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In exactly one week from today, the 2010 Olympic Winter Games will kick off here in Vancouver! It's hard to believe that the Games are coming so soon. You can really feel the excitement in the city right now, as people are buzzing with excitement to host the world. 2010Guide: Official Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter...

In November 2009, Apple introduced a new subtle feature to the iTunes ecosystem. It was called “iTunes Preview” and it was a web based preview for iTunes links that users clicked on websites to open music in iTunes. At the time, iTunes Preview only worked for music, but the functionality has now been expanded to...

When Apple announced the iPad at their Apple Event, maybe people misunderstood what the product was all about. A week later, it's evident that the iPad is going to sell like hotcakes. For what it was created to do, it's going perform extremely well. That being said, for those excited to purchase an iPad come...

SIM Cards, or Subscriber Identification Modules, are the small smart cards that sit inside our iPhones and give us our connection to the cellular network. SIM Cards also come free with a phone/device purchase. Normally SIM cards have a long life, usually in excess of five years, but sometimes they "burn out" or are defective....

CIBC has launched a mobile banking application where users can access their account, pay bills, find branches, and more. CIBC Mobile Banking by CIBC Customers of CIBC will be happy to know that CIBC now has a rather fantastic app for iPhone/iPod Touch users. The only requirement is CIBC customers must have online banking enabled...

Rogers has launched two new North American (US/Canada) Data add-ons. The new data add-ons allow customers to use the available data anywhere in Canada or the USA. In other words, you can use the data add-on in the USA without any additional data roaming fees. The new data add-ons start at $35/month and also have...

iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3G owners that are or have interest in Jailbreaking their device, listen up! Today, Apple stopped signing iPhone firmware 3.1.2. What this means is that those owners of an iPhone 3GS or iPod Touch 3G who had updated to firmware 3.1.3 and who did not use Cydia to store their...

Remember when Apple allowed their iPhone SDK to have VoIP apps to be used over the 3G network? We saw the announcement of a Fring 3G iPhone app, but the only 3G VoIP app we were all waiting for was Skype. Why is a 3G version of Skype so important? Skype over 3G will allow...

A few days ago, Virgin Mobile officially launched its HSPA+ network (using Bell service) across Canada. Alongside the launch, Virgin announced new smartphone rates plans and that it was carrying the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. Until now, the only place to get Virgin Mobile service on an iPhone 3G/3GS was to visit a Virgin...

WIND Mobile was not the only carrier that bought some wireless spectrum and was planning a Canadian wireless launch. Another wireless company, at the time named "DAVE" wireless, was also prepping a Canadian launch of its own. Well DAVE wireless is almost ready to launch this Spring 2010, but the first order of business is...

Rafter is a physics based game mixed with a little problem solving wrapped in an iPhone/iPod Touch. Rafter by Emantras Inc If you enjoy iPhone games with physics based problem solving and have a keen eye for angles, you may want to check out Rafter. Features 1/2 Rafter is a physics based game that supports...

Every time Apple releases an update to their iPhone SDK, code hunters go straight to work. With some thorough digging, it's possible to "predict" what could be coming next from Apple. According to some tipsters over at Engadget, a recent discovery had resulted in the codename of the next iPhone. A set of folders were...