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If you're not on OS X Lion yet, then you are missing out on all the features of iCloud. To encourage and assist Mac users on older versions of OS X, Apple is now providing free DVD copies of Snow Leopard to users that sign into their MobileMe account here, as reported by Macgasm. Apple...

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple for colluding with book publishers in order to raise prices for digital books. Apple responded to the allegations soon after, stating that none of the e-book price fixing allegations are true. Today, a class-action lawsuit was filed in Canada at B.C. Supreme Court by the Vancouver firm Camp...

Like the Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, the current Apple CEO Tim Cook has also joined the TIME 100, a list published each year by Time Magazine consisting of world's 100 most influential people. The list consists of people who inspire us, entertain us, challenge us and change our world, as described by Time...

Way back in August of 2010, we heard that Apple had purchased worldwide exclusive rights to use materials developed by a company called LiquidMetal. Now, PattentlyApple is reporting that the next version of the iPhone will move away from the glass design, and use LiquidMetal's materials. The article says the next iPhone will adopt these...

Brent Schlender, currently working for Fast Company has revealed his extended interviews he had with Steve Jobs since 1985: I had covered Jobs for Fortune and The Wall Street Journal since 1985, but I didn't come to fully appreciate the importance of these "lost" years until after his death last fall. Rummaging through the storage...

A new publication by FOSS Patents (via MacRumors) has revealed that Apple CEO Tim Cook is going to meet Samsung CEO Gee-Sung Choi in the next 3 months at a San Francisco courthouse for a court-moderated discussion. The purpose of the meeting is to settle the long-standing patent dispute between the two companies. The report also points out that the settlement...

A couple of students from University of New Brunswick have developed a new iPhone app which alerts the municipal officials of potholes in Fredericton and other cities of Canada, reports CBC. The developers of the app namely Coady and Drew Cameron who are fourth year engineering students and have created the app with their friend Mark Feero, believe that their Totalpave app should...

In a recent report by Mercury News (via 9to5Mac), it appears that Google may be fined by U.S. Federal Trade Commission over bypassing iOS Safari’s privacy settings and continuing to track users without their consent. Even though Google has already disabled the code responsible for such tracking, FTC is still looking deep into the matter and is planning to...

As noted by TNW, Apple has pushed out a couple of new TV ads highlighting Siri for iPhone 4S on its three major U.S carrier partners Verizon, Sprint and AT&T. Most interesting thing about the new ads is that they feature Hollywood stars Samuel L. Jackson and Zooey Deschanel. The ads were aired during ESPN's SportsCenter this afternoon with several spots...

Greenpeace has released a report (as noted by AppleInsider) that targets the environmental impact of the growing number of massive data centres that store our data online in the 'cloud'. Apple is one of the companies criticized, and is included in one of the key findings of the study to use dirty energy: Three of the...

It's Tuesday, and once again we have a new 'Pick of the Week' from Starbucks. This time around it's a free movie rental, Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie. Previous weeks have alternated between apps and music, and this is the first time we've seen a free movie rental. Force of Nature was released...

The Pebble e-paper watch has made Kickstarter history as the most funded project ever, surpassing $3.3 million dollars in pledges with still 31 days to go. We told you about the project prior to it hitting $1 million in under 30 hours. The project clearly shows that innovation is rewarded on Kickstarter. Here's an email...