APPLE NEWS

Syrian authorities have banned the use of the iPhone in an attempt to prevent activists from documenting government violence

As part of the legal proceedings in its case against Samsung, Apple has outlined some alternative design options that could have been used to differentiate the Galaxy devices from the iPhone and iPad.

ArtSpotter is a new app that helps you discover and interact with art.

The iPhone 4S will reportedly launch in Russia on December 16th

German regulators have questioned Apple about their usage of Carrier IQ.

Activision has released Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Apple has won a one week extension on the Samsung Galaxy Tab ban in Australia.

Electronic Arts has revamped TETRIS for iPhone and introduced a one-teouch marathon mode.

Apple has updated Keynote to resolve issues when working with large presentations in Mac OS X Lion.

Samsung has released a second ad for the Samsung Galaxy S II that mocks customers waiting in line for the iPhone.

Flight Control was updated today with a new Moon Base map, a new Bumper achievement, and a new Rewind feature.

Trapster has been updated to version 4.5 which brings the use of NAVTEQ maps, Speedometer and Speed Limit displays, new languages, and more.

Apple has just issued a statement on the Carrier IQ debacle.

Sprint has been rolling out 'network enhancements' designed to improve data speeds for iPhone owners who are experiencing poor performance on their network.

Springtomize 2, an update to the popular app that lets you customize your SpringBoard, has been released in Cydia.

Photogene2, a popular image editor for the iPhone, has been updated with speed improvements, the ability to export to Instagram, and more.

Quora has updated its iPhone app with the ability to attach photos to your questions.

Gameloft has released Green Farm 2, a farming simulation game, for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Angry Birds Seasons has been updated for the winter holidays.

CloudFTP is unique in that it adds a ubiquitous FTP access layer to Storage Clouds that do not natively support the FTP protocol.

Robin Williams does an impression of a French Siri Assistant on the Ellen Show.

A new ChangeWave study finds that customer satisfaction for the iPhone 4S is higher than that of the iPhone 4.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has launched an investigation into whether the MTA gave Apple overly generous terms on its lease for the Grand Central store which opens December 9th.

Chpwn has discovered that Carrier IQ, the 'rootkit' or 'keylogger' that has been found on Android, BlackBerry, and Symbian phones, is also on iOS.

Infinity Blade II, the sequel to the sword fighting action game developed exclusively for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, is now available on the App Store.

MuscleNerd has announced that the iPhone 4S baseband bootrom has been dumped.

Zombie Area! is an adrenaline-pumping survival game for iOS and Mac.

CallBar is a tweak for your iPhone that redesigns the incoming call interface to let you use your device while it's ringing.

Steve Jobs shares his thoughts on life and our perception of the world in this short video clip

Twitterrific has been updated with several new features and numerous improvements and bug fixes.

Analyst Gene Munster is so confident that Apple is going to release a television next year, he is already telling those looking to buy a television to wait.

Email Marketing's new features allows you to search not only for emails but for any regular expression including mobile numbers, full address, postal codes and any expression you can imagine.

Lusso Cartella MacBook Air cases are designed to protect your precious notebook with natures' finest leather, while giving you the look of luxury you have been searching for.

Spotify today announced Spotify Platform, giving third party developers the opportunity to build innovative, engaging music-based apps.

Apple will reportedly release a LTE iPad in Japan by summer and a LTE iPhone by autumn.

Path, a smart journal for iPhone that helps you share your life with loved ones, has received a major update.

A picture posted to the White House Flickr account last week reveals that President Obama uses a DODOcase for his iPad 2.

Gradient, a tool that streamlines the creation of CSS3 Gradients, has been released on the Mac App Store.

CloudPaste is an iOS tweak that allows you to share your pasteboard across all your iOS devices and all your Macs.

Glidetrack has developed Mobislyder, the world's first portable dolly designed specifically for smartphones and compact cameras.

Apple has reportedly disabled the ability to create an icon shortcut to specific setting menus in iOS 5.1 beta.

Apple reportedly had a completed 64-bit version of Final Cut Pro 8 but decided to kill it because it was evolutionary

SuperScroller is a new tweak from Ryan Petrich that lets you scroll using Activator events.

Ryan Petrich has released an update to Activator, a centralized gesture, button and shortcut management system for iOS.

Apple will reportedly open its Grand Central store next weekend, slightly later than originally expected; and it won't be sharing any revenue with the MTA.

Apple is reportedly planning to launch its iTunes Music Store across Latin America on December 8th

Board Solver for Words With Friends 1.0 can read a game board, quickly create very large words out of any combination of letters and then show the user where to place them on the board.

Snakes and Ladder allows players to roll the dice, navigating a game board from start to finish as quickly as possible by taking advantage of short cuts - ladders - and avoiding pitfalls in the form of snakes that could send them going backwards.