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Hon Hai Precision a.k.a Foxconn, the Taiwan based supplier of Apple's iOS devices, has reportedly partnered with circuit board supplier Flexium Interconnect, in order to ramp up the production of iPhone 5 and iPad Mini and meet the growing market demand of these newer iOS devices (via PatentlyApple). A publication today by Taiwan's United Daily News claims that Hon Hai...

Checkout 51 was released in early December and looks to change the way coupons are redeemed, thanks to the iPhone. Here's how it works, as explained to us by Checkout 51's founder, Noah Godfrey: Every Thursday, the Checkout 51 mobile app gives its members a new list of offers on grocery store products. Members can...

The wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, says Apple gadgets are forbidden fruit for her children. During a radio show she guest-edited today, Mrs. Gates was asked whether their children had asked for an iPod or iPhone. The answer is pretty obvious: of course. (more…)

Apple plans to refresh its MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models in June 2013, Digitimes reports. According to Taiwanese industry sources, Apple has already issued a request for quotations to its supply chain, causing concern among the Taiwan-based manufacturers. (more…)

Recently Eastlink released their Eastlink to Go iPhone/iPad app, to allow their customers to access a variety of multimedia from their Apple devices. Users have access to movies, TV shows, Eastlink TV programming, plus OnDemand entertainment plus live HD Eastlink TV too. The service is free with Eastlink Digital TV subscriptions and a simple login...

The number of iOS and Android device activations spikes on Christmas Day compared to any other day of the year, and this year was no exception. How many mobile devices have been activated during this Christmas? Flurry's Peter Farago has the numbers. (more…)

Turns out Apple is playing around with the idea of using curved glass in the iPhone. According a recently granted patent, the Cupertino company has developed a glass-bending process. (more…)

If you're looking into running Android apps on your Mac, BlueStacks has released the beta version of their App Player for Mac, reports TechCrunch. Why would you want to do this? Well, it would allow users to run apps such as Instagram and Flipboard on the Mac. The ability to launch Android apps on Mac...

Instagram has just published a blog post revealing the top locations of images posted to the photo network from 2012. Can you guess where the top Instagrammed (that's a verb now?) location was? It was Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, which had over 100,000 pictures taken there in 2012. Here's the full list of 2012's top locations: Suvarnabhumi...

Apple's 12 Days of Christmas offers up free downloads and runs from December 26th until January 6th. Day 2's offering is the game Score! Classic Goals, an interesting football based puzzle game. The game allows you to recreate classic goals from the past 40 years of international football and features over 420 levels and 140...

This week's free Starbucks App Pick of the Week is the game Rayman Jungle Run by Ubisoft, which currently retails for $2.99 in the App Store. The app was part of App Store Best of 2012 and has an impressive average rating of 4.5 stars in iTunes. The legendary platforming hero is making the jump...

Chitika Insights has just published the numbers for the month of December, confirming Apple's continued dominance in tablet market with 87% web traffic share in U.S. and Canada. Chitika has examined a sample of tens of millions of tablet impressions from its Ad network, drawn during December 8th to December 14th 2012 in North America. Despite the fact...