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Nuance is the company behind the powerful software Dragon Naturally Speaking for desktop computers. They also have iOS versions featuring their technology in Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search. The latest rumour according to TechCrunch is Apple will be working closely with Nuance to integrate some sort of voice recognition as part of iOS 5, which...

When the original Globe and Mail iPhone app was released, it was built by Spreed Inc and their speed reading technology. The Globe and Mail has started to release their own individual news apps, and thus this original version has become obselete. Free Press News Comes Out of Nowhere Now, what's interesting is how the...

This week, Telus has extended their $55+ Voice and Data plan for iPhone until June 30, 2011. The plan was originally set to expire on May 3, 2011. For reference, the $55+ Voice and Data plan is detailed below: Minutes: 200 daytime Evenings/Weekends: Unlimited @ 6PM Data: 1GB Promotions: Unlimited Text/Picture/Video messages, My10 Nationwide, Free...

A new tool has been released by the folks at Planet iPhones, and it's called Cydia Search. This will allow you to search for new Cydia packages on the web easily and quickly. Typically searching for packages on Cydia can be slow, and this new search makes it easy. Cydia Search is updated every hour...

Formerly known as ipswDownloader, openIPSW helps Windows users determine their jailbreak status. It helps identify your device (you should know this!), iOS version, what jailbreak tool to use, unlock status, baseband version, and status of SHSH blobs. Ryan mentioned to me on twitter that Mac/iOS support could be coming in the future. Essentially openIPSW does...

The iPhone Dev Team released updated jailbreak tools for iOS 4.3.3 today. Ultrasn0w 1.2.3 was also updated for iOS 4.3.3. This is NOT a new unlock. ultrasn0w has been updated to v1.2.3 to be compatible with iOS 4.3.3 and earlier (the ultrasn0w update does not include any new baseband support!). Please reboot your iPhone using...

If your iDevice (except iPad 2) is jailbroken or unlocked, it is now safe to update to iOS 4.3.3. The iPhone dev team has confirmed that iOS 4.3.3 is still vulnerable to the untethered jailbreak exploit that @i0n1c created for 4.3.1. This morning, PwnageTool and redsn0w have been updated and will jailbreak iOS 4.3.3 on...

BC Liquor Locator, developed by Matt Vague Designs, is an app that helps users locate the nearest BC Liquor Store to them. The app uses the current location of the iPhone to locate all of the nearby BC Liquor stores. Once located, the app organizes the stores by proximity. When the app was originally released,...

Leave it to Canadians to develop some uber technology right? Queens University announced today the PaperPhone, a super thin smartphone that they describe as 'a bendable iPhone'. Here's the description: PaperPhone is the world's first nextgen, thin film smartphone and interactive paper computer. It is based on a 3.7" flexible electrophoretic (E Ink) display that...

In late 2009, the Canadian wireless carriers started eliminating their system access and 911 fees. The system access and 911 fees typically cost from $6.95 - $8.95 and $0.50 - $1.00 depending on carrier and province. When the Canadian carriers finally eliminated the system access fees, most increased all of their price plans by $5.00/month....

Five years ago Apple's market cap was worth $60.5 billion. Other tech titans Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Google, Cisco, HP and Nokia were worth more. Royal Pingdom breaks down the growth of Apple, and also the decline of others in the following graph: The biggest losers are Nokia and Dell. It's tragic to see the decline...

According to a report by research2guidance, a German research group, the number of apps in the Android Market should surpass those in the App Store by August 2011. Citing a recent example, in April approximately 28,000 apps were uploaded to the Android Market, where Apple accepted 11,000 apps into the App Store. This trend is...