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Tony Fadell, the CEO of Nest and a former designer at Apple who led the development of many iPhone iterations, shared the secret to Apple’s strategy of inspiring its designers to develop the most beautiful looking gadgets, while speaking at the Bloomberg Design Conference earlier this week (via GigaOM). He said that Apple creates a culture where...

While Research In Motion is preparing to hold the BlackBerry 10 launch event on January 30, 2013, the company has launched a program called "BlackBerry 10 Ready Program", aimed at persuading its customers to adopt the BlackBerry 10 devices. Bryan Lee, a senior enterprise accounts director at RIM, told Reuters that the company was "very enthused by the engagement and...

If you love your Angry Birds then you'll be pleased to know Angry Birds Rio is currently a free download in the App Store today. The game was released back in March of 2011 as part of a collaboration with 20th Century Fox to promote the animation film, Rio. Both the regular and HD versions are...

Amazon has today pushed an updated MP3 Store which has been specifically optimised for iOS devices, allowing iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users to browse and purchase digital music from Amazon’s 22-million song catalog via mobile Safari. Customers can also access features like personalized recommendations, best-seller lists and Amazon customer ratings using their iOS devices. The Amazon MP3...

An interesting job listing posted by Apple on its website shows that the company is looking for a creative writer skilled in character-driven dialog in order to help the Siri team "evolve Siri as a distinct, recognizable character”, points out 9to5Mac.  According to the listing, the Apple is searching for a writer/editor who can not only help...

Turns out prank street names have made its way onto Apple Maps, at least in Afghanistan. The Wall Street Journal's Kabul bureau chief, Yaroslav Trofimov, was using Apple Maps when he noticed streets carrying "too-good-to-be-true" names such as Bad Monkey, Mojo Way and Hilbilly Hameed. (more…)

Pictures of Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs went viral on the web, and shocked the world by the physical similarities the actor has to Jobs. USA Today published Thursday a new set of images, but this time we have "Steve Wozniak" on the picture as portrayed by Josh Gad. (more…)

Hot on the heels of the news that the iPhone 5S is to feature a home button with fingerprint sensor that will boost the iDevice's security, Apple has been granted another patent that reveals more information about its iWallet concept. (more…)

Artist André Luis Moreira (almanimation) has shared his concept vision for iOS 7 on The Verge forums. The concept focuses on the implementation of a customizable 'Quick Settings' panel for users to access system settings. A new 'App Flow Multitasker' beefs up the iOS multitasking tray, as now users will see a preview screenshot of...

  Stickr gives you a new way enhance your photos - decorating them with stickers. You can start a new project by selecting to take a new photo using the native camera app, importing a photo from your Photo Library, or by selecting a sticker. Then you can pick from 110 stickers from 5 categories...

It appears Virgin Mobile is set to revamp their monthly plans next week starting next week according to MobileSyrup, which notes they will three tiered "Rockstar Plans" appropriately named Silver, Gold and Platinum: The Silver plans are equivalent to the basic “Choice” talk & text plans ($20-$45/month) and will see $150 off any phone. The...

(via Martin Hajek's Flickr page) Rumours this year have suddenly shifted towards the anticipation of Apple releasing a less expensive iPhone for emerging markets, with both the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg further fuelling the fire. The most recent report from Digitimes claimed the chassis of this less-expensive iPhone would consist of a hybrid combination...