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A new study carried out by CrowdFlower, Apple Maps are much more likely to send you in the wrong direction as compared to Google Maps, with approximately 3.4% major error rate in the US, compared to 1.1% for Google Maps and 1.3% for Bing. To find out how Apple Maps stack up against Google's and Bing's...

Now we know why Samsung decided to withdraw its patent lawsuits against Apple that sought to ban iDevices in the EU. Samsung thought it would be better to withdraw the suits, as most of them were based on SEP patents owned by the South Korean company. Why did they decide this was the best option?...

Although Google's Eric Schmidt is convinced Android is winning the war against iOS -- and looking at the Android user base, Tim Cook has reason for concerns, especially if his strategy is to widen the iOS user base -- but the picture looks different when looking at the developers’ bank accounts. (more…)

Turns out Apple has distanced itself from Google much more than we thought. With iOS 6, Apple didn't just drop Google Maps and YouTube, but reduced Siri's reliance on Google by 50%. (more…)

If you've been waiting for WhatsApp Messenger to go on sale, it's currently a free download in the App Store. If you haven't used WhatsApp, it's a popular and powerful cross platform messaging app that will allow you to communicate with friends who also have the app on Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Symbian devices....

It looks like Apple may not be able to patent the "pinch-to-zoom" functionality after all. Today the United States Patent Office (USPTO) rejected the "US 7,844,915" patent, otherwise known as the "pinch-to-zoom" patent. This is significant because this particular patent was a key piece of the pie in Apple's $1.049 billion infringement win over Samsung...

When it comes to listening to your music or any audio on your iPhone or iOS device, it's not the greatest experience. The speakers just aren't the best. Over the years Apple has tried to improve them, but they're still just little speakers in your mobile device. We've seen a lot of companies come out...

Kids Help Phone recently asked for ideas to include in their mobile app and the idea for a 'Stress Buster app' won. The idea has gone from its initial sketch stages to a finished app that allows youth to contact professionals for help over the phone or live chat, as announced earlier today: The Kids...

We're only posting this because Fruit Ninja was updated today with iPhone 5 support and was free the other day. The following video is what Fruit Ninja would look like in real life--to the beat of dubstep. The song within the video was written by Scott & Brendo. [via @macguitar]

Earlier this month, we reported on TELUS suing wireless entrant Mobilicity over claims the latter's TV ads were "false and misleading". Now, Mobilicity has issued a press release stating a BC Supreme Court Judge has made a decision in their favour over TELUS, dismissing an interlocutory injunction application by the latter to take the TV add...

Yesterday TIME Magazine announced Apple CEO Tim Cook had made a list of shortlisted candidates for the 2012 TIME Person of the Year Award. The winner announced this morning was President Barack Obama: Cook, "the Technologist" according to TIME, was second runner up for leading Apple during its most prosperous years. Apple is world's largest...

RIM recently sent out their media invites to their BlackBerry 10 launch event set for January 30th. This is seen by many as RIM's possible comeback into the smartphone game, which they had dominated before the launch of the iPhone. Over at Gadget Masters (via N4BB), they have posted a browser speedtest comparing the new...