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Apple released new firmware updates for its Wi-Fi base stations, including the AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort Time Capsule.

Apple has released tvOS 10.0.1 for download. The build number is 14U71.

Apple has launched its 12 Days of Christmas app in preparation for its annual holiday promotion offering free songs, music videos, apps and books to residents of parts of Europe and Canada.

According to a “very reliable source,” iPhone Italia has reported that one of Switzerland’s carriers, Swisscom, will start offering the rumored iPhone 5 on October 5. Also, the Italian site’s source is “100% sure” that the iPhone 5 will also be available in the US on September 5, as Apple would already have to be talking with carriers about distribution for a new device this Fall.

Apple’s white iPhone 4, after about 10 months of delays, goes on sale Thursday. The release of the phone, which some thought would never be released and others jokingly referred to as a mythical creature akin to the abominable snowman, was held up by manufacturing problems.

Apple iPhone in 2006