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Yesterday TIME Magazine announced Apple CEO Tim Cook had made a list of shortlisted candidates for the 2012 TIME Person of the Year Award. The winner announced this morning was President Barack Obama: Cook, "the Technologist" according to TIME, was second runner up for leading Apple during its most prosperous years. Apple is world's largest...

RIM recently sent out their media invites to their BlackBerry 10 launch event set for January 30th. This is seen by many as RIM's possible comeback into the smartphone game, which they had dominated before the launch of the iPhone. Over at Gadget Masters (via N4BB), they have posted a browser speedtest comparing the new...

The Calgary Parking Authority has released their MyParking iPhone app and so far it looks to be a winner. MyParking from the Calgary Parking Authority is designed to help make your parking experience in Calgary more convenient. Download this app and pay for parking in any ParkPlus zone with a touch of a button, access...

The return of Google Maps for iOS, that saw over 10 million downloads in less than two days of its launch, is being praised as "better than ever". In fact, Walt Mossberg from AllThingsD  believes the app is even better in most respects on the iPhone than it is on the Android. Google has re-designed its maps app...

Looking to try out the iPhone 5 but on a slight discount? Here's your chance as TELUS now offers refurbished iPhone 5 units for $0 on a three year term (with minimum $50/month spend), or $599 for the fully unsubsidized locked version. Both black and white models are available as part of this web-only exclusive....

According to Doug Freedman, an RBC Capital Markets analyst, the production of the second-generation iPad mini with Retina Display is practically on the assembly line. (more…)

Now you can get all your Tweets, including Retweets, going back to the day you joined Twitter by downloading your Twitter archive, a new feature introduced by Twitter today. With your Twitter archive, you can view your Tweets by month, or search your archive to find Tweets with certain words, phrases, hashtags and @usernames. To...

A couple of days back, Citi's Apple analysts radically cut the price target for Apple Stock to $575, rating it neutral down from buy. The same team had previously given clients a 20-day one-two punch, issuing a buy at $571 just before the stock fell to $509, before eventually downgrading it to neutral. Looks like CNBC's Jim Cramer...

Credit Card Compare has published a concept for an Apple branded credit card, the iCard (via Business Insider). What's really interesting about it is not the idea of an Apple card, but is actually the mockup Apple marketing materials Credit Card Compare has made for it. With features like Passbook integration, Siri voice control, Notifications and Find...

Bloomberg reports the bankrupt Kodak finally agreed to secure its route out of bankruptcy by selling some of its digital-imaging patents for $525 million to a group led by Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corp. (more…)

The rumour mill informed the Wall Street Journal last week about the Apple television set, claiming it is in the early stages of testing. Today we got more news about the eagerly awaited Apple product, courtesy of the Taiwanese news agency Focus Taiwan (via 9to5Mac). (more…)

Two notable games have been updated to support the taller screen on the iPhone 5: Fieldrunners 2 and Fruit Ninja. The latter was recently free as part of a 24 hour giveaway by Halfbrick Studios. Here's what's new: What's New in Version 1.8.4 (514) Hey there Fruit Ninjas! We've heard your cries and answered the...