Returning from an accidental respite due to … er … inclement term in my office , I ’m here to tell bring you the latest in chronicle you might have missed . It seems Apple ’s mother something big up the sleeves of its smutty turtleneck ; meanwhile , RIM is smuggle a new tablet in its pinstripe suit , and Apple ’s also dally legal ping niff . Oh , and Mark Zuckerberg did … something . You ’ll have to read the remainders for July 30 , 2010 to obtain out incisively what .

Apple seeking Mac OS X software engineer(Apple )

“ We are looking for a elderly software engineer to aid us create a revolutionary Modern feature in the very foundations of Mac OS ten , ” reads the line carry on Apple ’s site . Oh my god , oh my god , oh mygod — I think I ’m hyperventilating . What could it be ? I ’m holding out for a scheme that mete out cocktails via the optical parkway slot .

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg ditch iPhone for Android(Redmond Pie )

Remember when Facebook ’s Mark Zuckerberg get an iPhone 4 ? No ? You drift off when listening to stuff about Facebook too ? Yeah , whole . What were we spill the beans about again ? Oh yeah , depend like Zuck ditch his iPhone for an Android exemplar . I ’ve already forgotten why I thought anybody would worry .

RIM say to plan tablet for November to take on Apple ’s iPad(Bloomberg )

On top of make an“iPhone - similar BlackBerry ” , RIM is also manifestly prepping a tab called the — wait for it — Blackpad . unremarkably I ’m not a braggy fan of market place testing , but you might want to carry a centering chemical group or two on that one , guys .

Apple restfully settles patent lawsuit , promptly gets hit with another one(TechCrunch )

Apple settled a patent suit with Minerva Industries out of motor lodge only to find itself smacked with a new one from Israel - based Emblaze Group , this time over streaming television and audio . You know what they say : when the universe of discourse spread a door , it slams a window shut on your finger .