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According to this woman, who was in line at 3 a.m. this morning at a Verizon store in order to be the very first owner of a Motorola Droid phone in SF, this is "the phone [she's] been waiting for."

Though not nearly as important as Rachel Zoe (obvi), Apple CEO Steve Jobs is facing some of the same criticism as Hollywood's most stylish heroine, namely his pin-thin stature. "I probably need to gain about 30 pounds," Steve Jobs told the New York Times after his Norma Desmond-like comeback at yesterday's iPod Nano reveal. And, yes, for better or for worse, Jobs looked rail-thin. But the reaction on Wall Street, where Apple stock ebbs and flows depending on Jobs' perceived health, is the reaction that matters. Valleywag pointed out today, "Such is the demanding CEO's importance to Apple, and shareholders must now weigh Jobs' still-gaunt look and scratchy voice against his characteristically enthusiastic delivery." Did anyone attend yesterday's Jobsian revival? If so, how did he sound?

      

They're very shiny.

Five months after a liver transplant, Steve Jobs is alive and on stage at Apple's "It's only rock and roll" event this morning. The focus is on music, and the release of iTunes 9, but if there are any huge announcements you can find them here in the next half hour. We're not physically there, but as a service to you we're going to give you a few highlights as we receive them from the fine nerds at Endgadget -- and for the truly Apple-nerdy among you, you can click over there for their moment by moment live blog.

Many AT&T customers, including the legion of iPhone users out there, may be aware of some wonkiness with their wonder devices of late. Dropped calls, delayed voicemails, inability to access voicemail, inability to tweet their Muni woes, etc. It's been a shitty month or two, and it all comes down to the fact that Apple and AT&T struck that single-carrier deal a couple years back, and AT&T can't handle the data traffic anymore. As the NYT reports today (complete with slide show), AT&T is scrambling to expand their network.

Since working for both Google and Apple is starting to look odd, Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently ditched his gig on the board at Apple. Being on the board since 2006, Schmidt thought it best to excuse himself, especially now as Google "develops products that compete with Apple's core businesses, including the popular iPhone." So, yeah, that's a wise move. Other noted members of Apple's board, according to CBS 5/AP, include "former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Genentech chairman Arthur D. Levinson and Andrea Jung, the chairwoman and CEO of Avon Products." Levinson, by thew way, serves on Google's board. No word as to whether or not he will step down soon.

Billed at the "first X-rated app approved by Apple," the folks in Cupertino gave the green light to MyPleasure.com’s MyVibe vibrator application. Sex researcher Dr. Debby Herbenick, according to Gizmodo, gave it the thumbs up.

While some of us are more than content with our MetroPCS phones (questionably referred to as GhettoPCS in less esteemed circles), people are finally getting their first iPhones. So much so that Apple sold 1 million of them in just five days after the iPhone 3G S went on sale last Friday. What's more, more than six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software, according to San Francisco Business Times. "After using a 1960's-era Motorola Razr for years, I couldn't be happier with the new iPhone. Now the last five years are starting to make more sense" squees one friend of SFist.) Although stock prices had dipped after news of Steve Jobs' health was made public over the last few months, their stock has shot up since then, "closing up nearly 80 percent from those lows on Friday at $139.48."

Kudos to AP photographer Eric Risberg who snapped this shot of Noonan, a golden retriever poodle mix, standing with his owner, Jay Streets, and others on a bridge inside the downtown SF Apple store. They're waiting to get their paws on the new iPhone 3GS.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple CEO / His Holiness Steve Jobs just underwent a successful liver transplant. While initially reported back in 2004 that Jobs took leave of Apple due to a "hormone imbalance" -- a problem that can easily be cured by a case of Activa yogurt and a couple of Luna bars -- word is his (alleged) pancreatic cancer might have spread to his liver, hence the need for something as serious as an organ transplant. Much to the delight of fans and Apple investors, Jobs will be back to work at the end of June.

According to KRON4, folks are lined up outside the downtown Apple store to grab one. And, according to Darya Folsom, it's nuts! But, look, check out this Craigslist ad, which takes all of the line-waiting out of buying a new iPhone. It also takes all of the dough out of your pocket. Behold.

You can feel it in the air. Mac sect members eagerly awaiting the next pearl of genius to drop at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, which is happening right now at the Moscone Center. (Today's frenzy even managed to temporarily shutdown Digg.) Since your editor is a PC user, naturally, he only cares about the WWDC after-parties' amuse-bouche platters. But what say you, Apple fans? What's the hub, bub? What will be unleashed this year? Something light-weight and irresistibly twee yet hip, we hope. And for those of you who want to follow what's going on today through the 12th at the conference, check out Laughing Squid, gdgt, MacRumors, Macworld, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, the Mac Observer, or #apple for more information.

Some of the largest employers in the Bay Area are being investigated by the Department of Justice to determine if they have been in cahoots not to recruit or hire away each others' key employees. The story first broke on The Deal, and now appears on The Washington Post. Sources for the Post report that the probe is industry-wide, and asserts that "by agreeing not to hire away top talent, the companies could be stifling competition and trying to maintain their market power unfairly."

The rumor that Apple wanted to buy Twitter for $700 million turned out to be just that, a rumor. According to KCBS, Biz Stone said in a television appearance Wednesday on The View that "the company was not for sale." So, yeah, there you go.

