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This week's Starbucks 'Pick of the Week' is not an app, but a free song from iTunes. It appears each week the picks alternate between an app and a song, a couple weeks back we saw a Leonard Cohen single. Last week, we saw EA's version of Tetris for iOS up for grabs (prior to...

In an effort to make cellphone towers blend into their environment, Bell plans to build 20 towers disguised as pine trees in Muskoka, north of Toronto. The steel towers would be 25-29 metres tall and rise up above existing trees, covered with fibreglass branches, and set to be installed in May. Since they will be built...

One of the features on my iPhone that rarely gets used is the Spotlight page. When you're on you home screen, and you swipe your finger to the right, you can search for anything on your iDevice, in one convenient search field. If it's something you don't use regularly, and you have your device jailbroken,...

According to a survey from CBC/Radio Canada, Netflix now reaches 1 in 10 Canadians: "Netflix viewers watch 28 per cent more TV than the average Canadian when including their Netflix viewing," said Mark Allen, director of research and strategic analysis at CBC/Radio-Canada, which ran the survey of 8,000 Canadians in the fall, a year after Netflix...

Angry Birds Space is set to debut on March 22nd, and is seen to be the next hit version of the popular game from Rovio. The official trailer has just been released and provides a further glimpse of more gameplay. It was just under two weeks ago Rovio hired NASA to make an announcement about...

Just when you thought Tim Cook only replied to my emails, think again. 9to5Mac reports on a story of how one AT&T customer had just been relocated to Canada for work and wanted to use his iPhone 3GS here on PAYG plans. However, his phone was locked to AT&T and he was told to contact...

Juice Mobile, a Canadian mobile advertising network, has released some interesting statistics regarding the state of Canadian Mobile Industry during the month of February, in the shape of a pretty neat infographic. The statistics, which are based on information gathered from 1500 different publications, apps and almost 1 billion mobile ads, indicate that iPhone is Canada’s top mobile device...

Apple has just updated the Labour and Human Rights page in its "Supplier Responsibility" section for this month as noted by John Gruber (Daring Fireball). The update provides comprehensive report of excessive work hours in Apple's supply chain for the month of February. Apple details 48-hour average workweek and a 5% month-over-month decrease in 60+ hour weeks for...

Netflix just announced their Canadian library will soon get some new 'hero-themed' films in April and May. Such films include X-Men: First Class and Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon (you'll notice Thor is already available): When Bonnie Tyler sang about holding out for a hero, she could have been referring to any one of the stars featured...

iFixit has always shown the most thorough ways to teardown and rebuild all kinds of tech products. Today they post they entire teardown of the new Apple TV, revealing more details about the inner workings of Apple's latest media streaming device. In the image above, you can see a few highlighted areas. The areas are...

Apple has started posting some commonly asked questions on product pages to hopefully ease any worries that customers may have before making purchases. It seems to be a joining of the Apple Support Communities at the bottom of the online Apple Store. It allows for you to answer questions that others may have posed by simply...

With the sudden success of OMGPOP's viral social gaming hit, Draw Something, the makers are now in the cross hairs of Zynga: Zynga is in talks to acquire OMGPOP, the maker of massive hit Draw Something, according to a source with direct knowledge of the discussions. Talks are still in an earlier stage and it’s...