APPLE NEWS

A new report suggests Apple could be working on implementing NFC capabilities into the next iPhone and may talking with MasterCard and Visa for payment processing.

Apple has released a redesigned AirPort Utility application for Mac.

Check out this MacWorld video where Jason Snell, Andy Ihnatko, and John Gruber discuss where the new, Tim Cook-led Apple will go in 2012 and beyond.

Shared data plans have reportedly appeared in Verizon employee training materials.

The SGP Steinheil GLAS.t is a premium tempered glass screen protector for your iPhone.

Photogene has received a massive update with new Sharing Options, Editing Tools, and the ability to order real photos.

Apple Hong Kong is using an online reservation system for iPhone sales in what appears to be an effort to combat scalpers.

Intuit has released Quicken Essentials on the Mac App Store.

Adonit previewed the Jot Touch, a pressure sensitive stylus for touchscreen devices, at MacWorld this year.

Sprint has released Spring Mobile Zone, a new app for Sprint customers to manage their account from the iPhone.

What-A-Day allows users to post personal daily experiences, adventures, feelings and opinions in a very individual way.

MopiShape provides easy tools to place points to draw such as straight line, curved line, rectangle, oval and arc.

Unit Converter is a multipurpose calculation tool that allows users to convert between units of measurement in over 30 categories including weight, distance, energy, and acceleration.

Pocket Informant, a Calendar, Task, Contacts and Notes application for your iOS device, has been updated with numerous new features and fixes.

Mackie has announced the DL1608 mixer which features seamless wired to wireless mixing capabilities letting you mix in real time from anywhere in the venue on your iPad.

Safari Upload Enabler, a tweak to enable native file uploads in MobileSafari, has been updated with a new Bookmarks feature.

The iPhone Dev-Team has released RedSn0w 0.9.10b5 which includes another fix for iBooks by planetbeing.

The Original iPhone Film Festival has announced its winning selections for the best films shot with an iOS device in 2011.

GravityLockScreen, a tweak that adds a bounce and gravity effect to your lock screen, has been updated with iOS 5 and iPad support.

LinkedIn has posted its full 50 minute interview with 'Inside Apple' author Adam Lashinsky.

Adobe has posted a sneak peak video of Camera Raw 7 and the new dark interface of Adobe Photoshop CS6.

The Joy of Tech offers a few humorous examples of what Apple could do with their $100 billion in cash.

ADR Studio has posted images of iWatch2, their second conceptualization of an Apple style watch.

Optrix HD Sport is a mountable weatherproof case that turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a HD action sports camera.

Tizi Go is a DVB-T TV receiver that connects directly to the iPad dock connector and is small enough to fit into your pocket.

Chpwn has released an update to Zephyr, a tweak that adds multitasking swipes to your iOS device.

Yamaha has released NoteStar, a digital sheet music app for the iPad.

MBA Online has posted a new infographic which tries to describe just how much cash Apple has.

Copic is a tweak that enables contact pictures in numerous iOS applications.

Steve Jobs sent a direct email to Eric Schmidt asking the former Google CEO to stop his recruiting department from poaching Apple engineers.

Adam Lashinsky explains how Steve Jobs walked all over Cisco to get the iPhone trademark in his new book, Inside Apple.

A leaked T-Mobile document reveals that the company will soon begin offering additional support to its unlocked iPhone customers.

Bill Gates reveals that he wrote Steve Jobs a letter just before the Apple co-founder passed away.

Apple reclaimed its position as the world's largest smartphone vendor in Q4 2011.

CallDelete, a simple tweak to remove calls from your history, has been updated with support for the iPhone 4S and iOS 5.x.

SwitcherSettings has been updated with support for iOS 5 and the iPad and is no longer dependent on SBSettings.

In this week's episode of The Big Bang Theory, Raj buys an iPhone 4S from the mall and falls in love with Siri.

Using Apple's Game Center Technology, the app lets people connect to one another remotely so that two, three, or four people can have a 'visual conversation,' creating animation together on an infinite two-dimensional plane.

At MacWorld, 148Apps announced that Jetpack Joyride has won its 2011 people's choice award for the Best App Ever.

Custom Siri Background is a tweak by Ori Kadosh that lets you easily change Siri's background wallpaper.

Tim Cook has written a letter to Apple employees addressing allegations that the company has known about labor abuses in foreign factories but done little to change the situation.

Trim Enabler 2.0 has been released to let you enable the Trim function for non-Apple solid state drives.

Google has announced an update to Google Earth that brings a seamless globe.

Western Digital has demoed its upcoming My Book Thunderbolt Duo dual-drive storage system at the Macworld/iWorld show.

John Gruber of Daring Fireball has declared that the iPhone 5 is not gearing up for production, contradicting a recent report.

Check out this web-based phone size comparison tool that shows the actual size of various smartphones on your screen.

Valve has announced the release of a Steam Mobile application for iOS.

RAGE HD has been updated for iOS 5.x with support for video out and a new Mutant Bash Store with In-App purchases.