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Google has announced on the Gmail blog CardDAV support for syncing Google contacts on your iOS device. Currently, Google Sync allows IMAP support for email and CalDAV for calendar entries, keeping your data synced in real-time no matter what device you are using. CardDAV support brings this to your Google contacts now for iOS: Starting...

Apple has been taking in crucial heat from the media lately over their new iOS 6 Maps application. The only issue regarding the application is a few misplaced streets and the lack of detail in certain areas. What we all forgot was that iOS 6 Maps was supposed to be looked at as an upgrade....

Google has today announced its acquisition of Nik Software, the developer of leading iOS photography app Snapseed, which also won Apple's iPad App Of The Year award in 2011 for its inventive multitouch photo editing interface, reports The Verge. The portion of Nik Software that worked on Snapseed, will relocate to Google headquarters in Mountain View to work on...

The latest report from Reuters notes Apple and Google CEOs have been discussing ongoing patent disputes between both companies "behind-the-scenes": Google Inc CEO Larry Page and Apple CEO Tim Cook have been conducting behind-the-scenes conversations about a range of intellectual property matters, including the ongoing mobile patent disputes between the companies, according to people familiar...

Soon after jury reached a verdict announcing Samsung did infringe on Apple’s design patents and it owes Apple over $1 billion in damages, Apple and Samsung both  issued official statements regarding the jury's decision and now, Google has reflected its thoughts saying that it isn't worried about the outcome since “most of these [patents] don’t relate to the core Android operating system", as...

Harold McElhinny, a lawyer representing Apple, yesterday displayed an internal Samsung e-mail to the jury, revealing that Google asked Samsung to change the design of its phones and tablets to look less like Apple’s devices, reports Bloomberg. The e-mail detailed minutes from a design meeting that was sent to “pass along only a few comments from Senior...

A scandal involving Google and Apple's Safari first began back during February when the Wall Street Journal first reported Google was 'tricking' Safari into accepting tracking cookies. According to the WSJ, here is how it all played out: The companies used special computer code that tricks Apple’s Safari Web-browsing software into letting them monitor many...

Apple released iOS 6 beta 4 a few hours ago and the biggest highlight of the update is removal of the dedicated YouTube app that has been included on the iPhone operating system ever since its launch in 2007. Apple has already dropped Google Maps in iOS 6, replacing it with own 3D Maps app but pulling the native...

Google has long had a touted feature called SMS Chat in Gmail, but Canadian carriers have been absent. According to Google, it is up to carriers to contact them if they want to be included in this feature: Below is a list of supported mobile operators for SMS Chat in Gmail. If you are a...

If you haven't followed Apple patents closely over the years, you may not realize that they've filed many patents regarding video glasses. Dating back to 2006, Apple has filed patents similar to Google's, "Project Glass" glasses; one interesting patent has come into light earlier today. Apple wants to bring their high resolution Retina display to...

A recent publication by AllThingsD highlights Apple's argument in the ongoing patents war with Samsung Electronics that the Korean tech giant deliberately copied iPhone’s and iPad’s iconic designs as well as their intuitive user interfaces, even though Google warned the company about great similarity in design of Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab with respective iOS devices. Apple...

Google has announced a new way to search the web on your iPhone or iPad called Handwrite for Mobile. Once enabled in settings, you will now be able to perform searches by writing letters on the screen of your iPhone instead of typing. Here's how to get started with Handwrite: Go to Google.com in your...