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Last year, Rogers purchased the rights to become the official mobile sponsor of the Vancouver Canucks. Along with that came the naming rights to the arena (Formerly known as General Motors Place, now known as Rogers Centre)… and now, it looks like Rogers is extending their reach by launching a new (and free) Vancouver Canucks…
Are you getting tired as I am of these iPhone 4 antenna issue stories? Let’s make one thing perfectly clear: the iPhone 4’s antenna, whether it’s the GSM or CDMA iPhone model, is also its frame. When you touch that frame, you’ll have some attenuation issues whether you’re gripping it as you would when making…
Google Translate has been available as a web app for iPhone since about 2008, but today it’s finally available as a full-blown app, complete with voice recognition and audio pronunciation of translated text. Google Translate for the iPhone can recognize 15 languages through spoken input, over 50 written, and return robo-translated audio speech in 23…
Last week, EA Mobile announced it’ll be bringing NBA Jam to iOS and that was pretty much it. No screenshots, no video, not even a single mention of what teams we could expect or what kind of features will be included. In terms of announcements, it was a bare-bones one. That all changes today as EA…
Given the years of speculation and dreaming, we knew the Verizon iPhone was going to be big. In fact, Verizon says that the Apple smartphone helped set a new record in first day sales for the carrier – its biggest ever. Pre-order stock was completely sold out, and there are plenty of customers and would-be…
Path is a novel idea: you get to pick and choose a small group – 50 people at most – with whom to share your pictures. The idea is that you’re far more likely to share things you might not want the world to see on Twitter or Facebook. It was also intended to document…
The Waze iPhone app continues to improve, as the free, crowd-sourced navigation app has just added real-time voice alerts. As you may know, the Waze iPhone app provides free navigation information by relying on users to provide the data. The voice alerts takes this one step further, as the company is hoping that users will…
It’s been nearly a month since Verizon and Apple announced that a CDMA iPhone was coming, and today it appears that many customers are receiving their devices. Reviews came in last week and it seems that there was nothing but praise for the Verizon iPhone – data connectivity was fine and phone calls didn’t drop.…
These days I wonder, “Is there anything the iPhone or iPad can’t do?” The FDA just approved a radiology app called Mobile MIM for the iOS devices. The app won Apple’s Apple Design Award for “Best iPhone Healthcare & Fitness Application” in 2008 and now it has the FDA’s blessing for physician use. The app…
I know it’s only a few hours away from kickoff at Super Bowl XLV… but if you happen to be in Dallas for the game, or heck, even if you’re just a crazy football fan, this app is a must have. The Super Bowl XLV Guide is a free download from the App Store, and…