A rumor is making the rounds that Apple is in talk with Beats over the possibility of offering a streaming music service. Sources claim that Tim Cook and Eddy Cue met with Jimmy Lovine to talk about Project Daisy, a streaming music service.

IPhone users in Japan should be excited hear that Apple is now offering its digital bookstore in their home country. Apple’s iBookstore is now available in Japan and offers content from a variety of Japanese publishers.

We have no idea what the iPhone 6 might look like, but some renderings have surfaced showing what Apple could be working on. The renderings show the device that looks more like the Galaxy S III than the current iPhone 5 to my eyes with a thin profile and what appears to be a larger screen.

Market research firm IDC has announced smartphones will outsell feature phones in 2013. The margin will be very slim though with the prediction being smartphones will only outsell feature phones by 0.2%.

Apple’s stock price recently dropped to an all-time low. However, an all-time low for Apple still leaves many other electronics makers green with envy because even at its low point, the stock was at $443.77 per share.

Judge Lucy Koh recently chopped a huge portion off of that one million dollar award that Samsung had to pay Apple. The reduced amount Samsung has to pay is now $598.9 million.

Koozoo has launched an interesting new app for iPhone users that is available to download for everyone, and allows users in two cities to stream live video. The two cities currently covered our San Francisco and Austin, Texas. Using the app users can broadcast snippets of video of their location or live stream video to the Internet for other users to view.

Autodesk has launched a new Socialcam 5.0 application for iPhone users. The app now supports HDR mode and allows users to share video using various online social networks such as Facebook and others.

Stick-N-Find is a system that uses small Bluetooth enabled stickers to adhere to the bottom of just about anything allowing you to track and locate your items. The system has been updated with a 150-foot range and a new application that is easier-to-use ahead of the official launch.

A new smartwatch has turned up called the I’m Watch claiming to be the first real smart watch on the market. The device uses Bluetooth to interface with the iPhone or other devices allowing you to get notifications, answer calls, and run applications on the watch with prices starting at $350.

If you’re the sort of iPhone 5 user that prefers bumper cases rather than a full coverage case, XGear has a new offering for you. The Fortress 2 for the iPhone 5 is an aluminum bumper case that also features a bottle opener and is available for $99.99.

The ChargeCard for the iPhone 4 is now shipping worldwide and an iPhone 5 version will ship in May. The ChargeCard is a credit card-size USB charger for the iPhone that will also sync your device.

There are a lot of thieves out there that specifically target Apple devices such as the iPhone. The NYPD apparently has a team of officers completely dedicated to recovering stolen iPhones, iPads, and other Apple devices. The team is part of a response to the fact that crime was up in the city for the first time in 20 years mostly due to the theft of Apple related devices.

If you’re an iPhone user that’s intrigued by the appeal of the new HTC One smartphone, HTC has announced that its new SyncManager software can import data directly from an iPhone backup file. The software is expected to be able to import data such as images, video, calendar entries, and more.

IDC recently published its numbers for Q4 2012 looking at money spent on mobile video games. The numbers found that the money spent for iOS and Android mobile gaming surpassed the money spent on dedicated gaming handhelds during the quarter.

Apple is reportedly working on a new update for iOS that will patch the lock screen vulnerability. The update will bring the operating system to 6.1.3 and the second beta of this update was seeded to developers this week.

Audible has announced an update to its application for the iPhone and iPad. The update brings the app to version 2.0 and as a new user interface promising to be more useful and intuitive.

Arthur Levinson, chairman of the Apple Board of Directors, says that it’s been “weird” not having Steve Jobs around. The chairman says that that hasn’t kept Apple from launching new products such as the iPad mini and the iPhone 5, but he admits it’s been tough to ignore Jobs’ absence.

The SmartFitty touchscreen smartwatch has turned up on Indiegogo. The watch interfaces with the iPhone providing all sorts of notifications for calls, texts, and other notifications. The watch also tracks all sorts of information about your activity and you can pledge $125 to get your own.

Zero Motorcycles has announced a new iPhone app that allows owners of the electric motorcycles to interface via Bluetooth with their bike. The app can show all sorts of things including the battery charge state, gasoline saved, and it can send diagnostic reports to a technician for troubleshooting.

Yesterday was Presidents Day and EA had a big sale on iOS video games. If you missed the sale, you may be rather bummed because some of the games were as much as 90% off.

If you ever think about the companies that supply Apple with various components for items, such as the iPhone, you may only think about China. Apple has suppliers all over the world and a new interactive map shows you where they are all located.

Staples will begin carrying Apple gadgets soon. Having another outlet to search for your next Apple gadget purchase is a good thing and Staples often offers very nice special deals.

Dropbox for iOS has been updated with some nice new features. The update brings the app to version 2.1 and adds in notifications and a PDF reader.

Police officers in New Zealand are going to be equipped with iPhones and iPads. In the initial push, 6086 officers will get the devices with the goal of increased safety reducing crime allowing officers to access needed data on the go.

Apple has announced the launch of a shorter lighting cable that will be available for $19. The shorter cable is half a meter long wall being the same price as the standard 1 m long cable making it not such a good deal.

If you’re a fan of streaming audio, the Rdio app for the iPhone and iPad has been updated. The updated app gets a new design and is easy to navigate along with features to make it simpler for users to interact with their music.

Analyst Peter Misek from Jeffries recently made a few predictions for the iPhone 6 expected to land in 2014. According to the analyst, the iPhone 6 will use a quad-core processor and have a larger 4.8-inch screen.

Apple and Samsung together have over half of the smartphone market share for 2012. Apple sold 130 million smartphones during the year compared to Samsung’s 385 million global sales.

A recent report from a company called Arbitron Mobile US has found that iPhone users spend more time playing games then Android users. IPhone users in the panel spent an average of 12 hours and 23 min. on games compared to the average of eight hours and 4 min. for Android users.