Elaine Wong detected a love affair beginning between Adobe and Apple, because guess which one really needs the other right now?

FORBES: Leadership Highlights of the Week

It's a novel about the steamy love affair between a college student and a billionaire businessman, littered with contemporary references to Apple computers, personal trainers and songs from bands like Snow Patrol and Kings of Leon.

WSJ: How Kindle, Nook and iPad Fuel Sales of Erotica for Women

It's a clever loophole, to be sure, but we'd wager there's more than a few undergraduates who are none too pleased at the Apple favoritism, and to be honest, we love nothing more right now than imagining a large group of S60 and Zune supporters gathering in a field for frisbee, picnic, and lots of protesting.

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People in China love Apple, as can be seen whenever a new Apple product is launching, or a new Apple store is opening.

FORBES: As China Slows, Apple's Sales Drop By Nearly A Third

As a mobile app developer I love my android device and use android over apple however I develop more for apple then I do for android.

FORBES: Apple, Android, Windows Phone, and 'The One Percent' of Technology Bloggers

Loose-lips Friday continues with word from that pesky ThinkSecret source (whom we're sure Steve Jobs would love to tar and feather) that Apple will be rolling out a significant upgrade to its current video-download service when and if it announces a new Mac mini at January's Macworld Expo.

ENGADGET: Apple may offer streaming video "downloads"

Everything else being equal they would obviously love to have people, when they convert to a smartphone, converting to an Apple one.

FORBES: Apple's Basic Strategic Problem: Market Share Or Profit Margin?

My contention here is that the iPhone 5 represents not so much a turning point for Apple, but an inflection point, in its competition with Google for our love and attention.

FORBES: The iPhone 5 Is The Next Apple Screen Built To Consume Paid Media

As much as Apple would love for Kwon Oh-hyun to turn up at court and tearfully confess to being a copycat, that's probably not going to happen.

ENGADGET: Apple seizes on Samsung internal document as proof of mimicry