APPLE NEWS

Apple took its online store offline for a few hours yesterday to improve the look of its order status pages

Apple is not planning to update the Apple TV this quarter despite having sold nearly half a million in the last.

Apple is now more liquid than the U.S. Government, according to an article by the Financial Post.

Apple is using a cheaper 'half-sized' Thunderbolt chip in its new MacBooks Airs which supports half as many devices as the regular chip.

Check out these beautiful renders of a concept 'iPhone Air' by Ciccarese Design

A 9to5Mac tipster managed to snap a picture of what they believe may be the iPhone 5 being used by an Apple employee on the way home from work.

Google Voice has been integrated into iPhone, Android style, thanks to a new tweak by Justin Williams.

After winning an order to produce 15 million iPhone 5 units, Pegatron will likely land another order to manufacture the iPad 3 as well, according to CENS.

Apple is reportedly working to improve battery life in its devices with a concept for a new redesigned battery containing multiple 'jelly rolls'

Microsoft has announced that it will be updating Office 2011 to support versioning, auto save, and full-screen for Mac OS X Lion

Leaked photos of the iPhone 4S have purportedly been posted on Tinh te.

TableTop is a modular audio environment for the iPad where users can mix and match different devices to create beats, compose songs, mix live, and more.

Android is the top OS and Apple is the top manufacturer in the U.S. smartphone market, according to Nielsen.

BBC is offering European users access to British TV programming with the launch of the new global BBC iPlayer app, available exclusively on iPad

Qualcomm has released an Augmented Reality SDK for iOS about a year after releasing the SDK for Android.

Google has added public transport directions for London within Google Maps, including Google Maps for mobile on iOS, Blackberry, and Android-powered devices.

The China Times has pinpointed the release of the iPhone 5 to the second week of September

iFaith has been updated to 1.2 to fix the DFU loop issues and adds support for iPod Touch 2G

The ITC has voted to institute an investigation of whether Apple has infringed on Samsung patents with its iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Multiple PayPal users have been mistakenly charged up to $4,000 for pushing Mac OS X Lion

Tiny Umbrella is has been updated with iOS 4.3.5 support and the ability to update your iPhone 4 baseband.

Lifehacker has discovered a nice little trick to make any app AirPlay audio compatible.

9to5Mac has been able to secure an actual purported fifth-generation iPhone case from a source, not just a mockup.

Google is updating its gestures in Chrome to be compatible with the new gestures in OS X Lion.

Garmin announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Navigon, a privately-held navigation provider headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

Yllier, a popup iOS tweak developer, has released a tweak for OS X Lion that reduces the fullscreen animation duration from 1 second to 0.3 seconds.

Phone Drive, an iOS application that turns your device into a portable Flash Drive, has recently been updated with support for transfers overs Personal Hotspot.

Yahoo! has redesigned their iPhone app and added offline access for Yahoo! News articles.

Distimo takes a look at Mobile Gaming Trends: Popularity, Pricing and Monetization in its latest report.

iLuv Creative Technology has announced the iMM514, ArtStation Pro iPad docking station.

iSheetMusic is a new app for the iPad that lets you easily download your favorite sheet music directly to your device.

Recently a lot of media attention has been focused on several fake Apple Stores in China that offer real Apple products in a retail store the mimics the look and feel of Apple's own.

Apple is evaluating the possible market for solar-powered consumer products

Apple is reportedly working on an ultra-thin 15-inch MacBook

MobilePhone.co.uk has posted diagrams for an iPhone 5 case that allegedly reveals a new design for the popular smartphone.

The AstroClip is a simple attachment that mounts your iPhone 4 to any telescope with a 1.25" wide eye piece.

Nuance has released Dragon Dictate for Mac 2.5, an update to their speech recognition software for the Mac.

A recent patent filing by Apple reveals a new piezo-based acoustic and capacitive detection system which includes a glass based keyboard concept

Ustream has updated their iPhone application as a universal binary with iPad support.

Tweetbot, a popular Twitter client for the iPhone, has been updated with support for push notification badges.

Some new MacBook Airs are performing slower than others because Apple is using different SSD suppliers for the notebook.

Apple is adding Taiwan-based IC design houses to its supply chain for the iPad 3 as it adjusts the tablet's cost structure to compete against the numerous rivals launching this year.

HTC says that it is open to negotiations with Apple to resolve the patent dispute between the companies.

Apple has added APIs to iOS 5 that developers can use to locate faces within a photo.

Chpwn has released FaceForward, a tweak to re-enable the leaked Facebook iPad app after the company took steps to block it.

The WSJ has posted renderings of Apple's proposed store at Grand Central Terminal

RedSn0w can perform a tethered jailbreak on iOS 4.3.5 for all devices except the iPad 2

Apple has released a supplemental update to Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard.