Stories by Gary Ng
Patent Reveals Apple Has Plans for 3D Picture Taking in Future Devices
3D has made a small comeback in the movies, TVs (barely), and the Nintendo 3DS. What about your future iPhone? That's what AppleInsider has dug up, according to some patents filed to the US Patent and Trademark Office by Apple. The application refers to Apple's approach as a "paradigm shift from the known software-based approaches."...
Apple’s PLAYMOBIL Apple Store Play Set is the Gift That Keeps on Giving
Happy April Fools Day everyone. You might have noticed that we're rebranding our site on this special day. But that news doesn't trump what I'm going to buy my baby niece for her 2nd birthday. The fine folks at ThinkGeek have taken things to another level by getting the exclusive on the PLAYMOBIL Apple Store...
Blog Update: iPhoneinCanada.ca Has Rebranded to iOSDevices4u.biz
We've had a deal in the works for the past while now, and we're happy to announce that we've managed to rebrand iPhoneinCanada.ca to a new domain that reflects the current state of Apple products. We're not just about the iPhone anymore. When the Change Will Take Affect Starting at 6PM PST today, iPhoneinCanada.ca will...
Facebook Revamps Its Mobile Site for the iPhone and More
The facebook iPhone app is one of the easiest ways to surf online and cyber-creep your friends. The facebook iPhone app has improved since its release, but for those using the mobile version, it's downright painful. There were many versions of facebook mobile for different devices, and updating each site took lots of time and...
Google Improves Stock Ticker Searches on the iPhone with Multi Touch Interface
Google has just vastly improved how stock ticker searches appear in mobile Safari on the iPhone, as announced on their Google Mobile Blog. When you search for any stock ticker, results are now easier to read, include a larger graph, and includes multi touch gestures. By swiping to the left, you'll be able to access...
Twitter Announces ‘QuickBar’ to Be Removed in App Update Today
There was a tonne of noise made about the twitter app's 'QuickBar' (which was quickly coined 'dickbar' on twitter). The Twitter team just announced the following on their blog: Rather than continue to make changes to the QuickBar as it exists, we removed the bar from the update appearing in the App Store today. We...
Viber Back in App Store, 2.01 Update Brings Text Messaging
Viber is one of the most successful free VoIP iPhone apps, and their 2.01 update is now available in the App Store. Viber earlier released 2.0, but they pulled it due to technical issues. The new releases brings the much anticipated feature of text messaging and some refinements. Here's what's new in 2.01: 1. Viber...
OtterBox.com 10% Off Coupon Code For Spring/Summer 2011
Hey folks, just a quick heads up for those pondering a purchase from OtterBox.com. We have once again attained an exclusive 10% off coupon code for iPhoneinCanada.ca readers! Just used code "amipic0411b" during checkout to get 10% off any purchase from OtterBox.com. The code will work throughout Spring and early Summer, and expires on June...
MuscleNerd Confirms i0n1c’s Untether is ‘Solid’, Clears Air on ‘Leak’ Conspiracy
Yesterday we were first to report that i0n1c had handed over his untether to The iPhone Dev Team. We know that MuscleNerd has been working with the exploit via his twitter stream. He has confirmed that the exploit is 'solid' and they are dealing with jailbreak and Cydia issues. MuscleNerd Crushes 'Is there a Spy...
[Update] Viber Announces 2.0 Update, Removed Due to Technical Issue, Coming Back Soon
About a week ago we posted that an update was coming to Viber, the popular free VoIP call app that works very well over 3G/WiFi. The latest update was to bring instant messaging, and was supposed to be out soon. Earlier yesterday, Viber's PR rep commented on our blog saying "Viber 2.0 is now in the...
Music Labels Upset Over Amazon’s Cloud Music Locker/Player
Amazon quietly launched their Cloud Music and Locker Player late last night, beating out Apple and Google to the market. This new service is a freemium model enabling free cloud storage (starting at 5 GB), but if you purchase any album you'll get 20 GB for a year. Not too shabby. Users will be able...
The iPhone Dev Team Working with i0n1c’s Untether Exploit
The iPhone Dev Team is now currently working with i0n1c's untether exploit, as mentioned on twitter: Stefan (i0n1c) goes on to mention to not bother the iPhone Dev Team. If they are successful in their beta test, they can do whatever they want, and that includes possibly releasing a jailbreak tool for everyone. We can...