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SpotON Radio Could Give Pandora a Run for its Money

The power of Spotify is its expansive database of music that you can stream on your desktop or with a premium account, a mobile device. You’ll be extremely hard-pressed to…

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Siri Parody With Killer Special Effects [video]

We’ve seen tons of parodies and pranks involving Siri, the personal assistant that comes with Apple’s iPhone 4S. But rarely do you see one with serious production value or special…

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What's Next for the iOS App Oink [Interview]

It’s about rating things, not venues. It’s about rating things like roller coasters in an amusement park or the chairs in a restaurant. Anything, really. That is what Oink is…

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CSS3 Rendering of an iPhone 4 Uses No Images

This amazing feat in design comes to us thanks to HTML5 and CSS guru Vasiliy Zubach, also known as TjRus. I’m not sure if Zubach was just bored or someone…

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GamePad for iOS Turns Your iPad Into a Gaming Console

There are quite a few games for iOS that make your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad feel like a pretty hip version of a Game Boy. You don’t play them…

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This Is What Your Instagram Profile Should Look Like

The world loves to Instagram their lives, apparently. The app made our top 10 social apps of the year list, and was named Apple’s app of the year. All of…

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Siri: The Horror Movie Trailer

We’ve seen plenty of videos poking fun at Apple’s Siri and Apple itself even launched a cute commercial starring its iPhone 4S assistant and Santa Claus. The best one of…

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Quickpick Adds Helpful Shortcuts to iOS

The notification center for iOS launched with version 5, and it has helped us keep our most important notifications handy, in a “top of stack” location. By simply dragging down…

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Free Time Changes The Way You Use Your Calendar

Scheduling is not only something that I don’t like doing, it’s something I’m really bad at doing. When you have a lot going on at once, it’s a real pain…

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Must Have Lens Kit for iPhone Photographers

So you love taking photos with your iPhone, and Instagram filters just aren’t cutting it for you anymore? Check out this lens filter kit from Holga, built specifically for iPhone…

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Build a Custom iPhone Case from Instagram Photos

If you’re an Instagram fiend like I am, then you are looking for opportunities to show off your best Instagram photos. I’ve written about Calendagram, which turns your favorite Instagram…

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Twitter for iPhone creator leaves

Today, via a tweet, Loren Brichter has announced that he’s leaving the company. Twitter acquired the app (then called Tweetie) along with Loren Brichter’s one many company atebits in April…

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Windows Phone rounds out the big three

Big markets seem to always have three or four major players. The top wireless carriers are AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint. Music has the big four record labels with Sony BMG,…

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Siri vs. Furby

We’ve read about how to get force Siri to tell you a story, but what happens when you let a Furby talk to Siri? This: I still can’t get Siri…

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Apple confirms iOS 5 battery drains

According to AllThingsD, Apple has confirmed that the company has found some problems with its latest iOS that are causing battery related issues. In a statement made directly to AllThingsD,…