APPLE NEWS

The Steve Jobs biopic jOBS starring Ashton Kutcher will reach theaters on April 19th, the 37th anniversary of Apple Computer.

Here's a nice infographic that shows some of the most important Apple stats and trends and explains why investors are worried.

Apple has filed a patent for smart shoes that tell you when they need replacing.

Amazon has acquired IVONA, a company that specializes in text-to-speech technology, to compete with Apple's Siri.

Photos of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0, the company's answer to the iPad mini, have been leaked online.

Sales of Macs and iOS devices are closing in on the number of Windows PCs sold during a quarter.

Horace Dediu of Asymco has posted a chart showing the increasing size of Apple's cash reserves.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has sent an email to employees thanking them for their hard work and announcing an internal Q&A meeting.

The highly anticipated app for the Pebble watch is now live in the App Store

Apple's quarterly revenue growth year-over-year has dropped from the mega numbers posted in the past.

Apple CEO Tim Cook directly addressed recent rumors about supplier order cuts, dismissing them as meaningless.

During Apple's earnings call today, CEO Tim Cook answered a question about the possibility of the company releasing an iPhone with a larger display.

Glenn Reid a former Apple employee talks about his experience working with Steve Jobs.

Apple today announced financial results for its 13-week fiscal 2013 first quarter ended December 29, 2012.

Serendip, a new social music discovery application, has been launched for the iPhone.

Samsung is reportedly working to develop new hexagon and diamond shaped pixel layouts for its smartphone display panels which would allow resolutions over 440ppi.

The Pebble smart watch is now shipping to its very first backers.

Check out this new colorful concept for an iPhone 6 inspired by the iPad mini.

Netflix and YouTube have teamed up on a competitor to AirPlay that's called DIAL.

Pod2g has chimed in to a series of tweets from jailbreak developers that suggests a publicly releasable jailbreak has been found but is just waiting for the release of iOS 6.1.

Steve Jobs reportedly threatened Palm with a patent lawsuit if they didn't agree to stop trying to hire Apple employees.

Planetbeing has given us hope that a public jailbreak is near with his latest tweet.

Here's a mockup of what a larger 4.8-inch iPhone might look like if Apple did decide to manufacture such a device.

Apple has pulled the 500px photography apps from the App Store due to concerns about nude photos.

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is still predicting that Apple will release an Apple television this year.

Orchestra has announced that its taking reservations for its upcoming Mailbox app inspired by Sparrow and Clear.

The Weather Channel app for iPhone has been updated with Future Radar and Pull-to-Refresh.

Microsoft has announced that the Surface Windows 8 Pro will be available for purchase on February 9th, 2013.

The shipping delay for the 21.5-inch iMac has slipped to 2-3 weeks from 7-10 days.

Amazon today introduced in-app purchasing for Mac, PC and web-based games.

iOS has maintained its lead as the top smartphone platform in the U.S. with 51.2% market share for the 12 week period ending December 23rd, 2012.

AT&T today announced that it has signed an agreement with Atlantic Tele-Network to acquire the company’s U.S. retail wireless operations, operated under the Alltel brand, for $780 million in cash.

Mozilla has announced a developer preview phone for their new Firefox OS mobile operating system.

Apple is reportedly working on a 4.8-inch iPhone but it won't be launched this year, according to DigiTimes' sources.

Verizon has announced its earnings for 4Q12 posting an 8.5% year-over-year increase in Wireless service revenues for the quarter but a loss of $1.48 in earnings per share.

Apple has announced that its retail stores are holding an event for the Chinese New Year.

Check out this video that shows a method for charging your iPhone with fire.

Twitterrific, a popular Twitter client for iOS, has received substantial update which brings a simplified reading mode, a new search tab, timeline image previews, and more.

Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad will kick of Macworld next week with a session on 'Playing Steve & Woz'.

In article going behind the scenes of jailbreaking, the number of devices running Cydia in past two months was revealed in a chart.

Imangi Studios has announced that Temple Run 2 was downloaded over 20 million times in its first four days of availability on the App Store.

Chorma is a new app that aims to help you organize chores with your roommate, partner, or family members.

The FreePress has posted a page where customers can complain about AT&T in hopes that the company will reverse its decision to disregard Net Neutrality.

LG has reportedly regained the number two spot in U.S. handset sales from Apple.

A new report from the China Times claims that Apple will launch an iPhone 5S and a new 4.8-inch iPhone 'Math' in June.

Samsung has just posted a new ad for the Galaxy Note II that bashes the iPhone and BlackBerry as inferior for business.

DataMan Next is a new version of the DataMan app for tracking your cellular data usage.

Kariem McFarlin, an Alameda resident, was sentenced to seven years in state prison for burglarizing several homes included the home of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.