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Nuance is the company behind the powerful software Dragon Naturally Speaking for desktop computers. They also have iOS versions featuring their technology in Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search. The latest rumour according to TechCrunch is Apple will be working closely with Nuance to integrate some sort of voice recognition as part of iOS 5, which...

Leave it to Canadians to develop some uber technology right? Queens University announced today the PaperPhone, a super thin smartphone that they describe as 'a bendable iPhone'. Here's the description: PaperPhone is the world's first nextgen, thin film smartphone and interactive paper computer. It is based on a 3.7" flexible electrophoretic (E Ink) display that...

Five years ago Apple's market cap was worth $60.5 billion. Other tech titans Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Google, Cisco, HP and Nokia were worth more. Royal Pingdom breaks down the growth of Apple, and also the decline of others in the following graph: The biggest losers are Nokia and Dell. It's tragic to see the decline...

These are the events that iOS users experience when a new iOS update is available: 1.) Read online that a new iOS update is available 2.) Go crazy happy because there is an update available 3.) Plug iOS device into iTunes via a computer, and update The focus here is step 3, updating through iTunes....

Nick Bilton, a NYTimes blog writer, has set up a comparison of the original (leaked) white iPhone 4, that did not make it to production, with the official newly released white iPhone 4. Bilton has outlined three slight differences between the two iPhone 4 devices: 1.) Yellowing discoloration on the original white iPhone 4 (Ed....

Most of us have learned to love the THX sound, known as 'deep note' during the intro to THX-certified movies and trailers. The man behind the Lucasfilm THX audio system is Tomlinson Holman, who has apparently been hired by Apple. He was the first to develop a 10.2 sound system and won an Academy Award...

Today, Apple has released iOS 4.3.3 for iOS devices. iOS 4.3.3 brings minor fixes to the recent location tracking issues: The update contains changes to the iOS crowd-sourced location database cache including: Reduces the size of the cache No longer backs the cache up to iTunes Deletes the cache entirely when Location Services is turned...

Thus far, there are two generally accepted release time frames for the fifth generation iPhone. First, some people expect Apple to unveil the iPhone 5 at Apple's traditional September iPod-focused event. Second, some people expect Apple to make an announcement at WWDC 2011 this June, followed by a July release. The former of the two...

From the makers of Tasty Planet comes the developer's newest creation, Laser Dolphin! The game is a mix of hyper gameplay with bizarre enemies and the hero dolphin with a laser beam strapped to his head (insert Austin Powers joke here)! The Prime Minister has been abducted by aliens and there is only one mammal...

Last night, news broke that Osama Bin Laden had finally been killed by the USA, where he was hiding out in Pakistan. I tweeted "Looks like iOS Location Tracking has paid off", a tongue-in-cheek comment in relation to Apple's PR blip over location tracking. Well, it appears cartoonist Starline read my mind because she has...

RIM has announced the acquisition of ubitexx (makers of ubi-Suite, a device management system) and by doing so will bring Blackberry Enterprise Server to iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad. The multi-platform BlackBerry Enterprise Solution will be comprised of optional architectural components based on the configuration of an organization’s mobile deployment and their operational...

With the launch of the white iPhone 4, reports of the device being slightly thicker than its black counterpart made headlines. Savvy users compared the two devices side by side which revealed the white iPhone 4 being a little thicker. Days later, Apple VP of Worldwide Marketing indicated that the white iPhone 4 was not...