APPLE NEWS

Google has confirmed the acquisition of WIMM Labs, a company that made an Android-powered smartwatch.

Maryland State Police raided two local cell phone stores and confiscated $89,000 worth of counterfeit Apple products last friday.

Apple is reportedly blocking AppleCare employee vacations between September 15th and September 28th for the launch of iOS 7 and new iPhones.

Verizon is reportedly blocking employee vacations between September 18th-22nd. Those dates coincide with the rumored September 20th release date for the iPhone 5S.

Walmart has cut the price of the iPhone 5 to $98 ahead of the much anticipated iPhone 5S.

Apple is asking developers to include iOS 7 compatible icons when submitting apps for approval.

Apple has updated its app for the iTunes Festival in London with video streaming.

CollegeHumor has posted a new video that parodies every tech commercial.

Apple has revealed that its iPhone trade-in program launches nationwide today, according to a tweet from CNBC.

Hacker winocm has announced that he has a binary that will perform an untether of the iOS 6.1.3 jailbreak.

AT&T has announced that its no contract Aio Wireless network is scheduled to be available online to all U.S. customers starting in mid-September.

Microsoft today confirmed that it will not end its $100 price cut on the Surface Pro tablet.

TLD has performed a teardown of the iPhone 5 and attempted to install its internal components into the leaked gold iPhone 5S housing.

Sonny Dickson has posted a gallery of photos that shows the combined front and back panel for the upcoming iPad 5.

Hawaiian Airlines has announced that it will deploy 1,500 iPad minis for inflight entertainment on its Boeing 767-300 aircraft.

Apple has updated its online store with the ability to place orders and have them shipped to Puerto Rico.

Check out this high quality video look at the graphite iPhone 5S and the iPad mini housings.

Tweetbot for Mac has been updated to bring many fixes and enhancements as well as a few new features such as the ability to send a tweet via messages

Electronic Arts has released SimCity for Mac as a digital only release after a delay of several months.

Apple has named Cut the Rope as their App of the Week making both the iPhone and iPad versions available to download for free.

CocoaNuts has released Celeste 2, a Bluetooth file transfer tweak for iOS 6.x, that lets your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch send and receive files to other devices via Bluetooth.

IDC has slightly lowered its tablet forecast for 2013 and beyond due to growing competition from larger smartphones and the prospect of new categories such as wearable devices.

T-Mobile is Suing AT&T Subsidiary Aio Wireless for using T-Mobile's trademark magenta color

Apple has started training its AppleCare support employees on iOS 7.

Apple is offering six free songs via the Apple Store app to promote the iTunes Festival taking place in London this September.

Pioneer has launched the DDJ-WeGO2, a DJ controller that connects to your iPhone or iPad.

Parallels today launched Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac, which lets customers run Windows and Mac applications simultaneously on a Mac without rebooting

Shopify has launched Shopify POS, an iPad based point of sale system designed to let anybody easily sell in-store in addition to online.

A photo of Nokia's first phablet, the Nokia Lumia 1520, has reportedly leaked online.

The Loop's Jim Dalrymple has addressed a questionable report from Bloomberg which suggested that Apple would unveil new iPads on September 10th.

The Flickr app for iOS has received a major update bringing live filters, professional editing tools, new camera tools, and more.

Mailbox for iOS has been updated to bring cloud search (letting you search every message in Gmail account), account-specific signatures, Chrome link support and more performance improvements

ESPN today officially launched the availability of ESPN Deportes and ESPNEWS on iOS and AppleTV.

AT&T LTE is now available in 383 as the carrier rolls out its 4G services in 13 new markets today.

BitTorrent Sync is a new product from BitTorrent that lets you sync an unlimited number of files and folders of any size across all of your trusted devices.

T-Mobile is reportedly planning employee vacation blackout dates that align with rumored iPhone 5S release dates.

Disney is reportedly preparing a Star Wars app for the Apple TV to distribute the final Clone Wars episodes.

Apple is seeking an experienced plastics materials engineer for its iPhone and iPad materials team, according to a recent job posting.

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote said she plans on requiring Apple to hire an external monitor to ensure it doesn't fix e-book pricing again.

Twitter has updated its iOS app with a new look for conversations, new notification settings, and more.

The Google Maps app has been updated to let you share your favorite places via Google+.

Apple is the top target of patent trolls with 171 patent lawsuits filed against the company by non-practicing entities since 2009.

The BBC iPlayer app has been updated with the ability to watch downloaded programmes via AirPlay.

Hue Menu is a new Mac application that can control Philips Hue light bulbs from your menu bar.

The AutoCAD 360 app has been updated with full Retina support, improved PDF support, easy switching between metric and imperial, faster load times, and more.

Logitech has unveiled the new Ultrathin Touch Mouse T631 which is designed to perfectly complement your Mac.

Imo Messenger has been updated as a universal app with support for video calling.

Apple has acquired AlgoTrim, a Swedish company that builds compression algorithms for mobile phones.