Day 9 of Apple's 12 Days of Christmas is a single from English indie pop group, the xx. The free track is Sunset (Jamie xx Edit) along with two videos from the album Coexist, released this summer: Angels (Live in Tokyo) and Chained. The band was formed in 2008 and consists of: Romy Madley Croft,...
According to UPI, the Ashton Kutcher-led biopic on Steve Jobs will hit theatres in April, as announced by Open Road Films and Five Star Feature films: Ortenberg stated, “jOBS is certain to resonate with audiences and we are thrilled to partner with Five Star Feature Films to bring this film to theaters.” Hulme said, “We set...
Back in August G-Form dropped an iPhone 4S out of a helicopter at 1000 feet. This time around, the company has dropped a fifth gen iPod touch inside one of their latest iPhone 5 cases from 100,000 feet up in the stratosphere. The setup was lifted up via weather balloon, then dropped to the Earth....
Corning has announced it will debut its Gorilla Glass 3 at CES 2013. The new glass will be even more durable and according to Engadget, the glass will feature a proprietary technology called Native Damage Resistance (NDR) that will reduce flaws, scratches and have overall improved strength: GG3 claims a three-fold improvement in scratch...
AllThingsD reports the latest update today to Facebook Messenger for iOS will introduce voice messages within the app, allowing users to send voice clips to friends, up to one minute long. What makes this update extra special is Facebook will be testing VOIP calls in this update, exclusively in Canada (yays): Also particularly noteworthy: In...
Yesterday TechCrunch ran a story noting its sources said Apple was in talks to acquire mapping company Waze, with various updates citing the latter wanted $750 million in a deal. Now, a follow up story by MG Siegler notes no deal is happening whatsoever: That information comes from multiple sources close to the situation. And...
Rovio announced this morning the company experienced a huge Christmas season for game downloads. During Christmas week (Dec. 22-29), the company experienced 30 million game downloads, with 8 million alone on Christmas Day: To top it all off, we had 30 million downloads during Christmas week (December 22-29) and, on Christmas Day, over 8 million...
Pebble, the Kickstarter watch project that shattered records, has announced it will be holding a press conference at CES 2013 to announce some "big news". For those not able to attend in person at CES, you will be able to watch the announcement streamed live at getpebble.com on January 9th, 9:00AM PST. Pebble has not...
A couple days ago the added extras to Fido's $57 unlimited plan expired--the 1GB of extra data and $1 off. Some of you procrastinators missed out but you're in luck because this morning Fido brought them back, as their website reflects the change: The reason for the return of these promos? Probably because rivals Koodo...
Forbes has an interesting article that reveals some details on how AT&T (when it was still branded Cingular Wireless in 2006) chief operating officer, Ralph de la Vega, helped Steve Jobs and Apple create the original iPhone. Jobs had questions about smartphone radio design in 2006 and called up de la Vega for advice: ‘How...
Tired of listening to Siri try to pronounce those difficult names, and failing miserably? While one may give her an "E" for "Effort", it may quickly become annoying. Here's a tip that some of you may not know. For each entry in the Contacts app, iOS allows you to enter fields called "Phonetic First Name"...
Apple is set to announce their Q1 2013 fiscal earnings on Wednesday, January 23rd. The quarter should reveal a record number of phone sold, as the roll out of the iPhone 5 continues to be one of the most aggressive we've seen. In mid-December Apple launched the iPhone 5 in 33 more countries including China,...
