Apple has introduced an extra service to help customers track orders made in Canada and the US. As noted by Apple Bitch, the change appears to have been introduced after the Apple Store online went down last night. Apple's Shipping and Delivery page notes the following under Text Notifications: In addition to email notifications, you can...
For this week's Starbucks Pick of the Week promo, we have New York singer Fiona Apple's single, Valentine. The song is from the album The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do, released on June 19th. You can find free cards at...
Boy Genius Report has published a story that claims the next generation iPhone is not in its production phase yet, countering what we've heard from previous reports. BGR claims the an Apple product goes through various phases before it is manufactured such as “engineering verification test” stages and the “design verification test” phases. The 'iPhone 5'...
Telus introduced an unlocking policy for iPhones on June 1st (here's how the process works), and now they have offered the service to its customers on their Koodo brand for $50, reports MobileSyrup. Essentially the requirements are the same for Koodo customers (as they were for Telus): The iPhone must operate on the Koodo network. Client must have...
Roughly a week or so before iOS 6 beta 3 was released to developers, Apple enabled turn-by-turn directions read by Siri in Canada, which did not work before.. Apple describes the feature as: Find your way to your destination using turn-by-turn spoken directions, a 3D view, and real-time traffic information. As you approach a turn,...
Hot on the heels of Rogers introducing their '6GB Super Plan', we've received a tip from a reliable source Virgin plans to do the same. An internal doc states the following 6GB voice and data plan for $60: 300 daytime minutes 5pm evenings/weekends Unlimited incoming calls Unlimited text and picture messaging 6GB data plan $60/month;...
A while back we confirmed Rogers had brought back the 6GB/$30 data plan, only available to those that called in and gave a SOC code to customer service agents. Just today, the company has launched the plan again as part of the new '6GB Super Plan', as noted on the Rogers website. The site link...
With the London 2012 Olympics set to kick off on July 27th, it looks like this will be one of the most-connected Olympic games ever. You will soon be able to catch all the action via the free CTV Olympics London 2012 apps, set to be released soon, as announced by CTV: There are two...
It was reported yesterday on MacRumors when users in the U.S. on AT&T tried to activate FaceTime over 3G on iOS 6 beta 3, they were prompted with a pop up alert to contact the carrier for more information. In other words, it translates to "we are not going to allow this feature at this time"....
Right now in Canada a 13-inch MacBook Pro laptop is $1,229. A third-generation 32GB iPad is $619. Buying it at the Apple Store? It’s $619. Buying it at Future Shop? $619. Best Buy? $619. Online through Apple website? $619. There is no haggling. (Yes there are some minor exceptions to the above, under certain circumstances,...
The Wall Street Journal has just published a story that notes the next generation iPhone will use a new technology that will enable a thinner screen: Apple Inc.'s next iPhone, currently being manufactured by Asian component makers, will use a new technology that makes the smartphone's screen thinner, people familiar with the matter said, as the U.S....
With the announcement of iOS 6 at WWDC 2012, one of the most anticipated features was the addition of the new Apple Maps and turn by turn GPS, guided by Siri. However, with the first betas of iOS 6, this feature did not work in Canada. A couple days ago Apple enabled the feature in...
