iPhone battery starts smoking on a plane, despite no smoking signs

What’s a flight attendant to do when an iPhone decides to ignore the no smoking signs and spark one mid-flight? On a flight from Lismore...
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Apps of the Week: Instagram, Instacast HD, Screeny

It’s Friday, and that means it’s time to take a look at some awesome apps for each platform: iPhone, iPad, and Mac OS. Today, we’re...
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iPhone users are more loyal than Android users, and let’s not get started about RIM

So there! According to research firm Gfk, 84 percent of iPhone users plan on continuing with the platform while only 60 percent of Android users...
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iPhone 4, now Made In Brazil

It looks like the Apple, Foxconn, and Brazil move is well underway. According to leaked pictures from a Foxconn factory in Brazil, Apple and its...
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Indian iPhone plans are expensive, but competition is fierce

Sad India As an American, I'm used to getting most everything in the consumer electronic field first and relatively cheap. Seeing other countries (Even you, Canada) deal with inferior versions of the same product for a steep price really bums me out. Despite some pretty nutty pricing announced a few days ago from Aircel, it looks like more affordable plans are already being announced by the competing GSM carrier Airtel.
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Samsung’s new ad mocks iPhone users. Rather well, too.

If you watch Samsung’s new TV commercial that mocks those dillweeds who stand in line for 72 hours waiting for a new iPhone and you...
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Is the iPhone 4S good enough to be your only camera?

Ever since someone bolted a camera to a mobile phone, the obvious question — sometimes asked, sometimes not — has always been: When can my...
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Gameloft gives a sneak look at Six Guns

Gameloft has posted an interview on their blog with the producer (who they don’t name for some reason, but we know the interviewer’s name is...
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Starting your car with Siri more realistic than you may think

We’ve mentioned a couple of Siri hacks that have shown off what the future of Siri may hold for us, and today we have another...
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Apple yanks first subscription based game app from the App Store

It didn’t take long, did it? According to Bloomberg, Apple has already removed the Big Fish Games title that included an in-app subscription to gain...
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HTC cuts forecast by 23 percent, blaming everyone else but themselves

HTC has notified investors of a revenue forecast cut that could reach 23 percent in the upcoming quarter. This means the original estimation of $4...
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The great iMessage is missing two features: mute and unsubscribe

iMessage has solved a problem we’ve had around the Macgasm virtual office these days, and it’s in a way that not too many people would...
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iPhone 4S is the second most popular cameraphone on Flickr

The iPhone 4S has leapt many hurdles in a short period of time, and now the plucky new phone from Apple has established itself as...
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Controversial “War on Terror” game coming to iOS this month

TerrorBull games knows how to rub someone’s fur backwards when it comes to game development, and their upcoming release for iOS, entitled War on Terror,...
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Oh! Edo Towns just about maintains the Kariosoft fun

The last Kariosoft game we looked at was Grand Prix Story, a delightful motor racing simulator built on the success of the breakout Game Dev...
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Find My iPhone helped Los Angeles Police catch a robber

It seems that Apple’s Find My iPhone app can actually do more than find your iOS device. In a recent report from LA Times, the...
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Print your Instagram photos on canvas at CanvasPop

Sometimes you need to take those sexy hipster photos you take on Instagram and print them out. And, sometimes you want to print those photos...
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Rumor: Apple to introduce NFC to iPhones in 2012

According to Taiwanese production sources, both Microsoft and Apple are planning on including NFC (Near Field Communications) — the technology in your wave-to-pay credit cards — in...
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