By AppleInsider Staff Published: 03:35 PM EST After struggling to meet consumer demand for the iPad since it launched in April, estimated shipping times for new online orders have improved to within 24 hours, suggesting any production problems have been resolved. New orders for the Wi-Fi-only and 3G-capable iPad, in all available storage capacities, now ship within 24 hours [...]

Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronic components manufacturer that makes products like certain Dell computers and Apple‘s iPad and iPhone devices, was – as widely reported – hit by a string of suicides among its workers earlier this year. Apparently, this hasn’t had much effect on their growth rate (surprise): according to Bloomberg, the company plans to hire as many as [...]

“Rupert Murdoch To Launch New National Newspaper”. As headlines go, that’s up there with “DeLorean To Unveil New ‘Gull-Wing’ Car”, “Freddy Laker Reveals Trans-Atlantic Airline Plans” and “Charge! says Light Brigade” – reading it, you assume either there’s been some kind of historical glitch in your RSS reader or that someone is making a wry joke about extreme business [...]

By Slash Lane Published: 02:40 PM EST A prominent Wall Street analyst has upped his price target for Apple stock from $280 to $375, citing stronger than expected iPad, iPhone and Mac sales, and the fact that the company remains “a small fish in three very large ponds.” On Monday, Charlie Wolf with Needham & Company issued his first valuation report on Apple since [...]

If you thought that the seemingly simple game of hide and seek couldn’t be changed, think again. FastFoot Challenge developers Urban Team have created an application that utilizes the iPhone’s GPS capabilities to make hide and seek a lot more, well, real. In essence, you have one runner (known as player ‘x’) who has a certain amount of time to get as far away as possible. [...]