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Starbucks Canada’s Free App Pick of the Week: Tetris

We first told you about the launch of App Store apps as part of Starbucks Canada's 'Pick of the Week'. This was previously only available in the U.S., just like the ability to pay for drinks with the Starbucks iPhone app. Boy, times sure have changed, eh? Every Tuesday, a new 'Pick of the Week'...

Apple CEO Tim Cook Sold $11.1M of Apple Stock Today

An SEC filing today noted Apple CEO, Tim Cook, sold $11.1 million dollars worth of Apple stock, or 20,178 shares, through five transactions that occurred at various stock prices in the range of $547-$551. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing was noted earlier this afternoon. Back in August of last year, Cook was awarded...

Apple Being Sued Due to Siri’s Poor Performance

There are times like these, when I read something so ridiculous, that I am truly proud to be Canadian. There is actually a class action lawsuit that has been filed, against Apple, because somebody doesn't think Siri performs exactly as it does in the commercials. WSJ is reporting today that a fellow by the name...

Pod2g Asks For Your Help to Find Exploits to Jailbreak iOS 5.1

Two heads are better than one, right? Pod2g thinks so, as he has just posted some guidelines on how you can help the jailbreak community by sending in crash reports to discover vulnerabilities in iOS 5.1. Pod2g was the master behind the untethered iOS 5.0.1 A4/A5 jailbreaks. Earlier, he noted he working on finding a...

The AIRE Mask Could Power your iPhone By Breathing

A newly proposed device could soon be using the power of your lungs to recharge your iDevices. The AIRE mask, as it's known, will use tiny wind turbines within a breathing mask to harness the air you breath into an electrical current. Although it's still looking to go into production, the hope is that by...

WSJ: HBO Will Soon Bring Fox & Universal Studios Movies To iCloud

Latest report by The Wall Street Journal has confirmed that HBO is in negotiations with Fox and Universal Studios to bring their movies to the iCloud. At last week's unveiling of the new Apple TV, it was announced that users will be able to access their purchased movies via iCloud as well, a feature previously limited to music and TV shows....

@pod2g is Working on iOS 5.1 Jailbreak

This probably goes without mentioning, but iOS hacker @pod2g has confirmed that he is looking for vulnerabilities in iOS 5.1. He is the hacker who has found vulnerabilities in previous iOS versions, which eventually led to an untethered jailbreak in some cases. The Absinthe jailbreak for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S was based on exploits...