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According to Bloomberg, sources with familiar with Amazon’s plans revealed that the online retailer is covering its bases by seeking out wireless technology patents to protect itself from legal action once it enters the smartphone market, which is something it plans on doing. It is being said that Amazon is working on a handset that is to directly compete with Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android smartphones. ...

Chinese software firm, Zhizhen Network Technology, recently hit Apple with a patent infringement suit for allegedly violating its 2006 voice-recognizing patent with the integration of Siri-technology into the iPhone 4S.

According to a report from M.I.C. Gadget, the recently filed lawsuit infringes on the “ZL200410053749.9″ patent for “a type of instant messaging chat bot system” dubbed Xiaoi ...

According to claims from Digitimes, Apple’s next-generation iPhone is said to be powered by a quad-core ARM processor based on Samsung’s Exynos 4 architecture. Other details such as clock speed and graphics processing capabilities were not presented though. An upgrade to a quad-core processor seems to make sense though as the new device would need it to compete with other smartphones in the market. ...

Instapaper developer Marco Arment tweeted a warning to other iOS developers this morning telling them to not release app updates today.

Apple appears to be pushing out corrupt app updates causing a number of the apps to crash immediately after launching according to Arment, who noticed the issue late last night after an update to Instapaper went live.



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If you have downloaded the 'Find and Call' application from the iOS App Store recently, a trojan horse has probably, and likely, affected you. The news comes from a Kaspersky blog post and the application was also available in the Google Play store and affected Android devices in the same way. Kaspersky claims to have alerted both Apple and Google about the issue.

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After a few new app updates in the App Store and Mac App Store, app developers are coming to the conclusion that Apple accidentally seeded corrupt binaries of their apps after noticing that their apps are crashing on launch for a portion of users. It appears that the issue occurred for members in the U.S. and U.K. for the most part, but it isn’t clear what other areas were affected (if any).

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Apple’s idea behind the multitasking App Switcher is decent, but it’s very small and can be a pain for larger fingers. If Apple’s one-row multitasking App Switcher seems too small for you, then you should check out a new free jailbreak tweak dubbed MultiStorey by iOS developer JamieD360. With MultiStorey, as the name suggests, you will have more than one row of multitasking App Switcher goodness.

MultiStorey makes multitasking easier because ...

The sleep button on every iOS device is absolutely one of the most important buttons on the device. One thing is for certain though: not everyone needs to power off his or her device. If you want to use your sleep button for other functions, then check out a new free jailbreak tweak dubbed TurnOffButton by iOS developer M_Vincent_M. With it, you can change what will happen when you hold down on the sleep button.

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If you own an iOS device and one of your biggest hobbies is listening to music on it, then you will probably like this new jailbreak tweak! It’s called FoldLock by iOS developer Ariel Aouizerate and with it you can make folders on your home screen that contain separate playlists of your music from your iOS device’s stock Music application.

With FoldMusic, creating easy-to-access music playlists has never been easier. The folders that contain your Music come with internal ...

Google recently mentioned that it will be releasing a software patch soon that will remove the potentially infringing search functionality from Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone, possibly helping it avoid the sales ban recently imposed by the U.S. court. The update will reportedly disable local search options from the unified search feature on the homescreen of the device. Voice search is also expected to be restricted ...

Although Google Chrome for iOS is a great and popular Web browser for Apple's mobile platform even after its initial release being just last week, it is still missing some important Web browser features that we would expect from any Web browser. One important feature Google Chrome for iOS was missing has been added with a new free jailbreak tweak dubbed EasyRefresh for Chrome by iOS developers Moeseth and satropuk.

It’s no surprise that ...