APPLE NEWS

Apple has filed a patent for an optical stylus that determines its location by capturing an image while in contact with the surface.

The Vault of Tears update for Infinity Blade II is now available.

Panic has released Diet Coda, an iPad version of their web code editor for OS X.

Yahoo has released Axis, a new web browser for iOS.

Apple is airing two new iPhone 4S Siri ads featuring John Malkovich.

Pod2g has announced that iPad 3,3 support has been added to the Absinthe jailbreak utility, leaving only the iPad 2,4 jailbreak to be implemented.

Apple's plan to build a 4.8-megawatt fuel cell facility at its data center in North Carolina has been approved by regulators.

Thank You Pen is an iPhone app that lets you send personalized cards written by real pens.

Apple has responded to the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit accusing the company of conspiring to fix prices of electronic books.

The Mint.com app for iOS has been updated to let you create and edit budgets on the go.

A jury has determined that Google's Android did not infringe on Oracle's patents after over a week of deliberations.

A keyboard shortcut reference found in the latest Mountain Lion beta suggests that OS X may get Siri-like voice dictation.

Jeanette Horan, IBM's chief information officer, says the company bans both iCloud and Siri for security reasons.

Seagate Technology and LaCie S.A. today announced an exclusive agreement with the intent for Seagate to acquire a controlling interest in LaCie.

Microsoft is reportedly planning to release Office for iPad this November.

Unfold is a newly released tweak based on Anton Kudin's 'fold to unlock' concept for the iPhone.

Photosmith 2 lets you send your existing photos from Adobe Lightroom to your iPad.

Apple is beginning construction of a new 12,100 square feet and 23 foot tall flagship store at the Stanford Shopping Center.

Unsurprisingly, Apple and Samsung were not able to find a compromise during moderated settlement talks.

The Opera Mini Web Browser for iOS has been updated with support for the iPad Retina Display and with a new Data Usage option.

Google has updated its Google Search app for iPhone with a complete redesign, major speed improvements, full-screen image search, and more.

Draw Something, a popular game for iOS, has been updated with support for the new iPad's Retina Display.

The Telegraph has published an interview with Jonathan Ive where the famed Apple designer reveals that what they're working on now 'feels like the most important and the best work we've done'.

Gameloft has released the official game of 2012's Men in Black 3 for iOS.

Zephyr, a tweak that brings multitasking swipes to your iOS device, has been updated with landscape support for iPhone and other improvements.

ooVoo for iOS lets you video chat, text, or make phone calls with up to 12 friends for free

NASA has released a major update to its iPhone app that brings a completely new interface.

J. Crew's CEO Mickey Drexler, former CEO of Gap, helped Steve Jobs create the highly successful Apple Store.

Bob Apfel of Bondholder Communications Group explains how iPads were used to help complete the debt restructuring of Greece.

Amazon has released an update to its mobile Appstore for Android that lets you test drive apps.

Apple ranked highest in Millward Brown's annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands study for the second year in a row.

MetaWatch has launched a smartwatch development system featuring Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology for connectivity and compatibility with Apple's iPhone 4S, iPad 3, and Android platforms.

Apple CEO Tim Cook personally tried to hire Google senior executive Dennis Woodside away from the company to be Apple's head of sales.

ZooGue has frozen an iPad 3 in a block of ice to promote their free iPhone cases.

The Hulu Plus app for iOS has been updated to support the Retina Display iPad, browsing by genre, split view AirPlay, and more.

A taller iPod touch front panel and iPhone 5 camera parts have leaked online

InteVyDis has released an untethered jailbreak for A4 devices on iOS 5.1.1 as part of Vulndisco Mobile 1.7.

DeviceStation has posted a video showing what they feel to be a realistic design concept for the iPhone 5.

Apple is reportedly testing next generation iPhone prototypes with a taller 3.95-inch 1136x640 display.

Sony has reportedly begun mass production of in-cell touch panels for Apple's next generation iPhone.

The 2012 Webby Awards remembered Steve Jobs in a star-studded tribute video.

Morgan Stanley's Adam Parker has delivered an interesting report on 'The Elephant In The Room' (ie. Apple).

Early Mac notebooks had their Apple logo oriented upside down from how they are positioned now.

gTar is a new Kickstarter project for an iPhone powered guitar.

The Leap is a small iPod sized USB peripheral that creates a 3D interaction space of 8 cubic feet to precisely interact with and control software on your laptop or desktop computer.

Ken Shirriff has performed a teardown of Apple's iPhone charger and found it to be a high-quality power supply designed to produce carefully filtered power.

Apple has reportedly signed an agreement 'with a major global distributor' to make the iPhone 3GS available to global prepaid markets.

Reveal is a newly released tweak from conradev and joshmtucker that prevents iOS from shortening your notifications.