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In my childhood days, I had a Timex watch that would beep every hour, on the hour. You know, like grandfather or cuckoo bird clocks (remember those?). Nowadays, cellphones have replaced watches for most people, and clocks too. Cuckoo's setup is simple and takes seconds, which makes it a hit for me. When apps are...

In December 2010, Telus announced they will be launching HSPA+ Dual Cell technology. This technology doubled the Telus data network speeds from up to 21Mbps to up to 42 Mbps, with a roadmap for true LTE in the near future. This week, the Canadian wireless company announced the launch of their 42 Mbps 4G network...

Update 1: Can't find this in the App Store? Search for "google-translate" and it will appear. Thanks to Tired8281 in the comments! Google just released their official Google Translate iPhone app, as announced on their Google Mobile blog. This app has all the features of their HTML5 web app launched in 2008. Check out the...

Have you taken action against against User-Based Billing? Even though the CRTC ruling was overturned by the Federal Government, the issue has only been delayed. Internet speeds in Canada lag behind the rest of the world, and if UBB is implemented we could be taking a massive step backwards. TekSavvy President, Rocky Gaudrault, recently "busted"...

A local Vancouver husband and wife team, known as Dingo Games, have released their first game for iPhone and iPod touch called “Tasty Planet”. The game allows players to control a small ball of goo which eats objects around it so long as those objects are smaller than itself. The more that is eaten, the...

With Fido launching their new $30 Unlimited Incoming plan, and retiring their existing $35 Unlimited Incoming plan, Virgin Mobile has now done the same. Virgin's new $30 Unlimited Incoming plan is almost identical to the new Fido offer, except that the Fido plan has unlimited text messaging instead of a 50 message cap from Virgin....

Effective today, Fido has launched a new $30 Unlimited Incoming plan. The stated expiration date for the promotion is May 2, 2011. You might notice that this plan is almost identical to the recently expired $35 Unlimited Incoming plan. While the new plan is $5 less per month, it does not have Caller Display or...

We've been talking non-stop about Angry Birds, and rightly so as it's emerged as one of the best selling mobile games of our time. Angry Birds Seasons first launched with the Halloween Edition, was updated with the Season's Greedings Edition, and now the Valentine's Day Edition is upon us, just in time for February 14th....

We all know Steve Jobs/Apple are not big fans of the physical CD. The preferred method, of course, is iTunes digital media. But even with iTunes and many other digital media services, the CD still survives...until today! On the latest episode of Seth Green's stop-motion show Robot Chicken, a Steve Jobs parody shows Jobs becoming the...

The Verizon iPhone achieved over 500,000 pre-orders in the US. People have already receiving their new iPhones, including the iFixit team. They have torn down the Verizon iPhone 4, exposing the internal components to the world. Here are the notable changes, from iFixit: Same battery capacity but weighs less: 26.9 grams to 25.6 grams. New...

Today, Rogers launched a new data sharing option for customers that have the 6GB data plan. It will cost $30 extra per month, per device to share your existing 6GB/$30 data plan with up to five devices. But first, some history. July 2010 With the launch of the iPhone 4, Rogers released their famous 6GB...

Today, Google released their Priority Inbox feature for mobile Safari on iDevices. The Gmail webapp for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad now has Priority Inbox support. Priority Inbox helps users in managing an overloaded email inbox by automatically identifying important messages so users can see them first. The feature has been available for the desktop...