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Gmail app for iOS finally updated

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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

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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.