How to add almost any gift card to Passbook

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Here's how you can add almost any gift card to Passbook right now.

Do a quick search on Twitter and you'll find many iOS users sending request after request (or in some cases, demand after demand) to retailers, airlines, and merchants for Passbook integration. Passbook is clearly one feature iOS users are eager to use, but the delay in adoption is driving them mad.

Download Instagram for Android Phone

Instagram for Android is a way to share your world. Pick from one of several gorgeous filtered effects to breathe a new life into your mobile photos. Transform everyday moments into works of art you'll want to share with friends and family.

Share your photos in a simple photo stream with friends to see and follow your friends' photos with the click of a single button. Every day you open up Instagram, you'll see new photos from your closest friends, and creative people from around the world. 

New iPad Mini model hits the Web, but is it the real thing?

The device looks to have a similar design to those cases that have already been leaked onto the Internet.

Apple's iPad Mini doesn't even exist, but yet another mockup of the device's appearance has surfaced.

Video: iPad Secrets

The iPad has a lot of features that everyone knows and loves, but what might be more interesting are the features that very few people are aware of. Learn iPad secrets with help from a professional consumer electronics journalist in this free video clip.

Top 5 Features in Mac OS X Mountain Lion: Why Upgrade

If you love your iPad or iPhone, Apple's OS X 10.8 is a desktop OS that was made for you. Popularly known as "Mountain Lion," the latest system software builds on the features of 10.7 "Lion" while offering a computing experience closer to that of the mobile iOS. Mac owners downloaded Mountain Lion from the App Store 3 million times just in the first four days after its release on July 25, 2012. If you're on the fence about upgrading, understand that Mountain Lion will also sync better with your iDevices and share better with integrated options for social media. There are over 200 new features in this version of OS X, including a few you've probably been waiting for.

All you need to know about the HTC Windows Phone 8X and 8S

Today was HTC day, as the company has made its first Windows Phone 8 devices official. Meet the HTC Windows Phone 8X and Windows Phone 8S! Beautiful names, right? Oh well, we guess we'll have to put up with it. 

Great Games for Your Phone

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In bed, at the office, in class -- smartphone users are up for gaming just about anywhere, according to a February 2012 survey conducted by mobile gaming company MocoSpace. And with so many games available, many approaching console quality, who can blame them? No matter what genre you enjoy, you’re sure to find a mobile game you love to fill your free time.

iPhone 5: Is Apple missing Steve Jobs?

If Steve Jobswere still alive, would the new map application on the iPhone 5 be such an unmitigated disaster? Interesting question, isn't it?

iPhone 5 full review

iPhone 5 full review: Finally, the iPhone we've always wanted.

5 things that surprised me about the iPhone 5

Of all the new parts of the iPhone 5, what still feels the most shocking? Here are my Top 5.

After a week of using the iPhone 5, I've posted my review of Apple's new phone on CNET. Which brings me to wondering: how much can a familiar-looking device that we've seemingly known about for months be capable of surprising anyone, much less a tech editor?

Amazon Kindle Fire 2: What's new?

Back for round two, the true successor to Amazon's flagship tablet is finally here in the form of the Kindle Fire (2), coming with upgraded processor, memory and battery but otherwise identical to the original model. Tempting consumers with its attractive and lower price point of $159, it's sure to raise a few suspect eyes in the process, but will it still be substantial enough to make it a worthwhile offering compared to its more impressive sibling in the Kindle Fire HD?

iZZi Orbit iPhone 5 case features fisheye, wide-angle, 2x zoom camera lens, yours for $200

Now here is an interesting iPhone 5 case, the kind of which we don't get to see every day. The Orbit is made by iZZi Gadgets and in addition to protecting the surface of the iPhone 5 from accidental scratches, it outfits the smartphone with three high-quality lenses for its camera. One of them provides a 180-degree fisheye view, which would be perfect for capturing those skateboarding tricks, a 2x optical zoom lens is available for bringing the action closer, and a 67x wide-angle lens has been thrown in for good measure.

Samsung Galaxy S III: 15 power user tips

It's no secret that the Samsung Galaxy S III is the must-have phone this summer. After all, this high-end Android phone has won over reviewers and consumers alike, selling more than 10 million units in less than two months on the market. PCWorld gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Much of the hype surrounding the Galaxy S III is well deserved—the phone comes packed with cool features, including its voice controls, gesture controls, and multimedia-sharing tools.

Samsung Galaxy Note Review: Now With Android 4.0

The Samsung Galaxy Note ($300 with a two-year contract; price as of February 14, 2012) has been out for a while internationally, but on February 19, the 5.3-inch phone with a stylus-like pen will arrive on U.S. shores exclusively on AT&T’s 4G LTE network. After Galaxy Note commercials appeared during the Super Bowl, Twitter users joked that it resembled a Palm Pilot. The Galaxy Note might have a pen, but it is far from the capacitive PDAs of yore. The Note’s “S Pen” works quite well with the user interface, but I wished that the device had more apps to use the pen with.

iOS 6: the new features

In just two days Apple is bringing not just a brand new iPhone, but an updated platform it will work on, iOS 6, the newest version of its mobile operating system, and here is a breakdown of the main new features, all in an accessible slideshow where we take you one feature at a time.

The new iPhone is expected to launch on or around September 21st, and as we've seen before, Apple will probably try to have iOS 6 out a couple of days ahead of that date, so we're probably looking at a release right after the middle of September.

iPhone 5: 15 most-wanted features

Still waiting for an iPhone 5? So are we. Here's an updated look at some of the feature and design upgrades we'd most like to see, including the odds of their implementation.

First, an apology to those who've read this article before in its various iterations, you probably have a bad case of deja vu.