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YouTube is being reprogrammed for the iPhone and iPad amid the latest fallout from the growing hostility between Google and Apple. The changes are being made because Google and Apple didn’t renew a five-year licensing agreement that established YouTube’s video service as one of the built-in applications in the operating system that runs the iPhone Continue Reading →

A digital publishing company named BlueToad has come forward to take responsibility for the leak of a million iOS unique device identifiers (UDIDs) that were previously attributed to an alleged FBI laptop hack. In a number of interviews published Monday, BlueToad apologized to the public for the incident, explaining that hackers had broken into the Continue Reading →

Last week, we caught a blog post that Google wasn’t supposed to publish yet. In it, the company announced that it would soon bring editing features to the Google Drive app for iOS. Monday, Google made these updates official and Google Drive for iPhone and iPad does now indeed allow you to edit documents, just Continue Reading →

Hewlett Packard has a long and rich history of innovation in Silicon Valley. As one of the first major computer companies to set down roots there, it has ties with nearly every maker to come after it, even Apple. Founder Steve Jobs famously contacted Bill Hewlett directly to see if he could score some spare Continue Reading →

Apple is set to finally unveil its next-generation iPhone 5 later this week, and it will be the company’s biggest iPhone launch ever according to just about every Apple analyst on the planet. In fact, Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian White went as far as to call it the “biggest upgrade in consumer electronics history,” Continue Reading →

Amazon has released a new version of its Kindle app for Macs, bringing support for Lion’s multi-touch gestures, such as panning and swiping. Version 1.10.3 also brings support for Kindle Format 8 books (which means richer formatting) and larger libraries, as well as the usual bug fixes and performance improvements. The update should be welcome Continue Reading →

Apple’s iOS6 mobile operating system looks to be a boon for travelers and other consumers through a feature that stores boarding passes and retail coupons, and airlines and retailers are already gearing up to be involved. The preparation comes just days ahead of Apple’s big product launch. Apple has scheduled an event September 12 at Continue Reading →

Book publishers have reached a settlement with the Department of Justice over the e-book price fixing ring of which Apple was allegedly kingpin. That settlement is great news, because it means we’ll be able to buy cheaper e-books really soon. Apple was accused of teaming up with HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette Book Group Continue Reading →

Audience, the company responsible for developing the EarSmart technology which powers Siri, has announced that Apple is “unlikely” to use the system in the next-generation iPhone. Audience actually helped Apple develop part of the A5 processor, so that it could include a digital signal processor to remove background noise and secondary voices, as well as Continue Reading →

Apple is back at the negotiating table with music industry executives in an attempt to create a streaming custom radio service similar to Pandora and Spotify, the Wall Street Journal reports. These apps allow users to set their musical preferences, and are then fed a stream of similar music they’re likely to enjoy — without Continue Reading →