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It seems that Instagram is taking a break from being the primary source of photographs showing off our children or whatever masterpiece we've assembled for lunch today. Instead, the famous image manipulation and sharing app is busy acting as a front-line news reporter for Hurricane Sandy by way of over 10 new images posted every...

Apple has issued a press release to note SVP of iOS Software, Scott Forstall, and John Browett, SVP of Retail, will be leaving Apple: Apple also announced that Scott Forstall will be leaving Apple next year and will serve as an advisor to CEO Tim Cook in the interim. [...] Additionally, John Browett is leaving Apple. A...

Blackberry feels the threat of the iPhone and Android. First it was US Customs now it is The Pentagon that is about to announce that it is ready to diversify its network with Apple's iPhone and devices running Android for the first time. This is instead of buying additional Blackberry devices. (more…)

Philips, the leading name in the world of bulbs and lights, has just launched hue, a smart web-enabled LED home lighting system. With Philips hue, users can personalize and control their home lights using an iPhone / iPad app. Starting today, Philips hue is available exclusively from Apple stores with a starter pack containing three bulbs, a bridge that...

Yesterday morning the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) updated their stats on the number of text messages sent by Canadians in 2012 Q2. This time around you sent 23.8 billion texts which eclipsed the numbers from 2012 Q1 (23 billion). Here are the highlights of their stats: More than 8 billion person-to-person text messages were sent...

Apple has released updates to Find my Friends and iBooks 3, the latter which was introduced at its iPad media event. The iBooks 3.0.1 update this afternoon "resolves an issue where iBooks may unexpectedly quit" according to the iTunes description. So if you've experienced crashing of iBooks, this update has your name all over it....

AppAdvice has published a neat trick for iOS 6 device owners called PassHack, that allows users to utilize Passbook for hiding stock iOS apps without any jailbreak. All users need to do is add PassHack to their Passbook and begin hiding any unwanted iOS apps right away. Follow these steps using mobile Safari on your iOS 6...

Folks over at iFixit have taken apart Microsoft's newly launched Surface tablet and have given it a better repairability score than the iPad. The iPad received merely 2 out of a possible 10 while the Surface ended up with a repairability score of 4. The famous gadget repair site found it rather difficult to remove the rear panel...

Google has announced its latest smartphone and tablet offerings to compete with the iPhone 5, iPad and iPad mini. The Nexus 4 was developed with LG, sports a quad-core processor, 4.7" display (320 ppi; just under the iPhone 5's 326 ppi), wireless charging and Jelly Bean, version 4.2 of Android OS. The Nexus 7 tablet...

Even though 100 million iPads sold has its weight in a discussion about what consumers really want, Microsoft and Amazon have different opinions. (more…)

MTS announced this morning they will soon support data plans for the iPad mini and 4th generation iPad to use their 4G HSPA+ network. Note this is not their 4G LTE network as it's still underway, which the company notes will be offered in Winnipeg and Brandon this year with further expansion across Manitoba coming...

Rovio has been teasing Angry Birds Star Wars over the past month, which is set to be released on November 8th. This morning the company uploaded the first video of actual gameplay to its YouTube channel--check it out below: ...but don't worry, you'll be slinging birds and waving Lightsabers around in no time! Until then,...