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The Khan Academy has released its iOS app today for the iPhone and iPod touch. The non-profit organization was founded by MIT and Harvard Business School graduate Salman Khan. Its largest contributors such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Google and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. Its purpose? The Khan Academy is an organization on a...

Smartphone owners are once again being spoiled during the Black Friday special shopping event. Those who stay home and avoid the shopping madness are expected back to the stores, and technological tools are the perfect bait to attract them. (more…)

Looks like Bell has jumped into the Black Friday fun with a new promo for the iPhone 5. New users signing up for three year terms will receive a $100 in-store credit (towards the phone or accessories) when you activate an iPhone 5. This promotion is noted on the Bell website and goes until Monday:...

Just a quick note on Fido's $57 promotional voice and data plan. We earlier noted it was quietly extended to January 7th of 2013, and now it appears to have gotten even better. As spotted by iPhone in Canada reader @habsfan324, the data allowance has now doubled to 2GB, essentially making this a fantastic plan for...

Koodo has launched new Canada-wide promo voice and data plans (as first spotted by MobileSyrup yesterday) to go with some improvements to their regular plans. For the promo Canada-wide plans, voice minutes and data buckets have doubled, which make them perfect for the casual unlocked iPhone user. The $60 plan looks pretty awesome and is better...

ION All-Star, the popular electric guitar controller that turns your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch into fully-featured guitar learning tool and game controller, is now available with $50 discount at Future Shop Canada, as part of Black Friday deals. The offer will end on November 25, 2012. The guitar features a built-in speaker that lets you play just...

Analyst Gene Munster has made an interesting prediction regarding a cheaper iPhone, saying that Apple will launch a $200, unsubsidized iPhone in 2014, reports the Business Insider. In order to increase its market share in countries like India and China, Apple will introduce a cheaper iPhone with a price point of around $200. In the...

Toronto-based GelaSkins has launched their annual 20% off site-wide Black Friday sale. Everything on the site is discounted and that includes skins and cases for the latest iOS devices like the iPhone 5 or iPad mini and more. You can get a skin for your iPhone 5 for $11.96. GelaSkins supports over 100+ worldwide independent...

An ex-Apple employee has a lot to say about the company, particularly when it comes to their Internet-enabled endeavours (including services like iCloud, MobileMe, and .Mac). According to engineer Patrick B. Gibson, "almost everything Apple does which involves the internet is a mess." (via ZDNET) Gibson helped build the original iPad before leaving Apple for work at...

Studio Neat has announced the release of new Glif and Glif+ for iPhone 5 today, both of which are now available for order and will begin shipping early next week. The Glif ($20) is a small, elegant tripod mount and stand for the iPhone. You can use it to mount your iPhone 5 to a tripod for taking pictures & making...

In an era when online security and privacy are central questions, Sophos has today dropped the information that cyber criminals aren't just targeting your applications -- they can't really, due to Apple's ecosystem -- but they have now found another way to get access your private data: by convincing you to infect yourself. (more…)

The Telegraph is reporting (via The Register) that British bank Barclays has placed one of UK’s largest ever iPad orders i.e 8,500 units, for its various branches in order to better assist and interact with customers, in an effort to improve the overall customer experience. The iPads will also feature a new app specifically for mortgage advisers called "Mortgage...