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A while back we confirmed Rogers had brought back the 6GB/$30 data plan, only available to those that called in and gave a SOC code to customer service agents. Just today, the company has launched the plan again as part of the new '6GB Super Plan', as noted on the Rogers website. The site link...

With the London 2012 Olympics set to kick off on July 27th, it looks like this will be one of the most-connected Olympic games ever. You will soon be able to catch all the action via the free CTV Olympics London 2012 apps, set to be released soon, as announced by CTV: There are two...

Time, there's never enough of it, and what we do have gets harder to manage with each passing day. With dozens of timer apps in the App Store, it's amazing that they all do the roughly the same thing. You set a time limit, the time passes, and an alarm triggers when time runs out....

It was reported yesterday on MacRumors when users in the U.S. on AT&T tried to activate FaceTime over 3G on iOS 6 beta 3, they were prompted with a pop up alert to contact the carrier for more information. In other words, it translates to "we are not going to allow this feature at this time"....

Right now in Canada a 13-inch MacBook Pro laptop is $1,229. A third-generation 32GB iPad is $619. Buying it at the Apple Store? It’s $619. Buying it at Future Shop? $619.  Best Buy? $619. Online through Apple website? $619. There is no haggling. (Yes there are some minor exceptions to the above, under certain circumstances,...

The Wall Street Journal has just published a story that notes the next generation iPhone will use a new technology that will enable a thinner screen: Apple Inc.'s next iPhone, currently being manufactured by Asian component makers, will use a new technology that makes the smartphone's screen thinner, people familiar with the matter said, as the U.S....

With the announcement of iOS 6 at WWDC 2012, one of the most anticipated features was the addition of the new Apple Maps and turn by turn GPS, guided by Siri. However, with the first betas of iOS 6, this feature did not work in Canada. A couple days ago Apple enabled the feature in...

  The Royal Ontario Museum has introduced a new way to experience their exhibits. With their new app, "ROM Ultimate Dinosaurs", you can now have a whole new augmented reality experience, when in the ROM. You open the app on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad and point the camera at one of the ads...

According to a recent report by Reuters, Samsung has increased its lead over Apple and Nokia in the global smartphone market selling around 50 million units during Q2 2012 whereas Apple has sold 30.5 million iPhones during this time period. A Reuters poll reveals that Samsung's booming sales were helped by strong demand and large marketing campaigns for...

Three weeks after the previous beta, Apple has pushed iOS 6 Beta 3 to developers as an over the air (OTA) update. Right now, the update is available only to those running iOS 6 Beta 2 through Settings > General > Software Update, however it should be hitting Apple’s iOS Developer Center pretty soon as well. We'll...

Last time I was this excited about a Kickstarter idea was when Pebble E-Paper watch was announced, a project that eventually became the most funded project in Kickstarter history. And today when I came across the Nifty MiniDrive Kickstarter page, I found myself equally excited as I've always looked for a faster but cheaper alternative to SSD for...

Previously, we had reported that a Russian hacker had figured out a way to get in-app purchases for free, in iOS. It was a quick 3 step process that installed a certificate and changed DNS settings on your device, redirecting to a different server.. Now, it seems that Apple has taken down the server that...