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Sparrow For iPhone Updated To Version 1.2

Latest Sparrow For iPhone Update Brings Landscape Mode & Additional Languages, Also Gets Denied For Push
By on Monday, 14. May 2012

It looks like the Sparrow email app has been updated. In this case we are referring to Sparrow for iPhone as opposed to the Sparrow for Mac app. The former was updated to version 1.2 and the latter, while not updated just yet, does have version 1.6 “coming soon.”

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AT&T In Talks To Buy Cricket Wireless?

AT&T Still Wants To Buy A Carrier With AWS Spectrum, May Buy Leap Wireless To Get Cricket After US Government Wouldn't Let Them Buy T-Mobile
By on Sunday, 13. May 2012

The US government wouldn’t let US wireless giant AT&T buy T-Mobile, but the company still wants all the spectrum they can get for their 4G LTE rollout, so, will they gobble up a smaller company? Perhaps. New rumors making their way through the financial press say that AT&T is in [...]

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BlackBerry OS 7 Approved By Use By US Military

Department Of Defense Approves Use Of BlackBerry's Newest Operating System, We Wonder When They'll Approve BBX
By on Sunday, 13. May 2012

Do you work for the US military and want to use one of the newest BlackBerry smartphones? You’re in luck, considering that this week, the US Department of Defense has approved BlackBerry OS 7 for use. So no BlackBerry 10 support yet, but if you want to use an OS [...]

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‘iPad Wi-Fi + 4G’ Name Changed to ‘iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular’ In Certain Markets

Following Criticism on Name Choice, Apple Changes Product Name for the 3G/4G iPad 3 Version in International Markets
By on Sunday, 13. May 2012

We were all surprised to see Apple decide to call its third-generation iPad “the new iPad” instead of the “iPad 3” product name we expected to hear. But that’s not the only name change that surprised certain “new iPad” potential buyers.

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Apple iTV: Company Interested to Buy German TV Maker Loewe, Unless It Isn’t

Apple Briefly Rumored to Buy Loewe, German Company Denies
By on Sunday, 13. May 2012

Earlier this week, we heard that Foxconn is already preparing to produce Apple’s first ever television set and now we have a different rumor for you related to this product that Apple is reportedly trying to reinvent. Apparently Apple is interested in purchasing Loewe, a German company that happens to [...]

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iPhone 5/6 Headphone Jack, Ear Speaker & Wi-Fi Cable Reportedly Spotted in the Wild

Unconfirmed New iPhone Parts Leaked Well Ahead of Handset Launch
By on Sunday, 13. May 2012

Apple’s sixth-generation iPhone, the “new iPhone,” “iPhone 5” or “iPhone 6” as it’s being currently called, will probably be launched at some point in fall, quite possibly in October, just like its predecessor. In fact, certain reports suggest that Apple doesn’t have a final design for the handset yet, which [...]

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Ashton Kutcher Spotted in Steve Jobs Character

Filming for Jobs: Get Inspired Biopic Underway as Ashton Kutcher Is Spotted in Black Turtleneck & Blue Jeans Attire
By on Sunday, 13. May 2012

Apple’s iconic co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs passed away last October, a day after the company led by Tim Cook unveiled the fifth-generation iPhone. His life, at least the part that was hidden from the public while he was alive, was revealed in Walter Isaacson’s official Steve Jobs biography that [...]

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iOS 6 “Sundance,” Siri iPad Interface & Siri APIs for Developers Rumored Ahead of WWDC 2012

New Report Reveals Certain Details About Upcoming iOS Major Refresh
By on Sunday, 13. May 2012

With just over a month to go to this year’s WWDC edition, we get more and more iOS 6-related rumors. A few days ago we heard that Apple will remove Google Maps from its Maps application starting with iOS 6 and replace it with its own mapping solution and we [...]

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iPhone 4S Siri Recommends Windows Phone

Users Discover That Siri Suggests The New Nokia Lumia 900 For People Asking About The "Best Smartphone"
By on Saturday, 12. May 2012

I have to stress this every time we do a Siri story, but the iPhone 4S’ new digital assistant, Siri, is not actually a person, nor any kind of artificial intelligence. It is a pretty advanced program that processes your voice queries and does simple tasks for you, but there [...]

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Angry Birds Successor to be Called Amazing Alex

After 1 Billion Angry Birds Downloads, Rovio Is Finally Ready to Launch New iOS Game
By on Saturday, 12. May 2012

Rovio has apparently learned from those Angry Birds that placing all one’s eggs in the same basket is not always a good business strategy, not that the Angry Birds series is in any danger of losing popularity with the crowds yet. But the game maker is finally ready to launch [...]

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