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Gmail app for iOS finally updated

Anyone who has used the Gmail app on both Android and iPhone has noticed that one version is far inferior to the other. While Google has tended to make sure its offerings across all platforms are of a high quality, Gmail on iPhone has — for whatever reason — remained a weird, squashed and semi-broken version of its mobile website since 2012.

Never lose your keys again

The Tile tracker will find your lost keys via your phone. (Too bad if you lose your phone as well).

At last, there's a solution to the problem of losing your wallet or keys -- but it comes at a price.

The iMessage stickers Apple is not happy about

Phoneys are little blue stickers with phrases that you place in your conversation, and on your contact's phone it will ...

The developer of a clever sticker pack for iOS has been told by Apple that he has to change how the stickers look and act or else the stickers will be pulled from the App Store.

Get off my lawn! Pokemon Go tests global laws

Daront searches for Pokemon characters at Peg Paterson park in Rhodes.

The popularity of the game that puts digital creatures into private homes, shops, parks and museums has fuelled debate on land rights, the legal boundaries of private property, and what constitutes trespass.

The force is now with BB-8. No, really

Sphero's new gadget means the cute little droid gets even cuter.

Budding Jedi will soon be able to control Star Wars' BB-8 with the power of the Force, thanks to Sphero's new Force Band accessory for its tiny programmable robot.

The social network Facebook would kill for

taobao

As Facebook tries to leverage its users and their network of friends to help businesses sell products, Taobao has built a hugely profitable service on that premise alone.

How to fast track Pokemon Go egg hatching

Actually catching Pokemon may require stopping and starting, but if you just want to visit Pokestops and hatch eggs you ...

Time is running out to register for Sydney's City2Surf fun run, but if you're looking for a little extra motivation to get involved, think about all the Pokemon eggs you could be hatching.

First person to 'catch 'em all' says he's not done yet

Self-proclaimed Pokemon Go master Nick Johnson.

Nick Johnson, who claims to be the first person to capture all 145 creatures now available in the Pokemon GO mobile gaming phenomenon, says he is not ready to put away his smartphone just yet and hopes for new features.

The secrets of Google Maps

Android users will have to wait until compatible versions such as TripView, Metarove and Arrivo bring the data into ...

Those who just type in an address and go should know that there's so much more you can do than just that.

Facebook uses Olympics to test latest Snapchat clone

Facebook's new feature shows a camera feed when you open the app, just like Snapchat.

When people in Brazil and Canada tapped on the Facebook app during the Olympics' opening ceremony, a camera appeared on top of the News Feed, making it easy to snap photos and videos and add Olympics-themed filters, frames and masks.