostications of what numbers will be, with iPad numbers estimated between 13.5 and 22 million; Apple's "hobby", Apple TV, is owning the competition with 56% of the market, and ad-skipping is the latest rumored feature sure to shake the competition even further; is Samsung taking an extortion stance "against Apple in new ITC filing"?; report out of the WSJ spells caution for AT&T, Apple, others as the wow factor for upgrading smartphones is waning; Charlotte Henry at The Mac Observer takes Apple to task for lack of women on the Board of Directors; on Tuesday, Apple released Logic Pro X, and today comes news that if you purchased Logic Pro in the last 30 days, you're entitled to a refund; Marco Tabini wonders if the lack of an upgrade from Logic Pro to Logic Pro X is a sign that Apple is moving away from upgrade programs; Alex4D shows how Logic Pro X and Final Cut Pro X work together; Serenity Caldwell shows how to use iTunes to sync your iPhone, iPad; Mactuts+ 101 article on Contacts in OS X; iSuppli sees iPhone sales growth for 2013 as below the industry average; and IndiaTimes report has iPhone sales falling sharply in India, down 47% in Q1 of this year; Android narrowing developer revenue gap with iOS; Samsung doing a flip phone again?; more details leak on iPhone 5S, IGZO, fingerprint scanner among features; budget iPhone pictures surface; and perhaps most interesting are LiquidMetal iPhone rumors, patent noted on Tuesday by MacDailyNews, BGR believes the iPhone 5S will feature an "indestructible LiquidMetal case"; more in our Hardware/Software section; The Register reviews the Haswell-based 11" MacBook Air; Game Boy fans can now install an emulator on their iDevice without jailbreaking; DigiTimes explores pros and cons of Apple building own chips; Jonny Evans thinks the logic of Post-PC world is revealed in Apple's new Logic Remote app.
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"Intel cuts 2013 revenue forecast as PC industry sags"?Reuters?3:32 PM
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"Intel Profit Falls Again on PC Slump"?WSJ Blogs?3:32 PM
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