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A previous ruling stating Apple was violating VirnetX patents related to the networking technology used in its FaceTime video chat service has been upheld by a US District Court. (more…)

Samsung has unveiled its Wallet app during a developer conference at the Mobile World Congress on Wednesday. The app allows users to store things such as event tickets, boarding passes, membership cards, and coupons in one location. Do these features sound familiar? (more…)

Smartphone users aren't fully aware of how much sensitive information their friendly "personal assistant" – in this case the iPhone or any other smart device – stores, and what the government can obtain about the owners when they get their hands on it. (more…)

This week's Starbucks App Pick of the Week is the universal app Living Earth - Clock and Weather. Regularly $1.99, you can now grab it for free from your local Starbucks. This app can provide live clouds from near real-time satellite cloud data, updated every 3 years. This can allow storm chasers to keep up...

Document security firm MAZ Encryption Technologies LLC has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple. The reason: Apple's iOS security system and architecture is directly infringing US Patent No. 7,096,358, owned by MAZ. (more…)

The Globe and Mail iOS app for news has been updated to support videos on the iPhone and iPad, plus push notification alerts for breaking stories. Also, the app now features higher quality images than before and also support for their interactive multimedia features. For iPhone 5 owners, galleries now work in landscape orientation, plus...

Reports claiming that the Department of Defense will switch to iOS and Android started surfacing back in October. Another wave of reports followed earlier this month, saying that CACI International Inc. would modify thousands of iPads for government use. And finally today, the Pentagon has issued a statement confirming its plans to open up its...

It appears wearable technology is becoming the next trend, as we have seen with the success of the Pebble smart watch (stay tuned for our upcoming review). Given the immense popularity of the latter with over $10 million dollars raised via Kickstarter, others are starting to take notice. France-based VEA aims to venture into the smart...

Instagram has announced it has surpassed 100 million active users per month, after launching its photo network back in October 2010, as written by co-founder Kevin Systrom (they hit over 10 million users in less than year): Now, nearly two and a half years later, over 100 million people use Instagram every month. It’s easy to...

Secure enterprise mobility leader Good Technology, has today released its Q4 2012 Device Activation Report, which suggests that Apple still dominates the enterprise, with iOS platform activations growing by 8.5% year-over-year, from 71% in Q4 of 2011 to 77% in Q4 2012. Furthermore, the iPhone 5 was the most popular device in Q4 of 2012, representing 32%...

Apple has seen its Mac sales rise 31% year over year for the month of January, which according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, is primarily because Apple is finally catching up with its iMac supply, AllThingsD is reporting. Latest data from NPD shows that Mac sales have increased significantly this year, although supplies of Apple's new iMac still remain...

According to some industry sources, Apple’s App Review team is now rejecting apps that are using cookie tracking methods, referred to as “Safari flip-flop” or “HTML5 first party cookies”, as an alternative to UDID for tracking application usage, reports TechCrunch.  Ever since Apple made changes to UDID usage in 2011, developers have been trying various alternative methods for tracking application usage, with cookie...