According to analyst Ming-Ghi Kuo, the new iPhone and iPod touch went into mass production in late August, and assemblers are scheduled to receive the golden master of iOS 5 the week of September 30.

A new report from analyst Gene Munster and Piper Jaffray said that the latest data from NPD suggests that Apple will sell between 4.4 million and 4.6 million Macs in the September quarter.

The iTunes Match beta was initially opened last month, but closed due to new registrations within a few hours after the initial quota of developers was reached.

Business Insider offers some details from one of the first outside developers to work with the original iPad before its debuts.

Many rumors have suggested that Apple will offer the iPhone on Sprint beginning next month. Yesterday, Bloomberg reported that Sprint will indeed offer the iPhone next month with unlimited data.

Yesterday, Adobe announced the release of Flash Media Server 4.5 and Flash Access 3.0, tools to allow publishers to host streaming Flash video content.

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. Earlier this week,  Apple successfully got Samsung to  pull  the Galaxy Tab 7.7 from a German trade show floor after a court injunction forced Samsung to cease promoting [...]

Many rumors have suggested that Apple will offer the iPhone on Sprint next month. Today, Bloomberg reports that Sprint will indeed offer the iPhone next month as had previously been reported by The Wall Street Journal.

In 2007, Apple unveiled iTunes U, a service encouraging schools to offer print, audio, and video downloads of their education programs almost entirely free to the public.

Recently, Apple and Samsung have been involved in lawsuits regarding many patent disputes. Today, Reuters reports that Apple has filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court.

Recently, Apple and HTC have been involved in a lawsuit regarding a patent dispute.

Back in July, Dutch site AppleSpot.nl claimed that Apple is planning to introduce an iPod touch with 3G capabilities. Today, AppleNApps reports that Apple’s new iPod touch will be like a “mini-iPad” offering access to 3G data networks.

Pocketnow.com reports that it has discovered a new photo that may have been taken by an iPhone 5.

In June, the Arizona company previously known as iCloud Communications had sued Apple after the company had unveiled its iCloud service at the Worldwide Developers Conference this year.

A new report from DigiTimes suggests that global smartphone shipments for this year are expected to reach 462 million. That would be a 60 percent increase from the 288 million smartphones shipped in 2010.