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Watch the iPad magician’s mind-bending tricks on Ellen DeGeneres [video]

German magician and TV presenter Simon Pierro is at it again. This time he’s flaunting his niche iPad magic tricks on the Ellen DeGeneres…

Apple iWork, iCloud now available to everyone

Anyone with an Apple ID can now access productivity tools like Pages, Keynote and Numbers for iCloud, regardless of their device. This cross-pollination of…

Apple is dropping iPhoto, Aperture for cleaner Photos app

Since 2007, when first introduced, the iPhone has taken the art of taking photos out of the hands of niche photographers and into the mainstream,…

Rise of the Android: 1 billion devices shipped in 2014

Globally, the shipping of mobile phones has passed the one billion mark for annual shipments with 1. 28 billion devices in total passion from…

Google Play may have more apps but iTunes is making way more money

A new report by AppAnnie — probably one of the most comprehensive application analytic firms out there — found that although Google Play apps…

Apple CEO Tim Cook received compensation valued at $9.22 million in 2014

Apple, as a public company, is obliged to divulge its financials. According to its latest financial reports, CEO Tim Cook received compensation valued at…

Smartphones now make up 75% of mobiles sold in Gulf States

International Data Corporation (IDC), the premier global provider of market intelligence, has released new research that reveals that shipments of 4G LTE handsets to…

Samsung, Android still winning in shrinking mobile market

Samsung is winning the mobile wars and at the same time helping Android kill in the mobile OS stakes. Thing is all of the…

Even Apple loved Ghostbusters in 1984 [Video]

Ghostbusters has always been awesome but back in 1984 it was even cooler than Apple. That’s why the Cupertino-based tech giant parodied the movie’s…

Steve Jobs plays FDR in long lost ‘1984’ sequel [Video]

Apple’s ‘1984’ campaign is one of the most iconic in advertising history. It launched the perception that Apple computers were for rebels. It was…

Man gets charged twice for iTunes song, sues Apple for $5M

In what some might say is a slight overreaction, a man in the US is taking Apple to court for US$5-million after it charged…

Samsung, Apple take the lead in smartphone wars

The war between Apple and Samsung has seen the two tech giants battle it out in court and in the advertising arena. The prize…

Phandroids, meet your dream bar accessory: KegDroid [Video]

Hey, are you geek who loves beer? Do you ever wish you could combine the two aspects of your personality? Well one Googler named…

Digital wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft [Infographic]

I’ve been listening to Charles Arthur every Tuesday on the Guardian pod-cast, Tech weekly, for the past year. Arthur would mention his upcoming book…

The Apple/Samsung showdown [Comic]

Last week a US judge ordered tech industry heavyweights Apple and Samsung to meet in order to put an end to their patent war….

Designer of viral Steve Jobs silhouette image lands Coca Cola deal

Hey, remember that kid who designed the iconic Apple logo incorporating Steve Jobs’ silhouette after the tech icon’s death? He’s back. Hong Kong-based design…

Sergey Brin clarifies his thoughts on web freedom

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has come out on the defensive, saying that his thoughts on internet freedom “got particularly distorted” following an interview with…

Play nice you two: Apple CEO and Samsung chief to meet

You know a dispute is real when a judge orders CEOs of two of world’s the largest tech companies to meet face to face….

Twitter breaks from industry norm, swears to only use patents defensively

Like a number of large tech companies, Twitter files patents all the time. Unlike other companies, however, the social network has just pulled the…

How should everyday users feel about Windows 8?

The only constant in life is change, and the digital world is no exception. Just when you get the hang of one operating system…

Sergey Brin: Apple, Facebook are stifling innovation with ‘walled gardens’

Facebook and Apple are a threat to internet freedom. That’s according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Brin made the comments in an exclusive interview…

Nokia takes a swing at competitors with new ad campaign [Videos]

Wow. Talk about swinging with your back to the ropes. Nokia just got dirty in the latest ad campaign for its Lumia 900. The…

Ashton Kutcher to star in Jobs biopic?

Is Ashton Kutcher set to star in a biopic of Steve Jobs? If an article from Variety magazine is to be believed, then the…

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