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This weeks's App of the Week is a big one. One of the most popular franchises on the iOS platform is Angry Birds, and this week Angry Birds Seasons is free to download in the App Store. Angry Birds exploded on the iPhone and since its release, it has spawned three additional spin offs: Angry...

Researchers from the University of Calgary have come up with an innovative system to solve one-handed smartphone operations. When we only have one hand free to use our iPhone, it can be quite tricky when two handed operation is required. Therefore, the new input system titled 'Fat Thumb' was born. The system uses touch gestures...

Rumours continue to fly, regarding the next version of Apple's iPhone. Whether it is called the new iPhone, the iPhone 5, or just iPhone, it has already stirred up a lot of hype. The next iPhone is expected to be released sometime this fall. Apple Insider is reporting that the next iPhone could come with...

The GameDock, a new Kickstarter project, is an accessory for iOS devices that lets you play classic games the way they were meant to be played i.e with two controllers and a TV. All you need to do is  plug the dock into your TV like a video game console and your iOS device into the dock like a...

According to a survey by research firm Nielsen and media magazine Campaign Asia-Pacific, Samsung has ended the four-year reign by Sony to take the top spot in the list of Asia's Most Valued Brands, just ahead of Apple (via CNBC). Samsung was on 2nd place last year while Apple was 6th on the list. The survey, which spanned...

Way before the arrival of mass Internet when France's Minitel box was used to wire households to networked information, Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs apparently drew some of his inspiration from that table-top box, says a French telecoms engineer (via Reuters). The Minitel box was used by 25 million people in France at the time for services ranging from...

Tim Hortons announced today that they will be installing wireless internet in 2000 of their locations. This will be the largest free wireless network in Canada. Roland Walton, Chief Operations Officer of Tim Hortons said: "It's all about convenience and making life easier for our guests. Free wireless Internet at Tim Hortons will help people...

In a blog post yesterday, Kaspersky Lab expert Denis Maslennikov wrote his company was contacted by Russian mobile phone company MegaFon to report a suspicious app. The app in question is called “Find and Call”. “Find and Call” is currently available on both the App Store and Google Play. My search of the App Store confirmed...

Marco Arment creator of the popular app Instapaper discovered an interesting flaw on the App Store. In a blog post yesterday, Arment noticed a flurry of emails and twitter messages moments after the newest version of his app appeared on the App Store. The complaints were all for the same thing. His app would crash...

Police in Gloucestershire, UK, have managed to track down a missing man using the app “Find My Friends”.  On July 2nd, a woman reported her husband missing. She told police he had taken his iPhone with him. Gloucestershire police began searching for the man. The woman remembered her husband's login details for his phone and...

The epic battle between Apple and Google continues, as the latter released its Chrome browser in the App Store last week. Which will emerge victorious in the battle for iOS browser supremacy? Our review will attempt to answer this question, after testing and using Chrome for the past week. Upon launching the application for the...

Musclenerd, of The iPhone Dev Team, announced on Twitter that they have released an update to the popular jailbreak software, Redsn0w. This version improves downgrading your baseband from the iPad baseband, 06.15.00, and adds a new DFU IPSW feature. Here's the notes from The iPhone Dev Team's blog: Happy 4th of July!  Today’s release of...