Today, Apple’s share price rose nearly 3% to close at a new all-time high of $411.63.

Qantas Airlines has announced that it will begin offering iPads on a trial basis to its passengers for in-flight entertainment.

As an Apple event for the next-generation iPhone nears, leaks and predictions have started to become more common. Today, analyst Mark Moskowitz for J.P. Morgan said to investors that he expects Apple to release two new iPhone models this fall: a newly redesigned “iPhone 5,” along with an upgraded “iPhone 4-plus”

Earlier this month, a rumor suggested that Apple would be opening its first Hong Kong store on September 24th. The date has now been confirmed.

Apple has published a notice on its developer board regarding iCloud backup data. The company is planning to reset iCloud backup data on September 22nd hinting at a final iOS 5 release.

Today, Engadget has received a leaked photo assumed to be from AT&T’s internal inventory system that shows a new entry for a “iPhone 4s white”.

Until today, Apple’s Mac App Store did not feature support for applications that were purchased outside of the App Store, even if the software was available for purchase in multiple places.

Today, MacRumors has discovered that Apple is working on a way to merge multiple Apple IDs into a single login.

Today, Bloomberg reports on the recent testimony of former Samsung manager Suk-Joo Hwang. On Wednesday, Suk-Joo Hwang, a 14-year veteran of Samsung.

This year at WWDC, Apple unveiled a new service called “iMessage”. iMessage is a a unified messaging service for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch that allows users to send text and multimedia messages over Wi-Fi and 3G with read and delivery receipts and real-time typing indication.

Today, Apple has stepped up promotion of its iBookstore by launching a new Twitter account to keep followers updated on new releases, special offers, and other details from the store.

Last month, Apple won a preliminary injunction granted by the German court to block the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the entire European Union except for Netherlands.

Recently, Apple has been involved in many patent disputes between Android handset manufacturers.

Yesterday, it was reported that Apple is expected to release iOS 5 GM to assemblers on September 23rd.

Today, Apple has released a new EFI Firmware Update (version 2.1) for the MacBook Air. The 3.99 MB update enables support for the yet unavailable new Thunderbolt Display.