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Amazon has announced the Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite is now officially available in Canada, both on Amazon.ca and in over 1000 select retail stores such as Staples, The Source and Shoppers Drug Mart. The launch comes just after Amazon quietly launched the Kindle eBook store in Canada last December. The following models are now available...

Since the introduction of AirPlay industry players have tried to take on this amazing feature and now seems like Apple has got company: namely, Netflix and YouTube have partnered up to launch DIAL, a protocol which sounds interesting to other players like Samsung, Sony, Hulu and BBC, GigaOm reports. (more…)

Recent rumours from the Wall Street Journal speculated Apple had cut components for the iPhone 5 due to low demand. Well, Apple CEO Tim Cook addressed these supply chain rumours in general during today's 2013 Q1 earnings call (transcription via WSJ, ironically): I know there's been lots of rumors about order cuts. I would suggest...

Apple has posted its 2013 first quarter earnings and has announced $54.5 billion in revenue (beating their own forecast of $52 billion) along with net profit of $13.1 billion. International sales accounted for 61% of their revenue. As for products sold, the numbers are below: 47.8 million iPhones (a 23% increase; 37 million in the...

Temple Run 2 - an App Store Editors' Choice - plays much like the original, but there are a lot of improvements that make it so much better. The first thing you'll notice when you start playing is how beautiful everything is. It makes the original look like it belongs in a museum. All the...

Have you wondered what it's like to work with Steve Jobs? We have heard numerous accounts of Jobs being a tenacious boss, but Glenn Reid, an ex-Apple employee who worked directly with the late CEO to design iMovie and iPhoto provides the authentic details: Steve Jobs was passionate, as everyone knows. What he was passionate...

An interesting article by Fortune highlights how Samsung became America's top mobile phone manufacturer and during its winning streak, how it created a series of print, digital and TV ads targeting the iPhone 5 while promoting its own flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III. In September last year when Tim Cook announced the iPhone 5,...

As consumer advocacy groups recently voiced their opposition to Rogers acquiring Shaw's unused AWS spectrum, a new analyst report predicts Quebecor will be the next likely seller of its wireless spectrum, according to Scotia Capital analyst Jeff Fan: “Shaw agreed to sell an option to Rogers Communications Inc. to purchase its Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) licences...

Analyst firm Vision Mobile has today released its Developer Economics 2013 report, the fourth in the series, revealing which platforms have the highest priority among developers and which platforms make their developers the most money. As expected, iOS leads with 48% developers reporting it as their lead platform, followed by Android and BlackBerry. According to the study, 44% developers...

In a blog post published today, the Pebble team informs that the first batch of Pebble smartwatches have been sent out to the very first backers, although the iOS app isn't yet available in the App Store as it is under review. (more…)

According to a report from the Canadian Press, consumer and public advocacy groups believe if Rogers is able to complete its purchase of Shaw's unused AWS wireless spectrum in 2014, it will result in less competition for consumers. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Consumers’ Association of Canada, OpenMedia.ca, the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public...

Edward Colligan, CEO of Palm, has revealed that the late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs threatened patent litigation if Palm wouldn’t agree to stop hiring Apple employees. Colligan made this allegation in a statement dated August 7th, 2012, which has been brought forward by Reuters, in the light of recently released evidence shedding light on Silicon...