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Apple's Podcasts iOS app has been updated with a couple improvements and some bug fixes. The most notable one is the immediate prompt when opening the app to ask if you want to turn on Auto-Downloads for your existing podcast subscriptions, as seen below: Full change log below: What's New in Version 1.1.2Podcasts 1.1.2 includes...

Today is the launch of the iPad mini and the 4th generation iPad. Earlier we reported lines were smaller than usual and after asking around, it appears some Apple retail locations have sold out of iPad minis: http://twitter.com/jm_boily/status/264480696154861570 http://twitter.com/jasonsnider/status/264470614742540289 http://twitter.com/RobinGambin/status/264460642189185024 http://twitter.com/cjohnson403/status/264451639488942080 http://twitter.com/trishussey/status/264451256637091842 http://twitter.com/kylemilec/status/264450539742445568 Did Apple just not have enough stock on hand leading to a...

According to a report from the New York Times, Twitter is going to add filters to pictures to compete with Instagram: In the coming months, Twitter plans to update its mobile applications to introduce filters for photos that will allow people to share altered images on Twitter and bypass Instagram, the popular mobilecentric photo-sharing network,...

It was about a year ago that we saw the last big update to Evernote for our iOS-based mobile devices, so it is very exciting that we can now expect big changes for the app along with the huge refresh for other platforms. (more…)

Apple Stores now sell the Lightning to Micro USB Adapter online for $21 at Apple.ca and is available in 1-3 business days: The Lightning to Micro USB Adapter lets you connect an iPhone, iPad, or iPod with Lightning connector to micro USB cables and chargers to sync and charge your device. The adapter works for all...

Apple was defeated in a key legal battle over the iPhone name in Mexico just the day before it planned to enter the country with the iPhone 5. (more…)

Yesterday, Rovio published another one of those Angry Birds Star Wars teaser trailers featuring Han Solo & Chewie. Previously, we've seen gameplay trailers showing characters like Luke and Leia and R2-D2 and C-3PO. Now, another exclusive gameplay trailer for the upcoming Angry Birds Star Wars game has been published that features Obi Wan & Darth Vader, the two core characters from Star Wars franchise....

The new 4th generation iPad features an A6X SoC which according to Apple, provides 2x improvement in GPU performance over the previous generation A5X processor. AnandTech shares its first GPU performance results for the new A6X, which also features a new GPU core. While the new SoC retains the same memory interface as the A5X, it integrates two of Apple's...

Repair Labs has tested the iPad mini versus other iPad displays under a 150x zoom microscope. The iPad mini's display is compared to the iPad 2 and Retina display equipped iPad 3/4 and the results are shown on an HDTV to get a better picture of what the differences are. Here is the iPad mini...

When iPhone 5 was launched, Jimmy Kimmel played a hilarious prank, showing the public an iPhone 4S but telling them it was an iPhone 5. This time, Kimmel takes up the iPad Mini, as the new device officially hit the stores today (via TNW). See what Jimmy has to say in the following video:

According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft continues its new goal to start making its own hardware like Apple, and is testing smartphone designs with its suppliers in Asia: Microsoft is working with component suppliers in Asia to test its own smartphone design, people familiar with the situation said, suggesting the computer-software giant is increasingly...

A couple reports this morning have noted Apple is removing Emoji apps from the App Store, citing they are no longer required to unlock the icons initially made available to Japanese users. Emoji icons provide a plethora of advanced emoticons and was not supported natively until iOS 5. Prior to that, users needed free apps...