Google today updated Gmail for iOS, which now supports the iPhone 5′s 4-inch display. Instead of seeing black bars at the top and bottom of the app, Gmail users on iPhone 5 will now be able to see a bit more of their inboxes on their iphones now. Gmail app for iOS has come a along way since the first app which recieved a lukewarm reception last November, let’s hope that Google will release [...]

Apple CEO Tim Cook has issued an official apology for the omissions and errors in Apple’s iOS Maps app. Apple Maps often displayed businesses away from their true location, important sites were missing, search function did not understand many simple requests. Tim Cook’s full apology letter is below: To our customers, At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience [...]

Facebook started their first real foray into e-commerce with Facebook Gifts, a service which, as the name suggests, lets users send chocolate, coffee, socks and other real life presents to one another.The company will take an unspecified cut from each item sold. Possible gifts included gourmet ice cream, Andy Warhol prints, flowers, organic dog toys and spa packages.   Facebook users will be able [...]

Facebook is joining forces with Dropbox on a new integration that allows Facebook users to share content stored in their Dropbox accounts directly with contacts in Facebook Groups. To use this feature, Facebook users must first link their Facebook account to their Dropbox account. Once they’ve done this, they’ll be able to share documents, photos, and videos that are stored in their Dropbox [...]

Facebook has begun implementing many of the changes and rules to detect and delete fake activity including  fake accounts and likes. The update made to Facebook’s integrity system, as expected has now started automatically detect and remove fake likes to the benefit of brands and users on the social network. Evidence could be already seen  on some Pages like Zynga’s Texas HoldEm Poker whose fan [...]

Apple on Monday released a statement on the sales figure of its latest iteration of iPhone, the first weekend sales of the iPhone 5 topped five million, beating the opening weekend for the iPhone 4S nearly by one million units, in the first three days. iOS 6, the mobile operating system run by the iPhone 5 and available to other iPhones, Apple added, has now been downloaded more than 100 million times. The  [...]

Switzerland’s national rail operator SBB accused Apple of stealing the iconic look of its station clocks for the iOS 6 operating system used by iPhone and iPad mobile devices. iOS6 includes a clock icon with black and red hands that uses an SBB design created in 1944. SBB will not take a leaf out of Apple’s  book and sue it for Billions the way Apple has done to its competitors, the two companies [...]

Apple has always been secretive about the core component specifications  of its  devices, Apple’s iPhone 5’s custom made A6 processor was also the target of curiosity , thanks to tech blog AnandTech we now know the components of the A6 chip. Analysis of the A6 die by AnandTech has confirmed that Apple is using a triple-core GPU with slightly higher clock speeds to double the graphics [...]

Requests from privacy regulators across the EU led Facebook to indefinitely axe its facial recognition feature for all European users. Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) on Friday published its assessment  which suggested that Facebook had “fully implemented” most of the DPC’s recommendations, DPC had been forced into the issue following complaints by a group of Austrian law [...]

After backlash its new iOS Maps app from reviewers and users since iOS 6’s launch yesterday, Apple PR person Trudy Miller told AllThingsD in a statement: Customers around the world are upgrading to iOS 6 with over 200 new features including Apple Maps, our first map service. We are excited to offer this service with innovative new features like Flyover, turn by turn navigation, and Siri integration. [...]