Stories by iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff

Switchy is a new tweak for the app switcher in iOS. It doubles the size of your switcher, allowing you to see more apps that are running in the background. It also enhances the iPod controls by adding more info for whatever music is playing. They have added a "Settings" page to the switcher that...

A new children's paperback book, "Who Is Steve Jobs?", is available for sale at Amazon and Chapters for $5.99. This is quite amazing because according to the publisher details, the paperback was released in April 2012 and no one heard of it! The authors are Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso, with illustrations done by John...

A report from The Wall Street Journal reveals that Apple has placed orders for screens of at least 4-inches diagonally for the next-generation iPhone. This screen change would represent the first time Apple has changed the display size in the iPhone and this further changes the typical dimensions of the device. Apple Inc., which is...

Sony Pictures announced today, that Aaron Sorkin, Academy Award winning writer of The Social Network's screenplay, will adapt Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography into a screenplay. Sony's take on the life of Steve Jobs will be different than the movie currently being filmed, titled "Jobs: Get Inspired". The indie movie in production right now, stars...

This week, Virgin Mobile Canada introduced a new iPhone/Smartphone plan for a limited time. Compared to most smartphone plans from the Canadian carriers, this $50 option is actually fairly decent as it includes features such as unlimited incoming calls and voicemail/caller display for free. The included features are: $50.00/month 150 Anytime Minutes Unlimited Incoming Calls...

A new Kickstarter project was recently brought to my attention that is collecting funding for a truly universal smartphone stand and mount. It is called "Vavo" and it features two functions: standing your device at a variety of angles and mounting your device on flat vertical surfaces. The other neat aspect of the Vavo is...

Looks like Greenpeace is playing their games again. This time it was a demonstration at Apple's Headquarters in Cupertino that saw images being projected onto Apple's main campus building. The protest was for a "clean" iCloud that included support messages from Greenpeace's Facebook and Twitter accounts. The group also reportedly barricaded themselves in an "eight-foot...

Jailbreakers all around the world are closely watching pod2g's progress of his untethered, iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak. He has given an eta of 2 weeks, or so, with speculation that the new jailbreak will be debuted at the HITB SecConf, in Amsterdam. This conference takes place between May 21st and May 25th. In pod2g's latest blog post,...

As reported by PatentlyApple, the US Patent and Trademark Office published an interesting patent for Apple that reveals a new wireless remote for a vehicle's steering wheel. Taking cues from the iPod click wheel, but offering touch-sensitivity, the remote wirelessly controls an iOS device that is in a vehicle. With many laws now forbidding the...

If you've jailbroken your iPhone and for one reason or another are wishing you had a Blackberry-style keyboard, you are in luck! An upcoming tweak will bring a Blackberry 10 styled keyboard to your iPhone. The tweak is called "Octopus Keyboard" and will feature the similar gesture-based predictive typing found on RIM's latest OS. Take...

We are now just over one month away from the official shut down of Apple's MobileMe service. For those of you who have already migrated to iCloud, then this article does not concern you. However for those that have not migrated and still want to keep the @me.com or @mac.com address, you can now do...

Following the widespread report that Foxconn CEO Terry Gou confirmed that an Apple Television was in preparations, the company has now clarified its position to state that the reports were not accurate. The story originated from Chinese news site ChinaDaily that had originally reported that Foxconn was making preparations for an Apple Television set. In...