APPLE NEWS

Best Buy is offering $50 off the iPad 3 plus a free $75 gift card with purchase today only.

Disney CEO Bob Iger who also sits on Apple's board of directors has purchased $1 million worth of the company's stock.

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster reports that his nightly checks of supplies at 100 Apple Stores shows significant improvements.

Apple may not complete work on its new spaceship headquarters until 2016.

Numerous reports suggest that AT&T maybe extending FaceTime over cellular to more customers than previously expected.

Amazon has updated its iOS app with push notifications for delivery alerts and lightning deals.

The iClarified app for iPhone has received a major update with support for the iPhone 5, iOS 6, iMessage, SMS, and native Facebook sharing, landscape view, and more.

Apple has posted a new iPhone ad entitled 'Orchestra' to its iPhone ad gallery, demonstrating the ability of noise-cancellation on the iPhone 5

Apple has posted a new iPhone ad entitled 'Turkey' to its iPhone ad gallery, demonstrating the ability of photostream

Highlight app has received one of its biggest updates ever that brings a new profile, new activity feed, social network connections, and more.

Apple has released OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 Supplemental Update 2.0 for those experiencing issues with Keychain.

According to a Nielsen study, Apple devices make up four out of the top five gifts American kids aged 6-12 want for Christmas.

Apple is hiring new team members to help make Siri available in Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish.

Best Buy has posted its Black Friday deals which includes some specials on Apple products.

Comcast has updated its XFINITY TV Player app with Showtime, Starz, Encore and MoviePlex.

Tango, a video calling and messaging app, has been updated with avatars, video filters, read receipts, and background uploading.

HTC says it's happy with its patent settlement with Apple but says media reports on the details of the agreement are 'outrageous'

Analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray issued a note to investors today outlining his expectations for Apple product launches in 2013.

Nokia has released its new HERE Maps application for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Google is reportedly working on an open alternative to AirPlay.

Tweetbot for iOS has been updated with scrolling and UI improvements.

Facebook is reportedly testing a new background auto-upload feature for iOS photos.

Apple has dropped to sixth place in Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics.

American Airlines has updated its iPad app with a new look that supports screen rotation.

Oprah sent out a tweet to promote the new Microsoft Surface from an iPad.

Topeka Capital's Brian White comes to the defense of Apple's stock calling the recent sell-off 'insanely insane'.

AuthenTec, a security solutions company Apple recently agreed to acquire, has sold off its embedded security division to Inside Secure for $48.

Todoist has launched a new To Do List app for the iPhone.

Apple has posted a teaser for a one-day Apple shopping event on Black Friday in Australia.

A new report suggests that Apple will release its next iPad and iPhone in the middle of 2013.

President Obama called Apple CEO Tim Cook and three other Fortune 500 company CEOs on the weekend to discuss the fiscal cliff and economic growth.

Intel has announced that the company’s president and CEO, Paul Otellini, will retire as an officer and director at the company’s annual stockholders’ meeting in May

Apple's App Store has seen over 1 million app submissions, according to Appsfire.

Early builds of Apple's next operating system include Siri and Maps.

Contrary to some reports, Apple's new iMac is still on track for release this year, says 9to5Mac.

Apple has confirmed an iMessage and FaceTime outage that is affecting some users.

Amazon is offering a $389 discount on the 15-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro with a 2.6 GHz Processor and 512GB SSD.

iHome has unveiled a new iW3 AirPlay speaker featuring a smaller pillar design.

Renel Rene Richardson, a worker at JFK airport, has been arrested by federal agents for the heist of $1.9 million worth of iPad minis.

The Newegg app has been updated with iPhone 5 support and a promotion store for holiday deals.

Letterpress, a game by Tweetie creator Loren Britcher, has been updated to version 1.1.

The WhatsApp Messenger app has been updated with iPhone 5 and iOS 6 support.

Apple has reportedly emailed users on the Messages beta for OS X Lion to inform them that it will end December 14th.

The Twelve South BookBook case for the iPhone is now available to order with shipments starting on Monday.

Apple and Google are reportedly considering arbitration to reach a licensing agreement over standard essential patents.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal has allowed Samsung and apple to add products to their patent infringement lawsuits.

Check out this concept for an iPhone 5 Smart Cover.

CallBar, a popular tweak that redesigns the incoming call view, has received a major update that brings support for iOS 6.