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As FIFA World Cup was starting up last month, Rogers offered an app for Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone to watch the games live, as well as watch clips cached from a wide selection of shows. I got to spend some time with Rogers on Demand on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, and though I had…
By now you’re probably more than familiar with the iPhone 4 signal reception issues related to its cellular antenna. The stand-out design element on the iPhone – the stainless steel band that frames the new Apple smartphone – is also the bane of Apple and Steve Jobs’ PR team right now. Turns out, that sexy…
Motorola has taken an important legal step in its plans to split into two independent companies. The company filed for Form 10 Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This paves the way for the legal split, which is still on track for the first quarter of 2011. “The filing of the Form…
Yahoo! has just made a big mobile push in all directions today, announcing applications for Android to access Yahoo! Messenger and Mail, a home screen search widget, as well as HTML 5 compatibility for their e-mail and news sites, ensuring that those browsing from an iPhone won’t be stuck with a “download Flash, you knob”…
By now, you know that Microsoft has given up on its ill-fated Kin phones to focus on Windows Phone 7. I think this is the absolute right move for the company and that the Kin phones were targeting a non-existent market but these social-network centric phones weren’t all bad. In my review of the Kin…
In a lengthy interview, Apple’s Senior VP of of Design Jony Ive shared some of his thoughts on design, particularly in reference to the iPhone 4. He places strong emphasis on the necessity of a designer to be familiar with materials in a real-world context, and not limited to virtual environments. As for the iPhone…
The latest Apple iPhone to Verizon rumors have the analysts out in force, and these people are saying AT&T could lose up to one million subscribers to Big Red if that “magical” smartphone stops being exclusive. This fear could be why AT&T made it a lot easier for existing customers to upgrade to the iPhone…
When we’re waiting on the edge of our seats for a product like Apple’s iPhone 4, expecting it to be perfect and amazing in every little way, and it turns out to be a little less than perfect, well, you know exactly how we react to that. The device that was supposed to reaffirm our…
New from the folks at Purple Forge comes the aptly named ‘Canada Day‘ app. This app is the ultimate guide to help you or ANYONE in the Ottawa area get the most out of the Canada Day celebrations. When you pop it open, you’ll notice a main menu full of event listings, photos, artist showtimes,…
Starbucks is answering all the questions we might have had about our existence starting today. Just how desperately do we need coffee every day? Very. So much so that we spend several hours in their retail locations every day? Yup. And what’s the deal with Wi-Fi, anyway? Shouldn’t it be as free as the java-scented…