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Apple, Google retain deal for map, search functionalities on iOS devices

The good news: The Google functionality on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad device isn’t going anywhere for a while. Google Executive Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt revealed Tuesday that his company had reached a deal with Apple to continue providing its maps and search technology for the iPhone. Per Reuters, Schmidt, while speaking […]

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Opera Mini web browser 6.0 released, now native for both iPhone and iPad

It’s an interesting alternative to Apple’s Mobile Safari web browser for its iOS devices. And it just got a fairly large overhaul. Per Mac|Life, the popular Opera Mini web browser just reached version 6.0 and is available as a redesigned, universal app that finally brings some love to the bigger screen of the iPad as […]

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Microsoft purchases Skype for $8.5 billion

You’ve got to admit, Skype does have its uses. And companies tend to see this. According to Fortune, Microsoft has agreed to buy the voice-over-Internet company for US$8.5 billion, including the assumption of debt. There had been reports last week that Skype was in acquisition or partnership talks with both Microsoft and Facebook. Skype will […]

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Facebook 3.4 app released, adds “Unfriend”, geolocation features

It may not be the best thing that Facebook pervades a bit too much of our lives, but it IS useful, especially on the iOS devices. Per Mac|Life, Facebook released version 3.4 of its iPhone app on Monday. The new version, which still has yet to go iPad native, adds a handful of modest improvements […]

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Apple releases iMovie 9.0.1 update

Late Thursday, Apple released iMovie 9.0.1, the latest version of its consumer-level video editing application. The new version, a 27.5 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Fixes an issue where stabilization would not be applied correctly to some video clips from iPhone and iPod touch. – Fixes an issue that prevented use […]