APPLE NEWS

Microsoft may be working to bring Xbox Live Games to iOS and Android devices

QuickShot automatically syncs photos taken with your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch to Dropbox.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has started a petition at jailbreakingisnotacrime.org to ensure jailbreaking is kept legal.

Clear is an upcoming To-Do List app for the iPhone that features an innovative and simple interface built by Realmac Software, Milen.me, and Impending, Inc.

Launch Center, an iPhone app that lets you easily launch apps and trigger actions, has been updated with scheduled launch actions.

A new Apple patent filing reveals Apple's solution to simplifying the remote control.

Lingual is a new tweak by the CodeThemed team that adds translate functionality to Siri.

AT&T has announced that last quarter was its best smartphone sales quarter ever.

At Apple's Town Hall Meeting yesterday, CEO Tim Cook announced that employees will get $500 off Macs and $250 off iPads starting this June.

Ron Johnson, former SVP of Retail Operations at Apple, has outlined his plan for rejuvenizing JCPenney.

Brazil has reportedly approved tax exemptions pertaining to tablet production that paves the way for Foxconn to start producing iPads in the country.

AssistantExtensions is a new tweak that lets you extend Siri's functionality. It includes built-in support for additional commands including tweet, launch app, search YouTube, toggle switch, and more.

AT&T has updated their myAT&T app for iPhone with the ability to pay bills and live chat with customer service agents.

A Foxconn employee has reportedly told 9to5Mac that the iPhone 5 is being geared up for production.

Evernote is planning to release a To-Do app with help from its acquisition of Minds Momentum, creators of the Egretlist application for iOS.

Apple is reportedly hiring engineers for a new research center in Haifa, Israel.

WeatherMin is a Mac OS X weather notification app that lives on the desktop.

Dot Lock Protection is an app allowing you to lock your private albums, photos and videos with a Dot Lock code.

Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company 'didn't bet high enough' on the demand for their iPhone 4S smartphone in China.

Belfry is a new tweak from Ryan Petrich that installs the default iPhone apps on your iPad.

Bill Gates talks about his philanthropic work and his last conversation with Steve Jobs in this interview with Yahoo News.

Samsung has posted two new ads touting its Galaxy S II smartphone and mocking iPhone owners.

President Obama made reference to the late Steve Jobs during his State of the Union address which was attended by Jobs' widow, Laurene Powell Jobs.

Last year Apple added $38 billion in cash and cash equivalents to reach a total of $97.6 billion.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has sent employees an email informing them of a Town Hall meeting tomorrow to 'discuss some exciting new things going on at Apple.'

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is asking for your help to keep jailbreaking legal. Last month, the EFF filed a request with the Copyright Office to renew the exemption to the DMCA that allows for jailbreaking (otherwise it will expire).

Following Apple's financial results for last quarter, Silicon Valley Insider has posted a chart showing the breakdown of Apple's Revenue By Product.

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 first quarter which spanned 14 weeks and ended December 31, 2011.

MarketWatch is reporting that Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, will attend the State of the Union address as a guest of First Lady Michelle Obama.

Adam Lashinsky talks about his new book entitled 'Inside Apple' which offers a look at the secretive company.

Alessio Atzeni, a web designer and front-end developer from Rome has recreated the Mac OS X Lion boot, login, and desktop screens in pure CSS3.

Geohot, the popular hacker made famous for contributions to the iPhone community and for hacking the Sony Playstation, has quit his job at Facebook.

Ten One Design has unveiled its new and improved stylus for iOS devices, the Pogo Sketch Plus.

Chrome Sync Pro is a companion app for your desktop Chrome browser that lets you access your bookmarks, history, and open tabs from your iOS device.

Gartner has released a report saying that Apple became the world's top semiconductor customer in 2011.

Lantronix has launched xPrintServer a plug and play solution for printing from your iOS device to any networked printer.

In his final months, Steve Jobs met with Lytro CEO Ren Ng to discuss the company's camera technology.

Apple has a secretive room at its headquarters where designers test product packaging designs.

The Chronic Dev-Team has released an update to their Absinthe jailbreak utility and introduced a new version for Linux.

AT&T has filed a request with the FCC to transfer $1 billion in wireless spectrum to T-Mobile as a result of its failed acquisition last year.

Virgin America has named one of its Airbus A320 planes, 'Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish' in honor of a quote made popular by Steve Jobs.

Saurik has revealed that the release of the Corona jailbreak for A5 devices has led to nearly one million newly jailbroken iPhone 4S and iPad 2 devices, in just 3 days.

Alesis has unveiled an iPhone case that maximizes the sound quality of your headphones by using Alesis' exclusive DSP technology and a linear power amplifier.

Mashable has published a chart detailing some of the alternatives to iBooks Author.

Evi is a new alternative to Siri for iOS and Android devices that uses artificial intelligence to provide assistance.

Sony today announced that it has developed a new next-generation back-illuminated CMOS image sensor.

The iDesk is what the Microsoft Surface would look like if Apple designed it.

The KAIST Institute of Information Technology Convergence has posted a video demonstrating their Smart E-Book Interface Prototype on an iPad.