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A new report coming from the Japanese blog Macotakara (via AppleInsider) claims that a new iPhone with polycarbonate body – see low-cost iPhone rumours – is coming as early as 2014 after Apple ditched the initial launch for a cheaper handset this year. (more…)

If you have been waiting for an iPhone 5 price drop from Fido, the time has now come. Starting today until March 4th (midnight), 32GB and 64GB models will be on sale if you sign a three year term. The sale is eligible for those renewing and doing hardware upgrades plus new customers. 32GB iPhone...

Apple has seen its Mac sales rise 31% year over year for the month of January, which according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, is primarily because Apple is finally catching up with its iMac supply, AllThingsD is reporting. Latest data from NPD shows that Mac sales have increased significantly this year, although supplies of Apple's new iMac still remain...

How have BlackBerry Z10 sales fared? According to Burnaby-based wireless retailer Glentel Inc., the new flagship BlackBerry has outsold the iPhone 5 and Galaxy SIII since its launch in Canada. The company released a statement yesterday and noted the Z10 was "the leading smartphone" sold from its 330 Wireless Wave and Wave sans Fils stores...

Mmmm…Smurfberries…argghhh…(Homer Simpson voice) Apple has agreed to settle a lawsuit over "bait apps," where minors fell victim to in-app purchases after downloading free apps, reports GigaOM. Under the terms of the settlement, Apple will offer a $5 iTunes credit to those who claim that a minor bought in-game items without their knowledge or permission. If...

Vulnerability Lab CEO Benjamin Kunz Mejri (via Ars Technica) has today shown another way to get around the already flawed passcode lock. He outlined the vulnerability as possibly a more serious flaw than the first report highlighted. (more…)

MasterCard has today unveiled its plans to introduce a digital wallet app in Canada called the MasterPass, that will allow customers to keep personal payment details in their smartphones and make payments quickly by simply scanning a bar code in stores (via The Globe And Mall). The MasterPass app will create a digital receipt on the...

Mozilla has finally debuted its much hyped Firefox OS for mobile phones at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona, Spain. The web-based open source platform where all the features and apps are created using the HTML5 web standard, will power the world’s first Open Web Devices in partnership with 18 carriers around the world later this year. With Firefox OS, Mozilla...

Samsung is set to unveil its next Galaxy S smartphone, widely referred to as the Galaxy S IV, on March 14 in New York, taking the battle for the best smartphone to Apple's home turf, according to a Reuters report. The source points out that the venue has been moved to New York due to the...

Earlier today Joshua Topolsky from The Verge reported his hands-on experience with Google Glass, an extensive futuristic accessory from Google. Questions remained whether Glass would work with the iPhone, but Topolsky reported since the device does not have a cellular radio it will be able to tether data from the iPhone: The device gets data...

Along with being the most popular smartphone, the iPhone is also the most reliable. After looking through data from 722,558 combined problem reports of the world's leading smartphone models, Apple was found the most reliable smartphone manufacturer – nearly 300% better than the worldwide leader Samsung – community-based troubleshooting resource FixYa (via BGR) reported on...

Google today announced their new Chromebook Pixel, their latest notebook offering: Today we’re excited to announce our newest laptop—the Chromebook Pixel—which brings together the best in hardware, software and design to inspire the next generation of Chromebooks. With the Pixel, we set out to rethink all elements of a computer in order to design the...