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While OS X continues to be a starting point for my music, I find now when it comes to rehearsals, everything I need is on my iPad.    

A carnival-style shooting game that resembles Fruit Ninja -- except the targets are trolls, not fruit.    

... according to new statistics from Onavo, which tracks actual use of mobile apps and games by "millions" of iOS users.    

Reports indicate Apple is still working out the licensing details with music publishers for its "iRadio" service.    

It's an unfamiliar role for an Apple executive to be in. But Tim Cook will say that while he believes 35 percent is too high of a corporate tax, he also doesn't think "zero" taxes on that money is reasonable.    

While not exactly part of Siri, it is her voice that speaks to you. Spoken notifications come in handy for hands-free situations where you can't pick up your phone, like driving, riding a bicycle or working out at the gym.    

Google's support for the Bluetooth Smart Ready platform in Android is one step forward for the radio technology's dominance in the internet of things. But the Bluetooth SIG has a lot more up its sleeve.    

Google CEO Larry Page, who has been suffering from vocal cord issues, showed up at the end of the Google I/O keynote and spent some time talking about his vision of technology and took questions from the audience. And that's when the fun started.    

Apple iPads and iPhones can become unified communications end points for workers using ShoreTel Dock to transform the devices into business desk phones and enterprise collaboration tools, utilizing voice, IM presence and conferencing on a favored, personal…

Neal Edelstein, producer of hit movies like The Ring and Mulholland Drive, has a new film project: A film delivered in chunks directly through an iOS app.    

Apple announced a big milestone in app downloads on Wednesday, the same day that Google's I/O developer conference kicked off in San Francisco. The app store has now seen 50 million downloads so far.    

A third of all smartphones activated in Q1 were on prepaid plans, a trend that historically has favored Android, according to The NPD Group. Apple, though, is starting to make in-roads into the prepaid market.    

A new lawsuit claims the iPhone4 has a defective on-off button. The national class action claims Apple knew about the defect but didn't disclose it even as it worked with AT&T to sell 2 year contracts.    

BlackBerry continues to gain product momentum with a new handset for emerging markets, 120,000 total apps for BlackBerry 10 and BBM for other phones. Can it push Windows Phone aside as the third mobile platform?    

Yes, it includes filters like every other photo app, but it also allows for a quick succession of shots to be taken. Then there's a grid for helping to more easily select the best shot taken and best filter.    

Apple iPads and iPhones can become unified communications end points for workers using ShoreTel Dock to transform the devices into business desk phones and enterprise collaboration tools, utilizing voice, IM presence and conferencing on a favored, personal…

Philips is giving its connected Hue light bulb an update that connects it to IFTTT so people can tie their light bulbs into existing web services. It's also adding a location-aware feature and scheduling.    

Video has long been the driving force behind our growth in broadband traffic. The latest Sandvine report shows us that's still the case and offers clues on how ISPs may cope.    

The initial iPhone 5 pricing was part of what made T-Mobile's big new "no-contract" phones push so attractive. Now the carrier is changing the rules: it requires a $149 down payment.    

Is the free game worth your time, or is it just a bare-bones experiment aimed to help Betaworks better its other products? Well, as it turns out, it can be both.    

iTunes' increasingly good quarterly sales demonstrates how the long-rumored Apple video and "iRadio" subscription services the company has over the years tried to bring to fruition could become significant revenue sources.    

Catch up on our recent podcasts: Chrome users can get some new tips and extension recommendations while farmers -- yes farmers! -- can benefit from the Internet of Things. Plus, YouTube subscription news and thoughts on Google cracking the iOS walled…

At our current pace of consumption, the world's demands for compute power will quickly outpace the energy provided by our data centers. The solution is a global smart grid, and Europe provides a model for what that might look like.     

While things are not quite what they used to be, Apple does still have a shot at impressing its seemingly forgotten Mac Pro customers by putting the power back into its Macs.    

An arcade-style game that is more challenging than it may first appear. If there were such a genre for side-scrolling puzzle games, this game would define it, except for one minor detail: it's vertical.