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Looks like Apple is running its trademark “explode out of the box” ads in 3D on various websites. As pointed out by 9to5Mac, this ad is for iPods and was found on pitchfork.com. The 3D ad is pretty cool, though it's a but too loud. In the past, Apple has promoted the iPod with several advertising campaigns, particularly...

Apple has opened its first eBay store in an effort to sell refurbished products directly to customers. Labeled only as “Refurbished Outlet”, 9to5Mac claims that it is in fact an Apple-run Store within eBay and is currently in its trial phase. The store has received 99.7% positive reviews from buyers though there is no information on the source of...

We had well over 200 entries into our 32GB 5th gen iPod touch giveaway contest, sponsored by Big Fish Games, as part of a promotion to get some buzz about their free Fairway Solitaire game giveaway (which actually is pretty fun). Let's not waste time, the winner of the brand new 5th gen iPod touch...

Apple's iTV is expected to launch during the holiday quarter, but not this year. One prominent Apple analyst, Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray, changed his mind over the Apple iTV launch date and informed investors today that it won't happen until November 2013. (more…)

The aluminium joint on the all new 2012 iMac, which is just 5mm thick around the edges of the display, is made possible by a friction-stir welding technique which is an intellectual property of British company TWI, reports The Register. The friction-stir welding technique, what was invented back in 1991 by Wayne Thomas at TWI, is a process that doesn't...

GigaOM has published a report today, claiming that Google is working on an open source alternative to Apple’s AirPlay and is planning to provide this technology to a number of software vendors to allow data exchange between second screens and TV-connected devices, a hint of which has recently been seen in updated YouTube app for Android...

Square launched their mobile payments in Canada this October, their first expansion market outside of the USA. Now the company has notified us their mobile card reader is now available at retailers in Canada such as Apple, Best Buy and Future Shop. With Square, it allows you to accept credit cards anywhere as the card...

HTC's Chief Executive raised his voice to call earlier media reports about the Apple–HTC settlement outrageous, as they claim the Taiwanese company will be forced to pay up to $8 per Android device sold. (more…)

Nokia promised to port its "Here" mapping service on iOS and the good news is that just a week after making this promise the maps application is available in the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. (more…)

Facebook has started to roll out their Photo Sync feature for iOS users. What is Photo Sync? Here's how Facebook describes the feature: When you turn on photo syncing, your mobile photos will be saved to a private section of your Facebook Photos. You can easily share your synced photos on your timeline from desktop,...

Apple announced this morning AC/DC has made it onto iTunes. This is the first time their entire catalog has been made available digitally online and it's exclusive to iTunes: NEW YORK and CUPERTINO, California—November 19, 2012—Columbia Records and Apple® today announced that AC/DC’s entire catalog is now available digitally for the first time exclusively on...

For those looking for a quick iTunes Card sale, Food Basics currently has $10 off $50 iTunes Cards. Food Basics is based in Ontario so if there's a store near you, time to jump on this deal. The deal started on November 9th and is on until the 22nd.  For those that continue to fund...