APPLE NEWS

Rdio, a popular music subscription service, is now available in 20 new territories.

Apple has dropped one position to Number 35 on Glassdoor's 2014 Employees' Choice Best Places to Work list.

Spotify has announced free access to millions of songs on mobile devices, starting today.

TweetDeck for Mac has been updated to let you login with your Twitter account.

The Pinterest app has been updated with a fresh look for the iPad.

Japan has overtaken the United States in combined App Store/Google Pay revenue.

Rovio has updated Angry Birds with 15 brand new Bird-Day Party episodes.

Apple today updated the Apple TV with new ABC, Bloomberg, Crackle, and KOR TV channels.

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson says that big subsidies for smartphones is coming to an end as wireless carriers can no longer afford to fund a constant upgrade cycle.

Pegatron faces questions about working conditions at its factory after five workers have suddenly died.

The Steam Mobile app for iOS has been updated with a new look and feel, offline chat, improved push notifications, and more.

Yahoo has reportedly acquired the cross-platform video streaming app, QuikIO.

The Google AdSense app has been updated to offer all of the common reports from the AdSense website with animated graphs throughout.

Starting December 11, T-Mobile is dropping the upfront price of some of the most popular iPhones to $0 down for well-qualified new and existing customers.

The Goodreads app has been updated with revamped Sign In and Sign Up screens, as well as, the ability to Sign In with Amazon for those who created Goodreads accounts on their Kindles.

The Twitter app has received a major update bringing a new design, the ability to share photos in Direct Messages, notifications from your network, Safari Reading List support and more.

Previously we reported about the Fisher-Price Apptivity iPad Seat for Infants which upset parents, now the iPad iPotty has been named the Worst Toy of the Year by the CCFC.

The Readmill app has been updated with a new Feed that lets you see what your friends are reading.

Apple has been working to improve the accuracy of Siri and reduce its reliance on Google Search.

Google has announced 10 new apps that have added support for its Chromecast wireless media streaming device.

The Facebook Messenger app has been updated to let you tap someone's profile picture in any conversation to view their Timeline or call for free.

Google Drive has been updated with the ability to sort items, find and replace in documents, and more.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out game has been updated for the holidays with presents, new characters, new buildings, a new ride, new decorations, and new quests.

Twentieth Century Fox today announced that it is teaming up with mobile game developer TinyCo to create a brand new FAMILY GUY mobile game.

Qualcomm has announced the availability of its Gimbal Proximity Beacons to compete with Apple's iBeacons.

Apple has reportedly poached Cumulus Media executive VP of Sales, Michael Pallad, for iTunes Radio.

Apple has patented a method of forming a curved touch surface in a patent titled, 'Curved Touch Sensor'.

VLC 2.1.2 has been released fixing numerous bugs and adding experimental decoding of HEVC and Webm/VP9.

Microsoft has released a new iPhone app for its social network - Socl.

Viber has announced the upcoming release of Viber 4.1 for Android and iPhone which includes the global launch of Viber Out, a new feature that allows users to make low-cost calls to any mobile or landline phone number.

Apple has completely caught up with demand for the iPhone 5s and is now showing a ship time of 'Within 24 hours'.

Apple has released its '12 Days of Gifts' giveaway app in the U.S. for the first time.

Temple Run 2 has been updated to let you run as Santa and bring Christmas artifacts, Santa hats, mysterious masks, and more.

Former Apple SVP of iOS Scott Forstall has been traveling, advising a few startups, and becoming more philanthropically involved.

Apple has expanded iTunes Match to Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Nokia has unveiled a Bluetooth-, NFC-Enabled Stereo Headset that resembles the iPod shuffle.

The AT&T Mark the Spot app for reporting network issues has been updated with iOS 7 support, additional updates to reported spots, enhanced push notifications, auto caching, and more.

The Amazon Cloud Drive Photos app has been updated with iPad support and video support.

Fisher-Price is offering an iPad Apptivity seat for infants, sparking some controversy from parents.

Today Square released the latest generation of its credit card reader that enables users to accept credit cards via the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

AT&T has become the first U.S. carrier to offer international LTE roaming, announcing a deal with Rogers Canada today.

The iPhone 5s in now in stock at nearly 100% of U.S. Apple Retail Stores, according to a survey by Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster.

The Pandora Radio app has received a refreshed design for iOS 7, a new alarm clock, and other improvements.

Apple has announced that it is offering a free 'Hour of Code' workshop in every U.S. Apple Store on December 11th.

U.S. no-contract cell phone service providers Straight Talk Wireless and NET10 Wireless today announced they will offer iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c to customers beginning on December 13, 2013, exclusively at Walmart.

Gameloft has updated the official game for 'Thor: The Dark World' with 18 new missions, 2 new bosses, and more.

China Mobile is set to begin taking pre-orders for the iPhone starting on Thursday, December 12th.

Apple, AOL, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo have sent an open letter to Washington urging reforms that ensure that government surveillance efforts are clearly restricted by law, proportionate to the risks, transparent and subject to independent oversight.