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By Usman on February 7th, 2012

Citytv today unveiled the full episodic breakdown for the 11-week, 22-episode of Canada’s largest talent search series ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ which will begin on Sunday, March 4 on Citytv. The show will air Sundays and Mondays and the first-ever Canada’s Got Talent winner will be revealed in the live season finale on May 14. Great news is, you can…

By Daniel Waters on February 7th, 2012

According to Apple Insider, the Houston Texas based energy service giant Halliburton is phasing out the remaining Blackberry’s in favour of iPhones. “Over the next year, we will begin expanding the use of our mobile technology by transitioning from the BlackBerry (RIM) platform that we currently use to smart phone technology via the iPhone” The…

By Daniel Waters on February 7th, 2012

Apple has issued an announcement on its Developer site, warning developer not to artificially manipulate their Apps rankings: Once you build a great app, you want everyone to know about it. However, when you promote your app, you should avoid using services that advertise or guarantee top placement in App Store charts. Even if you…

By Gary Ng on February 7th, 2012

Last December the codenames behind iOS versions were revealed and helped answer questions such as why the default SSH password remains ‘alpine’. iOS codenames revolve around a theme of various ski resorts, and recently @chpwn visited the resort Northstar in California, or also known as the nickname for iOS 3.1. As detailed in a recent…

By Matt Watterworth on February 6th, 2012

Yahoo has done Apple and Android a kindness by creating an interesting “App Gallery” that allows you to scan through a number of popular apps within the Yahoo ecosystem.   The interface uses a fun slider effect to feature popular apps and can go deeper into detail when you open them up. Once you’ve found…

By Gary Ng on February 6th, 2012

Even with the release of its Supplier Responsibility Progress Report, Apple continues to be targeted by the media. The New York Times wrote a lengthy piece that Tim Cook vehemently responded to, and now CNN has their own report that includes interviews with employees from Foxconn, responsible for manufacturing iPhones and iPads: After three weeks…

By Usman on February 6th, 2012

First, Apple took the 3rd spot in global rankings of largest smartphone manufacturers as a result of massive Q4 2011 sales of iPhone 4S and then it was crowned as the highest earning mobile phone manufacturer in the world according to Asymco’s analysis. Now once again, iPhone 4S, the top-selling handset in Q4 of last year, has made Apple the largest…

By Gary Ng on February 6th, 2012

As announced earlier in January, Netflix Canada will be part of the debut for the original series, ‘Lilyhammer’, produced in Norway, set for launch in the USA and Latin America as well: “Lilyhammer,” follows New York mobster Frank “The Fixer” Tagliano as he enters the federal witness protection program after ratting on his boss. A…

By Gary Ng on February 5th, 2012

Prior to the Super Bowl Samsung released a teaser of their Super Bowl ad that attacks iPhone users waiting in line. This was part of an existing series Samsung released earlier in the year. This evening, Samsung released both an American and Canadian version of their ad. The Canadian shows the names of Toronto, Montreal,…

By Usman on February 5th, 2012

At last month’s Apple Education Media Event which was held in New York City, iBooks Author was announced as a free tool in Mac App Store which enables instant creation of textbooks and resembles a cross between Keynote and Pages. An update to the iBooks authoring tool has recently gone live the Mac App Store taking it to version…