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Apple has released iTunes 10.5.2 for download. The minor fixes involve iTunes Match (US only, but coming to Canada soon) and audio problems when dealing with certain CDs: What's new in iTunes 10.5.2 iTunes 10.5.2 includes several improvements for iTunes Match and fixes an audio distortion problem when playing or importing certain CDs. The update...

Looks like hard work and a creative talent pays off. Jan-Michael Cart, known worldwide for his iOS concept videos has announced he has achieved his goal of working for Apple as an intern, as posted on his updated blog: Welcome to the new blog section of my website. Soon I will be embarking to California,...

Apple has posted iOS 5.1 beta 2 to developers. One new feature is as described as follows: NEW: Photos taken using iOS 5.1 can be deleted from Photo Stream on your device and will be removed automatically from Photo Stream on your other iOS 5.1 devices. Older photos can be manually deleted from your iOS...

Rogers will be launching an interesting an innovative service later this month. Dubbed Rogers One, the service allows customers to use their existing Rogers wireless number to text, email, and talk from a computer. A summary of the full feature list includes: Text and Talk from your personal computer using your wireless number Manage emails...

Canada's sixth largest bank and the leading bank in Quebec, the National Bank of Canada (French: Banque Nationale du Canada), has recently updated their website to support mobile devices. The new mobile site supports French and English and works for both bank accounts and their MasterCard. According to a study done by ING Direct last month, 35% of Canadians...

According to Japanese blog Macotakara (via AppleInsider), Apple is planning to add Bluetooth 4.0 support to its AirPlay protocol. During a recent MFi Conference (MFi = Made for iPod / iPhone / iPad) which was held in China last week, Apple revealed that they were going to provide a new certification chip for iOS-accessories, which will allow them access to iOS devices via...

According to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, mobile phone subscribers had increased by almost one million to a total of 25.5 million by the end of the third quarter of 2011. With that, Canadians are found to be switching from desktops and laptops for web usage to their mobile phones, tablets and televisions. According to a...

According to a recent report by DigiTimes, Apple will ship 2 million iPhone 3GS units worldwide by the end of the Q4 2011. The sources believe that similar sales will continue next year with up to 1.6 million iPhone 3GS shipments in the first quarter of 2012. Today, the iPhone 3GS which was launched in 2009, has been...

Yesterday we were first to report on the free animated book download, The Beatles Yellow Submarine in the iBookstore. Today, a press release was issued to make it official, and this evening Apple has uploaded a new iTunes TV ad to its YouTube account called 'Covers', featuring The Beatles: Let iTunes take you on a...

Brazilian web-designer Fabio Fiss spent a long weekend creating Stevenote.tv, a platform that aims to gather every Steve Jobs videos in a single search-friendly place-- not only keynotes, but also documentaries, interviews, videos from his time at NeXT, as well as Apple ads. The site is still in development with some holes to fill. In the long run he hopes to...

Back in February, HP announced the Veer, Pre 3, and TouchPad to compete with iOS. Six months later, the company reported they were discontinuing webOS hardware (that led to $99 TouchPad firesales). WebOS was orchestrated by former Apple engineer, Jon Rubinstein, when he moved to Palm, eventually acquired by HP. Today, HP has even bigger news,...

Last night, Apple TV units in Canada were silently given an over the air update to introduce the TV Shows menu. Everything looked fine and dandy, however users were unable to purchase rentals, watch previews and more. It was essentially a useless update. Here's what we saw yesterday: Today, we now know why it wasn't...