Apple makes 'green' FaceTime icon official through trademarking filing

Phone makers are serious about their intellectual properties, take the ongoing struggles between OEM giants Samsung and Apple. They're constantly at war over patents, claiming copyright infringement with every waking innovation announced, so today's news should come as no surprise to anyone. Shortly after its big WWDC announcement earlier this month, Apple has gone ahead and patented the new flat 'green' FaceTime logo. Although, of course, things could change with the other app colors prior to iOS7's official release in September, its highly unlikely. Patents cost money and Apple wouldn't begin filing unless they were serious about moving forward.

[via Patently Apple]

SourceCode: BlackBerry PlayBook - A Retrospective

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The BlackBerry PlayBook's future was effectively ended last week with the news that BB10 OS, the current operating system running on the new smartphones, would not make it to the company's two-year old tablet. For owners of these 7-inch devices, this means that they are stuck with the QNX-based BlackBerry OS 2.0 OS, with little hope of seeing BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) or any new features applications moving forward.

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Canada Day apps to focus on events and entertainment

Happy Canada Day! Here are some helpful apps to keep track of the day's events as well as to celebrate all things Canadian this long weekend.

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Qello: All-access concert pass at home

Take the best concerts and music documentaries straight to your living room or into your mobile devices with Qello, an on-demand streaming service with a library housing genres encompassing everything from the 1920s to today.

Free users get to watch a track from each full-length concert and access Qello TV’s 30-plus channels filled with concert moments. Now, if you want to be an All-Access member, you just need to access the shows you want to see in full. Aside from accessing the site on the Web, Qello is also available on Apple iOS and Android, Amazon Kindle Fire, and Windows Phone platforms, as well as on Samsung and Sony Smart TVs.