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Jon Bon Jovi had this to say about Steve Jobs, in an interview with The Sunday Times: "Kids today have missed the whole experience of putting the headphones on, turning it up to 10, holding the jacket, closing their eyes and getting lost in an album," he said. "And the beauty of taking your allowance...

Kevin Rose received an email from an Apple Retail Manager in Japan documenting how Apple responded to the devastating earthquake. Here's a snippet: 7 hours and 118 aftershocks later, the store was still open.  Why? Because with the phone and train lines down, taxis stopped, and millions of people stuck in the Tokyo shopping district...

Telus has announced that they will be offering free calling and texting to Japan, to help support those affected with the disaster. Telus, which donated $100,000 to the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and UNICEF to help relief efforts for Japan and is matching fundraising efforts by its employees across Canada, said today texts and...

In keeping with the recent trend, Virgin Mobile has now rebranded its wireless network to 4G. Thus far, Telus, Bell, MTS, SaskTel, and now Virgin have rebranded themselves as 4G. Rogers/Fido have yet to join the pack. For those that have not been keeping up, the reason the Canadian carriers have been rebranding themselves to...

If you live in Eastern Canada, specifically in Nova Scotia, Ontario, New Brunswick, or Prince Edward Island, a Rogers dealer called "AML" has a good promotion for business customers. If you are a current or prospective business client with Rogers and are looking to set up two new lines, AML is offering a $100 activation...

...or not. I'm calling this a brilliant fake, similar to the giant iPhone table from a while back. "The way it works is pretty simple: plug in my transmitter into the headphone minijack of an iphone 4 and play back any video clip. you can play it through the ipod feature or through the camera...

Just a reminder from a report back in January 2011 that as of March 16, 2011, that's in two days, Rogers/Fido will be increasing the per-message text message rate and all non-premium message rate to $0.20 from $0.15 per sent and received message. Texts sent above the allotment included in a text plan or add-on...

Earlier this year, Apple was rumored to include NFC (Near Field Communication) hardware in the next generation iPad and iPhone, the iPad 2 and iPhone 5. Such technology would enable users to use their iPhone to make purchases at retail stores. With the launch of the iPad 2, NFC was not included in the new...

@i0n1c, aka Stefan Esser previously revealed to the world his untethered iOS 4.3 jailbreak on his iPad. Esser has added an update via his YouTube video that the ETA for releasing his untethered jailbreak would be 'before next weekend': Because so many people are asking for an ETA: I am pretty sure that the untether...

After numerous delays and production problems with the white iPhone 4, a spring 2011 date was finally locked down earlier this year. However even then, some users had their doubts that Apple could deliver on the mystical device. One of the main reasons people doubt the release of the white iPhone 4 this spring 2011...

We've received numerous reports this weekend that after updating their iDevices to iOS 4.3, some users have experienced scroll bar glitches in mobile Safari. In specific, when users are flicking through websites in Safari, the scroll bar is temporarily visible near the center of the display, instead of at the bottom or side where it...

Effective March 12, 2011, and until further notice, Rogers has launched their free 6PM early evening add-on for all new activations and existing customers. The 6PM early evenings calling bonus is available on the following 2 and 3-year term in-market plans: Unlimited Voice plans Unlimited Voice and Data plans Student plans Family plans All new...