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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...

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...