APPLE NEWS

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has rejected Apple's 'iPad mini' trademark filing.

David Gelphman, an Apple employee for 12+ years, shares a story of his first direct contact with Steve Jobs.

Additional details about Motorola's upcoming allegedly customizable smartphone have reportedly been leaked.

P0sixninja has revealed that he will not be using his jailbreak exploits to release a jailbreak for iOS 6.1.3; rather, he will be holding them back for iOS 7 or iOS 7.1.

A new report from Distmo examines the business models and revenues per download for App Store apps.

Apple is reportedly pushing for a summertime iRadio launch after significant progress is made

Expedia 3.0 has been released for iOS bringing a new Itineraries feature, support for more countries, improved checkout, and more.

The MLB.com At Bat app has been updated with numerous improvements including design enhancements, live audio access, universal support, sortable statistics, and more.

Vine has been updated to let you share posts by others to Twitter or Facebook or embed them online.

Apple is reportedly preparing to launch its own dedicated game controller.

Samsung is reportedly set to step up its rivalry with Apple by opening Samsung store-within-a-store shops inside Best Buy.

Apple has released an update to its ProApps QuickTime Codecs for download.

iBye, a popular app for backing up and restoring your iOS device by EvilPenguin, has been updated with support for iOS 6.x.

Lively.fm is a recently released app that collects music posted on blogs from around the world.

While numerous analysts have speculated that Apple might launch the iPhone 5S in June/July, today a rumor predicts the launch event will be held on June 20th.

A display comparison between the Apple iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S 4, Samsung Galaxy S III, Sony Xperia Z, HTC One, and Nokia Lumia 920.

P0sixninja says that he has found the exploits necessary to release a new jailbreak.

The Scout GPS app has been updated with an optimized Dashboard, calendar sync, and new OnMyWay features.

Facebook has just invited members of the press to a special event at its headquarters on April 4th.

Apple has launched a new webpage detailing, 'Why you'll love an iPad'.

The SlingPlayer app for iPhone has been updated with support for wirelessly archiving your personal media from your device with SlingSync.

Apple has updated Compressor to fix a stability issue with playing back certain MPEG-2 files and a stability issue in Qmaster when processing multiple jobs.

Apple has released an update to Motion that brings performance and stability improvements.

Apple has updated Final Cut Pro X with numerous improvements including support for the 4K Sony XAVC codec.

Apple has released an update to its 'Find My Friends' app that brings a new UI to search for and set location-based notifications.

AT&T has announced that pre-orders of the Samsung Galaxy S4 will begin April 16th for $249.99 with a two year contract.

Mike Lazaridis, the last remaining RIM co-founder, is leaving BlackBerry.

Apple has begun the phased launch of a redesigned 'Report a Problem' tool for iTunes Store purchase issues.

Apple will reportedly launch a Final Cut Pro X marketing campaign today in an effort to win back professional users who weren't impressed with the product at its release.

The USPTO has published a new Apple patent for an 'Electronic Device With Wrap Around Display'.

Gameloft has posted a trailer for its upcoming official Iron Man 3 game for iOS.

TweetDeck for Mac has been updated with numerous improvements including advanced search, wide columns, keyboard shortcuts, and more.

Angry Birds Star Wars has been updated with a Cloud City episode, 20 new Bespin levels, steam gameplay mechanics, Boba Fett Missions, and Twitter integration.

FINAL FANTASY V has been released for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Apple has reportedly cut iPad mini shipments for the second quarter of 2013 to between 10-12 million units.

Microsoft has released a new game for iOS entitled, 'Ms. Splosion Man'.

The iPhone 5 launch received over five times more Twitter buzz than the Samsung Galaxy S 4 launch.

Mac OS Evangelist Tim Holmes has posted a nice photo set from December 20th, 1996, the night Steve Jobs returned to Apple.

Sentry, the designer behind the popular Auxo tweak, has posted a new iOS app switching concept.

The Weather Channel app has been updated with improved 15-minute forecasts within your Hourly view and now displays the Expect Rain tab on your now screen if it's going to rain in the next six hours.

Apple wants Judge Koh to add back $85 million of the $450.5 million that was taken from its previously $1 billion verdict won against Samsung.

Apple is now hiring Global 'Maps Ground Truth' managers in an effort to improve its iOS Maps data.

Mozilla has announced that they've ported the popular gaming engine Unreal Engine 3 to the web.

Amazon is reportedly planning to release a 4.7-inch smartphone in the second quarter of this year.

Somersby Cider has spoofed launch day at the Apple Store for its first U.K. ad.

IM+, a popular instant messaging client for iOS, has been updated to support the Beep mobile-to-mobile messaging service, image capture via the iPad's camera, and image previews in chat.

Google has updated its Gmail app to support swiping between messages and an Edit mode that lets you take action on multiple messages more quickly.

Apple is ready to go online with an initial iCloud facility at its Reno, Nevada site.