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Engadget goes hands on with Samsung's latest Galaxy S III Mini, a smaller 4-inch version of their flagship Galaxy S III: Now Samsung's spilled all the beans, and revealed the new Galaxy S III mini, a slightly paler version of its bigger brother in specs as well as screen size. Our own short time with the...

Rovio Entertainment, makers of the best-selling Angry Birds game that has now been downloaded over 1 billion times, has today released its first book app called Bad Piggies Best Egg Recipes, an interactive cookbook for iPad. The book is currently available for download in the App Store for an introductory price of $0.99, but will later go up...

Google has announced one of their largest updates to Street View ever and in it includes numerous new places in Canada such as parks, golf courses, community centres and universities. Here's where you can get in-depth and on the ground: Alberta Banff Sunshine Village Edmonton Devonian Botanical Garden University Of Alberta BC North Vancouver Capilano...

The CRTC has announced it is now taking submissions from Canadians to help develop a mobile code when it comes to wireless terms and conditions (an issue that was previously brought up in April, which the 'Big 3' carriers supported): “Our goal is to make sure that Canadians have the tools they need to make...

During their iPhone 5 teardown, folks over at iFixit said "it is the most repairable iPhone we’ve seen in a while" but unfortunately, they found the new 5th generation iPod touch much harder to get inside and gave it a low 3 out of 10 repairability score. Nonetheless, they did discover 512 MB of Hynix RAM inside its...

According to statistics released today by iQmetrix, the leading retail management software solutions provider in U.S and Canada, iPhone 5 accounts for 20% of smartphone activations in North America since its launch on September 21st. The analysis sampled 7,000 independent wireless retailers across the region, revealing year-over-year buying trends in the past year. Looking at the analytical data, it...

In addition to updating its Google+ iOS app with full support for iOS 6 and iPhone 5?s larger display, Google has also issued a redesign of its mobile search homepage (via The Verge). A new services task bar listing all Google products now replaces the old tabs at the top of the screen (shown below). On visiting Google.com in...

For all the Google+ users out there, the iOS app has been updated to support iOS 6 and the iPhone 5's larger screen and let users edit posts. Other additions in version 3.2 brings the ability for Google+ page owners to view, post and comment from the app. iPad highlights include the ability to search...

In an interview with AllThingsD tonight in New York City, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt sat down with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher to talk about everything including the Apple-Google spat over maps. Here's a portion of the interview where Mossberg brings up Apple and Google Maps: 8:20 pm: Time to talk about maps. Schmidt: “Apple should...

Have you been experiencing an odd screen flicker when using your brand new beloved iPhone 5? Did you think you were seeing things? Rest assured you’re not, as a number of users have reported the same thing. This appears to be affecting a number of iPhone 5’s, (including yours truly,) given the growing discussion thread...

Earlier today, Apple's press embargo was released on reviews of its new iPod touch and iPod nano offerings, announced at the iPhone 5 keynote. Just a while ago, Apple uploaded the iPod ad it first aired at the keynote to its YouTube channel. If you missed it, check it out below--it's called 'Bounce': Every iPod...

Daring Fireball links to this Apple support page on how to opt out of interest-based ads from Apple's iAd network: iAd, Apple's mobile advertising platform, strives to provide relevant ads to you based on your interests. To enable us to continue providing you with the best advertising experience, we recommend you keep interest-based iAds enabled....