In what could be regarded as a late April Fool’s Day joke, it seems that Apple has applied for a patent for technology that allows iOS users to control their devices by facial gestures.

This is the conclusion of a report commissioned by analysts J P Morgan. In fact, it suggests that during the first quarter of this year Apple saw a surge in sales of both items.

After months of speculation, the mysterious iPhone 5 may finally be on its way.

First it was a faulty design for the iPhone resulting in a lost signal, and now it is an overheating battery in the iPad 3.

Nokia’s head of design, Marko Ahtisaari, has confirmed (unofficially) the Finnish company is working on building a Windows 8 tablet. He told a French magazine that he currently spends one-third of his time on creating the mobile device.

Apple has created a slight update to its iOS 5 operating system. This is version 5.1. However, according to commentators, the changes in the new upgrade are really only marginal.

Despite being launched with great fanfare, it seems that the uptake of Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) by users is slow. Android 2.3, also called Gingerbread, still seems more popular.

The big news story of the week, or maybe the year so far, is the launch of Apple’s third generation iPad – which might well become known as iPad 3, iPad HD or 2S, depending on how the techies decide to brand it.

Apple has got used to winning many of its patents battles, but it got a bloody nose itself in Germany recently. This time, Motorola caused it.

In its continual quest to curtail Google’s ability to compete with Apple, the latter has now turned its attention to the Galaxy Nexus smartphone, manufactured for Google by Samsung.