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Last July iOS push notification service Boxcar was aquired by Kwaga. At the time it was reported both companies were set to improve and keep Boxcar running. Fast forward seven months later and now Kwaga has sold Boxcar to ProcessOne, a company with over 10 years of messaging experience. Philippe Laval, CEO of Kwaga: “We’ve...

The 14th Annual Harris Poll Reputation Quotient Study, which measures various dimensions that comprise reputation and influence consumer behaviour, has revealed that technology is the most reputable industry in corporate America. According to the 2013 poll, Amazon, Apple, The Walt Disney Company, Google and Johnson & Johnson are the top 5 companies with the best...

Today is Bell Canada's Let's Talk Day, their mental health initiative part of a 5 year, $50 million charitable program aimed to reach out through four action pillars: anti-stigma, care and access, research, and workplace best practices. Bell Let's Talk Day is a major driver of Bell's funding for Canadian mental health programs. On February...

Winston for iPhone, a completely re-designed speech-enabled personal assistant that narrates you the news from your social streams and favorite news sites, is now available on the App Store for free. Unlike Siri, Winston is a personable British butler that focuses on news instead of sending messages, bringing you an audiovisual newscast that you can enjoy on your...

Apple was granted patent rights for a technology allowing micron-wide antenna assets to be integrated into the housing of a portable device – including an iPhone – which could make them nearly invisible. (more…)

The Evad3rs jailbreak team has released an updated version of their jailbreak tool to support the iPhone 4S running iOS 6.1.1, released earlier today by Apple. Evasi0n 1.3 is now available for download and doesn't contain any other bug fixes or changes according to the change log, other than support for iOS 6.1.1 on the...

EA has announced Real Racing 3 will be released worldwide on February 28th and will be based on a freemium model with in-app purchases: Today we announced Real Racing 3 will be free. And yes, Real Racing 3 was designed from the ground up to be a free to play experience. We are so excited...

Earlier today Apple released iOS 6.1.1 for iPhone 4S users to address 3G performance issues. For jailbroken iPhone 4S users, @planetbeing from the evad3rs jailbreak team has noted "the JB still works fine" and an update to evasi0n will be released soon to recognize the iPhone 4S on iOS 6.1.1: https://twitter.com/planetbeing/status/301074594247348224 It appears Apple has...

Today marks the first day of the CRTC proceeding on the draft wireless code. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Consumers’ Association of Canada, and Council of Senior Citizens' Organizations of British Columbia released their oral comments towards the draft wireless code. One of the major points they stressed to the CRTC was to have the draft wireless code...

For those looking to sign a three year contract for the iPhone 5, you can get 'refreshed' 16GB models from TELUS for $0 on a three year term. Available in both black and white, it will require a minimum $50 monthly spend. The regular price for the iPhone 5 on contract is $179+tax. A new...

The Mercury News reports Apple CEO Tim Cook will be seated with First Lady Michelle Obama during the President's State of the Union address, set to take place on Tuesday: Apple CEO Tim Cook will sit in the First Lady's box, a White House official said. He will be joined by military families, those championing...

Apple has released iOS 6.1.1 and currently is showing up as an OTA update on the iPhone 4S with the following description to address 3G issues: This update fixes an issue that could impact cellular performance and reliability for iPhone 4S. Earlier today it was reported Apple was set to release iOS 6.1.1 to address...