APPLE NEWS

Apple has announced that its retail stores are holding an event for the Chinese New Year.

Check out this video that shows a method for charging your iPhone with fire.

Twitterrific, a popular Twitter client for iOS, has received substantial update which brings a simplified reading mode, a new search tab, timeline image previews, and more.

Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad will kick of Macworld next week with a session on 'Playing Steve & Woz'.

In article going behind the scenes of jailbreaking, the number of devices running Cydia in past two months was revealed in a chart.

Imangi Studios has announced that Temple Run 2 was downloaded over 20 million times in its first four days of availability on the App Store.

Chorma is a new app that aims to help you organize chores with your roommate, partner, or family members.

The FreePress has posted a page where customers can complain about AT&T in hopes that the company will reverse its decision to disregard Net Neutrality.

LG has reportedly regained the number two spot in U.S. handset sales from Apple.

A new report from the China Times claims that Apple will launch an iPhone 5S and a new 4.8-inch iPhone 'Math' in June.

Samsung has just posted a new ad for the Galaxy Note II that bashes the iPhone and BlackBerry as inferior for business.

DataMan Next is a new version of the DataMan app for tracking your cellular data usage.

Kariem McFarlin, an Alameda resident, was sentenced to seven years in state prison for burglarizing several homes included the home of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Pod2g and planetbeing have found two new vulnerabilities but are still missing the initial code execution for a public jailbreak release.

Opera has unveiled a new WebKit-based browser called 'Ice' for iOS and Android devices.

A recent tweet from planetbeing suggests that he and pod2g may now be working together towards a publicly releasable jailbreak of iOS 6.

The NYPD (New York City Police Department) has released an official app for the iPhone that lets citizens submit tips, read breaking news, locate police stations and more.

Lumify Movie Studio, a video editing app for the iPhone, received a major update today.

Angry Birds Space for Mac has been updated with 30 new levels in a galaxy where all the planets are filled with water.

Here's a look back at the home pages Apple used to launch each version of iPhone since 2007.

Aubrey Johnson who led design at Color reveals the story behind Apple's acquisition of Lala and Color.

A SEC filing made yesterday reveals that Apple board member and former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore purchased 59,000 shares of AAPL worth over $29.6 million for $441,000 or $7.475 per share.

Congressman Hank Johnson has released a discussion draft of the Application Privacy, Protection, and Security Act of 2013, or the APPS Act.

Nokia has released 3D templates that can be used by customers to 3D print their own custom Lumia 820 shells.

Sharp has nearly halted production of 9.7-inch iPad screens as demand shifts to iPad mini.

Google has announced that their iOS app for Google+ has been launched in 48 more countries.

Judge Lucy Koh has ordered Apple CEO Tim Cook to four hours of questioning by plaintiff attorneys as part of a civil lawsuit against the company for conspiring with other tech companies to eliminate competition for each other's employees.

Hearst is now offering its entire catalog of magazines including Car and Driver, Popular Mechanics, Esquire, Seventeen, and more on Newsstand days before any other outlet, including print.

Bump, a popular app for sharing information with other mobile users, has been updated to let you share Dropbox files.

Kaleidoscope 2 is a just released update to Black Pixel's app for comparing text, files, and folders.

The StumbleUpon app has been updated with a new home page, lists, refresh, and a slide feature that reveals facts about each page.

Raymond James analyst Tavis McCourt has compiled the cumulative sales of the iPhone 4, 4S, and 5 and compared them to sales of the Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy Note smartphones.

Angry Birds Rio for iPhone and Angry Birds Rio HD for iPad are now free to download.

Apple is offering refurbished 13-inch Retina Display MacBook Pros at a 15% discount.

New photos from the 'jOBS' movie starring Ashton Kutcher have surfaced ahead of its January 26th premiere.

Rolling Stone has just launched an iPad version of its magazine on Apple's Newsstand.

Square Enix has released Final Fantasy All The Bravest for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Sprint has announced that its expanding its 4G LTE coverage to 28 more cities.

Dolphin Browser for iPhone and Dolphin Browser for iPad have both received a big update that brings one-tap sharing, saving of web content to Evernote or Box, Wi-Fi broadcast, send to device, and sync.

A&T is reportedly looking to acquire a counterpart in Europe before the market becomes more data centric.

Amazon has announced that its MP3 Store has been optimized for the iPhone and iPod touch.

The SwitchEasy CoverBuddy is a back cover for your iPad mini that matches the Smart Cover from Apple.

Riven, the sequel to Myst, has just been released for the iPad.

Finish is a new timeframe-focused to-do app for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Temple Run 2, the sequel to the popular game for iOS, is now available in the U.S. App Store.

Facebook has begun to roll out its free calling to friends feature for Facebook Messenger to app users in the U.S.A.

Stamen Design has created a map of the secret bus lines run by Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, EA and eBay to shuttle their employees to work in San Francisco.

Apple is offering monthly payment plans to customers in China via a China Merchants Bank card.