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Popular iOS photography sharing app Instagram has come away with a 2012 Shorty Award for 'Best App'. Just what are the Shorty Awards? The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media, recognizing the people and organizations producing real-time short form content across Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube, Foursquare, and the rest of the social Web....

Earth Hour takes place this Saturday evening to address climate change, and Telus and its team members plan to join the cause. In a press release posted earlier today, the company noted it will turn off lights for 60 minutes across its 27 major buildings across Canada: "By participating in Earth Hour, we are joining...

iOS 5.1 brought iPhone and iPod Touch users a new camera button on the lock screen, that let you "grab" the lock screen and slide it away to automatically open the camera app. With jailbreaking options limited for iOS 5.1, many jailbreakers have not yet updated their devices, and haven't been able to use this...

In a recent conference call with investors, Joe Euteneuer, Sprint's chief financial officer, revealed that Sprint's current contract with Apple, allows them to sell the next generation 4G/LTE iPhone. Joe Euteneuer couldn't confirm that the next iPhone will be 4G/LTE, only that if it is, Sprint's contract is already set up to offer this device to their...

Last Saturday, Apple's senior manager for state and local government affair Michael Foulkes, accepted Posthumous President's Award on behalf of Steve Jobs, from Cupertino Chamber Of Commerce, as reported by Palo Alto Patch (via Apple Insider). The award was given at 55th STAR (Service Teamwork Achievement Recognition) Awards ceremony in recognition of Steve's outstanding community service and exceptional leadership. In his acceptance...

Now this is what you call the power of iOS and the iPhone/iPad. Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP has been nominated for Game of the Year at the 2012 Canadian Videogame Awards, as part of their total 11 nominations. What's impressive is this iOS title is up against console games from major game studios like...

All you Toronto Blue Jays fans are probably eager to see the new season kick off on April 9th versus the Boston Red Sox. This time, you'll be able to watch every single game from your iPhone via the Rogers Live Mobile app. According to the description, $5/month will get you 5 hours of data...

It appears Canadians will soon be able to deposit cheques from your smartphone camera, also known as photo chequing. The latest report from The Globe and Mail notes our 'Big Six' banks (CIBC, TD, RBC, Scotiabank, BMO, National Bank of Canada) have plans to introduce this new feature in Canada, according to NCR, the company...

While there is no shortage of iPhone holders and kickstands in the market today, the elegant and iconic design of Just Mobile's Xtand™ is something you simply won't find in any other iPhone 4/4S desktop cradle. Check out our full review after the break. Features: Solid aluminum construction 360-degree rotation  Adjustable viewing angle  Cable management  Non-slip...

There are a lot of hits and misses on Kickstarter - but this one from Motrr has already surpassed its funding goal with several more weeks to go. It's called the Galileo. It's a robotic platform and charging dock for your iPhone or iPod Touch. It's a device that allows for infinite 360 degrees panning...

Today, Apple has released an update to Safari, bringing it to version 5.1.5. Apparently, this update fixes some issues with Safari running in 32 bit mode. Safari 5.1.4 was released just a couple of weeks ago and brought some great improvements, but suffered in 32 bit mode. Hopefully, this update will solve these issues. You...

AppleInsider is reporting the a new patent filed by Apple, could bring more advanced universal remote control to iOS, via the cloud. This would work similarly to how some apps recognize certain brands or products and search a database to identify them. According to this patent, you may someday be able to just take a...