Apple announces new record of 10 million new iPhones sold in first 3 days

As expected, the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus opening weekend broke sales records for Apple. The company is saying that 10 million units were sold over the first three days that the new devices were offered.

"Sales for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus exceeded our expectations for the launch weekend, and we couldn't be happier," said Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook. "We would like to thank all of our customers for making this our best launch ever, shattering all previous sell-through records by a large margin. While our team managed the manufacturing ramp better than ever before, we could have sold many more iPhones with greater supply and we are working hard to fill orders as quickly as possible."

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Google Glass 'approved' for Canada, but does anyone still care?

After over a year, Google Glass is apparently approved for Canada.Explorer Brian Buquoi received the above note with his replacement Glass which says that Google Glass has been approved by industry Canada, which means it is likely one step away from being made available to Canadians.

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Yahoo Weather App brings slick animations to iOS 8

Yahoo has updated its iOS 8 Weather App to featurs accurate weather and slick animations. "By using technology typically only experienced in video games, we’re bringing weather to life on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch through animations that appear directly in the Yahoo Weather Today widget. It’s the same beautiful design and location-based weather photos from Flickr, now combined with amazing weather effects.

Now when you check the forecast during a hot summer day, you will actually see the haze come across your screen. You’ll also see the rain, snow, and fog –with even more effects coming soon," says Yahoo's Shenglong Gao, associate product manager for Mobile Weather.

Amazon's Kindle Voyager reinvigorates the eReader market

Amazon's got a new flagship Kindle eReader and it definitely raises the bar for the segment. The Kindle Voyager features a next-Gen Paperwhite display, highest-resolution, highest contrast, new adaptive front light, reimagined page turns, Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi + Free 3G options. Despite being the thinnest Kindle ever, the Voyager has the clearest eInk screen with a 331 pixels per inch (more than some smartphones) pixel density. Starting at US $199, this could very well be the best eBook reader in the market right now.