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By Kris Meador on February 7th, 2012

Jailbreaking opens your iOS devices to a lot of different tweaks and customization. And with so many options in Cydia, it can be tough to go through them all. I’ve put together a list of the Top 5 Jailbreak tweaks I’ve made to my iPhone 4S. By no means are these the definitive best five,…

By Stephen Cleary on December 20th, 2011

Using Wi-Fi, Airplay, and an Apple Express, Craig Knudsen of Yamaha has figured out how to get Siri to play a Yamaha Disklavier; complete with moving pedals and keys in full expression. The pointer comes via Jim Dalrymple of Loop Insights: Take a standard MIDI songfile and convert it to an audio file (while maintaining the MIDI data). The songfile is…

By Stephen Cleary on December 15th, 2011

Every year Google takes a look at what we’ve been searching for on the Internet. Today they released the 2011 Zeitgeist (“the spirit of the times”) which sorts billions of Google Searches to capture the year’s 10 fastest rising global queries. On the main page Google lists the 10 fastest-rising global queries. Included in those top 10 you’ll find three…

By Usman on December 14th, 2011

Back in October, we published a comprehensive review of the JVC UX-VJ3 iPhone / iPad speaker dock. In November, we also gave away one unit of the JVC UX-VJ3 speaker dock for free to our loyal readers, right here on iPhone In Canada. Now, we have another great deal to offer for the coming holidays i.e…

By Usman on December 4th, 2011

If you’re a frequent iTunes customer, here’s a limited-time deal you cannot miss. You can buy an iTunes card for 25% off at Safeway. The offer is valid all across Canada. We’re told that if you buy 2 of their 3 x $10 packs you get $15 off. This also beats Future Shop‘s deal who…

By Stephen Cleary on November 7th, 2011

PBS has released a YouTube preview of a Charlie Rose interview with Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, and Sheryl Sandberg, the company’s chief operating officer. The interview covers everything from Facebook’s plans to become publicly traded, privacy, China, the Arab spring, the lack of engineering talent in U.S., and questions about their supposed “war” with other tech companies: primarily Google, Apple,…

By Stephen Cleary on November 2nd, 2011

Having recently finished Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs and hungry for more, I turned to the internet. I watched Steve and Bill Gates dual interview at D5; I watched Steve alone at D8; I watch the Stanford address; then Steve reading of the Think Different ad; then some old WWDC presentations. All great stuff,…

By Gary Ng on May 30th, 2011

My favourite cross platform messaging app for the iPhone is WhatsApp Messenger, one of the most popular apps in the App Store. It allows me to communicate with anyone who is using an iPhone, Blackberry, Android, or Nokia device. You can group chat, send pictures, videos, audio, and even share your location. WhatsApp Messenger is…

By Gary Ng on May 28th, 2011

Here we go again. The ZAGG Memorial Day sale is around the corner on Monday and Tuesday, with all items up to 50% off. If you missed last year’s 50% off sale, this is your chance for redemption. The sale starts Sunday, May 29th at 9pm PDT, and ends Wednesday at 1am PDT. Once you…

By Gary Ng on May 27th, 2011

Here are some jailbreak tweaks that should already be in iOS. Could of any variation of these tweaks make an appearance in iOS 5? We’ll find out next week at WWDC. ScreenDimmer – Lets you change the minimum time until the screen dims or turns off entirely. You can also set a whitelist so that the screen…