APPLE NEWS

Former Apple engineer Bret Victor rants against Microsoft's Productivity Future Vision video declaring that the future is not 'Pictures Under Glass'

iFixit reveals that the iPhone 4S has a infrared LED next to the ambient light sensor which is used to keep Siri in a state of constant readiness.

Thomas Park has published a gallery of 357 Apple Storefronts to show how they have evolved over the past decade.

Walmart has released an app for that iPad that lets you browse, search, and buy from your tablet.

Justice Annabelle Bennet of Sydney's Federal Court has ordered Apple to surrender private iPhone contracts with Australian telco's Vodafone, Telstra and Optus to Samsung.

Adobe has officially announced that it will no longer develop Flash Player for smartphones and tablets.

Chitika Insights has completed a study into the adoption rate of iOS 5 following its October 12th release.

Pod2g has announced that the code signing bug Charlie Miller found in iOS 5 will make creating a jailbreak much easier and warns users not to update to iOS 5.0.1.

Apple has jumped five positions placing fourth in Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics.

Apple is reportedly reducing its shipments of iPhones and iPads by 10-15% in the fourth quarter

Adobe is stopping development of Flash for mobile devices

Apple has reportedly told an iOS developer that there are no plans to support Siri on older devices.

The Professional Chef by the Culinary Institute of America has been released for the iPad.

Apple has released Java for Mac OS X 10.7 Update 1 via Software Update

Apple has released iAd Producer 2.0 to design and assemble high-impact, interactive content for iAd.

Cloud Browse unlocks Flash and Java for iPad and iPhone by hosting a secure desktop FireFox browser session on remote Amazon cloud servers.

Brosix for iPhone is an easy-to-use, fully-functional, Secure instant messenger that allows customers to log into their Brosix account from their iPhone and chat with their online contacts.

Ez Budget improves upon this method of budgeting by cutting out all of the envelopes and cash.

Print n Share Pro enables anyone to set up separate user accounts so that individuals can access their email, documents and web pages contained within their own secure environment

Apple is reportedly working with Leaf Solar Power, an American company, on a large solar farm in North Carolina.

Vooma has announced the Peel PG92, a case for the iPhone 4 that adds dual SIM capabilities.

Apple has reached a settlement in class-action lawsuit over its MagSafe connectors and as a result will provide customers a replacement adapter if the power adapter shows signs of strain relief.

Mozilla has officially announced the release of Firefox 8 for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

Apple is reportedly seeding iOS 5.0.1 to some end users that are experiencing issues with battery life.

CameraTechnica takes a look at how well the iPhone 4S camera's newly embedded infrared (IR) filter performs.

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt recently defended accusations by Steve Jobs that Android is a stolen product.

Create & share your own custom graffiti art in seconds with the new Graffiti Tagger app from Insatiable Genius & Full Time Artists!

ShopSmart is a shopping app that aims to make your iPad shopping easier and more rewarding.

Horace Dediu at Asymco takes a look at number of iPhones being discarded in a new report.

The AT&T Call International App allows you to make inexpensive international long distance calls from the U.S. with your iPhone, using your existing wireless service.

Microsoft has set up a massive six story tall Windows Phone in New York City's Herald Square

AnandTech has posted a review of the Thunderbolt 240GB SSD Little Big Disk.

Now that Apple has improved the iPhone's antenna, Consumer Reports is willing to recommend the device; however, the site gives several Android handsets a higher score than the iPhone 4S.

Apple has updated its Apple Store app for iOS with EasyPay, Personal Pickup, and the ability to track your stuff.

TexturePackerPro is a drag'n'drop solution that offers complete control over all variables of sprite sheet creation, and image optimization.

NetSpot 1.1 lets anyone run a quick and extremely effective Wi-Fi site survey and quickly map wireless coverage of a living area, office space, new building, etc.

My Band Studio uses powerful audio frameworks to mix, edit and play sounds in the most efficient way.

Ace Your Next Test is a highly useful and effective resource for getting a better grade on any type of test.

PhotoStyler gives the user an easy way to style digital photos with their Mac.

PastaOnly presents two main ways of cooking pasta with its sauce or separately. PastaOnly contains authentic Pasta recipes to give you the best taste of a traditional and family-made Italian Pasta.

Lost in Cube follows the journey of Qubby, an adventurous meteoroid that lost his way in an unknown galaxy.

Starmap announces they can display the orbit of the nearby passing asteroid 2005YU55 in 3D animation.

AutoMailer is an app useful for any company or person in need of a tool to send to different addresses a large quantity of personalized emails in a fast and easy away.

Baby Sleeper is based on a method discovered by a math professor while he was trying to make his baby niece fall asleep.

Mark Zuckerberg talks about the questions he had for Steve Jobs and believes that Facebook and Apple are 'extremely aligned' as companies.

Conrad Kramer has found a way to enable a secret panoramic camera mode in iOS 5.

Charlie Miller, a popular hacker known as 0xcharlie, has discovered a security flaw in the code signing of iOS apps and subsequently been terminated from the iOS developer program.

Chpwn and Steve Troughton-Smith have successfully ported Siri to the iPhone 3GS.