APPLE NEWS

The first Beatles ringtones were released exclusively on the iTunes Store today.

Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM) project officer Debby Sze Wan Chan is accusing Foxconn of hiding underage workers before inspection by the Fair Labor Association.

Altec Lansing has announced the release of the inAir 5000 Wireless AirPlay Speaker (MA5000).

The Apple Store will expand to its 12th country with the opening of an Amsterdam Store on March 3rd.

Buzz Contacts, a new app from App Savvy, aims to replace the default Contacts application on your iPhone with a faster and more organized solution.

Gevey has announced the Gevey Ultra S SIM interposer which unlocks your iPhone 4S without the need for dialing 112 or jailbreaking.

Nike today unveiled Nike+ Basketball and Nike+ Training, two new experiences connecting digitally enabled footwear with interactive mobile apps

Apple and Proview faced off over the iPad trademark in a Shanghai court today.

Microsoft has joined Apple in filing an EU antitrust complain against Motorola Mobility.

Collect3 has released Hiss, a free app that sends Growl notifications directly to Apple's new Notification Center in OS X Mountain Lion.

ABC has posted the full episode of Nightline's 'iFactory: Inside Apple' special report for viewing.

Storify has released an app to help create social stories on your iPad.

Twitter has updated its app for the iPhone with numerous improvements.

Apple confirmed that it has purchased 160 acres in Prineville, Oregon for a new data center.

Seas0nPass, a utility for jailbreaking your Apple TV, has been updated with firmware stitching capabilities.

The Daily has responded to Microsoft's denial of Office of iPad and posted another screenshot supporting their story.

Microsoft has launched a direct attack against Google in its new ad entitled, 'Googlighting'.

Apple has told developers that it is extending the Mac App Store sandboxing deadline to June 1st.

Cultured Code has announced that its new cloud sync feature for Things, a popular task manager, is now in public beta.

Microsoft has issued a statement following a rumor this morning that it would be submitting Office for iPad to the App Store.

PushTone is a new tweak that lets you assign a different notification sound to each app.

Fluent is an email client for Gmail created by former Google designers who left the company because they were 'just there to make things look pretty.'

Paris By Metro can help users save time and money with detailed transit maps, route planners, currency conversion, and travel tips.

Ryan Petrich has released an update to his Rich Text for Mail tweak that brings rich text formatting to the iOS Notes app.

MyAssistant, a tweak that enhances the power of Siri, has been updated with new commands.

Gesturizer is a tweak that lets you set custom gestures to control your iOS device.

Graviboard, a Cydia tweak that brings a gravity effect to your Springboard, has been updated for iOS 5.

Totals enables easy creation of customized invoices for SOHO and small business owners.

QuickMailer lets you shoot off a quick email from your Menu Bar.

Photos claiming to be of the front glass and digitizer assembly have been posted online.

Typinator users can convert currencies based on current exchange rates as well as arbitrary other units of measure like mass, length, and time using a new conversion script.

Screens 2.0 is a major update to the popular VNC client for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Baby Monitor 3G is a tool that uses two iOS device for helping parents with babysitting.

In addition to requesting that the FLA audit its suppliers in China, Apple is also letting environmental groups conduct independent reviews of its factories.

Skype has updated the chat and dialpad views of its iPhone application and implemented various stability improvements for the iPhone and iPad apps.

Research In Motion has announced that the new BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 will be available for download today.

The Daily has published a photo of Microsoft Office running on the iPad and reveals that it will be available in the App Store soon.

Tank is a new app for the iPhone that helps you find the cheapest and closest gas station.

Apple is reportedly working on a sub $400 device with a 7-inch screen for release in Q4 2012.

M.I.C. Gadget has posted some high quality photos comparing the iPad 2's back enclosure to the expected iPad 3's back enclosure.

China Telecom has announced that it will begin selling the iPhone 4S on March 9th.

Amazon will reportedly launch a 10-inch Kindle tablet in the second quarter of this year.

The U.S. Copyright Office has posted the approximately 700 comments it has received for and against jailbreaking.

Swipe for Mail is a simple tweak that adds the ability to swipe left and right to move between emails on your iPhone.

ABC has posted a gallery of photos taken on their trip to Foxconn's factory in China.

Apple has announced that to support its data center in Maiden, North Carolina, it is building the nation's largest end user-owned solar array.

Apple is reportedly working on a major redesign of iTunes Store to be released later this year.

Apple is reportedly moving to a fall release cycle for the iPhone with the next update predicted for September or October of this year.