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Even if you're an Apple "fanboy" you were probably surprised by the enormous reaction and outpouring of sympathies that came with Steve Jobs passing. The advertising team at Best Buy certainly noticed it and has apparently adjusted their strategy for their upcoming Superbowl ad. Bloomberg reported yesterday on the decision by Best Buy in the wake...

Here's one way to sell some iPhone cases--make them shaped like breasts? Julio Ojeda-Zapata from the Pioneer Press reports on one local man in Minnesota taking his iPhone cases to another level to raise money for breast cancer research. The "Breastie" iPhone case has the back part shaped like a breast, which is supposed to...

[via cartoonstock] A recent survey 1,068 Canadian singles conducted by Zoomerang on behalf of Match.com from last October 13-15th has revealed some interesting data based on what particular smartphone people use. Here are the numbers: 25% of iPhone singles have had an office romance in the last five years. 72% of BlackBerry users will drink alcohol...

We have previously seen Samsung's ads mocking Apple users waiting in line for the iPhone. The South Korean giant has now released a teaser trailer leading up to their upcoming Super Bowl ad this Sunday. The video showcases the upcoming and monstrous-sized Galaxy Note. Check it out below: "Is that a Galaxy Note in your...

Apple has just released OS X Lion 10.7.3, and it's available via Software Update on your Mac. Here's what's new: The OS X Lion v10.7.3 Update includes Safari 5.1.3 and fixes that: Add Catalan, Croatian, Greek, Hebrew, Romanian, Slovak, Thai, and Ukrainian language support Address issues when using smart cards to log into OS X Address compatibility issues with...

Absinthe v0.4 is now available for download, as noted by @pimskeks. This latest version brings support for OS X 10.5 and PowerPC and Intel Macs. Here's the full change log: Version 0.4 ~~~~~~~~~~~ - Mac: added support for OSX 10.5, PPC and Intel CPU - added consistency check on startup to make sure required files...

Zeppelin is a brand new Cydia tweak from iOS developer jivhg which lets you choose cool custom logos for your iOS device's status bar by replacing the default carrier name. Once you download and install Zeppelin from Cydia, you will need to respring your device once to get a new tab in the Settings.app. You can easily enable...

Corona iOS 5 untethered jailbreak from Chronic Dev Team has received a series of updates in the past 24 hours, the latest being Corona 1.0-8 which reportedly fixes all the major issues reported by numerous jailbreakers. @Saurik (Jay Freeman) has been tweeting about the updates as well and has strongly suggested that all users jailbroken on iOS 5.0.1,...

Apple's major iPhone / iPad parts suppliers Foxconn is reportedly planning to build at least 5 more manufacturing facilities in Brazil in order to meet Apple's growing iPad production demands (via AppleInsider). These factories are expected to produce approximately 400 million iPad units in the next five years. In addition to helping supply Apple with iPads,...

Analyst Gene Munster from Piper Jaffray has revealed that he had recently talked to a major TV components supplier form Asia regarding Apple's plans for an upcoming HDTV. He further said that according to his sources, Apple had contacted the supplier "regarding various capabilities of their television display components." Munster also speculated that Apple could simply enable its upcoming...

Last week we announced we won the 2011 Canadian Blog Award for 'Best Tech Blog', a process that involved voting by the public. This week, we're proud to announce we earned 2nd place in the 'Best Media & Journalism' category at the 2011 Ninjamatics Canadian Weblog Awards (similar name, I know). This complex process consisted of...

I've tried numerous iPhone stands over the years, and my biggest complaint has always been having to take the case off the phone for it to fit properly. That was until I found the H1 Touch from Luxa2. Not only does the stand look like something Apple might make, but its design allows it to...