Stories by iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff

Last year's holiday week has raised the bar for both app developers and manufacturers. As Flurry reports, we've seen record device activations on Christmas day, and record app downloads as well, but this has risen yet further during the week between Christmas and the New Year, which recorded the highest device activation and app downloads...

Bloomberg reports that Samsung must disclose its sales data as US Judge Lucy Koh rejected its bid to keep the data sealed in the US patent dispute with Apple. (more…)

You may be surprised, but Apple isn't thinking big, but small. In other words, the next product Apple unveils could be an iWatch, not the iTV everybody was talking about last month – at least according to one Apple analyst speaking with BusinessInsider. (more…)

Turns out Apple has already signed a contract with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) to manufacture the A6X chip that currently drives the iPad 4. According to Taiwan's Commercial Times (via 9to5mac), the trial production will start in the first quarter of this year. (more…)

A spot of humour for today: In a video that went viral, a Thai elephant expressed its thoughts about the most sought-after gadget in the world, Apple's iPhone -- well, sort of. Since the elephant couldn't speak English, it used sign language. It swallowed a Chinese visitor's iPhone while she was immortalizing how her friend...

If Apple decides to definitely stop sending Samsung processor orders, the South Korean manufacturer isn't likely to be affected, a Digitimes Research estimation shows. Horace Dediu of Asymco was quick to take the numbers under his loop, only to find that the transition would end in 2014. (more…)

The wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, says Apple gadgets are forbidden fruit for her children. During a radio show she guest-edited today, Mrs. Gates was asked whether their children had asked for an iPod or iPhone. The answer is pretty obvious: of course. (more…)

Apple plans to refresh its MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models in June 2013, Digitimes reports. According to Taiwanese industry sources, Apple has already issued a request for quotations to its supply chain, causing concern among the Taiwan-based manufacturers. (more…)

The number of iOS and Android device activations spikes on Christmas Day compared to any other day of the year, and this year was no exception. How many mobile devices have been activated during this Christmas? Flurry's Peter Farago has the numbers. (more…)

Turns out Apple is playing around with the idea of using curved glass in the iPhone. According a recently granted patent, the Cupertino company has developed a glass-bending process. (more…)

For the first time in four years, Apple's online store has lost its shine among consumers. According to ForeSee's annual Holiday E-Retail Satisfaction Index, Apple's online store has fallen out of the top five, hitting its lowest consumer satisfaction index in four years (via AllThingsD). (more…)

With smartphone owners surpassing feature phone owners for the first time this year, mobile app usage has also continued to grow. Nielsen's latest smartphone market report "Tops of 2012" (Via Macrumors) includes the top 10 iPhone apps of 2012, based on average unique users. (more…)