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Rogers is once again extending their activation fee waiver promotion and are waiving the $35 activation fee that customers are usually charged when starting up a new account. Eligibility & Restrictions The offer is applicable to new 3-year term activations on the following rate plans: Individual Plans Unlimited Plans for Phones Unlimited Plans for Smartphones...

If you've been patient enough waiting for Apple's annual Back to School Promo, the 2011 offer starts tomorrow, as confirmed by MacRumors. This time around though, there won't be a rebate on an iPod touch as in the past, but a $100 iTunes Gift Card as earlier discovered by 9to5Mac. As you can see from...

Koodo never officially supported the iPhone 4, but we first posted about users getting carrier updates for Personal Hotspot. Today, that has all changed as Koodo Mobile now offers the iPhone 4, which will be available at all Koodo Shops on July 15, 2011. Here are a couple plans users can get with the iPhone...

Do you use Gmail on your iPhone via the Mail app? There are two ways to setup your Gmail account: IMAP or Exchange (Google Sync). The IMAP method is rock solid in my books, but the Exchange setup results in slow loading emails. The following is a simple fix if you're encountering missing emails on...

Yesterday Google introduced an update to their mobile search page. Today they have announced on their mobile blog three new updates to Google Sync for the iPhone and iPad. Google Sync will keep your Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts in sync. It's what I use and love for my email and calendar. Here are three new...

A couple days ago we posted about the top 10 passcodes every should avoid using, based on data by Daniel Amitay, the developer of the app Big Brother. As documented on his blog, Daniel writes Big Brother was removed from the App Store as of last night. A contact from Apple's Developer Relations called Daniel...

Update: TechCrunch just posted more photos. Here are a couple more of the upcoming Facebook photo sharing app: Are you a Facebook photo sharing junkie? Users of the social networking site upload 6 billion photos and has almost 100 billion photos altogether. Now that's a lot of pictures of your night out at the bar!...

For users of the Whistler Blackcomb Live app (free in the App Store), ESPN reports that the app is going to be updated in the near future to enable users to show their iPhone as their lift ticket. Right now the app allows users to view the weather, hill conditions, lift status, maps, and the “Whistler...

The Wall Street Journal went behind the scenes in an in-depth article about Apple's successful retail stores. What makes this story so interesting is earlier today, news hit the web J.C. Penny nabbed Apple's head of retail stores, Ron Johnson to become their new CEO in November. Johnson is the genius (no pun intended) behind...

With the introduction of the iPhone 4 last year, Apple Canada sold phones factory unlocked. This allowed Canada to join other parts of the world such as Italy, Hong Kong and parts of Europe, to have factory unlocked iPhones. As of today, our fellow neighbours down South have joined this exclusive club. An unlocked iPhone...

Google has just introduced some new features to mobile search on iOS. If you visit Google.ca in Mobile Safari, you'll notice some new icons for common categories such as restaurants and coffee shops. Tap these, and you'll be able to quickly find what's around you based on your location. As mentioned on the Google Mobile...

Navigon, makers of one of the best turn-by-turn GPS apps for the iPhone has announced today Garmin has signed an agreement to acquire Navigon. The company will operate as a subsidiary of Garmin. I think this agreement will definitely benefit customers as both parties do GPS navigation pretty well. Schaffhausen, Switzerland and Hamburg, Germany /June...