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The next-generation iPad, or iPad 2, is said to have a flat back, smaller bezel and a wide-range speaker.

The launch of Apple's iPad in April 2010 has been rated as one of the most notable business developments of the year by an eminent professor at the Harvard Business School.

Apple said it expects sales of its new Apple TV to top one million units later this week.

California-based start up Kno Inc. announced it has begun shipping its Linux-based touch screen educational tablet for students, letting them read textbooks, take notes and browse the Web.

Four people, including an executive from an expert networking firm, have been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in an operation seen as part of a widening probe into insider trading.

Apple released an application for Macs under the moniker iAd Producer that enables users to create multimedia rich iAds for iOS devices.

Apple has moved a step forward towards launching its Mac App Store as it announced that its Mac OS X Download site will stop delivering apps from Jan. 6.

In a teaser video for its own tablet, Motorola took shots at the iPad and Galaxy Tab

The lifeblood of retail expansion is same store sales. If same store sales do not increase, any store count expansion becomes a death march. But the big retailers keep expanding out of touch with reality.

Online spending in the United States rose 12 percent to $27.5 billion till date this holiday shopping season. Free Shipping Day punctuated an exceptional week in which consumers spent more than $5.5 billion online, representing a 14 percent increase from last year, research firm comScore said.

A new movie format developed by Tel Aviv University lets the viewer change the course of a film with the click of a button.

Four men were arrested for taking part in an insider trading scheme in which details of Apple's iPhone and iPad were leaked to hedge fund managers.

Apple stock is still cheap relative to its growth potential and quality, said hedge fund manager David Einhorn.

The company gets $200 million from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers to raise its total valuation to $3.7 billion

Nokia has filed fresh patent infringement claims against Apple in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands, alleging that Apple infringed its patents in many of its products sold in these countries, including iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Apple said its Mac App Store will open for business on Thursday, January 6 and will be available in 90 countries at launch.

The brokerage maintained its 'buy' rating on shares of the software major with a price target of $33.

Amid a report Microsoft will introduce a slew of tablets at the Consumer Electronics Show, analysts say the company could be in trouble if it doesn't get its mobile act together.

Apple has launched its first iAd for iPad, the upcoming sci-fi Disney flick Tron Legacy, after launching the iAd feature in April.

Growing up in the city of Bethlehem, PA, Dino knows the importance of hard work and American pride. Bethlehem Steel Corp was once a gem of American industry, having been so powerful that during World War II, its laborers churned out a Navy battleship in a single day.

Chronology: Key events that highlight Apple's march this year