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A press release published earlier today on PRWeb.com claimed that Google had acquired ICOA for $400 million. However, ICOA's chief financial officer Erwin Vahlsing, Jr. has now denied the claims in an official email, according to the Wall Street Journal. In fact, the company never had any discussions with any potential acquirers, said George Strouthopoulos, ICOA's chief executive in...

An ex-Apple employee has a lot to say about the company, particularly when it comes to their Internet-enabled endeavours (including services like iCloud, MobileMe, and .Mac). According to engineer Patrick B. Gibson, "almost everything Apple does which involves the internet is a mess." (via ZDNET) Gibson helped build the original iPad before leaving Apple for work at...

Motorola is eager to add the iPhone 5 and iPad mini to its litigation against Apple in the Southern District of Florida, following Samsung's recent move. According to Florian Müller of Foss Patents, none of the patents subject to litigation are standard-essential. (more…)

GigaOM has published a report today, claiming that Google is working on an open source alternative to Apple’s AirPlay and is planning to provide this technology to a number of software vendors to allow data exchange between second screens and TV-connected devices, a hint of which has recently been seen in updated YouTube app for Android...

Google has to pay the $22.5 million fine for an alleged privacy breach, a US Federal Judge Susan Illston ruled late Friday, rejecting a consumer rights group's request for a tougher punishment, the Associated Press reports (more…)

Accusations of patent infringement have become so common among the major mobile device manufacturers that they are already bordering on cliche. Court systems the world-wide are filled to capacity with finger-pointing and filings dealing with who copied who and details that really just amount to corporate white noise. Consumers are confused and for the most...

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...

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...

Snapseed, probably the easiest iOS photo-editing apps to learn, has just been updated on the App-Store to receive iPhone 5 and iOS 6 support. We have went as far as to label Snapseed "the best photo editing app" on the market. Click here to view our full video review of the application. Along with iPhone...

Many iOS users are heavy Gmail users. The latter's iOS app was updated for the iPhone 5 recently and is still by far the best way to search for emails on the go. Now, it appears Google has added support to allow for searches of text within attachments, according to Google Operating System (via LifeHacker): The...