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The Apple Universe : First Reactions
The California Theater is decorated for the endlessly hyped Apple iPad Mini event in San Jose, Calif., on Oct. 23.

Apple's iPad Mini event: Live-blogging the reactions

Real-time curation and analysis from The Week's Chris Gayomali

 
The Apple Universe : Twitter Take
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The latest tweets about Apple's iPad Mini event

Real-time, unfiltered commentary from the world at large

 
The Apple Universe : Forecast
The latest full-size iPad (pictured) boasts a Retina display, but the rumored iPad mini may not be robust enough to support the same screen.

Apple's iPad Mini: 7 rumored features [Updated]

The iPhone 5 is so yesterday's news. Now, tech fanatics are leaking details about a new portable, budget-edition tablet. And it'll be here on Tuesday

 
The Apple Universe : The List
Apple's new iPod Touch: Even with diminishing sales, the company still earned over a billion dollars from its mp3 players in the second quarter of 2012.

4 reasons Apple still makes iPods

Why continue to produce the old-school mp3 player when the all-the-rage iPhone 5 does everything it can and more?

 
The Apple Universe : Fact Sheet
Nokia headquarters in Helsinki, Finland: The Finnish phone maker has a portfolio of patents that could be worth as much as $10 billion.

4 reasons Apple should buy Nokia

The Finnish company's powerful maps and impressive patent portfolio have tech insiders daydreaming of an industry-changing acquisition

 
The Apple Universe : Slideshow
TIME Steve Jobs cover

9 iconic Steve Jobs magazine covers: A slideshow

A year after the Apple visionary's death, a look at some of the countless publications whose cover he graced

 
The Apple Universe : Analysis
Steve Jobs debuts the iPhone in 2007: A year after his death, the innovator continues to be compared to history's greatest innovators and leaders.

Why Steve Jobs was like Ronald Reagan — and 3 other famous leaders

A year after his death, the late Apple boss is remembered in rarefied company

 
The Apple Universe : Audio
Steve Jobs in 1989: In a newly unearthed 1983 speech, the innovator was already beginning to imagine Siri and the App Store.

Listen to the 1983 Steve Jobs speech that predicted the iPad

Addressing a small audience nearly 30 years ago, the late Apple boss revealed nascent thoughts on tablets, the App Store, and even Siri

 
The Apple Universe : Opinion Brief
After a wave of complaints from Apple customers regarding Apple Maps, CEO Tim Cook apologized for the rather shoddy app — and won some fans in the tech press.

Did Apple actually win 'Mapgate'?

Tim Cook apologized for replacing Google Maps with a disastrous Apple-built iPhone app. And that concession, says Farhad Manjoo at Pando Daily, was simply brilliant

 
The Apple Universe : Opinion Brief
A Swiss railway station clock at the Basel Bad station: The iconic clock appears to be the inspiration for the new iOS 6 world clock on the iPad.

Did Apple rip off a famous Swiss clock's design?

The Swiss Federal Railway alleges that the world's most valuable company stole its signature clock face for iOS 6 — and it wants Apple to pay up

 
The Apple Universe : Fact Sheet
While Apple Maps does offer a flyover, birds-eye view of select cities, a closer alternative to Google's Street View might be more practical for travelers.

Apple Maps: 4 ways to improve the disastrous new app

The latest update to iOS 6 replaces the longstanding Google Maps app with a Cupertino-bred product still in its infancy, and directionless users are crying foul

 
The Apple Universe : The List
Even the entry-level model of the latest iPad costs a whopping $500, and a long-rumored iPad Mini shouldn't cost more than $300 or so, analysts say, if Apple wants to compete against Amazon and Google's smaller tablets.

Apple's rumored iPad Mini: 5 features it needs to succeed

With a rumored October launch, the house that Jobs built seems set to enter the fiercely competitive world of compact budget tablets

 
The Apple Universe : Instant Guide
Apple employees help a young customer in Portland, Ore.: To become a "Genius," employees must go through a mandatory 14-day course.

Revealed: 4 secrets from Apple's Genius training manual

How does Apple's in-store support team offer such unparalleled customer service? Regimented training and mind-reading tactics, for starters

 
The Apple Universe : Opinion Brief
Samsung's Galaxy S III (right) and Apple's iPhone 4S: After beating Samsung in court, Apple's lawyers may be eyeing Google's Android operating system next.

Apple's mega-patent win: An Android killer?

Google, which licenses Android software to Samsung for the Korean company's hot-selling smartphones, may have reason to worry after Apple's big court victory

 
The Apple Universe : Winners and Losers
A customer tries the Samsung Galaxy Note at a store in Seoul: Apple's patent-lawsuit victory over Samsung may force competitors to create more original products.

Apple's massive patent victory over Samsung: Winners and losers

A jury says Samsung copied the iPhone's design and features — and the verdict is reverberating throughout the tech world

 
The Apple Universe : Analysis
An unofficial conceptual design for the iPad Mini: Apple will reportedly debut a smaller tablet (with a rumored 7.85-inch display) in October.

Why the iPad Mini is getting its own October launch event: 4 theories

The Apple rumor mill is convinced we'll get a new iPhone in September, and a new, smaller iPad in October. Why not just have one event?

 

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