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Is Apple Testing iOS-like Notification Banners In iCloud.com?

If you logged into iCloud.com earlier this morning using Safari, you may have noticed a little banner near the top of your browser. That banner may be a future feature coming to iCloud.com users. From the brief glimpse, it looks like the banner represents notifications, similar to how notifications work in iOS. At this time...

Revealed: The Backstory of Steve Jobs as FDR in Apple’s 1984 Promo Film

You might recall last week a video surfaced on the web of an Apple promotional film that depicted Steve Jobs as U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, from 1944. Now, Michael Markman reveals the backstory of how his early Apple project has made its way to YouTube on his blog. Markman was the creative director for...

Apple & Samsung Mutually Drop Infringement Claims Despite Disagreement On Key Issues

While the CEOs of Apple and Samsung are scheduled to meet in San Francisco on May 21st for a court-moderated discussion, in order to settle the long-standing patent dispute between the two companies, Apple has made a new filing in California narrowing down the infringement claims against Samsung while the Korean giant has responded by dropping five of its 12 asserted patents against Apple, reports...

Rovio Entertainment Publishes Its Financial Results For 2011

Rovio Entertainment, creators of Angry Birds which is not only the most successful mobile game franchise but also the fastest growing mobile game in the world with its latest iteration, the Angry Birds Space, hitting a record 50 million downloads mark in merely 35 days of its launch, has today announced its financial results for the year of...

iOS 5.1.1 Download Now Available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

Apple has released iOS 5.1.1 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch that has bug fixes and improvements, two months exactly after iOS 5.1 was released. Here's what's new: Improves reliability of using HDR option for photos taken using the Lock Screen shortcut Addresses bugs that could prevent the new iPad from switching between 2G...

RIM Reveals Their ‘Wake Up’ Anti-Apple Campaign to the World

When there was a mysterious 'Wake Up' protest outside the Sydney Apple Store in Australia, all fingers pointed at Samsung--but we were all wrong. Turns out it was Research In Motion as they admitted the flash mob protest was theirs. Now, their 'Wake Up' campaign has been revealed. Just visit wakeupbebold.com to see the final...

Simply Declare Helps Keep Track of Cross-Border Purchases

One of the biggest topics for discussion for Canadians these days, has been, “Why is everything so much more expensive in Canada than it is in the U.S.?” No doubt, a big motivating factor behind this has been the insatiable thirst Canadians have for cross-border shopping. Trying to approximate which customs line is the fastest,...

Warren Buffett Prefers Investing In IBM Over Apple Or Google

Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, who is also considered as one of the most successful investors in the world, said that he would not buy shares of Apple or Google but would rather invest in International Business Machines Corp (IBM) which he believes will be a better investment for his company, reports Reuters. Buffett's revelation in November that...