It's Apple Style

So what were the most popular app for apple iOS which people downloaded for the year 2010? Now it's time to know. Two weeks before the end of 2010, Apple released its year-end chart of top apps for the iPhone and iPad.

Top 10 free apps for iPad:

1. Apple's iBooks reading app

Twitter to rescue after Apple failed to back deal with the leading social networking site for linking apple's Ping social network with FB.

According to Twitter Blog, it will link its service with Apple Inc's new music-oriented social network.

Sony has entered into Online webstore venture to sell new music and video download service, similar to  Apple's iTunes.

The announcement, made at the IFA technology fair in Berlin, was timed to coincide with an Apple media event in the US.

It will be a cloud-based service will be available on PlayStation 3s, Bravia TVs, Blu-Ray players and Sony's personal computers.Initially it will offer movies, Music will be added at the end of the year.

The Music Unlimited service, due at the end of the year, will give users access to millions of songs.

Details of Sony's latest service and the costs will be announced later.

On Thrusday Apple's iOS 3.2.1 update was available via iTunes for patching few nagging problems, most notably a Wi-Fi connectivity issue reported by many iPad users.

The update also adds Microsoft's Bing as an option for Safari's search field, although Google Search remains the default choice.

According to the Apple Support site, iOS 3.2.1 also fixes:

NPD has released survey results that point to a huge interest in an iTunes subscription service, which, in 2010 language, would be called a "cloud service." NPD believes there is a market of about 8 million possible subscribers in the U.S. alone. Those subscribers indicated they would be willing to pay at least $10 per month, which would translate into the next billion-dollar opportunity for Apple.

"Between seven million and eight million iTunes users in the U.S. would have strong interest in one of the paid subscription options, according to the report. These consumers indicated a willingness to pay a minimum monthly fee of $10 -- either for streaming music or access to their personal music libraries on multiple devices," NPD said. NPD estimates that there are 50 million iTunes users in the U.S. According to NPD's music industry research, a model that offers iTunes users free access to their own music libraries would attract in the range of 13 to 15 million subscribers.