Former Apple VP Ron Johnson is beefing up his team at jcpenney (yes, that's how they're styling it now) by bringing on another Apple veteran, Benjamin Fay. Fay was in charge of retail real estate, design, and development in Cupertino, and will be doing much the same thing at the department store. Maybe he should just make it easy on himself and plop down a jcp anywhere there's already an Apple Store. Done!

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One Colorado man has sued Apple for patent infringement...over the iPad's Smart Cover. Jerald Bovino says Apple's case is a clear violation of his patent on : "Portable computer case." This is the part where would probably suggest that Apple just tell Mr. Bovino: "You want it? You can have it."

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A marketing campaign with the message "Wake Up" has been appearing around Australia, including in front of Sydney's Apple Store. Many have suggested that Samsung is behind the effort, as a way to promote the launch of its Galaxy S3 smartphone, but Samsung has . Oh my god, maybe