Rumor has it that a new operating system may be on its way for iDevices. The tech media circuit is dubbing the upgrade iOS 7 — not iOS 6.2 — which means the changes to Apple's mobile platform might be major.

And thank goodness for that. The infrastructure of iOS has, for the most part, gone unchanged since the platform was launched over five years ago.

Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is just two and a half weeks away, and we're expecting some big announcements from the keynote. But before Tim Cook takes the stage to announce what's next in iOS and OS X, here's what we think we know about the latest iOS update for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch still under wraps.

• Jony Ive is leading the charge — In October 2012, Apple announced that Scott Forstall, the senior VP of iOS software, was out and the company's legendary design head Jony Ive, the man behind the industrial design of the iMac, iPod, and MacBook Air, was in as the lead of human interface across the entire company. The shake-up at the top was intended to increase collaboration between teams, which would put Jony at the forefront of the iOS 7 change.
• "Black, white, and flat all over" — Sources have told 9to5Mac that iOS 7 will take on a flatter design like the concept image above, which would do away with the linen-textured backgrounds. Black and white elements may also be incorporated into the new user interface.

Read the rest of the iOS 7 rumors after the break.

Pinterest, everyone's favorite online pinboard, is home to some of the most exquisite visual treats on the web — and the photo-sharing site recently introduced a new feature, rich pins, that'll offer pinners much more than just a pretty picture.

Certain types of pins from selected sites will now show more information. Clicking on a recipe pin will show you the thumbnail, ingredients, cook time, and serving size. A movie pin will show the film's director, actors, Rotten Tomatoes score, release year, and rating. Products, like clothes and accessories, show the most recent price, shop, and whether or not that model is in stock. If you're a blogger or content creator, you can add meta tags to your website so that images pinned from your site will include more details.

Do you, as a pinner, find the rich pins helpful? Click through some examples of recipes, movies, and products, then tell us what you think.

Rich pins are just one of the site's many new additions in recent months. Pinterest redesigned their stream and pin pages not too long ago.

Get up close with Pinterest's new rich pins after the break.

Hey, Instagram user gabrielbricci, we see you rollin'. Love the top down perspective and subtle filter work in this longboard shot, which was submitted using the #CoolCapture hashtag.

Have you been testing out your photography skills and snapped a shot you want to share? Submit your pics to our Cool Capture group or to Instagram with the #coolcapture hashtag, and your pic might be featured on the POPSUGAR Tech homepage. And don't forget to follow @popsugartech on Instagram!

Helle of Edinburgh, Scotland, is bringing out the soft side of tech, with fabric-covered phone cases and covers that feature lovely hand-painted prints. Helle's StarCreature Studio is our new favorite Etsy shop discovery, offering one-of-kind linen, tweed, and silk protection for iPhone, Nexus 4, and Galaxy S3.

The sculpture-trained artist worked in the IT industry before returning to art. Handcrafted device covers are the perfect intersection between art and tech, no? Each lightweight snap-on case is made to order, and ships from the United Kingdom within seven business days.

Our favorites from StarCreature Studio are the Linen Coral Stripes ($20) and Ivory Linen Herringbone ($20) cases, but there are plenty more textile and device options on Etsy.

Check out more highlights from Helle's shop after the break.

Internet radio service Pandora is distinguishing itself from the über-competitive music streaming market with its latest station, Pandora Premieres. Listeners will be able to preview select albums on Pandora before they go on sale with the new early access feature, which kicks off with singer-songwriter Laura Marling and roots rocker John Fogerty.

Both artists' albums are available for only a week at pandora.com/premieres, with the option to preorder the new releases on iTunes straight from the Pandora station.

Drawing in new users is very important in the crowded subscription streaming space, and exclusive recordings and early access to albums help music services tap into artists' fan bases. The competition between music subscription services is only getting stiffer. Google introduced its "radio without rules," Google Play Music All Access, last week.

Pandora still has a financial edge over other streaming services, however. Despite being forced into charging a small number of users due to an increase in royalties earlier this year, the site is still a steal at $4 per month or $36 per year for Internet radio.

• NASA releases image of devastating F4 tornado — Geekosystem
• Insane Hollywood stunts turned into real science experiments — Cracked
• Seamless and GrubHub are taking over online food delivery — ReadWrite
• All the ways Facebook ruins your life — BuzzFeed
• Tumblr's founder is actually a high school dropout — Newser
• A Facebook group reuniting tornado victims with their belongings — HuffPost Tech
• J.J. Abrams's new show on NBC — /Film
• Wearing Google Glass with glasses — Geek.com

Everything about this shot by Instagram user undertheyellow is striking. The composition, the geometry of the spokes, the bubbly pods of the London Eye, and the leaves peeking out of the corner are just a few of the visual elements that make this photograph so interesting.

Have you been testing out your photography skills and snapped a shot you want to share? Submit your pics to our Cool Capture group or to Instagram with the #coolcapture hashtag, and your pic might be featured on the POPSUGAR Tech homepage. And don't forget to follow @popsugartech on Instagram!

Microsoft is revealing the next generation of Xbox gaming consoles today at its headquarters in Redmond, WA. Tune into a live stream of the event at 10 a.m. PDT/1 p.m. EDT through the Xbox website, Xbox Live, or Spike TV. You can also follow the news via Twitter using the hashtag #XboxReveal or #Xbox.

Will it be an Xbox 720? Kinect 2.0? A new platform for social gaming? We'll keep you updated with all the news from the Microsoft event, so check back later in the day for more info!

At a press event today in New York City, Yahoo! made a big announcement for Flickr. And we mean big: the photo sharing site is getting a full makeover and offering one terabyte of storage to every user (that's well over 500,000 photos) — completely free.

Flickr isn't only making space for more photos, it's putting them front and center, too. The new activity feed, which Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer called "heart-stoppingly beautiful," fills your screen with recent uploads from your friends, yourself, and popular communities. The photostream was designed in a similar vein with large, high-res photos stacked on top of each other and a sweeping customizable cover photo.

Mobile is also getting some love. The new user interface is coming to the Flickr Android app, which features full-screen browsing and the same large thumbnail photostream as the website.

Yahoo! is really working its exclamation point as of late — in addition to the Flickr news, the company officially announced it was acquiring Tumblr for a cool $1.1 billion and moving its headquarters to Times Square in New York City.

• Ten and Eleven have a little chat about the 50th anniversary special — Geekosystem
• The essential life lessons of every superhero movie — Cracked
• The REAL reason Yahoo! is buying Tumblr — FWD
• How to tell if the government is reading your email — Mental Floss
• Netflix adultery is a thing — Newser
• The history of YouTube in song — HuffPost Tech
• Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique in X-Men: Days of Future Past revealed — /Film
• Death Star vs. Starship Enterprise: who would win? — Geek.com
• Mega Game of Thrones fans: compete in this national pub quiz — PopCandy

• Opportunity breaks NASA's driving distance record — Geekosystem
• All-out war and other horrifying implications of the Star Trek universe — Cracked
• Smartphones are bridging the digital divide — ReadWrite
• A boy reunites with his family after 23 years thanks to Google Maps — Newser
• The greatest graphics in video game history — FWD
• A beautiful, visual graph of what Reddit looks like — HuffPost Tech
• An incredibly complex ball contraption made completely of Legos — Geek.com