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With WWDC 2013 coming up soon, all eyes are on Apple to see what changes will come in iOS 7. Now that Jony Ive is at the helm, we could see the most substantial changes to the refined mobile operating system. One issue that many want to see improved is a new way to switch...

A Canadian startup by the name of Thalmic Labs is working on a device that would soon unleash your inner Jedi. According to a report by Reuters, the company has already received 22,000 pre-orders for MYO, a Bluetooth armband that reads muscle signals before amplifying and relaying them to gadgets, which could potentially allow users to play video games...

ComScore has today announced the official U.S. launch of its new Media Metrix Multi-Platform, a web audience analytics tool aimed at providing comScore’s clients a better understanding of their current web audience. The product, which was originally released to clients in Beta with September 2012 data, offers unduplicated accounting of audience size and demographics, and offers a...

According to report by The New York Times, Federal Aviation Administration (F.A.A.) is looking to relax the rules for electronic reading devices during takeoff and landing. The change, which would not include cellphones, is expected to be announced by the end of this year. So, instead of being told to power down your electronic devices for takeoff,...

Globalnews.ca has launched a new responsive website design to target the increasingly growing number of mobile users that access news from their smartphones and tablets. What's also new about the site is there will be featured editorial content written by journalists but commissioned by advertisers, to go alongside news stories, as the media industry continues...

With Google Reader set to shutdown on July 1st, the race is on to create the next best replacement. Digg announced shortly afterwards it was set to re-prioritize its goals to create a Reader replacement. The company has shared today what it plans to do after hearing feedback from the community: After combing through all...

This afternoon the WSJ reports Apple has snapped up indoor-GPS company WiFiSLAM for $20 million dollars, with the deal confirmed by Apple: Apple paid around $20 million for the Silicon Valley-based company, according to a person familiar with the matter who said the deal closed recently. An Apple spokesman confirmed the deal saying the company...

Apple has already blocked the Trojan Yontoo 1 adware for Mac, detected by the Russian anti-virus firm Dr. Web. According to another security software company, Intego (via Ars Technica), Apple has updated the definitions used in OS X's Xprotect.plist, which will automatically detect the trojan, so Mac users can relax – you don't need to...

Yesterday Apple implemented 2-step authentication security for Apple ID accounts, but unfortunately did not include Canada as part of its launch. Ironically, The Verge reports of an exploit where Apple ID password resets can by achieved with only an email and date of birth, using a modified URL of Apple's iForgot page (which is currently...

When it comes to the types of tasks one is looking to do, owners of the iPhone and the Galaxy S III really aren’t that different from one another, according to a new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (via AllThingsD). Even though both companies spend a lot of money on advertising aimed at convincing their customers that they...

Previously, Apple has been rumoured to have a team of 100 people working on a smart watch and more recently, a Samsung executive has admitted that the company too is working on a watch device with capabilities similar to a smartphone. Now, The Financial Times is reporting that Google's Android unit is working on a smart watch,...

Stephen Elop, the CEO of Nokia Corporation and a Canadian citizen, literally threw an iPhone on the floor during an interview on Finnish TV, when asked about some upcoming products (via WMPoweruser). The show, which is called "Hjalliksen kanssa" ("With Hjallis"), aired yesterday evening at biggest Finnish commercial TV station MTV3. During the interview, the...