APPLE NEWS

Check out this retro concept theme for iOS inspired by Mac Plus and created by Anton Repponen.

The United States Department of Justice has approved Google's acquisition of Motorola and Apple's purchase of certain Nortel parents.

Apple is going to live stream a presentation by CEO Tim Cook at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference tomorrow.

Apple will reportedly hold an event on Wednesday, March 7th to announce the iPad 3.

Steps is an upcoming task manager for the iPhone from the makers of Verbs IM.

Apple has reportedly forced Pegatron to stop manufacturing the Asus Zenbook with the threat of pulling its iPhone orders.

ThinkGeek has unveiled the iCade 8-Bitty, a Bluetooth Nintendo-style controller for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Apple has passed Google achieving the highest score in the 2012 Harris Poll Reputation Quotient study which measures corporate reputation for the most visible companies in the U.S.

ImageXY is an easy to use batch photo resizer for Mac OS X and is available on the Mac App Store.

Shape Services the company behind the IM+ messaging app for iOS has received $10 million in funding from Russian investment firm Finam.

Tweetings, a Twitter client for the iPhone, has been updated with a redesigned Tweet view and numerous other improvements.

iLab is reporting that the leaked iPad 3 LCD, back plate, and dock connector cable fit together.

Meijer has slashed the in-store price of the 16GB iPad 2 with Wi-Fi by $70 ahead of the expected iPad 3 release.

Shares of Apple (AAPL) crossed the $500 mark for the very first time this morning.

Apple today announced that the Fair Labor Association will conduct special voluntary audits of Apple's final assembly suppliers, including Foxconn factories in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China, at Apple's request.

ITV, a commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom, has reportedly sent a letter to Apple warning against using its ITV mark for a rumored television product.

Chinese authorities have reportedly begun confiscating iPads from local retailers following the a verdict that Apple infringed on the iPad trademark owned by Proview in the country.

NCControl is a new tweak from Ron Melkhior that makes your Notification Center transparent giving you control of the underlying app.

Apple TV supply constraints hint that Apple may be planning to update the device soon.

Apple SVP Eddy Cue was at a Grammy event yesterday to accept the Trustees Award on behalf of the late Steve Jobs and his family.

Scoopertino humorously reports on Apple's latest product 'iBalls', the ultimate Retina Display.

Supplies of the 3G iPad 2 are reportedly constrained across various distribution channels.

Reckless Racing 2 has been updated with various bug fixes, a new song, and improved multiplayer.

Spotify for iOS has gained the ability to stream or sync music at very high quality (320 kbps).

Web traffic from iOS has exceeded that from Mac OS X for the first time, according to a study by Chitika Insights.

Bulletin is a new tweak from Ma Jun that adds Notification Center to your lock screen.

AirBlue Sharing is a new tweak that enables Bluetooth file transfer capabilities on iOS.

Apple sued Motorola in the U.S. today in an effort to stop the company from asserting its patent claims in Germany.

Instagram 2.1 has been released and it features a simplified and improved design, a new filter, and a new way to enhance your photos.

The ChinaSnow development team claims to have created a SIM interposer solution called TPSIM which can unlock the iPhone 4S on basebands 1.0.11, 1.0.13, and 1.0.14

Apple has launched new MacBook Air bulk purchasing programs for Educational Institutions.

Droplr has released version 2.0 of its application to share images and files with the iPhone.

Apple is preparing to disrupt the notebook space with radically redesigned MacBook Pros

If you want to use iCloud Photo Stream but don't want to use iPhoto, check out this script that will let you skip the application altogether.

Check out this video that shows nearly every Apple design in 30 seconds

It's again being predicted that Apple will launch a 7-inch iPad, though not at the early March event.

Apple has posted a new iPad in Business video featuring Theatre Consultants Collaborative.

Apple has officially killed the white MacBook stopping sales of the device to Educational Institutions.

BadPlastic is an easy-to-use Mac application to track personal credit card debt.

ArtGenius Italian Renaissance contains more than 130 of the greatest works of art in history.

AT&T is about to receive a new batch of micro-SIM cards that are LTE enabled.

Apple is reportedly in 'crunch mode' as it prepares for the unveiling of the iPad 3 early next month.

Microsoft has released MSN for iPad in the U.S. App Store.

Swipe Navigation for Music is a new tweak that adds swipe control to the iOS Music app.

WeeTrackData is a widget for Notification Center that lets you easily track your data usage.

RecognizeMe 2.0 is an update to the tweak that unlocks your iPhone using biometric facial recognition.

AT&T is telling the New York Times that they are only throttling users in areas with insufficient network capacity or spectrum.

Apple has posted two new iPhone 4S ads featuring Siri entitled, 'Road Trip' and 'Rock God'.