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For those having trouble locating an unlocked white iPhone 4, or if you don't live near an Apple Store, the shipping times for the white iPhone 4 have dropped to 1-2 days on the Apple Canada Online Store. Available for $659/$779 for the 16/32 GB, iPhones purchased through the Apple Online Store are sold unlocked...

Track where you are, where you've been and create location-based datasets for fitness or travel with Locational for iPhone. If you need, or have been looking for, a location/GPS manager app for your iPhone, Locational provides a fantastic user interface and very simple controls. The app provides three sets of data for users through three...

MyGreatFest 2011 is the world's first jailbreak convention taking place in London on September 17th. It's billed as a huge community event for jailbreakers, and Jay Freeman (aka Saurik, the founder of Cydia) will be attending. Tonight it was confirmed that another huge player in the jailbreak industry, @p0sixninja (Joshua Hill) from the Chronic Dev...

For those unaware, free movies are available on your iPhone by visiting www.YouTube.com/movies. The page isn't optimized for the iPhone, but once you play any movie it'll go full screen and work fine. Today Google announced on their YouTube blog that movie rentals will be available to the US--but not Canada. The existing site does...

Update: It's been confirmed--Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion dollars. A huge story has been leaked tonight: Microsoft has purchased Skype for a reported $7-8 billion dollars as confirmed by the Wall Street Journal. Earlier this year Microsoft and Nokia teamed up to 'disrupt mobile ecosystems'. A deal could be announced as early as Tuesday,...

Automotive App just launched today for the iPhone. This app puts car information in your pocket, and it's geared towards the Canadian car market. Here are the major features: - New Vehicles - Auto Repair - Test Drive - Industry News - Financial - Vehicle Recalls - Car Wash - Gas Stations In each section...

TechCrunch has uncovered some more evidence to build on the previous rumour about Apple's relationship with Nuance. According to sources Apple's $1 billion dollar North Carolina data centre might already be utilizing Nuance technology. The announcement of this relationship will be announced at the upcoming WWDC. The data centre is rumoured to already house Nuance...

BiteSMS allows you to send a text to anyone from any application with the help of the free tweak, "Activator". For me I use "swipe to left on status bar" but you can set it to whatever you want. After swiping your finger across the top, a message box will come up and you can...

According to BrandZ 2011 rankings, Apple has topped Google in the Global Top 100 to become the world's leading brand. Google previously held the title for four years, but with the success of the iPhone and iPad, Apple has grabbed the distinguished title. Apple's brand value is worth $153 billion, an increase of 84% compared...

Rovio continues to build on the success of its Angry Birds franchise. Angry Birds Rio was a partnership to promote Rio, a movie by 20th Century Fox. Fans of this version will be happy to note an update is coming titled 'Beach Volleyball'. If you're a big fan of Angry Birds, you're going to enjoy...

If you like to live life on the edge, say, by carrying around your iPhone 4 'naked' without a case, you certainly will pay the consequences should you drop your phone on any hard surface. Even though it's Corning Gorilla Glass that engulfs both sides of the iPhone 4, an awkward impact can shatter your...

This week, Virgin Mobile has extended some of its recent plans that were expiring. The different plans, details, and updated expiration dates are listed: $45 Unlimited Plus Plan Minutes: Unlimited unzoned minutes Evening/Weekends: Unlimited unzoned minutes Included Features: Unlimited Canada/US/International text messages, Caller Display Contract Term: 3 years Expires: End of day June 3, 2011...