Amid huge public pressure to take action,Apple appearsto have removed the controversial iPhone and iPad application from Exodus International which intended to help individuals with “same-sex attraction” attain “sexual holiness”. Over 146,000 people signed a petition willing Apple to remove the Exodus International “gay cure” app, released by the Christian group of the same name that labels itself as the “the world’s largest worldwide ministry to those struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction....

Apple has confirmed their statement last year that the long-awaited white iPhone 4 will arrive ‘this spring’. This re-statement is in response to the rumor started by a Bloombergreportthat pointed to anonymous sources as stating that it would arrive before the end of April. The WSJstoryabout the confirmation is pretty much just Apple reiterating the projected release date of this spring for the iPhone 4. This projection was made by Apple themselves back at theend of last yearand again last month when Apple COO Phil Schiller commented on it viaTweet....

A Norwegian iPhone owner has had a repair request for her device denied after the handset was used in sub-zero temperatures, which according to Apple is a breach of the specifications. Norwegian newspaperBergens Tidende reportsthat Lenin Kristin Løvvik had connected her iPhone to her car stereo to listen to music as she drove into work, trying to operate the device in temperatures that went as low as -12 degrees Celsius....

Apple has stood firm and rejected a settlement offer for its ongoing tablet-computer dispute with Samsung in Australia. The South Korean electronics firm is reported to have approached Apple last week with a deal which would have seen its Galaxy 10.1 table granted release in the country, however Steven Burley, a lawyer with Cupertino-based company, claimed it was unacceptable: “It is one we don’t accept and there is no surprise. The main reason we are here is to prevent the launch (of the Galaxy 10....

If you’ve been looking for more granular control over your AirPort devices,Apple’s AirPort Utilityis exactly what you’ve been waiting for. As a new release from Apple itself, AirPort Utility lets you control AirPort base stations, AirPort Express, Extreme and Time Capsules. The utility is a free download, available for both iPhone and iPad (the iPad version doesn’t look much different than the image above, it simply has more white space on the left and right of the diagram)....