Apple Releases iOS 4.2 Today for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad Apple today announced that iOS 4.2 is available today for download for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. iOS 4.2 brings over 100 new features from iOS 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2 to iPad including Multitasking, Folders, Unified Inbox, Game Center, … Read more on PDA [...]

Apple fuels surge in sales of smart phones Global smart phone sales nearly doubled in the third quarter, and Apple is now one of the top five bestselling manufacturers, a new study finds. Research firm Gartner said cell phone manufacturers sold 80.5 million smart phones in the third quarter. Read more on Everett Herald

Gartner: Apple passes RIM, now #4 in worldwide mobile phone unit sales; iOS now #3 in smartphone OS Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totaled 417 million units in the third quarter of 2010… Read more on MacDailyNews

Amazing Fiona Apple’s cover of the song originally by the Beatles. She did her own version. Modern. And fucking good. The video was directed by Thomas Paul Anderson and the song debuted on the Pleasantville soundtrack. Lyrics: Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup, They slither while they pass they slip [...]

Can Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Threaten Apple And RIM? New operating system likely to be more meaningful for consumers than investors. Read more on Forbes Blogs

Apple has 95% of tablet market: Strategy Analytics Android share seen rising in Q4 as new models reach market. 2 Nov 2010 6:41 PM Read more on Business Spectator

Apple Now World’s Fourth-Largest Cell Phone Vendor Apple had surpassed BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) and other companies, emerging as the fourth largest vendor on the global mobile phone market in the third quarter of 2010, research firm IDC said in a report released on Friday. Read more on HispanicBusiness.com

Apple taps multi-touch in Motorola patent lawsuits Apple’s patent lawsuit against Motorola is just another thread in a rather complicated litigation web, but it’s also unique for busting out multi-touch, a hallmark feature of modern smartphones. Read more on ARNnet

Apple Slams Motorola With Multitouch Lawsuit The iPhone maker claims infringement on six patents. Read more on The Motley Fool

Apple bounces past RIM’s BlackBerry globally An industry watcher says Apple has surpassed BlackBerry maker Research In Motion to become the world’s fourth largest mobile phone vendor due to its popular lPhone 4. Read more on CTV British Columbia