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Apple's second quarter numbers trounce expectations, an MF Global trustee is suing Jon Corzine over the firm's collapse, and Bill Gates inadvertently infuriates all of Korea with one handshake. And so much more!

To end your week, we have news on how long Siri keeps your cries for help, Reditt faces outages and the harsh reality of being a middle-aged programmer. Stay strong, Boston!

Google tops first quarter profit expectations, automotive experts say to expect self-driving cars in 2025 and no sooner, and Fred Wilson on Bitcoin, Airbnb, and immigration (video). And so much more!

Intel just bought the 7-year-old startup Mashery, Twitter sharpens its ad targeting by sifting through tweets, and the gourmet cupcake bubble is bursting. And so much more!

Shareholder activists are beginning to aim at bigger targets, Yahoo posts flat first-quarter revenue, Google's next batch of gadgets is a-ma-zing, promises chairman Eric Schmidt, and so much more!

Terrifying explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, tax avoidance schemes of the rich and famous, and coming to a workplace near you: fines for being fat? And so much more!

To end your week, we have tips on how to make your iPhone battery last longer, Lucky Brand and Juicy Couture are getting PE interest and the artic will be ice-free by 2050.

Today we have news that there may be a leadership vacuum at Tumblr, LinkedIn buys Pulse and guess who owns a lot of Bitcoins.

The Dow and S&P 500 each posted very good days, Life Technologies gets bids and a disgraced former Congressman may make a bid for New York City mayor.

KPMG resigns as the auditor for Herbalife and Sketchers, Pandora has more than 200 mln registered users and AT&T has plans for a gigabit network in Austin.