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Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy – [BBC VIDEO]

BBC has recently aired an hour-long documentary about Steve Jobs with on-camera interviews with Woz, Stephen Fry, Tim Berners-Lee, John Sculley and many others. The documentary examines how Steve Jobs propelled the company from his parents’ garage to global supremacy. Tristan Quinn, the producer of the documentary, says “Jobs was the kind of person that could convince...

Rogers 8GB iPhone 4 Free on 3 Year Contract for the Holidays

Earlier you heard about Rogers offering voice and data plans on monthly terms. It appears there's now another promotion for the holidays, the 8GB iPhone 4 is now free on a 3 year contract from December 17th to January 10th, 2012. Here are the eligibility requirements: 3 year contract Minimum monthly service fee of $45...

Rogers Voice and Data Plans Are Now Available on Monthly Terms

Normally Rogers voice and data plans require users to sign on up to 1-3 year contracts but that has now changed. A new memo released by Rogers reads: (via MobileSyrup) Rogers is pleased to announce that all Voice and Data plans are now available on monthly as well as 3 year terms! Customers can now...

The ZAGGsparq and ZAGGsmartbuds are 50% Off with Bonus Gift Cards Promo

If you've been eyeing the ZAGGsparq or ZAGGsmartbuds, now is the time to make some Christmas purchases as ZAGG has a limited time promotion going on for the holidays. With the purchase of the ZAGGsparq, you'll receive $50 worth of gift cards (2 x $25), which essentially discounts the $99.99 charger to half price. As...

Asphalt 6: Adrenaline For iPhone Is Available For FREE, Download Now

Asphalt 6: Adrenaline by Gameloft, one of the best racing games for iPhone & iPod touch, is currently available as a FREE download in the App Store (via Cult Of Mac). Recent update to the game brought optimized visuals for iPhone 4S along with faster and smoother gameplay. The game now sports real-time road lighting and motion...

Siri Can Help You Shop At Best Buy, Lets You Access The Entire Product Catalog

As noted by TUAW (via RazorianFly), Best Buy has made a new deal with Wolfram Alpha, the major source of information used by Apple's digital voice assistant Siri, giving them access to its entire product catalog. Wolfram Alpha has officially announced on their blog that  the addition has been made using Best Buy’s own public APIs, meaning you can now...

Tim Hortons Launches Official TimmyMe iPhone App as a New Download

You might remember the app TimmyMe, the Tim Hortons location finder introduced back in Fall of 2008. That app has bit the dust and Tim Hortons has quietly launched its official TimmyMe app (using the same name, causing confusion), but it's a separate download. Launched just over a week ago, the official Tim Hortons TimmyMe app...

How iMessage Determines if Recipients Are on iOS 5

With the release of iOS 5 in October, iMessage enabled all iOS devices to communicate with each other. Moreover, it allowed all users on iOS 5 to send texts and pictures to each other for free (data required). I can't emphasize how incredible iMessage is when you're traveling outside of Canada. Sending messages back home...

Rogers One Number Goes Live This Morning

This morning Rogers' new beta service "One Number" has gone live. We first mentioned One Number on Monday when many of the features could not be accessed. Today it looks to be fully functional. Testing the service, I was able to text and talk from my personal computer using my wireless number. I was even able...

Hacker @Pod2g Grabs An iPhone 4S, Jailbreak Release Imminent?

@Pod2g, an active member of iOS jailbreak community who recently demoed a successful iOS 5 untethered jailbreak on video, has been working hard to release his latest iOS 5 untethered exploit to public for all available iOS devices. He has already achieved a successful iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 4th gen, first gen iPad, and Apple TV2...

Walter Isaacson’s Biography Of Steve Jobs May Expand In Future

Walter Isaacson, the author of Steve Jobs' best selling biography, has shared some interesting information with Fortune senior editor Adam Lashinsky. Isaacson talked about the two years he spent with Jobs with Fortune editor while discussing the possibility of expanding the biography in the future. Isaacson believes that the story of Steve Jobs will be told for decades or...