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Acclaimed RPG Final Fantasy V will soon be hitting the Japanese App Store, and will be available for download later this month, Pocket Gamer is reporting. As expected, Final Fantasy's smartphone port will boast improved visuals and touchscreen-optimised controls. As of now, there's no news on US or Canadian release date for Final Fantasy V. We're also...

Kevin Lynch, Apple's new VP of Technology who is going to work for company's well-respected executive Bob Mansfield, seems to have become the target of outrage from some of the most influential Apple bloggers on the internet, all because of his previous job at Adobe i.e the development of Flash (via Business Insider). Apple has always...

First reported by CNBC, Adobe's Chief Technology Officer, Kevin Lynch, has left the company to join Apple, TNW confirms. Adobe provided the following statement regarding Lynch: “Kevin Lynch, Adobe CTO, is leaving the company effective March 22 to take a position at Apple.  We will not be replacing the CTO position; responsibility for technology development...

The mobile payment system Square Canada launched back in October of 2012 and so far has proved to be quite popular, with activations and average transactions higher compared to its US counterpart. Square, as you may recall, is the company backed by Twitter founder, Jack Dorsey. Five months into the Canadian market, their first international...

The folks over at Android Authority have given Samsung's Galaxy S 4 the Geekbench treatment, revealing that the device sports the fastest smartphone processor yet. With its Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad core processing chip, Samsung Galaxy S4 tops the benchmarks with a score of 3163 on Geekbench. In comparison, the iPhone 5's dual core A6 processor...

Mobile advertising and marketing firm Velti has released its February summary of global exchange data from its network, suggesting that iOS and iPhone continue to dominate among mobile advertisers, despite the rise of Samsung's Galaxy lineup (via TechCrunch). The study shows that 8 of 10 devices on Velti's global ad exchange were iOS-based, including the iPhone 5, iPhone 4S...

Don Melton, a former manager at Apple that helped create the Safari web browser has again chimed in to share his knowledge of what really goes on at Apple. This time, he adds further credibility to the recent report by Ars Technica that concluded 'fake' projects for new hires to test loyalty do not happen. Melton reiterated...

The New York Times reports Funny or Die is set to release their own Steve Jobs movie titled "iSteve", starring Justin Long (the "I'm a Mac" guy) as the late Apple CEO: But it turns out there was also a joker in the deck nobody knew about: Funny or Die, the comedy Web site, said...

Based on the rumours circulating in the blogosphere and some input from the guys at the Netherlands iPhone blog, Martin Hajek has visualized what the low-cost iPhone would look like. (more…)

In the fight for market share, BlackBerry has gone onto the offensive: Ahead of the Australian launch, the company CEO Thorsten Hein said the Galaxy S4 and other recent smartphone releases -- BlackBerry included -- have left Apple's iPhone in their wake. (more…)

Apple has launched a new page on its website titled "Why iPhone" to tout the remarkable features of its flagship smartphone, most likely a move to solidify its position as a leader in the industry and defend against the recently released Samsung Galaxy S4. What makes an iPhone unlike anything else? Maybe it’s that it...

If you were waiting to see Ashton Kutcher's portrayal of Steve Jobs in the biopic 'Jobs', looks like the wait is going to be a bit longer. According their sources, The Hollywood Reporter says the film has been delayed, to further promote the film, instead of its scheduled opening on April 19th, to coincide with...