APPLE NEWS

Notability has been updated with support for the Retina Display iPad, text boxes, PDF searching, note tweeting, and more.

Greenpeace activists scaled the roof of Apple's Irish Headquarters to protest the company's use of dirty energy at its data center.

Apple has announced that its monitored suppliers have reached 95% compliance with the 60-hour work week specified in their Supplier Responsibility Code of Conduct.

PCWorld has performed 3G and 4G speed tests of AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile at multiple locations in 13 major cities.

FireCore has released aTV Flash 1.5, an update to their software package that supercharges your black AppleTV.

Brent Schlender, a journalist who spent years covering Steve Jobs, has found lost tapes of interviews conducted during Steve Jobs' Wilderness Years.

Despite a Software Update and various removal tools the Flashback trojan still infects about 140,000 Macs.

Pod2g has announced that the Chronic Dev-Team now has all the exploits required to release a userland jailbreak of iOS 5.1.

Check out this custom designed video rig called 'The Padcaster' that was announced at NAB this week.

Apple CEO Tim Cook, Samsung CEO Geesung Choi, and the company's chief lawyers have agreed to meet in San Francisco for moderated settlement talks.

Autodesk has released a preview of Inventor Fusion for Mac.

For those looking to purchase a Thunderbolt storage solution, here is a nice overview chart of the currently available options.

G‐Technology is now shipping its 8TB G‐RAID with Thunderbolt drive, a fast and high‐capacity, two‐drive, RAID 0 storage solution.

Gemini, a duplicate file finder app for OS X, has been updated with the ability to scan multiple folders or volumes, to exclude paths, and to scan from the drop-down menu in Finder.

Twitter today announced the Innovator's Patent Agreement which makes the popular Pull-to-Refresh action safer for iOS developers to use.

Verizon Wireless has announced that its 4G LTE Network will be available to more than two thirds of the U.S. population starting April 19th.

Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu says Apple has been working on iPads of various shapes and sizes since 2009.

Four major telecom operators in Europe have told Reuters that the new Nokia Lumia smartphones are not good enough to compete with Apple's iPhone or Samsung's Galaxy.

Greenpeace has released a new report called 'How Clean is Your Cloud' which criticizes Apple and others for relying heavily on dirty energy.

T-Mobile is planning to relaunch its brand this fall and will highlight the change by having T-Mobile girl (Carly Foulkes) abandon her pink summer dresses in favor of a black leather biker suit and a Ducati.

Google could face a large fine for bypassing mobile Safari's privacy restrictions to enable functionality of its +1 button on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

ScoreBig Daily is a new app that helps you find deals on live events.

Google Play Books for iOS has been updated with numerous new features including the ability to bookmark, highlight, and translate.

Read It Later has relaunched itself as Pocket and overhualed its apps to make it easier save an interested article, video, or web page for viewing later.

Air Aroma has create a fragrance that smells like unboxing a new MacBook for the first time.

Microsoft has announced that its next operating system will officially be called 'Windows 8' and will have just three editions.

Another new iPhone 4S Siri commercial has aired this time featuring Zooey Deschanel.

Check out this new iPhone 4S ad that features Samuel L. Jackson using Siri.

Google has leaked a Mac OS X client for the new Google Drive service that is expected to launch next week.

Apple has reportedly hired Zane Rowe, executive VP and CFO of United Continental.

PocketDEMO has announced the release of Flash-Dock, a mount for your iPhone that connects to your DSLR's hot shoe.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission wants Apple to change the name of its iPad models.

Apple has stopped offering trials of its iWork and Aperture software applications as part of its shift to the Mac App Store.

Saurik has released an update to WinterBoard that includes numerous fixes and improvements.

Apple has updated its Cards app with some nice letterpress cards for Mother's Day.

A new Apple store-within-a-store concept has appeared inside a Walmart store in Arkansas.

Spotify has invited the press to an event on April 18th at which the company will make a special announcement.

A video leaked online reveals that Microsoft is planning to make cloud features an important part of Office 15.

Apple will allow a joint audit of one of its suppliers by a Chinese environmental group concerned about pollution.

Google's Sergey Brin says Apple and Facebook, like governments, are a threat to web freedom.

A new report claims that Apple is getting ready to release an iPad mini that will cost $249-$299.

Apple has announced the launch of the new iPad in 21 more countries.

Apple is planning to update Final Cut Pro X with Multichannel Audio Editing Tools, Dual Viewers, MXF Plugin-Support, RED camera support and more.

The iPhone Dev-Team has released an update to RedSn0w that fixes an issue for those on Mac OS X 10.5.x or earlier.

The working title for the independent Steve Jobs film featuring Ashton Kutcher is 'Jobs: Get Inspired'.

XLR8 is a fun new app that uses the iPhone to make your vehicle sound like a race car.

The iClarified Menu Bar App for OS X is now available on the Mac App Store.

Customers needing a hardware replacement of their white 16GB iPhone 4 may get a free upgrade to the newer iPhone 4S, thanks to supply shortages of that specific model.