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While we've already put up a comprehensive round-up of 2011 Black Friday sales online for you, an interesting infographic developed by research company Mashwork (via Mashable) shows some of the hottest products and shops this Black Friday. The research analysts monitored over 270,000 tweets between Sept. 26, 2011 and Nov. 17, 2011 and found out where shoppers will be...

A study conducted by research firm GfK (via Reuters) involving 4,500 smartphone users in different regions of the world has revealed that iPhone owners are the most loyal to their smartphone brand among them all. The report claims that 84% of current iPhone owners plan to purchase another iPhone as their next handset while 60% of Android...

On October 31, the Brazilian telecommunications agency ANATEL issued the go ahead for Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn to begin assembling iPhones in Brazil. Just under a month later it seems as if the made in Brazil iPhone are getting into the hands of locals. Brazilian website MacMagazine (via Google Translation) has posted images of an 8GB white iPhone...

Apple Canada has posted the details of their 2011 Black Friday sale online. The prices are as follows: iMac/MacBook Pro/MacBook Air: Save $101 iPod nano: Save $11 iPod touch: Save $21 iPad 2: Save $41 Apple TV: no sale Airport Extreme/Express: Save $11 $50 iTunes gift card: Save $5 Here are the prices from the 2010...

Update 2: ZAGG has a 50% off sale starting Sunday and Monday. Update 1: Added iSkin's Black Friday info Today will become one of the busiest shopping days of the year in both Canada and the US. Here is a round up of some of the best deals around, and this post will be continuously...

Update 1: Our own tipster notes: You can't use iPhone on this plan. In other words, if you want an iPhone at $159, you can't use this plan. Unless you sign up for a 3 year voice/data term, cancel, pay ECF (early cancellation fee) and DECF (data early cancellation fee) and switch to the new...

The Canadian Automobile Association has launched an iPhone app to assist both members and non-members in the event of a need for roadside assistance and more. Available in both French and English, the app allows for members to login and for non-members to explore the app. The bottom line, it's an all-in-one app for CAA...

Ticket to Ride began as a hugely successful board game, winning the 2004 Spiel des Jahres (German for Game of the Year) and selling over 2 million copies. Earlier this week, Days of Wonder (the publisher) made the jump to the iPhone and iPod touch with the release of Ticket to Ride Pocket. If you...

Susan Kare's work is scattered throughout the classic Mac OS and still prevails in parts of OS X. In an article from PLoS some of her original Mac OS icons sketches are shown off. Here's the back story: Inspired by the collaborative intelligence of her fellow software designers, Kare stayed on at Apple to craft...

Brandon over at fiquett has figured out how to use Siri to control his car via the Viper Smart Start module installed inside his vehicle. I created a new ruby plugin that is used by plamoni's "Siri Proxy", a proxy server for Apple's Siri assistant. This proxy server allows for the creation of custom plugins...

Remember that hilarious Samsung commercial released that mocked Apple 'fanboys' waiting in line for the iPhone 4S? Turns out the original full length commercial was a compilation of smaller clips. Here are the other shorter clips from Samsung USA's YouTube channel (via @stephenbcleary), most likely made to air on TV. One new commercial mocks the...

One of my favourite apps, ScoreMobile (launched in 2008) has been updated for the iPhone. The latest 3.0 update was part of a complete redesign that includes support for iOS 5, alongside a new gesture-based interface. These guys made an already awesome app even better. Here's what's new: What's New In Version 3.0 * Completely...