Stories by iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff
Kickstarter Project Killed as Apple Refuses to License Lightning Adapter [Update]
Apple's refusal to license the Lightning Adapter killed the Kickstarter project and lead to the largest refund in the site's history. Jamie Siminoff and Edison Junior raised over $139,000 on Kickstarter to create POP, the minimalist multi-device charging station, but they have been forced to give that money back. (more…)
Apple Tops 53% of US Market Share — Its Highest Ever
Apple reached its highest ever smartphone market share in the US, according to the latest smartphone sales data provided by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech (via BusinessInsider). (more…)
Jobs Family Yacht Seized in Amsterdam Over Unpaid Bill
The super yacht built for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has ended up being sequestered by lawyers of designer Philippe Starck, while lying in Amsterdam port, due to a payment dispute, Dutchnews.nl reports (via AppleInsider). (more…)
Zite – Finding The News You Care About [Review]
If you looking for a new way to find news and media in over 40,000 topics, you should take a look at Zite, which has recently been updated to 2.0. Everyday Zite analyzes millions of articles it finds online, then it sorts them into topics for you to explore. You can find the new Explore...
How Apple’s Web Browser Ended up Being Called ‘Safari’
Although Safari is now one of the prominent icons of the Mac OS X dock, you would have expected Apple to have called its Web browser iNavigate, or iBrowser . . . or something like that. On Safari's tenth birthday (this month) Don Melton, the guy who started the Safari and Webkit projects at Apple, decided to tell...
Samsung To Face EU Antitrust Complaint Over Apple Patent Dispute
Now we know why Samsung decided to withdraw its patent lawsuits against Apple that sought to ban iDevices in the EU. Samsung thought it would be better to withdraw the suits, as most of them were based on SEP patents owned by the South Korean company. Why did they decide this was the best option?...
App Store Drives More Profit; Google Play Grows Faster
Although Google's Eric Schmidt is convinced Android is winning the war against iOS -- and looking at the Android user base, Tim Cook has reason for concerns, especially if his strategy is to widen the iOS user base -- but the picture looks different when looking at the developers’ bank accounts. (more…)
iOS 6 Siri Only Half as Reliant on Google as Previously
Turns out Apple has distanced itself from Google much more than we thought. With iOS 6, Apple didn't just drop Google Maps and YouTube, but reduced Siri's reliance on Google by 50%. (more…)
Analyst: iPad mini With Retina Display to Launch Sooner Than Expected
According to Doug Freedman, an RBC Capital Markets analyst, the production of the second-generation iPad mini with Retina Display is practically on the assembly line. (more…)
Apple, Samsung And More, Team up to Buy Kodak Patents for $525 Million
Bloomberg reports the bankrupt Kodak finally agreed to secure its route out of bankruptcy by selling some of its digital-imaging patents for $525 million to a group led by Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corp. (more…)
Taiwanese Sources Say 46–55-inch Apple TV in Testing Phase
The rumour mill informed the Wall Street Journal last week about the Apple television set, claiming it is in the early stages of testing. Today we got more news about the eagerly awaited Apple product, courtesy of the Taiwanese news agency Focus Taiwan (via 9to5Mac). (more…)
IGB Launches IPHONE-branded Android Devices, Despite Apple’s Trademark Ownership
A Brazilian company, IGB Electronica SA, claims it owns the iPhone trademark, and it recently announced the launch of a new line of Android phones under the IPHONE brand Macrumors reports. (more…)