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One of my favourite sports is curling. While I'm not very good at it, pretty much because I have such terrible balance on the ice, I love watching it - especially the Canadian men's championship, the Brier, which is on right now. So I've spent a while playing all the curling games I can get...

Justin Luey and I recap Apple’s iPad Keynote on Episode 50 of The iPhone Podcast. Listen to our thoughts on the event and the announcement. Everybody wants the new iPad with Retina Display, right? Subscribe to the podcast via: iTunes | Instacast | RSS You can follow all the news we discuss at our blog. Play on iPhone / iPod / iPad (...

Bell has announced their Mobile TV arm will now include Whitecaps FC games, to kick off the 2012 MLS season, which has the Montreal Impact visiting BC Place tomorrow: "As Premier Founding Partner, Bell is proud to offer Vancouver Whitecaps FC fans access to their favourite team on our innovative and industry-leading Bell Mobile TV...

Ars Technica recently noticed that file sizes on 1080p videos were smaller then you would normally expect. The updated 1080p files hold more 2.25 times as many pixels as 720p files, so you would expect the files to be 2.25 times larger. But of course due to some Apple magic (and compression) they were able to...

Each year, Apple holds the WWDC (World Wide Developer's Conference), to get the developers together and show off some new products that are soon to be released. Well, the jailbreak community has started getting their developers together to share ideas and celebrate the modding/hacking community. The WWJC (World Wide Jailbreak Convention) comes to San Francisco...

For those in Quebec, there's a deal from Rogers for the 8GB iPhone 4, as part of a March Madness sale. Normally $49 on a 3 year term, the iPhone 4 is available for only $1. It is available for new and existing customers that renew, and will require a minimum monthly service fee of...

We all know that the earbuds that come with our iPhones and iPods leave a lot to be desired, when it comes to sound quality. I am always on the look out for something that sounds better, but is still somewhat affordable. The Spark High Definition In-Ear Headphones just might fall into that category. The...

For such a simple game, Angry Birds has exploded internationally and has become one of the most recognizable franchises today. Rovio is back with another adventure, Angry Birds Space, and it launches March 22nd, 2012 on iOS, Android, Mac, and PC. Here's the video from their offcial announcement today: http://youtu.be/lxI1L1RiSJQ No pricing has been announced,...

Did you read Archie Comics growing up as a kid? I can't remember how many countless hours were spent 'hanging out' with the crew from Riverdale. Today Archie Comics and New Brunswick's Gogii Games have announced they will release an iOS video game based on the iconic comic series. The iPhone and iPad will will...

After speculation yesterday about Apple's maps within iPhoto for iOS, it has now been confirmed by the OpenStreetMap Foundation themselves that Apple has used their map data. What is the OSM all about? Here's how they describe themselves: The OpenStreetMap Foundation is a UK-registered not-for-profit organization that supports the OpenStreetMap Project. The OpenStreetMap Project based...

Developers of popular iOS app "Pimp Your Screen” have just released an all new OS X version of the app which can now be downloaded from the Mac App store. Similar to the iOS version, Pimp Your Screen for Mac lets user's customize their desktop's wallpaper by providing an exclusive selection of specially designed background images and wallpapers...

Yesterday, Apple released iOS 5.1 for all supported iOS devices and as always, Dev Team folks have been quick enough to push an update to their popular jailbreak tool as well i.e Redsn0w 0.9.10b6. The latest Redsn0w brings iOS 5.1 jailbreak support for iPhone 3GS / iPhone 4, iPod touch 3G / iPod touch 4G and the...