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The iOS 5 has ushered in a key feature which spells doom for RIM's BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) which could unleash an exodus of users from the BlackBerry camp - primarily college students.

Apple could leverage its data center to offer mobile application hosting and cloud infrastructure services to application developers, enterprises and advertisers.

Apple presented the latest Mac operating system OS X Lion which has a plethora of features including AirDrop, Auto Save, and Mission Control and the best thing about the software is its extremely low price.

Technology giant Apple presented the latest version of Mac operating system OS X Lion at Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2011.

Apple launched its much-anticipated iCloud service, released iOS 5 and unveiled Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS X, which is the technology giant's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.

The newly launched Apple iCloud was called “music pirate amnesty”, for its new tool iTunes Match is expected to legitimize pirated music, said media reports.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who is on a medical leave since January 2011, stole the limelight once again at the company's WWDC that kicked off on June 6 in San Francisco.

Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new iOS 5 messaging service, iMessage, is very negative for Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) as it undermines BlackBerry Messenger, an analyst at Jefferies said.

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs officially unveiled new cloud service iCloud, which stores music and other files online and keep devices synchronized wirelessly, at the 2011 Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) on Monday.

Shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) started declining Monday from 1 pm EDT, exactly the start time of its annual worldwide developers conference (WWDC). An appearance by Apple CEO Steve Jobs at WWDC and its announcement failed to boost the company's stock.

Amid much fanfare, technology giant Apple launched its latest version of mobile operating system iOS 5 and released a beta version to developers.

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Mitcham Industries, Perficient, Zion Oil & Gas, Immersion, and Expedia. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Life Partners Holdings, G-III Apparel Group, BioMimetic Therapeutics, Velti, Glu Mobile, and Apple.

The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is a conference held annually by Apple Inc. The conference is primarily used by Apple to showcase its new software and technologies for developers, as well as offering hands-on labs and feedback sessions.

With Apple at WWDC and Microsoft at E3, this week's gadget and game markets are expected to see inexhaustible news.

As Apple attempts to chart out new territory with its cloud-offering iCloud, it is entering into a domain ruled by other giants like Google, Amazon and Microsoft who have huge data centers to back their cloud services.

Shares of Apple Inc. were up 1 percent in the pre-market trading hours ahead of its much-anticipated annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).

Apple had kept the market clueless by not revealing the details of ‘the upcoming cloud service offering’, since the announcement of unveiling Lion, iOS 5 and the iCloud.

At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple will unveil its next generation software Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS X

Apple iPhone 5 needs to have a critical minimum of features to compete with Android; here are the key areas where Apple is compelled to make changes in the upcoming iPhone 5.

While the media is awash with rumors regarding the next iPhone, Apple is silently working in the background to piece together its next version of iPad 2, the iPad 3.

Apple boasts of a solid ecosystem of apps, devices and peripherals around its iOS platform and now it can add another element to its thriving iOS environment - swimwear made of photo voltaic panels to charge its devices.