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Sparrow, a third party email client for iOS that works really well with Gmail has just been acquired by--Google. The Sparrow team sent out a tweet a while ago to state: We're excited to announce that Sparrow has been acquired by Google! Read more here: sprw.me— SparrowMail (@sparrow) July 20, 2012 From their website, the...

The latest iOS 6 beta which was seeded to the developers earlier this week, apparently doesn't play nice once the total number of apps installed on a device at one time exceeds a certain number as reported by CNET. Luckily, that threshold is reasonably high, which is 500 and Apple is also preparing to release a quick-fix...

There's dozens of cool projects on Kickstarter. You could spend hours browsing through the various categories to see what sort of innovative ideas people have come up with. I was doing this recently and came across an interesting one. The ChargeCard for iPhone. The ChargeCard is an ultra-thin USB charging cable that's thin enough to...

If you shop at Roots, be sure to keep an eye out on their current summer promo card that brings a collection of free song downloads in iTunes. The card notes the following free downloads of some Canadian artists: Willie Stratton - O Canada Cookie Duster - Two Feet Stand Up Patrick Watson - Into...

Our good friend Kris Meador sent this tip in! Right now you can get a $15 iTunes gift card 4 pack for $55 at Best Buy. This does not seem to be offered online, so it is an in-store offer only. That's only a five dollar savings but that's 5 free apps or songs, of...

  Just a quick note to let you know that this week's App Store App of the Week is Flick Kick Football. So, when you hear "football", you might be thinking CFL or NFL, but this is actually what we North Americans would call soccer. Basically, you use your finger to flick the ball into...

As noted by MacRumors and via tips from readers, it appears Apple has now enabled iTunes Movies in the cloud for Canada. Previously this feature was unavailable but now many have noticed their purchased movies have now started to show up across all iOS and Macs connected to iCloud. Here's a screenshot from iPhoneinCanada.ca reader @djtripd that...

The European Telecommunications Institute (ETSI) announced last month that it has adopted a standardized design for next-generation SIM cards a.k.a the nano-SIMs which are are approximately 40 percent smaller than the current micro-SIM used in Apple's iPhone 4 and 4S. Today, all those rumors suggesting that Apple's next generation iPhone will also feature a nano-SIM have been...

For Discovery Channel Canada fans, you'll be pleased to know there is now an official iOS app to download for your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. This app has a huge social feature where it will allow users to get interactive during select live broadcasts, such as moderated chat, along with polls and trivia games....

Recent Apple filings have revealed the company's plans to build a second smaller 'tactical' facility in North Carolina in addition to its massive data center in Maiden, N.C., according to a report by Apple Insider (via Hickory Daily Record). The filings suggest that the smaller 11-room, 21,030-square-foot data center will cost Apple US $1,885,129 and will be used to store clusters...

If you have been waiting to purchase some protection for your iPhone, iPad or other gadgets, take note ZAGG currently has a promotion on their popular invisibleSHIELD skins. For a limited time, with any invisibleSHIELD purchase it's buy one get one free (of equal or lesser value). It's a decent promo, considering the 50% ZAGG...

We all love our iPhones and when we're not using them incessantly multiple times during the day, our phones are usually the last and first things we check before and after we sleep. Sleep is so precious and important to athletes that Canadian Olympians will be banned from using their iPhones at night, as part...