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The Best Buy and Future Shop iOS apps have been updated to version 2.0, bringing various enhancements to the already useful features of the apps. For the Future Shop app, the new features are: • Check stock levels in-store and online right from the app • Rate and review products directly from your iOS device...

Thus far, there are two generally accepted release time frames for the fifth generation iPhone. First, some people expect Apple to unveil the iPhone 5 at Apple's traditional September iPod-focused event. Second, some people expect Apple to make an announcement at WWDC 2011 this June, followed by a July release. The former of the two...

This week, Fido launched a new service called "Circle Calling". The new feature enables free calling between people on the same Fido account. As users add other people to their Fido account, each with their own monthly plan, all the people on the same account get unlimited local calls within the circle. Up to four...

Kickstarter is slowly becoming the place for creative and innovative entrepreneurs to showcase their inventions and get pledges from members of the public. We've seen the Glif and GoPano Micro as neat accessories for your iPhone. The next best thing? How about Tembo Trunks--the first collapsible earbud speakers for your iPod/iPhone. These aren't actually speakers--they...

Electronic Arts is one of the world's largest game publishers and they have a campus setup here in Metro Vancouver based in Burnaby. They continue to push out amazing titles such as Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2012 for iOS. Their latest move is the acquisition of Australian-based Firemint, famous for their mega iOS hits Flight...

From the makers of Tasty Planet comes the developer's newest creation, Laser Dolphin! The game is a mix of hyper gameplay with bizarre enemies and the hero dolphin with a laser beam strapped to his head (insert Austin Powers joke here)! The Prime Minister has been abducted by aliens and there is only one mammal...

Reports today point to Apple possibly changing the App Store app review policies by no longer accepting user reviews from users who downloaded an app via a promotional code. According to Apple representatives, the policy chance has been made to help prevent developers from boosting their profiles by using entire batches of promotional codes. I...

The makers of Icy have a new project in the mix. It's called Lima/fr0st, and will allow the installation of jailbreak apps/tweaks via Mobile Safari. The problem with Cydia is that it's slow, and always 'Reloading Data' (even though it was sped up recently). Lima plans to bypass Cydia and take full advantage of Mobile...

Last night, news broke that Osama Bin Laden had finally been killed by the USA, where he was hiding out in Pakistan. I tweeted "Looks like iOS Location Tracking has paid off", a tongue-in-cheek comment in relation to Apple's PR blip over location tracking. Well, it appears cartoonist Starline read my mind because she has...

Things is one of the best 'Get Things Done' (GTD) apps (read our Things vs OmniFocus review here), and the group at Cultured Code has finally announced Things Cloud Sync Beta has officially kicked off. Unlike OmniFocus (the most powerful GTD app), cloud sync solutions have been delayed for Things to the point where it...

RIM has announced the acquisition of ubitexx (makers of ubi-Suite, a device management system) and by doing so will bring Blackberry Enterprise Server to iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad. The multi-platform BlackBerry Enterprise Solution will be comprised of optional architectural components based on the configuration of an organization’s mobile deployment and their operational...

With the launch of the white iPhone 4, reports of the device being slightly thicker than its black counterpart made headlines. Savvy users compared the two devices side by side which revealed the white iPhone 4 being a little thicker. Days later, Apple VP of Worldwide Marketing indicated that the white iPhone 4 was not...