APPLE NEWS

An iPad controlled Parrot AR Drone is being used to inspect damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.

Google today unveiled a new My Places tab on Google Maps, which helps you quickly view and interact with your saved maps, starred locations, and rated businesses.

Apple's new 'Purchased' feature made possible by iCloud may reveal past purchases you'd rather keep private.

RealBeat is a software based sampler that enables anyone to record sounds, cut and loop and create rhythms out of them.

Shazam has added a new LyricPlay feature to its iPhone app which displays synced lyrics for 25,000 popular tracks.

Wx displays current conditions, forecasts, warnings, and radar for U.S. locations using high fidelity XML data from the National Weather Service.

Keno Pro HD boasts a most convenient layout and high usability - all controls are intuitively clear. With Game Center integration, users can compete for the top places in the LeaderBoard or unlock over 20 achievements.

VidConvert will convert just about any type of video into one of the many popular formats of today.

The WSJ uses confidential training manuals, a recording of a store meeting and interviews with more than a dozen current and former employees to reveal some Apple Store secrets

Apple may be an unnamed licensee for Imagination Technologies next generation POWERVR mobile and embedded graphics architecture.

Details about a secret new Facebook photo sharing app for the iPhone have been leaked online

Tab Launcher is a new Mac App Store application that offers an organized alternative to the dock.

References to a new AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule Base Station have been found in the latest AirPort Utility update

Twitterrific for iOS has migrated from xAuth to OAuth logins and added ReadItLater support.

Twitter images found in iOS 5 again suggest that Apple will be releasing a Retina Display iPad.

Cease and Desist letters threatening legal action have been received by sites who posted leaked screenshots of Final Cut Pro X.

Google has announced new 'Search by Image' and 'Voice Search' features for your desktop computer.

Garmin has announced that it is acquiring Navigon, the creator of Mobile Navigator for iOS.

Google has announced that new shortcut icons and the ability build your search piece by piece are now available for mobile browsers.

Apple's one-time payment to Nokia is estimated at half a billion euros and its licensing fee going forward is estimated at 4 euros per iPhone

iTunes costs Apple $1.3 billion a year to operate, according to analysis done by Horace Dediu of Asymco.

MLB.com At Ball 11 for iPad has been updated with redesigned live statisical overlays, and in-game MLB.TV feed switch capabilities.

J.C. Penney has hired Apple Senior Vice President of Retail Operations Ron Johnson to be its new President and eventual CEO.

Apple software engineer Andrew Carol has built a computer using Legos that accurately predicts astronomical positions.

Mr. Reader, a RSS reader for the iPad, has been updated with support for Readability, Evernote, and Send2Mac.

Apple's says Samsung's request to see the iPhone 5 and iPad 3 is an 'improper attempt to harass '

CPT is showing an iPad modded with a 3D display at the Display Taiwan 2011 exhibition in Taipei.

Apple has started selling unlocked iPhones in the United States

Apple has agreed to license Nokia patents and make a one-time lump sum payment to company, ending the patent litigation between the two.

This year's Back to School promo may only offer a $100 iTunes Gift Card instead of the iPod touch offered in previous years.

The first unlocked iPhones to be sold in the United States have reportedly arrived at the Apple Store.

TiPb and Crackberry have combined forces to offer a comparison of iOS iMessage vs. BlackBerry Messenger (BBM).

David Chartier from OneFPS is reporting that 50% of iPhone users never sync with iTunes after activating the device.

Adium, a free instant messaging client for Mac OS X, has been updated to fix numerous issues with MSN and ICQ chat.

The Economist looks at which of today's technology giants might still be around a century after their founding.

Boeing says the iPad is the worst offender for signals that could cause interference with aircraft equipment.

Google has announced that support for dragging attachments and images into Gmail has been added to Safari.

AirBeam streams high resolution video in realtime with up to 30 frames per second between any number of iPhones, iPods and iPads on a WiFi network.

Music Marquee automatically sends a message (scrobble) to Last.fm containing this information as it pertains to the user, a process known as scrobbling.

iPhone developer Daniel Amitay has posted the ten most common iPhone passcodes

ScaleMaster is an excellent tool towards advancement in theory and scales in particular, making it easy to look up a scale in seconds, getting a taste of the flavor of a particular scale by listening to it, or finding out how to play it on one's instrument.

Writing Kit helps you write Markdown-formatted documents, export them as Markdown or HTML files and send to Evernote, Facebook, Posterous, Tumblr, and Twitter.

Boxee has announced that its PC/Mac/Linux users will finally see an update this fall that will bring the updated browser, improved playback, and lots more content.

Cory Moll, a part-time employee at an Apple Store in San Francisco is trying to create a union to fight against unfair practices at Apple Retail.

This iLive dock for your iPhone camouflages it as an clock.

Nuance has released a new iOS app that turns your iDevice into a wireless microphone for use with Dragon Desktop software.

Marco Tempest, a magician, has posted an iPod Magic video performance inspired by Karl Germain.

A WWDC 2011 survey done by Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster reveals some interesting information about iOS developers.