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The third anniversary of the release of Angry Birds comes with some juicy updates: an Angry Birds movie announced for 2016, and Angry Birds 3.0 in the App Store, a free update for those who had already paid for the original 99-cent game. (more…)

Marc Garneau - Canada's first astronaut Liberal MP Marc Garneau recently announced in late November of his intention to run for the leadership of the federal Liberal Party of Canada. Yesterday on his website he announced his "Telecommunications Statement", which urges for increased foreign competition within our telecom industry to drive better service and pricing:...

The Verge goes hands on and exclusively reviews the Lapka (Russian for the word 'paw) iPhone sensor, which we previously covered back in August. This "personal environment monitor" comes with four various sensors to measure humidity/temperature, radiation, electromagnetic frequencies (EMF), and organicity. Lapka co-founder Vadik Marmeladov explains their accessory: "Lapka is a set of existing...

"Apple still has no peer", says the Time Magazine as it ranks iPhone 5 as number 1 in the list of top 10 gadgets of 2012. Comparing it with Samsung’s Galaxy S III, the article says that when it comes to melding hardware, software and seamless services, iPhone 5 simply blows away the competition. Apple unveiled the iPhone 5, its sixth...

Apple has pushed out a minor update for its Find my iPhone app to add driving directions to device locations, supported on devices running iOS 6 or later. Also, various buttons now appear separately in map view, specifically Play Sound, Lost Mode and Erase iPhone. Full change log below: What's New in Version 2.0.1 •...

Though Samsung still tops the charts with 40% global LTE device market share, the percentage has actually dropped down from 50.9% in the last three months. According to a new report from Strategy Analytics (via The Next Web), this drop has been caused by the iPhone 5's tremendous sales that has taken Apple to the 2nd...

Two class action lawsuits have been launched against Apple in Quebec and Saskatchewan over the promotion of Siri as a feature of the iPhone 4S. The digital assistant feature had a limited launch in Canada with the debut of the iPhone 4S, which was misleading according to the proposed lawsuits. According to an article on...

Canada is a special place. Why? Because when it comes to subsidies on the latest smartphones, our wireless contracts are three years compared to just two in the USA and other countries around the world. With the CRTC recently announcing the results of their wireless code consultation, the results showed the top 100 'liked' comment...

Microsoft Surface, the company's flagship tablet that was launched a couple of months back with a high-end pro version scheduled for December release, is reportedly struggling to compete with similarly priced Google tablets in the market, generating merely 0.13% of all tablet web traffic, notes Chitika. Microsoft released its Surface tablet on October 26th, while Google released a similar priced...

After taking over as Yahoo CEO in September, Marissa Mayer offered employees free smartphones such as the iPhone 5 and more. Today on the company blog she is further making her mark by personally announcing the release of all-new Yahoo! Mail apps, which includes a version for iPhone users. The new apps are part of...

According to a report by The Next Web, Microsoft recently allowed SkyDrive users to purchase paid storage upgrades on their iOS devices directly, bypassing Apple's in-app purchases that gives Apple a 30% cut of the subscription revenue. As a result, Apple is now refusing to approve any updates to SkyDrive app for iOS. The source claims...

Will you be Christmas shopping online this year? If you are looking to order items from Apple online, below is a list of holiday shipping times for 2012 from Apple.ca. Apple notes midnight deadlines for both free standard shipping (left column) and expedited shipping (right column) options if you want your order delivered by December...