Cartoon of the day: iLost a job
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Cartoon of the day — Apple leads us astray
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Mei Xiang, one of the National Zoo’s giant pandas, finally gives birth to a cub after five consecutive false pregnancies.Photo: REUTERS/Molly Riley

GOOD DAY FOR:

Outsmarting the paparazzi
The Amazing Spider-Man stars (and real-life couple) Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield “charity-bomb” the paparazzi by holding up signs promoting a charity’s website as the paps snap the stars’ photo. [The Frisky]

Your sweet tooth
Japanese scientists create artificial tooth enamel that could help prevent tooth decay without the need for vigilant brushing. [Consumerist]

Persistent pandas
After five false pregnancies, the National Zoo’s female giant panda finally welcomes a new cub into the world. [Newser]

BAD DAY FOR:

Moving on
Samsung launches a new ad campaign claiming that its smartphones boast more impressive features than the iPhone — suggesting that the company is still bitter about having to pay Apple $1 billion for patent infringement. [Geekosystem]

Trusting without verifying
Fox & Friends gets trolled on the air by a a young man claiming to be a disillusioned former Obama supporter, who spends the interview making fun of host Gretchen Carlson instead of bashing Obama. [HyperVocal]

Adding insult to injury
After troubled former Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes’ well-publicized driving mishaps, Lindsay Lohan calls Bynes out via Twitter, demanding to know why she hasn’t been put in the slammer. [The Daily What] 

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“Apple made a historic and much-needed step forward today,” says Eric Limer at Gizmodo. It unveiled a set of new headphones called “EarPods.” EarPods sit deeper and more securely in the user’s ear than earlier models, and will come bundled standard with the iPhone 5. Thank goodness Apple’s finally putting its “old, terrible headphones to rest.”

6 other things you need to know about Apple’s iPhone 5 announcement

Financial analysts at JPMorgan Chase predict that sales of Apple’s new phone could be so large that they’ll significantly lift the entire U.S. economy. If Apple manages to sell 8 million phones by the end of 2012, it will contribute $3.2 billion to the economy, increasing fourth-quarter gross domestic product by one-third of a percentage point. JPMorgan estimates that the impact could even reach one-half of a percentage point.

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Millions of people have downloaded smartphone apps on both iOS and Android to show their support for President Obama or Mitt Romney, possibly to their own detriment. A report from web security firm GFI says that both candidates’ apps — “Obama for America” and “Mitt’s VP” — are amassing a surprising amount of user data, and most users probably don’t even realize it.

How Obama and Romney’s campaign apps invade your privacy

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“As much as it seems like some greedy ploy by Apple to screw you over and force you into buying another set of expensive toys,” the truth is that “any innovative, forward-looking company has to make these difficult breaks with the status quo.” —  Adrian Covert, Gizmodo

A new reports suggest that Apple is shrinking its dock connector — rendering iPhone users’ current accessories frustratingly obsolete.

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When Seth Froom was robbed at gunpoint in his home, he was understandably frustrated that even the guns he had in the house couldn’t protect him, as they were out of reach during the break-in. He resolved to come up with a defensive weapon that would be on his person at all times. The result: An iPhone case that doubles as a stun gun.

“When your friends won’t tell you the truth, the Ugly Meter will.” So goes the tagline for the latest iPhone app sensation, which recently shot up to second place in the iPhone app store, just behind Angry Birds. The app was also the top seller in China for weeks. Created by Jo Overline and Ryan Allen of Arizona, the app has been around since 2010, but only hit the mainstream after its latest iteration, the Ugly Meter Pro, was featured on Howard Stern’s radio show. 

The Ugly Meter: The iPhone app that rates your attractiveness

On March 6, Apple won a major patent for technology called the “iWallet,” which allows users “complete control over their subsidiary financial accounts on their iPhones.” The technology uses Near-Field Communication to make credit card transactions by holding the device next to a payment console, effectively turning the iPhone into a digital wallet.

Apple’s next iPhone: 5 rumored features