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  It appears that a cloud-based streaming music service is coming soon from Apple, given that two major sources of evidence have been revealed in the past 12 hours.   According to CNET, their sources indicate Apple has signed a licensing agreement with EMI Music, and has deals closing with Universal Music Group and Sony...

Engadget reports that OmniVision Technologies, Apple's current supplier of CMOS (camera) sensors for iOS devices, has announced a 5-megapixel camera sensor that is able to record 1080p video. For the iPhone, this new camera sensor would deliver video capabilities to 1080p from the current 720p. However, this is contrary to recent rumors/expectations which report the...

The latest rumours as pointed out by 9to5Mac and AppleInsider point towards imminent upgrades to existing Apple Retail Stores. Dubbed "Apple Store 2.0", stores will have new interactive areas to provide a better experience for customers. There will be new signage, with iPads possibly replacing existing paper signs. Also, Apple is reportedly releasing a new...

This week, McDonald's Canada has announced that 1,000 restaurant locations now feature free Wi-Fi, courtesy of Bell Mobility. By the end of May, McDonald's forecasts to have a total of 1,400 locations providing free wireless Internet access! By month's end, more than 90 per cent of the company's 1,400 plus locations nationally will be enabled...

Sky Force, from iOS developers Infinite Dreams, is a classic arcade shooter featuring 3D interactive objects, fantastic graphics, special effects, and a great soundtrack. The game is all about shooting enemies while saving Earth! The game is based on hybrid 2D/3D graphics, where 2D backgrounds are mixed with fully textured 3D objects. The game includes eight...

  More next generation iPhone rumours coming your way. This time around, Digitimes reports an Apple LTE-enabled 'iPhone 4S' is unlikely to launch in 2011, according to their sources: Apple is likely to delay the launch of its LTE-enabled iPhones to 2012, said the sources, noting that the industry had also long been skeptical about...

Now this is something that should get the attention of cable companies. Ontario-based Sandvine Corp. has released their report on internet usage for the month of March in North America. Netflix led the pack accounting for 29.7% (growth of 44% since the last report) of all internet bandwidth, surpassing even BitTorrent. “Netflix has surpassed file sharing and...

According to Reuters, Apple has proposed a new smaller standard for SIM card design, to enable thinner and smaller designed products. The information comes from head of Orange, a wireless carrier in Europe: "We were quite happy to see last week that Apple has submitted a new requirement to (European telecoms standards body) ETSI for...

According to the Guardian: Apple's legal department is understood to be "actively investigating" claims by Lodsys, a patent holding company based in Texas, to have a claim against iPhone and iPad developers who use in-app purchase systems. Yesterday Lodsys clarified on their blog their intentions--they want a cut from developers that are infringing on their...

Update: Here's a video Stephanie took as well, plus one more shot (she was flying from NYC to Palm Beach, Florida; she had to turn off her twitter Push Notifications from all the retweets to save battery!): iframe title="Twitvid video player" class="twitvid-player" type="text/html" width="480" height="360" src="http://www.twitvid.com/embed.php?guid=W5SRJ&autoplay=0" frameborder="0"> Space shuttle Endeavor has made its final journey...

iPhone 5 launch date rumours have started to pour in. This time around it's an apparent 'leak' by a retailer in the UK, iPhones4U (coincidentally, there's no relation to iOSDevices4U!) in a blurb to tech blog T3. The rumour is iPhone 5 will launch on November 21 in the UK and worldwide. This date is...

Update 1: More from Digital Daily, as they got some direct quotes. NFC can only take off if there's support for it from merchants. No support, that means it's dead in the water: "NFC-based mobile payments require NFC-capable POS terminals,” Sacconaghi wrote. “Only 51,000 retail locations support contactless payments (per Verifone’s 10K); given that First...