MacRumors reports that a user in their forums translated a news appeared in Taiwanese newspaper Apple Daily, pointing out that new MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models should be on their way to launch this month.

As MacRumors further reports:

“…new models were planned for introduction in March but shortages of Intel’s new chips pushed the launch back to this month. The report also claims that Apple will be pushing all three sizes of the MacBook to a maximum of 640 GB hard drives with 8-hour battery performance across the board.”

I wouldn’t be susprised to see the introduction of SSD based MacBooks at all, though. We’ll see.

It’s happening again. Remember when Apple used to approve an application into the App Store, leave it for some time there, then remove it without apparent reason? That’s what happened  to Desktop, a new application for the iPad which was previously approved and running into the iPad App Store.

What’s interesting is that Desktop is an application that mimics the functions of Mac OS’ Dashboard, bringing tiny windows and fake widgets on the iPad screen to simulate the “multitasking effect”. We’ve also heard that Apple might have removed multiple dashboard-like apps, but we’re still waiting for the mails from the developers to confirm so.

Could this be the beginning of another “Apple insanely remove apps” era? We’ll se. By now, be sure to not develop a Dashboard-like app.

As if all the iPad apps weren’t enough today, Apple has just launched a new section in the App Store called “App of the Week”. Nice. I guess an app that gets featured there would benefit of a terrific visibility.

Now, about the organization of iPhone and iPad apps…

With this extension, you can access the App Store directly within Google Chrome. Interesting.

With this little thing here:

I predict some confusion.

iPad? Check. A picture of your favorite house plant? Check. Giant calendar? Check and check. Bigger isn’t always better, and while I question just how many clocks I need to see at the same time, that’s not particularly why I’m interested in an application like PhotoFramePlus. It’s the other stuff that it does that makes it incredibly appealing. Read more

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Perfect for a Fluid app. Read the blog post by the author John Hicks here.

People can be so innovative sometimes. On the other hand, Chinese manufacturers seem to only care about releasing products that resemble (and in most cases, just copy) Apple’s ones. iPhone and iPod clones aside, there’s a new kid on the block, and it’s a MacBook clone. Seriously? Yeah, as GadgetMix reports:

” This Macbook Pro Clone from Shanzai uses a dual-core Atom 330 processor. This Macbook Pro Clone uses similar casing and even sports a touchpad with integrated buttons, just like the original one. Although the Atom is much weaker than the Core 2 Duo CPUs that the Macbook Pros come equipped with, it features next generation ION graphic chipset which allows 1080p video playback on it like a duck soup.

Other specs include – 160GB/320GB hard disk, 1/2GB RAM, 14.1” 1366×768 display, HDMI, 3 USB 2.0 ports, memory card reader, Wi-Fi b/g and Bluetooth.

Note that it is possible to get one with Atom N450 processor too.”

Now the saddest thing is, I know a few people who purchased fake iPhones and live happily with them (it’s got TV!!) and are very likely to consider this one (it’s got High Definition!). An interesting paradox would be that eBay sellers that sell this stuff will use the Ebay new apps on an original iPhone. Also, I wonder if these Chinese Macbooks have a built in Great Firewall.

Fortune reports:

“On March 9, a few days after the company announced the iPad’s ship date, Apple’s market capitalization (share price times shares outstanding) was $198.5 billion, making it one of the five most valuable U.S. companies, right below Wal-Mart (WMT) and ahead of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A).

On Friday March 12, the day Apple began taking pre-orders for the iPad, its market cap hit $205.48 making it, briefly, the No. 3 U.S. company ahead of Wal-Mart — a position it held for just one trading day.

On Tuesday March 30, following a report that it was building an iPhone for Verizon, its stock rose 1.5% to $235.85, its market cap hit $213.9 billion, and it overtook Wal-Mart once again to begin closing in on No. 2 Microsoft”

Let’s see what happens on April 3rd.