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Apple launched their iTunes Match service late last month in the U.S. and recently launched the service in 17 other countries, but a slew of questions and launch problems (mainly huge demand) created a certain level of uncertainty in users. Apple launched a dedicated iTunes Match site to help alleviate this uncertainty and answer common questions.

The iTunes Match website includes ...

A new study from the Software Usability Research Laboratory (SURL) shows that nearly 84% of iPad customers claim they are satisfied with their device.

SURL had respondents reply to a number of questions including user-friendliness, what they liked best about the iPad, what they use the device for, and what other devices they use. An interesting testament to the popularity of Amazon’s Kindle: 23% of respondents said they ...

Do the videos of your pets doing dumb things, your friends doing dumb/drunk things, and other miscellaneous on your iDevice need a little spice? J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot Interactive have the solution: Action Movie FX.

Action Movie FX is a simple app designed to ad pre-composed “Action Movie FX” to movies you shoot on your iDevice. The App comes with two free FX allowing users to simulate a missile ...

Those looking for a last-minute Christmas gift for their iOS-less family members need to head to Best Buy. Immediately. The big-box retailer is running a buy-one-get-one promotion for last years 32GB iPhone 4.

The deal is for today only, and shoppers can choose from Verizon or AT&T models. The usual two-year contract and activation fees apply. For those who can deal without having Siri ...

Santa inspired television ads rule the airwaves this time of year. Target has their slow-motion running Santa, Best Buy has Santa usurped by a proud mother, Apple with their Siri inspired affair and many more. But, only one can be labeled the best, and TV ad analysis firm Ace Metrix named Apple's the most effective.

Ace Metrix measured viewer reactions to commercials from advertising vets like ...

A FocusTaiwan report claims Apple is pressuring its manufacturing partners to meet a February 24th iPad 3 release deadline. This also happens to be Steve Jobs' Birthday.

According to the report, a local chinese-language newspaper reported “the iPad 3 might be launched on Feb. 24 to mark the anniversary of the birth of Apple’s late co-founder Steve Jobs.” The report also cites Taiwanese ...

Bill Colton, a VP at ExxonMobil, recently claimed that one gallon of ExonnMobil gasoline (because it's so much different from every other gasoline) has enough power to charge an iPhone once a day from twenty years.

Gasoline harnesses a lot of energy no doubt, but it seems odd to tout a fuel's ability to power the iPhone when that fuel is usually used to move 3,000 pound vehicles around. Honestly, ...

According to comScore Apple is now the 13th most-visited website in all of the U.S. of A.

The numbers and analysis are part of comScore’s November 2011 Media Metrix study. Apple’s position, in terms of web-traffic, puts them ahead of eBay, Walmart, and barely behind the New York Times. Apple and its web properties suckered in 79.2 million unique visitors during November.

However, ...

Rockstar released GTA III earlier this week for a measly $5. A small price to pay for reliving one of the most influential games of the last decade. Well, that measly price just got measlier...

Rockstar is running a holiday promotion through December 29th that cuts the price of GTA III by 40% to $2.99. But, that isn’t the only deal going on, a ton of developers are running sales through the holiday, ...

HTC wasted no time circumventing a ban the International Trade Commission levied against the company for violating two of Apple’s software related patents.

HTC mentioned the patent workaround at a joint announcement today alongside Google Mobile Senior Vice President Any Rubin. It appears both companies anticipated the ITC’s ban and were actively prepping a solution before the ruling was even made. ...

Apple received a reality gut-check from the Düsseldorf Court in Germany over their patent dispute with Samsung according to Bloomberg.



The court’s statement comes after Apple successfully secured a ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Samsung reissued the Galaxy Tab with a few modifications to circumvent the design patent that caused the ban. Apple then added the new modified Galaxy Tab 10.1N to its patent dispute ...