YouTube is the latest Apple-Google collaboration to be , Apple confirmed. The video-watching app dates from the early days of iOS, and there simply won't be one offered with iOS 6 by default. Instead, Google said it is developing its own YouTube iOS app, to be launched in Apple's App Store at a later date.

The lack of a YouTube app probably won't make a big difference to users. You will be able to watch YouTube clips straight from Safari on the mobile version of the site, instead of having a link open automatically in the YouTube app automatically.

In developing its own YouTube app, Google will also have the ability to introduce advertisements in the app (something not present in the current app), and also update the app with new features more often. In Apple's hands, the YouTube app has seen very little improvements over the years.

The next-generation iPhone is expected to have , a change that could disrupt the accessories market that caters to the 30-pin connector currently found on the iPhone. The current 30-pin connector has been around since the first iPods, and Apple needs a smaller connector in order to make the new iPhone thinner and to incorporate a 4G radio.