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Netflix Canada. Hearing those words can either make you cringe or smile. For me, I've been pleased with the online streaming service since its late September launch in Canada. We got the streaming-only Netflix TV/movie option before our American neighbours down South! It's true--we aren't always the last to get the latest tech! Netflix Canada...

Let's face it--the mythical white iPhone 4 will never materialize. We're already halfway into the cycle of the iPhone 4, and the odds of Apple releasing the white version is not looking good. However, there's still hope out there as it's reported for a Spring 2011 release. If you really want a white iPhone 4,...

If you have jailbroken your iPhone, then you've used the Cydia App Store. Jay "saurik" Freeman, the creator of Cydia recently gave a preview of an upcoming new store--Cydia for Mac. Yes, you read that correctly. With over 10 million iOS devices have used Cydia and there are over 30,000 packages available. What is the...

The iPhone's security was easily compromised at the latest Pwn2Own Conference. One of the security experts there is now promising a new jailbreak tool called antid0te that will bring enhanced security for iOS devices. What is ASLR? Short for address space layout randomization, ASLR has been noticeably absent from all iOS devices since their inception,...

Back in November Google Instant's debut was limited to the US. Today the Google Mobile Blog announced the feature is now available in 40 countries worldwide and require an iOS 4.x. Here are the details: When we launched Google Instant for mobile in beta back in November, we announced that we would be supporting additional...

Costco and Apple have had some growing pains that reached a boiling point with the iPad. Costco was snubbed by Apple when it came to carrying the iPad. A recent report from a Costco spokesperson has confirmed the relationship between Kirkland and Cupertino will be ending: The chain is phasing out Apple products, per a...

Do you send a lot of URLs from your iPhone to Mac/PC and vice versa? There's an incredibly easy way to share URLs quickly, and it's via the service KeepItWith.Me. This service will let you send/receive URLs from any device like your iPhone 4 to your Mac/PC and vice versa. Here's a video on what...

More developer news from Apple today. Earlier it was announced App Store promo codes are now redeemable worldwide. Another email sent to developers mentions Push Notifications will now have use stronger encryption in the form of 2048-bit TLS/SSL certificates. The email below states: Dear Developer, On December 22, 2010, the production Apple Push Notification service...

Twitter today announced support for iTunes music previews and native Instagram (one of my favourite apps) support. The latter was among five new companies where you can access embedded media right within twitter. We’re on a mission to give you more great multimedia content on Twitter, and today we’re adding five new companies to bring...

MobileMe is Apple's email, photo/file hosting, and syncing service for iOS devices and Mac/PC's. The service costs an annual $109.00 and over the years, user responses to the service have been mixed. Some users love the service and use it religiously while others feel that the $109 annual price is too high for similar services...

Yesterday Google unveiled the Google Nexus S--the successor to the Nexus One. The new Nexus S is manufactured by Samsung and runs the latest Android OS, 2.3 Gingerbread.  Is this phone enough to lure you away from your iPhone 4? Nexus S is the next generation of Nexus devices, co-developed by Google and Samsung. The latest Android platform (Gingerbread),...

The following policy change only affects Rogers customers who are subscribed to a wireless voice plan that includes the My5 or My10 calling feature. Recently, Rogers made a policy update wherein My5 or My10 subscribers will no longer be able to call Rogers customer care to update their numbers. Previously, users were able to call...