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Boeing and MIT have developed technology to control an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from anywhere, as demonstrated this summer at Boeing's Seattle research centre. The team was able to control a UAV over an athletic field 2500 miles away in Cambridge, Massachusetts, home of MIT: Boeing engineer George Windsor sat in a small room at a...

Here's a pretty interesting infographic giving you an insight into the fact that cell phones are playing a big role in shaping up the lives of college students. Students love their cell phones more than anything else with more than 94% texting their friends and colleagues every day. In fact, over 60% of these students...

9to5Mac is reporting that Apple has invited end users to test pre-release iOS 5.0.1 software update in order to provide feedback on any battery life improvements they may experience. In addition to battery life, Apple wants select end users to test the new software against apps and also check for Siri improvements. However, Apple has warned the program...

As Apple moved to online reservations-only for the iPhone 4S, people have started to capitalize on the demand by selling their spots on Craigslist and more. A quick search reveals a plethora of ads ranging in price from $25 to $75. Interested buyers meet the individuals at Apple Stores and during the purchase the buyer...

When the iPhone 4 launched last year, Consumer Reports could not recommend the device as 'antennagate' had taken the world by storm. This time around with the iPhone 4S, their researchers found no reception problems and have recommended the device. In special reception tests of the iPhone 4S that duplicated those we did on the...

Google announced yesterday the ability for Google+ pages to be setup, similar to Facebook. So, of course we had to create a Google+ page for iPhone in Canada, right? You can now follow us via the following: Google+ Facebook Twitter RSS Add us to your G+ circles--go!  

In a story documented by Forbes, hacker Charlie Miller was able to upload a malware-infested app into the App Store: At the SysCan conference in Taiwan next week, Miller plans to present a method that exploits a flaw in Apple’s restrictions on code signing on iOS devices, the security measure that allows only Apple-approved commands...

Google’s former CEO and executive chairman Eric Schmidt told U.S. Senators that Apple’s voice-recognition system is an “interesting development,” suggesting the feature posed a “competitive threat” to its search business. “Google has many strong competitors and we sometimes fail to anticipate the competitive threat posed by new methods of accessing information,” Schmidt writes. Schmidt’s written...

PBS has released a YouTube preview of a Charlie Rose interview with Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, and Sheryl Sandberg, the company’s chief operating officer. The interview covers everything from Facebook’s plans to become publicly traded, privacy, China, the Arab spring, the lack of engineering talent in U.S., and questions about their supposed "war” with other tech companies: primarily Google, Apple,...

While Apple's amazing voice assistant technology a.k.a Siri can do tons of cool stuff, from setting up your meetings & reminders to telling you how many calories are there is a pint of Ben & Jerry's ice-cream, there's still a lot of room for improvement. But since the service is still in 'beta' according to...

As we first noticed a few days ago, Netflix Canada now has seasons 1-3 of AMC's hit show, Breaking Bad, as announced officially on the Netflix blog: AMC's Emmy award winning Breaking Bad is now available for our members in Canada! This show is one of the most requested series by our Canadian members and...

Update 2: Turning Airplane Mode ON/OFF will also fix the issue, and save you from a reboot. Thanks @ShevCharko. Update 1: A reboot will fix the DST issue. Thanks @cdeleeuw84! We've heard from multiple readers out there about iPhone issues with reverting away from daylight saving time today in Canada, which could be related to...