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Microsoft's vice president of the Windows Phone division Terry Myerson called out the competition at a conference hosted by AllThingsD, calling Apple's iOS 'boring', reports Bloomberg. (more…)

Facebook has updated its iOS app to 6.0 and with it comes a cleaner look for the News Feeds, a tweaked icon, plus new ways to chat anywhere in the app with 'chat heads'. Also new is the ability to send stickers within chats. Full change log below: What's New in Version 6.0 Brand new...

Mailbox has announced its reservation system on their popular Gmail iOS email app has been confidently removed, thanks in large part to "10 weeks of around-the-clock hard work" by their engineering team, which has now enabled servers to handle over 100 million messages per day. Just last month the team announced it had filled 1 million reservations...

We all know popular cross-platform messaging app WhatsApp is big, right? Well think again because the company is larger than you could ever imagine. Speaking onstage at D: Dive Into Mobile, AllThingsD reports WhatApp CEO Jan Koum revealed his company has exceeded the user base of Twitter, which has roughly 200 million monthly active users....

According to a new report by security software firm Symantec, Google’s Android platform remains the main target for mobile malware writers, despite iOS technically having more vulnerabilities (via Tech Crunch). The report says that the difference in threat level between the two mobile operating systems is the two completely different mobile ecosystem approaches i.e "Apple’s walled garden vs Android’s...

Looks like we have yet another sale on the iPhone 5 on three year terms from our wireless carriers. TELUS, Rogers, Fido, Bell and Virgin Mobile have all discounted the 32GB and 64GB iPhone 5 models again on three year terms. The prices are as follows: 32GB iPhone 5: $230 (normally $280; $50 off) 64GB...

Yesterday, we reported that Facebook is currently in talks with Apple to bring ‘Facebook Home’ to the iPhone and today, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg has spoken to the Wall Street Journal in London, revealing that the company will indeed bring some of the Facebook Home features to iOS. Those who aren't aware, Facebook Home is a newly released...

CEO of Waze Noam Bardin recently took the stage at D:Dive Into Mobile conference, where he stated that the next five years will be about 'fighting for time with users, pointing to Facebook Home as the "de facto example of that" (via Engadget). He also confessed that he sees Waze as Google's "only real competition" in major markets. Company CEO added...

The Pulitzer Prize is a prestigious U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism. With the New York Times recently winning another Pulitzer, CNN Money reporter Philip Elmer-DeWitt highlights how the publication won the journalism's top prize for 'picking on Apple'. The reporter had predicted last year that the paper was going for a Pulitzer when it sent a team...

New images and information related to the iPad 5 has once again emerged from the Far East (Via Cult of Mac), reinforcing earlier rumours whispering about a design shift that brings the 9.7-inch tablet closer to the looks of the iPad mini. (more…)

Apple apparently plans to design, build and test custom chips for future devices in Orlando, Florida, according to AppleInsider, which points to new listings on the Apple Jobs page. The company listed several positions related to developing and testing processor and mobile graphics hardware. (more…)

In mid-March, FunnyorDie.com announced it was set to release their own parody Steve Jobs biopic titled "iSteve" on April 15th. The first teaser of this movie starring Justin Long was available in early April and just last week its producers revealed behind the scenes tidbits of what it took to make the movie. We were anticipating...