After years of having a GPS-equipped phone, the idea of not having GPS is a little crazy. Even with smartphone adoption rates dramatically increasing, there are still plenty of folks out there with maps and awesome memories.

Here’s an interesting tidbit that was unfortunately lost in the iPhone flurry this morning: some internal sales stats have apparently leaked from within Amazon , revealing that the new Fire tablet has some extremely impressive numbers. We saw some numbers a day or two ago but the source didn’t seem reliable — these seem a little more trustworthy.

Today, Apple introduced us to the iPhone 4S . It’s hard not to feel let down after the iPhone 5 rumor mill was spinning at full force just yesterday ( courtesy of the craziest rumor yet ), but a couple 4S features were enough to perk up my spirit

It may be that the most compelling new feature of the iPhone 4S isn’t iOS 5 or the A5 processor, but the new camera.

Twitter’s Chief Revenue Officer Adam Bain took the stage at IAB’s Mixx Conference today and revealed a few milestones for the communications platform, specifically in the advertising area. Bain said that Twitter now has 1,600 advertisers using the platform to reach consumers, and currently has an 80 percent retention rate with advertisers. Back in July Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said that the number of advertisers on Twitter had gone up by 600 percent, since last year when it was in the hundreds.

Can’t navigate around Apple’s site right now because their servers are melting ? Still want to see the snazzy 5 minute video they made to introduce the iPhone 4S? Don’t worry — we’ve got you covered

One of the things noticeably absent from Apple’s iPhone event today was Facebook. After all, other outlets were reporting that they would for sure be a part of the event.

Despite predictions to the contrary, Apple did not announce a cheaper, mass market version of the iPhone today. Instead, it announced an upgraded iPhone 4 called the iPhone 4S. It’s the same on the outside, but with all new insides .

Investors were not blown away by Tim Cook Apple event today. With no news of the iPhone 5 at today’s Apple event, the Cupertino-based company is seeing its stock drop in value.

It’s been a busy morning in Cupertino at Apple’s ‘Let’s Talk iPhone’ keynote. The big headline was the iPhone 4S, but no iPhone 5. Perhaps you had a hard time following all the news from Apple on the iPhone, iOS 5, other iOS devices and apps