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The iPhone Dev Team has just released PwnageTool 4.2, which will allow for iPhone unlockers to restore with a custom firmware to retain their existing baseband and unlock. They used the "feedface" untether from Greenpois0n, with permission from the Chronic Dev Team. So if you own an iPhone 4, and want to retain your baseband...

Apple topped Barron's ranking of the most respected companies, and that's due to its stock performance: Riding its soaring financial results, the company's stock zoomed 53% last year and is up nearly 11% this year, to $356.85 as of Friday. Its stock market capitalization of $328 billion is second only to Exxon Mobil's $412 billion....

We've covered the issue of Internet usage in Canada, along with the whole usage-based billing (UBB) debate in the following articles: Get Involved and Protest Against UBB: StoptheMeter.ca Teksavvy President Busts UBB Myths Bandwidth Costs: Canada versus the World Internet Speeds: Canada versus the World Ottawa Reverses CRTC Ruling on UBB Compared to the rest...

Today, Apple announced the official release of subscriptions for the App Store. App Store subscriptions now allow developers to offer a wide range of content, including magazines, newspapers, music, and video, that may be used on a recurring billing system. Subscriptions purchased from within the App Store will be sold using the same App Store...

Boxcar, my favourite app for managing iOS notifications, can also be managed on the web. If you haven't used their online service yet, it's an excellent service for keeping track of your notifications without grabbing your iPhone. The online service is simple. You just sign in, and everything appears in your browser just like it...

Digitimes is reporting that the next iPhone will sport a 4 inch screen, and an A5 processor. The rationale for a larger screen is to combat the larger displays of rival Android smartphones. The component suppliers noted that the production lines for Apple's next generation iPhone have begun testing, and Apple is interesting in expanding...

Lots of iPhone rumours today. First, we heard about the iPhone Nano (check out mockups here), and now AppleInsider reports on the rumours of iPhone 5 prototypes seen with a slide out keyboard, via a Taiwanese website: The new details come from tw.apple.pro, but are the result of a rough online translation. The site's source...

Looks like those earlier rumours of iOS 4.3 being released today have been squashed. The latest hints of a possible release date point to February 28th, as reported by Macerkopf.de. News Corp's The Daily, has just extended their free subscription to February 28th. The Daily's free subscription was supposed to expire today, hence the link...

Today, The Loop issued some thoughts on the recently rumored MobileMe overhaul. The opinion is that instead of using a cloud-based strategy to share and access files via MobileMe, Apple may instead opt to use MobileMe as the “brains” of a service that accesses the user's computer for hosting media and content. Instead of trying...

Update 1: Check out the following from fellow Canuck, Tyler Hojberg via Cult of Mac: By now, you've read about the reports of a smaller iPhone 4 coming our way, and iTunes moving to the cloud. Don't forget an iPhone Nano without memory (bad idea). What will the next iPhone Nano look like? Take a...

Okay, I told you yesterday the iPhone rumours would be coming in fast and furious, and they have as promised. The WSJ reported from 'sources' that a smaller iPhone is coming, roughly half the size of the iPhone 4, along with a revamped MobileMe service for streaming multimedia. Today, Cult of Mac reports that their...

For history buffs out there, you will enjoy the following preview of an upcoming submarine simulation game, called Wolves of the Atlantic (WOTA). WOTA is slated for a release further into 2011. We have just received some exclusive updates from Mark. Take a look at the following pics: Here's what we can expect: About WOTA:...