iTunes and iPod maker Apple deleted music that some iPod owners had downloaded from rival music services, lawyers for customers told a court in California.

Technology giant Apple has introduced software that will allow users to control their homes directly with mobile devices.

Music lovers face a wait for the right to buy Beatles hits on Apple’s iTunes online store, despite the iPod maker’s truce in its dispute with the Fab Four’s guardian, Apple Corps, over the use of the iconic apple logo and name.