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Looks like Greenpeace is playing their games again. This time it was a demonstration at Apple's Headquarters in Cupertino that saw images being projected onto Apple's main campus building. The protest was for a "clean" iCloud that included support messages from Greenpeace's Facebook and Twitter accounts. The group also reportedly barricaded themselves in an "eight-foot...

Jailbreakers all around the world are closely watching pod2g's progress of his untethered, iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak. He has given an eta of 2 weeks, or so, with speculation that the new jailbreak will be debuted at the HITB SecConf, in Amsterdam. This conference takes place between May 21st and May 25th. In pod2g's latest blog post,...

As reported by PatentlyApple, the US Patent and Trademark Office published an interesting patent for Apple that reveals a new wireless remote for a vehicle's steering wheel. Taking cues from the iPod click wheel, but offering touch-sensitivity, the remote wirelessly controls an iOS device that is in a vehicle. With many laws now forbidding the...

For publicly traded companies on the TSX, a new service has made its way to Canada to offer a simple solution to go mobile for its investors. theIRapp previously was available only in the U.S., but now it is offering its services to Canadian companies to design and launch iPhone and Android investor relations apps...

Yesterday we told you about the media event announcement between Rogers and CIBC, and today we find out what it's all about. Both companies have announced this morning the launch of a joint mobile payment solution. Customers will soon be able to pay with their CIBC credit card wirelessly via a Rogers Near Field Communications...

According to a recent publication by Reuters, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that that Apple could press its bid for an immediate injunction to block the sale of Samsung Galaxy tablets in the U.S on allegations of a patent infringement. The court further ruled that district court judge in California was...

Glenn A. Britt, the CEO of Time Warner Cable, reportedly said in a group interview with NY Times on Friday that that there was no simple way to get Internet-based video onto the television screen. Even though he claimed to be an enthusiastic Apple customer, he stated that he had never heard of anything called 'AirPlay'. Looks like...

If you've jailbroken your iPhone and for one reason or another are wishing you had a Blackberry-style keyboard, you are in luck! An upcoming tweak will bring a Blackberry 10 styled keyboard to your iPhone. The tweak is called "Octopus Keyboard" and will feature the similar gesture-based predictive typing found on RIM's latest OS. Take...

Numerous users have started to notice a change in Facebook's news feed, as part of their mobile update announced earlier this afternoon: Starting today, we’re rolling out an improved design for posts in news feed on your mobile phone. Now photos are up to 3x larger, and all posts will fill your mobile screen from...

Bell has been faced with a $100 million dollar class-action lawsuit over allegations the expiry dates for prepaid wireless are illegal and in contradiction of Ontario's Consumer Protection Act, reports the CBC. The suit argues prepaid wireless services should be treated as gift cards, where there are no expiry dates: The suit is being handed...

We are now just over one month away from the official shut down of Apple's MobileMe service. For those of you who have already migrated to iCloud, then this article does not concern you. However for those that have not migrated and still want to keep the @me.com or @mac.com address, you can now do...

Following the widespread report that Foxconn CEO Terry Gou confirmed that an Apple Television was in preparations, the company has now clarified its position to state that the reports were not accurate. The story originated from Chinese news site ChinaDaily that had originally reported that Foxconn was making preparations for an Apple Television set. In...