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As expected, Rovio released the Angry Birds Star Wars 'Episode V: Hoth' update today, introducing 20 new levels and also debuting Princess Leia. The Hoth update is available now for free on iOS App Store, while the Mac version is coming soon. The free Star Wars update brings 20 new levels on the ice world of Hoth, as well...

The WSJ has a lengthy article profiling 48 year old Apple executive Eddy Cue, a 23 year veteran of Apple and current senior vice president of Internet Software and Services: Mr. Cue has lately managed crises related to Apple's mobile maps and iCloud and iMessage outages. He has taken on iBooks and the iAd advertising service and...

There are about three quarters of a billion active iOS and Android devices across the globe, set to generate approximately $10 billion in revenue by the end of 2012. These numbers are amazing, but which countries are driving this tremendous growth of the mobile market? Flurry has the answers. (more…)

RIM has yet another battle on its hands, this time coming from Nokia. Back in 2003, RIM licensed wireless patents from Nokia, assuming the WLAN standard was included. In Nokia's eyes, this was not the case and the Finnish company has now asked a court in California to enforce its arbitration award and ban BlackBerry...

Google Maps have just been updated to include the Street View imagery from across Canada, including the Arctic. According to Google, it is working to build the world’s most accurate, comprehensive and user-friendly map. You can check out the new Street View homepage here. Google team explains how they have driven thousands of kilometers of public streets, roads...

Earlier, we told you how Microsoft Windows Phone has launched a series of attack ads targeting the iPhone 5, one of the most popular smartphones available. Now, it appears Microsoft's search engine Bing the iPhone 5 is more popular than we probably think it is. According to a blog post by the Bing Team yesterday (via...

Windows Phone has launched a series of ongoing ads targeting the iPhone 5 (and Android), with spokesperson 'Ben' attempting to convince users why their existing iPhone is just not good enough. At the end of all the commercials, participants get a free Windows Phone. Below are a series of videos touting the Windows Phone 8X,...

Bloomberg reports Apple has reportedly fired the manager in charge of its map app, after its debut resulted in a major snafu, which also resulted in the disposal of iOS chief Scott Forstall: Apple Inc. has fired the manager responsible for its troubled mapping software, seeking to win back the trust of users disappointed after...

Folks over at SquareTrade have pitted a bunch of Google smartphones and tablets against the iPhone, iPad and iPad Mini in their latest drop test video, to see which company makes more durable products. Each device was dropped on the corner from 4 feet using SquareTrade’s Drop Bot (via FSM). The following Google and Apple devices...

Nintendo has hit hard times as the proliferation of cheap and instant-on smartphone titles such as Angry Birds have taken away their piece of the gaming pie. The company will not release titles to iOS (we're still hoping for Mario one day), but a while back they launched their first paid iOS app, Pokedex, released by a developer studio...

Driven by the success of the iPhone 5, iOS has once again dethroned Android, as it now holds the biggest market share in the US, according to a recently released Kantar Worldpanel Comtech report. (more…)

Could Apple's iPhone 5 margins be lowering due to the higher cost of goods for the latest iPhone? That could be the case according to Pacific Crest analyst, Andy Hargreaves (via AllThingsD): “Apple’s gross profit per unit has likely peaked,” Hargreaves theorized in a research note to clients. “Declining gross profit dollars per iPhone and volume...