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Semiconductor demand was obviously dominated by Apple and Samsung last year; the only question is which ranks No. 1 for 2012, as previous reports showed that Apple had dominated demand. As for last year, Gartner has the numbers. (more…)

Rumours of the iPhone to ship in multiple colours surfaced well before the iPhone 5 hit the market, and with Apple working on a cheaper, lower-cost iPhone and another high-end model, they have resurfaced. (more…)

Just yesterday it was revealed iOS hacker @planetbeing had teamed up with numerous hackers such as @pod2g to find exploits for a public iOS 6 jailbreak release. As of tonight, it appears even more progress has been made towards an upcoming jailbreak. Planetbeing tweeted "tons of progress" was made over the past few days and...

If you haven't tried them already, CTV offers two real-time traffic apps which aim to help commuters navigate during peak hours on the road. The CTV Morning Live Traffic app provides a traffic reporting system for Vancouver and its surrounding areas, while the CTV News Cottage Traffic app does the same for Simcoe County, Muskoka, Georgian...

The Huffington Post has a seemingly endless post which documents the origins of Apple's voice assistant, Siri, before it was acquired by Apple back in 2010. Siri's former co-founder and chief executive Dag Kittlaus, once again shares details on how he spent time at Steve Jobs' home to talk about the future of voice engines and subsequently...

A while back Photojojo sent us the Woxom SlingShot video stabilizer for smartphones to check out. The SlingShot aims to improve your video quality as it changes the way you'll record videos from your iPhone or smartphone. Originally a Kickstarter project, the SlingShot aims to bring an affordable stabilizer for smartphone videographers. The SlingShot consists...

Russian site Appledigger.ru (via MacRumors) has posted a mockup concept of what a 5-inch iPhone could look like. Rumours have been flying lately Apple would produce a larger iPhone model (ridiculously attributed with the name 'Math'), but that was knocked down this morning by further reports only two 4-inch models would be released this year. The mockup...

TechCrunch reports Apple has pulled apps from Toronto-based 500px from the App Store over concerns of nudity. 500px for iOS was updated and launched for the iPhone in late November and enables the photography community to share and critique uploaded photos. The app has been downloaded just under one million times, according to 500px COO Evgeny Tchebotarev....

Back in December Mailbox teased its upcoming app as the ultimate Gmail experience on the iPhone. As of today, the company is accepting reservations for the app on its website here. The developers have decided to roll out the launch in waves to avoid the crushing demand: In order to ensure that people using Mailbox...

According to Nielsen’s State of the Media: 2012 Year in Sports report, almost 60 percent of smartphone and tablet owners access sports content on their device at least once a day. The report, led by the success of the London 2012 Olympic Games, is a compilation of media highlights, advertiser trends and consumer insights across leading sports properties. The...

Fancy street photography? Well, here's your chance to share your photography skills with the world through Streets of Chrome, a photo contest being held by Chrome Industries, makers of bombproof bags, footwear and apparel, to find the world’s next great street photographer in conjunction with the drop of their new camera bag, the Niko Camera Backpack. The contest is open for...

Dark clouds are gathering above Tim Cook's head. Eighteen months after he took over the CEO position, Apple is expected to report a 2% drop in net income, or about $12.8 billion, the first drop according to Bloomberg's data – except one quarter in 2003 – and report the slowest growth rate since 2009 with...