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Smartphone taxi service Uber continues to face some heat across jurisdictions throughout North America where it is offering its services. Uber was in its testing phase in Vancouver but as it came out of its phase it was notified by the Passenger Transportation Board of BC to increase its fares to $75. Here's how Uber...

Last night TechCrunch reported on a rumour popular cross platform messaging app WhatsApp was in talks to be acquired to Facebook. Now, AllThingsD reports their sources say talks aren't happening. The latter was able to get a statement from WhatsApp regarding the story in question: “The TechCrunch article is a rumor and not factually accurate....

PayByPhone (formerly Verrus) has announced it has reached a renewed contract with the City of Vancouver to offer its parking system for three years on street meters: Following a competitive selection process, the City of Vancouver has signed a new contract with PayByPhone (formerly Verrus) to continue its popular pay by phone parking system for...

Earlier today Apple updated iPhone 5 shipping times for international online stores to 2-4 days, and just now both Canada and the U.S. stores reflect this new change: Just six days ago iPhone 5 shipping times improved to one week from 2-3 weeks (and previous to that 3-4 weeks). Earlier today Apple announced it would launch the...

Following the release of iPhone 5, iPad 4 and the iPad mini, Chitika Insights has examined how Apple's latest products have shifted the use of iOS and Android by analysing the overall web traffic distribution between the two platforms. On the other hand, a variety of Android tablets and smartphones have also been introduced in 2012 including the Droid...

TechCrunch is reporting that Apple is holding an iTunes event in Moscow tomorrow, anticipating a possible launch of iTunes music store in Russia. The source apparently received an email from one of Apple's PR contacts in Russia, inviting a small group of people to an iTunes event on the evening of December 4. The report says that the email simply...

Analysts at investment bank Canaccord Genuity have said that the reason why the iPhone 5 is selling at a brisk pace is its "dramatically improved" supply and international expansion (via CNET). The firm now expects Apple to sell 47.5 million iPhones in the current quarter, up from its prior forecast for 45 million. Apple's plans for an iPhone...

TELUS has announced the launch of its 4G LTE network in Brantford, part of its ongoing $650 million investment in Ontario over the next three years: “TELUS is committed to offering the best customer experience and launching our 4G LTE service in Brantford is an excellent example of how we’re doing that,” said Darryl Hutton,...

The Starbucks Canada iPhone app (and US version too) has been updated with support for the iPhone 5's taller screen. Other enhancements include bug fixes plus sounds are back when stars drop into your Rewards cup. Full change log below: What's New in Version 2.5.2 * iPhone 5 Support * Multiple Bug fixes * Added...

Apple has released iOS 6.1 beta 3 to developers, a 105MB update (on the iPhone). No word on what's new in this version but stay tuned. iOS 6.1 beta 2 was released in the middle of November for developers, which was another OTA update as well (it brought back Panorama mode as the first beta...

Astral Radio has officially announced the launch of their new Virgin Radio iPhone and iPad apps, which offer on-demand music and video making them the first radio broadcaster in Canada to do so. The new ability to choose songs to play is part of Astral's desire to promote new artists and is in part thanks...

Since the $1 billion ruling hit the company, Samsung has been continuously struggling to raise doubts about the jury's patent infringement verdict. The most interesting thing of all -- and the most provocative -- is the South Korean manufacturer's claim that the jury's decision was tainted because the jury foreman, Velvin Hogan, withheld information about...