Among Apple's early competitors in the tablet market, HP gained a significant amount of attention as it initially sought to build its niche around webOS, which it acquired along with Palm in early 2010. HP introduced its webOS-based TouchPad in early 2011, launching the device on July 1 of that year only to exit the tablet and smartphone business just six weeks later.

Google today announced its long-awaited Google Drive cloud storage service, providing users with 5GB of free storage integrated with Google Docs and other Google services.

As noticed by Apple Bitch , Chinese parts vendor TVC-Mall has begun offering "iPhone 5" home buttons for sale in both black and white . But what the report doesn't mention is that the buttons are indeed slightly different from the round home buttons seen on iOS devices to date. Front of "iPhone 5" home buttons The new home buttons appear to have a rounded square shape much like iOS app icons, but retain the round depression for the button as seen in existing devices.

1Password is a popular password service which offers apps and browser plug-ins for a number of platforms, including Mac, Windows, iOS and Android. The service automatically generates strong, unique passwords whenever a login is needed, keeping them in a keychain under a master password.

if i delete dragonvale and then redownload the app will i have to start all over even if it i saved in my game center, please I need help I am trying to buy extra coins and stuff but it has to be downloaded from my apple I'd to work so I was going to delete it an then redownload it, will all my stuff be saved in the game center or will it be deleted and I will have to start from the very beginning?

Earlier this month, we reported on word from the U.S. Department of Justice that regulators were looking at filing suit against Apple and e-book publishers over the "agency model" of pricing championed by Apple leading up to the launch of its iBookstore.

Current micro-SIM (bottom right) punched out of a full-size SIM card (top right) The Financial Times reports that Apple is up against rival smartphone makers over the next industry standard for miniaturized SIM cards. (via Engadget ).

Following up on reports from earlier today that the outer shell of the iPad 3 gets warmer than the iPad 2 , Consumer Reports found that their iPad 3 reached temperatures up to 116 degrees after running Infinity Blade II for 45 minutes. The piece did note that the iPad felt "very warm but not especially uncomfortable if held for a brief period" during the testing process. In a statement earlier today , Apple said that the iPad was "operating well within our thermal specifications." We ran our test while the new iPad was propped on the iPad Smart Cover, plugged in, and after it had run Infinity Blade II uninterrupted for about 45 minutes

The iOS phenomenon Draw Something has continued to blow up on an unprecedented level, and it's now reached another crazy milestone: The app has garnered 30 million downloads already , despite only being available to the public for about five weeks.

Baseball season is almost upon us and with that comes the latest edition of Major League Baseball's At Bat app , which went live this morning.