Stories by iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff
IDC: Android & iOS Account For More Than 80% Of Smartphones Shipped In Q1 2012
Today IDC (International Data Corporation) published a report revealing that iOS and Android dominate the smartphone market. According to data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, iOS and Android hold shares of 59 percent and 23 percent respectively of the over 152 million smartphones shipped in the first quarter of 2012. This represents...
A Look At How Apple Is Evolving Under Tim Cook’s Leadership
This morning Fortune posted an excellent piece that provides insight into how, after nine months on the job, Apple CEO Tim Cook is evolving Apple and its culture. The story essentially concludes that under Tim Cook's leadership, Apple is becoming more open and more corporate, but not in a bad way. After being with Apple...
Chronic Dev Team To Debut New Jailbreak At HITB Conference Tomorrow
On the Hack In The Box Security Conference's official Twitter feed, it has been announced that The Chronic Dev Team will debut their new jailbreak, live! This was rumoured to be happening, just last week, and now the rumour has been confirmed. Hackers pod2g, p0sixninja, planetbeing, and nikias will be on hand tomorrow, at the...
iOS 5.1.1 Jailbreak Update
Just a quick update for you. We've been closely following the progress of pod2g's untethered iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak, and today he added one more device that is confirmed to be working with Absinthe 2.0. The New iPad (global) has now been tested and confirmed compatible. OK just added iPad3,3 support to Absinthe thanks to @flawlessfox. Only...
Apple Releases Two New iPhone 4S Celebrity TV Ads With John Malkovich
It looks like Apple has released two new celebrity-based iPhone 4S/Siri ads. This time actor John Malkovich is featured. This is the third and fourth celebrity featured iPhone 4S TV ad Apple has launched. Previous ads featured Samuel L. Jackson and Zooey Deschanel. As seen in the previous iPhone 4S/Siri commercials with celebrities, the iPhone...
Unfold Tweak Released in Cydia
This tweak has had a quick evolution from concept to release. It wasn't long ago that we were talking about this cool new concept from designer Anton Kudin. Then we heard that iOS developer, Jonas Gessner, was working on bringing the concept to life. Today, the new tweak has been released in Cydia, and...
President Barack Obama Urges Agencies To Adopt Mobile Apps, Will Canada Follow?
In an attempt to increase U.S. innovation in mobile communications, U.S. President Barack Obama ordered all major federal agencies to make their services available on mobile devices within the next year. Obama wants American citizens to have a government, and associated services, that is accessible at anytime and anywhere. To push the development, each federal...
Apple’s Jonathan Ive Says Apple’s Best Work Is Yet To Come
During a recent interview with The Telegraph, Apple’s senior vice president of Industrial Design, Jonathan Ive, said that Apple's best work has yet to come. Ive is one of the Apple executives behind the success of some of Apple's best and brightest products such as the iPhone, original iPod and its future evolutions, the iPad, and overall Mac...
Google Updates & Redesigns Search App For iPhone
This morning Google launched version 2.0 of its official Search app for iPhone. The update brought a completely redesigned interface that was inspired by the iPad app. The design begins with the start screen with new options to sign in, search, and access Google apps. There is also a new Settings shortcut and a new...
Sonos to Pack More Punch With The Sonos SUB
Sonos users rejoice! You're about to get a whole lot more bass in your life. Last month I reviewed the Sonos PLAY:3 system, and the one gripe I had was that the bass could have been a little bit more lively. Yesterday, Sonos introduced the Sonos SUB, a subwoofer that connects wirelessly to your...
Another iPhone 5 Concept [Video]
Rumours around any iPhone release are certainly abundant. With the next iPhone expected to be released this fall, the rumours, leaks, and mock ups are all over the internet. This time www.NoWhereElse.fr has posted a new video of a mock up from designer Isaac Royo, that seems to incorporate the newly leaked 3.95 inch iPod front...
Zephyr 1.3 Out Now, With New Notification Center Animation
Last week, iOS developer/hacker @chpwn was showing off a new animation he was working on for the Notification center. This new animation pulls your home screen down to reveal the notification center, rather than pulling the notification center down over top of your home screen. This allows you to see the top of your notification...