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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...

These are the events that iOS users experience when a new iOS update is available: 1.) Read online that a new iOS update is available 2.) Go crazy happy because there is an update available 3.) Plug iOS device into iTunes via a computer, and update The focus here is step 3, updating through iTunes....

Angry Birds, the hit iOS game has been downloaded millions of times over, and they also have their own line of plush toys, starting at $11.99. However, if you visit the Minoru Aquatic Centre in Richmond, BC, you can get some knock offs for only $2. Seems like somebody is trying to profit off Rovio...

Nick Bilton, a NYTimes blog writer, has set up a comparison of the original (leaked) white iPhone 4, that did not make it to production, with the official newly released white iPhone 4. Bilton has outlined three slight differences between the two iPhone 4 devices: 1.) Yellowing discoloration on the original white iPhone 4 (Ed....

Most of us have learned to love the THX sound, known as 'deep note' during the intro to THX-certified movies and trailers. The man behind the Lucasfilm THX audio system is Tomlinson Holman, who has apparently been hired by Apple. He was the first to develop a 10.2 sound system and won an Academy Award...

Just like iOS 4.3.2, the latest release of iOS 4.3.3 is still vulnerable to i0n1c's untether exploit. This was confirmed by @comex and @dpdesilva: What does this mean? It means an untethered jailbreak will soon arrive for jailbreakers. Stay tuned as we hear from The iPhone Dev team on the status of updated PwnageTool/redsn0w jailbreak...

It’s that time again! For those that may just be joining us, here is the run down about these giveaways. It is a segment that will: Last 24 hours Only happen a couple of times a month (maybe less or maybe more) Be easy to win Be posted at random What’s up for grabs today?...

Peter Hajas has just released MobileNotifier beta4 (decadent dinobites as he calls it), and it's now available in Cydia. MobileNotifier gained a lot of attention for improving iOS notifications, and this new version brings some new changes. Here's what's new: - Brand new alert style that lives in the doubleheight statusbar. Takes unobtrusive notifications to...

Today, Apple has released iOS 4.3.3 for iOS devices. iOS 4.3.3 brings minor fixes to the recent location tracking issues: The update contains changes to the iOS crowd-sourced location database cache including: Reduces the size of the cache No longer backs the cache up to iTunes Deletes the cache entirely when Location Services is turned...