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After taking over as Yahoo CEO in September, Marissa Mayer offered employees free smartphones such as the iPhone 5 and more. Today on the company blog she is further making her mark by personally announcing the release of all-new Yahoo! Mail apps, which includes a version for iPhone users. The new apps are part of...

According to a report by The Next Web, Microsoft recently allowed SkyDrive users to purchase paid storage upgrades on their iOS devices directly, bypassing Apple's in-app purchases that gives Apple a 30% cut of the subscription revenue. As a result, Apple is now refusing to approve any updates to SkyDrive app for iOS. The source claims...

Will you be Christmas shopping online this year? If you are looking to order items from Apple online, below is a list of holiday shipping times for 2012 from Apple.ca. Apple notes midnight deadlines for both free standard shipping (left column) and expedited shipping (right column) options if you want your order delivered by December...

Just a quick heads up if you missed out on ZAGG's recent 50% off Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale (their site was overwhelmed by traffic). They have notified us of an impromptu 50% off sale on invisibleSHIELDs for the next 24 hours. This would be the perfect opportunity to jump on some protection for...

AgileBits has posted on their blog today a teaser for the upcoming version of 1Password 4. If you're looking for a password manager for iOS and your Mac, you can't go wrong with 1Password. It's essential for my workflow and it's one of the best out there. The AgileBits team is also a super friendly...

Digitech Image Technologies has filed a lawsuit claiming Apple is violating a powerful Polaroid patent -- the one that beat Kodak in court in 1986 regarding the “instant camera”  -- now in the ownership of the Newport Beach California-based company, Patently Apple reports. (more…)

With the holiday season just a couple weeks away, there's much talk about Apple's possible television set. Some, such as Gene Munster, say it is highly likely to arrive next year for the holiday season, while others, such as former Apple executive Jean-Louis Gasée, say it isn't likely. Morgan Stanley surveyed Americans (Fortune) to find...

There's lots of headphones out there. Over-ear, on-ear, various ear bud styles, and of course in-ear. If your preference falls to the latter, or if you've been considering a switch, RHA may have something to interest you. The MA450i in-ear headphones. Based in Glasgow, UK, RHA produces several headphone models, including the SA950i which we...

While Hon Hai's CEO Terry Gou expressed his thoughts about Foxconn putting a million robots to work across factory assembly lines back in June, we didn’t see any public information about progress. Now, however, the WSJ (Via The Verge) reports the automation process has already begun: a win for technology over cheap labor. (more…)

Google's CEO Larry Page sat down with Miguel Helft of Fortune to discuss the company's plans for the future of search, their relationship with Apple, Motorola's integration, and more, in a lengthy, 70-minute interview. Excerpts from this interview have now been posted online. (more…)

TELUS has filed a lawsuit against new wireless entrant Mobilicity alleging a TV ad aired by the latter is "false and misleading", according to a notice of civil claim filed with the Supreme Court of British Columbia filed on December 7th. TELUS alleges a Mobilicity ad spot contains three "misrepresentations" that damages its brand and that...

(Travellers were directed to the red dot; the correct location is the purple dot) Yesterday, Australian police alerted travellers to avoid relying on Apple Maps in iOS 6 after it led some people astray and stranded. Now, it appears Apple has fixed the error according to the Guardian: The iPhone maker updated the given location...