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If you're a fan of racing games, here's a cool free download for the day. Electronic Art's Need for for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed is a free as part of their EA Daily Deals. The graphics look pretty stunning and are optimized for the Retina Display, while the universal download comes in at 312MB. I'm...

According to Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, there is a large surveillance industry that has increasingly gotten larger since the attacks of 9/11. Speaking at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism at the City University of London, Assange said the following: “Who here has an iPhone? Who here has a Blackberry? Who here uses Gmail? Well, you’re all...

If you're about to sign a new contract with the 'Big 3' carriers in Western Canada, you might want to take note of the following: Rogers, Telus, and Bell are offering unlimited long distance to three-year contract sign ups. Your voice and data plan must be at least $50 per month, and this promo applies...

A recent report published by Global StatCounter (via 9to5Mac) suggests that even though Google's Android OS has been showing rapid growth since the beginning of this year overtaking BlackBerry and even surpassing iOS in August (though only for the remainder of that month), it hasn't been able to catch up with the growing popularity of iOS. The statistics...

Previously featured on Gizmodo, 'Sprd The Note' app allows you to transfer any song from your iPhone / iPod touch's Music library as well as any personal recording, to another iPhone or iPod touch over Wifi and email. All you need to do is import the songs you want to share into the app right from...

If you want to have some fun this Christmas, check out Sympatico's Magic Santa iPhone app. This cool app lets you create personalized videos tailored to specific answers you provide for recipients. The information you provide shows up in the final video itself, and looks pretty awesome. You can even include pictures into the video...

Prior to the iPhone 4S announcement, Rogers informed customers about the option to pre-order the device through their online reservations system. Devices would be available on a first-come, first-serve basis dependent on stock, and emails would be dispatched to customers informing them when they could pick up their phone. The reservations system resulted in long...

Health Canada, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Best Buy have issued a recall on Rocketfish iPhone battery packs as they pose a fire hazard. Sold at both Best Buy and Future Shop from April 2010 to September 2011, there have been instances of the cases overheating during charging in the U.S., but not...

Apple is looking to get into the business of unique device identification, Patently Apple reports, filing a patent that details plans for a "digital handshake" capable of transferring data between nearby devices. The patent application, published by the US Patent & Trademark Office today, preposes using a camera that could identify barcodes or invisible ink that would allow devices to recognize...

Last week Samsung posted a series of commercials (see here and here) that pokes fun at iPhone owners. Today they're continuing the campaign on their US Facebook page with a series of graphics that suggests the iPhone is dated and uncool. Samsung clearly wants their message to go viral. One graphic illustrates a comparison between “Cutting edge” (their Galaxy S II) and...

Apple has issued a statement over Carrier IQ, and in a note to AllThingsD, they mentioned Carrier IQ was removed from iOS 5: “We stopped supporting Carrier IQ with iOS 5 in most of our products and will remove it completely in a future software update. With any diagnostic data sent to Apple, customers must...

Rovio early this morning updated Angry Birds Seasons (the last update was for Halloween), and released a new trailer to their YouTube channel. This latest update includes new holiday levels and continues with the themed updates for the popular $0.99 cent app. In total, Angry Birds has exceeded 500 million downloads. What's New In Version 2.1.0...