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It sounds a bit surprising but its true that IBM, the American multinational technology giant, has banned Siri on its local networks (via Wired). While employees can still bring their iPhones to work, Apple's digital voice assistant isn't welcome on the company's network. Jeanette Horan, the IBM CIO, has told Technology Review that her company has banned Siri because...

  This tweak has had a quick evolution from concept to release. It wasn't long ago that we were talking about this cool new concept from designer Anton Kudin. Then we heard that iOS developer, Jonas Gessner, was working on bringing the concept to life. Today, the new tweak has been released in Cydia, and...

As part of the Starbucks App Pick of the Week, this week we have KAYAK Mobile Pro. The app is the #1 mobile travel app and this pro version provides exclusive access to over 100 airport terminal maps (with numerous Canadian airports included), along with car and flight search, hotel booking, flight tracker and more. KAYAK...

In an attempt to increase U.S. innovation in mobile communications, U.S. President Barack Obama ordered all major federal agencies to make their services available on mobile devices within the next year. Obama wants American citizens to have a government, and associated services, that is accessible at anytime and anywhere. To push the development, each federal...

During a recent interview with The Telegraph, Apple’s senior vice president of Industrial Design, Jonathan Ive, said that Apple's best work has yet to come. Ive is one of the Apple executives behind the success of some of Apple's best and brightest products such as the iPhone, original iPod and its future evolutions, the iPad, and overall Mac...

This morning Google launched version 2.0 of its official Search app for iPhone. The update brought a completely redesigned interface that was inspired by the iPad app. The design begins with the start screen with new options to sign in, search, and access Google apps. There is also a new Settings shortcut and a new...

  Sonos users rejoice!  You're about to get a whole lot more bass in your life. Last month I reviewed the Sonos PLAY:3 system, and the one gripe I had was that the bass could have been a little bit more lively. Yesterday, Sonos introduced the Sonos SUB, a subwoofer that connects wirelessly to your...

A new app called Sidecar is quickly gaining in popularity. Sidecar aims to change the way we make phone calls via what the app calls 'Smart Calling', which enables users to share live video of what they are seeing, pictures, location and contacts all during a call. One important feature that has value is the...

If you're familiar with jailbreaking, you know what a hassle and how time consuming it is to get all your Cydia apps back onto your device after you've had to restore it. From trying to remember all the apps you've installed or dealing with all the resprings and reboots, it can be frustrating. Thankfully there...

Rumours around any iPhone release are certainly abundant. With the next iPhone expected to be released this fall, the rumours, leaks, and mock ups are all over the internet. This time www.NoWhereElse.fr has posted a new video of a mock up from designer Isaac Royo, that seems to incorporate the newly leaked 3.95 inch iPod front...

Last week, iOS developer/hacker @chpwn was showing off a new animation he was working on for the Notification center. This new animation pulls your home screen down to reveal the notification center, rather than pulling the notification center down over top of your home screen. This allows you to see the top of your notification...

Apple's PowerBooks and iBooks used to display the Apple logo upside down, i.e "pointing at the floor" when the laptop was opened. Do you know why? Former Apple employee Joe Moreno shares exactly why, in a recent blog entry (via TUAW). According to Joe, there were some discussions at Apple about the placement of the logo on the back...