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Widespread rumours have anticipated Apple will announce its own maps to replace Google Maps on iOS, alongside a 3D feature, at WWDC 2012. Now, the Telegraph is reporting Apple hired their own aircraft fleet armed with military grade cameras to assist them in their new mapping project (which was started by the so called 'Geo...

Tomorrow is the kick for one of the most important Apple events of the year, the keynote to launch WWDC 2012, at Moscone West in San Francisco. Tickets for the event sold out in less than two hours. Of course, leading up to June 11th the web has been floating with numerous rumours about what...

Last December it was reported Masonville Place in London, Ontario, would be getting an Apple Store. In March, the store's existence was confirmed via job postings on Apple's own website, and by this time the store front of the rumoured location was already covered in Apple's classic pre-construction black paint. A couple days ago the...

On the eve of WWDC 2012, it appears official consumer and enterprise Apple download links have been 'leaked' for iOS 6 beta on the forums at WeiPhone.com, as noted by MacRumors. Clicking on the reported links result in a message that notes "Your session has expired" from Apple's Developer program page. The following devices show download...

Last month Apple debuted new Siri commercials featuring the Zooey Deschanel and Samuel L. Jackson. It was just the beginning of celebrity appearances involving Siri, with a later commercial starring John Malkovich. Although Siri looks spectacular on TV, Conan O'Brien and Team COCO show us the 'sick and evil' personality of Zooey's Siri. Here's how...

Today Prime Minister Harper announced the appointment of a new head of the CRTC, veteran public servant Jean-Pierre Blais. The five year term is effect June 18th, 2012 and will replace the current chair, Konrad von Finckenstein. “Mr. Blais is well qualified for the position of Chairperson of the CRTC. He brings a strong legal...

A couple of months back, Apple put together a team to review apps and automatically reject them if they were accessing device UDIDs, a common method used by app developers and advertisers to track usage of their apps. Now, Apple is looking to release new developer tools for tracking usage of apps without using the UDID, Wall Street Journal reports...

The iPhone Dev Team has released an update the Redsn0w, their most popular jailbreaking tool. In the last update, they added the new Rocky Racoon jailbreak that was introduced in Absinthe 2.0. This allows Redsn0w to jailbreak all iOS devices, untethered, on the latest firmware. In this update, Redsn0w now let's you decide how you...

Apple has agreed to pay $2.25 million in settlement in order to end a lawsuit filed in Australia for misleading buyers over the 4G-compatibility of the new iPad in the country, reports The Next Web (via The Australian). The settlement is yet to get final approval from the judge but it will most likely be granted, bringing a close to the...

iOS 6 has been confirmed for WWDC 2012, even though it was pretty obvious we would be hearing about it. New banners raised within Moscone West have affirmed iOS 6 will be a major headline on Monday's keynote. As posted to Instagram via Zac Altman (via MacRumors), the banner clearly shows the new logo for...

With WWDC 2012 around the corner, Apple is widely expected to release a preview of iOS 6. As for what features to expect? Your guess is as good as mine (Facebook integration?), but @joostvanderree has some pretty awesome ideas in his iOS interface concept, recently posted to YouTube (via MacStories). Within the video below, we...

L to R: Scott Forstall, Steve Jobs, Phil Schiller Bloomberg Businessweek has a profile on Apple's Senior VP of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller. It's based on more than a dozen interviews with former managers and paints the picture of a strict and disciplined 'trusted lieutenant' of Steve Jobs: Fairly or not, Schiller and other Apple...