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Apple has released a minor update to its Find my Friends app, which brings a new user interface when it comes to setting location-based notifications. Now, when you want to set a notification when someone leaves or arrives at a location, you can drag and resize a circular perimeter anywhere on the map to set...

A Shenzen-based manufacturer's presentation catalog provides some useful information to those who are eager to upgrade to Apple's next generation iPhone. (more…)

Just over a week ago it was announced Final Fantasy V would hit the App Store this month and today the classic SNES game has finally arrived. Twenty years after the game launched in Japan, this RPG has made its way to iOS with recreated characters and graphics for mobile, made by veteran designer Kazuko...

As we approach the launch of iOS 7, everybody is talking about the need for a user interface refresh, even the BlackBerry CEO has pointed to Apple's iOS, saying it's a bit dusty. We've shared a couple iOS 7 concepts, but they obviously remain just concepts, as they are only the creations of creative people....

The competition in the app industry is already hot: In an interesting turn of events, Google is ahead of Apple in the App Store as the top publisher, according to App Annie's latest app index. (more…)

Digitimes reports its components sources claim Apple will cut iPad mini shipments to 10-12 million units for Q2 2013. The decrease could reach up to 20 percent in April, according to the sources, with a possible eventual decrease to as low as 10 million units. Apple has reportedly cut its shipments of the iPad mini to...

In an article detailing the competitive third party messaging market, the Wall Street Journal reveals popular cross-platform app WhatsApp had declined purchase offers from Facebook, Google and Tencent Holdings (a Chinese investment holding company, operator of Tencent QQ instant messenger): Facebook acquired mobile messaging startup Beluga in 2011 and recently expressed interest in buying WhatsApp...

Former Mac OS Evangelist Tim Holmes has posted a Flickr gallery of rare photos detailing the return of Steve Jobs to Apple the night of December 20th, 1996. These rare photos are even better after reading Holmes' detailed account of that night: Working late on a Friday on December 20th at Apple Computer as Mac...

Bump has announced today marks the four year anniversary since its release in the App Store. Since then, the company has announced it has had 125 millions iOS downloads (they hit 100 million in December of 2012), 1 billion photos sent and now sits at 25 employees. Below is a graphic showing the evolution of...

Canadian startup AppHero was previously featured on NBC and praised for the app's ability to provide interesting and relevant app recommendations. The Canadian founder, Jordan Satok, has let us know their research stats from the App Store as of a couple days ago show over 800,000 apps. They have summarized their findings in the following...

Google has announced its Flipboard competitor, Google Currents, has now added Canadian news content for its users: Today, we’re bringing Canadian publications to Currents. We have great editions from publications like The Toronto Star, CBC, iVillage Canada, Canada.com, and Cottage Life. You can scan through all your favourite categories and specific editions with just the...

The App Store is full of photo editing apps, but Repix stands out, because it's doing something different. Instead of applying a filter to your whole picture, Repix lets you paint on filters, which it refers to as brushes, with the swipe or brush of your finger. Repix comes with 9 brushes for you to...