Apple CEO Tim Cook may testify in the e-books antitrust lawsuit filed against Apple and book publishers by the United States Department of Justice, reports Bloomberg . The lawsuit was originally filed in April of 2012, and has focused on the so-called 'agency model' for pricing ebooks that Apple attempted to negotiate with a number of publishers

Earlier this week, Geek.com highlighted a growing a number of complaints from owners of Apple's 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro regarding overactive fans. The issue has been noted in our forums and is the subject of a lengthy thread in Apple's discussion forums

comScore today released the results of its monthly rolling survey of U.S. mobile phone users for the November-January period, finding that Apple's smartphone marketshare rose 3.5 percentage points between October and January, up to 37.8% of both U.S

Thalmic Labs has announced a $149 armband called MYO that detects motion and muscle movements to allow control of a Mac, PC, or other device using gestures ( via The Next Web ). The demo video shows someone scrolling by waving two fingers in the air (mimicking the standard OS X trackpad gesture), snapping fingers to start iTunes playing, rotating a fist to increase the volume, holding up a hand in a 'stop' motion to pause a video, gesturing backwards to rewind a video and snapping fingers to play the video. The demo also illustrates a variety of other uses for the device, from delivering a presentation to controlling a remotely-operated vehicle.

Google is in negotiations with music publishers to develop a Spotify-esque subscription streaming music service for its Android operating system, reports The Wall Street Journal . Currently, Google has a scan-and-match music service like iTunes Match, as well as an Android-focused music download store . Google Inc.'s Android unit has been negotiating with music companies to start a paid subscription music-streaming service akin to Spotify AB, according to people familiar with the matter

Apple has posted a new job listing for a 'Maps Ground Truth Data Specialist' in Australia.

Brazilian newspaper Jornal do Com

Tonight, Sony announced PlayStation 4, their next generation video game console, at an event in New York City, which was also live streamed on their website . The company announced that the new console would allow gamers to try out new games before purchasing them, share gameplay videos with friends and watch friends play their games in a spectator mode.

Apple tonight posted two new television spots for the iPad and the iPad mini on its YouTube page. The two ads, titled ' Alive ' and ' Together ', highlight some of the 300,000 apps made specifically for the iPad, using a variety of words to describe them. Apps shown in the ads include AmpliTube , Style.com , GarageBand , TED , iMovie , iBooks , Dinosaur Zoo , Toca Hair Salon , The Lonely Beast ABC , Brian Cox's Wonders of the Universe , Vimeo , Rockmate , Glow Hockey 2 HD , and FaceTime

German site iPhone-Ticker reports [ Google translation ] that Apple is planning to release iOS 6.1.2 early next week to address both the Exchange bug and lock screen passcode issue affecting iOS 6.1 users.