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‘Think of iCloud as the New iTunes’

The ever-connected John Gruber from Daring Fireball has posted some last minute rumours about what to expect from WWDC tomorrow. The key line, which he recalls as fourth-hand information, and believes is: Don’t think of iCloud as the new MobileMe; think of iCloud as the new iTunes. That's right. iCloud could possible become the epicenter...

iCloud to Utilize New Time Capsules for Backups?

Today is the eve of WWDC 2011, and predictions and last minute scoops have hit the interwebs. Cult of Mac claims sources have informed them iCloud will utilize a combination of refreshed Time Capsules for backups, rather than Apple's North Carolina data centre: According to the source, Apple has developed a system to make users’...

400,000 Apps Now Available In App Store

This week, as reported by AppAdvice, Apple now has just over 400,000 iOS apps available for download in the App Store. However, since the App Store's debut Apple has approved over 500,000 iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod touch) apps. 400,000 apps is a major milestone for Apple and you can be sure to hear about it...

McDonald’s Interactive Billboard Lets Users Play Ping Pong With iPhone

While not directly Canadian, McDonald's in Sweden ran a great interactive billboard that enabled users to wireless play a game of Ping Pong using their smartphone. By completing the game within 30 seconds, players won coupons for free food in their nearest Mcdonald’s restaurant. The really unique part of this interactive billboard is that users...

TRON Legacy T3 In-Ear Gaming Headphones By Monster

One of the most popular brands in gaming/performance headphones is Monster. Many of their headphones deliver great sound and comfort, but typically with a steep price tag. With the past movie release of TRON: Legacy, Monster and Disney came together to create the TRON Legacy T3 In-Ear Headphones. The headphones are the best of Monster...

Instagram Featured in the New York Times; Growing 1m Users Per Month

Instagram is one of the most simplistic and enjoyable social networks on the iPhone. Why? For starters it's a free app that is incredibly easy to use. Not only that, it's a tonne of fun, and it's becoming a massive photo-sharing juggernaut. The New York Times has an article featuring Instagram, and here are some...

Ryan Petrich Introduces TweakWeek: A Free Tweak a Day for a Week [Cydia]

Popular Canadian developer Ryan Petrich has announced TweakWeek, a new promotion to enable 3rd party devs to get their tweaks out there. The premise is to have one free tweak a day by Ryan, then thereafter tweaks by other notable developers. Apps must be open source. Here's what's been released so far: June 1: DietBar...

Latest iOS 5 Concept Video from Jan-Michael Cart: Dynamic Icons

Jan-Michael Cart is back in action with his iOS 5 concept videos. This morning he posted an update to his blog about his latest video titled, "Dynamic Icons". The premise involves homescreen icons being updated to reflect push notifications--making a formerly dead homescreen into something that is full of life. As described by Cart: Users...

Confirmed: MobileNotifier Developer Peter Hajas Working for Apple

MobileNotifier is a fantastic notfication tweak available in Cydia, from developer Peter Hajas. We first reviewed MobileNotifier back in February, and it has soon evolved into a viable notification alternative (that is until iOS 5 is revealed!). Recently, Peter blogged about his departure from MobileNotifier, shocking most people including yours truly. He said he couldn't...

Telus Reduces Unlimited Quebec Plan Until June 15

In response to Rogers, Telus has now reduced the rate of their Unlimited Quebec package to $45/month until June 15, 2011. For plan details, see below: $45/month Minutes: Unlimited Local & Long Distance in Quebec Features: Group Calling, Call Waiting, Call Forwarding The price reduction is available for new and existing Telus subscribers. [MobileSyrup]

Robert Scoble: ‘Apple is Building Twitter in Deeply into iOS 5’

Until we hear it from the horse's mouth, the details of iOS 5 have remained pretty quiet so far. Earlier rumours via TechCrunch stated twitter integration within iOS 5, and John Gruber declared it could possibly be natively integrated. Today, Robert Scoble claims his iOS 5 connections have told him twitter will be deeply integrated...