APPLE NEWS

OmniVision's new 5MP 1080p image sensor could be used for a thinner iPhone

Apple is planning a major update to the Apple Store dubbed Apple Store 2.0

Battle vs. Chess takes up the mission of adapting the time honoured classic for the 21st century, seeking to breathe new life into the boardgame without abandoning the essential concepts that have made it so timeless.

Dano Pirate & The Numbers is an educational app that turns maths and learning to count into a pirate-themed adventure for preschoolers and kindergartners.

GeoPhoto lets users virtually travel around the world by finding geo located pictures. It also lets users share pictures via email, save them to the photo album, post to Facebook and more.

The app is the only way to get a sneak peek of images and audio from the film before its debut on May 26, 2011.

Webbla is a standalone bookmarking tool for Mac OS X which creates automatically webpage thumbnails for each added bookmark and displays them in a list or grid view.

The iPhone game Imprimatura is an exploration of great artists where the player discovers masterpieces hidden like an imprimatura.

Apple may be planning to overhaul its retail operations to make use of the iPad 2

RecognizeMe is a new Cydia tweak that will let you unlock your iPhone using biometric facial recognition.

Protesters are 'planking' at a shareholder meeting of iPhone manufacturer Foxconn to demand higher wages.

Parallels has released their Transporter application in the Mac App Store to let users easily migrate their Windows documents to their Mac.

Toshiba has developed a 4-inch 367ppi 720p display for use in smartphones

Apple is unlikely to launch a LTE enabled iPhone in 2011 due to problems concerning yield rates of LTE chips offered by Qualcomm.

Apple has reportedly lowered iPhone 4 shipment volumes ahead of the launch of the iPhone 4S expected around September.

Apple is planning to launch an updated MacBook Air featuring Sandy Bridge and Thunderbolt in June or July

In North America, Netflix is now 29.7% of peak downstream traffic and has become the largest source of Internet traffic overall.

Square will be making a big announcement on May 23rd and has sent out press invites to those in the media

A source tells AppleInsider that Apple is already prepping back-to-school promotions, which could start as early as next week

iFixit has discovered that it is Audience who powers the noise cancellation feature of the iPhone 4.

Apple is developing a media streaming engine for iOS, Mac OS X, and Windows

Google has updated its iOS app with speed improvements, a tweaked look, and an optional voice search via gesture.

SpotWorld enables iPhone users to discover, learn about, and interact with media of the world's best travel spots.

A casual, pick-up-and-play game, players must navigate through a minefield by touching the screen to move up, and release to move down.

MailShot allows iPhone and iPad users to email groups of up to 50 people from within their favorite apps just by selecting a single contact from their address book.

Unlike other vocabulary apps, the gameplay is fun on its own. Three versions available for US Capitals, North American Capitals, and World Capitals.

The Night Flier resembles in its ease of control and process dynamics a classic version of iconic Helicopter game, with expanded gameplay.

Ming's Memory is based on Traditional Chinese Medicine, and will give the user the opportunity to de-stress with the help of The Five Elements.

Apple has filed a trademark application with the Europen Trademark Office for the mark 'Noteworthy'

Paramount has released Super 8, a camera emulator for your video-capable iDevice.

DJay has been updated with improved performance on the iPad 2, key lock/time-stretching, high precision audio analysis, loop/cue snapping and more.

Apple has proposed a new standard for SIM cards that is even smaller than the micro-SIM.

Scott Wilson has managed to get his TikTok and LunaTik wristbands from Kickstarter to the Apple Store

Apple may be planning to equip its retail stores with NFC payment processing capabilities

Apple is 'actively investigating' the Lodsys patent infringement notices continually being sent to iOS developers

Samsung and Toshiba are waiting for Apple to approve their 2Xnm NAND flash processes which will increase the density of flash memory resulting in higher capacities and faster speeds.

FBR Capital Markets predicts the iPhone 5 will begin production in Q3 featuring an 8MP camera and a Qualcomm CDMA-GSM chip.

In Q1 2011 the iPhone share of the entire phone market reached 5% volume, 20% revenue, and 55% profit.

The United States Senate has planned additional hearings to question Apple and Google on privacy

A recent rumor claims Amazon is prepping multiple tablets for 2011

Take a listen to some of the Nuance voices that Apple references in Mac OS X Lion

Instagram has been updated with a new grid view for profile pages, push notifications management, stability improvements, and more.

Conde Nast has gone live with in-app subscriptions for an additional four of its magazines: Vanity Fair, Glamour, Golf Digest, and Allure

Sixth Seal provides non-stop action and fascinating gameplay with eye-catching graphics. Action, strategy, role-playing, and humor have been seamlessly combined to ensure an unforgettable gaming experience.

Apple may be planning something big for the 10th anniversary of its retail stores that involves new hardware, overnight shifts, black curtains and NDAs.

Nokia is set to begin discussing the possibility of an acquisition by Microsoft, according to industry insider Eldar Murtazin.

A source inside U.K. mobile phone retailer Phones4U says the next generation iPhone will hit stores across the U.K. on November 21st

Mopho DJ is a impressive new method of digital scratching which uses an iPhone placed on a physical turntable to gather accelerometer and gyroscope data.