Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, met with Chinese government officials today regarding issues with iPad trademark and local labor treatment. China is Apple's second largest market, which is the largest overall mobile market in the world. Cook met with the Mayor of Beijing and visited one of the Apple retail stores. Apple is also in a legal battle with Proview over iPad trademark rights. The company (Proview) mentioned that they would fight Apple for up to 10 years if needed. Foxconn Technology Group, the manufacturing company based in Taiwan, is being reviewed by Apple regarding accusations of...

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Here we go! It's official, Apple will be introducing the newest iPad at their media event on March 7th. Rumors about the specs have been flying around the internet lately and the image in Apple's invite almost completely confirms the addition of a higher resolution/retina display. Another observation regarding the picture seems to be the lack of a home button. Now we know the iPad can rotate the display a full 360 degrees to be oriented, but the home button seems to be used less and less with new swipe features added in iOS. ...

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Apple is currently running a timer on their iTunes page counting to the 25 billionth app downloaded. You could win a $10,000 App Store gift card if you download the 25 billionth app by clicking here! The App Store was introduced July 10th, 2008 and has changed the way we use our cell phones, computers, and tablets....

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In an unusual fashion, Apple announced it's next version of OS X last Thursday, called Mountain Lion. The release is available for developers now. Mountain Lion seems to extend many of the iOS functionality to OS X. Features that transfer from iOS are: iCloud, Messages, Reminders, Notes, Notification Center, Twitter integration, and Game Center. Messages beta can be downloaded now and seems to work well with Address Book, AIM, Yahoo!, Google Talk, and Jabber. Other new features include Air Play Mirroring which puts your Mac's screen on your tv via Apple TV. This new version...

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It's a great day for those stock holders of Apple Inc. Today Apple closed at 502.60. No more than 3 months ago, Apple's stock was hanging around 360 points. The increase is in no short thanks to the iPhone 4S and Siri. People love Siri. I was just watching Street Squawk on CNBC and Jim Kramer always talks about his love affair with Siri. Man, if my grandfather had just listen to me in 1992 when Apple was like 10 bucks a share, I'd be blogging this same article but probably from Necker Island. Also...

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