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Even though Apple is yet to officially reveal it's Black Friday 2011 deals, 9to5Mac has already got the details of Apple's offerings for November 25th, from a reportedly trusted source. Discounts are offered on all Macs including iMac, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro as well as on iPad 2, iPod nano and iPod touch.Macs will be $101...

Apple and Samsung are currently embroiled in an endless array of lawsuits over patent disputes. Samsung has previously agreed to not block iPhone 4S sales in South Korea. The legal battle continues and no end is in sight. In their latest marketing campaign, Samsung pokes fun at people who waited in line for the iPhone...

Update 1: Big Fish's subscription app has been removed from the App Store, according to an update from Bloomberg (via Daring Fireball). It appears Apple has allowed developers to sell game subscriptions, reports Bloomberg. The publisher Big Fish Games from Seattle (they also have an office in Vancouver) has been allowed to charge users $6.99...

Apple appears to be in the hunt for senior executives with experience in web-based software, according to the Wall Street Journal. Their sources mention Apple plans to build apps that take advantage of the cloud: In recent weeks, Apple has been looking to recruit senior-level executives with backgrounds in Web-based software, according to people familiar...

Editor of TUAW Steven Sande notes that iBook publishers looking to promote their ebooks by distributing promo codes are out of luck. Unlike the iTunes and Mac App Stores, publishers cannot create promo codes for the iBookstore. Promo codes were created to allow developers a way of distributing their application to would-be reviewers. Before promo codes, developers were limited to...

Further speculation of an NFC-capable iPhone coming in 2012 have emerged, this time from Digitimes: As Android, Symbian, BlackBerry and Bada have supported NFC (near field communication) functions and Microsoft and Apple plan to make Windows Phone and iOS support NFC in 2012, the proportion of NFC-enabled smartphones will quickly increase from less than 10%...

Update 1: iPhoneinCanada.ca emails sent to Tim Cook are included in the book. A book by CNN technology writer Mark Milian titled Letters to Steve: Inside the E-mail Inbox of Apple’s Steve Jobs has just gone on sale at Amazon which, as the name implies, compiles hundreds of emails between Steve Jobs and the people...

Last June the iPhone 4 became the most popular camera on Flickr, and now the iPhone 4S, just over a month old has surged to become the second most popular cameraphone, behind the iPhone 4. The top 5 cameraphones, as of November 2011: iPhone 4 iPhone 4S iPhone 3G iPhone 3GS HTC Evo 4G The...

Starting from the very day iPhone 4S was unveiled, the never ending war of "hands-on reviews" began with all sorts of unboxing photographs and Youtube videos being shot and published all over the web. By now, there must be over a thousand reviews of the device, both by professionals and amateurs but among all those,...

The coveted and powerful Apple Store app was only available to those with US iTunes accounts upon its release. Finally, the app was updated to include support for Canada in early November. The app enables you to book and modify Genius bar appointments, make purchases for in-store pick up, along with support for English and French....

Yesterday it was noted International Apple Stores posted their Black Friday teasers, and today Apple Canada has done the same (just like the U.S, as noted by The Loop), exactly three days before the sale, just as I predicted (I'm psychic!). Upon visiting the online store, you'll see a banner that reads 'Every gift list...

Update 1: According to BiV: A source close to Apple Inc. (Nasdaq:AAPL) has told Business in Vancouver that the computer company is slated to take space on Robson Street halfway between Burrard and Thurlow streets. The location would be slightly west of the future Forever 21 location, which is under construction and named Robson Galleria. It appears Apple has plans...