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According to a report from the Yonhap News (via Business Insider), Apple has purchased 1,024 patents from Rockstar Consortium (formerly Rockstar Bidco), the patent company created by Apple (which owns a 58% stake), Microsoft, Research In Motion, Sony, and Ericsson that acquired 4000 of Nortel's remaining patents for $4.5 billion dollars last July. Rockstar Consortium describes...

Aaron Sorkin gave an interview from Hero Summit, an invitation-only 'theatrical-journalism event', during which he discussed his work on the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic. According to Sorkin, the movie will feature "three 30-minute scenes that take place in real-time" with each highlighting the happenings backstage at an actual Apple product announcement (co-starring the original Mac,...

According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is putting its finishing touches on its Google Maps iOS app, soon to be submitted to Apple for approval. The app has been distributed to a few beta testers outside of Google, the report notes: Google has distributed a test version of its new mapping app that will work...

Following its launch last week, Angry Birds Star Wars rose to the top spot for paid apps in the U.S. and Canadian App Stores, merely 2.5 hours after its release. According to Rovio, the game has received rave reviews from critics in the past one week and is now the #1 game in US on iOS and Android platforms. In...

Flipboard has announced today the introduction of a new category called "Books"--powered by the iBookstore. Within the new category there are 25 new sections showcasing the most popular books from Apple's iBookstore. Flipboard says "it's like browsing in a bookstore" from right within the app and the new section is available in local content guides...

Steve Ballmer had the chance to talk about everything Microsoft yesterday evening during an interview with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. While he praised their work, he took the opportunity to open fire on his competitors, iOS and Android. (more…)

Remember all those mysterious cases of data overages caused by a bug with iOS 6? Turns out some concrete evidence has determined one victim causing the data leak is Apple's Podcast iOS app (which many users suspected), which is affected by a bug in iOS 6's AV Foundation framework, as detailed in tests by PRX...

We've seen creative music videos that involved iPhones before but here's the latest one by The Elwins, a indie pop rock band from Keswick, Ontario. It's for their single "Forgetful Assistance" and it features the creative use of four iPhones and numerous props. Their video director Michael Schmidt sent us their latest video that took...

There's been recent chatter lately with the possible revival of RIM thanks to their official announcement of BlackBerry 10 devices to debut at a launch event in January. RIM CEO Thorsten Heins is confident BlackBerry will make a comeback, with features such as free Wi-Fi voice calls via the newest version of BBM. We haven't...

With countless 3rd-party applications already offering free voice calls over Wi-Fi across multiple platforms including iOS, Android, Windows Phone and even BlackBerry, RIM has finally decided to push out the feature to BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), with an open beta for the new service starting today, reports The Verge. There is already a wide variety of VOIP apps...

A couple of days back, a Korean source reported that Samsung has increased the price of manufacturing Apple’s iPhone and iPad processors by 20%. However, a new report published today by Seoul-based newspaper The Hankyoreh claims that this is not true, according to an unnamed Samsung official (via TechCrunch). The report says that Samsung official has denied reports of any manufacturing...

A new game by the name of Danny Trejo's Vengeance: Woz with a Coz is an upcoming iOS title that will bring Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and 'Machete' film actor Danny Trejo side by side as playable video game characters (via CNET). The game is due to be released around November 22nd on Thanksgiving. The 8-bit platformed, which is basically a promo for Trejo's film "Vengeance"...