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Forbes claims that the US government, amongst other possible 'customers', are paying as much as $250,000 for the privilege of having access to a 0-day Apple iOS exploit.

Reports coming out from TechCrunch and AppleInsider claim that Apple has started to reject applications which attempt the access a devices unique device identifier or UDID.

As part of a more stringent ruleset regarding customer privacy, application developers who previously made use of the UDID (aka the serial number the mobile network uses to identify mobile devices on its network), as a means of tracking customer. 

Apple’s third-generation iPad offers major improvements in its hardware, software and Internet cloud services, but retains the same overall form factor, price and extended battery life of its predecessor. 

In our initial review of the first iPad in 2010, we had to introduce it as an entirely new category of product. A new form factor, a new feature set, new user interface and a new overall way of working with technology that Apple has since come to refer to as a “Post-PC” device.

Apple has lost its battle to force Motorola to turn over data about Google's development of its Android mobile-phone operating system and planned acquisition of the mobile-phone manufacturer.

U.S. Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, who in June will preside over back-to-back patent trials pitting Apple against Motorola, denied the production request in a single-paragraph order:  “The motion is vague and overbroad and Motorola’s objections are persuasive,” Posner wrote. The mobile-phone maker’s opposition to Apple’s March 16 demand was filed under seal.

Apple has said that it sold 3 million units of its new iPad tablet computers over the weekend, setting a new company record.

The  original ipad which debuted in 2010 sold 300,000 units in its first day and it took 28 days to get 1 million units. Numbers for the iPad2 sales in 2011 were not available, however estimates range from 400,000 to about 1 million during its first weekend on sale.

A group of 13 individuals in the United States have filed a lawsuit against Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Yelp and 14 other companies, accusing them of distributing privacy invading mobile applications.

The lawsuit seeks a permanent injunction against such data collection and the destruction of all personal data collected by mobile application vendors to date. The plaintiffs describe themselves in the complaint as users of Apple iPhone and users of Android powered handsets.

World famous iPhone “jailbreak” hacker, George Hotz aka geohot, was arrested for pot possession in route to the SXSW conference in Austin.

Unhappy with the initial response from Apple outlining how the Cupertino-based giant reviews permission models for applications who transmit user data, two US lawmakers have since asked Apple to meet members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to explain the company's mobile privacy policies saying the original letter did not answer all their questions.

Matthew Spaccarelli won $850 last month after suing AT&T for throttling his unlimited 3G data plan. He apparently found that the service was being reduced after only 2GB of data usage despite the fact that the company apparently offers 3GB at the same price.

Spaccarelli had originally asked the court to award him $10,000 and is apparently not interested in the $850 settlement, choosing instead to post AT&T's legal documents online and encouraging consumers in similar situations to follow suit.