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Update 1: How to download your free gift of the day? Easy. Just click along the bottom partner links to find your free download of the day. Day 1's freebie is a free episode of The Big Bang Theory. Yay? Looks like iTunes Canada is joining in on the Christmas spirit. Apple has launched their...

The One Ronnie is a BBC production hosted by famed British comic, Ronnie Corbett. In one of his recent videos he mocks the Blackberry and other technology too. One of Britain's most enduring and best-loved comics, Ronnie Corbett, turned 80 in December 2010. In this brand new comedy sketch show, the octogenarian comic legend appears...

Tonight while out at Oakridge Mall in Vancouver, I noticed the Apple Store had a very interesting Christmas display. Similar to yesterday's new iPhone 4 FaceTime commercial, it once again is Santa using FaceTime with children, families, Ms. Clause, and elves. There's a large iPhone playing a loop of endless magical FaceTime moments. Here are...

Apple PR issued a release today about new Apple TV sales surpassing 1 million units sold. This 'hobby' seems to doing pretty well. Netflix integration with Apple TV is excellent. CUPERTINO, California—December 21, 2010—Apple® today announced that it expects sales of its new Apple TV® to top one million units later this week. The new...

The Wall Street Journal has a fantastic article about the whole issue around app privacy, in particular what iPhone and Android apps are doing with your information. With 300,000+ apps in the App Store, what information is collected and distributed about us when we use various iPhone apps? The WSJ's investigation resulted in the following...

Looks like it's the season for app sales. This time around, a group of independent iPhone developers have collaborated to raise money for the charity called Child's Play. Six independent iPhone game creators have joined forces to raise money for Child's Play, a charity that helps sick kids play their favorite games while they're in...

Who wouldn't love to have a Star Trek-type communication device, that they could whip out and command it to do something? OK perhaps 'beaming' is a bit beyond today's technological capabilities...how about "Spock! Play Doodlejump!" or "Scotty! Download updates!". Soon Apple might have an iOS for that! Job postings from Apple show they are looking...

Reports are coming in from across the web of huge slowdowns in downloading content to your iTunes accounts - on your iPhone and other iOS devices, including Apple TV. The blame - and via the numerous articles I've read this is not confirmed by any stretch - is being put on "alternate DNS servers" such...

Earlier today Apple released iAd Producer 1.0 for the Mac. This app will allow developers to create "high-impact, motion-rich ads". iAd Producer is Apple’s graphical environment for creating iAd rich media ads for the iAd Network. Whether you’re a designer or a programmer, iAd Producer helps you design and create interactive, compelling ads with little...

Apple has just released a new TV ad that's available on their YouTube channel (and Apple.com, but not Apple.ca). Titled "Under the Covers", it focuses on the FaceTime feature of the iPhone 4 (this ad focused on the battery), plus a Christmas theme that I think many of you will enjoy. Check it out below:...

Last week Erica Sadun created AirPlayer, a program that allowed streaming of video from your iOS device to your Mac. Today, Erica has released AirFlick, which allows streaming of data outside iTunes. Here's how it works: AirFlick offers the potential of real-time transcoding of otherwise unsupported file types into Apple TV-compatible data. It also allows...

You have to appreciate marketing done well. This is the case in London, where the world's largest iPhone made its debut--consisting of 56 iPads! This large 'iPhone' was part of the advertising campaign for the app Lara Croft Guardian of Light, and was setup inside the St. Pancras International Train Station. The coolest part of...