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Apple was granted five new patents that reveal the technology behind the iPhone 5's great Panorama app. Published by the US Patent Office today, Apple's five patents reveal more information about how panoramas are made besides defining what a panorama is. (more…)

Motorola is eager to add the iPhone 5 and iPad mini to its litigation against Apple in the Southern District of Florida, following Samsung's recent move. According to Florian Müller of Foss Patents, none of the patents subject to litigation are standard-essential. (more…)

Last week Samsung asked U.S. court Judge Paul Grewal for access to the Apple-HTC settlement deal, specifically the patents included in the deal and the financial terms HTC is paying Apple in their 10 year deal. Earlier today we heard how Apple and HTC had agreed to show a redacted copy of the settlement to...

Apple has submitted revised plans for its upcoming Apple Campus 2 project in Cupertino. Earlier today we heard the project was to be delayed until mid-2016. Below are the new plans posted to the City of Cupertino's website. Apple's third revision of these plans were previously submitted back in March. Apple's Updated Proposal Documents Project Description Introduction...

Apple announced at the end of October iTunes 11 would be delayed until November to "get it right". As we're closing in on the end of November, it appears Apple is set to launch iTunes 11 in the "next days" according to MacRumors. A user in their forums posted an image of what appears to...

Rovio Entertainment co-founder Niklas He'd and executive Peter Vesterbacka have revealed to TechCrunch at the Slush conference today that Chinese players of Angry Birds have overtaken the US in terms of daily usage. They also shared how the company nearly went bust and they had to lay off 20 friends back in the early days. While the Angry Birds has already passed a billion...

iMessage, one of the most used native Apple tools for communication, is now a registered trademark of the Cupertino company, Patently Apple reports. (more…)

Apple has uploaded a couple new TV ads tonight to their YouTube channel, one called "Orchestra" and another titled "Turkey". Check them out below and tell me what you think: Even when the world gets noisy, iPhone 5 with noise canceling lets you have a better phone call. Here's the ad titled "Turkey": iPhone 5...

Apple board of director Bob Iger has purchased $1 million dollars worth of stock yesterday, as noted in an SEC Form 4 filing. Iger acquired 1600 shares at prices ranging from $562 to $565, for a total worth $1,002,769.80. There are 75 shares held indirectly by his wife. Iger is Disney's CEO and President, and...

With a show of hands: how many of you are the de facto dedicated technical support person for every electronic device that your parents own? If this describes you, the news that Canadian baby boomers are embracing the Internet, new media and mobile devices may come with mixed emotions. Truth be told, it's about time....

According to Bloomberg, another US government agency is ditching RIM's BlackBerry in favour of the iPhone 5 instead (last month, U.S. Customs said they were abandoning BlackBerrys for 18,000 iPhones instead): The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates plane accidents, disclosed its plan to switch to Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone 5 in a document posted...

Time for some more frivolous spending this week as Black Friday is near. Aside from Apple's own Black Friday sale, Walmart and Staples will have some discounts on the iPad and the iPod touch. Here's what you can look forward to… Walmart (via RFD) iPad 2 16GB Wifi - $374 ($25 off) iPod touch 16GB...