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Geo-fencing. With their announcement of iOS 5 at WWDC 2011, Apple had everyone talking about it. Suddenly, being alerted to call home by the new Reminders app after leaving the office was reality. Unfortunately, when iOS 5 was released the reality was that while the feature worked (sometimes) it was cumbersome to use, and after...

We reported earlier that CTV was set to release their Olympics London 2012 iOS app for live streaming and now it is available for download. The app will include live video coverage from CTV, TSN and Sportsnet Olympic broadcasts along with 15 other events from their World Feed. Do note video is geo-restricted to locations...

Last year, Apple sued Samsung, claiming copyright and patent infringement. The trial is scheduled to happen July 30th. Often, in these type of intellectual property  disputes, the parties involved will ask that their patents be submitted sealed, as to not leak the nature of the patents to the public. Both Apple and Samsung had asked for their...

At Apple's WWDC 2012 keynote, all new MacBook Airs and MacBook Pros were released. After customers got these new notebooks in their hands, it became apparent that the battery was not lasting as long as it should, with a brand new Mac. Apple acknowledged the issue, and promised a fix was coming. Today, Apple has...

Problems with your eye? Look to the “i”! Apparently it’s time to add ophthalmology to the iPhone’s already-impressive list of features. As reported in the July issue of “The Archives of Ophthalmology,” (yes, this exists,) there’s a new study that shows the iPhone may be better at viewing certain types of ophthalmological images than a...

Google unveiled Chrome for iOS last month as the first real competition for Mobile Safari and according to Chitika Insights, Chrome’s share of iOS traffic has already crossed 1.5% of all iOS web traffic. After Chrome's initial iOS app release, it held a top position in the rankings for free apps in the App Store and still continues...

Minecraft Pocket Edition received another major update Monday. I've been holding off including the game in the Time Waster of the Month for a while now until this update was released. The big changes in v.0.3.2 are you can now build a furnace and tree leaves will sometimes yield saplings as long as you break...

Chinese iPhone parts supplier tvc-mall.com has listed new iPhone 5 TPU Gel cases for sale that confirm a longer handset with smaller dock connector, as noted by CydiaBlog. This new iPhone TPU case which is available in black and white colors apparently matches with the previously leaked iPhone blueprint drawings as well as with the hands-on video leaked...

Last month, the official London 2012 Olympic games app was released as a free download in the App Store in anticipation of this year's Summer Olympics which are set to kick off on July 25th. Today, the Official London 2012 Results app for iOS has been revealed, that lets users stay up-to-date with the latest action LIVE across...

Apple has introduced an extra service to help customers track orders made in Canada and the US. As noted by Apple Bitch, the change appears to have been introduced after the Apple Store online went down last night. Apple's Shipping and Delivery page notes the following under Text Notifications: In addition to email notifications, you can...

For this week's Starbucks Pick of the Week promo, we have New York singer Fiona Apple's single, Valentine. The song is from the album The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do, released on June 19th. You can find free cards at...

Boy Genius Report has published a story that claims the next generation iPhone is not in its production phase yet, countering what we've heard from previous reports. BGR claims the an Apple product goes through various phases before it is manufactured such as “engineering verification test” stages and the “design verification test” phases. The 'iPhone 5'...