Apple hasupdated its websitewith an app counter which is about to surpass the 10 billionth application download via its mobile App Store. Apple wants to reward its users so it will be offering a prize to the person who downloads the 10 billionth app, a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card that can obviously be used on Apple’s App Store but also to buy Macbooks, iPads, iPhones and iPods. If you don’t fancy downloading an app, you can enter without purchasing or downloading, head over tothis link....

With the inaugural hearing discussing plans forApple’s new Cupertino-based “Spaceship” campusscheduled for tonight, the city’s mayor Gilbert Wong has understandably been thrust into the spotlight over what the world’s largest technology company has planned in the near future. Wong,speaking with Mercury News, already refers to Apple’s new campus as Apple 2, noting that he thinks “it makes sense to call it Apple 2. They have iPad 1 and iPad 2; iPhone 1 and iPhone 2....

Noticed your iPhone and Mac’s Wi-Fi weren’t so good over the last year? You’re not alone, and Apple isfinally fixing it, albeit quietly. Wi-Fi problems were one of the biggest complaints about Apple’s Yosemite update for Mac last year, withthousandsofuserstakingto Apple’ssupport forumsto air frustration. Ever since upgrading to yosemite, discoveryd goes to 100% cpu and dns requests fail. What new nightmare is this?!pic.twitter.com/ErYAtAsAbM — Michael Koziarski (@nzkoz)October 17, 2014 If you’re wondering exactly what happened, there are a few moving parts....

You may have heard about thereleaseof theiPad 2yesterday and despite the catastrophe in Japan and (the far less significant)twitter announcement, Apple’s iPad update is still garnering a lot of attention online. Over the last 24 hours, a number of unboxing videos have been posted to YouTube and Apple blogMac Storieshas taken the time to put aggregate the best of them. If you’re going to watch just one however this is the one, put together by the very talentedZach King....

A new report released by theNational Retail Federationranking the the 100 largest U.S retailers has highlighted the huge growth of Amazon and Apple, with both companies moving fast up the rankings to 19th and 21st respectively. Apple’s retail stores, coupled with its iTunes media service, saw its position rise 30 spots – moving from No. 52 to No. 21 – with U.S sales increasing by 32.3% to reach $18 billion. With just 233 stores as of 2010, Apple ranks higher than J....