Stories by iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff
Apple Adds ‘Download Later’ Option for iTunes Store Purchases
Apple customers purchasing movies, TV episodes, Season Pass and Music box set using iTunes 11, iOS 6 or later can opt to download later as of Friday, which is handy in the case of large video files, Macworld reports. (more…)
Foxconn Denies Apple Rejected 5–8 million iPhones
Reports published over the weekend by China Business and the China Times (Via MacRumors) spread the news that Apple has returned up to 8 million iPhones to its manufacturing partner Foxconn, "due to appearance of substandard or dysfunctional problems." (more…)
Is This the Rear Shell of the iPad 5? [PIC]
Over the past few months, multiple sources have reported that Apple's next-generation iPad will have a design similar to the successful iPad mini. After last week's image leak of the iPad 5 mould, Tactus has come back with more juicy information, what they claim to be an image of the iPad 5 rear shell and...
GPU Guru Raja Koduri Leaves Apple, Returns to AMD
Why did Apple hire two of AMD’s GPU CTOs, Raja Koduri and Bob Drebin, one after another back in 2009? Well, all you need to do is consider the impact of the work of these people. For Steve Jobs it was important to know that he has the best guys in the business. (more…)
Apple Keeps Anonymized Siri Data for Up to Two Years
The American Civil Liberties Union appealed to Wired yesterday to express their concern over how long Siri, Apple's voice-controlled digital assistant, remembers what you tell or ask her. From their perspective, Siri's Privacy Agreement is vague, as there is no clear information on when data is deleted – for instance when you turn Siri off,...
Possible iPhone 5S Front Camera Image Leak
After getting images of supposed components of the iPhone 5S, here is more: Moumantai, which has been a good source for these component leaks, has posted images of what Nowhereelse.fr suspects could be the iPhone 5S front camera. (more…)
Apple Design Chief Jony Ive Part of TIME’s Top 100 Influential People
2013 marks the 10th year TIME has compiled the 100 most influential people in the world. But this year the list contains Apple's head of industrial design Jonathan Ive, alongside 99 other influencers, such as Barack Obama or Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!. Each influencer is accompanied by several paragraphs to emphasize why the person...
iPad Usage Climbs to 81.9% in the US and Canada [Report]
iPad web traffic has gained traction, recording the first month-over-month growth last month in the US and Canada, Chitika reports. Interestingly iPad web traffic dropped to 78.9% right after the Christmas holiday, but now it's back to 81.9%. (more…)
iPhone 5S Fingerprint Sensor Likely Manufactured by Taiwanese Supply Chain
With a fingerprint sensor expected to be the key selling point of the iPhone 5S, Apple's acquisition of Authentec will likely have visible (tapable?) results when the next generation iPhone arrives, adding another layer of security to iOS. (more…)
Next Gen iPad to be 15% Thinner, 25% Lighter than iPad 4, Analyst Says
The next generation iPad will likely be 15% thinner and 25% lighter compared to the currently available iPad 4, Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities, a rather accurate analyst, said on Thursday in a research note alongside other juicy information obtained by MacRumors. (more…)
Alleged Low-Cost iPhone Rear Shell Hits the Web
The same source that posted some images of the fifth generation iPad mould just a couple days ago has obtained what they believe to be the rear shell (via MacRumors) of Apple's long-rumoured budget iPhone. (more…)
Amazon Said to Acquire Siri Competitor Evi for $26M
Techcrunch's sources say Amazon has acquired True Knowledge, the British company behind a natural language search engine called Evi, which is available for both iPhone and Android. (more…)