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Google has just introduced a new section to Google News Mobile on your iPhone, called "News Near You". Now, when you visit news.google.com in Mobile Safari on your iPhone you'll be asked to use your location. Once you accept you'll get access to a new category titled "News Near You", which features local headlines and...

A couple App Store developers have received lawsuits from Lodsys, a company claiming in-app purchases and 'upgrade' buttons are theirs. The company has previously filed patent lawsuits against printer companies such as HP, Canon, Brother, and Samsung. Rather than going after Apple, Lodsys is targeting developers directly. Rob Gloess of Computer LogicX, makers of Mix...

This week Bell has posted on their website that the carrier plans to increase domestic pay-per-use (sent and received) text message rates from $0.15 to $0.20/message. Bell has also detailed other various message rate increases. The changes are effective August 1, 2011. Sent and received text messages (including messages sent to the U.S.) will be...

If you work in an environment where your iPhone is exposed to extreme conditions, a strong case is essential. The latest case from Griffin Technology is their Survivor case for the iPhone 4. Griffin sent us this case and after checking it out, I'm confident to say this is one hardcore solution. Opening the box...

I have been a fan of game developer Bungie since the 'Marathon' days. So when I heard the studio who brought the world 'Halo' was possibly creating an iOS game, I was naturally thrilled! TouchArcade and GameInformer report that Bungie has started working on a mobile game under the company "Bungie Aerospace". The new company...

There's a new app called Office Jerk reaching up the ranks, that's made in Canada. The app is the brainchild of the app developer Fluik (from Edmonton) and Big Fat Solutions (right here in Vancouver). Office Jerk is so popular it now the #1 app in 55 countries, and currently the #3 free app in...

According to posts on Apple's support forums, many users are reportedly having trouble connecting to Wi-Fi hotspots. Apparently after updating to iOS 4.3.3, an iOS device may start spontaneously dropping connections, repeatedly disconnecting and reconnecting, or failing to connect. Other experiences point to the WiFi status as being misreported by showing a WiFi connection but...

Two notable app updates today: Netflix and SimplyTweet 3. Here's what's new with Netflix: What's New in Version 1.3 Introducing Subtitles! Now you can follow the action when watching foreign language content, or when listening to the audio is not possible, such as when working out, or in loud environments. Full support for iOS 4.3.3...

The last time we talked about BMO, it was the launch of their official banking app. The app was great except for one shortfall: the inability to pay bills within the app. Let's hope a future update will bring this feature. BMO has introduced another app in the App Store. BMO Marketplace is a personal...

In Bell’s Q1 2011 results posted this morning, the Canadian wireless company reaffirmed its position on wireless LTE that they will be launching in 2011: Building on its mobile broadband network leadership, Bell today also announced it would deploy next-generation LTE wireless in certain Canadian markets in 2011, with full national deployment contingent on the...

With today's firmware update for the latest Apple TV, we were warned to not update to preserve the existing untethered jailbreak. It didn't take long, but @i0n1c passed on his untether exploit to the iPhone Dev Team, and updated tools have been released for a new jailbreak. Update #2: Apple released a minor update to...

Twitter has just announced a rebuilt version of their mobile site, to reflect a better experience for smartphones like the iPhone. I rarely ever use the mobile version of Twitter, as like the rest of you I stick to notable third party clients like SimplyTweet or TweetBot. Today, we’re starting to roll out a new...