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AppAdvice has published a neat trick for iOS 6 device owners called PassHack, that allows users to utilize Passbook for hiding stock iOS apps without any jailbreak. All users need to do is add PassHack to their Passbook and begin hiding any unwanted iOS apps right away. Follow these steps using mobile Safari on your iOS 6...

Folks over at iFixit have taken apart Microsoft's newly launched Surface tablet and have given it a better repairability score than the iPad. The iPad received merely 2 out of a possible 10 while the Surface ended up with a repairability score of 4. The famous gadget repair site found it rather difficult to remove the rear panel...

Google has announced its latest smartphone and tablet offerings to compete with the iPhone 5, iPad and iPad mini. The Nexus 4 was developed with LG, sports a quad-core processor, 4.7" display (320 ppi; just under the iPhone 5's 326 ppi), wireless charging and Jelly Bean, version 4.2 of Android OS. The Nexus 7 tablet...

Even though 100 million iPads sold has its weight in a discussion about what consumers really want, Microsoft and Amazon have different opinions. (more…)

Back in April of this year French designer Philippe Starck confirmed he was working on Steve Jobs' yacht, an ongoing project that would be continued with the latter's wife Laurene Powell Jobs. Starck at the time said in an interview with a French radio station the yacht would "be quite revolutionary, if not very revolutionary."...

Startling numbers of mobile device thefts, a.k.a “Apple-picking” from Vancouver indicate that almost 50% increase has been observed in stolen mobile devices over the past two years. As a result, Metro Vancouver police are urging the public to be extremely cautious with their Smartphones and other personal electronics, reports CTV News. Sgt. Randy Fincham from Vancouver police said that thefts include everything from...

Justin Luey and I recap Apple’s iPad Mini event on Episode 53 of The iPhone Podcast. Subscribe to the podcast via: iTunes | Instacast | RSS You can follow all the news we discuss at our blog. Play on iPhone / iPod / iPad ( To Save - Right Click > Save As )

It seems that there are a few people out there being mean to Microsoft. So mean, in fact, that they weren't able to stay competitive in the smartphone market despite having tonnes of money, lots of developers and a considerable existing code-base to draw from. According to Microsoft Development Director Craig Mundie, "meddling cyber criminals"...

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was established to control access to copyrighted works by preventing individuals from circumventing digital rights management schemes; though the Librarian of Congress has the power to grand exemptions. After some concern expressed earlier this year, this power was exercised this week with the addition of a new batch of...

Yes, the Apple Store is down just two a half hours before the 12:01AM PDT pre-order time for the iPad mini, which we confirmed earlier. If you're looking to pre-order the iPad mini or 4th gen iPad tonight, you can also do so from the Apple Store app. Don't forget you can also earn Air Miles...

Air Canada has quietly added Passbook support for boarding passes. Passbook is Apple's new ticket repository that debuted with iOS 6. Essentially it stores all your coupons, gift cards, passes, movie tickets and anything else that has a barcode. According to iPhoneinCanada reader @aaron604, existing customers that purchase airline tickets are sent unique URLs via...

Looks like Apple's iMessage is down for the count, as noted by numerous users. Messages look like they are about to finish sending, but they don't completely go through. Our own experience trying to send iMessages on our Mac gives us a message that particular users "aren't registered with iMessage" (which isn't true): The last...