• by Gavin O'Malley , Staff Writer @mp_gavin, June 6, 2011

Expected to launch any minute now, what impact with the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system have on the broader landscape? Expect more "widgets, Twitter integration, and revamped notifications," which will further shake up mobile features -- while obviously giving Twitter greater prominence -- according to TechCrunch.

 

"Apple's iOS 5 is said to be getting new social networking integration, beefed-up speech recognition, widgets, and a new notification system," PCWorld adds.

"At this point, it's a given that Apple has been working on revamping its iOS notifications for some time, so you can rest certain that something new will be shown off," MobileBeat writes.

"Last week ... music industry executives ... made it sound like iCloud was all about music and their 11th-hour deals with Apple," CNNMoney notes. "But a music streaming service -- especially one that is rumored to work only with songs purchased through the iTunes store -- didn't seem big enough to justify the high-volume build-up Apple has given this year's WWDC."

As a result, "iCloud looks like it will be Apple's big unveil at this year's conference," writes GigaOm. That said, "We don't yet have a really good idea what shape iCloud will take, but John Gruber said Sunday we should think about it like iTunes, or, in other words, a repository for all the information you regularly sync to and from iOS devices, but one that resides in the cloud."

>Writes ReadWriteWeb: "The most believable of the iCloud rumors is that Apple's upcoming service is a 'Cloud iTunes' - meaning a way to access all your music, movies, podcasts and more from any Internet-connected Apple mobile device like the iPhone or iPad."