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  Visual learners rejoice - learning  just go a lot easier with Snap Guide. It's a free app for your iPhone that'll instantly become your best friend. Developers Heavy Bits are creating a community of do-it-yourselfers who want to not only share how to create but also want to learn how to do tasks of...

Famous jailbreak tweak MyWi, that allows users to create an iPhone WiFi hotspot or iPad WiFi hotspot in order to share their device's data connection with other smartphones or laptops with a single tap, has been updated to v5.5 which adds full support for iOS 5. According to the developers, MyWi v5.5 has been re-built from scratch to...

Highly popular third-person shooter video game Max Payne is making its way to iPhones, iPods and iPads, as announced by Rockstar Games today. Max Payne Mobile will be released for iOS devices on Thursday, April 12th, with the Android version launching two weeks later on April 26th. The hit video game franchise was first released in July 2001 for...

Analyst Peter Misek, with Jefferies, has been quoted saying Apple's rumoured tv set could be called the "iPanel", and is set to launch in the 4th quarter of 2012. According AppleInsider, Misek has said iPanel is a better name than iTV, as it is far more than a TV. Here is a quote from Misek:...

It was revealed today that there is a security issue with the Facebook apps for iOS and Android, where any knowing wrong-doers could steal your Facebook log in credentials, through some type of hole in the security. Apparently, the information is not encrypted properly, when being entered, and if you know what you're doing, you...

PayByPhone is by far one of my favourite apps as it allows me to securely pay for parking via my iPhone. Verrus first introduced their service as  mobile site last April, but then soon released an iPhone app months later. Enter in your meter number, the amount of time you want to park for, and...

The Rogers Live iOS app allows existing Rogers customers to watch live Toronto Raptors or Toronto Blue Jays games and more for only $5/month, which includes 5 hours of 3G streaming data, with $1/hour overages A new promo within the app shows you can now get 'unlimited' 3G streaming until October 31st. So your $5/month...

John Gruber from Daring Fireball breaks down the obviousness Apple wants to convey in terms of shortcuts in iOS 5, in particular the camera shortcut on your lock screen. In iOS 5.0, double tapping the home button would bring up a camera shortcut icon. However, this was changed in iOS 5.1 to a new 'slide...

The CRTC looks to seek input from Canadians on whether wireless carriers should all follow a certain set of rules when dealing with customers. The CRTC wants to know if 'competition' in Canada is enough to protect consumers, and has launched a consultation on the topic after requests from consumer advocates. Rogers proposed some rules...

In a recent publication, Apple Insider has pointed out that in order to make things easier for business, Apple has already begun the process of launching a completely overhauled online store. The source was notified on Wednesday through an alert banner found on the top of Apple online stores geared for kindergarten through 12th grade institutions...

According to a study carried out by Convergence Consulting Group (via CBC), majority of Canadian cell phone owners prefer sending text messages and emails instead of calling, a habit most likely driven by growing use of smartphones. The report claims that Canada's big three carriers i.e Rogers, Bell and Telus saw a 34% increase in data revenue...

A class action lawsuit has been filed in Regina against Apple Canada and the controversy over Siri's limited capabilities on the iPhone 4S. Filed by The Merchant Law Group, the lone plaintiff so far, Catlin Hendriks, believes Siri isn't performing as advertised: "Siri either did not understand what the plaintiff was asking or, after a...