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Apple pushed iOS 6 beta 2 to the developer community as an over the air (OTA) update a couple of days ago and today, folks at AppAdvice have pointed out one of 200+ brand new features introduced by Apple in the latest version of iOS which most of us might have overlooked. With iOS 6, users in Mail can...

Just days before last month's court-mediated meeting between Apple and Samsung CEOs, the Cupertino giant filed a new injunction against Samsung, requesting an immediate ban on sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the United States. Well, it looks like Apple has just got its biggest victory yet against its Korean competitor, as U.S Judge Lucy Koh has issued a...

Today at the kickoff of Google I/O 2012, the company announced a new streaming media player device called the Nexus Q. The sphere-looking device costs $299 (it isn't available in Canada yet), has 16GB of storage, a dual core processor, runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and essentially will allow streaming of music, movies and...

According to MacMagazine (via MacRumors), the apps within Apple TV on iOS 6 beta can be rearranged like apps on iOS devices such as the iPhone. By holding down the centre select button on the Apple TV remote, on screen icons start to do the familiar 'jiggle' we have all been accustomed to. Here's a...

Are you a Facebook addict (or stalker)? If you find the iPhone app painfully slow, an update is coming soon that will transform the app into a much speedier one, according to Nick Bilton from the New York Times. He spoke with two anonymous Facebook engineers about a significant update coming this summer: I had the...

Friday is the five year anniversary of the original iPhone's first day it went on sale, and in that half-decade the sales numbers appear to be staggering, according to the latest report from Boston-based research firm, Strategy Analytics. "The iPhone portfolio has become a huge generator of cash and profit for Apple," said Neil Mawston, the...

Apple has just issued a press release to note it has launched the iTunes Store in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam: Apple® today announced the launch of the iTunes Store® in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and nine additional countries in Asia featuring an incredible selection of...

Apple's North Carolina Data Centre The Reno Memo reports Apple has plans to invest $1 billion dollars over ten years to build a new data centre and business and purchasing centre. An upcoming Washoe County staff report notes the following: ”The prospective tenant, Apple, Inc…has stated the desire to construct and operate a new data...

A new smartphone app developed by Cheryl Brown Ovarian Outcomes Unit under supervision of Dr. Sarah Finlayson, a surgeon and researcher with the Ovarian Cancer Research Program at the B.C. Cancer Agency, allows ovarian cancer surgeons in B.C to track vital patient information in a database, CBC News reports. The app reportedly eliminates a long chart-review process where doctors had...

According to a recent published report, the paper products industry is now being affected by consumers choices to forgo traditional print media for digital media. The findings come from the Spring 2012 outlook via the The Conference Board of Canada. Three notable highlights from the report are below: E-readers—E-readers and tablet computers are now reaching...

Great new for Instagramers! A new L.A. based website named Instaprints lets Instagram users sell their photographs as canvas or acrylic prints, greetings cards and posters as noted by an L.A. Times report. Instaprints founder Sean Broihier also founded the online art marketplace Fine Art America, an online marketplace for buying and selling fine art originals and prints, which currently has...

As a memorial to the Apple's great co-founder Steve Jobs, AllThingsD recently uploaded his video and audio podcasts in which the legendary innovator candidly answers unrehearsed questions and explains his views on technology and business at his six appearances at D: All Things Digital conference from 2003 to 2010. These podcasts, all of which are available on iTunes for free...