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• Apple sold 35-38 million iPhones last quarter, analysts say

  Apple sold about 38 million iPhones in the first quarter, an 8 per cent increase over what it sold in the same quarter a year ago, according to an ISI Group analyst. Other analysts pegged the sales number at 35 million.

• Apple CEO Tim Cook's approval rating drops

  Apple CEO Tim Cook's approval rating fell in the last 12 months, dropping Steve Jobs' successor to the 18th spot on an annual ranking of American chief executives.

• Hypervisor startup is virtualizing virtualization

  Startup Ravello Systems launched a hypervisor this week that sits on top of other hypervisors.

• Hacktivist group suspends bank attacks

  A group claiming responsibility for a string of cyberattacks against several major U.S. banks over the past four months today said that it has suspended its campaign in response to YouTube's apparent removal of a controversial anti-Muslim video.

• Startup service targets electronic workplace compliance, training

  Startup Convercent officially debuted today with a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering that lets employers make available to employees in electronic form, via computer or mobile device, the workplace ethics and compliance terms the business supports.

• Cook, not Nixon, goes to China to strike deal

  Apple CEO Tim Cook met today with Xi Guohua, head of China Mobile, the world's largest wireless carrier, triggering speculation that the two firms will strike a deal this year.

• Dell, Intel and Chinese venture firm back OpenStack consultancy Mirantis for $10M

  Two big names in the OpenStack movement -- Dell and Intel -- have thrown money behind a consultancy that has carved a niche out helping users deploy the open source cloud platform.

• iPhone 6 rumour rollup for the week ending January 7

  Obsession is its own reward, as the iOSphere constantly shows. The rumorati were gaga over a stock analyst's speculation that iPhone 6 would be available in, of all things, different colors.

• Apple crafting bigger iPhone in multiple colors for June, says analyst

  Apple will launch the next iPhone in May or June 2013, offering multiple colors and screen sizes in a move that would depart from a six-year practice, a Wall Street analyst said today.

• Cloud Sherpas funding, acquisition points to hot SaaS market

  Atlanta-based consultancy Cloud Sherpas today announced $40 million in new funding and the acquisition of another consulting firm in California named Cloud Trigger.

• Apple on track to meet 100-market target for iPhone 5 roll-out

  Apple has announced the iPhone 5 will reach retail in South Korea on Dec. 7 and another 54 countries later this month.

• PC vendors curb expectations for Windows 8 sales hike

  Computer sellers have scaled back their expectations of the sales pop they'll get from Windows 8 this year, an analyst said recently.

• Apple's iPad Mini, iPhone 5 head to China

  Apple today announced that it will start selling the iPad Mini, fourth-generation iPad and iPhone 5 in China over the next two weeks, putting those new products on shelves in time for the January 2013 kick-off of Chinese New Year sales.

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  Apple to kick off holiday deals at midnight Friday

  Apple will again offer discounts this week on 'Black Friday,' the mega shopping day after the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S.

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  Windows 8 PC orders weak, says analyst

  Computer sellers have scaled back their expectations of the sales pop they'll get from Windows 8 this year, according to an analyst.