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In an unexpected move, Samsung announced today that it will withdraw its patent lawsuits seeking to block Apple's iDevices in European countries, Bloomberg reports. The decision comes, in just hours after Judge Lucy Koh rejected Apple's request to block 26 Samsung products in the US. (more…)

FOSS Patents reports Judge Judy Koh has come down with two important post-trial decisions in the ongoing Apple versus Samsung patent war saga. Apple's permanent sales ban on infringing Samsung products has been denied (these were products the jury decided infringed on Apple's patents). According to the court order (via The Verge): In sum, to the limited...

The Wall Street Journal is reporting we could soon see Foursquare local data displayed within Apple Maps, as both companies are in discussions: Apple Inc. is in early discussions to integrate local data from Foursquare Labs Inc. into its mapping application, according to people familiar with the talks, as the company continues to build an arsenal...

Google+ for iOS has received an update to introduce Google+ Communities, more notification options when it comes to circles, a new visual stream design plus more. Full change log below: What's New in Version 4.1 - New feature: Google+ Communities - Ability to subscribe to any circle for notifications - Ability to indicate how many...

Facebook has announced an update is coming to their Nearby feature within their iOS app. The update will make it easier to discover local places your friends have checked into and other places, like restaurants: From the app menu, open the tab to find local spots your friends have recommended, checked into, or liked. If...

The app tracking service AppsFire, was the first one to post a perspective look back at the world's biggest mobile marketplace, the App Store. 2012 was a very busy year (for Apple) with the App Store surpassing the 1 million app submission milestone, the launch of three new iPads (iPad 3, iPad 4 and iPad...

Google has released a new app called YouTube Capture to allow users to quickly record videos, edit them and upload to YouTube. Videos can be quickly shared to YouTube, Twitter, Facebook or Google+. I can see YouTube celebrities taking full advantage of this app for their vlogs: Film and share videos with YouTube Capture: Easy,...

Google has announced its recently released Google Maps for iOS has been downloaded over 10 million times in less than two days, as noted by Google's Senior VP of Geo and Commerce, Jeff Huber on his Google+ account: More than 10 million downloads in less than 48 hours after release! We're excited for the positive reception...

This morning RIM sent out media invites to announce its BlackBerry 10 unveiling, with simultaneous events set for New York City, London, Paris, Toronto and more as part of a worldwide launch. The event date was previously announced by RIM back in November. BlackBerry 10 is important for RIM as the company attempts to regain...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has announced it wants your input on the future of 911 services in this country, as a formal review will be coming in 2014-2015. National Commissioner Tim Denton has been appointed as an Inquiry Officer to report feedback findings in May of next year. "Each year, the 911 system...

Apple has just released iOS 6.1 beta 4 to developers, an over-the-air delta update. The iPhone 5 update comes in at 105MB. This update comes exactly two weeks after beta 3 was released to developers, a similar over-the-air update. Apple TV Software Beta 3 has also been made available to developers for download, along with...

Tap tap tap has released an update to Camera+ which brings better image quality settings when saving pictures: For Camera+ 3.7 (1.2 for iPad), we’ve added a new Quality setting. For those of you who want your photos to be of the highest quality, we’ve introduced a third setting, named “High”. (The setting formerly named...