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Somersby Cider has released a smart TV ad (via The Loop) to promote its Apple cider, which is the Carlsberg Group's biggest selling cider and the world's fastest growing cider last year. The scene depicts what it would look like if the company launched its cider like how Apple launches its products at retail stores....

Netflix looks to continue its offering of original exclusive content for its subscribers. Today the company announced it has teamed up with the Wachowskis (the makers of The Matrix, Cloud Atlas) and Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5 creator) to launch science fiction thriller 'Sense8' in late 2014. 10 episodes are slated for the first season, which...

Just Mobile's Gum Max™ battery pack with its colossal 10,400mAh charge capacity, has received a major upgrade in the shape of Gum Max Duo™, boasting not one but two USB outputs for simultaneously charging your favourite iOS devices and an increase in charge holding capacity by 800mAh. Replacing the older product, Gum Max Duo™ battery pack comes...

According to today’s ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada, text messages have the same degree of privacy as other electronic communications and the police will have to treat them as private, The Globe and Mail reports. (more…)

Looks like the wars for NFC mobile payments have once again started to heat up. Interac today has announced it has completed the first NFC debit transaction at McDonald's, with funds being withdrawn from a RBC Royal Bank account. Dubbed Interac Flash, today's NFC transaction was made on a BlackBerry (sounds similar to Rogers and...

Here we go again as Samsung, the Korean copycat giant, introduces its own version of Apple's iTunes Store. According to Patently Apple, Samsung's version of iTunes Store is called Samsung Content & Services, which will provide one-stop contents and service that can be accessed through Samsung's Smartphone, Smart Pad and Smart TV devices. Looks like Samsung hasn't learnt anything...

Gmails for iOS has received an update to allow users to swipe between messages without returning to the inbox, plus better management when it comes to dealing with multiples messages. The new, revised actions menu can let you move, label, mute, report spam and mark as unread multiple emails with better ease. What's New in...

Last week, we heard rumours of Amazon working on a $99 version of its 7-inch Kindle Fire HD tablet and now, DigiTimes is reporting through its industry supply chain sources that the company is going to use a 4.7" display for its smartphone, which is expected to be released later this year. The publication also...

While we already know that the recently released iOS 6.1.3 is plagued with yet another kind of passcode security flaw, CNET reports (via Gotta Be Mobile) that some iOS 6.1.3 users are complaining of other problems as well, including excessive battery drain and wi-fi connectivity issues. It appears that the battery drain has become a constant complaint with...

According to a report by FOSS Patents, Apple is claiming to have found an $85 million error in court's damages order regarding two Samsung phones. Apple's court filing alleges that Judge Lucy Koh made an error in vacating part of the $1.02 billion in damages awarded by the Apple v. Samsung trial jury. Apple is also claiming that...

Apple Insider reports that an initial segment of Apple's latest data center near Reno, Nevada, is just days away from going online. (more…)

Fongo Inc., one of the fastest growing mobile telecom companies in Canada, has officially announced that it is going to make a bid to acquire WIND Mobile, confirming rumours that the Toronto-based wireless carrier is up for sale. According to the press release, Fongo's offer submitted to WIND Mobile proposes a $1 purchase price and a 49%...