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Apple rolled out the iOS 6.1.2 firmware update last week, primarily aimed at fixing the Exchange calendar bug which caused a decrease in battery life. Turns out, the update has now become the most popular version of iOS in less than a week following its initial release on February 19th, according to Chitika Insights, who examined the initial adoption...

An Apple patent granted by the US Patent & Trademark Office reveals details (via AppleInsider) of how the company plans to transform the iPhone into a situation awareness handset. (more…)

Rovio today has announced it will launch a new animated cartoon series, Angry Birds Toons on March 16th and 17th, another venture for the company to market itself and to reach a younger audience: Angry Birds Toons is an all-new animated series that throws the doors to Piggy Island wide open! For the first time...

LG Display's iPad panel shipments dropped drastically to 600,000 units in January 2013, Digitimes reports. This number is barely 10% of the original 6 million units shipped in December, industry sources point out. (more…)

How have BlackBerry Z10 sales fared? According to Burnaby-based wireless retailer Glentel Inc., the new flagship BlackBerry has outsold the iPhone 5 and Galaxy SIII since its launch in Canada. The company released a statement yesterday and noted the Z10 was "the leading smartphone" sold from its 330 Wireless Wave and Wave sans Fils stores...

Those who have had the chance to work for or with Apple simply can't shake off the allure of the company -- they still keep an eye on Apple. So do Jean-Luis Gassée, Bruce Tognazzini and Ken Segall, as their recent blog posts show. Most recently, Segall voiced this thoughts, saying that Apple needs to...

Mmmm…Smurfberries…argghhh…(Homer Simpson voice) Apple has agreed to settle a lawsuit over "bait apps," where minors fell victim to in-app purchases after downloading free apps, reports GigaOM. Under the terms of the settlement, Apple will offer a $5 iTunes credit to those who claim that a minor bought in-game items without their knowledge or permission. If...

France Telecom's CEO, Stephane Richard, told a crowd of reporters at a media dinner in Barcelona Apple has become an easier company to deal with under the leadership of CEO Tim Cook, AllThingsD reports. “Apple has [become] more flexible, paying more attention to everyone else, probably a little less arrogant than they used to be,”...

Vulnerability Lab CEO Benjamin Kunz Mejri (via Ars Technica) has today shown another way to get around the already flawed passcode lock. He outlined the vulnerability as possibly a more serious flaw than the first report highlighted. (more…)

Although we are miles away from the launch of the next-generation iPad -- if we can believe what the analysts say -- AppleBitch has discovered a new batch of purported iPad 5 cases. (more…)

The upcoming iOS 6.1.3 will likely put an end to Evasi0n jailbreak, Planetbeing said to Andy Greenberg of Forbes. His findings are the results of the testing with iOS 6.1.3 beta 2, which was found to patch at least one of the five bugs in the jailbreak exploits the hacker team used to create the...

When the iPad launched three years ago even the obliging reviewers saw it as a vehicle for consumption, not creation. As David Pogue wrote in the New York Times, "The iPad is not a laptop. It's not nearly as good for creating stuff. On the other hand, it's infinitely more convenient for consuming it –...