The Loop confirms Apple is set to hold an event on October 23rd, most likely to reveal the iPad mini: Apple on Tuesday announced a special event to be held on October 23, 2012 in San Jose. The event is scheduled to take place at 10:00 am PT. Unlike other recent events that have been...
It appears on top of the refresh to the Mac mini and rumoured upcoming 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display, Apple will refresh its iMac lineup according to 9to5Mac: Today we also get a hint at what looks like updated 21 and 27-inch iMac models from the same SKUs. Listed as D7 and D8 in...
If you're a fan of Blendtec, then you probably are somewhat addicted to their 'Will it Blend?' videos on YouTube. Their latest video is one you've been waiting for--a showdown between the Apple iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S III. This one's hot off the press--check it out below: We have a Blendtec at...
Looks like the 'long' wait is over and the Starbucks Canada has finally received support for Passbook. A while ago both the Canadian and US apps were updated for iOS 6, with only the latter receiving support for Passbook. We detailed a workaround on how to get Passbook in Canada with the US app, but that...
When Apple previewed Passbook at WWDC 2012, their own presentation slide revealed a Passbook card with the Apple logo, hinting at some sort of retail integration. Nothing has materialized yet but that could soon change, as 9to5Mac reports Apple retail locations could soon accept gift card payments via Passbook: Later this month, Apple will be...
If you aren't aware, you can earn Aeroplan miles by shopping at Apple.ca by visiting the latter's website via Aeroplan. The miles works out to 1 mile for each dollar spent, but there are current promotions where you can get 5X the miles on any purchase, and it includes the iPhone 5. The fine details...
Loren Brichter founded Atebits and created Tweetie, one of the most popular Twitter clients at the time that featured his pleasing 'pull to refresh' feature that we now see everywhere. Eventually Atebits was acquired by Twitter in April of 2010 and Loren helped the latter port over features of Tweetie into the official Twitter app....
Earlier today TELUS dropped the gauntlet by eliminating the $35 activation and $25 renewal fees (but charging $10 for SIM cards for new customers) forever. Now, the company has also reduced the price of unlocking for the iPhone and other devices to $35 (via MobileSyrup) compared to when it first launched in June for $50. As...
Kara Swisher over at AllThingsD has the scoop on Apple's hiring of Amazon executive William Stasior to run the Siri unit: Apple has hired major Amazon exec and prominent search technologist William Stasior to run its Siri unit, according to sources. Stasior was in charge of Amazon's search and advertising unit A9 and is a...
A while back we highlighted ClassicMap, an app that brought back a native Google Maps app to iOS 6 users (it was the web version in a wrapper), but it was eventually pulled from the App Store. Now, it appears another similar app has made its way into the App Store, known as gMaps. According...
The current Mac mini According to 9to5Mac, a new version of the Mac Mini will launch alongside the iPad Mini, at Apple's all but confirmed event coming on October 23rd: Alongside the smaller iPad, Apple plans to announce a new version of its Mac mini. Sources say that these Mac minis will come in two...
A couple weeks ago ZAGG introduced free shipping promo to Canada on orders over $29.98, and that promo is set to expire anytime now as the initial offer is only valid for two weeks. We recently reviewed the ZAGG invisibieSHIELD EXTREME (qualifies for free shipping) for the iPhone 5 front and also previewed their new ZAGGsparq...
