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Apple Store Sales Continue to Fall, but That's Not a Bad Thing

At Apple ( AAPL ), retail sales are continuing to decrease, with same store sales at Apple Stores down 3.3% in the third quarter. This however, was less of a loss than the company experienced in the second quarter

Apple’s Bigfoot-like product could emerge next year … or not

Apple’s mythical television set is the Bigfoot of consumer electronics devices. Some people are convinced that it exists in the wilds of Apple’s product development centers. And they insist that when it finally shows itself, it’s going to be huge. Still others think that’s a load of hooey and it’s not going to happen. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said Tuesday that he believes Apple has delayed the launch of its iTV until late 2015 or early 2016 at the earliest. In the meantime, Apple (AAPL) is likely to come out with a new version of its Apple TV set-top box running on Apple’s new A7 processor sometime next year, he says. Kuo believes Apple’s TV ambitions have been hindered by the challenges of obtaining TV content and integrating more services and apps, 9to5mac reported Tuesday . Meanwhile, the most vocal believer in the Apple iTV is Piper Jaffray analyst …

Apple iPad Mini 2 winners include Cirrus Logic, STMicro

Apple’s (AAPL) second-generation iPad Mini tablet was made available for purchase Tuesday and analysts already are tearing it open to see which component makers scored a place in it. Device repair website IFixIt took apart an iPad Mini with Retina display and found many familiar component suppliers represented inside. Two component winners were audio-codec provider Cirrus Logic (CRUS) and motion-sensor provider STMicroelectronics (STM). They have faced heightened competition for that business. Like the larger-screen iPad Air, released on Nov. 1, the iPad Mini 2 features a display from LG Display (LPL), IFixIt said. Reports have speculated that the new iPad Mini will be in short supply because of difficulties in sourcing the 7.9-inch high-resolution display. Sharp and Samsung also are supplying displays for the iPad Mini 2, MacRumors reported. The display is run by an LCD driver from Parade Technologies and power supply chips from Texas Instruments (TXN). It…