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Update 1: YouTube video embed now below. Today has been a day of tribute to Apple founder Steve Jobs. The City of Cupertino staff created a short video and posted it on the city blog to pay tribute to Steve Jobs. Apple headquarters are located in Cupertino, but plans for a new second campus are...

Apple has updated its Remembering Steve tribute page with messages from fans: Over a million people from all over the world have shared their memories, thoughts, and feelings about Steve. One thing they all have in common — from personal friends to colleagues to owners of Apple products — is how they’ve been touched by...

Update 1: @jackoplane updates Siri on other iOS devices will require a jailbreak. They haven't posted a video for legal reasons. Just 3 days ago, we told you how 9to5Mac in collaboration with developer Steven Troughton-Smith ported the Siri technology from iPhone 4S to iPhone 4 and had shown at on video as well. Today, another claim comes from...

An internal note on Rogers' retention systems page reveals the 16GB iPhone 4 has been discontinued. The iPhone 4 is now solely availably in 8GB capacities only. Leading up to the iPhone 4S announcement, Telus dropped its 16GB iPhone 4 prices to $99 on contract, with other carriers following suit afterwards. Apple slashed prices on...

Apple has announced their 2011 fiscal fourth quarter earnings this afternoon, with a record $28.27 billion in revenue and a net profit of $6.62 billion. A year ago, these numbers were at $20.34 billion and $4.31 billion respectively. 63% of revenue in this most recent quarter came from international sales. Sales by the numbers: 17.07...

Update 1: Just talked to the Richmond Centre Apple Store and Metrotown Apple Stores. They will be opening at noon tomorrow. Normal store opening hours are 9:30AM for Richmond, and 10AM for Metrotown. The WSJ has reported Apple Stores are set to close tomorrow to celebrate the life of Steve Jobs: Apple plans to close...

Dropbox has emerged as one of the best cloud storage solutions to sync files across your iOS devices and Mac/PC. Forbes today uncovers further into the startup, one of the hottest tech companies to date. Within the article emerges information the Dropbox founders were invited to Cupertino by Steve Jobs--to discuss a takeover of the...

Every time a new iPhone is released, every feature is meticulously scrutinized by its users--and rightfully so. The iPhone 4S battery is supposed to offer an extra hour of 3G talk time, but a 100 hour decrease in standby time. This is probably due to location services being used more frequently in iOS 5 as...

Canadian Apple retail stores now have 'Reserve and Pick Up for the iPhone 4S, a service that was also offered during the holidays in 2009. Users just select their province, Apple store location, and choose an available model. The Pacific Centre Apple Store will start taking reservations tonight as of 9PM PDT, and other stores...

Instapaper 4.0 brings a major update to the popular offline reading app for iPhone and iPad. There are tons of new features and significant enhancements including an all new UI with a restyled navigation view on iPhone and a grid view on the iPad edition. It is now possible to perform to search the full content...

Last month, we told you how Samsung was prepping up to fire back at Apple as soon as the next iPhone launches by filing lawsuits based on violation of basic wireless technology patents owned by them, which they believe Apple has used in iPhone 4S. A report by WSJ suggests that Samsung has already begun...

A private event held at Stanford University's Memorial Church saw Silicon Valley luminaries, politicians and celebrities along with several hundred people gather in order to pay a tribute to late Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs on Sunday. Among those who graced the event were Google chief executive Larry Page, media mogul Rupert Murdoch and former...