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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...

A few days back, the popular Sparrow iPhone app went live in the App Store as the first real viable alternative to Apple’s Mail app. Sadly, the app was released without "push notifications" since the feature was pulled by Apple before approval, due to the fact that Sparrow team was caught using an API reserved for VoIP apps....

Poynt has updated their popular 'all in one' search app for the iPhone to finally include Gas Buddy prices for Canada. It was just last year that the popular Calgary-based search app surpassed 9 million users. According to their press release: "GasBuddy provides a community for users to share information on local gas prices and...

Today, Apple has issued a press release announcing that it is going to lauch a dividend and share repurchase program later this year. The announcement indicates that Apple is planning to initiate a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share sometime in the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2012, which begins on July 1, 2012. Quoting via...

Apple has announced it will hold a conference call tomorrow at 6AM PDT/9AM EDT to discuss what it will do with its almost $100 billion dollars in cash: Apple Conference Call WHAT: Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, and Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO, will host a conference call to announce the outcome of the Company’s discussions concerning...

Apple announced a refresh to the existing Apple TV to offer 1080p video and a new revised user interface. Physical differences between this refresh and the old second generation Apple TV are slim to none. The insides of the new Apple TV were revealed to have doubled the ram, 512MB compared to previously 256MB. Since...

Although the main focus has been on the new iPad this past week, Apple also released the latest version of their media streaming device, Apple TV. The 3rd generation of the Apple TV is being promoted as being upgraded to 1080p video. MacRumors is reporting that a recent teardown of the new Apple TV reveals...

Do you ever stop to think how many of the inventions we utilize on daily basis and often take for granted came to be? The following infographic from BestCollegesOnline.org takes a look at how some of the most widely used inventions originally came about as well as how they evolved over time. Check out the...

For those living in Edmonton, your Apple Store at the West Edmonton Mall has just had their expansion plans approved, which will increase retail space by 4,230 square feet, with construction to begin soon, according to ifoAppleStore. Total square footage will reach 6,930, and expansion will move directly into the adjacent retail space, formerly occupied...

Let me start by saying, "if you rate yourself as a passionate iPhoneographer, Photojojo's Ultimate iPhone Lens Kit is something you should really consider buying". That said, any photography enthusiast carrying an iPhone 4/4S and this handy lens kit can easily capture stunning images with his iPhone, far better than he can with just any point-n-shoot camera....

Yesterday and today Rogers tested out some 'Sponsored Tweets' on twitter, to promote their new service Rogers One Number, which we've reviewed previously. The new service is actually pretty cool, but when it came to this twitter ad campaign, customers turned the other way. When the @RogersBuzz sent out the tweet, customers started using the...

Stefan Esser, also known as @i0n1c has teased that he has an untethered jailbreak for the iPad 3. He recently showed off pics of an iPad 2 jailbroken on iOS 5.1. In response the Musclenerd's recent post of his jailbroken iPad 3, i0n1c had this to say: This is great news! A bit of cat...