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Tweetbot has been updated to version 2.4 that includes numerous changes such as a new search view, Read It Later support, and keyword mute filters. The change that I like is the improved search box that allows you to quickly change trends. The entire list of changes are below, and also includes improvements to the...

Foxconn, who recently revealed its plans to invest $210 million in a new Apple production facility in Huai’an city, China, is reportedly teaming up with Japan's Sharp Corporation in developing the iPhone 5's display, Reuters reports. The source claims that the Japanese firm will supply necessary technological to Hon Hai for a new Foxconn plant that will produce panels for...

Today IDC (International Data Corporation) published a report revealing that iOS and Android dominate the smartphone market. According to data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, iOS and Android hold shares of 59 percent and 23 percent respectively of the over 152 million smartphones shipped in the first quarter of 2012. This represents...

Facebook today has just announced the launch of a new photo sharing app called Facebook Camera. The app allows Facebook users to view and share photos to their timeline and add filters (a choice of 15), crop or rotate your images too. It looks like the $1 billion dollar acquisition of Instagram is starting to...

This morning Fortune posted an excellent piece that provides insight into how, after nine months on the job, Apple CEO Tim Cook is evolving Apple and its culture. The story essentially concludes that under Tim Cook's leadership, Apple is becoming more open and more corporate, but not in a bad way. After being with Apple...

On the Hack In The Box Security Conference's official Twitter feed, it has been announced that The Chronic Dev Team will debut their new jailbreak, live! This was rumoured to be happening, just last week, and now the rumour has been confirmed. Hackers pod2g, p0sixninja, planetbeing, and nikias will be on hand tomorrow, at the...

Just a quick update for you. We've been closely following the progress of pod2g's untethered iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak, and today he added one more device that is confirmed to be working with Absinthe 2.0. The New iPad (global) has now been tested and confirmed compatible. OK just added iPad3,3 support to Absinthe thanks to @flawlessfox. Only...

Less than a week ago we revealed Ottawa was getting its second Apple Store, as revealed in a job posting on Workopolis. This would bring an additional store for the Ottawa area to join the existing Rideau location. The rumoured location of this new store is at Bayshore Mall, roughly 16 kilometres southwest of the...

It looks like Apple has released two new celebrity-based iPhone 4S/Siri ads. This time actor John Malkovich is featured. This is the third and fourth celebrity featured iPhone 4S TV ad Apple has launched. Previous ads featured Samuel L. Jackson and Zooey Deschanel. As seen in the previous iPhone 4S/Siri commercials with celebrities, the iPhone...

Mujjo, makers of the popular Touchscreen Gloves which we reviewed a few months back, have just launched a collection of hand crafted sleeves for the iPhone, iPad, Macbook Air and Macbook Pro. Made from natural wool felt and organic tanned leather, 'The Originals Collection' snug tailored sleeves come with a fastening leather flap and a smart storage compartment that allows storage...

As scheduled, the CEOs of Apple and Samsung met in San Francisco earlier this week for a court-moderated discussion, in an effort to settle the long-standing patent dispute between the two companies. Unfortunately, Tim Cook's meeting with Choi Gee-sung failed to produce any productive results, which means that the U.S. case underway in California is now pretty much certain to proceed to trial, according to a...

Say hello to Angry Birds Friends, the latest addition to Rovio's massively hit Angry Birds franchise. However, this one is exclusive to the Facebook platform. Angry Birds Friends, which is also being referred to as Angry Birds for Facebook, is Rovio’s first app for the world's largest social network that lets users play weekly challenges against their Facebook friends. Players...