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WordPress for iOS was updated today to version 2.8.1. The update brings minor fixes to the app to prevent crashes and various bugs. The updated also brought better statistics charts with number formatting and labels. New in 2.8.1 ----------- - Fixes crashes around the Quick Photo feature - Improved stats charts (number formatting, better labels)...

It's no surprise that Canadians pay some of the highest broadband and cellphone rates in the world. Its these expensive data roaming rates that can result in horrifying $6000 charges for the uninformed user. The latest report shows Canada leads all Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) members with the highest data roaming rates. In the...

Didn't have time to watch the two hour Apple WWDC 2011 keynote? Don't have two hours now to watch the keynote? No worries. You can watch it in two minutes. A super condensed version of the keynote has been posted to YouTube and the video hits pretty much every major announcement. The video definitely lacks...

Apple's previous in-app subscription policy announced in February irked a variety of publishers and caused a massive divide on the issue. The policy stated Apple would take a 30% cut of subscriptions and limit the ability of publishers to collect a user's information. Publishers quickly rejected this policy, and now it appears Apple has relented, according to...

You read about Apple's new ambitious plans to build a new campus in Cupertino that would hold over 12,000 staff. Cupertino's Mayor held a short press conference to answer some grilling questions over their decision to support Apple's new campus. With America still recovering from a recession, Cupertino would be foolish to not accomodate the...

The North by Northeast (NXNE) Festival is taking place on June 13-19 in Toronto, and is Canada's largest music festival. There are over 650 bands, 40 films, and 50 panels to be showcased during the event. If you want an easy way to keep track of everything at NXNE, be sure to download the newly...

According to a few photos we received today, it seems that Apple may be ready to go with FaceTime over 3G. However, it may be the carriers who make the final decision. With the iOS 5 beta, photos reveal a new pop-up that prompts users to turn on cellular data to use FaceTime. Once cellular...

With the Beta release of iOS 5 and iCloud, Apple explained that iCloud stores your music, photos, apps, calendars, documents, and more. When content is downloaded on one device, iCloud wirelessly pushes it to all your devices. This is also how the new "Automatic Downloads" feature is also supposed to work. Unfortunately, Canadians on iOS...

For those just updating to iTunes 10.3, Apple has now released iTunes 10.3.1. The update documentation for version 10.3.1 is the same as in version 10.3, so it is difficult to say exactly what was updated. However, as is typical for most 10.x.x iTunes releases, it is likely a very minor bug fix. iTunes 10.3.1...

Steve Jobs has explained last night to Cupertino City Council Apple's plans for a new campus on their recent purchase of HP's old site. The design calls for a 13,000 person capacity in a new revolutionary 'spaceship' design. Steve Jobs was introduced by Mayor Gilbert Wong to a round of applause. He goes on to...

Image via @erator The Apple Design Awards are rewarded to apps that are well designed, innovative, and have technical excellence (here are last year's winners). Here's the criteria from Apple: Design: Well designed apps are delightful, elegant, intuitive, engaging, exciting, compelling, and reliable. Innovation: Innovative apps are revolutionary, inspirational, unique, and do things in completely new and exciting...