Apple released new privacy controls in its latest software update. The changes are roiling the online advertising industry. Apple hide caption
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Amsterdam's Leidseplein Apple Store was evacuated on Sunday after an iPad battery exploded, according to local media reports. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
CEO Tim Cook discusses Apple TV during the Apple event in San Francisco on Wednesday. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption
Sleepy in the day and wide awake at night? Give the screen a rest. Guido Mieth/Getty Images/Flickr RM hide caption
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy, seen in a photo taken last year, says his resignation Thursday was "by mutual agreement." Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
A restaurant customer tries out the Aptito app on a digital menu. Courtesy of Aptito hide caption
Students at Coachella Valley Unified School District use iPads during a lesson. The district's superintendent is promoting the tablet initiative as a way to individualize learning. Coachella Valley Unified School District hide caption
A School's iPad Initiative Brings Optimism And Skepticism
Amazon's Kindle e-reader. Apple has been ordered to submit to a monitor to ensure it doesn't fix prices on e-books in future. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption
As an armchair disease detective, you don't have to bother with mundane tasks, like culturing fluorescent bacteria or interviewing the ill. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hide caption
A Nordstrom salesperson shows a customer an online selection of shoes on an in-store iPad. Like some other retailers, Nordstrom is using mobile devices to make on-the-spot sales and check companywide product inventory instantly. Courtesy of Nordstrom hide caption
Forget The Register: Stores Use Mobile To Make Sales On The Spot
The new iPad Mini is displayed after its unveiling at an Apple event in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images hide caption
Customers talk with Apple employees, in blue, inside a San Francisco Apple store on Friday, the first day of the launch of the new iPad. Paul Sakuma/AP hide caption
A new home for the iPad? Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Apple CEO Steve Jobs describes the company's new iPad 2 on stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
A Libyan rebel in Ajdabiya on Wednesday. Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
You never know when you'll bump into the Adjacent Possible. Shiny Things/flickr hide caption