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While Apple EarPods include many fantastic features for listening, the earphones currently being shipped with the all-new seventh-generation iPod Nano and fifth-generation iPod Touch – both released today -- are missing some of the extra physical features, including the microphone and controls.

Apple originally said the fifth-generation iPod Touch, as well as seventh-generation iPod Nano, would be released to in October, but did not specify a date. On Monday, however, Australian users told SlashGear that Apple has changed its ship date availability to “3 weeks,” which means we could see the iPod Touch on store shelves by Monday, Oct. 29.

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' inventions have shaped how we live, work, and play. He may have been the greatest inventor of the Information Age.

Today marks one year since the world lost Steve Jobs, former CEO and co-founder of Apple. Since his passing, Apple fans and manufacturers have commemorated his life through various toys, memorabilia, and apparel in his honor.

It's been a year since Steve Jobs died. Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is humming. But could it encounter problems.

If you experience any specific error or problem in iOS 6 Maps, there’s an easy way to send off a report to Apple so they can fix it.

Eddy Cue, Apple’s SVP of Internet software, told a packed auditorium on Sept. 12 that a brand-new version of iTunes – iTunes 11 – would be released in late October; funny, a number of other reports are saying Apple plans to hold another media event around the same time to unveil a brand-new “mini” iPad. Could it be possible that these two events are actually one?

In a court filing Monday, South Korean tech giant Samsung added the latest iPhone 5 to an existing patent-infringement lawsuit against Apple, claiming that the device had infringed certain wireless and feature patents held by the company.

Apple's App Store experienced an outage Sunday with users being unable to make a purchase or download a previous purchase owing to a Terms & Conditions bug. However, they were able to make new purchases by 12:46 a.m. EDT as the issue got resolved.

Apple won't remove its new Maps app from iOS 6, so the Cupertino, Calif.-based computers company is all about damage control right now. After Apple CEO Tim Cook posted an open letter apology to the company's website on Friday morning, Apple also updated its App Stores with a special section on the Featured page, which offers a list of alternative maps applications for users to choose from as Apple engineers fix its controversial Maps app behind the scenes.

A newly released patent, filed in March but published on Thursday, describes a handful of new technologies currently being cooked up in Apple’s research & development labs in Cupertino for new iDevices, including tactile keyboards, laser microphones and speakers, and flexible displays.

Tech giants like Apple and Google don’t make their own speaker systems (unless you count those EarPods), which is why it’s up to third parties to continually innovate wireless audio speakers that combine style with substance. Many peripheral speakers are sleek, and some have excellent sound, but few can walk the line between portability, beauty and function. The Hidden Radio & Bluetooth Speaker is one of those speakers.

One reason why only 5 million iPhone 5 units were delivered by Apple was a shortage of new display screens from Asia.

While a torrent of hate rains upon Apple for its unstable Maps application in iOS 6 – some of it is deserved -- there are a few reasons you should save your outbursts towards Apple's new software. Apple Maps In iOS 6 Review: It’s No Google Maps, But It’s Not ‘iLost’ Either

Even though the Apple iPhone 5 had the biggest launch in the company’s history, not everybody is completely happy with the product. Most notably, Apple users lament the loss of the Google Maps app, calling Apple’s alternative inferior. To correct that, Apple appears to be recruiting ex-members of the Google Maps team.

It’s been the topic of most smartphone conversations for the past two years, but on Friday, Apple finally released the long-awaited iPhone 5. But after months of rumors, reports, fake-outs and prototype leaks, is the iPhone 5 everything an Apple fan could dream of?

Don't want to buy Apple at $700? Here are other stocks for riding the iPhone 5 wave.

Apple's iPhone 5 phone may sell as many as 10 million units by Monday as customers flooded Apple Stores and mobile carriers.

Cheng Uei Precision Industry, Molex And Amphenol will supply the new iPhone 5 connector and likely reap profit.

The release date for iOS 6, Apple’s free software upgrade for its mobile devices, came on Wednesday, just days before the iPhone 5 hits retail stores. Apple enthusiasts patiently awaited the software installation that would bring them 200 new features, but it seems as if the most significant of these additions, the new Apple Maps, was lacking in some crucial areas.

With the introduction of the new Maps platform and Passbook app to iOS 6, the latest version of its mobile operating system, Apple has extended the reach of its smartphone and tablet ecosystem, helping drive the company’s app store revenue up by nearly 70 percent by the end of this year, according to a new iSuppli report.