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The next generation iPhone, which may or may not be called the iPhone 4S (I’m thinking iPhone 5), is drawing near and rumors are getting more intense. Earlier today, we heard a rumor that says the new Apple smartphone’s screen will reach from edge-to-edge and will no longer have a bezel. Additionally, the camera flash…
The iPhone 5 rumors never cease, and this time we’ve got leaked images of a case which point to a few new design cues for the coming Apple smartphone. It’s not uncommon for case manufacturers to get design specs, dummy models or working models prior to a new iPhone’s release so that they can start…
iVocAudio is a new iOS app that allows users to create audio quizzes or tests for memorizing any data. Users simply record questions and answers using an iPhone microphone and then quiz themselves and/or others. According to the press release, iVocAudio is useful for learning foreign languages, or for memorizing things like lists of words,…
There are quite a few GPS navigation apps available for the iPhone, most of which cost money to download. RoadAhead doesn’t compete with the likes of Garmin, Navigon and TomTom (among others) – it doesn’t have half of the features these powerful apps have. Rather, it’s a niche app, focused on one thing – to…
Android may be for porn but if you want a hooker, you’re going to have to go to the iPhone and the upcoming SugarSugar app. This was first spotted over at ZDNet and it has a pitch for the company’s upcoming iPhone app which will help individuals with “locating singles interested in the ‘sugar’ lifestyle.”…
Many years ago, before the iPhone was announced, Nokia released a web browser for their Symbian powered smartphones that used WebKit. Since then the entire industry has standardized around that browsing engine, most famously Apple in iOS, but also Google with Android, and more recently RIM, who purchased Torch Mobile to accelerate their time to…
Apple has just surpassed Google as the world’s most valued brand as the Cupertino-based company reached $153 in terms of brand value. Google, on the other hand, slipped to $111.5 billion followed by IBM and McDonald’s. Apple has largely been helped by its iPhone and iPad devices, along with the new iMac computer that launched…
Apple has reportedly been in talks to purchase the voice-recognition technology provider Nuance. Even if this turns out to just be a rumor, it’s pretty clear that the next version of iOS will have some strong voice-recognition technology. An Apple, Nuance deal would cost in the billions, as some have pegged it at $5-$7 billion…
The Amazon Cloud Player for Android has been an excellent way to get access to your home collection through a browser or native app but it hasn’t been a great experience on the iPhone or iPad yet. It looks like Amazon has tweaked some of its code in order to make this fully work on…
8coupons, which is said to be the largest consumer portal for local and daily deals, is going for the iPhone users with a new, free to download application. Equipped with over half a million live deals, 8coupons’ app apparently has the greatest concentration of deal volume in every zip code in the U.S. However, you…