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U.S. wireless carriers have put into place various text message warnings to prevent customers from being hit with 'bill shock' when they used up their data plans or are roaming internationally. The companies agreed to implement the service back in 2011 and integrated the alerts just prior to a Wednesday deadline. Below are a couple...

After getting images of supposed components of the iPhone 5S, here is more: Moumantai, which has been a good source for these component leaks, has posted images of what Nowhereelse.fr suspects could be the iPhone 5S front camera. (more…)

This November, Ottawa is set to hold wireless spectrum licenses for the coveted 700 MHz band, which can cover larger distances, penetrate buildings and also handle the popularity of data usage better. The Federal Government has said this auction would benefit rural communities and provide better mobile service thanks to this new band. However, provincially...

Recycle My Cell is Canada's free cell phone recycling program and it is encouraging everyone to take part on Earth Day, Monday April 22, as an opportunity to recycle their old, dusty and embarrassing old cell phones. Data from their 2012 National Cell Phone Recycling Study released today indicates 41% of old phones are stashed...

2013 marks the 10th year TIME has compiled the 100 most influential people in the world. But this year the list contains Apple's head of industrial design Jonathan Ive, alongside 99 other influencers, such as Barack Obama or Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!. Each influencer is accompanied by several paragraphs to emphasize why the person...

Last month Fido introduced a short promotion where its Smart Plans received double the data and minutes. Recently their $40 plan became $39 along with 450 daytime minutes and 400MB of data. Just this afternoon, Fido has re-introduced their double the data and minutes promotion yet again. Also, for those signing up on two year...

iPad web traffic has gained traction, recording the first month-over-month growth last month in the US and Canada, Chitika reports. Interestingly iPad web traffic dropped to 78.9% right after the Christmas holiday, but now it's back to 81.9%. (more…)

This week's free App of the Week pick from iTunes is the puzzle game Take It Easy. Regularly priced at $0.99, this game was released last February, a digital version of the classic board game. It’s a puzzle, it’s a brain teaser and it’s a game! It’s all three and much more! It is bingo...

For LinkedIn users, the company has released a brand new iPhone app, version 6.0 which features a new design and interface. It's much easier to use in terms of connecting with people you know plus following the timeline from your connections. You can also now personalize navigation within the app to get to your favourite...

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Apple had planned to pursue a partnership with Goodreads, a book discovery and recommendation service, but those plans were thwarted by Amazon, which ended up acquiring the reading service last month: Amazon.com’s announcement last month that it was purchasing book-recommendation site Goodreads did more than land...

Taiwanese publication DigiTimes has published a new report that Apple has recently stopped placing component orders for its Mac products and that related upstream suppliers so far have not yet received any word about when Apple will resume its orders. According to the publication's anonymous sources, the suppliers who were expecting to have their Mac inventories consumed during...

Facebook for iOS has recently been updated to version 6.0 with a bunch of brand new features, including a new way to chat anywhere in the app with ‘Chat Heads’. Unlike Android, where Chat Heads stay on one side of your screen while you browse the web or type an email, Chat Heads for iOS are only limited...