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In a new, but unconfirmed, report BGR claims that Apple will demonstrate the operating system (OS) for its upcoming/rumored television. The report, as you guessed, is from "trusted sources". The demonstration will be held at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) next month. Instead of releasing the actual television product, the OS will be demoed to...

Last week, Apple pushed out an updated build, 9B208, of iOS 5.1.1 for the GSM iPhone 4. The new iOS 5.1.1 build could not be jailbroken with existing tools, so a new version of Absinthe, 2.0.2, was released. Continuing the support for other iOS devices and builds, today Absinthe has been update to version 2.0.4...

Just Mobile's extremely well designed products never cease to impress me. From the sleek AluPen Pro touchscreen stylus to the high power Gum Max Pro battery pack, every Just Mobile accessory shares a common elegance in its design. Today, we'll be looking at another neatly designed Just Mobile product called the Highway Pro, which is a dual-USB slot car...

Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at D10 tonight with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. Some of the videos from the interview have now started to be uploaded online (Flash video). Here's one on Tim Cook about the state of the tablet and how the PC should not burden it: Here's one more about how Cook...

Tonight Apple CEO Tim Cook was the headline interview to kick off the D10 conference, hosted by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher in California. Cook answered questions on everything from the iPhone, iPad, Siri, Apple TV, lawsuits and more. Here are some short notes summarizing a touch of what Cook 'revealed': Apple TV continues to...

According to a report by the Globe and Mail, Rogers looks to possibly bid on NHL rights away from the CBC, thus putting the Hockey Night in Canada franchise in jeopardy. The CBC/NHL contract is due to expire in 2015, and if Rogers is successful it would mean the first time Saturday night hockey would...

For those with a jailbroken iPhone 4, specifically a tethered jailbreak, the Rocky Racoon 5.1.1 Untether package has been updated to version 1.0-2. The update brings support for the newest iPhone 4 (GSM) iOS 5.1.1 build 9B208 that was released last week. With this package installed, users can turn their iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak into an untethered one,...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has long supported the jailbreak community, and now they are openly calling on Apple to free up their iOS devices, in what they refer to as Apple's 'beautiful crystal prisons': Apple's recent products, especially their mobile iOS devices, are like beautiful crystal prisons, with a wide range of restrictions imposed...

Telus Health has partnered with Sanofi Canada to launch a platform called STARsystem for diabetics in Canada using the iBGStar iPhone blood glucose monitors (announced in April): TELUS Health has partnered with Sanofi Canada to launch STARsystem, an innovative private web-based platform that gives diabetics free anywhere, anytime access to personalized education and self-management health tools....

This afternoon Research in Motion (RIM) released a press release stating that the company has hired J.P. Morgan Securities and RBC Capital Markets to assist in creating a “strategic review”. This news comes as the company is about to lay off upwards of 3,000 employees and is struggling to manage over $1 billion in unsold inventory....

If you're like me and you're waiting for Research in Motion's (RIM) Playbook to go on a mega fire sale (because the company is slowly sinking), we may soon be in luck! Last quarter, RIM's mountain of unsold Blackberry devices and Playbook tablets shot past $1 billion in value, further revealing the struggles that the...

Gillian Shaw from the Vancouver Sun recommends five gas apps to help you save money at the pump, with prices at all-time highs across Canada especially in the Lower Mainland (reaching and exceeding $1.50/L). Out of the recommendations, personally I have found GasBuddy to be the best for my needs (Canadian gas prices from GasBuddy...