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Marvel announced late yesterday at SXSW plans to give away 700 of their comics for free as part of a promotion to gain more readers. At $1.99-$3.99 per issue, giving away 700 number one issues is definitely a way to overwhelm comiXology servers, and that's just exactly what has happened. ComiXology CEO David Steinberger announced they...

According to a study published today in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene by Isaac I. Bogoch, MD, from the Divisions of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Toronto General Hospital, says the iPhone camera modified as a microscope can yield modest results in detecting worms based on their field study: The researchers mounted a 3-mm...

When Amazon isn't targeting the iPad mini against its Kindle Fire HD on its homepage, it is showing off how cool its eTextbooks are for students looking to take their studies to another level. What's interesting about the following Kindle eTextbooks demo is Amazon pimps out the Kindle iOS app for iPad, rather than showing...

Google has announced the refresh of its Gmail mobile web app, to streamline its interface to look like that of its iOS app: Today we’re rolling out a similar refreshed look to the Gmail mobile web app as well as Gmail Offline (http://goo.gl/0f1ae) that includes many of these same changes. Try it out at gmail.com...

Are you using Mailbox yet? The highly anticipated app launched to much fanfare, although its reservation system has remained a questionable way for it to ramp up its launch; but at the end of the day, this app is free so there's nothing to complain about. The company has announced the app is now delivering...

Apple has selected the component manufacturer that will provide the touch display driver and chips to support fingerprint sensors and near field communications (NFC) for the iPhone 5S. (more…)

Want to hide any stock app on your iPhone or iPad without jailbreaking? You can do so by downloading the free app, HiddenApps, which launched in the App Store five days ago. Once installed, tap on 'Hide Apps'. Then, select the stock app you wish to hide. Immediately, you'll be asked to install "Poof". Agree...

Canada's wireless market has long been dominated by three major players: Rogers, Bell and TELUS, which control roughly 94% of the market, according to Open Media's latest report to fix our cellphone market. The Federal government recently promised it would increase further increase wireless competition to offer Canadians more choice and lower prices--but will that...

Looks like Apple is now under high selling pressure with more reports emerging that supplier orders have been cut, as indicated by several analysts' reports followed by continued drop in Apple's share price (AAPL) today, Fortune is reporting. Topeka's Brian White, who monitors these things on a monthly basis, believes that February's report was the worst on...

Rovio today has announced Angry Birds Toons will first debut on March 17th and will be available to stream from within all Angry Birds apps, with new episodes airing every weekend at the same time. An update will arrive on March 17th to allow fans to watch episodes right within apps via a new channel...

Chinese clone specialist company GooPhone, that recently released the GooPhone i5 which runs a heavily skinned version of Android 4.1 to make it look like iOS, has now released the "i5S" even before the official iPhone 5S launch, notes CultOfMac. The cheap knockoff looks identical to the real iPhone (see video below), and you'll only notice the difference once...

Hon Hai Precision a.k.a Foxconn, Apple's largest supplier of iPhone, iPod and iPad devices, as well as TSMC, the world's leading contract chip maker, are both looking to hire 5,000 new workers each in order to meet the technology industry's fast growing demand, reports Reuters. Both companies posted the recruitment notices today at an event...