If you logged into iCloud.com earlier this morning using Safari, you may have noticed a little banner near the top of your browser. That banner may be a future feature coming to iCloud.com users. From the brief glimpse, it looks like the banner represents notifications, similar to how notifications work in iOS. At this time...
You might recall last week a video surfaced on the web of an Apple promotional film that depicted Steve Jobs as U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, from 1944. Now, Michael Markman reveals the backstory of how his early Apple project has made its way to YouTube on his blog. Markman was the creative director for...
The Pebble team has just sent out an update to its backers that their watch will now support Bluetooth 4.0, a much anticipated request by their supporters. All watches will come standard with Bluetooth 2.1, but 4.0 will be released for free via a software update to its original supporters: Here are the details: -...
While the CEOs of Apple and Samsung are scheduled to meet in San Francisco on May 21st for a court-moderated discussion, in order to settle the long-standing patent dispute between the two companies, Apple has made a new filing in California narrowing down the infringement claims against Samsung while the Korean giant has responded by dropping five of its 12 asserted patents against Apple, reports...
Rovio Entertainment, creators of Angry Birds which is not only the most successful mobile game franchise but also the fastest growing mobile game in the world with its latest iteration, the Angry Birds Space, hitting a record 50 million downloads mark in merely 35 days of its launch, has today announced its financial results for the year of...
When you start a new job, it is often customary to be welcomed to your new work place. Typically, your supervisor of trainer shows you to your work space and may hand you a stuffy manual to read about the company. Apple does things different. Take a look at this note you would receive, upon...
Apple has released iOS 5.1.1 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch that has bug fixes and improvements, two months exactly after iOS 5.1 was released. Here's what's new: Improves reliability of using HDR option for photos taken using the Lock Screen shortcut Addresses bugs that could prevent the new iPad from switching between 2G...
When there was a mysterious 'Wake Up' protest outside the Sydney Apple Store in Australia, all fingers pointed at Samsung--but we were all wrong. Turns out it was Research In Motion as they admitted the flash mob protest was theirs. Now, their 'Wake Up' campaign has been revealed. Just visit wakeupbebold.com to see the final...
One of the biggest topics for discussion for Canadians these days, has been, “Why is everything so much more expensive in Canada than it is in the U.S.?” No doubt, a big motivating factor behind this has been the insatiable thirst Canadians have for cross-border shopping. Trying to approximate which customs line is the fastest,...
Social apps are among the most popular on the iPhone. There are many apps that let you connect to your favourite social networks, but there are few that take the features of these apps and put them in to a one on one experience. Here comes "Pair". This app allows you to share things...
Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, who is also considered as one of the most successful investors in the world, said that he would not buy shares of Apple or Google but would rather invest in International Business Machines Corp (IBM) which he believes will be a better investment for his company, reports Reuters. Buffett's revelation in November that...
I know many wireless dealer owners (Rogers, Telus) who were very disappointed when Apple launched the iPhone 4S. They were disappointed because these business owners wanted the device to be called "iPhone 5" as it is a more powerful name from a marketing perspective and would sell more devices. Now technically the iPhone 4S is...