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US. Luxury watchmaker Bulova has just released Bulova Time, an alarm clock and world time iPhone app with the accuracy of the atomic clock and the simplicity of the company’s first alarm clocks (via MarketWatch). The luxury iOS app has two main functions, an alarm and a world time display, which are both distinct from other...

If you're planning on shopping online last minute from Apple.ca, today is the last day for free expedited shipping for orders over $75, as noted in an email reminder sent out to customers: Get the gifts they’ve been waiting for. Even if you’ve waited until the last minute.Shop online or from the Apple Store app...

Apple has launched its preview page for the iTunes 12 Days of Christmas promo in Canada, set to take place from December 26th to January 6th (last year's event took place Dec.23-Jan.3). Once again as predicted, Canadians will receive their free goodies via visiting websites within the Canada.com Network, instead of downloading them via an...

The Wall Street Journal is reporting Apple executives have met to discuss its television plans with media executives from major companies in recent weeks. Apple is also working on its own television that relies on wireless streaming technology to access shows, movies and other content, according to people briefed on the project. In the recent...

Apple this morning uploaded a new video to their YouTube channel. The latest TV ad features a special person utilizing Siri for the holidays--Santa Claus! Siri can help anyone get through a busy day... Or night. Within the ad, it shows Santa using Siri to help get directions and also a few other funny moments....

BBC has recently aired an hour-long documentary about Steve Jobs with on-camera interviews with Woz, Stephen Fry, Tim Berners-Lee, John Sculley and many others. The documentary examines how Steve Jobs propelled the company from his parents’ garage to global supremacy. Tristan Quinn, the producer of the documentary, says “Jobs was the kind of person that could convince...

As noted by TUAW (via RazorianFly), Best Buy has made a new deal with Wolfram Alpha, the major source of information used by Apple's digital voice assistant Siri, giving them access to its entire product catalog. Wolfram Alpha has officially announced on their blog that  the addition has been made using Best Buy’s own public APIs, meaning you can now...

With the release of iOS 5 in October, iMessage enabled all iOS devices to communicate with each other. Moreover, it allowed all users on iOS 5 to send texts and pictures to each other for free (data required). I can't emphasize how incredible iMessage is when you're traveling outside of Canada. Sending messages back home...

@Pod2g, an active member of iOS jailbreak community who recently demoed a successful iOS 5 untethered jailbreak on video, has been working hard to release his latest iOS 5 untethered exploit to public for all available iOS devices. He has already achieved a successful iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 4th gen, first gen iPad, and Apple TV2...

Walter Isaacson, the author of Steve Jobs' best selling biography, has shared some interesting information with Fortune senior editor Adam Lashinsky. Isaacson talked about the two years he spent with Jobs with Fortune editor while discussing the possibility of expanding the biography in the future. Isaacson believes that the story of Steve Jobs will be told for decades or...

The dual core A5 processor found within the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S is now being produced in a Texas factory owned by Samsung, according to Reuters. Consider this to be the repatriation of the production of the A5 chip: The A5 processor - the brain in the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 - is...

Just over a week ago, Apple unleashed the 'TV Shows' menu for second generation Apple TV units in Canada and across the globe. This silent update did not allow users to purchase shows, but some previews worked. Aside from being cosmetic, it seemed odd the update had appeared. Soon after, Apple pulled the update and...