Analytics firm Distimo did some research on the Apple App Store and the Google Android Market. There are about 72,000 paid Android Market apps and 211,000 paid Apple App Store apps. Distimo also reported that Apple tends to have bigger application hits.

The rumored Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iCloud music service is believed to have the ability to scan a user’s iTunes library and mirror it in the cloud. The music service is believed to be able to recognize if a song is in low quality and replace it with a higher-quality track. These features are similar to what Lala offered before Apple acquired them.

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It appears that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has an interest in Google Android doing well too. According to Citi analyst Walter Pritchard, Microsoft receives $5 for every HTC Android phone that is sold as part of a patent settlement.

In July 2010 Paul Ceglia had filed a lawsuit against Facebook claiming that he owns about 84% of the company. Last month some of the evidence he had was scanned and was posted on the Internet. The alarming part of the case is that the prestigious law firm DLA Piper agreed to represent Ceglia in the case, indicating that the evidence may have some merit. Facebook has fired back against Ceglia today.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in the middle of controversy for posting information about his diet on his personal profile. Last year Zuckerberg’s personal goal was to learn Chinese and this year he says “the only meat I’m eating is from animals I’ve killed myself.”

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has launched a Mac Download Store, which directly competes with Apple’s own Mac App Store. Amazon has over 250 software and game titles available for the Mac. The Amazon Mac App Store has some titles that Apple’s store does not. For example, you can buy Microsoft Office from Amazon.com, but not from Apple.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) filed a lawsuit against New York City teenager Fei Lam. Lam had sold about $130,000 worth of white iPhone 4 parts. Lam was able to capitalize on customers that were too anxious to wait on Apple to release the official white iPhone 4. Lam claimed that he had a second-hand relationship with someone at Foxconn.

When accepting the award at the 21st Century Visionary award at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club earlier this week, Jack Dorsey spoke about Twitter and Square. Dorsey is a co-founder at Twitter and founded Square. Dorsey said that the company name Square was almost named “Squirrel” and the card reader dongle was made of wood and shaped like an acorn.