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For the first time, Twitter has entered the ring to battle against various twitter clients. We've seen a lot of apps available or twitter, too many to even name infact. But this is the first we've seen of something similar that is actually created by Twitter themselves.  Twitter has always had a slimmed-down mobile client...

There was a lot of excitement in Canada when the Google Street View car was spotted throughout the country. In early October, Google Street View finally hit the shores of Canada and went live. However, it was only limited to a select few Canadian cities. Now, it looks like other parts of Canada are ready...

Two weeks ago, Telus sued Rogers for apparently misleading advertisements claiming that Rogers is "Canada's fastest network". Now, Rogers has filed a suit against Bell Canada for misleading advertisements claiming that Bell has Canada's "largest, fastest, and most reliable network". Rogers is pointing out that the currently operating Bell CDMA network has approximately 6.7 million...

Oh snap. It looks like this could be the start of even more next generation iPhone rumors "in the wild". MacRumors is reporting that the iPhone developer Pandav has seen evidence of an unreleased iPhone in their App's analytics (within their app iBART). This is the same developer who reported iPhone 2,1 a year ago,...

Last month SaskTel released an Saskatchewan Roughriders app for the Blackberry and iPhone that has received incredible response. It's no surprise as Canadians get ready for the Grey Cup in Calgary, Alberta this Sunday featuring the Montreal Alouettes vs. the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Since the app was released on October 8th, it’s been downloaded over 11,000...

Google has updated their movie results for Google Search for Mobile. The update makes the process of finding a movie and times much easier by simplying going to Google.com and searching "movies". Alternatively, users may search directly by theatre name. After searching for "movies", users tap on the "Use Location" link and then tap on...

Do you remember using T9 Predictive Text on your first cellphone (2.5 billion phones have been shipped with T9 Predictive Text)? We all do! The creator of T9 has created an all new typing system called Swype. It's debut is on the Samsung Omnia II (Windows Mobile, ouch) and instead of physically pressing down on...

If you have not been watching, over the last few weeks Verizon has begun a battle with AT&T over network coverage. Verizon released a series of ads that showcased how Verizon's network is better than AT&T. The Verizon ad phrase was "There's a Map for that", which is essentially mocking Apple's "There's a App for...

Steve Jobs. He is a tech luminary, a presentation master and an idolized CEO but he can also be a man of few words. This week, there has been some drama regarding the app "iPodRip" from developers "The Little App Factory". iPodRip is an app that lets you copy and transfer your songs from an...

We all know somebody that has a rather embarassing ringtone on their mobile device. This is the person who scrambles frantically to answer their phone because outside of them, everyone else thinks their ringtone is ridiculous. We see it everyday. So what can be done about this? Well, this is where iRingPro comes in, a...

In a report at MacRumors, evidence has been found that may indicate that Apple is already hard at work at the next iteration of OS X, 10.7. This news comes as OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was only just released at the end of August 2009. The evidence came from an entry posted in a...

Last month, the CRTC ruled against Globalive and their WIND Mobile brand as becoming a wireless carrier in Canada. Globalive was one of a few new wireless carrier entrants into Canada that could have shaken up the industry. During the recent Canadian wireless spectrum auction, Globalive spent $442 million to purchase wireless spectrum licenses and...