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Repair Labs has tested the iPad mini versus other iPad displays under a 150x zoom microscope. The iPad mini's display is compared to the iPad 2 and Retina display equipped iPad 3/4 and the results are shown on an HDTV to get a better picture of what the differences are. Here is the iPad mini...

When iPhone 5 was launched, Jimmy Kimmel played a hilarious prank, showing the public an iPhone 4S but telling them it was an iPhone 5. This time, Kimmel takes up the iPad Mini, as the new device officially hit the stores today (via TNW). See what Jimmy has to say in the following video:

According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft continues its new goal to start making its own hardware like Apple, and is testing smartphone designs with its suppliers in Asia: Microsoft is working with component suppliers in Asia to test its own smartphone design, people familiar with the situation said, suggesting the computer-software giant is increasingly...

A couple reports this morning have noted Apple is removing Emoji apps from the App Store, citing they are no longer required to unlock the icons initially made available to Japanese users. Emoji icons provide a plethora of advanced emoticons and was not supported natively until iOS 5. Prior to that, users needed free apps...

Days after Apple's announcement created confusion in the tech world and among investors, the picture looks much clearer: after Bob Mansfield's brief retirement, Tim Cook reaffirmed Mansfield's position at Apple. (more…)

Rogers and CIBC have proudly announced they have performed the first mobile credit card transaction (via Rogers suretap) in Canada using a mobile credit card tied to an NFC-enabled BlackBerry, demonstrated at Tim Hortons with the help of Olympian Simon Whitfield. "We're pleased to make history in mobile commerce in Canada by completing the country's...

Today marks the official launch of the iPad mini and 4th generation iPad in Canada and other launch countries around the world. Early reports have noted line ups haven't been as huge compared to previous iPad launches. Below are a couple images of the Eaton Centre Apple Store in Toronto: …at 5:42AM EDT (via @matthew416): …at...

Just like with any other iOS product launch, some of the first iPad minis were put through torture tests in order to test their durability. (more…)

The day after UK judges declared Apple's "apology" on its website was a "breach of the order", the Cupertino company removed the "non-compliant" post and published the first newspaper adverts to comply with the court's ruling. (more…)

iFixit and Chipworks have performed teardowns of the latest 4th generation iPad (model A1458), with the latter promising a closer look at the A6X chip die markings in the morning. Here's a close up look at the A6X by Chipworks: iFixit's teardown reveals not a lot has changed internally in the new iPad 4, aside...

Yesterday U.S. carriers turned on their cellphone databases for stolen cellphones, something Canada will yet to have anytime soon:  "The goal is to not only protect the consumer by cancelling the service, but by ultimately protecting the consumer by drying up the after market for stolen phones," said Chris Guttman-McCabe, vice president of regulatory affairs...

This is a quick heads up: if you're in the hunt for some iTunes Card sales, Rexall Drugs will have $25 iTunes Cards on sale for $5 off as long as you show the following coupon, (available from the flyer in-store): Funding your iTunes Account with 20% off iTunes Cards will ensure every single app...