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Most of us (including myself) believe that the new iPod touch, that packs incredible power for such a sleek device, would perform on par or slightly slower than the iPhone 5 considering it has a similar sized display and an A5 processing chip like the one seen in iPhone 4S. However, Geekbench benchmark scores reveal that the...

Did you visit Canada' Wonderland this summer? Canada's premiere amusement park has quietly added Passbook integration for customers purchasing tickets online. After making a purchase, the confirmation email notes "iOS 6 users can add their tickets to Passbook on iPhone and iPod touch", as seen below: After tapping 'Add to Passbook', users are taken to a...

A report from the Korea Times (via CNET) notes Apple has continued to rely less on Samsung as their business relationship continues to deteriorate. Previously, Samsung had a role in not only the production of Apple's iOS processors but design as well. It appears the latter service is no longer needed by Apple, as the...

What do you get when you combine a little Johnny 5, Wall-E, iRobot and some good Canadian imagination? A really fun side scrolling app with a killer storyline. Endeavor Bros along with Monkube and comic book publisher Ape Entertainment bring you Retrobot. This is a side-scrolling shoot'em up style iOS game for your iOS devices....

SNL host Christina Applegate talked about the "glitches and design flaws" with latest iPhone 5 in the skit 'Tech Talk' that aired on Saturday night. Three tech writers complain about the pitfalls of the latest iPhone, but only to be shocked and surprised when the show brings out three factory workers to address their concerns...

With ongoing whispers of a native Google Maps iOS app to be released soon, it appears some purported leaked images have appeared online via web developer Ben Guild (you may remember his web profiles for obtaining an original Google Maps icon in iOS 6), who has posted what he claims are from the Alpha version. According to...

Teehan+Lax has just released iOS 6 GUI PSD for the iPhone 5, which can now be downloaded from their website. The designers have released the PSD as a free license file (13.79 MB), so that users can "conceive, design, pitch and build really great software that we’ll come to use on a daily basis" (via iClarified). They say that...

The latest report from ad firm Chitika shares insight into the web traffic volume of Apple's iPhone 5 compared to the Samsung Galaxy S III. Based on their study of web usage rates, the iPhone 5 has surpassed the Galaxy S III in just 18 days based on mobile ad impressions between the 7-day period...

Apple lovers everywhere are breathing a collective sigh of relief after the expected iPad Mini launch event invitations were nowhere to be seen yesterday. According to John Paczkowski over at AllThingsD, Apple will unveil the 'iPad Mini' at an invitation-only event on October 23, 2012. (more…)

Apple has agreed to license the Swiss Federal Railways clock that many noted was copied in iOS 6 on the iPad via the clock app. The Verge points us to the railway website which notes the agreement in place, but no terms were disclosed. Here's the loose Google Translation: The Swiss Federal Railways SBB and...

Earlier this week, Sega announced that its widely popular console game Crazy Taxi would launch on the iPhone and iPad sometime during the month of October. Looks like that day has come and the universal iPhone / iPad game is now available for download in the App Store. For those not familiar with Crazy Taxi, you race...

Samsung's Austin, Texas plant  The Wall Street Journal reports a lead Samsung chip designer has left the company to join Apple instead: Samsung recently raised eyebrows by beefing up its team of Texas-based chip designers, including those whose backgrounds pointed to an interest in chips for server systems. Now one of the most prominent of those recruits...