Apple Is Worth More Than South Africa – Apple‘s stock price hit an all-time hight of $431.37 a share in early trading today, pushing its market capitalization above $400 billion. At that price, Apple’s value was higher than the gross domestic product (GDP) of Greece, Austria, Argentina or South Africa. [digitrends]

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ANC Moving In On DA Turf – The ANC in the Western Cape has stripped the rival DA of control of one its municipalities in that province after joining forces with small civic organisations through a coalition. This brings to eight the number of municipalities controlled by the ANC in the Western Cape through coalitions with smaller parties, while the DA has the outright control of 17. [timeslive]

Kenny G And Wife Split – Kenny G’s wife of 20 years has filed for legal separation, according to TMZ. Lyndie Benson-Gorelick, the saxophonist’s estranged spouse, reportedly cited “irreconcilable differences” in her court papers, filed at the Los Angeles County Superior Court. My gran will be over the moon. [billboard]

Drone Kills Senior Al Qaeda Figure – A militant who acted as a senior operations organizer for al Qaeda was targeted and killed in one of two U.S. drone strikes launched against targets inside Pakistan last week, a U.S. official said. [reuters]

Google Gives Small SA Businesses A Leg Up – The department of trade and industry (DTI) on Thursday threw its weight behind a Google initiative to get small businesses online and called for big companies to partner with the state to spur job creation. [mail&guardian]

Facebook Adds 60 New Apps – Expect to see your Facebook feeds get a bit more crowded. Facebook added support for over 60 new apps on Wednesday with partners including Foodily, Ticketmaster, Pinterest and others, giving interested users the chance to share more about their daily activities. [bloomberg]

Madonna’s “W.E.” Movie Gets Punished – Madonna has been touring her biopic of Wallis Simpson around film festivals since last September, when it was received in Venice about as warmly as a six-foot rise in sea levels. The film has since been back in the cutting room, but like the Terminator T-1000 robot striding away from an exploding truck, its awfulness has emerged almost entirely unscathed. [telegraph]

Search Resumes For Ship Survivors – Rescue efforts have resumed aboard the wrecked Italian cruise ship, Costa Concordia, off the coast of Tuscany. Operations were suspended on Wednesday as the vessel shifted its position. More than 20 people are still missing. Salvage operators are standing by to start pumping fuel from the ship’s tanks to avoid a potential environmental disaster. [bbc]

Did South Africa Snub IMF’s Chrstine Lagarde? – It was a hot summer day when Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund visited South Africa in early January. However, it appeared that she received a rather chilly welcome from the South African government. [cnn]

LL Cool J To Host Grammy Awards – For the first time in seven years, CBS’s broadcast of the Grammy Awards ceremony will have an official “host” — LL Cool J. In an incredible coincidence, singer/rapper LLCJ stars on CBS’s “NCIS: Los Angeles,” one of the country’s most popular TV series. [washpo]

American Idol Viewership Drops – Fox’s “American Idol” took a tumble in the ratings for the premiere of its new season on Wednesday, down more than 25 percent from last year. The falloff was apparent in both the total number of viewers and in the audience that ad buyers most care about — viewers between the ages of 18 and 49. [mdec]

Johnny Otis Dies – Johnny Otis, the musician, bandleader, songwriter, impresario, disc jockey and talent scout who was often called “the godfather of rhythm and blues,” died on Tuesday at his home in Altadena, Calif. He was 90. [nytimes]

Hilarious Baby Shock Video – Daddy blogger Fatherhood Is recently posted this video of a new way he’s discovered to calm his daughter Charlotte when she gets fussy, and it’s probably not the first thing you’d think to do to comfort a crying baby. [huffers]