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If you've never heard of RHA, don't feel bad. When I received a pair of their SA950i on-ear headphones I'd never heard of them myself. And yet, after spending a couple of weeks using them, I'd suggest it's a name worth knowing. Based in the UK, RHA (a division of Reid Heath) spent 3 years...

Apple customers are famed for their loyalty, but turns out for the first time since the iPhone was released, the number of iPhone owners saying they will definitively upgrade to the next-generation device has dropped. (more…)

Blackberry feels the threat of the iPhone and Android. First it was US Customs now it is The Pentagon that is about to announce that it is ready to diversify its network with Apple's iPhone and devices running Android for the first time. This is instead of buying additional Blackberry devices. (more…)

How could Apple become and remain the world's most profitable company? Well, that's an open secret, thanks to Apple's quarterly earnings call and Asymco's Horace Dediu, who posted a fresh analysis on his blog taking Apple product's gross margins under his loop. (more…)

Apple sold nearly 27 million worldwide, capturing 15% of the global smartphone market. However, Samsung has posted an incredible 100% year-over-year growth, with a 100.4% rise in mobile phone shipments: 56.3 million units. (more…)

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was established to control access to copyrighted works by preventing individuals from circumventing digital rights management schemes; though the Librarian of Congress has the power to grand exemptions. After some concern expressed earlier this year, this power was exercised this week with the addition of a new batch of...

Are you a fan of the social news service News.me? If so, I'm about to be the bearer of bad news. Twitter's ever-tightening API rules have claimed yet another victim. For those that don't know about News.me, it is best described as a news "curator", which used complex algorithms to pull in news stories based...

Easy commerce for everyone (real name 'Square') has finally stepped into Canadian territory. The service enables fast payments for anyone running a business in Canada, no matter where the business is located. Although not the first mobile payment system in Canada, it's one of the most popular based on its success in the U.S., as...

Apple has just announced the iBooks 3.0 for all iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices with brand new features such as infinite scrolling, improved iCloud integration, Facebook / Twitter sharing and support for Chinese, Korean and Japanese languages among others. The update is free to download from the App Store. During today's keynote, Apple CEO Tim...

A recent study commissioned by Research in Motion has concluded it is cheaper and safer for companies to keep using BlackBerrys despite the proliferation of the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) phenomenon. RIM hired global research firm Strategy Analytics to look into the related costs when companies made a switch away from the BlackBerry to...

Reuters reports RIM has been dealt another blow as the US Customs and Immigration (ICE) has announced it will switch from the BlackBerry to the iPhone, with almost 18,000 iPhones purchased, at a contract price of $2.1 million: The agency said in a solicitation document posted last week that it intends to buy iPhones for...

Apple may drop the IR proximity sensors currently used in the iPhone in favor of sonar tech. Or at least it is working on this technology, as a recently granted US patent shows. (more…)