Business News:

• Stellar Apple results point to a good year ahead.

Legal/Regulatory:

• EU commissioner unleashes draft data protection bill.

• Companies face fines as much as 2% of sales under EU privacy law.

• Facebook’s Sandberg gently warns Europe about privacy rules.

• Con artist starred in sting that cost Google millions.

Mobile Computing:

• Building bridges between IT and consumers is RIM’s only chance to save itself.

Publishing:

• MSN UK puts out news app for iPad.

Research & Stats:

• Tablet, phone users spending more time on apps compared to web.

Signs of What's To Come:

• Pirate Bay to offer downloads of real, physical items.

Finance:

• Facebook trades to be halted for three days.