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According to a report by The Korea Times, Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee's recent return from a three-month trip to Japan and Hawaii, could see a change in the company's management due to the ongoing patents war with Apple. The publication notes that Chairman talked of a “sense of crisis” upon his return, sparking rumours about a possible management...

Comwave has announced a new version of their ePhone app for iOS customers to allow iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users to make free VoIP calls to Canada and the USA, along with receiving telephone calls as the app provides users with free local numbers. After launching an Android version of the app last fall, an...

The App Store, Google Play, the Windows Phone Store, and BlackBerry World downloads rose 11% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the holiday quarter of last year, reaching 13.4 billion, while revenue from paid apps, in-app purchases, and subscription reached $2.2 billion, according to the latest Canalys study (via Fortune). (more…)

TELUS this morning has announced the expansion of its 4G LTE network in Summerside, PEI and a separate launch in North Bay, Ontario. The company notes its 4G LTE network now "covers more than 70 per cent of the Canadian population across approximately 170 markets," which works out to roughly 24 million people. Below are...

Last month Marvel and comiXology teamed up to give away over 700 of their number one issues as part of a promotion at SXSW. These issues normally are $1.99-$3.99 so of course the demand crushed servers and comiXology's CEO paused the promo to only say it would continue at a later date. Earlier this morning...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has initially denied Apple's application for a trademark on the term "iPad mini", but there was a happy ending for Apple: the office has withdrawn its primary objections to the trademark. (more…)

More rumours point to WhatsApp once again being in talks to be acquired, this time according to a report from Digital Trends (via AppleInsider). The site notes the popular cross-platform messaging app is in negotiations with Google on determining prices for an acquisition: Messaging app WhatsApp is in the negotiating phase over prices with Google in what...

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Apple's iPhone naming pattern isn't up to the company's standards for simplicity and clear message delivery and it confuses consumers – or so says Ken Segall, a creative director who has a long history with Apple and NeXT. (more…)

It's that time again for the premier major on the PGA Tour--The Masters. TSN has announced once again the TSN Masters app for iPhone and iPad will stream live feeds from Augusta National starting April 8th. This year marks the first time ever TSN and Global will pool resources to produce original highlights both before...

Here's an old tip but came up over discussion on the weekend. How do you mark all your messages as read within Mail on iOS in one quick swoop, instead of tapping messages individually? There is a trick, that was originally discovered on reddit, which appears to be a glitch as it doesn't seem like...

Last month Koodo offered a promo where we saw double the voice minutes and data on most plans. For this month, a similar promo now offers double the minutes only until the 30th. As you can see below their Canada-wide data plans and Canada-wide talk and text plans are showing twice as many minutes than...