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Remote is one of those apps that can be really useful in a household with multiple Apple products. Controlling iTunes on your computer using an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch is convenient, and you can even use the app to control an Apple TV. One great shortcut is the ability to use your iPhone keyboard to fill in search fields on the Apple TV instead of selecting each letter.

Apple has released an updated version of Remote, with improvements for general stability, rating songs, search results and sorting podcasts. The app is designed to sync perfectly with the new iTunes and provides access to Up Next. Remote users are already commenting that performance is much better with version 3.0.1.

500px fans may have been surprised last week when Apple pulled the app thanks to some controversial images. It seems that 500px has been revised and given the all-clear from Apple, and version 2.0.3 is now available on the App Store. 500px made two major changes to the app to make sure App Store requirements were met.

First, all nude photo searches are blocked. 500px maintains that artistic nudity is allowed on their website, however users will find it more difficult to search for these images on iOS. The second major change added a mature rating to the app, requiring that users installing the app are 17 or older.

What looks like it could be an April Fool's joke is actually a product vying for support on the fundraising site Indiegogo. Appropriately named the Uppercup, this device will not only protect your iPhone, but it will also hold a steaming hot cup of your favorite caffeinated beverage.

Marketing company Natwerk, based in Amsterdam is seeking $25,000 to start production of the UpperCup and start selling the cases for a retail price of $35. Of course, if you kick in $25 or $30 on Indiegogo, donations are rewarded with an Uppercup from the first production run (iPhone 4/4S and iPhone 5 respectively).

Now that Apple has released iOS 6.1 the full untethered iPhone 5 jailbreak isn't far behind. Developer Muscle Nerd, part of the latest dream team of iOS jailbreakers known as the evad3rs has all but announced their plans. The Super Bowl is Sunday, February 3 and he asks, what will you be doing?

Hey, did everyone know the Super Bowl is this Sunday? What will you be doing? /cc @evad3rs evad3rs.com

— MuscleNerd (@MuscleNerd) January 28, 2013

Planetbeing has added to the pile of evidence pointing to a full jailbreak, explaining that iOS 6.1 is still vulnerable to all of the exploits the team was planning on using to jailbreak. Apparently the team is merging and polishing two proof of concepts to form a final public release. The entire jailbreak process has been successfully tested from start to finish.

Apple has released the latest round of improvements and bug fixes to iOS. Version 6.1 has hit the streets, and the update includes several new features for the iPhone 3GS and later. The iPod touch 4G and 5G as well as all iPads from the iPad 2 on can take advantage of the free iOS 6.1 firmware update.

Installing the update is simple thanks to the over-the-air (OTA) updating included in iOS. To install, navigate to Settings -> General -> Software Update -> Install Now. The iOS 6.1 software download totals 107 MB. So what are the new features of Apple's latest mobile operating system?