Apple may invest $1.3 billion in a Japanese Sharp factory to secure a steady supply of LCD screens for its iPhones and iPad tablets. READ MORE
Apple has ordered key components for its next version of the iPad and is aiming to launch it in early 2012, sources familiar with the situation told The Wall Street Journal. READ MORE
A federal judge in Buffalo ordered a man to turn over his computers, files, and emails to Facebook to investigate his claim that he owns half of founder Mark Zuckerberg’s stake in the company. READ MORE
Facebook has begun releasing changes to its homepage — designed to make its applications and games more engaging — that were announced last week. The new changes include bookmarks for top apps and games, realtime social app activity, automatic stories about a user’s scores, and the new “Fluid Canvas,” which lets users increase the size of their apps to fit their screen resolutions. READ MORE
Customers looking to buy a new tablet overwhelmingly want the Apple iPad, according to a report released Wednesday. READ MORE
Adobe released a beta version of its new website creation software, Muse, on Monday to the public. The new software differs from Dreamweaver, Adobe’s flagship website creation software, in that users do not have to code. Muse was created for graphic designers and others who do not consider themselves web developers. READ MORE
Mashable’s new inforgraphic looks at how marketing metrics have expanded and changed with the popularization of social media over just the last few years. It takes the absolute top responses to marketing campaigns and other social media phenomenon to look at how great these metrics are. READ MORE
HTC, a Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer, filed a complaint Tuesday against Apple in the U.S. District Court of Delaware over patent infringements. READ MORE
Follow these tips from OPEN Forum to turn your company’s website into a professional homepage that makes a great first impression. READ MORE
The first pictures of Android’s long-awaited new upgrade were leaked and feature a new launcher, app drawer, notification bar, and colors. The “Ice Cream Sandwich” upgrade to the Android smartphone operating system was rumored for release around Thanksgiving, and it is unclear how the upgrade was leaked. READ MORE
