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McAfee (http://www.mcafee.com) has unveiled its “2011 Threat Predictions” report, outlining the top threats that researchers at McAfee Labs foresee for the coming year. The list comprises 2010’s most buzzed about platforms and services, including the iPhone, Mac OS X, Google’s Android, foursquare, and Google TV.

Per the report, all are expected to become major targets for cybercriminals. McAfee Labs also predicts that politically motivated attacks will be on the rise, as more groups are expected to repeat the WikiLeaks paradigm.

Tech, media, and telecom companies in emerging markets and those considered “digital innovators” are among the world’s tops in providing value to their investors — and that includes, of course, Apple, according to a new study by the Boston Consulting Group (http://www.bcg.com/).

Apple, easily the most influential company in consumer technology today, spent relatively little on lobbying efforts in Washington — only US$340,000 — this year, reports “All Things D” (http://macte.ch/6UA2K).

A list of lobbying funds from other companies include Verizon ($3.83 million); AT&T ($3.47 million); HP ($1.63 million); Microsoft ($1.63 million); Oracle ($1.6 million); Google ($1.2 million); IBM ($1 million): Yahoo ($540,000); Facebook ($120,000).