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According to a report by CBC News, a recent server outage at Shaw last Thursday caused disruption to customers--by deleting millions of unread emails. One particular iPhone user described his experience below: Alan Fryer says he was frantically trying to check his messages Thursday afternoon when the outage occurred, affecting about 70 per cent of...

Would you like to contact your inmate at a particular prison or correction facility? Yes, there is an app for that. Well, unfortunately this only available in Russia. As of today, Russia's prison administration launched this official smartphone app for iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, which allows the user to contact persons in pre-trial detention...

TELUS has announced the rollout of its 4G LTE network in Woodstock, bringing further coverage to customers in Southwestern Ontario, to go along with other recent launches in Windsor, Leamington and Brantford. Coverage maps have not been updated on the TELUS website, but you can see below the addition of Woodstock extends LTE coverage for those...

An Edmonton gas station has created its own iPhone (and Android) app to allow customers to make mobile payments at the pump. The free Hughes Mobile Pay app enables customers to purchase gas directly from the app, activate the pump for fuelling and receive a receipt for the transaction all "from the comfort of their cars."...

For the first time in the history of Galaxy S products, the South Korean company launches the Galaxy S4 on Apple's home ground. The device was rumoured to include a couple wow-features such as eye-scroll technology, tracking eye movements allowing the user to scroll through articles based on where it is looking on the screen....

After seeing Apple's success as a result of a strong and focused advertising campaign – outspending Samsung three-fold in 2011 – the South Korean rival has responded by spending $68 million more on phone advertising than Apple did last year. (more…)

The folks over at iFixit have completed a teardown of the Pebble e-paper watch, one of the most successful Kickstarter projects in history, started by Canadian Eric Migicovsky, a former RIM employee. iFixit notes in their teardown there is no repairability scale yet on the watch, but they did say replacing parts would be difficult given...

Cellhelmet started out on Kickstarter last February as an iPhone case and insurance program to offer protection for US and Canadian owners. Just last week, the company behind Cellhelmet let us know they had made its way onto ABC's Shark Tank. Check out the video below to see how they fared (jump to the 23:30...

Google Now is the virtual assistant that's long been accessible for Android users, but according to Engadget, the following alleged leaked promo video for the iOS version was uploaded to YouTube then subsequently pulled. How the iOS version of Google Now would work is to just simply swipe up from the main screen within the...

According to Quartz's sources, Apple's effort to return more cash to investors will materialize in additional dividends or a share buyback program, with the move coming this spring. (more…)

Apple has released a relatively minor update to its Apple Store iOS app, which brings new options when it comes to setting up your shipping options for individual items. This update means you can decide which items you want to ship faster than others. Since Apple has free shipping on orders over $75, it's worth...

Audyssey Labs made its way onto iOS via an update to Songza last December, bringing its audio technology to free streaming music app. The audio technology improves the listening experience via implementing specific profiles for each model of headphones from numerous manufacturers. Just recently, Audyssey launched its own standalone media player, 'amp' in the App...