Although it's known more for pretty computers and applications celebrating infanticide than Internet know-how, Apple is rumored to snatch up Twitter, according to Valleywag. While the SF-based company turned down a $500 million offer in cash and stock from Facebook, whose most recent makeover was a disastrous aim at the Twitter set, Apple allegedly plans on ponying up $700 million for the micro-blogging site. According to Valleywag, "A source familiar with the thinking of Twitter's board says the company would be hard-pressed to refuse an all-cash offer in the range of $700 million. (Is Twitter really worth that? Since it's business is nothing but a fantasy at this point, any valuation, high or low, is a matter of make-believe.)"

This one goes out to SFist commenter mcgordonliddy...

Perturbed parents groups are demanding answers from Apple after it approved, then dumped, a new 'Baby Shaker' app for the iPhone. The game, which delightfully promoted infanticide for $.99 on Monday, was described by its maker, Sikalosoft, like this: "On a plane, on the bus, in a theater. Babies are everywhere you don't want them to be! They're always distracting you from preparing for that big presentation at work with their incessant crying. Before Baby Shaker there was nothing you could do about it."

Copy / paste. Ta-da. Happy? You shouldn't be. Because every MSM news outlet seems to think this is a story. It's not. This and this is an actual news story-, at least when compared to an iPhone update of this caliber. In other news,. the T-Mobile G1 is 10x the phone iPhone wants to be. Yes huh.

Those crazy kids down in Cupertino unveiled a "minuscule" new iPod Shuffle on Wednesday. It's so small, in fact, that those of you who aren't anal retentive or born under a Virgo sun would probably lose it within a week. We sure would. Anyway, it comes with a whopping 4GB of storage, which means you can hold up to 1,000 songs. It goes for $79 too, which is a deal.

Owen Thomas at Valleywag has word that there might -- might! -- be "'major layoffs'" at Apple today. According to VW tipsters, "'all sales teams have mandatory meetings today'" and "'HR booked conference rooms in Cupertino.'" Is it true? Who knows. But we're here to spread the wild speculation. Stay tuned.

We love that Apple co-founder and lovable bear Steve "Woz" Wozniak isn't immune to fame's sweet heron-like release. It just goes to show that that those gifted with Asperger's disorder are just like us! First, he appeared on Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List has Griffin's temporary lover. Now he's appearing on Dancing With the Stars.

Steve Wozniak, who founded Apple along with Camille, has been announced as part of the lineup on ABC's assault on dancing and television, Dancing with the Stars. Steve Wozniak, affectionately known to his fans as "The Woz," most recently appeared on the spectacular Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List as Griffin's love interest. Other notables appearing on the amateur dance competition are heroin addict Steve-O, ecdysiast Lil' Kim, and professional horrible human being Denise Richards.

Not since Lindsey Lohan and Britney Spears has the media been so interested in one person's health condition. That person, of course, is Silicon Valley's Steve Jobs. And now the SEC wants to get in the know. Though the ailing Apple CEO has asked to be left alone regarding his health status, the Security and Exchange Commission is now asking the Mac cult leader what's up.

According to CNBC and MacRumors, Apple says CEO Steve Jobs is taking "a leave of absence," citing health reasons. Story developing. More info as it comes to us.

Long gone are they days when obese Mac users fainted in line while waiting to see Steve Jobs shake his hips at Moscone.

The annual Macworld Expo kicked off this morning, with new versions of new versions of iLife and iWork being introduced. Also, the 17-inch MacBook Pro will get a unibody enclosure makeover. (That is to say, it will be less than an inch thick, making it the world’s most anorexic 17-inch notebook to date. Oh, and it will continue to sell for $2,799.)

A hormone imbalance is being blamed in the gaunt appearance of Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Rumored to be stricken by a number of mysterious illnesses ranging from cancer to anorexia, Jobs appeared enviously thin at last year's Macworld Expo, which starts today. According to an AP report, "Jobs, 53, said in a public letter that his thinness had been a mystery even to him and his doctors until a few weeks ago, when =sophisticated blood tests= confirmed that he has 'a hormone imbalance that has been `robbing' me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy.'" So have no fear Mac sect members, Jobs will remain CEO of Apple.

Macworld Expo, the annual tech exposition of for the rabid Mac sect, won't see his Holiness Steve Jobs grace the stage come January. Apple announced today that next year is the last time the company will exhibit at Macworld Expo. Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior VP of Worldwide Product Marketing, will deliver the opening keynote at this year’s Macworld Conference & Expo, which will be Apple’s last keynote at the popular expo. According to Apple . the company "is reaching more people in more ways than ever before, so like many companies, trade shows have become a very minor part of how Apple reaches its customers." Speaking of reaching more people in more ways, Apple recently announced plans to sell the iPhone at garish retail chain Wal-Mart.

We have nothing against retailers as a whole - really, an afternoon at Target is a culturally-enriched afternoon -- but Wal-Mart is, in a word, well, trash. So it comes as a surprise that mildly elitist Apple plans on selling its popular iPhone at Wal-Mart stores. Apple is bring very quiet about this announcement, but Wal-Mart Stores will be the second independent retail chain to sell the phone. (You can also find the touch pad-happy phone at Best Buy.)

by Evan James