Telus today has announced the opening of their first 'Next Generation' store in Laval, Quebec. This remodeled store is located in the Carrefour Laval and was designed to assist customers in making decisions when it comes to technology when purchasing from Telus. Here are some highlights: Specially trained in-store sales consultants provide demonstrations using live...
One of my most utilized and favourite password managers on my Mac and iOS is 1Password, created by Agile Bits based right here in Canada. Their latest 1Password 3.6.5 update for iOS has included improved security, with the debut of PBKDF2 as explained on their blog: 10000 PBKDF2 iterations Your Master Password on your device...
Metro News has officially announced the release of their redesigned iOS app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Available last week, the app is now the top free news app in the App Store, with more than 27,000 downloads. Their first app was released way back in late 2009, and was then touted as...
According to a report from 9to5Mac, Apple is testing internally an iPhone prototype that has a modified version of the A5X processor, that debuted in the new iPad. The prototype is being tested in an older iPhone 4 housing to prevent leaks, and it is being reported such a device will not be produced for...
Back in January we noted about the project Text4Science, a Canadian-led study that was part of a larger international project to learn if text messaging is making us more creative. Some initial results have come in as revealed by Text4Science, and they have amassed over 8000 messages to date. Here is some early data on...
Some huge news has hit the web today--Facebook has agreed to purchase popular iOS photo sharing app Instagram for $1 billion dollars. The news was announced on Instagram's blog and by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself. From Instagram: When Mike and I started Instagram nearly two years ago, we set out to change and improve...
Nick Bilton for the New York Times writes a piece about the silence of other major tech companies when asked about working conditions of their supply chains: In the last week I have asked Hewlett-Packard, Samsung, Microsoft and others about their reports on labor conditions. Most responded with a boilerplate public relations message. Some didn’t...
image via AppleGazette has compiled an interesting gallery of some pictures taken inside Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California. The secretive campus rarely has pictures exposed to the outside, but there are a few interesting gems to check out. Pictures shown include Cafe Mac, the large HD atrium, the Apple Company Store, pictures of the doors...
TweetBot has been updated to 2.2 to include some new features such as iCloud integration. What this new feature does is sync versions of TweetBot across your iPhone and iPad. Synced items would include mute filters, DM read status, and timeline positions. All you need to do is be signed into iCloud and enabled the...
PayByPhone is by far one of my favourite apps as it allows me to securely pay for parking via my iPhone. Verrus first introduced their service as mobile site last April, but then soon released an iPhone app months later. Enter in your meter number, the amount of time you want to park for, and...
The Rogers Live iOS app allows existing Rogers customers to watch live Toronto Raptors or Toronto Blue Jays games and more for only $5/month, which includes 5 hours of 3G streaming data, with $1/hour overages A new promo within the app shows you can now get 'unlimited' 3G streaming until October 31st. So your $5/month...
John Gruber from Daring Fireball breaks down the obviousness Apple wants to convey in terms of shortcuts in iOS 5, in particular the camera shortcut on your lock screen. In iOS 5.0, double tapping the home button would bring up a camera shortcut icon. However, this was changed in iOS 5.1 to a new 'slide...
