Apple on Tuesday announced its Q3 2011 earning, and boy did it ever make bank. Apple earned $28.57-billion in revenue, far above the $24.92-billion the Street was predicting. Net income came in at $7.31-billion. Sales of iPhones and iPads continued to soar, having sold 20.34m iPhones and and 9.25m iPads in three months. These figures [...]

Here’s a bit of news Apple might not be too happy about: an Apple store employee is trying to make all Apple stores unionized. Their jobs don’t seem particularly dangerous or grueling so, what could the dissatisfaction come from? “The core issues definitely involve compensation, pay, benefits,” says Cory Moll, the 30 year-old part-time employee [...]

Based on a new patent filed by Apple, it looks as though they’re hoping to implement wireless charging in the future. The patent is for an antenna that’s either built-in or is purchased separately via dongle and will have a range of about 1 meter. Although it’s in its very early stages - probably hasn’t gone [...]