It’s unlikely that the white MacBook will be greatly missed. The iPad is a more economical solution for education users, and the MacBook Air is a more than worthy replacement for those who continue to prefer a clamshell laptop form factor. However, the MacBook’s termination does mark the end of the era of plastic-bodied Apple notebooks, which extends back to the original PowerBook 100 in 1991.

Hacker group SwaggSec has managed to infiltrate Foxconn and obtain a vast amount of internal information, including a username/password dump of the company’s mail server and Intranets, among other things. The reason behind the hacking is the working conditions at the Chinese manufacturer, which has gained a lot of media coverage and attention lately. SwaggSec managed to gain access through a vulnerability in Internet Explorer used by a Foxconn employee.

The developers behind Tweetbot—a Twitter client for iOS that is a favorite among many—bring some exciting news with the release of version 2.0 of its iPhone/iPod touch client and the initial release of its iPad client. Tapbots’ Tweetbot 2.0 brings with it some new features and improvements for the mobile Twitter client, while Tweetbot for iPad brings the app onto Apple’s tablet in a way that iPad owners will surely appreciate.

Consider it a tough day when you sneeze so hard that your very soul is hurled out of your body. Consider it even tougher when you learn the only way to get it back is to scare the various citizens of Monster Town. Sound like a fun game concept? It is, but that’s not this game. That’s Gabrielle’s Ghostly Groove for Nintendo 3DS. This is Gabrielle’s Monster Match for iOS, a match-style game that manages to retain the charm of its predecessor despite its more basic gameplay.

Feral Interactive is once again letting it be known that when Mac gamers fight, there are no skirmishes or police actions. For us, it’s war—Total War—as evidenced by the announced that The Creative Assembly and Sega’s Empire: Total War Gold Edition will be launched for the Mac this spring.

A privacy concern over iOS app Path uploading users’ address book contact information to its server has caused the developers to take action and explain why it has done so. Dave Morin, CEO of Path, has apologized today for his company’s actions in this matter, and assured users within his apology that Path is committed to protecting its users’ privacy.

Just as Mass Effect 2 got its own iOS game to tie-in from Electronic Arts with the traditional console counterparts, Mass Effect 3 will be going down the same road. This game in development, entitled “Mass Effect Infiltrator,” will reward the player within the console versions of Mass Effect 3 rather than just telling a character’s background story, as the Mass Effect 2 tie-in did.

If all your significant other wants for a Valentine’s Day movie is romance, you can get that in pretty much any kind of movie. So, when you hear the words “Let’s watch something romantic tonight,” you can steer clear of anything with Renee Zellweger or Reese Witherspoon in it and instead take these suggestions from the hopeless romantics here at Appletell. All the movies recommended are available for rental at purchase from iTunes.

Although the MacBook has been dead since last July for consumers, it remained available as a cheap option for educational institutions…until now. Apple has just completely killed off the old Mac model. The company has now classified the white MacBook as “End of Life,” indicating it will no longer be produced or sold whatsoever. It is likely production for the MacBook stopped a while ago, and Apple made the move to only sell the MacBook to educational institutions in order to rid itself of the extra inventory.