FORTUNE -- The annual gathering of Apple (AAPL) developers -- which sold out in less than 2 minutes when tickets went on sale in April -- kicks off Monday with CEO Tim Cook's keynote at 10:00 a.m.

As the first half of 2013 comes to a close, I decided to take a step back and review my Dividend Paying Large Cap portfolio and key activities year-to-date.

Reuters reports that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is exploring launching iPhones with larger screens as well as cheaper models in a range of colors over the next year, according to four people with knowledge of the matter.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is building a brand new and impressive store inside the Stanford shopping mall. Not too far from the planned location is a more modest Apple store, however Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently opened their store next ...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)'s 10 year old iTunes Music Store is the biggest music retailer in the world with more than 300 million outlets.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) followed the broader equities market higher yesterday, but remains beneath its 10-day moving average, which has emerged as resistance in June.

Apple Vs Google Wearable technology has been around for some time. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) revived the languishing mobile music scene with its iPods and replaced brick-like tablets with the iPad, and the company is set to shake up the wearable ...

The alleged involvement of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) in the price fixing scheme has been questioned by DOJ, and it has tried to prove that the phone maker was involved with world's five largest book publisher to artificially increase the cost of e-books.

That was a remark made by senior vice president Phil Schiller during Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) keynote presentation at this week's WWDC conference.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) spent more on patent lawsuits in 2011 than on research and development, according to The New York Times.