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Apple dominates kids' holiday wish lists more than ever

This year 48% want an iPad, up from 31% in 2010 and 44% in 2011

FORTUNE -- Nielsen released the results of its annual "iHoliday" survey of U.S. children's Christmas wish lists Tuesday, and once again Apple (AAPL) dominated four of the five top spots (see Nielsen graphic below).

What interested us was that despite increased competition in both the tablet and smartphone markets, the kids' attraction to the Apple brand has MORE

FBI arrests JFK worker in heist of 3,600 Apple iPad minis

Suspect reportedly helping detectives search Long Island for a truck full of stolen iPads

FORTUNE -- He's been called "bonehead," "Dumbfellas" and the "less-than-master-mind" behind the theft of 3,600 iPad minis Monday night from the JFK cargo building that was the site of the 1978 Lufthansa heist featured in "Goodfellas."

Court papers filed Friday in Brooklyn show that one Renel Rene Richardson has been arrested by the FBI and charged with acting MORE

Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty is bullish on Apple

"iPhone and iPad mini sales," she says, "are surprising to the upside"

FORTUNE -- Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty on Thursday joined the chorus of sell-side analysts coming to Apple's (AAPL) defense in the midst of the stock's worst sell-off since the 2008 recession. (See What's eating Apple?)

"Our Asia supply chain meetings point to potential momentum behind several key AAPL debates," she writes in a note to clients. "Namely, iPhone and iPad MORE

Thieves grab 3,600 Apple iPad minis from JFK Airport

Beats waiting in line at the Apple Store, says the New York Post

FORTUNE -- A gang of thieves Monday night made off with 3,600 Pad minis that had just arrived at JFK Airport from China.

According to Thursday's New York Post, the gang struck shortly before midnight, using one of the airport's own forklifts to load two pallets containing 1,800 tablets each onto a tractor trailer. They might have made off with MORE

Analyst: iPad mini 'less cannibalistic' than expected

A survey suggests that Windows PCs, not 10-inch iPads, will be its primary victim

FORTUNE -- The day after the iPad mini was unveiled, Cowen's Matthew Hoffman wrote that he expected Apple's (AAPL) latest tablet to be "largely cannibalistic" -- eating directly into the sales of Apple's 10-inch iPad -- and he trimmed his iPad sales estimates accordingly.

But to be certain, he ordered a survey of 1,225 Americans to gauge their MORE

Apple posts its gift guide for the 2012 holiday season

Suggested gifts on Apple's online store range from $30 to $500

FORTUNE -- Apple (AAPL) must think Americans are feeling pretty flush this holiday season. With only 10 days to go before the madness of Black Friday, it posted a holiday gift guide Tuesday featuring some pretty pricy presents.

Topping the page is the new iPad mini starting at $329. Given that Americans spent an average of $705 on presents last Christmas, MORE

Video: Nightline on Apple

"Time to sell or time to buy? There's probably an app for that."

FORTUNE -- ABC News Nightline weighed in Wednesday night on the recent decline in Apple's (AAPL) share price.

Bulls and bears, I suspect, will both find something not to like in the report. The line that raised my eyebrows highest:

"Even Microsoft, long ago left in Apple's dust, has a new exciting tablet called the Surface nudging for attention and MORE

Today in Tech: Is Foursquare really worth over $700 million?

Also: Why booksellers are resisting Amazon's publishing venture; Why the iPad Mini may not be as popular.

Foursquare looks into a fourth round at an over $700 million valuation [TECHCRUNCH]

Perhaps investors are having a hard time drumming up enthusiasm because the company is valued at just under half the market cap of its public competitor Yelp, which boasts 84 million unique monthly visitors and 33 million reviews. The company has 25 million registered MORE

Apple's 3 million iPad weekend: What the analysts are saying

Despite stock outs, sales of the Wi-Fi only model exceeded most of their expectations

FORTUNE -- The actual number of iPad minis (as opposed to iPad 4s) sold over the past three days is still unclear. Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster put it at 2 to 2.5 million, despite the fact that 9 out of 10 customers his firm polled last Friday were buying the mini, and not the full-sized iPad 4.

But MORE

Android market share growth slowed over the past 6 months

Meanwhile, a new survey shows a dip in the loyalty of Apple iPhone owners

FORTUNE -- Here are two Monday morning Apple (AAPL) news items that pull in opposite directions.

Aymco's Horace Dediu has published a series of charts that show the growth in the smartphone market share of Google's (GOOG) Android slowing over past six months while iOS is still gaining. See The late smartphone adopter paradox.

Meanwhile, a website called Tom's MORE