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Update 1: The CEO of App Remix was contacted by Cult of Mac, and asked if his company was going to be acquired by Cupertino. His response was "No comment..."--the plot thickens! The notification system of iOS is long overdue for an overhaul. The latest rumours from CultofMac indicate that Apple is working to improve...

With HP introducing the Pre 3 and Veer running the latest version of WebOS, it gave smartphone customers even more choice. The latest news comes from Nokia and Microsoft, as both companies have announced a partnership. In an open letter written by both CEOs, Steve Ballmer and Stephen Elop describe the focus of this new...

Steve Jobs is away on medical leave from Apple, but he's still actively involved with decisions from home. On stage, the Apple CEO is calm as a cucumber. Rarely does he show signs of nervousness--until now. Flash back to 1978, and we have a young 23 year old Steve Jobs getting prepped for his first...

The surprise announcement of Steve Jobs' medical leave almost a month ago shocked many in the tech community. With Tim Cook taking over the reigns, many wondered if Steve was still active in day-to-day operations at Cupertino. The Wall Street Journal reports tonight that Steve Jobs is still involved, according to Yukari Iwatani Kane (she's...

Bloomberg has just reported that a source has revealed plans of Apple working on smaller, and cheaper iPhone models to compete with Android. Rumours include a $200, unlocked device with multiple band capabilities: One version would be cheaper and smaller than the most recent iPhone, said a person who has seen a prototype and asked...

An IHS iSuppli teardown of the Verizon iPhone 4 reveals that it costs Apple cheaper to make, compared to the original iPhone 4. Even though the phones are identical (aside from CDMA, a new internal vibrator, lighter battery), it looks like the power of scaled production has resulted in a cheaper phone. The original iPhone...

Just what kind of iPhone owner are you? The folks at AllAreaCodes.com created an interesting infographic about 7 types of iPhone owners. Do you fit any of these profiles? I still like this infographic on what smartphone owners think of each other better though.

Protecting the contents of your iPhone with a passcode alone is not enough. German researchers were able to reveal an iPhone's passcode in six minutes. ...the researchers first jailbreak the phone using existing software tools. They then install an SSH server on the iPhone that allows software to be run on the phone.The third step...

This week, Fido announced that the wireless company will be reducing its CityFido Prepaid plan by $5.00 as of March 6, 2011. The plan is also receiving a bump in anytime minutes to 2,000 minutes, from the existing 1,000 minutes. While Fido does offer two postpaid CityFido plans, the company only offers one prepaid CityFido...

Looks like a real competitor has stepped up to the plate. This time around, instead of Palm making the announcement, it was HP. Palm was sold last April to HP for $1.2 billion. Along with that came Palm's WebOS, and today HP announced two phones (the Pre 3 and Veer) and the TouchPad to compete...

We all know Steve Jobs/Apple are not big fans of the physical CD. The preferred method, of course, is iTunes digital media. But even with iTunes and many other digital media services, the CD still survives...until today! On the latest episode of Seth Green's stop-motion show Robot Chicken, a Steve Jobs parody shows Jobs becoming the...

The Verizon iPhone achieved over 500,000 pre-orders in the US. People have already receiving their new iPhones, including the iFixit team. They have torn down the Verizon iPhone 4, exposing the internal components to the world. Here are the notable changes, from iFixit: Same battery capacity but weighs less: 26.9 grams to 25.6 grams. New...