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[Refresh your browser periodically to update] 7:00am: Phill Schiller takes the stage, “We’re proud to help students learn”…and “Students are being introducd to the iPad” 7:03am "I get discouraged when students don't graduate... knowing that we failed them." 7:06am "There is a lot that's talked about that might be wrong in education, and no one person or company can...

NamcoBandai Games Inc. has released the iOS version of popular arcade fighting game SoulCalibur which is now available as a universal download for iPhone / iPod touch and iPad in the App Store. The game isn’t cheap though, currently selling at US $11.99, but Namco has launched the title with a 20% ‘Release Sale’. So if you...

iOS developer Adam Bell, creator of some pretty decent Cydia tweaks, has just introduced a brand new cydia tweak called Overflow which allows you to add a cool coverflow-effect to your iPhone or iPad dock icons making them behave just like album covers in iOS music player (when you rotate the iPhone to landscape mode). The...

Developed by income tax specialists with years of experience in tax preparation business, Go! Tax Canada app for iOS introduces an innovative way to file your Canadian personal income taxes anywhere, anytime using your iPhone or iPod Touch. Simply download the app free from the App Store, fill out your tax information, take photos of your tax slips and submit them to...

Do you have an original iPhone, iPhone 3G, or first and second generation iPod touch units lying around? Those devices were only able to update to 3.1.3 (iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G got up to 4.2.1), but whited00r 5.1 aims to change that. This software will jailbreak your old iOS devices and include specific...

Patently Apple reported yesterday that The US Patent office has granted Apple twenty-two patents and one of them is of particular interest. The patent appears to be a navigation and management system for episodic content from iTunes and television. The patent goes into detail stating that the system could: "Correspond to television shows that have...

A team of Canadian university researchers want your text messages to add to their pool of research. The project 'text4science' is a collaboration between Simon Fraser University, University of Ottawa, and the Universite de Montreal. The project itself is part of the international 'sms4science' project coordinated at the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium. What...

Toronto lawyer Michael Deverett purchased a MacBook Pro and iPod touch back in 2009. As he returned to his vehicle after stopping at a convenience store, his rear window had been smashed and his Apple goodies stolen. As the Toronto Star reports, Deverett ended up suing Apple: Deverett sued Apple, claiming that theft rings in...

Update 1: Looks like the free promo period has ended. It was a nice grab while it lasted. CreativeNchildren (CnC) have just made their three best selling iOS apps totally free in the App Store. The apps are a part of the Quick™ Series i.e Quick™ Light, Quick™ Snap and Quick™ Video. The developers claim that all these three apps...

The book 'Inside Apple' is set to hit bookstores soon, written by Fortune senior editor-at-large Adam Lashinsky (you can check out his Fortune issue Inside Apple here). Yesterday, we learned about how Scott Forstall is seen as the next 'CEO-in-waiting' at Apple. Today, a lengthier excerpt has been posted to promote the book. It's a...

It won't be long before Apple releases iOS 5.1 to the general public and when that happens, iPhone 4S owners who are still on iOS 5.0, will have no other option but to update to iOS 5.1 since currently there is no way to restore to any iOS 5.x firmware except for the most recent...

A few notable app updates worth mentioning include WhatsApp, Netflix, and Action Movie FX. Let's see what these updates bring to the table... WhatsApp Messenger Last week WhatsApp was removed from the App Store as they had submitted a new version to Apple. This caused some hilarious hoaxes to pop up via chain letters (people...