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Hulu still silent on PS3, Windows Mobile blocking – but there’s a free solution

A few days after blocking PlayStation 3 users, Hulu has yet to respond to questions concerning the change which has only helped to fuel rumors it is related to the Microsoft ad campaign currently featured on the site, but that seems less likely now that we’ve confirmed it also began blocking the Flash-enabled Skyfire browser [...]

Skype 1.1 for iPhone out

Skype 1.1 for iPhone was released (iTunes link) today.  New features include:

- Send text (SMS) messages using Skype credit.
- Voicemail support.
- Support for the following languages:
English, German, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Spanish, Norwegian, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Italian, French, Polish and Japanese.
- Improved dialing help when calling phones.
Skype has taken the iPhone platform by [...]

Skype 1.1 for iPhone out

Skype 1.1 for iPhone was released (iTunes link) today.  New features include:
- Send text (SMS) messages using Skype credit.
- Voicemail support.
- Support for the following languages:
English, German, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Spanish, Norwegian, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Italian, French, Polish and Japanese.
- Improved dialing help when calling phones.
Skype has taken the iPhone platform by [...]

Canadian iPhone 3G S buyers get late discount, Apple store option

With just hours to go before the iPhone 3G S reaches its stores, Canadian provider Rogers and its sister brand Fido have promised heavy discounts for existing iPhone 3G customers trading up to the faster model. Also, Apple stores in the country will finally let customers buy the devices there instead of carrier stores.
Rogers’ and [...]

Skype is out for iPhone and iPod touch 2.0 Not In Canada

So like we promised yesterday, here’s the news: Skype is out.  Go get it (Free iTunes link)  but if you want to get it in Canada you have to get creative… oh well

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Rogers rep denies disappearance of 6GB plans

The $30, 6GB data plan remains available for iPhones bought through Canada’s Rogers, a customer care worker claims. Although originally offered as an early promotion, the plan is still said to be available, in spite of a lack of publicity and allegations of massive overcharges if a user’s account information is suddenly changed. The plan [...]

Two possible dates for Apple’s WWDC 2009 emerge

Event bookings for the San Francisco Moscone Center indicate that Apple may be planning its annual Worldwide Developer Conference in either mid-May or early June.
Companies book the Moscone Center venue many months in advance, with Sun’s Java One, Cisco Live!, Linux World, Oracle OpenWorld, and other events already planned for just about every free week [...]

The Apple Tax has a lot more punch in Canada – Why do we pay so much?

At 9 to 5 Mac Canada we have to admit we’re still a little giddy about the whole release yesterday.  New hardware makes us… well lets just say overly excited.  So now we’re coming down from the high (Canadian Beer is a lot stonger the American stuff) – and although we’re excited about the tech [...]

Sorry Canada not for you! CBS streaming free TV programming to iPhone users

Why do we never get anything cutting edge in Canada first!  Well I guess RIM released the Storm here first but WE NEED COOL THINGS!!!

CBS Mobile has released TV.com, a free new mobile application that allows iPhone and iPod touch users to watch full episodes of select CBS shows and other programming over WiFi or [...]