Stories by iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff
Siri Violates Patents, Chinese Company Claims
Following media exposure over customer care, Apple is once again in focus in China. A Chinese company filed a lawsuit claiming Apple has copied components of Siri's voice recognition software. (more…)
iPhone Flames Up While Charging, Sparks Fly Between Owners and Apple Canada
Apple has won the ninth J.D. Power and Associates award for customer satisfaction, but in some cases even Apple fans seem unsatisfied with how the company treats them. Here is a story of unsatisfied Canadian iPhone owners who contacted us to share their case. (more…)
Analyst Lowers Q1 2013 Expectations for Apple
Analysts have bad news for investors: Don't get your hopes up too high as far as Apple is concerned for the next two quarters, because the reality looks somewhat different. It isn't looking rosy for the Cupertino company, but we will likely see a mystery product launch (and iPad, iPhone line refresh) that will change...
Samsung Dominates Unit Shipments, Apple Connected-Devices Market Revenue
Worldwide shipments of smartphones, tablets, desktop PCs and notebook PCs (or smart connected devices) grew 29.1% on a year-over-year basis, crossing the 1 billion units shipped milestone, IDC reports. (more…)
Chinese Media Calls Out Apple, Cites “Double Standard” for Customer Service
People's Daily, the Chinese Communist Party propaganda machine's mouthpiece, accused Apple of declining journalists' request for interviews and replying with a self-praising report after China's national television broadcasted a critical report. (more…)
iTunes Generates More Than $2 Billion Annually
Apple's iTunes business currently offers software, music, video, apps and books for sale. The company says it aims to run this store "at break-even", but "what is known today as iTunes has quintupled in seven years", Horace Dediu of Asymco says, after taking a look at this business. (more…)
13-Year-Old Spends $5,600 in App Store, Father Reports Him for Fraud
Doug Crossan, a police officer in UK, has reported his 13-year-old son for fraud after Apple refused to refund the £3,700 (roughly $5,630) the child has spent while playing freemium apps on his iPad, according to The Telegraph. (more…)
Overkill 2 Hands On: So Many Guns, So Many Mods [Video Review]
If you like guns, and arcade style shooters, then Overkill 2, a free game by Craneballs, may be the game your looking for as it launched exclusively in Canada yesterday in the App Store. This is the sequel to the original hit Overkill, which attracted over 12 million players. Each level has more than enough...
Apple Updates Anti-Malware System to Block Yontoo Mac Trojan
Apple has already blocked the Trojan Yontoo 1 adware for Mac, detected by the Russian anti-virus firm Dr. Web. According to another security software company, Intego (via Ars Technica), Apple has updated the definitions used in OS X's Xprotect.plist, which will automatically detect the trojan, so Mac users can relax – you don't need to...
Pebble v1.9 Firmware Update Adds New Watch Faces, Snake Game
Pebble has updated its smartwatch to v1.9, which aims to bring an improved user interface, new watchfaces and enhanced ambient light detection. Alongside this welcome improvement, the update also brings the classic game of Snake as one of its watch faces. (more…)
Alleged Components of the iPhone 5S [PICS]
The French site Nowhereelse has spotted components from what the source, a Japanase vendor, claims to the iPhone 5S. (more…)
Budget iPhone Will Lack Retina Display, Analyst Says
After performing the usual supply chain check, Amit Daryanani, an RBC Capital analyst, has issued a note to investors today saying Apple will launch two iPhone models this year in the third quarter – reiterating earlier analyst predictions – and that the low-cost iPhone won't feature a Retina Display (Via BGR). (more…)