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Perhaps you’ve heard: There’s a new Steve Jobs biography out. Last night, Walter Isaacson sat down with Jon Stewart of The Daily Show to talk about his new book, “Steve Jobs”. It’s an entertaining interview, touching on Jobs’s ‘Zen Stare’, the role of coincidence in the Apple co-founder’s life, and a dig at Microsoft: “One...

PBS is set to air a documentary titled 'Steve Jobs--One More Thing' on Wednesday, November 2nd at 10PM-11PM EDT (7PM-8PM PDT). The documentary will feature never seen before footage of Steve Jobs from an interview that took place with PBS in 1994: In a never-before-broadcast interview from 1994, Jobs expounds on his philosophy of life:...

Last week, one of our readers pointed out Canadian Apple Stores offering 'Reserve and Pick up" service for the iPhone 4S in which customers would just select their province, Apple store location, and choose an available model for in-store pick up. Today, Apple has taken this one step further by debuting its "Ship To Store" service in USA,...

Apple recently beat Nokia to become the world's largest smartphone maker, a company that led the global smartphone market for so many years. Today, Nokia has launched its brand new handset called the Lumia 800, supposedly targeting the iPhone's worldwide market dominance. It is also Nokia’s first smartphone powered by Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. As suggested...

Apple has started working on a solar farm adjacent to its massive new data center in North Carolina, according to a report by The Charlotte Observer (via Gigaom). Dubbed as Project Dolphin Solar Farm, the solar project will be built on 171 acres of land across the street from Apple’s planned $1 billion data center. It was previously...

This morning The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) issued patent number 7657849 which grants Apple the rights to the familiar Slide to Unlock gesture. The unlock gesture has become synonymous with iOS devices, and now, any company that uses a gesture that’s similar will have to pay royalties, or be charged with patent...

When Apple finally released their new Cards app, I immediately placed an order to test out the service. Apple announced the Cards app the day of their Let's Talk iPhone event, where we all learned about the iPhone 4S. I placed an order on October 12th, and my card shipped the next day. How long...

The Canada Council for the Arts has launched what is believed to be the country’s first Inuktitut-language app. The app aims to improve access for artists living in remote areas to apply for the Councils grant and other program.   “We know that there are tons of artists in the North,” said Sarah Rushton, a...

For several years, Macworld Expo served as the stage for many Apple product introductions, such as the original iPhone in 2007. In a press release from December 2008, Apple announced that the 2009 Expo would be their last MacWorld exhibit. The popularity of their retail operations, and the Apple.com website enabled Apple to directly reach customers,...

Update 1: YouTube embed now below (thanks draz!). Conan O'Brien has poked fun at Apple before and now he's come up with a spoof of Apple's Siri TV commercial, titled 'We Know What You're Gonna Use It For'. It could be NSFW, so turn down that volume if you're at work. (Flash video) As funny...

DigiTimes is reporting that 2012 is going to be the year of LTE-enabled smartphones, especially in the US when Sprint Nextel starts kicking off its LTE services in the middle of the year. The company is planning to launch 15 LTE-enabled devices, including smartphones, tablet PCs and mobile data cards in mid-2012 as revealed by DigiTimes sources...

IRIS 9000 is quite an amazing first dedicated accessory for Siri, the iPhone 4S’s AI-powered digital assistant. Developed by ThinkGeek, it is a voice control module that lets you control Apple’s Siri voice assistant from across the room. Just place your iPhone 4S into the Iris 9000 cradle and tap the included micro remote control once to trigger Siri. The...