Beyonce & Jay-z pose for a little surprise Apple advert while on vacation in St. Barths...

The Vatican's Pontifical Council for Social Communications is embracing the iBreviary, an iTunes application created by a technologically savvy Italian priest, the Rev. Paolo Padrini, and an Italian Web designer.

Apple's new Christmas Mac Vs. PC ads take us all back to the old school holiday TV special classics with slicker animation of course... The talking bunny is heading to the MAC store to buy some last minute iPod gifts.

Springfield got its first Apple store during Sunday night's episode of The Simpsons, allowing the show's writers to devote a good chunk of the show to satirizing Apple (Mapple), CEO Steve Jobs (Mobs), and "myPods."

Apple may offer lower-priced machines on Tuesday, but one top Microsoft official said Monday that Mac buyers will still be paying an "Apple tax."

Apple is investigating damning claims, published in a leading French newspaper, that its computers emit a toxic odour containing chemicals including the cancer-causing benzene.

Apple dodged a potentially deadly financial bullet on when US judges held steady on digital music royalties paid by iTunes online shop.

It's not hard to argue that the App Store's inspired success for the mobile software world, with over 100 million programs downloaded on only a few million phones in just a matter of months.

Many developers critical of NDA, regarding it as Apple tying their hands

"Any increase in the royalty rates we pay for musical works would have a significant adverse impact on the commercial viability of iTunes," he warned. "The industry needs reduced, not increased, costs in order to continue to attract the investments necessary to its growth and stability."