Stories by iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff
Redsn0w Updated with Better Baseband Downgrading Support and New DFU IPSW Feature
Musclenerd, of The iPhone Dev Team, announced on Twitter that they have released an update to the popular jailbreak software, Redsn0w. This version improves downgrading your baseband from the iPad baseband, 06.15.00, and adds a new DFU IPSW feature. Here's the notes from The iPhone Dev Team's blog: Happy 4th of July! Today’s release of...
Former Apple Employee Explains the Problem with the App Review Process
Many app developers out there have expressed their frustrations with Apple's app review process. The process can take a lot longer than it should, directly affecting an app developer's revenue on the product. Business Insider recently had a conversation with former Apple Senior Engineer, Mike Lee. He shared some insight into what he thinks the...
Six Questions with…BNN’s Michael Hainsworth
Michael Hainsworth has been a daily fixture on television sets since the beginning of the new millennium, bringing the day’s top business stories to viewers as an anchor on BNN, and on CTV evening newscasts across the country. As co-host of App Central - alongside social-media guru Amber MacArthur, Hainsworth has been sharing the best...
Gizmon ICA [REVIEW]
iPhoneinCanada's Trigger Happy Summer This is the first in a series of some of the must-have accesories and apps to help make your summer photo-taking a memorable one with your iPhone 4(S). The Land of the Morning Sun. They’ve brought us such now-staples in the Western World such as Hello Kitty, Transformers, Nintendo, Pocky...
Starbucks Pick of the Week – The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That
Each week Starbucks offers a "Pick of the Week" card, which has a promo code to download something from the App Store or the iTunes Store. It could be a song, an app or game, or a video. This week we get a TV episode. If you pick up one of the cards from Starbucks...
iEta App – Easily Text Your Estimated Time of Arrival
I've always said that it is the apps that make the iPhone what it is, and I'm sure many of you will agree. Apple has created an amazing piece of hardware, but without the apps, the iPhone would be pretty useless. The iPhone, of course, is mainly used for communicating. In our fast paced lifestyles, we...
Quick Reply for Messenger – Quickly Reply to Facebook Messages and Chats
Making our iOS experience more streamlined and more efficient is something a lot of us strive for. The "quick reply" method for replying to texts, messages, and tweets is a great way improve your iOS usage, as it lets you reply to your messages without leaving your current task. We recently saw Quick Reply for WhatsApp...
Thor – Turn On WiFi Automatically When Opening an App [Cydia Tweak]
Some iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad users will keep their WiFi turned off until it's needed, either to save battery, avoid annoying pop ups letting you know when you're near a hot spot, or some other reason. Then when they do need WiFi on, they have to manually go into the Settings app and...
Chromizer – Add Pull-to-Refresh and Full Screen to Chrome For iOS
Since Google Chrome for iOS was released, more and more iDevice users have been letting Safari collect dust as they use the new browser. Although Chrome has quite a full feature set, it is missing some of the Cydia tweaks that you can get for Safari. iDB is reporting that there is a new tweak...
BrowserChooser Cydia Tweak Lets You Set a Default Browser in iOS
With the release of Google Chrome for iOS yesterday, comes another choice of browser for your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. Having an alternative browser to Mobile Safari is desired by many iOS users. Google Chrome for iOS Is a great alternative. Many use Chrome on there Macs, as an alternative to the desktop version...
Google Chrome for iOS Now in the App Store
As promised earlier today, Google Chrome for iOS has been released in the App Store. It is a full featured mobile version of Google's desktop browser, now available for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. The mobile version has a lot of the same features of the desktop version, with the ability to sync your...
$19 Billion Cellphone Lawsuit to Proceed
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled today that a lawsuit against Canada's cellphone companies regarding system access fees, will be allowed to proceed. The lawsuit that was first launched back in 2004 in Saskatchewan’s Court of Queen’s Bench, claims that Canadian wireless providers like BCE, Rogers, Telus, and Bell, misrepresented “system access fees,” averging...