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Bell and Telus Drop the 8GB iPhone 4 to $49 on a 3 Year Contract

Bell and Telus have lowered their price of the 8GB iPhone 4 on a 3 year contract to $49, a reduction from $99, as noted on their websites. The 8GB iPhone 4 is a model with a lower capacity, compared to the 16GB and 32GB sizes when the iPhone 4 first launched. Rogers recently lowered...

Pod2g Gives Chronic Dev Team A4 Jailbreak to Release ASAP

Another day, and another update from pod2g in regards to the iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak. He has decided to hand over the A4 jailbreak to the Chronic Dev Team to test and release, so he can focus his efforts on the A5 jailbreak (iPhone 4S, iPad 2) before iOS 5.1 is released: I read the...

Rockstar Drops the Price of Grand Theft Auto III to $2.99

Back in early December Rockstar announced the 10th anniversary edition of Grand Theft Auto III would be coming to the App Store for the iPhone and iPad. It was released just over a week ago at $4.99, but now it appears the price has been dropped to $2.99, a significant savings. The game comes in...

Ultrasn0w 1.2.5 iPhone Unlock Updated for iOS 5.0.1

The iPhone Dev Team has released an update to the iPhone unlock ultrasn0w, version 1.2.5 to support older basebands in iOS 5.0.1., as described in the description: iPhone Dev Team's iPhone 4, 3G, and 3GS software unlock, now with added PwnApple. Compatible with iPhone 4 baseband 01.59.00 and iPhone 3G/3GS basebands 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01, 05.13.04...

Steve Jobs Has Won a Grammy Trustees Award

The Recording Academy has honoured Steve Jobs with a Grammy Trustees Award, which is described as: This Special Merit Award is presented by vote of The Recording Academy's National Trustees to individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance*, to the field of recording. (*Through 1983, recipients included performers.)...

Gameloft and EA Launch $0.99 Holiday Game Sale

It's become a holiday tradition for Gameloft and Electronic Arts to have a holiday game sale promotion, and this year is no different. This morning EA Electronics has discounted nearly all of their games, while seventeen Gameloft titles are now on sale. These games include the latest and greatest releases as well as best sellers, such as...

Canadian Farmers Are Keeping Up With The Times

According to a recent study from Farm Credit Canada (via betterfarming.com), Canadian farmers are keeping up with the times when it comes to using new technology. The study reports that 29 percent of farmers own a smartphone which is consistent with Canada's general population where thirty percent own a smartphone. Other highlights from the report include: Six percent of farmers own...

UBC Research Suggests People Are More Likely To Lie When Texting

According to some researchers at the University of British Columbia, text messaging leads people to be more deceitful when compared to other modes of communication. The study compares the level of deceit people are prepared to use in a variety of media, from text messages to face-to-face interactions. The study involved 170 students performing mock stock...

Siri Plays a Yamaha Disklavier (Video)

Using Wi-Fi, Airplay, and an Apple Express, Craig Knudsen of Yamaha has figured out how to get Siri to play a Yamaha Disklavier; complete with moving pedals and keys in full expression. The pointer comes via Jim Dalrymple of Loop Insights: Take a standard MIDI songfile and convert it to an audio file (while maintaining the MIDI data). The songfile is...

Apple is Conceptualizing and Prototyping Wearable Devices

According to the New York Time's Nick Bilton, Apple has reportedly spent the last year developing and testing wearable devices that will augment and extend the functionality of smartphones. The prototyped wearable device would send and receive data from your smartphone. In this senario, the smartphone could stay behind the scenes and users would interact primarily with these wearable peripherals. A...