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The Toronto police have noticed cellphone robberies have risen over the the past three years and want the cellphone industry to do more to protect their customers, such as creating a database that can disable stolen cellphones, says Supt. Ron Taverner: “Our goal is to get the carriers, the providers, the cellphone companies to come...

Dev-Team has just updated their popular jailbreak tool Redsn0w which supposedly addresses certain issues plaguing the OS X users. The latest release is Redsn0w 0.9.10 b6b which has been pushed out for OS X only and does not add any jailbreak support for iOS 5.1, tethered or untethered for current A5 devices. However, like the previous version,...

In an interview by Neowin, Mark Hulme, the producer of upcoming Steve Jobs indie movie starring Ashton Kucher, has revealed some interesting tidbits about the movie's plot. According to Hulme, the film will cover Apple and Steve Jobs' life from 1971 to 2000. The producer also said that they chose Ashton to play the role of Jobs because of his...

In a recent publication, 9to5Mac points out that Apple Store Genius Bars have been issued a notification regarding white 16GB iPhone 4 handset replacements. They have been instructed to upgrade white 16GB iPhone 4 customers seeking replacement under warranty to iPhone 4S instead due to shortages in inventory of white iPhone 4 16GB. The order stands valid for...

The folks that brought us the mock of the teardrop iPhone 5 are back, with a mock of the supposed iPad Mini that has been rumoured of late. CiccaraseDesign.com have posted some pics of what they think the iPad Mini could look like. Using the rumoured screen specs, they were able to mock up the...

Just yesterday, Apple pushed out a Java update (via OS X Lion Software Update) to remove the Flashback malware from Macs running OS X Snow Leopard and OS X Lion and now, a new standalone Flashback malware removal tool version 1.0 has been released to allow the trojan's removal from non-Java systems as well. The tool is based...

Apple has just seeded OS X Lion 10.7.4 (Build 11E46) exclusively to the developers which addresses issues related to stock OS X apps like Mail, QuickTime, Time Machine etc. in addition to a bunch of bug fixes. Like always, the beta release is available only to registered Mac developers who download the latest update from the Developer Center....

Apple CEO Tim Cook has reportedly been seen visiting the Washington headquarters of Valve Corporation, the famous video game developer and owner of Steam gaming platform (via Apple Insider). Since Valve's Steam platform works similar to the iOS App Store, providing a market for downloadable PC video game titles, it is being speculated that Cook's visit might...

There is a new service called Instarchive that allows you to download all your Instagram photos at once, in a convenient zip file. You simply go to there website, give them access to your Instagram account, and they'll create a zip file for your download. It packages all the photos you have ever taken on...

image via Selectism Earlier today we heard about how French designer Philippe Starck mentioned on French radio he was working with Apple and that a 'revolutionary' product was set to be released in eight months. Well, AllThingsD got a statement from Apple and they have poured cold water on the story: Reached for comment, an...

An all new cloud based note-taking service has been introduced by Fetchnotes (via Tech Crunch) with apps for iOS, Android, OS X and Windows platforms. Simplicity and ease of use is what sets it apart from other similar note taking apps. Instead of having important items at the top or color-coded, Fetchnotes relies on hashtagging the items...

A new app called CarrierCompare allows users to take advantage of crowd sourced info to compare the performance of nearby cell networks. For those of us in Canada, it will allow you to see a visual of whether Rogers, Telus, or Bell has the best signal in your area. SwayMarkets, the company behind the app...