According to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, tech giant Apple has admitted that it is aware of an iMessage-related issue in the latest version of its iOS mobile operating system - the iOS 7.

In a deal that has been confirmed by Apple, the tech giant is acquiring California-based communications chips developer Passif Semiconductor. The acquisition is noteworthy because the chips developed by Passif require less power for devices to exchange information with one another.

In a Sunday announcement underscoring an executive switch at Apple, the company has revealed that its SVP of Technologies, Bob Mansfield, is being shifted out of the executive team to work on CEO Tim Cook's `special projects' team.

According to a recent update on the new "system status" page on tech giant Apple's developer site, which the company took down on Thursday, July 18, most of the key parts of the site have been brought back online after over one week of downtime.

On Tuesday, tech giant Apple reported record-high quarterly sales of its popular iPhone handset, but with yet another round of lackluster earnings for the April-June quarter, the company has now come under immense pressure.

According to several news reports, tech giant Apple probably has plans underway to manufacture the main processors of its popular smartphone and tablet devices – the iPhone and the iPad - at the GlobalFoundries computer chip factory in Malta. Reports also say that the company is already in the process of negotiations for investment in the GlobalFoundries facility.

Giving the verdict in the e-book price-fixing case on Wednesday, US district judge Denise Cote said that Apple had conspired with five bigwig US book publishers to raise e-book prices. The lawsuit was filed against Apple by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) and 33 US states and territories in April 2012; and is one of the biggest anti-trust lawsuits ever brought by US federal authorities.

According to a Reuters report, US District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton in Oakland, California, has ordered the dismissal of Apple's 2011-filed trademark infringement lawsuit against Amazon over the use of the term `App Store.' The dismissal of the case comes after Apple's statement that it did not want to pursue Amazon over the issue.