Rovio has announced some more incredible numbers for December. This time, the Finnish company has noted they had 263 million active users last month, to go along with their other 2012 milestones: 2012 was a milestone year for us: More than 1 billion downloads (30 million during Christmas week alone), and we had more than...
Former Apple Safari Engineering Manager, Don Melton (a hire by Scott Forstall), continues to share his anecdotal accounts of his experience working for the Cupertino company. This time around, he shares what it was like when Steve Jobs announced Safari to the world at MacWorld back in 2003: Steve started the Safari presentation with, “So, buckle...
AllThingsD reports on an interview with Beats headphones CEO Jimmy Iovine and how the latter once tried to sell Steve Jobs on music subscriptions, but ultimately was unsuccessful, even after three years of pursuing the matter. Universal Music head Doug Morris told Iovine to talk to Jobs: In 2002, 2003, Doug asked me to go...
Japanese Twitter user @morisatoh has created one of the most interesting iPhone accessories I've seen. It's a quick draw sleeve contraption that is quite interesting, only because of the way it's being demonstrated on video. The man behind the video is performer Shota Mori. His video has references to the movie Taxi Driver and is kinda...
Apple will receive an Emmy Engineering Award tonight (via The Loop) at CES 2013 for winning in the following category: Eco-system for Real Time Presentation of TV Content to Mobile Devices without the use of Specialized Television Hardware Launched in 1948, the awards honour "development and innovation in broadcast technology and recognize companies, organizations and individuals...
This week's free App of the Week from Apple is the puzzle game KooZac, made by Square Enix. The concept of KooZac is simple: position the falling blocks on top of each other to create the target numbers. The game features 60 levels with three different modes and can be described as Tetris-like arithmetic game...
Right: Apple SVP Phil Schiller is currently in China; via M.I.C. Gadget Apple executive Phil Schiller is in China with CEO Tim Cook and in a recent interview with the Shanghai Evening News, the former noted cheap smartphones will not be developed by Apple in order to grab marketshare. The Next Web confirmed with Apple...
If your financial institution is a credit union member, the Credit Union Central of Canada has officially announced the release of their ding free ATM locator iPhone app. The app allows users to find any credit union member ATM nationwide to ensure surcharge-free transaction. Belonging to a national ATM network means you can bank ding...
A popular tactic used by scammers to thwart Apple's App Store approval process was to submit an app, get approval, then swap the screenshots with those from a similar app. The process would result in tricking people into downloading what they thought were legitimate apps, but actually just fake garbage apps. According to this afternoon's...
(image via @i0livier) Today marks the sixth anniversary of Apple's announcement of the original iPhone at MacWorld back in 2007. That day when Steve Jobs stepped on stage to debut the iPhone can be heralded as the day that Apple changed the smartphone game. iPhoneinCanada.ca reader @i0livier was one of the lucky ones in attendance...
Corning announced its new Gorilla Glass 3 just prior to the start of CES 2013. Their booth at the electronics trade show has been demonstrating the third generation of their Gorilla Glass, which made its debut on the original iPhone back in 2007. What makes Gorilla Glass 3 so strong and scratch resistant? It's the...
Rovio has announced Angry Birds Space will soon receive a "Pig Dipper" update which will feature 30 new galactic-aquatic levels: Pig Dipper will also introduce never-before-seen power-ups (be sure to check out the Pig Puffer!) along with extra power-up specific leaderboards. Excited? Then yell "I GOT MA RUBBER DUCKY!!!!" repeatedly in the mirror while you...
