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Rovio Mobile's latest Angry Birds game, the Angry Birds Space hit the 20 Million downloads mark in merely one week after its multi-platform release. This milestone was achieved exactly a month ago and today, the game has taken the crown of becoming the fastest growing mobile game ever, according to the game's developers. The game has now surpassed 50 Million...

The big story of the day is Microsoft's $300 million investment into Barnes & Noble, a company they had previously sued over claims the latter's Nook e-reader that ran on a version of Android OS infringed on its patents. The partnership has settled the patent litigation, and a new subsidiary has been formed: The new...

Skype for iOS has just received a major update which takes the iPhone / iPad app to version 4.0. The updates brings a bunch of new features to the universal app in addition to stability and performance enhancements. With Skype 4.0, users can reposition their own video preview on the screen during a call. Some UI...

  I’ve been waffling back and forth, thinking about buying a single-speaker sound-system for the past few years.  But surprisingly for a music lover like myself, I've kept pushing it back. I always had the Bose SoundDock at the top of my list, and once the Bose SoundLink was released, I knew that was the...

A few days ago we heard about an awkward protest outside the Sydney Apple Store by a group of people dressed in black and shouting 'wake up'. Many were quick to allude the stunt was the brainchild of Samsung but the company later denied any involvement to SlashGear: Samsung Electronics Australia has nothing to do...

With iPhone 5 coming out later this year, we have heard lots of rumours about what the new features or design might be. This time around we are showing you a simple concept video from Aatma. They have previously shown as what they think the new iPad could have looked like, and also what they...

Every app developer is not necessarily an expert app designer too. Designing an app is totally different from developing it and is therefore usually done by different people too. Obviously there are guidelines for either department and this nice little infographic here is one such guide, aimed to assist today's iOS app designers. It has...

Popular last-minute hotel booking service Hotel Tonight has announced the availability of its apps for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch as well as Android in Canada with initial hotel offerings in Toronto and Vancouver, reports Market Watch. The company is planning to expand its international reach, launching in additional Canadian cities and new international markets over the coming...

As noted by modmyi, a cool new jailbreak tweak has just hit the Cydia store called JpgToSiri which allows users to look up pictures on the web using Siri on their iOS devices. Developed by Vladislav Korotnev, the tweak gives Siri the capability of fetching images from the internet by using the command “Show me a picture of [insert...

Now here's an interesting Saturday read. The New York Times has a detailed report on how Apple saves billions in corporate taxes annually worldwide. Other tech giants such as Google, Yahoo and Dell also follow similar practices. One particular method to save taxes is via the setup of a subsidiary in Reno, Nevada--where the corporate tax...

A Moncton math professor has created the ultimate putting aid app for golfers that utilizes the sensors on the iPhone to analyze your stroke. iPerfectPutt is a free download and features the following: The free iPerfectPutt features provide the following measurements of your putting strokes: • Swing tempo (backswing/downswing durations) • Swing plane deviation (inside/outside)...

A couple of weeks back, we reported that the CEOs of Apple and Samsung were planning to meet in San Francisco for a court-moderated discussion, in order to settle the long-standing patent dispute between the two companies. Today, Foss Patents has reported that the meeting has now been finalized between Tim Cook (Apple) and Gee-Sung Choi (Samsung) which is scheduled to take place...