Although unconfirmed, it appears that Apple may be ready to integrate Twitter directly into its upcoming iOS 5 mobile operating system.

By direct integration, the sources say iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch users will get a "Send To Twitter" button making sharing content as easy as one tap.

For current users, the platform will work just like the one tap buttons for MobileMe and YouTube.

Twitter is also allegedly ready to start their own photo sharing service, that would be integrated into native Twitter apps across all mobile OS.

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Nielsen has revealed the latest U.S. smartphone market share, and Android continues to lead the pack.

Overall, 37 percent of Americans now have a smartphone, with 36 percent of those users running Android.

Apple held second place at 26 percent with its iPhone, while RIM held third with 23 percent for its BlackBerry devices.

Windows Phone 7 moved into 1 percent share, months after launch.

As for data usage, Nielsen pored over 65,000 monthly bills and saw that Android users run about 582MB of data per month, compared to 492MB for iPhone users.

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Less than a week before their official announcement Neogaf has posted what appears to be the hardware specs for the upcoming Wii 2 (Project Cafe).

If the leaked specs are accurate, the system will bring a very powerful console, Blu-ray support, backwards compatibility and finally, HD graphics.

The leaked specs:

Graphics:
Custom AMD RV770 Chip "WOLF" @ 766Mhz on 32nm process
1398 Gflops

CPU:
Custom IBM Power 6 Chip "FOX" on 32nm process
4 cores, each two way SMT-capable and clocked at 3.5 GHz
175.9 GFLOPS theoretical peak performance (single-precision)
87.6 GFLOPS theoretical peak performance (double-precision)

Memory:
512 MB XDR2 DRAM main memory
+ 1024 GDDR5 video memory
+ 16 MB eDRAM

Storage:
2.5-inch SATA hard drive with 250 GB / 320 GB capacity
Expanded storage via SD and SDHC card memory (up to 64 GB)

Media:
Custom Blu-ray Disc, up to 50 GB
Compatible with 7 cm Nintendo GameCube Game Disc and 12 cm Wii Optical Disc

Display:
Video output formats
Composite video: 480i, 576i (PAL)
S-Video: 480i, 576i (PAL)
RGB SCART: 480i, 576i (PAL)
Component (YPBPR): 480i, 576i (PAL), 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
D-Terminal: 480i (D1), 480p (D2), 720p (D4), 1080i (D3), 1080p (D5)
HDMI: 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p

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Twitter may be ready to introduce its own photo-sharing service as early as this week, say multiple reports.

The service will be announced tomorrow at the D9 Conference in California, with CEO Dick Costolo as keynote speaker.

Currently, there are a number of competing photo services for Twitter, with the most popular being TwitPic, Lockerz and Yfrog.

The new service shouldn't be anything too mind blowing, but will be likely integrated into Twitter's official Android, iOS, BlackBerry and Web apps/sites.

Twitter recently acquired popular client TweetDeck for $40 million.

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Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, saw its stock fall to a 13-year low today after the struggling company warned its fiscal year outlook would fall way short of previous guidance.

The company was down as much as 16 percent today to $6.79 per share, a number last seen in June 1998.

Nokia lowered its operating margin to 0 percent for the Q2 2011, down from an expected 6-9 percent, a massive collapse.

Says analyst Thomas Langer:

I think it is devastating now that shortly after the AGM we have this very negative news out from Nokia. Q2 and Q3 is one story, but I think this will raise doubts about the potential recovery trend based on Mango.

What worries more is that Nokia will not be the only one with Mango and the Nokia hardware and user interface has to be more compelling than those from competitors.

Given the internal turmoil that will be generated by this news it is increasingly difficult to see that Nokia can leapfrog one handset generation and be on par with the competition in early 2012. Investors should be more than concerned about the dividend possibility.

Nokia is expected to launch a number of Windows Phone 7 devices globally by then end of this year.

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In a strange move for the company, Apple has pre-announced that it will unveil the iCloud, iOS 5 and OS X Lion next week at its annual Developer's Conference.

CEO Steve Jobs will do the unveiling and the keynote speech, despite still being on medical leave for cancer.

In launching the iCloud service, Apple is said to have deals in place with Sony, Warner and EMI but not with Universal, the world's largest record label. Users will be able to upload their music to a "cloud" server, thus saving space on their hard drives and smartphone memory while being able to stream their whole libraries when connected to the Internet, and from anywhere.

OS X Lion is the company's latest Mac operating system while iOS 5 is the latest operating system for the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad. It is unclear what new features the mobile OS will bring.

The official press statement:

Apple to Unveil Next Generation Software at Keynote Address on Monday, June 6

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011
CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apple® CEO Steve Jobs and a team of Apple executives will kick off the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address on Monday, June 6 at 10:00 a.m. At the keynote, Apple will unveil its next generation software – Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS® X; iOS 5, the next version of Apple's advanced mobile operating system which powers iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch®; and iCloud®, Apple's upcoming cloud services offering.

WWDC will feature more than 100 technical sessions presented by Apple engineers. Mac® developers will see and learn how to develop world-class Mac OS X Lion applications using its latest technologies and capabilities. Mobile developers will be able to explore the latest innovations and capabilities of iOS and learn how to greatly enhance the functionality, performance and design of their apps. All developers can bring their code to the labs and work with Apple engineers.

For more details, visit the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011 website at developer.apple.com/wwdc.

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