Just look at the curves on that graph about Apple's cash! Asymco says Apple added $38 billion in cash last year to bring their total cash stockpile up to almost $98 billion, just a few billion short of that magical $100 billion number.
When you've got that kind of cash just laying around (even if it's not all in the US), what do you do with it? That's apparently the dilemma faced by Apple execs, who are "actively discussing" what to do with all that cashola.
The Lytro camera can do some pretty fancy things with light, being able to capture a whole field of light at a time, and rumour has it Steve Jobs wanted something similar for the iPhone to set it apart from competitors.
It's not quite as revolutionary as the Lytro system, but Sony has revealed a tiny 13-megapixel image sensor with HDR video, which 9 to 5 Mac says could be a fit for a thinner, next-generation iPhone. It's back-illuminated, too, meaning that you'll still have the same great low-light performance.
An iCloud bug with bookmark syncing has left many users with thousands of duplicate bookmarks. That in itself wouldn't be so bad, if the problem wasn't exceedingly difficult to solve —*but have you tried turning it off and on again?
Apple are all set to adopt the new gigabit Wi-Fi standard before it has been fully ratified by the IEEE in a similar fashion to what happened with 802.11n a few years ago. Chip-maker Broadcom already supports the standard in a few of their chips, and many Apple products contain Broadcom chipsets.
Ars Technica investigate Lion Server and answer the question of whether it's suitable for home use. Lion Server aimed to make various administration tasks easier, but due to the various complexities of server arrangements, has a few quirks of its own.
The Ten One Magnus is a minimal stand for the iPad 2 that cleverly uses the built-in magnets of the iPad. It is, of course, made from aluminium, and looks very, very cool.
Happy 28th birthday, Macintosh. The first Macintosh was introduced on the 24th January in 1984, and today's earnings call just shows that the Mac is as popular as ever — even if it isn't as popular as its iOS counterparts.
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