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Researchers from the University of Calgary have come up with an innovative system to solve one-handed smartphone operations. When we only have one hand free to use our iPhone, it can be quite tricky when two handed operation is required. Therefore, the new input system titled 'Fat Thumb' was born. The system uses touch gestures...

Rumours continue to fly, regarding the next version of Apple's iPhone. Whether it is called the new iPhone, the iPhone 5, or just iPhone, it has already stirred up a lot of hype. The next iPhone is expected to be released sometime this fall. Apple Insider is reporting that the next iPhone could come with...

According to a survey by research firm Nielsen and media magazine Campaign Asia-Pacific, Samsung has ended the four-year reign by Sony to take the top spot in the list of Asia's Most Valued Brands, just ahead of Apple (via CNBC). Samsung was on 2nd place last year while Apple was 6th on the list. The survey, which spanned...

Way before the arrival of mass Internet when France's Minitel box was used to wire households to networked information, Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs apparently drew some of his inspiration from that table-top box, says a French telecoms engineer (via Reuters). The Minitel box was used by 25 million people in France at the time for services ranging from...

In a blog post yesterday, Kaspersky Lab expert Denis Maslennikov wrote his company was contacted by Russian mobile phone company MegaFon to report a suspicious app. The app in question is called “Find and Call”. “Find and Call” is currently available on both the App Store and Google Play. My search of the App Store confirmed...

Marco Arment creator of the popular app Instapaper discovered an interesting flaw on the App Store. In a blog post yesterday, Arment noticed a flurry of emails and twitter messages moments after the newest version of his app appeared on the App Store. The complaints were all for the same thing. His app would crash...

Police in Gloucestershire, UK, have managed to track down a missing man using the app “Find My Friends”.  On July 2nd, a woman reported her husband missing. She told police he had taken his iPhone with him. Gloucestershire police began searching for the man. The woman remembered her husband's login details for his phone and...

In a British high court today, Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC managed to defeat Apple in a series of legal challenges relating to patents, most notably the prized “Slide to Unlock”. Apple’s patent relating to the “Multi-touch” was also found to be partly invalid. HTC also successful challenged an Apple patent on the use of different...

Last Saturday, Apple filed a claim with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to acquire ‘iPad3.com’ domain and today, the request has already been granted as Apple now owns the 'iPad3.com' domain, TNW is reporting (via Fusible). The iPad3.com domain is now controlled by Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, a firm that has represented Apple in the past. The 'iPad3.com' domain was registered in January...

 Michael Hainsworth has been a daily fixture on television sets since the beginning of the new millennium, bringing the day’s top business stories to viewers as an anchor on BNN, and on CTV evening newscasts across the country. As co-host of App Central - alongside social-media guru Amber MacArthur, Hainsworth has been sharing the best...

If you've ever wondered how many days it takes between iOS betas to be released and the days final version have been out, you can now see it all in one place. Will Hains has painstakingly graphed all the beta and final release dates on his blog: The design is still a work-in-progress, and it...

RIM was Canada's proud tech darling but has continued to decline in popularity and sales due to its inability to produce enticing competitive products to keep up with Apple and Google. In a recent interview with the CBC's Metro Morning radio show, the relatively new CEO had this to say: "There's nothing wrong with the...