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Do you spend a lot of time typing on your Mac? If you do, it's time to reconsider your keyboard and jump into the world of voice recognition software. Nuance, the makers of Dragon Dictate 3 for Mac currently has a huge 50% off sale via our partners at Stack Social. Regularly-priced at $200, this premium...

Conquest Vehicles, a company based just outside of Toronto, specialised in hand-building luxury SUVs for high-profile clients around the world, has built a $629,000 armoured Knight XV, that features integrated iPad controls, a Sony Playstation 3, a 12-speaker Alpine entertainment media system with 2,500 watt power, dual thermal vision cameras, a bar, marble laptop tables...

According to a new report by Droid-Life, Google's upcoming unified chat service will be called “Babel". This new cross-platform service is expected to merge services like Google Voice, Google Talk, and Google+ Messenger, and will be released for Android, iOS, Chrome, G+ and Gmail. The report also claims that the service was previously being referred to as “Babble”, but...

Could your next real estate decision involve Rogers? It looks that way, as the Toronto Star reported last week the carrier is set to jump into the real estate business. How? It will relaunch its website Zoocasa.com in mid-May as a real estate shopping site for homebuyers. Part of this involved Rogers recently applying to...

Using Twitter’s short-form video-sharing service Vine, that allows users to attach video clips lasting 6 seconds or less to their tweets, users can now embed their Vine posts on the web as well. Embedded posts are available in two different styles and can be created from a post's page using the embed code, or by using the latest version...

Apple's iCloud service, that lets users access their personal content on all their devices wirelessly and automatically via an Apple ID, has run into complaints from developers related to Core Data database sync issues, according to a report by Apple Insider. The source points out that several app developers have taken their complaints public via blog entries, with some...

As we round the corner into the month of April, we continue to get closer to June and July, which according to recent rumours could indicate Apple returning to a summer iPhone launch schedule. Macotakara is reporting the May 2013 issue of Apple enthusiast magazine MacFan is claiming Apple will hold a media event on June...

Setting aside the children without parental control from the UK, Distimo has studied the U.S. App Store and found that the popularity of in-app purchases is unstoppable. In fact, in-app purchases generated a record 76% of all revenue in the Apple App Store for iPhone in the U.S. in February, the app analytics firm says....

Apple has been sued by another Chinese company owned by the government, the South China Morning Post reports (via 9to5Mac). This time, the lawsuit has been filed by a Shanghai based animation studio, who claim that Apple has sold unauthorized movies through its iTunes store. (more…)

Joshua Hill, aka p0sixninja, is one of the most important components in finding exploits for the recent jailbreaks. Although he has been kind of silent since his departure from the Chronic Dev Team, it looks like he is preparing is way back to the top, as he claims he has found the necessary exploits to...

Previous speculation noted Facebook had a mobile phone in the works (it never materialized), but now it appears this could become a reality. The social network sent out press invites today that noted "Come See Our New Home on Android," an event set to take place in one week on April 4th, at their Menlo Park...

According to a proxy filed late Thursday afternoon, it was revealed Rogers CEO Nadir Mohamed will be entitled to a retirement package worth about $18.51 million when he retires from the company in January of 2014. The company announced his retirement on February 14th with a surprise after hours statement. Mohamed noted he would be...