Apple adds developer-submitted search ke... Soon after Apple admitted that improvements were needed in helping users locate App Store software, developers have been asked to add a list of keywords for their submitted applications to improve discovery. In a change revealed to several reporters and blogs, developers are now asked to enter up to...

Reports about 3-year China Unicom deal v... A Shanghai newspaper reports Apple has reached a three year exclusive agreement with China Unicom to market the iPhone, though company officials say a deal is not yet official. Shanghai Securities News cited unnamed sources in announcing the alleged deal. But after the news broke, Dow Jones Newswires...

Apple releases iPhone 3.1 software Beta ... Apple provided iPhone developers Monday afternoon with a third beta of iPhone 3.1, the first planned update to its third-generation mobile operating system. Beta 3 is only accessible to those with an existing developer account. Labeled build 7C116A, it weighs in at 307MB. Apple also released a new iPhone...

Apple pigging out on Toshiba flash memor... Apple’s demand for flash memory is proving insatiable in the run-up to new iPods, according to one report. Mixed messages from Toshiba may be a clue to a major order of NAND flash memory from Apple, if claimed sources at circuit makers are accurate. The apparent insiders for DigiTimes (a leading...

Apple removing Google-Voice enabled apps... Apple is systematically pulling iPhone apps that use Google Voice to simplify and reduce the costs of making phone calls, though it’s suspected Apple isn’t the one making the actual judgment call. One of these, developer Sean Kovacs, was surprised on Monday to discover that his GV Mobile...

Apple supplier Foxconn indicates employe... After a Foxconn employee allegedly committed suicide when an iPhone prototype vanished, an official with the Chinese manufacturing company said the former employee had demonstrated a pattern of suspiciously losing products. Speaking with The New York Times, James Lee, general manager of China operations,...

Programming book sales surge among Mac a... Retail book sales indicate the market for computer books has experienced a steady decline since the middle of 2008, with subjects related to Mac and iPhone development showing solid growth amid an otherwise morose outlook. A report on the computer book market, published by O’Reilly’s Mike...