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Angry Birds game developers Rovio Entertainment unveiled their upcoming game Angry Birds Star Wars a couple of weeks back with a claim that it will be the company’s best game ever. They have also set up a dedicated website for the upcoming game at angrybirds.com/starwars and have announced that it will be released on November 8th. Today, a new teaser video titled "Episode IV: Too Short" has...

Last August, Forbes profiled famous iOS hacker @comex, also known as 19 year old Brown University student Nicholas Allegra from Chappaqua, New York. Later in the month he announced he was hired by Apple to work as an intern and also posted an AMA on Reddit regarding his experience jailbreaking iOS. Now, it appears that...

If you didn't opt for a case right from the start, you may already have scratches and scrapes on the iPhone 5's rear shell. But if you have the guts, you can replace it with a brand new aluminum back marketed for just $99. (more…)

Chipworks has performed a detailed teardown of Apple's Lightning to 30-pin adapter and has catalogued the chips used within. It wasn't a surprise when they also found the same T.I. security chip first discovered in the Lightning USB cable, as pictured below: As seen with a previous adapter teardown, Chipworks emphasized it wasn't easy getting...

Periodically iTunes Cards are on sale at various retailers and if you missed out on the last sale, Staples is currently offering $50 iTunes Cards for $10 off, savings of 20%. These cards can be used to fund your iTunes account for purchases in the App Store, Mac App Store, iTunes, iBookstore and more. By...

Tweetbot has released their Mac version in the App Store and it's available for $20. The price isn't the surprising part of this release--it's the fact limited numbers will be available for purchase due to Twitter's restriction on token limits; the higher price is because Tapbots wants to be able to support the app once...

The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) has released a report titled "Employment, Investment, and Revenue in the Canadian App Economy," which was compiled by surveying participants from across the country. Their report sheds insight into how Canada's app economy is doing, and so far their numbers reveal 51,700 total related jobs: It is estimated...

The Apple Store Carrefour Laval in Quebec is currently undergoing some major renovations. The existing location is boarded up with black-painted walls and on the front a message to customers notes a new store is coming. This is further confirmed via their retail website which shows the following message: We're setting the stage for a...

According to a report via The Next Web, Apple has reportedly acquired the photo and video sharing app Color. The latter first launched last March and was underwhelming after much media hype and garnering $41 million in funding: Color Labs, the photo-and-video-sharing social network that received much criticism over its pre-launch $41 million funding round,...

How does one measure mobile dominance? One might say - by assessing which phones are being used the most! One measurement of this is overall web traffic share. In other words, which models of smartphones are used to surf the Internet the most? According to online advertising network Chitika, Apple is the clear winner in this...

TechCrunch reports Apple is set to hold a conference in China with their 'Made for iPhone/iPad/iPod' program partners to discuss AirPlay and Bluetooth standards as well as restrict sales of Lightning connectors to partners only: We’re now hearing from a source close to Apple’s accessory manufacturing partner that the company plans to hold a conference...

Microsoft unveiled the Canadian pricing for its upcoming Windows RT Surface tablet and started taking pre-orders online yesterday. Today, a couple of interesting photos shared by Microsoft Windows boss Steven Sinofsky on Twitter, demonstrate how the new tablet makes for a pretty good skateboard too, points out the Business Insider. Perhaps the Windows chief wanted to...