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eBay's recent poll of 1,005 Canadians conducted by Vision Critical concludes almost half of the Canadian population will shop online this holiday season for gift buying. The reasons? Convenience (40 per cent) to avoid in-store hassles (34 per cent) to save time (19 per cent) to save money (seven per cent). eBay notes 30 per...

Netflix continues at its attempt to stream original content, such as what we've seen with the series, Lilyhammer. Now, the first trailer has been released for the upcoming series, House of Cards, a political drama produced by David Fincher starring Kevin Spacey. The new show was first confirmed back in March of last year, and...

Flipboard has announced today the introduction of a new category called "Books"--powered by the iBookstore. Within the new category there are 25 new sections showcasing the most popular books from Apple's iBookstore. Flipboard says "it's like browsing in a bookstore" from right within the app and the new section is available in local content guides...

Apple is continuously improving its presence sensing system. As we previously reported, the company is exploring the possibilities of Sonar technology, but their recently released work (USPTO published Apple's patent on November 15, 2012) reveals that the company is planning to place a number of other sensors sensitive enough to detect a user’s heartbeat or...

Steve Ballmer had the chance to talk about everything Microsoft yesterday evening during an interview with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. While he praised their work, he took the opportunity to open fire on his competitors, iOS and Android. (more…)

Waiting to purchase one of the brand new iMacs? You may need to rethink that idea, since the wait might be longer than anticipated. Apple's Phil Schiller delighted fans of the iMac line back at the keynote speech in October, by announcing the thinnest and most advanced model yet. It soon came to light that...

Remember all those mysterious cases of data overages caused by a bug with iOS 6? Turns out some concrete evidence has determined one victim causing the data leak is Apple's Podcast iOS app (which many users suspected), which is affected by a bug in iOS 6's AV Foundation framework, as detailed in tests by PRX...

Facebook has released the much anticipated 'share' button for its mobile news feed (m.facebook.com) and TechCrunch notes it will soon be coming to the iOS app as well. Previously, the ability to share a story was limited to the full web version of Facebook, but that has now changed. Facebook has just confirmed with me...

TELUS has just sent out an email blast to inform its customers accessories can be purchased online for 25% off by using the promo code ACC25I. The discount applies to various products and includes those for the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 and iPad: Get 25% off the latest accessories*, like cool new phone...

For iPhone users of the Priceline iPhone app, it was updated today with support to store your hotel reservations in Passbook. The hotel search has also been updated to allow for more specific queries, such as by address or attractions; also hotels are now sorted by distance.  What's New in Version 9.1 NEW! Search for...

We've seen creative music videos that involved iPhones before but here's the latest one by The Elwins, a indie pop rock band from Keswick, Ontario. It's for their single "Forgetful Assistance" and it features the creative use of four iPhones and numerous props. Their video director Michael Schmidt sent us their latest video that took...

According to Apple's latest stats, there are about 400 million iOS devices out there worldwide, while Eric Schmidt of Google expects the number of Android devices to exceed a billion by next year. (more…)