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You may not be shocked to learn that a lot of rumored Apple news is bubbling up around on the Web--here's our round-up of the most interesting bits.

Google just bought a high-tech face recognition unit called Pitt Patt.

Your iPhone can make calls (sort of) and check your email, sure, but new apps are being developed that will allow you to monitor your own health with just your phone. The iPhone is good for more than just playing Angry Birds and making on-the-fly Twitter updates

Apple is breaking records with this week's release of "Lion," the latest, greatest, operating system upgrade for OS X. Downloads hit the one million mark in just the first 24 hours of sale

Financial reports that

Words to avoid in the office, CEO sisters, David Sacks of Yammer on leadership, and more.

Adobe Buys Echosign . Desperately keen to preserve its flagship PDF format in a complex and changing online world, Adobe has bought "the premier electronic signature provider" to enhance PDF security with automated secure signatures and form-filling for advanced digital contract drawing-up. The PDF is not going anywhere yet..

While the BBC is bringing smartphone tech to its journalists for on-the-spot newscasting, Apple has its own plans for this tech--and it's quite promising for everyone from foreign correspondents to citizen journos. Whether you think it's a good thing or not , citizen journalism is on the rise .

Color, the $41-million app designed to share photos with those in your immediate proximity, struck out its first time at bat. MyStream works much the same way, but lets you eavesdrop on friends and strangers' songs instead of pictures.

Google+ may hit 10 million users today, and Steve Ballmer admits Windows Phone failings. This and more surprising/important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day.

iPad HD Rumor Strikes Again This is a rumor that

What will it be like? That depends on whether you jump for the iPhone 5 expected to come out this fall or the iPhone 6 expected to come out in 2012. If it's an iPhone 5: 1

A new app will help you diagnose and track skin conditions--from wrinkles to melanoma.

Apple's upcoming iPhone 5 will be "thinner and lighter" than the iPhone 4 and also sport an 8-mega pixel camera, according sources who spoke to official Apple leakbucket

Starting July 7, Verizon will no longer offer new customers unlimited data plans. And, oh yeah, you're going to start paying for using those LTE mobile hotspots too (that includes existing customers; more on that below). Have a nice day! First, let's cover the new data plans.