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  Back in November we reviewed the Wrapsol Ultra film protectors (plus a video install tutorial) for the iPhone 4S. These full body protectors are different from film protectors as they are slightly thicker and stronger. I've had my iPhone 4S application on since day one and so far, no peeling has occurred whatsoever and the...

In the past, we’ve had a look at both the Kudos Payments and the Payfirma mobile payment systems. Today though, a heavy hitter enters the ring, calling itself PAYD. PAYD makes a pretty strong case to start accepting credit cards on your iPhone (or BlackBerry or Android… if you’re into that). The service offers the...

Our recent story about Lisa Bettany's trip around the world with an iPhone 4S had me investigating the usage of iPhone cameras on Flickr, which has been documented before. We've seen the popular rise of iPhone cameras, but what about the total number of images uploaded to Flickr by all iOS devices? The grand total...

One of the founders of tap tap tap's popular Camera+ app (which recently surpassed 6 million downloads) is Lisa Bettany, a local resident of BC's West Coast. Her role in the creation of Camera+ has been previously documented by Entrepreneur, but now she has a new journey ahead of her--a trip around the world armed only...

Do you use HootSuite, the social media management dashboard? If you do, you’ve got company. Today, the industry leading organization announced that it had reached its 3 millionth sign up. According to the HootSuite blog, there are currently 6 million unique social profiles and the number of messages sent through the service has topped 700...

After a quiet launch of their mobile banking site last September, HSBC Canada has finally released a standalone iPhone app for their customers. Other countries have had their own HSBC apps for a while, but as you know sometimes Canada is on the 'slow bus'. This app will allow existing internet banking customers to view...

From the makers of the Seas0npass Apple TV2 jailbreak, Firecore has just released an update to aTV Flash. Version 1.2 has some major new additions such as zoom options, grid view watched indicators, and recently visited pages in the top shelf menu area for the web browser. More than 30+ changes are now available including...

Scott Forstall is the head of Apple's iOS division and is an ambitious executive for the Cupertino-based company. Last October, he was profiled by Bloomberg Businessweek as a 'mini' version of Steve Jobs, down to the nitty gritty details. He even drives the same car as Jobs--a silver Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG. Now, according to the...

Soon after pod2g’s unveiling of iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for A4 devices, Dev-Team updated redsn0w while Chronic Dev pushed Corona to Cydia in order to incorporate the newest exploit in their jailbreak tools. Today, @iH8sn0w has released his Windows exclusive sn0wbreeze jailbreak tool’s two-year anniversary update with pod2g’s iOS 5.0.1 untether exploit. The update also brings some GUI Improvements, an IPSW...

iOS developer Kim Streich has just pushed an update to his famous 3G Unrestrictor tweak. Its called 3G Unrestrictor 5 and as the name suggests, it has been fully optimized for iOS 5 and will also work on iPhone 4S & iPad 2 devices (once the A5 untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak is made public). The...

Update: Here are two promo codes for BerryMover--get them while they're hot! Y7HWKM9FHXA6 KLPR9Y9LWW47 == I've personally known a couple of guys who'd gladly ditch their Blackberrys for an iPhone only if they knew about an easy, one step solution for moving all their contacts, calendars, tasks, notes, text and email messages from their Blackberrys to...

Update 1: looks like Google had ended this 'experiment' and the Sesame page no longer has a QR code. Boo. -- Are you always paranoid? Are you a freak? Do you crave security of your info? Well, if you do then Google has cooked up a pretty cool way of logging into your Gmail account...