A report from the Japanese blog Macotakara claims Apple may be making the final preparations to unveil the iPad 3 in February. The site has a pretty spotty record regarding some of Apple’s product plans, but is citing sources from Asian supply chains stating that the iPad 3 will go on sale in early March.

Apple’s iTunes Festival has brought a lot of great performances from a lot of well-known artists in the past. This year, the annual festival will be starting on July 1st at Camden’s Roundhouse in London for 31 nights of live performances by 62 bands, including Coldplay, Linkin Park, and Foo Fighters. To go along with Apple’s event, the company has released an official iTunes Festival 2011 iOS app that allows users to check performance schedules and more information on the bands that will be there this year.

Well, there you have it. Official invitations have been sent out for Apple’s March 2nd event, as predicted yesterday by Kara Swisher at All Things Digital. The invitation clearly indicates (or hints strongly towards, depending upon how you read Apple invites) an iPad-centric event. Hopefully, though, we’ll get more than that, as I really don’t want 2011 to be just the year of the iPad.

If you visit Apple.com right now you’ll find a teaser on the front page about some exciting news that Apple plans to devulge tomorrow at 7AM PST. The sign reads: “Tomorrow is just another day. That you’ll never forget.” If you’re looking for more details, you’ll have to wait, because that’s all that’s known so far about Apple’s announcement. If it’s speculation you’re looking for, then by all means…

It may only be rock and roll, but we like it, too. I think we’ll also like what we see out of Apple’s press event from San Francisco today, provided you don’t have unrealistic expectations. The announcements begin at 10:00 a.m. PDT (1:00 p.m. EDT). We’ll be running our live blog of the event as the announcements happen, and will update this page with more speculation and last minute rumors as they surface, so bookmark this page or just stick around until then.

A fantastic week of E3 announcements and demonstrations is past us, and it’s now time turn our attention towards Apple’s WWDC. The event kicks off Monday, June 8th at 10:00 PDT (1:00 p.m. EDT) from the Moscone Center in San Francisco, but we couldn’t wait to get our live blog up. Why? Because we’ve got some great products to give away, and we want to let you know how to win them.

According to Piper Jaffray, Apple has the best financial prospects of all the companies followed by the firm. Apple, Inc. has officially been added to the Alpha List. The Alpha List is a prestigious list of the companies in the best financial situations, and with the best outlook in the near future.

According to the analysts at Piper Jaffray who put Apple on the list, the decision to add them was three-fold.

Check out the reasons after the break.

9to5Mac is reporting that analysts at Piper Jaffray are predicting Apple will hold a special event this September to make some new announcements. These new announcements, according to the analysts, include new iPods and Macs.

This rumor does not site any insider sources, but seems to be purely speculation. Gene Munster, one of the analysts, points out that Apple has held a special event every September for the last three years, so it’s not that hard to believe that they would do it again. What about Apple Expo 08?

Check out the rumors after the break.

We’re inching ever closer to what should be a huge Keynote from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. If you’re not at Moscone West San Francisco, join us here—right at this very page—for our coverage of Steve’s announcements as they happen. We’re now live, and will begin coverage soon. Join us.