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Further information has been provided by @pod2g in regards to the status of the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak. A few hours ago pod2g sent out the following on twitter: I made a step today for the A5. With some luck we could expect a release in a week. Yes, upgrade...

With rumours swirling regarding Apple's upcoming media event this month in New York City, further information has surfaced about what could be detailed at this event by Clayton Morris from Fox News: This event will focus on iTunes University and Apple in education I learned of the event back in September when it was originally scheduled for...

Day 9 of the iTunes 12 Days of Christmas has arrived, and after today there's only three days left to go. Today's freebie consists of four singles from the Vancouver punk-pop band, Hedley. Here are the songs available plus a video: Gunnin' For the Nights I Can't Remember Perfect Beautiful Video: Perfect   The runner...

2011 was not a kind year for Canada's tech prodigy, Research in Motion. RIM's Co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis doubted the iPhone when it launched in 2007. They made claims about how we don't need apps for the web and blamed iPhone data demands for network congestion. RIM couldn't even setup the App World...

Is the Nokia Lumia 800 ready to turn the company around? This latest device from Nokia runs Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) and was recently put to a browser showdown with the iPhone 4S (running iOS 5.0) and iPhone 4 (on iOS 4.3). The following video, posted by YouTube user 359gsm, puts all three phones through a...

Update 2: TechCrunch reports the event will focus on publishing and iBooks: According to the source the event will not involve any hardware at all and instead will focus on publishing and eBooks (sold through Apple’s iBooks platform) rather than iAds. Attendance will also be more publishing industry-oriented than consumer-focused. The event will unveil improvements...

Fraser Spiers debunks the common 'tip' he frequently hears about how people should kill iOS multitasking apps as they 'slow down' your iPhone. To counter this incorrect advice he details specifics about how multitasking works on iOS, and how the system is smart enough to manage itself on its own. It's a comprehensive read for...

The world has to thank @pod2g for uncovering an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1. After he figured out the jailbreak for A4-powered devices, he handed over the untether to the Chronic Dev Team and iPhone Dev Team to test and release updated tools. The latter released an updated version of redsn0w, and the Chronic Dev...

Vancity Credit Union recently launched their iOS banking app last December. Available for the iPhone and iPad, the fee download enables registered online banking customers to everyday banking activities, such as checking balances, transferring funds, paying bills, and send INTERAC e-Transfers. Upon launching the app, the same online banking login is all that is required...

Welcome to Day 8 of the iTunes 12 Days of Christmas. Today's free offering is Icebreaker Hockey, from Natural Motion Games. The hockey game entered the App Store this past June. The developer's other claim to fame was Backbreaker Football that had over 1 million downloads. With the WHJC (go Canada!) and the NHL season...

Update, 11:47AM PST, Jan. 2/12: The app is no longer free, but was free at the time of publishing more than 13 hours ago. Apple's pick for the 2011 iPad app of the Year, Snapseed, is currently free in the App Store. The universal app also works on the iPhone and iPod touch with a...

iOS hacker @stroughtonsmith previously demonstrated a hacked second generation Apple TV running iOS apps without AirPlay. Further progress has resulted in day 2 of his tinkering, and last night he released another video this time showing fullscreen iPad apps running in 720p: More MobileX goodness! Much of today was spent making apps run as the...