The Apple Beat: 'iPhone 5' launch a landmark moment for CEO Tim Cook

Apple CEO Tim Cook looks to deliver on the promise that 2012 will be product-filled year.

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

San Francisco - Apple Inc. is expected to launch a new iPhone today as well as possibly new iPods and other updated products. For Apple's CEO Tim Cook, it will mark an important milestone as his first major iPhone launch and the world is watching.

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Instagram grows by 1,100% in 5 months. Yes, you're hooked

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Instagram, which is now owned by Facebook, is continuing its explosive growth. The photo sharing website is gaining critical mass at as steady pace. Instagram has boosted its user base by 1,100% since it was purchased in April by Facebook.

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YouTube finally releases official app for iPhone and iPod Touch

The YouTube app that comes pre-loaded with most iOS devices was made by Apple and hasn't been updated in ages and Apple decided to ditch it altogether in iOS 6. Users who still want access to YouTube as a standalone app can now go and get Google's official App for iPhone and iPod Touch. The new app actually offers more content since the older YouTube app didn't play ad-supported videos.

Seeing the brilliant engineering Google has employed in recent iOS apps (have you seen Google + on the iPad? Stunning!) we expect an iPad optimized version that's Retinized to come along shortly.

Source: Venturebeat

Synaptic Wave's Photo Guard keeps pictures in iOS devices private, now for free

Synaptic Wave's Photo Guard keeps photos private and hidden from prying yes, the app is free for a limited time. The major benefits of Photo Guard include pattern lock, break-in attempts logging and batch photo import. But the Rapid shot mode is the killer feature which no other app has. So Photo Guard will turn iPhone into a secure point-and-shoot camera. In addition, you will get a powerful tool to manage your photo library.

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