APPLE NEWS

The charity auction for coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook has ended with an astonishing $610,000 bid by an anonymous winner.

Saurik has released Cydia Substrate for Android, bringing Winterboard and other tweaks to the platform

Evernote Hello, an app that helps you remember everything about everyone you meet, has been updated with a new address book section and other improvements.

Apple has released an update to iMovie that improves detection of connected video cameras and improves compatibility with projects from iMovie for iOS.

Microsoft has announced that Windows Blue will be a free update to Windows 8 dubbed 'Windows 8.1'.

ABC has released the previously announced WATCH ABC app that can now live stream television to select markets.

Pinterest's app has been updated with the ability to send a pin to someone, get push notifications, receive search suggestions, and more.

Philips has released an update to its iPhone app for controlling the Philips Hue light bulbs, enabling geofencing, timers for scenes, improved alarms, IFTTT support, and more.

Square has unveiled the 'Square Stand' for iPad featuring a built-in credit card reader.

A new report predicts that the iPhone 5S will feature a sapphire crystal capacitive touch home button with integrated fingerprint scanner.

BlackBerry has just announced that it will release BBM for iOS and Android devices this summer.

Apple wants to add the Galaxy S4 to the list of products its considers infringing for its second trial against Samsung in the U.S.

Realmac Software, the developers behind the Clear To-Do app for iOS, have announced a new Analog Camera app.

Nokia has announced a new flagship smartphone, the Lumia 925, featuring a metal design and showcasing the latest PureView camera innovation.

Martin Hajek has taken his budget iPhone concept and combined it with Damaso Benitez's flat iOS 7 concept to produce a new gallery of images.

Amazon has unveiled a new Cloud Player application for desktop computers.

Check out this photo of a fully disassembled Macintosh Classic

France is considering whether to impose a 'culture tax' on Apple and Google devices such as the iPhone and iPad.

Fantastical, a popular calendar app for the iPhone, has been updated with several improvements to duplicating events, duration settings, and canceled events.

Facebook has been updated with improved places editing, faster loading events, and a photo viewer button that lets you save, share or make profile picture.

The 1Password app has been updated with numerous improvements to 1Browser, Sharing, Search, and more.

Twitterrific 5, a popular Twitter client, has been updated with support for Readability and Droplr.

The Google Smartwatch is real and features a similar interface to Google Glass, according to a new report.

Google has announced that it's now offering 15 GB of unified storage for free to use as you like between Drive, Gmail, and Google+ Photos.

T-Mobile has ended their introductory pricing on the iPhone 5 raising the price to $149 down.

Evleaks has posted a photo allegedly of the metal body Lumia 925 that Nokia has been teasing and is expected to unveil tomorrow.

Sony has unveiled the Xperia ZR, a waterproof smartphone that can take HD video and photos while underwater.

SoundCloud has been updated with Google+ Sign In and Sharing and has restored the AirPlay icon in the player.

Amazon has debuted 'Amazon Coins' a new virtual currency that lets customers save up to 10% on apps and games.

Samsung has announced that it's successfully developed a core technology for 5G which it hopes to deploy by 2020.

Axis is a new tweak that adds easy to use app shortcuts to your lockscreen via additional grabbers.

In an interview with Charlie Rose on 60 Minutes, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates welled up as he described his last 'forward-looking' conversation with the late Steve Jobs.

Flipboard has been updated with new profile pages, a new Friends category, improved sharing, and the ability to save images directly to your device.

PicsArt Photo Studio for iOS has been updated with contest support, brush on masks, face fix, drawing improvements, background uploading, and more.

ABC will roll out live streaming of all its TV programming to iPhones and iPads beginning this week.

Nokia has released a teaser video for a new smartphone that looks a lot like images of an aluminum device that recently leaked online.

Facebook has added back detailed post insights to its Pages Manager app after updating it to version 2.0.

Triple Tap To Clear is a tweak from greensnow that makes it easy to erase text you've typed into the Message text field.

Kwikset has announced Kevo, a new lock that uses your iPhone as key, made possible by a partnership with UniKey.

Echofon has reversed the decision to discontinue its Twitter client for Mac OS X.

Disney has released Story, a new app for the iPhone that turns your photos and videos into a personalized story.

Check out this new iPhone 6 concept that features 4.5-inch truly edge-to-edge display.

Paypal's Chief Information Security Officer, Michael Barrett, spoke at Interop to announce the impending death of passwords.

The U.S. Defense Department will likely approve Apple's mobile devices for use on its networks early next week.

A hacked iPhone carrier update for T-Mobile users has been released to boost speeds for customers on that network.

Hipstamatic has launched its new Oggl app for capturing and curating photos.

The Evad3rs will be teaching two technical training courses on iOS Exploitation at HITB2013KUL.

Apple held a town hall session on Thursday to inform tech staff that major changes are coming to AppleCare and AppleCare+.