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By Usman on October 29th, 2011

According to an official statement on Friday, Facebook is shutting down Beluga social text messaging service (aka BelugaPods) which the company acquired back in March 2011. As reported by GigaOM, this move is not unexpected since Facebook now has its own dedicated Messenger app for iOS. Facebook Messenger was developed by the founders of Beluga who worked for…

By Stephen Cleary on October 28th, 2011

Today Samsung officially announced its financial results for the third-quarter, and while they didn’t release the number of smartphone units sold, that hasn’t stopped Strategy Analytics from declaring them the unit sales leader in smartphones. Strategy Analytics has compiled the third-quarter results of all smartphone manufacturers and stated that Samsung [has] becomes the world’s number one…

By Usman on October 28th, 2011

Nokia recently took the wraps off its latest iPhone 4S competitor, the Lumia 800 while Samsung is already claiming that its Galaxy S II is more powerful than Apple’s latest iPhone. As folks at SlashGear got their hands on a Lumia 800 at Nokia World 2011 expo, they decided to pit Nokia’s first Windows Phone 7 smartphone against Samsung Galaxy SII…

By Gary Ng on October 27th, 2011

If you haven’t already purchased the Steve Jobs biography from the iBookstore or Amazon.ca, you can get a fantastic deal from Costco for $21.97. This is much cheaper than the Canadian cover price of $37.00, and beats the Amazon.ca price of $23. The Steve Jobs biography was released on Monday (and earlier at some outlets…

By Usman on October 27th, 2011

Last month we told you Adobe was developing Carousel, a perfect Lightroom alternative for iOS devices which would allow users to access their entire photo library on any iPhone, iPod, iPad or a Mac computer with seamless photo syncing across all these devices. Today, the company has released native iOS and Mac clients for Carousel which can be downloaded for…

By Usman on October 27th, 2011

A handful of hypothetical stories have been published all over the web regarding why Steve Job’s car did not have a license plate. But iTWire claims to have finally uncovered the truth. In a one hour encounter with CTO of Entrust Jon Callas, who has also worked at Apple in the past as a senior security officer,…

By Stephen Cleary on October 26th, 2011

In a recent article published in Fortune, Steve Jobs’ chronicler Brent Schlender has published several personal stories from 25 years of covering Apple and its late co-founder, offering a unique look at how Steve Jobs interacted with the media. The article tells stories Schlender says he “was never able to tell, either because they would…

By Stephen Cleary on October 26th, 2011

Perhaps you’ve heard: There’s a new Steve Jobs biography out. Last night, Walter Isaacson sat down with Jon Stewart of The Daily Show to talk about his new book, “Steve Jobs”. It’s an entertaining interview, touching on Jobs’s ‘Zen Stare’, the role of coincidence in the Apple co-founder’s life, and a dig at Microsoft: “One…

By Gary Ng on October 26th, 2011

PBS is set to air a documentary titled ‘Steve Jobs–One More Thing’ on Wednesday, November 2nd at 10PM-11PM EDT (7PM-8PM PDT). The documentary will feature never seen before footage of Steve Jobs from an interview that took place with PBS in 1994: In a never-before-broadcast interview from 1994, Jobs expounds on his philosophy of life:…

By Usman on October 26th, 2011

Last week, one of our readers pointed out Canadian Apple Stores offering ‘Reserve and Pick up” service for the iPhone 4S in which customers would just select their province, Apple store location, and choose an available model for in-store pick up. Today, Apple has taken this one step further by debuting its ”Ship To Store” service in USA,…