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Today Apple announced FaceTime for Mac, which will allow users to make/receive video calls to FaceTime enabled iOS devices. Here's how to setup FaceTime for Mac: 1. Download FaceTime for Mac Beta 2. Install it, and login with your Apple ID or another email address. 3. Find a friend's number, and call them. Done! I...

Apple's Back to Mac Event: What You Need to Know Apple surprised everyone with a live stream of the event. Three major announcements were made today and we will summarize the basic info that you need to know. Click here to watch the stream of the event. Apple's iLife '11 comes with major updates and...

Earlier we reported that today's "Back to the Mac" live event isn't being streamed live by Apple but gave you some live blogging alternatives. Since then we've learned that Apple is indeed live streaming the event, but you'll need Mac OS X with Safari 4/5 or Safari on iOS 3 or higher. For those of...

Apple has a live event scheduled for later today (October 20, 2010) at 10:00 a.m. (PDT). The invitation (shown below) simply says "Back to the Mac". Most expect Apple to announce their next next version of OS X, and new a MacBook Air. Unlike the September music event, it doesn't look like Apple is streaming...

Good news for us Canadians who have yet to order (or receive) their new iPhone 4. A quick visit to the Apple Canadian online store shows that iPhone 4 shipping estimates have been improved to 2 weeks from 3 on both the 16GB and 32GB models. And yes, still no White iPhone (seriously, why bother...

There has been lots of talk about the iPhone becoming an iWallet for some time now but a European patent that surfaced last week and was revealed by Patently Apple yesterday takes the rumours to the next level. Not only does the patent application detail how RFID circuitry and antenna would be ingenuously embedded within the...

Last Monday, the Canadian company Research in Motion (RIM) announced their new iPad competitor, the Playbook.  While no firm dates or pricing information has been released, there has been a lot of early interest in this new device.  Later this month, Microsoft will be introducing the Windows Phone 7 OS that looks to be a...

Apple TV units have started to arrive this week. You saw our latest Apple TV unboxing post. There was word before that Apple TV runs iOS and that the latest SHAtter exploit could indeed jailbreak the device. Well, history has been made as iPhone Dev Team member, Musclenerd has successfully jailbroken the new Apple TV....

This week, Bell Mobility is attempting the almost impossible. The Canadian wireless company has a new offer for a "refreshed" 8GB iPhone that is $9.95 and that comes with a free Apple Dock ($35 value) on a 3-year voice and data agreement. The iPhone in question is the iPhone 3G. This is obviously an attempt...

Back in April 2010, just before the launch of the Apple iPad in the USA, a reference to a new iPhone was found within the iPad firmware. At the time, the mystery references were: iPhone3,1 iPhone3,2 iPhone3,3 Well, 'iPhone3,1' became the iPhone 4 but the other two were never really revealed. This week however, the...

Some very interesting news has been confirmed for those people who have ordered the new Apple TV. It has been confirmed that Apple TV does indeed run iOS 4.1 (and support Netflix Canada!). How? iPhone developer chpwn posted a link to download the firmware from Apple! This firmware isn't useful for anyone yet, but turns...

About a week ago, there was this dramatic/possibly fake episode about Apple CEO Steve Jobs going to Japan, picking up some ninja throwing stars (Shuriken), and then being denied boarding his own jet due to the Japanese airport policy regarding weapons. Well, that came and went but what stuck in people's minds was why on...