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The Apple Universe : The List
Among the revelations from the FBI's 191-page file on Steve Jobs: Some colleagues thought he wasn't very nice; and he was once the target of a bomb threat.

The Steve Jobs FBI dossier: 5 surprises

The late Apple co-founder earned poor grades in high school. But that's just the beginning of what's in his just-released file

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The Apple Universe : Irony Alert
Steve Jobs introduces iTunes in 2003: Despite driving the music industry into the digital age, the late Apple founder still fetishized vinyl records.

Irony alert: Steve Jobs, vinyl music fan? 

The man who brought you the iPod didn't fire one up after kicking off his New Balances — he flipped on the record player instead

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The Apple Universe : Best Column
Apple can risk a financial loss to gain the moral high-ground and innovate ways to make its factories more humane, says Farhad Manjoo at Slate.

Why Apple should reinvent manufacturing

The tech juggernaut isn't the only company to use factories with poor working conditions, says Farhad Manjoo at Slate. But it's the only one that can change things

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The Apple Universe : Opinion Brief
Employees work on the assembly line at the Foxconn factory in China: Reports of grueling conditions at this Apple parts supplier could taint the tech giant's reputation.

The 'punishing' iPhone factories: Will Apple customers care?

The New York Times delivers another exposé on Apple's Chinese manufacturing practices, focusing on the human costs behind iPhones and iPads. Backlash, anyone?

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The Apple Universe : The List
Apple employees cheer early-bird customers at the October launch of the iPhone 4S: The latest iteration of the iPhone led the way for Apple's record-smashing earnings last quarter.

Apple's 'unimaginable' quarterly earnings: 5 talking points

The tech giant makes more money in three months than many countries produce over an entire year. A guide to Apple's "monster" profits

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The Apple Universe : Opinion Brief
Apple's proposed e-textbooks would cost less than hardbacks and offer interactive tools, but students would need to shell out of the iPad, first.

Can iPads replace textbooks?

Apple has unveiled a grand plan to revolutionize the education industry with iBooks 2.0

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The Apple Universe : Fact Sheet
An aerial shot of Apple Headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.: Buildings are often physically changed keep a highly secretive project from fellow employees.

4 bizarre ways Apple guards its secrets

Windowless rooms and plainclothed spies patrolling the local bar are just a few of the ways the technology company maintains its secrecy

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The Apple Universe : Burning Question
A tech blogger gets a sneak peak at a potential next generation iPad (not pictured), and says the camera and screen will be getting an upgrade.

Is Apple's next tablet the 'iPad 2S'?

A tech blogger claims to have gotten a close-up glimpse of what's suspected to be the next iPad — and says it's almost indistinguishable from its predecessor

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The Apple Universe : By the numbers
New Apple CEO Tim Cook pocketed 1 million shares of Apple stock in 2011, all of which will vest by 2021.

Tim Cook's $375 million year: By the numbers

In 2011, Apple's new CEO was awarded stock options worth hundreds of millions of dollars, making his $900,000 salary look paltry by comparison

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The Apple Universe : Forecast
The new Apple store in Grand Central Station: Bloggers are speculating wildly about the tech giant's mystery New York event at the end of the month.

Apple's January 'mystery' event: 5 predictions

Tech's master of mystique will reportedly make a media-related announcement later this month. What might Big Fruit reveal?

The Apple Universe : Controversy
One critic says the mighty Apple will lose its "cool factor" in 2012, as sexy new Android smartphones steal the spotlight.

Is Apple losing its 'cool factor'?

After a tech analyst dismisses the iPhone as stale, an army of Apple believers rushes to the company's defense 

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The Apple Universe : Analysis
One of Steve Jobs' final passion projects was driven by his desire to revolutionize TV, and rumor has it that his dream may soon become a reality.

4 new rumors about the Apple TV

If the buzz in the tech world is to be believed, Apple's new TV will be controlled by your iPhone — or your voice

The Apple Universe : Opinion Brief
An Apple employee scans the iPad2 bar code: Rumors that the iPad 3 will launch after the new year may have customers holding out for the upgrade.

Will iPad 3 rumors ruin Apple's Christmas?

A fresh round of rumors about a new tablet on the horizon is threatening the tech giant's holiday sales

The Apple Universe : By the numbers
Apple's new Grand Central Station store opened to the public last week, reportedly welcoming 4,000 people on the New York City location's first day.

Apple's 'stunning' Grand Central Station store: By the numbers

The tech giant opens a gleaming retail space within the Beaux Arts landmark. But did the government landlord give Apple too sweet of a deal?

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The Apple Universe : The List
Steve Jobs reportedly had some unfinished projects, from the iPhone to TV, under his sleeves at the time of his Oct. 5 death.

Steve Jobs' hidden agenda: The posthumous rumors

Reportedly, there are many secret projects Jobs never saw to fruition, from an Apple wireless carrier to the fabled iPhone 5

The Apple Universe : Opinion Brief
iTunes Match allows users to download music on one device and listen to it on another,  whether the song was obtained legally or not.

iTunes Match: A 'game-changer' for music listeners?

Techies can't decide whether Apple's new cloud music service is surprisingly revolutionary or hopelessly old school

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