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If you’ve seen people walking around taking a movie using a handcranked gadget, chances are you’ve seen a “wannabe” filmmaker taking part in the art of analogue movie making, thanks to the LomoKino. The LomoKino is an analogue movie maker that uses 35MM film, turning it into a one-minute visually-stunning home movie. The popularity of...

Earlier this year, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced special discounts on Macs and iPads for Apple Store employees, starting from June 2012. Today, the freshly appointed Senior Vice President of Apple Retail John Browett has announced a 3 month advance on employee salary raises, starting from June 30th, who were previously scheduled to see their raises on September 30th of this...

Tonight Apple released a revised version of iOS 5.1.1 for only the iPhone 4. The original build of iOS 5.1.1 is labeled 9B206, while the new build is labeled 9B208. As indicated by the build number, the iOS release is two builds newer and most likely has a small fix. At this time the revised...

In April, Apple along with seven other publishers were sued by the U.S. Department of Justice, accused of ebook price collusion. Apple and the accused disrupted the traditional wholesale model, where prices are determined by retailers such as Amazon. Instead, the agency model was adopted (with Steve Jobs playing a hand in the role) where...

If you've ever wondered exactly where your iPhone came from, it was most likely manufactured and shipped from Foxconn's Zhengzhou production plant. According to a report by M.I.C Gadget, the Zhengzhou plant now produces 70% of Apple's iPhones. The plant is known to produce upwards of 200,000 iPhones per day, with the goal of doubling...

Nuance has announced that it is developing a new Siri-like natural language command platform for vehicles. The platform is called "Dragon Drive" can be installed in vehicles to allow drivers to interact with their cars by getting directions, playing music, checking traffic, and so on. Nuance is the company behind the technology in Apple's Siri,...

The Verge has posted a comparison video that puts Apple's Siri versus Samsung's S Voice. The latter was introduced by Samsung when they debuted their latest flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S III. Early on many noted S Voice 'resembled' a clone of Siri on the iPhone 4S. Cosmetics put aside--how do both of these...

Foxconn, who recently revealed its plans to invest $210 million in a new Apple production facility in Huai’an city, China, is reportedly teaming up with Japan's Sharp Corporation in developing the iPhone 5's display, Reuters reports. The source claims that the Japanese firm will supply necessary technological to Hon Hai for a new Foxconn plant that will produce panels for...

Today IDC (International Data Corporation) published a report revealing that iOS and Android dominate the smartphone market. According to data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, iOS and Android hold shares of 59 percent and 23 percent respectively of the over 152 million smartphones shipped in the first quarter of 2012. This represents...

Less than a week ago we revealed Ottawa was getting its second Apple Store, as revealed in a job posting on Workopolis. This would bring an additional store for the Ottawa area to join the existing Rideau location. The rumoured location of this new store is at Bayshore Mall, roughly 16 kilometres southwest of the...

It looks like Apple has released two new celebrity-based iPhone 4S/Siri ads. This time actor John Malkovich is featured. This is the third and fourth celebrity featured iPhone 4S TV ad Apple has launched. Previous ads featured Samuel L. Jackson and Zooey Deschanel. As seen in the previous iPhone 4S/Siri commercials with celebrities, the iPhone...

As scheduled, the CEOs of Apple and Samsung met in San Francisco earlier this week for a court-moderated discussion, in an effort to settle the long-standing patent dispute between the two companies. Unfortunately, Tim Cook's meeting with Choi Gee-sung failed to produce any productive results, which means that the U.S. case underway in California is now pretty much certain to proceed to trial, according to a...