He notes that Apple pointed out on the most recent earnings conference call that its current four stores in China had the highest average number of visitors and the highest revenues of all Apple stores.

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The settlement notes that Apple offers paid content on free games that are rated appropriate for children older than 4, 9 and 12 in its App Store.

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Mossberg notes that all the developers are focused on Apple and Android, but that everyone else is fighting to be number three.

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Shope notes that it has impact on gross margins for Apple and impacted sales of other iPads.

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One or two reporters have picked up on the dangers such structured notes linked to Apple pose for investors.

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Agarwal reflected on his experience at Apple and notes that at Apple most of the project teams are small, and driven by the engineers.

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This person said Apple has experimented with the ability to leave virtual sticky notes on the device and for the gadget to automatically recognize individuals via a built-in camera.

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Munster thinks there would be little immediate impact on the Apple org chart from such a change, although he notes that key players would gain in stature inside the company, including product design guru Jonathan Ive.

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