So Apple has released the much anticipated iOS 5 with 200 new updates and features. That’s a lot of new stuff. We all know about a handful of features but what about the rest?

Yet again Starbucks have a cool new initiative. Apple and Starbucks have just paired up for a new Starbucks in store promotion called the “Pick of the Week” in which they are giving away paid iPhone applications to customers in the coffee stores. (They have done something similar before with iTunes songs).

The Apple Appstore has rocketed to 500,000 apps. To celebrate we have found a very informative infographic that has a great breakdown of all the apps.

After years of thinking outside the box, Apple has focused its design and engineering smarts on the box itself.

Two French software developers put together this cool app that makes use of the iPad 2′s front facing camera. The app tracks your face and adjusts the image on the iPad accordingly to create the illusion of depth. No glasses are required, the image merely tricks the brain into thinking there really is a 3D scene behind the glass screen.

Off-axis projection is used to adapt the perspective of the 3D images according to the position of one’s head. The technology has been dubbed “head coupled perspective” and has a similar effect to the Nintendo 3DS handheld console. The Nintendo 3DS, however works differently as it uses a custom screen that delivers seperate images to each eye to create the 3D effect. The head tracking app is available for iPad 2 and iPhone 4.

Apple have a way of making simply designed items and charging a fortune for them. This is a really clever example of Apple’s business model (Click to enlarge):