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Free Map App Is Eye-Poppingly Pretty On The iPad (or iPhone), Shows FourSquare Trends

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Last year, we  were pretty impressed by UpNext's 3D mapping app for the iPhone, which rendered landmarks like the Empire State Building in 3D — which is, of course, cool; but it was only available for NYC, there was no iPad version (because there was no iPad — wow) and it cost a whopping $3.
Now, [...:]

Daily Deals: 27″ iMac i7 2.8GHz, $49 8GB iPhone 3G, App Store Freebies

We start off with another deal on Apple's newly-refreshed line of MacBook Pros. This deal spotlights a 27-inch iMac sporting Intel's i7 processor running at 2.8GHz. ExperCom also added 8GB of RAM and AppleCare, all for $2,379. Also on tap: a new batch of iPhones, including an 8GB iPhone 3G for $49. Finally, a day [...:]

Apple Hit with another iPhone Patent Infringement Lawsuit

When you have deep pockets, you're likely to be the target of lawsuits. That maxim has never been more true than with Apple. A week after Nokia again sued the Cupertino, Calif. company, a graphics display outfit in Washington State has sued Apple, claiming the iPhone infringes its patents on scaling web graphics to mobile [...:]

Jet Lag Fighter iPhone App: No More Trip Hangovers

A new iPhone app promises to help combat that up-all-night, zombie-by-day havoc jet lag brings.
Jet Lag Fighter, $1.99 on iTunes for the iPhone and iPod Touch, gives you a bunch of tools to shorten your next woozy flight hangover. (We have promo codes to give away, check our Twitter account for details).
The app offers two [...:]

Report: Verizon and Google Building iPad Rival

Verizon and Google are reportedly working together on a tablet device designed to rival Apple's iPad. Although few details were provided, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam told the Wall Street Journal the device would leverage Google's large library of content.
"We're looking at all the things Google has in its archives that we could put on a [...:]

iPad Takes Off as Flight School Teaching Tool

Virtual Aviation, which runs full-motion flight simulators in the UK, is using iPads as high-tech teacher's assistants to train pilots.
Instead of instructors lugging around heavy cases filled with maps, charts, manuals, weather reports, flight plans and checklists every time they go into the simulator — they use iPads instead.
Using the iPad leaves busy instructors with [...:]

Canon IXUS 300HS Compact Digicam Will Shoot 240FPS In Low-Light Conditions

If you're on the look out for a high quality and great performing compact digicam that plays nice with iPhoto, Canon's new IXUS 300HS looks about as good as it gets.

The IXUS 300HS is a stainless steel camera with impressive low-light performance for a compact: it can shoot up to ISO 3200 at maximum resolution, [...:]

How One Canadian Got His iPad [How-To]

Even though the iPad will go on sale in Canada at the end of the month (May 28), our friends north of the border are buying them by the boatload on the grey market.
It's not hard to smuggle an iPad across the border, but Canadians have to jump through a couple of hoops to [...:]

HyperMac Battery Juices Your iPad For 99 Hours

HyperMac already has a great range of MacBook battery juicers which can power your Apple laptop for up to 34 hours through an adapter attached to your default Apple power brick, but now they are getting into the iPad game with a range of batteries featuring 10 Watt USB ports that can power your tablet [...:]

AT&T Revising iPhone Upgrade Eligibility Dates For Possible June 21st 4th Gen iPhone Launch

Hot on the heels of reports that Verizon might very well get a CDMA iPhone by September comes word from Mobilecrunch that AT&T has been tweaking its upgrade eligibility dates for the next iPhone.
Most people who purchased an iPhone 3Gs at launch were due for upgrade eligibility this November 21st, but now AT&T is pushing [...:]