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In a report published by CNET, it appears that Apple apparently made more than $70,000 per day by selling the top 100 publications in Newsstand, Apple's storefront for newspapers and magazines. Marketing research firm Distimo has claimed that major chunk of Apple's Newsstand revenue came from News Corp.'s The Daily, followed by The New York Times and...

The co-founder of Siri, Dag Kittlaus, was a keynote speaker at a monthly start-up pitch event in Chicago yesterday. It was there he revealed information on how Steve Jobs went about his quest in acquiring Siri shortly after its launch. What's interesting to note is Steve Jobs did not like the name 'Siri'--but Apple stuck...

With AAPL shares hitting an all-time high of $614.48, now is the perfect time to sell, right? Apple's stock market valuation already makes it the largest company on the planet, with a market cap of over $572 billion. SEC Form 4 filings today have revealed the Apple executive team netted over $314 million dollars from...

Popular iOS photography sharing app Instagram has come away with a 2012 Shorty Award for 'Best App'. Just what are the Shorty Awards? The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media, recognizing the people and organizations producing real-time short form content across Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube, Foursquare, and the rest of the social Web....

Earth Hour takes place this Saturday evening to address climate change, and Telus and its team members plan to join the cause. In a press release posted earlier today, the company noted it will turn off lights for 60 minutes across its 27 major buildings across Canada: "By participating in Earth Hour, we are joining...

In a recent conference call with investors, Joe Euteneuer, Sprint's chief financial officer, revealed that Sprint's current contract with Apple, allows them to sell the next generation 4G/LTE iPhone. Joe Euteneuer couldn't confirm that the next iPhone will be 4G/LTE, only that if it is, Sprint's contract is already set up to offer this device to their...

Last Saturday, Apple's senior manager for state and local government affair Michael Foulkes, accepted Posthumous President's Award on behalf of Steve Jobs, from Cupertino Chamber Of Commerce, as reported by Palo Alto Patch (via Apple Insider). The award was given at 55th STAR (Service Teamwork Achievement Recognition) Awards ceremony in recognition of Steve's outstanding community service and exceptional leadership. In his acceptance...

All you Toronto Blue Jays fans are probably eager to see the new season kick off on April 9th versus the Boston Red Sox. This time, you'll be able to watch every single game from your iPhone via the Rogers Live Mobile app. According to the description, $5/month will get you 5 hours of data...

It appears Canadians will soon be able to deposit cheques from your smartphone camera, also known as photo chequing. The latest report from The Globe and Mail notes our 'Big Six' banks (CIBC, TD, RBC, Scotiabank, BMO, National Bank of Canada) have plans to introduce this new feature in Canada, according to NCR, the company...

Today, Apple has released an update to Safari, bringing it to version 5.1.5. Apparently, this update fixes some issues with Safari running in 32 bit mode. Safari 5.1.4 was released just a couple of weeks ago and brought some great improvements, but suffered in 32 bit mode. Hopefully, this update will solve these issues. You...

AppleInsider is reporting the a new patent filed by Apple, could bring more advanced universal remote control to iOS, via the cloud. This would work similarly to how some apps recognize certain brands or products and search a database to identify them. According to this patent, you may someday be able to just take a...

The App Store hit 25 billion app downloads this year and once again Apple offered up a $10,000 iTunes gift card to the lucky winner, which turned out to be Chunli Fu from China. Now, it turns out Apple has flown the lucky winner from Qingdao (home of the Tsingtao brewery--yes, that beer) to Beijing...