Apple Korea paid its first ever compensation in South Korea to an iPhone user over a controversial function that tracks users’ locations, which caused psychological damages, reportsYonhap News. The Changwon District Court ordered Apple Korea to pay 1 million won (US $1,000) in compensation to the claimant, Kim Hyung-suk, a 36-year old attorney and iPhone user, who claims that the smartphone’s location recording infringed on his constitutional rights to privacy and freedom and caused psychological stress....

Almost twelve hours have passed sinceApple introducedwhat was in store for its Mac OS X and iOS platforms, finally unveiling the desktop features of Lion, deep Twitter integration for mobile devices and of course iCloud and the associated services that will transform the way we interact with our music collections. For iOS smartphone and tablet owners, utilising services like iTunes in the Cloud starts with making sure users have the very latest version of iTunes....

It has beenreportedthat Apple may be creating a magazine publishing template tool in Xcode (Apple’s developer environment), aiming to keep the user experience of reading magazines consistent across the board. iOS users are familiar with Apple’s curated experience. It’s something that makes it easy for anyone to utilize Apple devices and the iPad is a perfect example of that. However, one of the problems that users face when using magazine apps on the iPhone and iPad, is that they all work in different ways making the process less intuitive....

Apple could begin to merge its iOS and Mac OS X platforms as soon as next year, ensuring the company increases its gross margins but also assist the company in its pursuit to deliver video content across its range of devices via its iCloud service,according to analyst Peter Misek. Misek believes that merging the two operating systems would lead to “synergies” that would allow Apple customers to stream TV shows and movies, as well as other forms of media stored on Apple’s iCloud service, across smartphones, tablets, computers and television devices (AppleTV)....

Apple could be preparing to launch the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) in ten more countries in the European Union (EU) as soon as next month, according tosources of the Polish newspaperRzeczpospolita(English translation). The App Store is already available in all 27 countries that form the EU but only 12 currently have the iTMS, thanks to licensing restrictions. The total tally of iTMS’s availability around the globe currently sits at 24 countries....