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The CRTC has announced it is now taking submissions from Canadians to help develop a mobile code when it comes to wireless terms and conditions (an issue that was previously brought up in April, which the 'Big 3' carriers supported): “Our goal is to make sure that Canadians have the tools they need to make...

During their iPhone 5 teardown, folks over at iFixit said "it is the most repairable iPhone we’ve seen in a while" but unfortunately, they found the new 5th generation iPod touch much harder to get inside and gave it a low 3 out of 10 repairability score. Nonetheless, they did discover 512 MB of Hynix RAM inside its...

According to statistics released today by iQmetrix, the leading retail management software solutions provider in U.S and Canada, iPhone 5 accounts for 20% of smartphone activations in North America since its launch on September 21st. The analysis sampled 7,000 independent wireless retailers across the region, revealing year-over-year buying trends in the past year. Looking at the analytical data, it...

In addition to updating its Google+ iOS app with full support for iOS 6 and iPhone 5?s larger display, Google has also issued a redesign of its mobile search homepage (via The Verge). A new services task bar listing all Google products now replaces the old tabs at the top of the screen (shown below). On visiting Google.com in...

For all the Google+ users out there, the iOS app has been updated to support iOS 6 and the iPhone 5's larger screen and let users edit posts. Other additions in version 3.2 brings the ability for Google+ page owners to view, post and comment from the app. iPad highlights include the ability to search...

In an interview with AllThingsD tonight in New York City, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt sat down with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher to talk about everything including the Apple-Google spat over maps. Here's a portion of the interview where Mossberg brings up Apple and Google Maps: 8:20 pm: Time to talk about maps. Schmidt: “Apple should...

Have you been experiencing an odd screen flicker when using your brand new beloved iPhone 5? Did you think you were seeing things? Rest assured you’re not, as a number of users have reported the same thing. This appears to be affecting a number of iPhone 5’s, (including yours truly,) given the growing discussion thread...

Earlier today, Apple's press embargo was released on reviews of its new iPod touch and iPod nano offerings, announced at the iPhone 5 keynote. Just a while ago, Apple uploaded the iPod ad it first aired at the keynote to its YouTube channel. If you missed it, check it out below--it's called 'Bounce': Every iPod...

Daring Fireball links to this Apple support page on how to opt out of interest-based ads from Apple's iAd network: iAd, Apple's mobile advertising platform, strives to provide relevant ads to you based on your interests. To enable us to continue providing you with the best advertising experience, we recommend you keep interest-based iAds enabled....

Yesterday Rogers and Gemalto announced a partnership to utilize NFC-SIM cards from the latter in an upcoming mobile payment system. Earlier in the year Rogers and CIBC previewed their partnership by showing off their NFC credit card payment system on a BlackBerry. Now, MobileSyrup has gotten their hands on an internal doc that reveals the...

The iPhone 5 supports HD Voice, a feature that results in increased call clarity. We previously told you it was only available on the Bell and Telus LTE network, with Rogers noting it would be coming soon. The latter has now confirmed HD Voice is up and running on their network with us: Rogers Network...

When Apple released iOS 6 to the general public on September 19th, the Cupertino-based giant was well aware of the issues tagged along with the Maps application. A large segment of the public began to assume Apple wasn't aware of any Maps issues because they stalled on issuing a public statement for well over a week....