The cataclysmically awesome and super popular iPad app - Pulse News, is about to get some serious Facebook lovin'! Pulse has been undoubtedly one of the top RSS reader apps to hit mobile devices so far, with it's elegantly simple multi-touch interface putting other news-grabbers to shame.

Well hoping to take this runaway success to the next level, Alphonso Labs are rolling out a socially flavoured update, bringing Facebook streams to the application.

Apple really doesn't like using Adobe products. Something that has become very apparent over the last few months. Today Jobs released an open letter to the company detailing that "Photoshop is the number 2 reason why Macs crash" and that Apple would prefer to use Microsoft Paint to cut their promo images together, instead of risking it with Adobe's world renowned, premier and all around excellent editor. 

Cast your mind back to 2007. Steve Jobs famously announces the iPhone, loaded with a full HTML web browser and Wifi connectivity. Well the interest in the platform quickly sparked a slew of browser-based utilities and with the addition of the 'web apps' section to Apple.com, the iPhone was firmly seeded as one of the hottest development platforms around.

Apple have launched announced launched the next major update of their iTunes software: iTunes 10.
Alongside some minor streamlining and UI tweaks, Apple have developed their own built-in social network called Ping.

Ping is 'a social network for music', a place where artists, listeners and friends come together to share their musical interests and tastes. The network resides within the iTunes store on your iPhone, iPod Touch or computer, and allows you to post statuses and other media to your feed, whilst 'following' your friends and favorite artistseses updates.

At a glance, the whole concept sounds completely un-original. Steve said himself "it's sorta like Facebook and Twitter meet iTunes" but the more you think about it, and the sheer number of people who download and rate music on iTunes every day, it's even more surprising that they haven't tried something like this before.

Apple have just announced their next generation iPod touch. As predicted it's playing catch-up to the latest iPhone. The addition of the coveted 'Retina' display, blazing fast 1GHZ A4 processor, HD video recording and a front-facing camera for FaceTime video chat makes this one killer device. Notably, the Touch uses Apple ID to connect with other devices for FaceTime. This means that not only can it call other iPods, but also the iPhone 4.

It's September, Apple are out to play and their wielding a rather fruity looking guitar. That's right, it's music time!

As per usual the tech world is a-buzz with a smorgasbord of 'leaks', rumours, wish-lists and predictions. One thing not so usual is Apple's decision to live video stream the entire event, so catch yourself up on the latest and join us back here for our live Twitter commentary of the september music special, or head over to @Gigabyt3 for more of the same, starting:

Since the dawn of Apple's mobile marketplace, app makers far and wide have been grinding their teeth in frustration towards Digg's limited developer API. The most any iPhone enthusiast has been able to achieve with their application so far is the ability to list and bury stories from the social service, a handicap strong enough to banish Digg apps from most peoples phones full-stop. But now, rocking a new API and the will to go mobile, who should come up with the next generation of story shoveling application but the pioneers of social news themselves. Here's Digg for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

The self proclaimed 'iPhone Dev Team' are well and truly back in the game with the release of RedSn0w 0.9 Beta for OSX and Windows. The latest version allows nearly all generations of Apple iPhone/iPod Touch to Jailbreak, Unlock and customize the most recent 3.0/3.1.2 firmware.

The 'nearly' is due to the 'Beta', which is currently unable to support third generation iPod Touches, a niggle that is said to be fixed with the full RedSn0w release. 

The iPhone is undoubtedly one of the most exiting yet unexpected gaming platforms of the last few years, thus we're always exited to see new accessories promising to push the budding 'Apple gameboy' to it's limits.

Enter the Helix Gaming Grip from PosiMotion! Set to launch at CES 2010, this snazzy bit of gear holds your iPhone or iPod touch firmly in the middle of two ergonomically designed handles for maximum comfort and precision when rolling, drifting or pwning along to your favourite apps. We love how this grip turns the device into a chunkier 'arcade rally-esque' style steering wheel which makes this the perfect companion for accelerometer based racing games such as Driver & Real Racing. On second glance it's not obvious how one is supposed to use on-screen controls without going one-handed, but perhaps we're missing the point here.

No news on price yet, but we expect to find out more early January at CES.