Skype has now rolled out a new version of the app into the App Store, one with a pretty massive update for - video calling over WiFi AND 3G! This means that now you can be sitting on your Mac or Windows PC at home and call a person logged on to Skype via the [...]

To the delight of Android fans everywhere - and probably much to the chagrin of any hard core Apple evangelists - in an advertisement for the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation’s (SBC) new iPad app the Android mascot appears. The iPad app is designed so people can receive SBC multimedia such as videos, audio slideshows, podcasts, galleries, [...]

The first iAd for the Apple iPad was released today in the United States. This special “preview iAd” is for the upcoming Disney movie “Tron: Legacy“ - in theaters this Friday, December 17. The iAd is designed to show off the iAd for iPad platform and make maximum use of the iPad’s resources although as this [...]

A patent filed by Apple and recently discovered by UnwiredView titled “Radial Menus” (PDF link) gives some very interesting fodder to the Apple rumor mill today. Apple says in the patent application that “[t]he invention is directed towards the presentation of the menu or toolbar options in a graphical user interface. Specifically, the invention is [...]

Less than 24 hours after iOS 4.2.1 was released for the iFamily, including the hotly-awaited iPad update which brings multitasking and AirPrint/AirPlay functionality, the Dev-Team has whipped up the latest batch of jailbreak for your consuming pleasure. While Cydia and MobileSubstrate have been updated and patched to work with the newest jailbreak build, this release [...]

Productivity and smart phones run hand-in-hand, which is what makes this news so ironic. There is nothing worse than reading through a Google Doc while on the road with your smartphone or tablet and not being able to make changes to the Doc because, well, it wasn’t supported by Google. Well, effective today the roll-out [...]

Today in the squared circle comes none other than 2 of the most talked about tablets around: Apple’s iPad and the recently announced (and yet to be released) BlackBerry PlayBook. The video is short and sweet, highlighting some of the stand-out features of the PlayBook over the iPad, namely the browsing experience. The best part [...]

Just when I thought I’d seen it all, this made me fall off my chair laughing. This new parody pokes fun at iPhone’s, iPad’s and Twitter over the beat of the Michael Jackson classic “Beat it” — Epic. The video essentially pits “Yuppy” iPad users against “Hiptster” iPhone users in a cleverly choreographed battle royale, [...]

One of my favorite reasons for visiting the States is finally making its Canadian debut. The very popular online site for streaming movies and TV shows can now be used from the comfort of your home, office, or long bus ride for only $7.99CND per month, with a one-month trial. You can download the iPhone/iPad [...]

What is tough enough to withstand an iPad (portrait or landscape mode), yet folds up so small, it could fit into the pocket of your pants (depending on how they are worn of course)? The new “Jorno Keyboard” by Cervantes Mobile, that’s what. I can already see this thing being a hit for travelling sales [...]