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It appears Apple has secured a number of patents from Canadian inventor Timothy R. Pryor (from Tecumseh, Ontario), with one particular patent granted yesterday that relates to multi-touch, notes Engadget: Described rather broadly as a "method for providing human input to a computer," the patent (filed in July of 2009) is a continuation of one...

With the release of OS X Mountain Lion this morning, the embargoes on reviews have been lifted. Here is a round up of reviews you need to add to Pocket, Instapaper, Reading List (maybe save these to read on the weekend while you blindly update today) or just read them at work if you've got...

As announced yesterday at their 2012 Q3 earnings call, Apple has officially announced the release OS X Mountain Lion in the Mac App Store for $19.99 via a press release: “People are going to love the new features in Mountain Lion and how easy it is to download and install from the Mac App Store,”...

Just moments ago, Apple published its Q3 2012 earnings in a press release and with it, the company CEO Tim Cook has announced that OS X Mountain Lion will be officially launched tomorrow i.e on July 25, as previously rumored. OS X Mountain Lion will be available for $19.99 via the Mac App Store and will...

Apple has just published its Q3 2012 earnings in a press release, reporting a total revenue of $35.0 billion and net quarterly profit of $8.8 billion. Quarterly iPhone sales reached 26.0 million while 17.0 million iPads were sold, a figure which is up 84% year-over-year. Apple has also declared a growth in gross margin of 42.8 percent,...

Recent court filings in the ongoing U.S. patent and design dispute between Apple and Samsung have revealed that Apple is demanding $2.5 billion in damages from the Korean company over alleged infringement of its design patents, FOSS Patents is reporting. The source points out that the largest part of Apple's $2.5 billion claim is related to Apple's demand for...

For the first time in 15 years, Apple has agreed to present at this week's Black Hat conference in Las Vegas regarding key security technologies within iOS, Bloomberg reports. Trey Ford, Black Hat’s general manager, said it's significant that an Apple representative will be taking the stage at Black Hat because in recent years, Apple products have been "stripped of their...

Back in February, The Daily got its hands on a pre-release version of official Microsoft Office app for iPad, publishing a screenshot which confirmed the app’s existence for the first time. Now, a new set of job listings by Microsoft is hinting that an Office suite of apps for iOS is indeed in the works, as pointed out by 9to5Mac. A couple of months...

Mac Rumors is reporting that we may see all new redesigns of the iPod Touch and the iPod Nano this fall, when Apple usually refreshes their iPod line up. This information comes from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has been correct with past predictions of Apple releases. The new iPod Touch is rumoured to have...

Iconic film director Martin Scorsese stars in the latest iPhone 4S commercial using Siri in a cab in New York City. Throughout the duration of the commercial he is talking quite quickly with Siri and ends up using Find my Friends too. He joins the list of other celebrities such as Samuel L. Jackson, Zooey...

A new webapp named Homescreen.me allows users to share their iOS home screen with others and browse through profiles for layout ideas (via Lifehacker). Many people believe that the way you lay out and organize your apps on the home screen tells exactly how you use your iPhone or iPad. With Homescreen.me, you can not only share...

A new survey by ChangeWave has revealed that a record number of people indicated they are "likely" to buy Apple's next generation iPhone which is expected to launch later this year, Apple Insider reports. The survey, which was conducted in June and released on Monday, indicated that 14 percent of consumers indicated they are "very likely" to buy a so-called...