Cupertino, Calif.-based tech giant Apple on Thursday announced that its App Store had hit a new milestone by scoring 50 billion downloads.

The 50 billionth app "Say the Same Thing" was downloaded by Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio. Ashmore received $10,000 in credit as a thank you gift from Apple for downloading the 50 billionth app.

A Berlin court on Tuesday invalidated eight of fifteen clauses in Apple's user privacy agreement, saying they deviate too much from German laws.

The court ruled that iPhone-maker could not ask for "global consent" to use user data or information on their geographical locations.

Sony, HTC, BlackBerry together account for zero per cent of hardware profits in the smartphone space during the first quarter of 2013 as Apple and Samsung combined grabbed 100 per cent of profits, as per a new report by Cannacord Genuity.

Internet search giant Google has announced the release of a revamped version of its official Gmail app for Apple's iOS-based iPhones and iPads.

Users of the slightly revamped app can now choose to set Gmail default links to open directly in YouTube, Google Maps or Chrome. Previously, Apple's default solution would take users to YouTube on the Internet, Apple Maps or Safari.

Cupertino, Calif.-based tech giant Apple has reportedly informed its support partners that it would soon place its original iPhone in the category of obsolete products.

Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple Inc has claimed that its online storage service iCloud enjoyed 20 per cent increase in user-base in the last three months.

During an earnings conference call with analysts, Apple chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer announced on Tuesday that the number of its iCloud users jumped from 250 million in January this year to 300 million earlier this month.

Apple's yet-to-be-announced iWatch has drawn out slightly more interest from consumers than the company's original iPad did before its launch nearly three years back.

A fresh survey, carried out by ChangeWave, found 19 per cent people interested in buying Apple's potential smart watch. While,