Two months ago, when Apple last updated its iOS mobile operating system, iOS 5.1 bestowed Japanese language support for Siri and lock screen access to the iPhone’s native Camera app.

This time around, the new iOS update is less exciting, although it comes as a much needed repair for some bugs and other glitches plaguing the iDevice line.

On Monday, Apple released iOS 5.1.1, which:

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On Monday, Evernote – company steeped in digital products designed to help people remember to do things – announced the acquisition of Penultimate, the most popular digital handwriting application for iPad.

Penultimate also happens to be the fourth best-selling iPad app of all time.

The acquisition will allow Evernote to expand its handwriting capabilities, while also making Penultimate available on more platforms and devices.

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According to a new report published Thursday by Ovum, smartphones will outperform the overall market for mobile phones, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 24.9% between 2011-17.

If that projection manifests, it will mean that smartphone shipments will reach 1.7 billion units by 2017.

Predictions show Android as the dominant operating system over the next five years as handset vendors rush to make it their primary smartphone platform.

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Since the first iPhone was released in 2007, rumors have swirled that Apple is entertaining the idea and technology behind creating a liquid metal-based future generation iPhone.

Although we have no way to confirm or deny the company’s purported exploration of that possibility, it finally appears that the liquid metal iPhone won’t become a reality at least in the near future.

Dr. Atakan Peker, the so-called inventor of Liquidmetal, says the technology behind a liquid metal iPhone isn’t ripe enough to be a viable and cost-effective material alternative for iPhone design and construction.

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Following recent glitches and growing doubt as to the feasibility of the project, it looks like Apple is finally headed to Texas after all.

And the iPhone maker is bringing along more than 3,000 job opportunities for the ride.

This week, local lawmakers and Apple finally reached an agreement on deal terms that will allow for the campus to come to Austin, Texas.

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comScore on Tuesday published the latest data from its MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending March 2012.

Here’s what we now know. Google Android, not surprisingly, continued to grow its share in the U.S. smartphone market, accounting for 51 percent of smartphone subscribers.

Apple now trails dramatically with just over 30 percent of the market share.

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China is the next major market Apple seeks to conquer. That much has been made crystal clear in recent months. From visits by Tim Cook to expanding production facilities across the Asian continent, China is a vital piece of Apple’s business strategy for the rest of the decade.

As a result of Apple’s escalating Chinese aims, no shortage of leading Wall Street watchers and industry analysts are upping their estimates for how much business Apple will do in China during the coming years.

On Monday, Deutsche Bank’s Chris Whitmore published a research note titled: “iPhone is just getting started in China.” According to the analyst, Apple could sell as many as 35 million iPhones in China next year.

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