APPLE NEWS

Apple has posted its 'Best of 2014' lists featuring the top music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, books, and apps of the year.

Apple has aired a new 'Change' iPad Air 2 ad that demonstrates that iPad being used in a wide variety of situations. Apple also launched a new 'Change' section on its website.

Best Buy is discounting the new iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by $50 - $100 in a second sale leading up to the holidays.

Nintype, is a crazy fast third party keyboard for iOS, that lets you type at speeds up to 130 wpm!

A new drone video shows Apple's progress on the construction of Apple Campus 2 so far.

EA has posted a new video that offers a behind the scenes look at the making of SimCity BuildIt for iOS.

WinBeta has posted a video demonstrating a pre-release version of Cortana for Windows 10.

Over a hundred demonstrators briefly invaded the flagship Fifth Ave Apple Store this evening to stage a 'die-in'.

Mark Zuckerberg has spoken out about Apple CEO Tim Cook recent comments on ad-supported businesses, calling them 'ridiculous'.

Google has updated its Google Maps app for iOS with automatic re-routing when a road closes along your original route.

Apple Maps has been updated with nine new flyover locations, including the Grand Canyon and Meteor Crater in Arizona.

Apple has updated iTunes Radio with 10 new holiday-themed radio stations.

Mail to Self is a free and handy share extension for iOS 8 that makes it easy to mail things to yourself.

Angry Birds Star Wars II gets 32 new levels set on Geonosis and Mustafar in a brand new chapter - Revenge of the Pork.

Professional photographer Brooks Kraft had the opportunity to photograph the White House Christmas decorations for TIME and he decided to use the iPhone 6 Plus to do so.

Jiemian, a Chinese financial publication, is reporting that Foxconn's robots, the ones planned for use in assembling iPhones, are not precise enough to meet Apple's standards.

The Canabalt endless runner game has been updated with support fort he iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, a bigger map, more background art, rebuilt game engine, and more.

TaiG has released an updated version of its jailbreak utility in Chinese and English, as well as an untether package in Cydia.

Square Enix has released DRAGON QUEST III: The Seeds of Salvation for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

God of Light, a beautiful physics puzzle game for iPhone and iPad, has been selected as Apple's free App of the Week.

Apple's new campus will feature a $161 million auditorium and a $74 million fitness center.

Apple has seeded the second version of OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 to developers for download and testing. The build number of this seed is 14C78c.

Facebook has released a new rebuilt Slingshot app for the iPhone and iPod touch.

BBC has posted a video of photographer Doug Menuez describing photos he took took of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs after he'd been fired from the company.

Apple has announced that it will once again offer a free 'Hour of Code' workshop in its retail stores on December 11th.

Sonos has released an update today that brings multi-account support, search that includes songs across all your music sources,and enhanced Playbar sound.

Spotify is running a holiday promotion that offers new customers three months of Premium for $0.99.

Apple is rumored to be working on a new 4-inch model of the iPhone for release in 2015.

Tomb Raider II has been launched for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

The Instapaper app has been updated with a redesigned save extension, Handoff support, unread count, and more.

Caviar, a food delivery service recently acquired by Square, has launched an app for iPhone.

Despite having been on the market for just over one month of the three months ending with October 2014, the iPhone 6 Plus has already captured 41% of phablet sales in the U.S.

Apple has announced that its annual iTunes Connect shutdown for the holidays will take place from Monday, December 22nd to Monday, December 29th.

The PayPal Here app for iPad has been updated with a fresh look and feel, easier custom inventory entry system, better sales reporting, and more.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out has received a holiday themed update featuring new characters, building, decorations, and more.

Ship times for the new 16GB and 64GB iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have improved to 3-5 business days.

Portland area users can now pre-order Starbucks drinks from their iPhone.

TaiG today launched an English version of its jailbreak utility for iOS 8.1.1 and an English website.

Apple CEO Tim Cook met with Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) this week to discuss the senator's technology agenda.

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has officially adopted version 4.2 of the Bluetooth core specification.

KanTar Worldpanel ComTech reports that the iPhone 6 has given Apple a huge jump in sales share across major markets.

Foursquare has updated its Swarm check-in app with interactive notifications.

Mozilla has announced that it's now planning to release a version of the Firefox browser for iOS.

Final Cut Pro X has been updated with support for native MXF files and AVC-LongG media, as well as other improvements.

Wells Fargo has aired a new Apple Pay ad entitled, 'Surprise Party'.

Eddy Cue wants to fight for the truth and protect Apple's reputation surrounding the e-books price fixing debacle.

Sprint announced today that it will cut in half the monthly rate plan for Verizon and AT&T customers who switch to Sprint beginning Friday, Dec. 5.

The Apple TV is losing market share, slipping from 26% share last year to 17% this year, and falling from the second most popular streaming media device to the third.