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According to mobile data analysis firm Arieso, their study of over 1 million smartphone users in a Tier-1 UMTS European 3G market over 24 hours concluded iPhone 5 users consumed the most data. The company essentially advises carrier networks on network performance and how to improve user experiences. Using the iPhone 3G as a benchmark,...

According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple has cut orders for iPhone 5 screens and other components due to weaker than expected demand, apparently notifying suppliers last month: Apple's orders for iPhone 5 screens for the January-March quarter, for example, have dropped to roughly half of what the company had previously planned to order, two...

If you're looking for a wireless AirPlay compatible speaker dock, you might want to consider the JBL On Air Wireless at Future Shop as it's on sale for $69.99 ($100 off). If you're not familiar with AirPlay, the feature will allow you to stream music wirelessly from your iPhone or iPad to the JBL dock....

If you haven't tried it yet, Cineplex has an app called TimePlay to allow movie goers with iPhones to connect to the silver screen to play games and engage in other social participation, while you wait for your movie to start. Most of the time this waiting period can be boring but TimePlay aims to...

A couple reports surfaced recently claiming that Apple is about to release a new beta of iOS 6.1, which could be the golden master build, meaning the software is ready to go public. (more…)

According to a report by MG Siegler over at TechCrunch, his sources note Facebook could introduce a phone next week at the company's mystery media event: And so, with that in mind, multiple sources have told us that they expect some sort of Facebook Phone to be on display on Tuesday. Now for the caveats...

A weakness has been discovered in Java 7 security making hundreds of millions of business and consumer users vulnerable to a serious flaw. The threat is serious enough that the US Department of Homeland Security has warned users to disable or uninstall Java software on their computers, ZDNet informs. Turns out the issue affects not...

German site Apfellike has created a round up of some interesting concepts they'd like to see in iOS 7. They cover some nice looking concepts such as a redesign of the iOS lockscreen; a new dashboard similar to Widgets in OS X for controlling toggles such as LTE, Bluetooth and more; a redesign of notification banners...

Earlier this morning Reuters suddenly pulled their article that cited Apple had no plans to pursue a less-expensive iPhone, information from an interview Apple SVP Phil Schiller had with the Shanghai Evening News. Now, in a follow up article Reuters clarifies why it pulled the original story. It was because the Shanghai Evening News (SEN)...

Bloomberg reports U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper in Manhattan approved the $527 million deal Apple, Google and other tech companies bid to purchase patents from Kodak. The latter was "disappointed" with the final price, as a previous advisory firm estimated the company could get $2 billion out of the patents: Michael Torkin, an attorney for Kodak,...

With winter in full swing it's always better to be well-informed and prepared if you're a traveller. If you live in Calgary, the city has created a free app to provide its citizens with real-time traffic updates and also views of traffic cameras as well: The City of Calgary Road Conditions app is designed to...

Microsoft’s Surface tablet has been hacked by programmer Steve Troughton-Smith to run an early version of Mac OS. The hack is based on a jailbreak tool released by hacker Netham45 and allows the Mac OS to run inside Windows RT (via VentureBeat). By exploiting a setting in the Windows RT, hackers have released a jailbreak tool that simply...